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Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein
Bogoljubov - Rubinstein (1920), Stockholm SWE, rd 1, Jan-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: General (D30)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes from the "American Chess Bulletin", 1920.Necessary before playing ....Be6. White is exerting considerable pressure upon the queen’s wing.An exchange of queens would not be to Black’s advantage, inasmuch as the knight would be somewhat stronger than the bishop in the ensuing ending.Now Black threatens 23...c5.The recapture is forced, for if 41...Bxe8 42.Qf8 Qd6 43.Ne4 Qc7 44.Nf6+! gxf6 45.Qh6+ and White wins.White was under time pressure here, in consequence of which he made a move that cost him a couple of pawns. If 42.Nxb7? Rb8 43.Nc5 Rxb4, with a winning position for Black.0-1

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Sep-15-08  DoubleCheck: 11. Bxe7 ?? Qxe7
12. Nxe4 dxe4 Wins for black

16. Ne5 safe since f-file pawn pinned but couldn't captialise

Sep-15-08  whiteshark: <DoubleCheck> What about <12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2> for White?
Sep-19-08  DoubleCheck: <whiteshark>
If
12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Nd2(attacking with Nde4) b5! (Helps queen to b6)
14. Ndxe4 Be6!
15. Qd1(or Qc2) (Forcing whites queen to retreat) 15...Nxe4
Sep-19-08  whiteshark: <DoubleCheck> At the end of your line (and 16.Nxe4) black is a pawn down. Same is true for <15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qc2>


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and I don't see much compensation for it.

Sep-19-08  DoubleCheck: <whiteshark>
I havent got a super computer to analysis this for me, but i still think that with black attacking queenside with ...Qb6 and then maybe centering ...Rad8 ...Rfe8. White has his pieces on kingside and queenside i.e. not working in concert.

Although i do take your point that in endgame that extra centre pawn could be the vital difference.

Feb-17-11  Knightrider655321: THATS RIGHT SON
Oct-07-20  Stolzenberg: 31. Ne4 would win a pawn and the exchange.

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