Frank James Marshall vs Akiba Rubinstein - Lodz 1908.10.??

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Frank James Marshall vs Akiba Rubinstein
Lodz Lodz RUE round 1 1908.10.??
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz RUE"]
[Date "1908.10.??"]
[EventDate "1908.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter, in "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908, and Adolf Julius Leopold Zinkl, in "Neue Freie Presse"
Vienna 1908.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.g3
{Schlechter: Schlechter's innovation in the Prague tournament
of 1908, the game Schlechter - Dus-Chotimirsky. The move can
be made when Black has played ...Be6, ...Nc6, or ...Nf6.} Nc6
7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 {Schlechter: Schlechter played 9.a3
against Dus-Chotimirsky.} O-O 10.Rc1 {Schlechter: If 10.Bxf6
Bxf6 11.dxc5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5, etc.} cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4
Qa5 13.b4 {!} Qa3 {Schlechter: If 13.Qxb4, then 14.Bxf6 gxf6
15.Qxb4 Bxb4 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rab8 18.Rc7, with the better
game. *** Zinkl: If 13...Bxb4? 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nxd5 with
advantage.} 14.Qd3 {Schlechter: Threatening to win a piece by
15.Nxd5.} Qxb4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rad8 18.Rfd1
{Schlechter: Stronger was 18.Rc7. *** Zinkl: If 18.Rc7? Qa5!.}
Rd7 19.e4 Rfd8 20.e5 {! Schlechter: An excellent move. If now
20...Bxe5, then 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Qf5+.} h6 {!} 21.Qf3 Qb2 {!
Schlechter: He still dare not play 21...Bxe5 on account of
22.Bxf7+.} 22.Bxf7+ {Schlechter: If 22.exf6, then 22....Rxd5.}
Rxf7 23.exf6 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

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Updated: 31 January, 2022
Created: 31 January, 2022