Akiba Rubinstein's Immortal Game | Immortal Games Part 2

Akiba Rubinstein is considered by almost all to be one of the strongest chess players never to be world champion. Among the ranks of Keres, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Tal, and more, he was simply brilliant. He developed many opening variations, including the Rubinstein System against the Tarrasch Defense (1. d4 d4 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2), which is now the most common and popular variation in the Tarrasch, and considered to be the best.

He was Polish-born, born on December 1, 1880 in Stawiski, Poland, and lived to be 80 years old, passing on on March 15, 1961. He was given the title of Grandmaster relatively late, in 1950, when he was already 70 years old.

Today we're going to be analyzing one of his most famous games, considered immortal because the final combination looks like it could only have been found by "inspiration from the heavens." It's still played over by chess aficionados like us today, more than a hundred years later. To be honest, the combinations was not inhumanly difficult to see, and I would bet that most decent masters today would find it, but its beauty and aesthetic value make it one of the most celebrated games in history.

This game was played in Lodz, Poland in 1907, about 300 kilometers from Rubinstein's hometown. His opponent was Georg Rotlewi (also spelled Gersz, George, and Gersh), was another accomplished Polish master. I analyzed this game to the best of my ability, but there are a lot of possible variations.

If you (somehow) haven't seen this game yet, all the better. You're in for a real treat. Buckle up!

Absolutely astonishing.

Well, we'll end it on that high note. 

If you want me to analyze an immortal game of your choice, pm me our start a chat and tell me which one you want, and I'll do it! Also, if you want to compare analysis with me, you can send me one of your games, analyze it, and I'll analyze it, and I'll post it and compare our analysis. If you're a higher rated player, that would be great because so far I've only compared analysis with lower rated players.

Also, I'll be posting updates on how my study plan is going. Right now I'm watching IM Danny Rensch's videos on pawn structures, which are naturally very good.

Thanks for reading! I'll see you next time!