good one!

Whats the rating of these two guys? Very nice game!

This game ended with nice checkmate!

thanks!

It is remarkable that so much trouble could come from a subtle error like losing time with the bad Q move that is the basis of white's problems.  Note that the position becomes completely symmetrical except for black having played Re8 with black having the move.  White's loss of time makes the game appear as if Black had the first move to begin with instead of white.  Black is two tempi ahead starting from a symmetrical position.  Rubenstein's play from that point is a dazzling work of genius without dispute, but the helpful opponent has staked him a considerable handicap in the form of two full tempi everything else dead equal, an accidental odds game, white gives black two moves (and no pawn).

My personal favorite amazing (short) game is the R. Byrne-Fischer from the 1963-1964 US Championship, where a position that looks favorable for white is suddenly lost to a deep combination turning on just one extremely subtle error, so subtle that I wonder how many other opponents would have noticed that it was an error at all over the board or worked out the full mating combination that Fischer found (perhaps stopping at the Exchange win that Fischer rejects).  Byrne played much (!) better than Rotlewi having committed no errors in the opening or middle game leading up to the fatal rook move (at least nothing close to the time wasting Q moves that clearly turn the initiative plus one over to his opponent), and there is a big question of Byrne actually winning with the other rook move.   Still for sheer artistic effect it is hard to beat a knight and two rooks hanging in space on top of a queen sacrifice in the Rotlewi-Rubenstein game, and Rubenstein is not to blame for his opponent's deficiencies.

What a beautiful game that is. It seems to flow perfectly from opening to winning combination. It's not as if the opponent did anything wrong, or that the position was especially ferocious-looking - but wow!

It´s always a pleasure to review this game