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288 RUBINSTETN<br />
gase. adalysed openinCs, played f.iendly eaoes,<br />
.nd coachcd o'(.r.Ly and olher playe$.<br />
Rubinstein was a great srudenl ofthe openi.gs.<br />
especially oI bis i.vourite olEEN's cAMBri and a<br />
ine endgame ptayer, perhaps lhe greatest rook<br />
ending expen ol his rine. In play he Nas a<br />
peifcctionist: a gane was ro be constrDcted<br />
carelully, nove <strong>by</strong> no!e, and was not <strong>to</strong> hin a<br />
6ehr. His bestganesNele in irrepro acb a ble style i<br />
bur he did not like <strong>to</strong> be thro*n oit colrse and in<br />
consequence he sometimes iailed in the middlegam<br />
e even against Pla ye$ Ne I I be low hh st.ength<br />
A lilelong shyness be.ame alnost patbological in<br />
bn hter ycas. Afler naking a move hc would<br />
wilhdraw <strong>to</strong> a corner oIlhe room,feeling hnvery<br />
presence gave otfence. _lhe los of a Eane<br />
nndermined his confde.ce- nore so than with<br />
other nastes. His g.eat successes in 1912 and<br />
1922, stimulated <strong>by</strong> hopes of a ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship<br />
natch. were iollowed whcn the hopes laded <strong>by</strong><br />
dismal lailures: sirth cquat at St ?etersburg 1914-<br />
tselfrhandrenrh respe.rively al carlsbad 1923 and<br />
M,ihrisch-Onrau 1923. He was @-edi<strong>to</strong>r of..L-<br />
LxNt adl,bor (1921) but apart fro m a nnotalions,<br />
always ol hish qualily, in penodi.als he lelt no<br />
olher litcrary work. In 1933 Nocts published<br />
Ruhi$eb Gevjnnr!. a selection of 100 eames.<br />
This was repnnted in 1941i in the same year lhere<br />
was an English translation, in turn repnnted i.<br />
1960. under the title fi,bruteih\ Che$ M6tet<br />
5l Ne6 Bb3 52 Nxd4+ Kbz 53 Ni5 a4 51 Ke3 a3 55<br />
NM3 (ja3 56 Kd4 Kbl whire resiSns.<br />
RUBTNSTEIN ATTACT, 97, variation ol rhe<br />
aUEEN's cAmr Declined. successtully played <strong>by</strong><br />
RrurNsmrN around 1908 and now a siandard line:<br />
36 the nARRwrz Arh.(<br />
RUBINSTETN VARIATION, 58, thE S'SLECHCX<br />
vARrAroN of rhe ouEENis caMBrr Declinedr 79, an<br />
inrcresting say lor While lo avoid the MEnAN<br />
vARrArror, played in lh. gane Rubinstein<br />
Vidmar. San Remo 1930: 154, sometimes called<br />
tbe Landau Vanatioa, inroduced <strong>by</strong> RUBTNSTEN<br />
(white) aeainst ALExnN. ar the st Pete$buig<br />
<strong>to</strong>um ment 191.1, and the nost comnonly Played<br />
<strong>to</strong>urth movc fo. Whne in lhe NIMZoTNDTAN<br />
DE NCE {SEE DIVENIONARYSACR'FICTi CEORCADZTi<br />
cRrEK crri r(ov: (N4axi LASENi tKG(ovi<br />
wwrl rcRMArroN)i295, the N<br />
noN of thc sr.ru4N DEFEN.E: 462 in the rour<br />
Played <strong>by</strong> MARSHAT-1, rEIcH-<br />
MAN!. and scELEcsER around 1903, butnamed on<br />
accoun<strong>to</strong>fns successfnl use <strong>by</strong> Rubinsrein in 1912;<br />
632 in the IRNCE DEENCE fiom the game<br />
Mar6czrRubinstein, Carlsbad 190?, no lo.ger a<br />
popular line Gee {ctsER)l 6,14, known since the<br />
1870s, greatly slrenglhened hy Rubinstein and<br />
subsequently.egarded as Whne s best pay 10 play<br />
the .usst<br />
^L<br />
vARAnoN of the French Delen.e.<br />
Ru uvayev and Murakhveri.,lki6a Rl,D,r.n<br />
(1980) is a biography in Rnsia., vnh 1208ades.<br />
Tara$h-Rubin$.ii San sebanian r9l2 Four Knigh6<br />
1.1e5 2NfiNc6 3Nc3Nf6 4Bb5Rc5 5Nxe5Nd4 6<br />
8a100 ?d3d5 3BgJc6 9Qd2Re3 10f4b5 118b3<br />
I'&AffiE<br />
v&& 7&r.',/&<br />
wr.w *<br />
rrur.ffi %*<br />
ffie76*, W<br />
aw wft<br />
RI]DENKO. VALENTIN FYODOROVICH<br />
(1938- ), soviet conpoer, lnternational Judge<br />
oI <strong>chess</strong> Composilions (1960), I.te.national<br />
Crandmastcr ror ches conpositions (1980),<br />
educationalisi. Working alnost enrirely in the6€ld<br />
ofonhod.x DrnFn MAE pRoBr-EMs. he hashecome<br />
the le.ding Soviet problem coopoFr, a worthy<br />
In lhe elelenrh USSR<br />
Codposing Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship (1971-2) and the thn-<br />
' leenrh (19716) h.wo. both the NG a.d tsE<br />
MovERsectionsiinthelourreenth (197 s) he won<br />
the MonE-MovER sedion: and in the twellth ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship<br />
(1973-1) he von all rhree.<br />
Black now makes a lirile conbidrrion, iccoveri4 hh<br />
pawn and gainins ihcNo BrsHops 12 Niel 13Bxd3<br />
Nxd2 llKrd2Rxd8 15Ne2Nxe2 l6c\e2Rc3 17K11<br />
Bb7 18 c3 f6 l9Ng4 hi 20N12 Bcl 21Bdl h4 22 grl<br />
a5 23BI3b4 24Kg:bxc3 2.5 bxc3 Ba6 26c4Rad8 2?<br />
cxd5 d5 23 Rhdl Re7 29 Ns4 hxs3 30 h43 Bd4 31<br />
Racl Rb7 32 Rc2 K, 13 N2 Rb2 34 Rxb2 Bxb2 35<br />
Rd2Bdl l6Nhl Ke6 37 Rc2 Kd6 3315 Rcs 39 Bd1<br />
Rf,c2+ 40 Bxc2 Kss 41 B4 Bc3 42 KB Kd4 13 Bb3<br />
Bb7 14Ke2Ba6 45BdBb5 46a4Bd7 47KBKC3 la<br />
(le3 d4+ (a zNrcHENzuc) 4e Ke2 Kd 50 Nl4 Br4<br />
A block threat problem <strong>by</strong>Rude o that won frst<br />
pdze in rhe Suamen Snokki <strong>to</strong>umey 195?. T1'e fout<br />
sEr puy nates (Black plays ns1) are I . . . Ncl 2<br />
Ni4. 1... NI4 2Nc1, 1... Nd4 2Ng1,and1
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