Rubinstein's Immortal Game! - One of the most beautiful games of Romantic Chess Era

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"Rubinstein's Immortal" (game of the day Jan-06-2009)
Lodz (1907), Lodz POL, rd 6, Dec-26
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32)
Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 - 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess grandmaster who is considered to have been one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
In his youth, he defeated top players such as José Raúl Capablanca and Carl Schlechter and was scheduled to play a match with Emanuel Lasker for the World Chess Championship in 1914, but it was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. He was unable to recreate the same form after the war, and his later life was plagued by mental illness.
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Whenever one sees both bishops pointed at one's castle, one knows that trouble is near.

[@AbrarKarim]

Not true. When I put my both bishops pointing at opponents castle, it's me who gets into trouble...

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@@AbrarKarim how

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If both his bishops aare pointing at the same castle that means that both bishops are on the same color which puts him in danger since it's either illegal or a pawn made a Bishop instead of Queen.

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@@joshuaizly5502I think OP meant that both the bishops are adjacent to each other, and that 1 bishop is attacking the rook’s diagonal, and the other, the king’s diagonal.

[@fredperry9235]

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As did I. That was a masterpiece.

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As Yasser Seirawan would say - a game people should know by heart. Beautiful game.

[@agadmator]

+Gill Rowley That is exactly how he says it :)

[@confucheese]

Fun fact: this chess game is featured in the game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Various positions from the game are displayed on screens throughout the game.

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That's an awesome bit of trivia.

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Those rooks fell like two anvils from heaven

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Officially one of the most beautiful games I have seen

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[@tottenvillelegend826]

This was one of my favorite games to learn about back in middle school. Impressive sacrificing a queen for a knight, then a rook sacrifice for a forced checkmate.

[@pthiago_s5075]

Rubinstein has the best name in Chess world for sure

[@noniedelprado4576]

Yes. Also Ribli and Spassky in my opinion

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This game deserves a new video Agad! I know you agree with me

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Who is here from Capablanca saga?

[@mg7509]

I knew his name but I had never seen a game from him, I saw the game against capablanca and was amazed, came here, looked at this, and I just cant believe it. What a beast...

[@windinthewillow1871]

I'm here from Stickfish's immortal from TCEC

[@1.4142]

morphy saga

[@OriginalAimbot]

Very alpha zero like bishops.

[@besmart1360]

One of the best games in chess history

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I know this game by heart! So happy to have found a video of you covering it

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+Nikhil Kapoor Thanks Nikhil, I will try :)

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It's sad how Rubinstein's later life turned out :(

[@kryzlerkaye2057]

Why what happened?

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@@kryzlerkaye2057 Got crazy.

[@Utroll]

it's sad how everyone's life end in death

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Rubinstein. A world champion Without a crown

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+pop9095 Thanks brother, I will :)

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He did improve his presentation skills, as well as his vast knowledge.

[@TottenvilleMiddleSchool]

This is probably my favorite chess game of all time.

[@MrSupernova111]

A beautiful masterpiece! I love the classics! #suggestion Capablanca vs Rubinstein, Budapest 1928. Score 1-0

[@skiperinoagadmaterino446]

Vast knowledge 0:00 First move ​​0:48

[@drnantz]

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[@heliolins]

Would love to see more Rubinstein games. His game from 1908 vs Salwe is an amazing positional and strategy lesson in the QGD. #suggestion

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[@i1pro]

You can tell Rubinstain studied openings...

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BEAUTIFUL! Nuff said.....

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[@gustavofiguera]

Really an inmortal chess game. Rubinstein had an incredible talent.

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Beautiful!

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[@agadmator]

+محمود Mahmoud Thanks Mahmoud :(

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Beautiful

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I like your games please dr. Elkind dr. Lasker Dr alkine there games are without a doubt or some of the best games ever played capa Blanca and Dr Lasker

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Here from the Capablanca saga. What a game this is!

[@eden409]

i have watched stockfish's immortal so now im gonna check out this game

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Watching this in 2021

[@josemuhr5472]

Love your videos. Big fan. Just one suggestion. Maybe after the introduction of the game, and the showing of the chess quote above the board, (wich I love). I think it would be a good idea to enlarge the board for it to occupie all the left up quadrant of the screen. Many of us see your videos on smart phones and the board seems a little small to me. Not that it's a big thing or anything. Props to your videos.

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Who is here from Stockfish’s immortal?

[@charleshayden7408]

awesome sacrifices

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I did enjoy this

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[@dalmau625]

what a nice game, i'd love to see it again with the new format, and more lines discussed when rook captures on c3

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Your wish has been granted. :)

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I am actually one of Rotlevy's grand grand son!

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2:12 Fun fact: this position from this game was shown in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I guess someone in game development team really likes chess.

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

Thank you! I love Rubinstein! I have a book of his games and have played through it many times.

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You should re-post all these old games in the new format (post-2020, with more analysys, pro microphone and stuff)

[@sergeivasilyevichrachmanin6630]

Back when his highest donation is 33 dollars. Congrats agadmator on coming so far. P.S I am here from Stockfish immortal 😂😂

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

#suggestion Redo this game in 60 FPS as bearing similarities to Aronian-Anand "A Game for the Ages", Tata Steel 2013 Round 4

[@pthiago_s5075]

Wish I was that good as guys from old times

[@ramshaar2597]

Wooo!!! Scary rival i am in shock.

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Mind blowing game

[@sozibrahman8504]

#suggestion Akiba Rubenstein vs Orlrich Duras 1912 Oldrich Duras vs Rudolf Spielmann 1912 (hell battery) Oldrich Duras vs Rudolf Spielmann 1907 can you please do a game of Oldrich duras. It will be such a treat for us who plays duras gambit.

[@gheffz]

Both Stockfish and Rubinstein offered to sacrificed the Queen, as well ... another similarity! I can see why this game mirror's Stockfish's Immortal as you have rightly called it.

[@davidcopson5800]

Or Stockfish's game mirrors this one. Getting things the right way round.

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You are so young in this video!

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This video is from the Romantic era of Agadmator

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4:24 our dog playing around

[@paul_price]

When you have three pieces hanging, offer a fourth!

[@johndelacroix9909]

The gameplay during this era is so much more enjoyable for me compared to modern chess where everything is almost by the book. Players settle for draws very often, everything is played like an engine. This is particular for very strong tournaments and like the candidates. This gameplay, "romantic era gameplay" shows the art and science and the actual beauty of chess. Yes, Magnus Carlsennis very strong but he plays lke an engine. Romantic era chess games gets you motivated to play chess, it gets your adrenaline rushing, your heart pumping when you see games like this. You feel like you want to keep moving forward in terms of chess. Thats not exactly the case for todays chess games where you might sometimes feel kinda intimidated by almost everything that is like a textbook and engine.

[@devrimboz4302]

i had a gossip that this game already planned before by Rubinstein and that polish master,,, Rubinstein was rich and he gave lot money to him for this immortal theater.

[@jds373]

#suggestion I would really enjoy if you would revisit this game similar to how you revisited Anand's immortal game. This is one of my favorite games and I think that there is a lot more to add. It would especially be nice to see the line what happens if white tries to defend with h3 instead of g3.

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a brilliancy indeed

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where you find these games buddy?? i mean.. i 've seen almost all your video uploads, and 70% of the games are like forgotten treasures. Keep up the good work.. greetings from India (btw.. my nickname is sureet.)

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+Powerpoint Graphics Ey Sureet, I know these games. I've seen them somewhere somewhen. When I decide which player I will cover today, it easy to decide on the game :)

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I know this post is a year old, but there's a book named something like The Mammoth book of the world's greatest chess games, and this is in the book along with all the classics.

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@@michaelbauers8800 Hey! Thanks a lot! I was looking for a book just like you mention it. I appreciate it

[@Shiva..]

Bloody effin hell. Rubinstein is more than Rook Endings!

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🔥🔥🔥

[@muralikrishnan3309]

From the Saga

[@SSmitar]

Nice video as always. But I have a request for you, can you do Paul Keres vs Mikhail Tal, from the tournament where Tal defeated everyone but Paul Keres?

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+Smit Ramteke I have this planned already, sure :)

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Anand / Aronian , Nerves of Steel 2013 !!

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Who's here after van forest vs duda?

[@euraiahblair921]

Would you mind doing the Botvinnik vs Capablanca AVRO 1938 game?? Great videos, and congratulations on 10k subs!

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+Euraiah Blair I will, if it's not done in a week, please remind me again. But I will try to do it

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Awesome.

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B E A U T I F U L . . . wow

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This game is a daisy 👍👏🏼🍀

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wow

[@vivekjoshi5207]

#suggestion.. Some sorcery series games... As fillers in/during the capablanca saga.

[@sinantuten8998]

I love the romantic era of chess... I also admire the calculation and engine based preparation style of chess of novadays... we are waiting for our next Paul Morphy, or Cappablanca or Fisher... Carlsen is doing a quite nice job btw, but I would expect some other GM such as Ivanchuk to defeat memorization based engine preparations. That's because on memorization bvase you are competing with human brain, and that definitive advantage of human brain is creativity... P.S: I am not suggesting working with chess engines is a bad thing, I am merely suggesting that we didn't see the full effect of availability of engines to human chess play skills. Like one of you videos Agadmator, 'invisible to engines' video...

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Like in Kramnik vs Leko game...

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hi i love ur vids

[@michaelbauers8800]

A pretty combination

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who's here because of stockfish??

[@tangohotellima1895]

At 3:26 in the video, instead of taking black's queen (23. PxQh4), would taking black's bishop on b7 (23. BxBb7) work?

[@thedrakensangtank]

Rxg3 and black is up a pawn with a very strong attack

[@tangohotellima1895]

Thx. And true, white is down a piece; however, he can survive checkmate (after black 23.Rxg3) by playing 24. Rf3? Essentially, White avoids the poisoned queen and survives?

[@thedrakensangtank]

@@tangohotellima1895 Calculated from the head: 24... Rxf3 25. Bxf3, Nf2+ 26. Kg1, Qxf4 or something looks absolutely diabolical for white

[@ralphmalasakit9543]

Why didn't he move the pon from h2 - h3? Isnt that the best move since the black light square bshop pointing at him? Lol. Did i miss something? Can someone explain

[@ajays1663]

A nice video... can u do a video on Lasker vs capablanca

[@flugschulerfluglehrer7139]

#suggestion series on romantic chess

[@tomtrader6559]

I am assuming you are reading that from wikipedia which is sad considering that you are a good chess player yourself:( I would expect you have got a better knowledge of chess history... Rubinstein did beat everyone in his times and if not war would have become a world champion. After the war his game sufferer a bit but not to the point where he would start losing, especially that in 1931 we have won chess olympiad! There were talks about him playing for the championship again but the problem apparently was money!! I think the book i read about him said the reigning champion wanted 1000gbp for the shot at the title!! He was like Keres of his times, absolutely agree with that! BTW, would be nice seeing a video about guys like Tartakower or Najdorf!!:)

[@andydufresne567]

Am i missing something? Why not Bxh7+ then QxN.

[@rbueno55]

also mexican brilliant Carlos Torres (the fallen eagle?...please

[@JICM25]

What if he had played h3 instead ?

[@jadenichols1873]

can i ask why didnt white capture the knight at g4? thabks

[@knightf8648]

You should make more short videos like these. No one has time for 30 minutes chess.

[@gonzalo4658]

Rubinstein could've gone for so many more variations on this faulty opponent and opportunistic positional advantage and yet decides to play around with the position and earn himself an unnecessary immortal GAmE instead; that is the difference between any (average) player and Rubinstein (the grandmaster).

[@Enigmaprince]

I can only imagine the thoughtproces of Georg be like: What the heck is this noob doing? offering me queen and rook yes please! seconds later.... Wtf just happened?!?! hah

[@jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46]

For the queen, he probably thought that, when he sacrificed the other rook he probably said "Oh shit".

[@joetucker971]

What happens if queen sacrifice is ignored and white captures the room on C3 instead?

[@davidcopson5800]

I need to see a player capture a room. That would be quite something.

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Jeseus bro, put that mug away.