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Akiba Rubinstein vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Karlsbad (1907), Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) AUH, rd 2, Aug-22
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation (D32)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 7...a6 8.e4 Nf6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 = +0.17 (20 ply) 8.Nb5 d4 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 a6 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.bxa5 Qxa5 ⩲ +1.24 (22 ply)= +0.24 (22 ply)better is 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Ncb5 ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply)= +0.04 (23 ply) 28.Bc6 Rc8 29.Bf3 Nd3 30.Nb5 Rb8 31.a4 g6 32.Be4 Nc5 = -0.25 (27 ply) ∓ -2.30 (29 ply) 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Nxa5 Ra4 33.Nb7 Ke7 34.Nc5 Rc4 35.Nd3 ∓ -2.26 (31 ply)-+ -3.13 (30 ply)45.g4 Bxg4 46.Na2 Kb2 47.Nb4 Kb3 48.Nd3 Bf5 49.Nc1+ Kb2 -+ -8.45 (26 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-12-03  Calli: An endgame error from Akiba. His 28.Rd4? loses a pawn. Even the best players come up with a clinker when you least expect it. Some nice pressure on B2 by Nimzo.
Jun-05-04  acirce: After move 21:

<This position is a good example of dynamic equality: nobody can get the upper hand here. Nimzowitsch wrote that 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Kg1 Kg8 would be an appropriate finale.>

A. Baburin, <Winning Pawn Structures>

Apr-01-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  nasmichael: An open board, K + 3P + N versus K + 4P (one of those being a passed pawn) with a bishop to assist, in the endgame. For the novice, this may be a good game to look at after move 32...Bxa2.
Jan-07-07  Warehouse Duffer: Starting with move 33, Nimzowitsch takes a look at this ending in his End Game chapter in My System. He was able to infiltrate White's Kingside behind the W Pawns.
Nov-02-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: This game was played in round 2, after Rubinstein had a bye in round 1. THings would get better. Perhaps it was games like this that led him to come up with the g3 line against the Tarrasch.

Regarding the "dynamic equality" at move 21--I think it was Suba, in a collection of his games, who remarked that a poor position that is capable of improvement may be more promising than a theoretically superior but static position which cannot be improved.

Dec-29-11  MyDogPlaysChess: "This well-knit position with its extraordinary economy and ideally posted forces is akin to a Greek work of art. Nothing should have been changed in this position seeped in perfection."

I should keep this line in mind to annotate my own games.

Dec-08-20  MordimerChess: Continuing Akiba Rubinstein Saga.

The most interesting for me were comments of 9. Nb5 as a mistake which leads white to lost game. Engine analysis shows that actually it could be winning move after 9...d4 10. a3!

The game also shows the spirit of Akiba and how much he wanted to win the first game against 20 years old opponent.

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Sep-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: The system with 6 Bf4 is rarely seen nowadays. 10 Qa4 had been played in the short draw Schlechter - Suechting Ostend 1906; 10 Bd3 was new. Nimzovich thought that White would be fine after 19..Qxa3 20 axb..Rab8 21 Bf3..Rfd8 22 Rcd1.

White never really had anything in this game.

Apr-23-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  nizmo11: as <MordimerChess> points out 9.Nb5 d4 10.a3! was very strong. This was played 80 years later in S Polgar vs G Olarasu, 1988. I assume both saw the trap that finally got its victim in A Jankovic vs O Zierke, 2009

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