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Akiba Rubinstein vs Moishe Lowcki
18th DSB Congress, Breslau (1912), Breslau GER, rd 14, Jul-30
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (A84)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)4...d6 was played in Rubinstein vs D Bleijkmans, 1905 (0-1)better is 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.b3 Ne4 9.Ne2 c5 = +0.40 (25 ply)= -0.13 (23 ply) 7...c5 8.d5 Na6 9.Nbc3 O-O 10.f4 Qe7 11.Ng3 g6 12.e4 = -0.07 (23 ply) 8.Nbc3 O-O 9.Nb5 Nc6 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.b3 Nb4 12.Ba3 ⩲ +1.40 (21 ply)better is 8...h4 9.Nbc3 Nc6 10.a3 g5 11.e4 h3 12.g3 g4 13.exf5 = +0.47 (21 ply) 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxf5 Qc7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Nbc3 ⩲ +1.05 (22 ply)= 0.00 (21 ply)better is 10.h4 O-O 11.b3 a6 12.a3 Qc7 13.Kh1 Ne7 14.Bb2 Bc6 15.Rd1 = +0.48 (20 ply)= -0.16 (22 ply)better is 11...h4 12.h3 Nh5 13.Qd2 a6 14.Nbc3 g5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Bc2 = -0.38 (22 ply)= +0.13 (21 ply) 13.h3 Qc7 14.f4 b5 15.cxb5 Nb4 16.Bb1 axb5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 = 0.00 (22 ply)-+ -2.83 (23 ply) 15...Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Bxf3 17.Be2 Bb7 18.Qf2 bxc5 19.Bb2 -+ -2.69 (23 ply) ∓ -1.61 (24 ply) 18.cxb6 Qxb6+ 19.Kh1 Bc6 20.Bb2 Kf7 21.Na4 Qe3 22.Bc1 ∓ -1.69 (25 ply)-+ -2.79 (23 ply) 19.Na4 bxc5 20.Kh1 Bc6 21.Nxc5 Qe7 22.Be3 a5 23.Na4 Bxa4 ∓ -2.19 (21 ply)better is 19...Bxf4 20.c5 Be5 21.Bb2 d6 22.Bc4 Nd7 23.Na4 d5 -+ -3.00 (23 ply) 20.Kh1 Nh5 21.Ne2 Qxb6 22.b4 a5 23.bxa5 Qa7 24.Rb1 Bc6 ∓ -1.91 (22 ply)-+ -4.10 (25 ply) 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.Kh1 Qb8 23.Rd1 Bc6 24.Ne2 Be3 25.Bc4 Qe5 -+ -3.54 (23 ply)-+ -6.67 (24 ply) after 21...N4h5 22.Ne2 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Nh5 24.Kf2 Bxg3+ 25.Nxg3 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.Kh2 Rag8 33.b4 Bxb6 34.Bxe6 dxe6 35.Rc1 -+ -14.11 (24 ply)0-1

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Apr-08-05  Whitehat1963: Rubinstein gets crushed during his magical year -- 1912 -- and with white to boot!
Jun-27-05
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  Chessical: After <13.dxc5?> allowing Lowtzky to push on with <h3>, Rubinstein's position collapses. Rubinstein seemed unnerved by Lowtzky's obvious determination to attack.
Jan-13-19  zanzibar: <
6...B-Q3
(a) Anticipating White's Castles, he places the
second Bishop also in attacking position.

7.O-O (b) Not Rabinstein's habitual cautious style. It is obviously courting, if not disaster, anyhow dangier, Castlmg at this stage, when he couW wait by developing forces.

7...P-KR4 (c) Threatening the well-known attack: 8—. KMttS; 9—PxKt, BxP ch., etc.

13.PxP (d) 13—P-B4, followed by P-Q5, seems compulsory. At least one of the opponent's Bishops must be shirt out, and Kt-0* must be prevented.

15.N-B4 (e) A painful necessity of giving up a piece, as the loss of the exchange would leave him with an untenable position, too. In ttoe variations suggested in note (d), even if a piece had been lost, he would have had ah equivalent in Pawns and a comparatively safe position.

20.P-B5 (f) He cannot save both the attacked Pawns. M 20—Kt-K2„ then 20—Kt-R5.

24.N-N3 (g) If 24—K-R SQ.., then 24—RxPj 25—PxR, KtxP eft.; S6—K-Kt so.., R-KKt sq., and wins. The garnet is over in any case.

30...RxQ (h) A first-class game on the part of Herr Lowtzky. >

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Phil-Inq 1912-12-16 p6

Jan-13-19  Retireborn: <z> Many thanks for that. One feels better informed about Scarpology, and the possibilities of expanding one's bust in a mere fifteen days.

A bad day at the office for Rubinstein.

Jun-04-25
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  OhioChessFan: "Lowcki Affair"

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