Winter, Edward. "The Rubinstein Trap". chesshistory.com. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
January 01, 1970
queen, gambit, declined, rubinstein, trap, rubinstein, trap, chess, opening, trap, queen, gambit, declined, orthodox, defense, black, loses, pawn, after, nxd5, threat, queen, being, trapped, back, rank, white, abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghwhite, wins, pawn,. The Rubinstein Trap is a chess opening trap in the Queen s Gambit Declined Orthodox Defense Black loses a pawn after Nxd5 due to the threat of his queen being trapped on the back rank by White s Bc7 abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghWhite wins a pawn with 13 Nxd5 Contents 1 History 2 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves History editThe trap takes its name from Akiba Rubinstein who had the misfortune of falling into it twice in the games Max Euwe Rubinstein Bad Kissingen 1928 and Alexander Alekhine Rubinstein San Remo 1930 Rubinstein was not the first to fall victim to the trap the first recorded game featuring the trap is Amos Burn Heinrich Wolf Ostend 1905 Alekhine Rubinstein San Remo 1930 1 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 c4 e6 The Queen s Gambit Declined Orthodox Defense 4 Bg5 Nbd7 5 e3 Be7 6 Nc3 0 0 7 Rc1 Re8 8 Qc2 a6 9 cxd5 exd5 10 Bd3 c6 11 0 0 Ne4 12 Bf4 f5 see diagram Black falls into the trap 13 Nxd5 White wins a pawn since 13 cxd5 loses to 14 Bc7 trapping Black s queen References edit Alexander Alekhine vs Akiba Rubinstein San Remo 1930 Chessgames com Bibliography Winter Edward 2003 A Chess Omnibus Russell Enterprises ISBN 1 888690 17 8 Winter Edward The Rubinstein Trap chesshistory com Retrieved 2008 11 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Queen 27s Gambit Declined Rubinstein Trap amp oldid 999661865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
