Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann vs Akiba Rubinstein - Vilnius All-Russian Masters 1912.09.05

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Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann vs Akiba Rubinstein
Vilnius All-Russian Masters Vilna (Vilnius) RUE round 13 1912.09.05
Bird Opening 1-0

[Event "Vilnius All-Russian Masters"]
[Site "Vilna (Vilnius) RUE"]
[Date "1912.09.05"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.f4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "The Evening Post",
1912.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.exf5 exf5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6
7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Na6 {?! It would appear that 9...Ne4
would be better.} 10.c5 {!} Bc7 11.Ne5 Nb8 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Be3
Be6 {13...Nd7 was imperative. Now White begins a violent
assault.} 14.g4 {!} g6 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.Kh1 Qf6 17.Bxe4 {!}
fxe4 {Black cannot capture 17...dxe4 because then 18.d5! cxd5
19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Bd4 would win at once.} 18.f5 {!} Bxf5 {The
capture is compulsory, since Bg5 is threatened.} 19.Ng4 Bxg4
{Again forced. If 19...Qe6 20.Nh6+ and 21.Qf2 would win the
bishop.} 20.Rxf6 Rxf6 21.Rg1 Rg6 22.Rxg4 {!} Rxg4 23.Qb3 {!
The point of White's play. He now menaces both 24.Qxb7 and
24.Nxd5.} Nd7 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Qxd5+ Kh8 26.Qxd7 Rg7 27.Qf5 Kg8
28.Bg5 Re8 29.d5 Rf7 30.Qh3 Ref8 31.Qe6 Kh8 32.Bh4 {!} 1-0

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Updated: 2 February, 2022
Created: 2 February, 2022