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Akiba Rubinstein was a Polish Grandmaster. He is best known for his incredible winning streak in 1912, when he won 5 consecutive tournaments. In 1914 a match was agreed upon between World Champion Emanuel Lasker and Rubinstein, unfortunately this event never took place because of World War I. Rubinstein is considered to be one of the strongest players to never win the world championship. Rubinstein's playing style was both positional and endgame-oriented. He was particularly talented in the opening and endgame phases, his knowledge and understanding of rook endings was far ahead of his time. IM Jeremy Silman ranked him as a top 5 endgame player of all time. Rubinstein's style was not confined to solely positional and endgame play, in this example we see Rubinstein conducting a brilliant attack. How often does one get to see white pawns on h6 and g6 simultaneously? Rubinstein learned to play chess at the age of 16. In 1903, he made the decision to devote himself to chess full-time. Within the next few years, Rubinstein showed that he was among the strongest players in the world. In 1907, Rubinstein won the strong Carlsbad international tournament, ahead of Maroczy, Nimzowitsch, Schlechter, Vidmar, Teichmann, Marshall, Tartakower, Janowsky and others. In 1909, he shared first place (alongside World Champion Lasker) in the St. Petersburg tournament. In 1911, Rubinstein finished 2nd place in the San Sebastian tournament with an undefeated score of 9/14. He ended up 1/2 a point behind Capablanca (Capablanca's first international tournament victory), but ahead of Marshall, Tarrasch, Schlechter, Nimzowitsch and others. Rubinstein handed Capablanca his only loss of the tournament. In this game Rubinstein outplays Capablanca in the opening and early middle game (with the memorable 17. Qc1!), and wins a pawn. He then displays fantastic endgame technique to bring home the full point: 1912 was a career year for Rubinstein, as he finished first in five consecutive major tournaments. At the time, this was an unprecedented accomplishment. According to chessmetrics, Rubinstein was the top player in the world from 1912 to 1914 - ahead of World Champion Emanuel Lasker. This time period was undoubtedly Rubinstein's peak, as nobody that he faced could stop him. Here is a game example from his victory at Breslau in 1912, where he fractures Marshall's pawns in the middle game before converting to a winning rook and pawn endgame: After his impressive streak of tournament victories in 1912, World Champion Lasker accepted the challenge from Rubinstein to play for the title. They agreed to play their match in 1914. Unfortunately, World War I broke out, and the match was never played. This would be the first time that Rubinstein was unable to play for the world championship title, despite earning his place. During and after World War I, he continued to play in events and tournaments in Poland. Rubinstein came in 4th place in the 1922 London tournament, second place in the 1922 Hastings tournament, and won the 1922 Vienna tournament (ahead of Alekhine). World Champion Capablanca offered to play a match against Rubinstein, but Rubinstein was unable to raise the funds. This marked the second time that Rubinstein could (or even should) have played for the world championship title. Rubinstein continued playing well throughout the 1920s, but never again had the consistent results he had before the war. In 1930, he played first board for the gold medal winning Polish team at the Hamburg Chess Olympiad. In 1931, he again played first board for the Polish team in the Olympiad. However, in 1932 Rubinstein stepped away from tournament chess. His mental state had noticeably deteriorated, as he suffered from social anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. Legacy In 1950, FIDE recognized Rubinstein as one of the original 27 players who were awarded the title of Grandmaster. His legacy is far-reaching, as many of his opening innovations and ideas are still used today. The Rubinstein variation of the Nimzo-Indian defense, French defense, and Tarrasch defense are all still considered the main lines of these openings today. His contributions to the Queen's gambit are also still practiced. His game against Rotlewi in 1907 is considered to be one of the best games of all time, and his endgame play is still used in many books and videos. The Rubinstein memorial tournament has been held annually since 1963 - a testament to the chess legend.

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This is in a current game I am playing with the Unofficial Chess.Com Fast Vote Chess Team. What do you think about this? Signing off, @bdchess617.

Here are some of these legendary games. Tell me which one you like the most in the comments. Sincerely, @shashm.

Ok so there are six players and the person who counts twelve is out you can count either 1,2,3. Numbers. for example #1 1,2#2 3,4,5 #3 6 #4 7,8,9 #5 10,11 #6 12! so 6 is out sign up here 1. @meatyscale 2. @brawlz123 3. @33eric2008 4. @gundodu13 5. @stephenwilly 6. @maxipep88

Hi guys. Sorry for not being active for quite a while. It was my birthday. Anyways, here are some of Anish Giri's games. Hope that you like them!!!

Sorry for being inactive! NOW I AM BACK WITH A INTERESTING TOPIC.... World's oddest openings: So let's jump right in! Bongcloud Opening Toilet Opening Hammerschlag Opening Alapin Defense: Hillbilly Attack Hopefully you enjoyed. Try these, if you want to lose? Well, now you know, in case you didn't. Signing off, @bdchess617

Hi guys, today's my birthday (May 15), so I decided to do something special. Garry Kasparov's most used openings for white and black. Hope you learn something, @shashm. White: 1. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation, Main Line 2. Ruy Lopez Opening: Morphy Defense, Flohr-Zaitsev System 3. Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 4. Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation Black: 1. Sicilian Defence: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation 2. Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack 3. Sicilian Defense: Open Najdorf Variation 4. Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, English Attack with 7. f3 5. Grünfeld Defense: Russian, Prins Variation Next time, I will do Garry Kasparov's Best Games. Be on the lookout.

There are a few openings I would like to share with you, that are used by renowned grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and can give you up to a +0.89 advantage right out of the gate. Try some of these: Queen's Indian Opening Ruy Lopez Opening, Berlin Defense, Open Giuco Piano Game: Giuco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights, Canal Variation Hopefully you learned something! Feel free to try these tactics in a match!

Tell me which one you like best in the comments!! Sincerely, @shashm BTW I didn't have time to annotate any of the things, but they are still very fun. If you have any doubts, question me and I will try my best.

Hello Pawns Club!! Today I will post a games played by Paul Morphy. These games are from quite a long time ago, so they might have a few mistakes. Before we start, I would like to post pictures of the grandmasters that I have posted about so far. First off, Vishy Anand and Nepo. I posted about them here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/anand-with-an-amazing-open-trap-against-nepo-in-fide-chess-com-online-nations-cup. Vishy Anand Nepo Next, I posted about Magnus Carlsen's games. You can see them here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/some-amazing-games-by-magnus-carlsen. Carlsen The post I made after that was about Alexander Alekhine. You can see this one here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/amazing-games-by-alexander-alekhine. Alexander Alekhine My latest post (a few hours ago) was about Ding Liren's games. You can see those here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ding-liren-beats-magnus-carlsen. Ding Liren Now, today's post. I have decided to post Paul Morphy's best games. Tell me which one you like and what GM to talk about next in the comments.

This is called the Siberian Gambit, also known as the Smith-Morra Gambit, is a intermediate level chess trap used by some of my favorite chess players like Fabiano Carauna. Here is another trap that is even more common: This is another intermediate level trapmate called the Legal's Mate. If the player makes the move 5. Bh5 then you may be well on the way to victory. Feel free to try this in a match. Hopefully this is useful! I will do a Part 2 if anyone wants one!

Good luck solving these common endgame positions. I am not going to explain them since they are self explanatory, but I will answer all questions, just ask. In the above, think about if white should try to trade the knights and win, or just try to win with knights, or is this a draw. Post answer in comments.

This isn't one of my normal posts, but instead I have created a quiz. You can view it here: https://forms.gle/koCF33mCCp9Y6mFd7. There are 6 parts, and 5 tactics. Make sure to finish everything. (It's only 10 or so questions long, and it's pretty easy.) You can ask confirmation questions here. If you can't see any of the tacatics, ask here. Anyways good luck, have fun, and don't cheat. @evanyoyo: 7/10 @Dannys100 7.5/10 @harmlessalien 6/10

Hello again everyone. Today I have decided to post some of Ding Liren's best games. But before I do this, I would like to tell everyone about my latest posts. The first one was about GM Vishy Anand doing an opening trap on Nepo in the Fide Online World Nation's Cup. You can see that here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/anand-with-an-amazing-open-trap-against-nepo-in-fide-chess-com-online-nations-cup. The second one contained some of Magnus Carlsen's best games. You can see those here:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/some-amazing-games-by-magnus-carlsen. My latest article contained Alexander Alekhine's best games. You can see this here:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/amazing-games-by-alexander-alekhine. Now, finally to today's post about the best games of Ding Liren. BTW yes, it is true that he beat Magnus Carlsen. You can see this game in these games. Hope you like them, @shashm