16th Chess Olympiad: Tel Aviv 1964
Republic of South Africa

Simon Rubinstein on board 3 played 7 games and his score was +1 -4 =2.

These are his games:

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-D"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Black "Schneider, Raymond"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Round "1"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O Nf5 10.a4 Qa5 11.Bd2 c4 12.h3 h6 13.Qe1 Nd8 14.Bc1 Bxa4 15.Ba3 b5 16.Qd2 Nb7 17.Rab1 Qd8 18.g4 Nh4 19.Nh2 g5 20.f4 Ng6 21.f5 Nf4 22.Rf3 Kd7 23.fxe6+ fxe6 24.Rbf1 Qg8 25.R1f2 Qg6 26.Bd1 Rh7 27.Nf1 h5 28.Rxf4 gxf4 29.Qxf4 Rg8 30.Ng3 hxg4 31.Bxg4 Bxc2 32.Qf3 Be4 33.Qf6 Nd8 34.Nh5 Qxh5 35.Rg2 Rf7 36.Bxh5 Rxg2+ 37.Kf1 Rxf6+ 38.exf6 Bg6 39.f7 Nxf7 40.Kxg2 Bxh5 41.Kg3 Nd6 42.Kf4 Ne4 43.Bb4 Bg6 44.h4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-D"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Alvarez del Monte, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "3"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Bc4 e6 8.N1e2 Nf6 9.Nf4 Bh7 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.O-O Be7 12.Ngh5 Rg8 13.Re1 Qd6 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Bb5+ Nc6 17.c4 Bxh4 18.Qg4 Bf6 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.Bd3 Bg6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kd7 23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kd8 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Bxh6 Kd7 27.Be3 Ne7 28.Rac1 Raf8 29.Bd2 Nc6 30.Bc3 Rf4 31.Rcd1 Rfg4 32.g3 R8g7 33.Re3 Rh7 34.Rf3 Rg5 35.Kf1 Rgh5 36.Ke2 Re7+ 37.Re3 Rf7 38.g4 Rh2 39.Rf3 Rg7 40.Rg1 Re7+ 41.Kd3 Rg7 42.Rf4 Rh3+ 43.f3 Rh2 44.g5 a5 45.Rfg4 Re7 46.R1g2 Rh3 47.R4g3 Rh1 48.Rg1 Rh2 49.g6 Rg7 50.Rg5 Kd6 51.f4 Rf2 52.Ke3 Rh2 53.f5 Re7+ 54.Kf3 Rhe2 55.g7 R7e3+ 56.Kg4 Re4+ 57.Kh3 Re8 58.g8=Q R8e3+ 59.R1g3 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-D"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Black "Ioannides, Milton"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "7"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 e6 10.Qd2 Ne7 11.g4 Nd7 12.h4 c5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.h5 Qd7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qh6+ Kf7 20.Qxh7+ Ke8 21.O-O-O Kd8 22.Nb5 d5 23.Qg7 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Caro, Alberto N"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Round "1"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.dxc5 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.O-O Bc6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qxc2 20.Bxc2 Kf8 21.Kf1 h6 22.Bb3 Ke7 23.f3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.g3 Kd6 28.e4 f6 29.Ke3 e5 30.f4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Black "Kupper, Josef"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Round "2"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 b5 6.d3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.Qf2 c4 13.a3 Nd7 14.d4 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.g4 Nf6 17.Nh4 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ng2 f6 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Qc6 23.Kh2 Rd7 24.Rg1 Bd8 25.Rd2 Bc7 26.Rgd1 g5 27.Kg1 gxf4 28.Bxf4 e3 29.Qxe3 Rxd4 30.Kh2 Rfd8 31.Qe2 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Qxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Bxe5+ 34.Kg1 Bxg2 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Re1 Bg3 37.Re3 Bf4 38.Rxe6 Bxh3 39.Ne2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "5"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 e6 7.h4 h6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.c4 Nf6 15.Be3 Kb8 16.Rfd1 Bd6 17.Nf1 Bc7 18.f3 Rhe8 19.Ba4 Qe7 20.a3 Nh5 21.Qf2 Bb6 22.b4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.b5 cxb5 25.Bxb5 Rg8 26.a4 f5 27.a5 f4 28.axb6 fxe3 29.Qxe3 Qd6 30.c5 Qf4 31.Rxa7 Qxe3+ 32.Nxe3 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[White "Mora, Federico"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Date "1964.?.?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Round "6"]
[ECO "A96"]

Final Standing:

1. L. Steiner 8.5
2. S. Rubinstein 7.0
3-5. Becker 6.5
3-5. Mueller 6.5
3.5. Glass 6.5
6-7. Podhorzer 6.0
6-7. Dr. Weil 6.0
8-9. Adam 5.5
8-9. Hoenlinger 5.5
10. Weinstock 4.0
11. Bacher 3.5
12. Donegan 0.5

The greatest result for Simon up to that point of time. He was no Master yet and even despite of this result, he was not awarded the title. He scored +5 =4 -2

1. Podhorzer 4.0
2. I. Fuss 3.5
3. Choun 3.0
4. S. Rubinstein 2.5
5. Dr. Kellner 1.5
6. Hauser 0.5

Only Podhorzer and Fuss qualified.

From page 219 of the 1933 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

1. Immo Fuss 8.0
2. Podhorzer 6.5
3. Robitsek 6.0
4-6. Niescher 5.5
4-6. Wallaschek 5.5
4-6. Wurm 5.5
7. S. Rubinstein 5.0
8-9. Kamarit 4.5
8-9. Kopetzky 4.5
10. Dr. Metanomski 3.5
11. Dr. Schnetzer 0.5

Simon scored +4 =2 -4.

Beutum + S. Rubinstein vs. Glass + Schenkein 1/2