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Rubinstein, Akiba

classical era

Akiba Rubinstein (1880-1961) was a Polish grandmaster widely considered one of the greatest players never to become World Champion, dominating the chess world from 1912-1914 ahead of reigning champion Emanuel Lasker. Renowned as an endgame virtuoso particularly in rook endings, he won five consecutive tournaments in 1912 and was scheduled to challenge Lasker for the world title before World War I cancelled the match.

Total Games

797

Wins

385

Draws

273

Losses

139

48.3% wins34.3% draws17.4% losses

Most Played Openings

D05 - Rubinstein Opening38D02 - Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre27D27 - Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman Variation20C01 - French Defense: Exchange Variation20C48 - Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation19C49 - Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation19D40 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense17D30 - Queen's Gambit Declined14C77 - Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Jaffe Gambit14D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack14

Most Faced Opponents

Bogoljubow, Efim36 gamesMarshall, Frank James35 gamesSpielmann, Rudolf34 gamesMieses, Jacques28 gamesSalwe, Georg27 gamesTartakower, Saviely26 gamesNimzowitsch, Aaron22 gamesSchlechter, Carl21 gamesTarrasch, Siegbert20 gamesReti, Richard20 games

Featured Games

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Rubinstein, Akiba vs Nimzowitsch, Aaron

Bad Kissingen

1928

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Alekhine, Alexander vs Rubinstein, Akiba

The Hague

1921

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Alekhine, Alexander vs Rubinstein, Akiba

RUS-ch

1912

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Rubinstein, Akiba vs Alekhine, Alexander

Karlsbad

1911

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Nimzowitsch, Aaron vs Rubinstein, Akiba

Dresden

1926

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Capablanca, Jose Raul vs Rubinstein, Akiba

Berlin Tageblatt

1928

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Nimzowitsch, Aaron vs Rubinstein, Akiba

Semmering

1926

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Rubinstein, Akiba vs Lasker, Emanuel

Moscow

1925

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Rubinstein, Akiba vs Alekhine, Alexander

Vienna

1922

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Rubinstein, Akiba vs Nimzowitsch, Aaron

Berlin Tageblatt

1928

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Games (797)

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Moewig, Alfred vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 D40
Duras, Oldrich vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1/2-1/2
Hauptturnier A playoff 1905 C01
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Loewy, Leopold Jr
1-0
Hauptturnier A 1905 D02
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Levitsky, Stepan M
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 D40
Kunze, Wilhelm vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 C11
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Bleykmans, D.
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 A84
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Evtifeev, Peter Artemievich
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 A53
Middleton, E E. vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1/2-1/2
Hauptturnier A 1905 C11
Kieseritzki, R. vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 D52
Rosenkrantz, Karl Wilhelm vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 C11
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Salwe, Georg
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 D60
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Mieses, Jacques
1-0
Lodz m 1905 D52
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Sartori, Arthur
1-0
Hauptturnier A 1905 D37
Vidmar, Milan Sr vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1-0
Hauptturnier A 1905 C11
Helbach, Grigory vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
St Petersburg 1905 C11
Talvik, Eduard vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
St Petersburg 1905 C53
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Gajdos, Johannes
1-0
Hauptturnier A 1905 D32
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Heilmann, E.
1-0
Hauptturnier A 1905 D40
Alapin, Simon vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 C11
Englund, Fritz vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 C01
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Maliutin, Boris Evgenievich
0-1
St Petersburg 1905 D46
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Blumenfeld, Beniamin Markovich
1-0
St Petersburg 1905 D06
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Cohn, Erich
1/2-1/2
Hauptturnier A 1905 D52
Duras, Oldrich vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
Hauptturnier A 1905 C77
Izbinsky, Stefan vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
St Petersburg 1905 C77
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich
1-0
St Petersburg 1905 A85
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Omeliansky, Vasily
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg 1905 A84
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Znosko Borovsky, Eugene
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch03 1903 D53
Salwe, Georg vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch03 1903 D02
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Levitsky, Stepan M
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch03 1903 C01
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Bernstein, Ossip
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 C45
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Benko, PP.
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 A84
Lowcki, Moishe Leopoldowicz vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 D31
Izbinsky, Stefan vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 C83
Chigorin, Mikhail vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 C00
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Rabinovich, Abram
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 A85
Salwe, Georg vs Rubinstein, Akiba
1-0
Lodz-m 1903 B57
Kalinsky, N. vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 C22
Von Stamm, Wilhelm vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 D40
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Nikolaev, B.
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 D37
Yurevich, Vladimir vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 A03
Breev, V. vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 A00
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Kulomzin, Viacheslav Nikolaev
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 D32
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Salwe, Georg
1-0
Lodz-m 1903 D05
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 D05
Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich vs Rubinstein, Akiba
0-1
RUS-ch03 1903 C10
Rubinstein, Akiba vs Lebedev, Sergey Fedorovich
1-0
RUS-ch03 1903 C10
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