Akiba Rubinstein vs Oldrich Duras - Vienna 1908.04.04

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Akiba Rubinstein vs Oldrich Duras
Vienna Vienna AUH round 10 1908.04.04
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUH"]
[Date "1908.04.04"]
[EventDate "1908.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ {? Bad, because this
helps the opponent to develop. The right move is 4...e6, and
if 5.b4? then 5...a5 6.c3 axb4 7.cxb4 b6 regaining the pawn.}
5.Nbd2 Qxc5 6.a3 Qc7 7.c4 dxc4 {This also helps White's
development. Better was 7...e6.} 8.Nxc4 Nc6 9.b4 Bg4 10.Bb2 b5
{? This will be refuted by a nice combination by White, but
Black already stands worse. If, for example, 10...e6, then
11.Rc1!, threatening b5.} 11.Nce5 {!} Nxe5 12.Nxe5 {!!} Bxd1
13.Bxb5+ Nd7 {Best. If 13...Kd8 14.Rxd1+ Kc8 15.Ba6+ Kb8
16.Nc6+ Qxc6 17.Be5+ Qd6 (17...Qc7 18.Rd8+ mate) 18.Rc1!! and
mate next move.} 14.Bxd7+ {The simplest. White forces an
endgame with a pawn plus. Stronger was 14.Rxd1 Rd8 15.Nxd7
Rxd7 (or 15...e6 16.Ne5+ Ke7 17.Nc6+, etc.) 16.Bxd7+ Kd8
17.Bb5+ Kc8 18.Ba6+ Kb8 19.Rc1!, followed by Be5, and wins.}
Qxd7 15.Nxd7 Bh5 16.Ne5 Rc8 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bd4 a6
20.Kd2 f6 21.Rac1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e5 {Or 22...Rxh2 23.Rc8+ Kf7
24.Ke2! e5 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 followed by Ra5 winning the
a-pawn.} 23.Bc5 Rxh2 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Ke2 {!} e4 26.Rc6 Rg2 {If
26...a5 27.b5 followed by Ra6.} 27.Rxa6 Rxg4 28.Ra7 Rg1 29.b5
Rb1 30.a4 g5 31.Rb7 Ra1 32.b6 Rxa4 33.Ra7 Rb4 34.b7 g4 35.Ra8+
Kf7 36.b8=Q Rxb8 37.Rxb8 Ke6 38.Re8+ Kf5 39.Kf1 1-0

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Updated: 30 January, 2022
Created: 30 January, 2022