[Event "St Petersburg"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "1909.02.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Jacques Mieses"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Krause, 3.c4"] 1.d4 { Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker. } 1...d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 { Here interesting is 6...Nc7!? The continuation 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Bc4 e5 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.Bg3 leads to a complicated game. } 7.Nc3 e5 { ?! If 7...a6 8.e5 Nd5 9.e6 and Black stands worse. The right move here is 7...e6. } 8.Bb5+ { ! } 8...Bd7 9.Nf5 Nc6 { ?! } 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.Be3 a6 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Ke2 Rc8 16.Rhd1 Nc5 17.Bxc5 { Better was to keep the bishop; e.g., 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.Nd5, etc. } 17...Rxc5 18.Rac1 Nc6 { A mistake. Black should play 18...Rc7 followed by ...O-O. } 19.Rd5 { ! } 19...Rxd5 { If 19...Rc4 20.b3 Rd4 21.Ke3 f6 22.Na4 Ke7 23.Nc5 Rxd5 (23...Rb8 24.Nxb7) 24.exd5 Nb4 25.d6+ with advantage for White. } 20.exd5 Nd4+ 21.Kd3 Ke7 22.f4 { ! } 22...f6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Ke4 Kd6 25.Rf1 Rc8 26.Rf7 Rc4 27.Kd3 Rb4 28.Rxg7 { Also strong was 28.b3 and White will win at least a pawn; for example, 28...Nb5 29.Nxb5! Rxb5 30.Rxg7 h5 31.Rh7 Rxd5+ 32.Ke3. } 28...Rxb2 29.Rxh7 Rxg2 30.Rh6+ Kd7 31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rh6+ Kd7 33.Ne4 { ! } 33...Rxa2 34.Rh7+ Kd8 35.d6 Nb5 { The threat was Nf6 and Rh8+ mate. } 36.Kc4 Ra5 37.Rxb7 Na3+ 38.Kb4 { ! } 38...Rb5+ 39.Rxb5 Nxb5 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Kd5 a5 42.Nc5+ Ke8 43.Kxe5 Kf7 44.Nb7 { Rubinstein conducted the endgame of this game with monumental mastery. } {#r} 1-0