Rubinstein:

Move by Move

Zenón Franco

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781781943151

Akiba Rubinstein is a famous figure in the in the history of chess. At his peak, he was arguably the strongest player in the World, and only the outbreak of World War I deprived him of the opportunity to challenge his main rival Emanuel Lasker for the World Championship title. Rubinstein was an exceptionally talented player whose legacy includes many truly brilliant games. He helped to develop several chess openings and is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest endgame players of all time. In this book, Grandmaster Zenón Franco selects and examines his favorite Rubinstein games, and demonstrates how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying Rubinstein's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• The Structure of the Book
• Akiba Rubinstein’s Playing Style
• 1 Positional Play
• 2 Playing for the Initiative and the Attack
• 3 Endgame Mastery
• 4 Rook Endgames
• 5 Linking the Opening and the Middlegame
• Akiba Rubinstein’s Best Results
• Index of Complete Games
• Alapin.S-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1911
• Alekhine.A-Rubinstein.A, Russian Championship, Vilnius 1912
• Alekhine.A-Yates.F, Hamburg 1910
• Belsitzman.Z-Rubinstein.A, Warsaw 1917
• Botvinnik.M-Keres.P, USSR Championship, Moscow 1952
• Cohn.E-Rubinstein.A, St Petersburg 1909
• Duras.O-Rubinstein.A, St Petersburg 1909
• Euwe.M-Rubinstein.A, The Hague 1921
• Factor.S-Rubinstein.A, Lodz 1916
• Grünfeld.E-Rubinstein.A, Merano 1924
• Janowski.D-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1907
• Kasparov.G-Andersson.U, World Cup, Belfort 1988
• Maróczy.G-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1907
• Marshall.F-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1907
• Matisons.H-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1929
• Réti.R-Rubinstein.A, Gothenburg 1920
• Rotlewi.G-Rubinstein.A, Lodz 1907
• Rubinstein.A-Alekhine.A, Carlsbad 1911
• Rubinstein.A-Bogoljubow.E, Vienna 1922
• Rubinstein.A-Duras.O, Carlsbad 1911
• Rubinstein.A-Hromadka.K, Mährisch Ostrau 1923
• Rubinstein.A-Lasker.Em, St Petersburg 1909
• Rubinstein.A-Marco.G, The Hague 1921
• Rubinstein.A-Maróczy.G, Gothenburg 1920
• Rubinstein.A-Maróczy.G, Hamburg Olympiad 1930
• Rubinstein.A-Mieses.J, St Petersburg 1909
• Rubinstein.A-Nimzowitsch.A, Berlin Tageblatt 1928
• Rubinstein.A-Salwe.G, Lodz (match) 1907
• Rubinstein.A-Salwe.G, Lodz (triangular match) 1908
• Rubinstein.A-Schlechter.C, San Sebastian 1912
• Rubinstein.A-Tarrasch.S, Carlsbad 1923
• Rubinstein.A-Tarrasch.S, Gothenburg 1920
• Rubinstein.A-Tarrasch.S, Hastings 1922
• Rubinstein.A-Teichmann.R, Carlsbad 1907