Akiba Rubinstein vs Rudolf Spielmann (1912) Put a Spiel on Me

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Akiba Rubinstein vs Rudolf Spielmann
"Put a Spiel on Me" (game of the day Feb-25-2015)
San Sebastian (1912), San Sebastian ESP, rd 10, Mar-02
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A84) · 0-1

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Mar-23-03		ughaibu: This is the best known Dutch between these two players. Spielmann sacrifices for a brief king hunt that leads to a simple winning endgame.

Mar-25-03		kostich in time: This is an exceptionally fine game, which Soltis includes in The Hundred best Chess Games of the twentieth century..the magnitude of Spielmanns acheivement can perhaps best be gauged from the fact that 1912 was the "Rubinstein year" in which that great master won 5..countem,FIVE,major tournaments.

Feb-12-04		iron maiden: I think this game was where the term "king hunt" actually originated.

Feb-12-04		drukenknight: the first time you play it through it looks fantastic. Then after awhile you start to realize most of the game spielman is on the attack and he has to keep checking, most of the moves that follow are obvious. AN interesting question is where was the last chance to save the game?

Feb-13-04		ughaibu: Spielmann is going into my attempted lineage of greatest never-to-be-champion players. Any views? There's still something of a generational gap between Rubinstein/Spielmann and Keres/Flohr, maybe it's an unavoidable consequence of the first world war(?)

Feb-13-04		Benjamin Lau: I respect Spielmann's amazing energy in chess, but I don't know if his achievements and strength are enough to place him among Keres, Korchnoi, Rubinstein, etc... What are his most notable tournament victories?

Feb-13-04		ughaibu: I dont know about tournament victories but I think he won a couple of strong ones. However, he's one of the very few to have beaten Capablanca more than once. If you look in this database his results are very good against both the world champions (Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine) and against those presently on my "pretenders" list (Chigorin, Schlechter and Rubinstein).

Feb-13-04		Benjamin Lau: One noticeable omission is Nimzowitsch...

Feb-13-04		ughaibu: I'm in two minds about Nimzowitch, he does well against the pretenders but his results against Alekhine and Capablanca are bad enough to suggest that he was a class below.

Feb-13-04		drukenknight: Here's my thought, Nimzo is really good, but only for a short period in the mid to late 1920s. Doesnt his only win vs Alek. come then? Getting back to this game, everyone marvels at Rubinstein's attacking genius but the fact is that when he is on the defensive he is not very good. An Euwe or Steinitz could have found better defensive moves. Have another look at it.

Feb-13-04		Benzol: Spielmann was a competitor in more than 100 tournaments and 50 matches. At St. Petersburg 1909 he was third with Duras behind Lasker and Rubinstein. He won the 1912 Abbazia King's Gambit Tournament and in the same year came 2nd= (+8=8-3) with Nimzowitsch after Rubinstein at a category 13 San Sebastian Tournament. After WW1 he was first (+6=3-3) in the quadrangular tournament with Bogolyubov, Reti and Rubinstein at Stockholm 1919. This was another category 13 tourney. Three years later he was second (+11 =7) equal with Alyekhin after Bogolyubov at Piest'any and came first (+6=6-1) equal with Reti ahead of Rubinstein at Teplitz-Schonau. In the late 1920's he was ranked about 9th in the World and during this period he had good results in three major tournaments. Semmering 1926, first (+10=6-1) ahead of Alyekhin, Vidmar, Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein. Berlin 1928 third (+3=7-2) after Capablanca and Nimzowitsch. Carlsbad 1929, second (+11=7-3) equal with Capablanca whom he defeated in their individual game after Nimzowitsch and ahead of Rubinstein, Euwe, Vidmar and Bogolyubov. His match career included victories against strong opponents: Leonhardt 1906 +6 =5 -4 Nimzowitsch 1908 +4 =1 -1 Mieses 1910 +5 =2 -1 Reti 1910 +4 =1 -0 and 1921 +3 =3 Tartakower 1910 +3 =1 -2 and 1921 +3 =1 -2 Stahlberg 1930 +4 =1 -1 Stoltz 1930 +3 =1 -2 and 1932 +4 =1 -1 Pirc 1931 +3 =6 -1 Bogolyubov 1932 +4 =2 -3. Not a bad record overall.

Oct-24-04		ray keene: i wd like to draw everyones attention to this outstanding game

Oct-24-04		ray keene: nimzo beat alekhine 3 times i think--- 1913 st p 1926 semmering 1927 new york from memory

Oct-24-04		Kean: I first came to know Spielmann games by reviewing those of Capa in the 1920s. I remember at least 2 defeats by side and maybe 2 draws. But this game must have been in Spielmann youth and he appeared to be already very strong.

Oct-25-04		An Englishman: Good Evening: Odd coincidence--I was reading about this game in Spielman's book The Art of the Sacrifice this morning. He felt that White's last chance of salvaging the game was 26.Rf3!?, threatening bxc5. He gave the continuation 26...axb4; 27.axb4,Qc6; 28.b5,Rxf3; 29.Qxf3,Bxf3; 30.bxc6,Bxg2+; 31.Kxg2+,bxc6; 32.Rxe6,Rf6; 33.Re7. If there are any egregious errors in the above, it's because I'm trying to translate from English Descriptive to algebraic.

Jan-11-05		sleepkid: ...it's a good King Hunt, but I've always found this one: Alekhine vs Yates, 1923 a little bit more impressive. Both games are good though.

Apr-24-05		ray keene: here is a case in point to parallel my game v bronstein-the very clever defence 26rf3!! leaves black with nothing better then a good endgame-but that in no way invalidates spielmanns sacrifice.

Apr-24-05		samvega: Thx, that annotation warrants a place in my inteferences/obstructions collection.

Apr-24-05		ray keene: this is the game i advised looking at in connection with my game v bronstein

Oct-10-05		AlexanderMorphy: This really is a great game! I wonder why it's not put up as one of Bronsteins notable games?

Oct-10-05		aw1988: LOL, um, this game isn't played by Bronstein.

Oct-10-05		AlexanderMorphy: lol sorry my mistake i meant it's not on Rubinsteins notable games!

Oct-10-05		aw1988: Because Rubinstein lost...

Oct-10-05		AlexanderMorphy: still it's a good game...i don't understand why notable games have to be wins??? Rubinstein didn't play badly or something...he was just outplayed...i still think it should be on his notable games!

Oct-10-05		aw1988: On this server losses don't count.

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