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| Sep-03-06 | | notyetagm: It is just like Stean says in "Simple Chess", you want to introduce -width- into your endgame. That is, in the endgame you want to create threats on the extreme flanks of the board because that will overstretch the defense. |
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| Oct-02-06 | | Archives: Witchcraft!
<39.cxd5 h3 40.Kf2 <<<40.g5 h2 41.g6 h1=Q 42.g7 Qg2  >>> 40...c4 41.g5 h2 42.Kg2 c3 43.f4 <<<43.g6 c2 44.g7 h1=Q+ 45.Kxh1 c1Q+ 46.Kh2 Qg5 >>> 43...c2 44.Kxh2 c1=Q > |
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| Jan-11-07 | | Karpova: If 32.g4 Kmoch gives:
32.g4 h4 33.g5 Rxg5 34.Rxh4 Rg6 35.Rf4 b4+ <and white soon loon loses either the Queen's Rook or the King's bishop pawn>
i.e. 36.Kd3 Kf5 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kf2 Rc3 |
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| May-09-08 | | Vollmer: I looked at 19.Re1-Rxd5 20.exd5-Kd7 21.Kd2 which looks like a draw . The losing 19.Rhd1 was seen as better (+0.14) than either Re1 (+0.08) or Rxe5 20...fxe5 21.Rd1-Kc7 22.c4-b5 (+0.11) by CM9000 (so much for computer endgame analysis) . I would have chosen 19.Re1 btw . |
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Nov-27-08
 | | sleepyirv: It looks more like a grandmaster draw than anything at move 18. The old adage "Nobody won by resigning" could be corrected to "Nobody won by resigning or offering a draw!" |
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| Apr-19-09 | | schroedingers cat: I'd like to see Mattisons's face after this game :) First it looks like a draw, than BOOM! all of a sudden the position turns in the favor of the great Akiba. |
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| Nov-21-09 | | MaczynskiPratten: Beheim and Barden suggest 26 b4 as better than b3, with some liquidation as opposed to passive defence. |
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Sep-13-11
 | | ToTheDeath: Good way to squeeze something out of nothing, but White's play was very weak. A case of a strong player outclassed by a legendary player. |
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| Oct-08-11 | | a1h8: Hi, I was wondering would 34. gxh5 not be better? (Did not see this mentioned above). Then maybe 34..Rxf3+ 35.Kd2 bxc4 36.Rxc4 Rh3 37.Ra4 Kc7 38.Rxa6 Rxh5 39.Kc3 Rh3+ 40.Kc4 |
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Oct-08-11
 | | Sastre: I think 34.gxh5 is a better move, although Black is a pawn up after 34...Rxf3+ 35.Kc2 Rh3 36.Re2 Rxh5. |
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| Oct-26-12 | | Blunderdome: This is quite a game. |
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| Oct-08-13 | | Howard: Irving Chernev raved about this game in his book The Golden Dozen (1976). |
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Nov-18-13
 | | Honza Cervenka: <Karpova: If 32.g4 Kmoch gives:
32.g4 h4 33.g5 Rxg5 34.Rxh4 Rg6 35.Rf4 b4+ <and white soon loon loses either the Queen's Rook or the King's bishop pawn> i.e. 36.Kd3 Kf5 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kf2 Rc3> I guess that after 32.g4 h4 33.g5 Rxg5 34.Rxh4 Rg6 35.b4 draw is not far away. |
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| Apr-18-14 | | MilesGhost: Yes, a very pleasing, smooth win by the Polish grandmaster. There is so much to learn about rook endings and this game teaches plenty. So many players would have agreed a draw here at some point. It took a Rubinstein to see the potential victory. |
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| Apr-29-14 | | Howard: Yes, Chernev did "rave" about this game in his book The Golden Dozen, and he also did so in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess. The book Chess With the Masters (one of the very first chess books that I ever went through, back in 1971 !) also includes this game. The excellent book Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King (Volume 2) also highlights this game---and for good reason. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | Howard: A.T. Phone Home should be looking at this game......right about now. |
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| Apr-15-15 | | WDenayer: Koster: I think black's only advantage was that he was the better player.
Right. The way Rubinstein brings home the win is brilliant. |
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| Dec-17-16 | | thegoodanarchist: Wow, just wow!
No wonder Boris Gelfand said <What I like in chess... comes from Akiba!> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba... |
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| Jun-14-17 | | PJs Studio: 38...d5!! Madman! |
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| Jun-14-17 | | PJs Studio: Uh, er, I shouldn't say that Rubinstein. The Poor man. He left us such beauty and suffered for almost three decades after retiring from chess RIP Akiva. One of the greatest of them all |
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| Jun-15-17 | | JimNorCal: The position by, say, move 23 makes you say "of course Rubinstein will win. Look at the dominating rook on d5!" Then you realize Rubinstein is playing ... black. |
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Jun-15-17
 | | offramp: Try saying Mattisons without saying Mmm. |
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| Oct-22-17 | | Count von Twothree: I would like to agree with "a1h8" that 34.gxh5 was the way to go. Although it is difficult to disagree with Sastre's assertion that Black will be a pawn up after 34...Rxf3+ 35.Kc2 Rh3, we would have to be treated to some real endgame technique for Black to win this after, say, 36.a4 b4 37.h6 Rxh6 38.Re3 a5 39.Kd3. Looks like a draw to me. |
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| Sep-12-20 | | RookFile: 34. gxh5 was absolutely the way to go. A sample line is 34. gxh5 Rxf3+ 35. Kb2 Rh3 36. b4!! and a lot of pawns are going to be exchanged off soon, leaving white 1 pawn down in a drawn rook and pawn ending. |
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| Jul-21-21 | | tbontb: A famous endgame win from "nothing"! After 31.Rf4+ only Black is pressing for advantage and 35.a4 loses immediately. Instead, the last chance may be the plausible line 35.Kd2 h3 36.f4 Rxf4 37.Rxh3 Rxg4 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.a4 Kc6 40.axb5+ axb5 41.cxb5+ Kxb5 which resolves to a tablebase draw. |
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