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Improve Your Chess: Highly Instructive Games - Alekhine-Rubinstein 1921

Opening:

Player(s):

Alekhine, Rubinstein

Teacher's library
Alekhine
Rubinstein
game analysis

Rubinstein makes some unusual opening moves and Alekhine replies with even more unusual ones to gain a big advantage. Alekhine wisely points but that playing the kind of moves he made is not normal and usually incorrect. Both sides then play a series of inaccuracies where Rubinstein misses the best defenses and Alekhine finds the wrong plans.  But eventually Rubinstein falters under the pressure and Alekhine obtains a winning endgame, which he wins rather easily.