KKtRK
If 13 . . . PxP there are some troublesome rejoinders 14 B-Kt5 or 14 B-B5, the most pointed. In reply to 14 BxKt, KtxB 15 B-B5, threatening 16 KtxP and 17 P-K4. And not 13 . . . KtxP 14 B-B5 followed by BxKt B3 and BxPeh. This opens the Queen file, whereupon White repulses the attack In the center, and quickly secures a decisive advantage. P-QR3 followed by P-QKt4 merited a trial. According to Marco, 19 Kt-Q6 with the continuation 19 . . . KR-K4 20 Kt-Kt7, P-Kt4 21 Q-Q4 was even stronger. The...
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TRANSLATED BY BARNIE F. WINKELMAN ANNOTATED BY HANS KMOCH Copyright 1941 by Horowitz and Harkness. All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions. Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario. Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd., 10 Orange Street, London WC 2. This Dover edition, first published in I960, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by...
Info Aja
A sharp continuation, characteristic of Rubinstein's style. Black is ready to sacrifice a Pawn in order to secure the attack. Playing to win a Pawn. But soon White decides that this is too dangerous. Hence 14 P-QR4 was better. After the exchange of Rooks the threat on K5 must be given first consideration. Similar positions frequently occur in the Ruy Lopez. White is cramped after the removal of the King's Pawn, but has many tactical prospects as experience indicates. Hence it is not easy to...