C18
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Warsaw Variation
Key moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3/Nd2 dxe4
In the Rubinstein Variation, Black captures on e4, leading to open positions. White gets a slight space advantage but Black has solid development.
History & Notable Players
Named after Akiba Rubinstein, the legendary endgame player.
Top Players in this Opening
Related Openings
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Best Games
Karjakin,Sergey vs Rapport,R1-0
76th Tata Steel Masters 2014Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
20th Amber Rapid 2011Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Grischuk,A0-1
Tal Memorial Blitz 2008Notable
Hou Yifan vs Rajlich,I1-0
1st WCh-Team Women 2007Notable
Grischuk,A vs Shulman,Y1/2-1/2
WCC 2005Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1/2-1/2
WCC 2005Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1-0
WCC 2005Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1-0
WCC 2005Notable
Kasimdzhanov,R vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2004Notable
Leko,P vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2002Notable
Anand,V vs Lputian,S1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2000Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H1-0
Dortmunder Schachtage 1999Notable
Svidler, Peter vs Ivanchuk, Vassily0-1
Linares16th 1999Notable
Dominguez Perez, Lenier vs Pert, Nicholas1/2-1/2
Wch U18 1998Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Nikolic, Predrag1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997Notable
Topalov, Veselin vs Jussupow, Artur1-0
Dortmund 1997Notable
Kamsky, Gata vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir1-0
Amber-blind 4th 1995Notable
Polgar, Judit vs Beliavsky, Alexander G1-0
Linares 1994Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Polgar, Zsuzsa1-0
Amber-blind 2nd 1993Notable
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam vs Komora, Andrej1-0
Wch U16 1993Notable