One of the great games of chess history. I played over this game as a boy (over 50 years ago!), and have spent the last 5 decades trying to play the perfect pawn storm, ala Akiba! Thanks for helping to keep this game immortal.
Rubinstein's playing style is centered around strategic planning and seeking long-term positional advantages, favoring it over aggressive tactical moves. If I were asked to guess the white player in this game, I wouldn't have associated it with Rubinstein due to the unexpected nature of his moves.
Is there a statistic for percentage losses by each of the great chess masters? I ask because in six years of following chess history on y/t I cannot remember Akita Rubinstein ever having lost a game.
@@chesswisdom Would you know then from the same source who won the greatest percentage of all his/her games? I suppose that question would need framing as a certain number of games, played at prime, within a certain number of years - perhaps Morphy might set the benchmark for that with his short career - perhaps it needs to be longer - probably does. Do not regard self as in any way expert hence the question. Be quite good to know the top scorer and then be able to read the others down from it - like F1 - as ‘off the pace’.
It would be really interesting to take a look at this statistics, unfortunately I don't know where it's possible to find it. But I agree with you about Morphy, as he was much stronger than his contemporaries, that's actually the reason he lost interest in chess and stopped playing so early.
Oh, you’ve gotten yourself here, Mark. Only a month ago did this very channel post Nimzowitsch defeating Rubinstein in a great game. And you could probably find a list online of players with the highest winning percentage with the right key words. And I’m sure that there are other videos where Rubinstein is shown losing, like on the channel “Mordimer’s Chess” where at least Chigorin has been shown beating Rubinstein. Cheers
One of the great games of chess history. I played over this game as a boy (over 50 years ago!), and have spent the last 5 decades trying to play the perfect pawn storm, ala Akiba! Thanks for helping to keep this game immortal.
My pleasure. I'm sure you've carried out lots of great attacks, but your best pawn storms are still to come.
Your choice of games is brilliant, every single game 👍
Black's little a6 pawn push is hilarious. Like opening an umbrella as a tsunami approaches
Rubinstein's playing style is centered around strategic planning and seeking long-term positional advantages, favoring it over aggressive tactical moves. If I were asked to guess the white player in this game, I wouldn't have associated it with Rubinstein due to the unexpected nature of his moves.
Is there a statistic for percentage losses by each of the great chess masters? I ask because in six years of following chess history on y/t I cannot remember Akita Rubinstein ever having lost a game.
It's an interesting question. Here is what I've found: +471, -163, =293. www.chessgames.com/player/akiba_rubinstein.html
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Would you know then from the same source who won the greatest percentage of all his/her games? I suppose that question would need framing as a certain number of games, played at prime, within a certain number of years - perhaps Morphy might set the benchmark for that with his short career - perhaps it needs to be longer - probably does. Do not regard self as in any way expert hence the question. Be quite good to know the top scorer and then be able to read the others down from it - like F1 - as ‘off the pace’.
It would be really interesting to take a look at this statistics, unfortunately I don't know where it's possible to find it. But I agree with you about Morphy, as he was much stronger than his contemporaries, that's actually the reason he lost interest in chess and stopped playing so early.
Oh, you’ve gotten yourself here, Mark. Only a month ago did this very channel post Nimzowitsch defeating Rubinstein in a great game. And you could probably find a list online of players with the highest winning percentage with the right key words. And I’m sure that there are other videos where Rubinstein is shown losing, like on the channel “Mordimer’s Chess” where at least Chigorin has been shown beating Rubinstein.
Cheers