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Annotation of Rubinstein's Immortal Game

This next game, for me, emphasizes the importance of A) pinning your opponent's pieces whenever it is both feasible and does not lose tempo; B) the power of a Queen sacrifice at a crucial moment; and C) the importance of not overloading a defending piece by giving it too much to do. Supposedly this is called Rubinstein's Immortal Game because he sacrifices material from the end of the set-up, all the way to the finish, and is a powerful demonstration of his brilliant positional play. I just think it's beautiful. As before, please remember that I am mostly doing my own annotating, so if you see something amiss or disagree with an annotation feel free to comment with something constructive! I'd love to improve on this for my own files :) Here you go!

 



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  • 10 months ago

    NewPlato

    Yes, mate on 27, looks like I got carried away analyzing other possibilities and didn't put in the simplest mate there. Rxh2# is the intended ending.

  • 10 months ago

    NewPlato

    Erm... The sources i consulted it showed it ended before the actual mate, which i explained in the alternate moves at the end, but... Perhaps they continued to mate, i don't actually know. I also could have put that info at the end of the main move set for easier viewing it's true. But that was the unavoidable ending. I don't think it got played though.

  • 10 months ago

    armhow

    Yes, that's how I look it too.

  • 10 months ago

    andreaslo

    Nice game! Isn't 27...Rxh2 mate in the end?

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