Rubinstein's Immortal Part

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As Rubinstein's immortal game one is chess called, held on 26. December 1907 in Łódź between the two poles Gersz Rotlewi (white) and Akiba Rubinstein (Black). It was played in the 6th round of the 5th All-Russian Championship. ( Congress Poland was in fact part of the Russian Empire .) Rubinstein won the tournament 1.5 points ahead of Simon Alapin . The match offered Rubinstein brilliantly his lady and his tower to a undeckbares Matt force.

Notes on the game

1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5 2. Ng1 – f3 e7 – e6 3. e2 – e3 c7 – c5 4. c2 – c4 Nb8 – c6 5. Nb1 – c3 Ng8 – f6 6. d4xc5 Bf8xc5 7. a2 – a3 a7 -A6 8. b2-b4 Lc5-d6 9. Lc1-b2 0-0 10. Dd1-d2

An ugly and bad move. 10. c4xd5 e6xd5 11. Bf1 – e2 could happen, or 10. Bf1 – d3. ( Kmoch )

10.… Qd8 – e7! 11. Bf1-d3

As long as the black queen was on d8, the d5 pawn clearly could not be conquered, as Bd6xb4 + would have followed with a queen win. (Kmoch)

11.… d5xc4 12. Bd3xc4 b7 – b5 13. Bc4 – d3 Rf8 – d8 14. Qd2 – e2 Bc8 – b7 15. 0–0 Nc6 – e5! 16. Nf3xe5 Bd6xe5 17. f2-f4

At this point, Kmoch recommended 17. Rf1 – d1 Qe7 – c7 18. f2 – f4 Be5xc3 19. Rac1, but in this variation according to Rasuwajew after 19.… Nf6 – d5 for White material loss cannot be avoided.

17.… Be5 – c7 18. e3 – e4

Totally missed! The towers had to be brought onto the open lines. However, it is questionable whether the equalization would have succeeded. (Kmoch)

18.… Ra8 – c8 19. e4 – e5?

Kmoch and Kasparov see the decisive mistake in this move.

19.… Bc7 – b6 + 20. Kg1 – h1 Nf6 – g4! 21. Bd3-e4

21. Qe2xg4 would also be bad because of 21.… Rd8xd3. On 21. Bd3xh7 + Kasparov gives the following variation: 21.… Kg8xh7 22. Qe2xg4 Rd8 – d2. After 21. Nc3 – e4 Black wins with 21.… Rd8xd3 22. Qe2xd3 Bb7xe4 23. Qd3xe4 De7 – h4 24. h2 – h3 Qh4 – g3 25. h3xg4 Qg3 – h4 mate. (Kmoch)

21.… De7 – h4 22. g2 – g3
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Position after White's 22nd move

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22.… Rc8xc3 !!

Rubinstein sacrifices queen and rook at the same time.

23. g3xh4

White cannot accept the rook sacrifice: 23. Bb2xc3 Bb7xe4 + 24. De2xe4 Qh4xh2 mate. The end would have been delayed just a little longer 23. Be4xb7 Rc3xg3 24. Rf1 – f3 (24. Bb7 – f3 Ng4xh2 with black winning position) 24.… Rg3xf3 25. Bb7xf3 Ng4 – f2 + 26. Kh1 – g1 (26. Kh1 – g2 Qh4– h3 + 27. Kg2 – g1 Nf2 – e4 + 28. Kg1 – h1 Ne4 – g3 mate) 26.… Nf2 – e4 + 27. Kg1 – f1 Ne4 – d2 + 28. Kf1 – g2 Nd2xf3 29. De2xf3 (29. Kg2xf3 Qh4 – h5 +) 29.… Rd8 – d2 + with a winning position for Black. Variants according to Kmoch and Kasparow.

23.… Rd8 – d2 !! 24. Qe2xd2

Even after all moves other than accepting the second rook sacrifice, White is irredeemably lost: 24. Qe2xg4 Bb7xe4 + 25. Rf1 – f3 Rc3xf3 with a winning position for Black; 24. Bb2xc3 Rd2xe2 25. Rf1 – f2 Bb7xe4 + 26. Kh1 – g1 Bb6xf2 + 27. Kg1 – f1 Be4 – f3 28. Ra1 – d1 Ng4xh2 mate; 24. Be4xb7 Rd2xe2 25. Bb7 – g2 Rc3 – h3 !! with profit. (Kmoch / Rasuwajew / Kasparow)

24.… Bb7xe4 + 25. Qd2 – g2 Rc3 – h3 !!
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Position after Black's 25th move

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White gave up. Mate in two moves at the latest is inevitable. 26. Rf1 – f3 (26. Rf1 – f2 Bb6xf2 27. Qg2xe4 Rh3xh2 mate) 26.… Be4xf3 27. Qg2xf3 Rh3xh2 mate. This is Rubinstein's “Immortal Part” , writes Kmoch.

Similar games

World champion Viswanathan Anand pointed out after his win against his "feared opponent" Levon Aronian at the Tata Steel chess tournament in 2013 that the game was similar to Rubinstein's Immortal.

See also

literature

  • John Donaldson, Nikolay Minev: Akiba Rubinstein. Uncrowned King. Seattle 1994, ISBN 1-879479-19-2 , pp. 95-96.
  • Garry Kasparov : Moi welikie predschestwenniki. Volume 1, Moscow 2003, ISBN 5-7905-1997-0 , pp. 202–203 (Russian, deals with Kasparov's “great predecessors”).
  • Hans Kmoch : Rubinstein wins! Hundreds of brilliant games by the great chess artist. Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-283-00084-0 , pp. 17-18 (reprint of the Vienna 1933 edition).
  • Yuri Rasuwajew , Valeri Murachewitsch: Akiba Rubinstein. Moscow 1980, pp. 48-50.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tata R04: Carlsen, Anand and Caruana score. chessbase.com, January 15, 2013, accessed November 14, 2015 .