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In this epic King and Pawn Endgame battle, Rubinstein possessed one small, positional advantage on the kingside, and he turned it into a forced win! Realizing how the tiniest of weaknesses can come back to bite you is one thing all members should be learning from this excellent series by GM Bojkov. Stick around for the second game and watch the Good Doctor make one tough decision (...c5) after another (Knight trade for Bishop on d2). Enjoy! | Watch video
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Is chess really that easy? Akiba Rubinstein achieves a simple, positional advantage, trades down, goes right into a nearly dead equal Rook Ending, and somehow wins with ease... Again! As GM Bojkov explains, Dr. Akiba was one of the first, true master of the final stage and his fighting spirit pushed him to never settle on a half a point. | Watch video
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And you thought he could only win a long drawn out, positional endgame? Well, you were wrong! Today GM Bojkov highlights Akiba Rubinstein's contributions to the first stage of chess, show some of his more exciting and tactical ideas, and then ends with a brilliant miniature by the Doctor with the black pieces. Enjoy the climactic beautiful checkmate! | Watch video
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A master of piece activity! A genius of Bishop Play! A true hero of positional chess! The good doctor Rubinstein was all of the above and more, and in today's video GM Bojkov continues to relish in the legacy Akiba Rubinstein left behind. What starts as another typical Tarrasch, leads to an unbalanced middlegame/endgame where the Bishop and Knight are set to battle it out again. Learn from Rubi's deep understanding of how to outplay the less powerful pony! | Watch video
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What happens when one endgame master attempts to outplay another? It's dynamite! Today the good doctor Rubinstein puts on a clinic against a fellow well known master of technique: Richard Reti. The battle of Bishop vs Knight in all its glory is on display here, and eventually, we see the Bishop's ability to "play both sides" and create more than one weakness leaves the knight feeling ill equipped in the critical moments... | Watch video
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He makes it look so simple! Rubinstein once again puts on a clinic for how to convert small, or should we say microscopic, positional advantages into won games! See how a slight initiative, and a queenside pawn majority can seem overwhelming to defend, even for top Grandmasters. GM Dejan Bojkov leads the way once again with with clear, precise analysis. | Watch video
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Another Diamond -- or should be say "Rubi" -- in the rough! GM Dejan Bojkov keeps the Greatest Chess Minds train rolling today with a detailed look at Akiba Rubinstein's first victory over the World Champion Emanuel Lasker. The youngest has no fear when facing one of Lasker's pet lines, he quickly earns a slight positional advantage, and if you make your way through the complex middlegame, you will see some excellent Rook Ending Technique by Rubinstein. | Watch video
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Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov's review of Rubinstein's positional dominance over his peers continues today with a brilliant win by Dr. Akiba with the black pieces. Watch closely as black turns a position with less space into a "positional grind", displaying superior deep-planning skills, exploiting white's bad light-squared bishop, and eventually controlling the board... one open file at a time! | Watch video
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Whether it's a good plan or a bad plan, any plan is better than no plan at all! As Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov explains today, having a plan is the most important thing you can do in a chess game. His student emerges victorious in today's game, but chances existed for both sides throughout this sharp game -- only the player who chose the right plan when it mattered, eventually came out on top! | Watch video
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In today's Member Analysis video, GM Bojkov highlights an extremely interesting example of a "jailed piece"! When white misplays the critical moment and allows his own bishop to get trapped behind a seriously dysfunctional pawn structure (tripled pawns), black must show good technique to keep the piece "out of the action" and convert an otherwise equal ending. Enjoy member Sangralo's impressive play! | Watch video