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Game 41: Rubinstein, Akiba - Lasker, Emanuel 1-0
(St.Petersburg 1909)

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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 Bxd4 12.exd4 Qg5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne3 O-O-O 15.O-O Rhe8 16.Rc1 Rxe3 17.Rxc6+ bxc6 18.Qc1 $1 Rxd4 19.fxe3 Rd7 20.Qxc6+ Kd8 21.Rf4 f5 22.Qc5 Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Rubinstein has won a pawn.} 24.Rxf5 $1 {White creates a passed pawn.} (24.Rd4 Rc7 {is less impressive.} ) 24...Rd1+ 25.Kf2 $1 (25.Rf1 Rd2 26.Rb1 {leads to passivity.}) 25...Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.Ra5 Rb7 28.Ra6 $1 { White controls the centre and restricts the black king.} 28...Kf8 29.e4 Rc7 30.h4 Kf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Kf4 Ke7 33.h5 h6 ({Fine analyses the passive} 33...Kf7 34.h6 gxh6 35.Rxh6 Kg7 36.Ra6 Kf7 37.Kf5 Re7 38.e5 Rb7 39.Rc6 { The a-pawn advances and strangulation will be the result.}) 34.Kf5 Kf7 { Square g6 needs protection.} 35.e5 Rb7 36.Rd6 Ke7 ({Or} 36...Rc7 37.Rd7+ $1 Rxd7 38.e6+) 37.Ra6 { White repeated moves in order to pass the time control on move 37.} 37...Kf7 38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.a3 {The world champion was beaten in their first confrontation.Rubinstein was a challenger of Lasker until his nerves collapsed.} (40.a3 Re7 (40...Ke8 41.Kg6 { shows the point of the subtlety: the black rook cannot go to b4.}) 41.e6+ Kg8 42.Kg6 Re8 43.e7 {(Kmoch).}) 1-0

by Jan van Reek

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The Endgame

	Introduction
	Struggle:
1.	Attack in the centre
2.	The attack on the king
3.	The flank attack
4.	Encirclement
	Prophylaxis:
5.	Blockade in general
6.	Blockade by the knight
7.	Restriction in general
8.	Restriction and time
9.	Consolidation
10.	Fortification
11.	Strong and weak squares
12.	Crossing a diagonal
13.	The battle for an important square
14.	Overprotection
15.	Conunterattack: direct confrontation
	Examples:
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