- Rubinstein vs. Teichmann, Match (1908)
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In the spring of 1908, after Vienna (1908) wherein both masters had participated, Akiba Rubinstein and Richard Teichmann contested a 6 games match between May 2 and May 9 in Vienna, Austria. John Donaldson and Nikolay Minev comment: <One of the least publicized duels between world class players of the pre-World War I era [...]> and <A pity, as what has been preserved suggests that it was a great match.> [1] As a consequence, only three complete game scores and one fragment have been found. table[
1 2 3 4 5 6
Rubinstein 0 1 = 1 0 1 3.5
Teichmann 1 0 = 0 1 0 2.5
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[Rubinstein had White in the even-numbered games.] Missing games:
Round 1: Teichmann-Rubinstein 1-0 (51 moves)
Round 5: Teichmann-Rubinstein 1-0 (33 moves)
Incomplete game score:
Round 2: Rubinstein-Teichmann 1-0 (22 moves)
With White winning every game, the 3rd game proved decisive as it was the only exception - Rubinstein held the draw. After winning the last game, he won the match overall. [ Sources: Pages 136-139 of J Donaldson & N Minev, The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein - Volume 1: Uncrowned King, 2nd edition, 2006, Russell Enterprises, Inc., Milford, CT, USA;
Pages 403-404 of J Donaldson & N Minev, The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein - Volume 2: The Later Years, 2nd edition, 2011, Russell Enterprises, Inc., Milford, CT, USA ] [1] [page 136 of Volume 1]
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4 games, 1908 - Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
This collection includes all of Rubinstein's games from the book "Rubinstein's chess masterpieces / 100 selected games" by Hans Kmoch (translated by Barney F. Winkelmann), Dover Publications, 1941.
I hope you enjoy them! Rubinstein was a fearless attacker and his endgame skills were unsurpassed.
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100 games, 1907-1931 - Schlechter-Rubinstein Match, Berlin 1918
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Akiba Rubinstein was able to travel to Berlin at the beginning of 1918 where Bernhard Kagan financed many tournaments. After four years of being restricted to small events in Poland, Rubinstein returned to the international chess scene by playing a match against Carl Schlechter - a great sportsman who drew the Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910) in 1910. He died of malnutrition just eleven months later on December 27. Their match took place in Berlin from January 21 to January 30 and consisted of six games. The first two games where drawn and then Schlechter won the first game. Rubinstein bounced back by winning the next two games and held Schlechter to a draw in the last game. So Rubinstein won the match 3.5-2.5 (+2 -1 =3). Match score from Rubinstein's point of view: 1/2 - 1/2 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 Source: Pages 311-315 in Donaldson, John & Minev, Nikolay: “The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein. Volume 1: Uncrowned King”, 2nd edition – revised and enlarged, Milford, Russell Enterprises 2006
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6 games, 1918 - The Unknown Rubinstein - Forgotten treasures
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This game collection includes great chessgames missing from popular books on Rubinstein like Kmoch's or Razuvaev's work. Most of them are not widely known because they were hard to find and long forgotten. There are many nice tactics, interesting combinations, great strategic masterpieces and - for sure - excellent endgames.
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75 games, 1897-1931 - Too good to be true?
I tried to create a compendium of interesting, well-played games. Some of them are not widely known but still great chess.
I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.
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88 games, 1895-2012 - Vladimir Kramnik - Immortal masterpieces
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Vladimir Kramnik, the 14th Chess Worldchampion (2000 to 2007) belongs to the strongest chessplayers ever. He is extremely versatile and can either play exciting attacking chess or deep positional chess. Vladimir Borisovich possesses deep chess understanding and breathtaking technique. Regarding his endgame prowess he can be compared to all-time Greats such as Akiba Rubinstein, Jose Raul Capablanca and Anatoly Karpov. Volodya's games are also very instructive and that's why my description will point towards the decisive part of the game (e.g. endgame, novelty or attack). Sure, everything is connected to each other and this seldomly so clearly visible as in Kramnik's games where often the opening seems to flow into a slightly better endgame without an interruption. I for you to enjoy this small collection which gives but a brief summary of Kramnik's fantastic career.
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82 games, 1990-2013
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Kibitzing
