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| Mar-06-04 | | Catfriend: I think it didn't - correct me if I'm wrong but Lodz 1907 didn't have such prize. |
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| Mar-26-04 | | Abecedarian: Flawless Rubenstein...while I'm not strong enough to see how 10.Qd2 loses the game,(!) I can say that black comes as close to perfect chess as I've ever seen. |
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| Mar-26-04 | | Paul123: Awesome game………22…Rxc3!! What a shot! (IMO) I’m not sure Qd2 loses the game. Pushing the pawn to f4 when the black bishop was dominating the a8-h1 diagonal was Rotlewi’s biggest mistake. Although Qd2 definitely let what little tempo advantage he had left slip. Rubinstien was equal at this point. For me, 11…dxc4 is the mighty Akiba took over…… I agree with Refutor this is actually a Tarrasch where white didn’t saddle black with the IQP…. |
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| Mar-26-04 | | kevin86: I've carped in the past about how the loser's pieces are usually misplaced in a loss,often the cause of that loss. In this case,black's bishops-along with the knight and rook,are so co-ordinated that the attack becomes inescapable,despite the presence of white defenders. A classic for all time! |
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| Mar-26-04 | | LOUDERMILK: Why cant white just take the bishop with the queen? |
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| Mar-26-04 | | LOUDERMILK: He'll still be a rook ahead |
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| Mar-26-04 | | markt: Rxh2+ mate |
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Mar-26-04
 | | Gypsy: It is easy to be awed by this game. So, one more time, in a slow motion: I will summarize what I gathered from the game and from your comments. Rubinstein's play in the opening was subtle, Rotlewi's less so. After fourteen moves, Rubinstein was, in a symmetric, mostly open position, two clear tempos up. Where did those white tempos go? Into the detour maneuvers Qd2-e2 and Bd3xc4 for sure. But while at the time of Qd2(?) White did have a decent alternative in Qc2, at the time of Bd3 he was against a bare bedrock. Thus, Rotlewi's main inacuracy was the early release of tension 6.dxc5(?) Bxc5 which essentially (i) gave one tempo away, and (ii) caused other difficulties with White development. The transition into the 'middlegame' starts with 15.-Ne5. The exchange 16.Nxe5 is practically forced by simple threats like 16.-Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Bxh2+. Also the (weakening) 17.f4 move is essentially forced by a tactical, Greco-style threat: 17.-Rxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Ng4+ 20.Kg3 Qg5. So, the only middle-game moves White makes of his free will are the two defensive(!) pawn pushes e3-e4-e5. While 18.e4?! is suspect---it weakens the a7-g2 diagonal---it at least reduces the Black pressure on the main a8-h1 diagonal. However, the next step, 19.e5?, over-barricading b8-h2 but opening a8-h1 again, is a clear mistake. The mistake can be explained by White's desire to prevent a renew of the shellacking he faced from Bxh2+ just a few moves earlier. White did not foresee the sublime end that followed. (Lets be honest, most of us would not foresee that!!!) However, Black advantage is also sufficient for more I-could-have-possibly-seen-this finishes. |
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| Mar-26-04 | | Lawrence: Junior 8 finds absolutely nothing wrong with 10.Qd2, says it's the best move, with 10.Qc2 and 10.cxd5 virtually as good. (16 min. search) |
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| Mar-26-04 | | LOUDERMILK: can't believe i didn't see that |
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| Mar-26-04 | | Paul123: Gypsy...from my level of understanding of the game I concur with your analysis. |
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Mar-27-04
| | Gypsy: Thank you, Paul123. |
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| Apr-01-04 | | arielbekarov: This is my first posting on this very attractive site. Of course, I had to take a look at Akiba Rubinstein, and the move - Rxc3, that Hans kmoch gives three exclamation marks for, is magnificent !!!
I haven't read all other postings yet, but, I am sure I can learn a lot. It is very nice to be among lovers of the art of chess.
Ariel |
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| Apr-01-04 | | nikolaas: <arielbekarov> You're welcome. I hope we will learn something from you, or else, that you learn from us :-)
(for that, you don't have to count on me).And for this game, 22...♖xc3 is indeed a very beautiful move. |
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| Apr-02-04 | | arielbekarov: Thank you for the welcome, nikolaas !
Don't underestimate yourself ! We have all something to learn from each other.
From this game we can really learn enormously much. Rubinstein plays, as somebody mentioned flawless.
I must study this move 10. Qd2 by Rotlewi. It seems to have been the move that opened all the possibilities for black.
Nice to be here !
Ariel |
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| Apr-02-04 | | nikolaas: <arielbakarov> I read somewhere that the foults were the moves 17, 18, and 19 because white hasn't enough pieces brought in the game to open it. |
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| Apr-05-04 | | arielbekarov: nikolaas, I think, this is correct.
Here Rubinstein places his bishops and rooks just ready to attack.
Look at it ! What a power !
I have been looking at the game, and next week, I will present an analyse of what I have done.
To start with, I do think that Rotlewi played too passive already in the openingmove e3. One can't give a giant like Akiba Rubinstein the initiative so early. Rotlewi was a very talented player, but e3 against a positional genious like Rubinstein was too passive. Black's c5 move is an attacking one.
1. Qd2 is really a mistake. I can't see any purpose with this move. Qc2 would have been better.
But, I will come back to it.
Ariel |
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| Apr-05-04 | | nikolaas: I agree that e3 was too passive. After f4 e4 and e5, white couldn't place a pawn between the black bishops and his own king. With a queen who's also menacing your king and an opponent as Rubinstein, that's suicide. |
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| Apr-11-04 | | Bobsterman3000: <nikolas><ariel bekarov> So, what is your suggestion in place of 3e3? |
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| Apr-11-04 | | Kenkaku: 3. e3 is just a Colle system, perfectly solid. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Bobsterman3000: <kenkaku> Thanks. I was sure there was a recognized system here. If you're expected to attack with move 3 you ought to just put the queen on on a4 at move 2 and go for it, lol. Moves 17-19 are the real problem for white, in my opinion, since they open major lines for Rubenstein's bishops, neither of which could be nullified without white having to give some significant concession. Basically, the crowning achievement of white's moves 17-19 is three tempi spent dislodging a passive knight on f6 -- and Rubinstein was all too happy to move it. Even if Rubenstein had not played the brilliancy 20...Ng4!! he could have simply moved the knight to d5. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | ughaibu: 3.e3 isn't a Colle system. As the term "system" implies more than one move is required for qualification and one of the distinguishing features of the Colle System is that the c-pawn is played to c3 not c4. This opening is a queens gambit Tarrasch defense, it's also worth mentioning that Rubinstein himself succuessfully used the same strategy for white including later games. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Kenkaku: <ughaibu> By transposition only. 3. e3 usually signifies white's intention to play the Colle. c3 is NOT always played, often Bd3, b3 follows (the Zukertort Variation). I never said that a Colle was played in this game, only that e3 signifies it. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Vischer: This looks like Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (D40) to me. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Kenkaku: <Vischer> Quite right, it does become a Semi-Tarrasch. As a sidenote, cxd5 is (at least now) considered to be much better than dxc5 which was played in this game. |
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