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Akiba Rubinstein vs Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky
Karlsbad (1907), Karlsbad CZE, rd 4, Aug-24
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00)  ·  1-0

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Jan-26-15
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  keypusher: Having begun with a typically modest opening, Rubinstein breaks open the game with 16.e4 Qb6 17.Bf3 Ne7 18.Rad1 Rc8 19.exd5 exd5:


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Now 20.Bxd5! Nxd5 21.Nxc4 Qe6 22.Nd6+ Kf8 23.Nxc8 Bxc8, reaching this position:


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Instead of Rubinstein's 24.c4?!, immediately decisive is 24.Qd2 Nb6 25.Qd8+ Qe8 26.e6! fxe6 27.Qd6+ Qe7 28.Qf4+ Kg8 29.Bh4!.

Black later misses 26....Qe7, which would have kept the game going.

Mar-02-23
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  kingscrusher: Rubinstein is well ahead of his time with this London system with 2.Bf4
Mar-02-23
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  keypusher: <kingscrusher: Rubinstein is well ahead of his time with this London system with 2.Bf4>

I think he was behind. Sarratt died nearly 100 years before this game was played. Tartakower and Du Mont call 2.Bf4 "an archaic continuation."

Mar-02-23
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  FSR: Ponziani was losing in 10 moves with the London back in 1770. To be sure, he played it idiotically, following up with Bxb8, Qa4+/xa7 and getting his queen trapped. D Ponziani vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1770. And as <keypusher> notes, Sarratt played it (specifically the "Jobava London") in 1818. J Sarratt vs NN, 1818. The "London System" was later played by La Bourdonnais, Somacarana, Blackburne, Zukertort, etc. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

James Mason, whom Chessmetrics ranks the No. 1 player in the world for almost a year in 1877-78, appears to be the first prominent player to make a habit of playing 2.Bf4. Repertoire Explorer: James Mason (white). Calling it "Mason's Opening" might make as much sense as anything.

Mar-03-23
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  kingscrusher: Yes good points guys - I mean really more precisely - "well ahead of his time for such a strong positional player and making use of 2.Bf4 instead of 2.Nf3 and later d5 undermining themes which remind me of Carlsen vs Wesley So" as in this game:

"Magnus Carlsen's TOP SECRET LONDON SYSTEM move order recipe"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAv...

which has the game here at Chessgames.com:
Carlsen vs So, 2017

But yes, for me the positional predecessor of Carlsen originally for the 2.Bf4 system is Mason - I would prefer to call it the Mason system myself.

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