[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter.} 1...e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.
Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d3 {If 7.O-O, then 7...Bc5+ 8.d4 Bxf3 9.dxc5 Nxc3 
10.bxc3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qe7.} 7...Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qh4+ {Quite correct. Black 
obtains at least two pawns and a strong attack in exchange for a piece.} 
9.g3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qxg3+ 11.Kf1 Bc5 12.d4 Bxd4 {!?} 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Bxd5 
Rhe8 15.Qf3 Qxe5 {The following is worth considering: 15...Qxf3+ 16.Bxf3 
Nxe5 17.Be2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 h6, and Black remains with good chances in the 
endgame.} 16.Bf4 Qf6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne4 Qf5 {Or 18...Rxe4 19.Qxe4 g5 
20.c3 Bb6 21.Qe5 Qxf4+ 22.Qxf4 gxf4 23.Rxh7 Rd7, etc.} 19.Ng3 Qb5+ 20.Kg2 
g5 21.Qg4+ f5 22.Qxg5 Rg8 23.Qh5 Rg4 24.Rhf1 Bf6 25.Qf7 Rd2+ 26.Bxd2 Qe2+ 
27.Rf2 Rxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Bh4+ 29.Kh3 Qg4+ 30.Kh2 Bxf2 31.Qe6+ Kd8 {If 
31...Kb7, then White wins by 32.Qb3+ Ka8 33.Rf1!.} 32.Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Be6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.Bg5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c4 13.Ne5 O-O 14.b3 Qb4 15.
Qd2 Rac8 16.Rd1 b5 17.f4 Nxe5 18.fxe5 a5 19.bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rb3 Qa4 21.e3 
Rfc8 22.Bf1 Rc2 23.Qe1 b4 24.Bd3 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.d4 
f6 9.Be2 Be7 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qd7 14.Qd3 Bxg5 
15.Bxg5 Na5 16.Bf4 Nc4 17.Rf3 c6 18.Raf1 Qe6 19.Bc1 Qe4 20.Rf4 Rxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qe6 22.Rf2 Re8 23.Qf3 h6 24.h3 Nd6 25.Qd3 Qe4 26.Bf4 Nb5 27.Bd2 Na3 
28.Qg3 Qe6 29.Qd3 Nc4 30.Bc1 Qe4 31.Kh2 Ne3 32.Qe2 Nc4 33.Qd3 Re6 34.Qg3 
Nd6 35.Ba3 Rg6 36.Qd3 Nc4 37.Bc1 Qe8 38.Bf4 Rf6 39.Re2 Re6 40.Rf2 Re4 41.
Qg3 Re6 42.Bc1 Nd6 43.Qf3 Kh7 44.Bf4 Nc4 45.Qg3 Re1 46.Qd3+ Qe4 47.Qg3 Qg6
48.Qh4 Nd6 49.Be5 Re4 50.Qe7 Nf5 51.Qxb7 Ne3 52.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer in "The Field" 1909.} 1...d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 
cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 e5 8.Nb3 Qb4 9.e3 Be6 10.Bb5+
Nc6 {10...Nd7 might be considered.} 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qc2 Bxb3 {
Forced, because of the threats of Nd5, Ne2 and Bd2.} 14.axb3 Qb7 15.Qf5 
Bd6 16.Rd1 Rd8 {Decidedly bad. 16...Qd7 should have been played.} 17.e4 {!
} 17...Qxb3 {? There is nothing left now but 17...O-O, and if 18.Bg5 Be7, 
or 18.Be3 a6.} 18.Bg5 Qxb2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qxf6 Rf8 {If 20...Rg8, then 
21.Rxa7. This Mieses has overlooked, which explains the wild captures of 
the pawns in so dangerous a position.} 21.Ne2 {! Threatening Ng3 and Nf5. 
The game is over.} 21...Qxe2 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Qxd6 f6 24.Qe6+ Kd8 25.g3 Re8
26.Qd6+ Kc8 27.Qxc6+ Kd8 28.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Rb1
Rb8 9.Be2 Be7 10.Nd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bf4 b5 
15.Rf3 Rb6 16.Rbf1 Rg6 17.Be3 Qe6 18.Kh1 b4 19.Rc1 Qa6 20.c3 bxc3 21.Rxc3 
Rc6 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Rf1 Rb8 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Qc2 Rb7 26.h3 Ba3 27.Rb1 Rb6 28.
Bd2 a6 29.Ba5 Rxb1+ 30.Qxb1 Qb5 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Bxc7 Kf8 33.Bb6 Ke8 34.g4 
Kd7 35.Kg2 Kc6 36.Ba7 b4 37.Kf2 Kb5 38.Ke2 Ka4 39.Kd2 Bb2 40.Kc2 Ka3 41.
Kb1 Bc3 42.Bc5 Be1 43.Bb6 Bd2 44.Ba7 g6 45.Bb6 Be1 46.Ba7 Bh4 47.Bc5 Bd8 
48.Ba7 Bc7 49.Bc5 Bd8 50.Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Nf3 Bxf4 5.exf4 Qd6 6.Qc1 Nf6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O 
Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.c3 O-O 11.Qe3 c5 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rfe1 Nce4 
15.Re2 Rfe8 16.Rae1 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 Nd7 18.Rde2 a6 19.Qg3 b5 20.a3 Kf8 21.Nf3
Nf6 22.Re5 a5 23.f5 Ne4 24.Qf4 Rad8 25.Rd1 Nf6 26.fxe6 Rxe6 27.Qd4 Rde8 
28.Rde1 Rxe5 29.Nxe5 Nd7 30.Nxd7+ Qxd7 31.Qc5+ Kg8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Kf1 
Qd7 34.Qb6 g6 35.Qxa5 d4 36.cxd4 Qxd4 37.Qc3 Qd1+ 38.Qe1 Qc2 39.Qe8+ Kg7 
40.Qe5+ f6 41.Qd4 Qc1+ 42.Ke2 Qc6 43.g3 g5 44.Kd2 h5 45.h4 g4 46.Kd3 Qc1 
47.Ke2 Qc2+ 48.Kf1 Qc1+ 49.Kg2 Qc6+ 50.Kh2 Qc2 51.Kg2 Qc1 52.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1909.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d3 Nc5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.Nd4 Bxe2 10.Ncxe2 Nxe5 11.Nf5 Ne6 12.Nf4 O-O 13.Qe1 Nxf4 14.Qxe5 Ne6
15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qxd5 c5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qe4 Qd7 19.Rf5 Rfe8 20.Qh4 Nd4 21.
Rg5 Nf5 22.Qg4 Nxe3 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Rxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qh5+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Frankfurt am Main GER"]
[Date "1909.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer.} 1...d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.
Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 Nf6 {No doubt better than 7...e5, which he tried
in the fourth game.} 8.e3 g6 9.Bc4 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a6 
13.Rac1 Qd8 14.Rfd1 e5 15.Nb3 e4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Nf6 18.Ba5 Qe7 19.h3 
{A necessary precaution. Mieses intended to answer the obvious looking 
19.Rc7 with 19...Qe5 20.Bxb7 Ng4 21.g3 Qh5 22.h4 Bxb7 23.Rxb7 g5 with the 
better game. Rubinstein saw the danger, of course.} 19...Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 
21.Rdc5 Bxb3 22.axb3 b5 23.Rc7 Qe5 24.R1c2 Qd5 25.b4 Rfd8 26.g4 Qd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kg2 Rb1 {? Up to here Mieses has played excellently. But 
being short of time he hits upon what appears to be an easy continuation -
attacking the b2-pawn twice. It turns out inferior. 28...h6 is the obvious
move.} 29.Rc8+ Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Bf8 31.Bd8 Kg7 32.g5 {!} 32...f5 33.Rc7+ {The
remainder is played by Rubinstein with exemplary correctness.} 33...Kg8 
34.Bf6 Rd1 35.Bc3 Rd6 36.h4 Re6 37.Kh3 h6 38.gxh6 Bxh6 39.Bd4 Bf8 40.Bc3 
Be7 41.Ra7 Kh7 42.Ra8 Bf6 43.Bxf6 Rxf6 44.Kg3 Rc6 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.h5 {!} 
46...Rc2 47.hxg6 Rxf2+ 48.Ke5 f4 49.exf4 Kxg6 50.Rxa6+ Kh5 51.f5 e3 52.Ra3
Rxb2 53.Rxe3 Rxb4 54.f6 Kg6 55.Ke6 Ra4 56.Rg3+ Kh7 57.f7 Ra8 58.Ke7 Ra7+ 
59.Kf6 Ra6+ 60.Kf5 Ra8 61.Re3 1-0

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Frankfurt am Main GER"]
[Date "1909.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Bc4 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.e5 Bxe3 10.exf6 Bh6 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.fxg7+ Kxg7 13.O-O d5 14.Bd3 Re8 
15.Qf3 Qg5 16.Rae1 Bg4 17.Qg3 Qf4 18.Qh4 Bd7 19.Qh5 Qg4 20.Qxg4+ Bxg4 21.
h3 Bd7 22.Ne2 f5 23.f4 Kf6 24.Ng3 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Nxf5 
Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "friendly match 2"]
[Site "Frankfurt am Main GER"]
[Date "1909.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 g6 8.g3
Bd7 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qc2 Nf6 
15.Bg5 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qe5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.b3 O-O 19.Rd3 Qf5 20.Rcd1 Bg7 21.e4
Qc5 22.Qc1 Qb4 23.Qe3 Qa5 24.R1d2 Rcd8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Kg2 
Bd4 28.Qd3 e5 29.Ne2 c5 30.Qa6 Qd7 31.f4 Qe7 32.Qc6 Kg7 33.Qd5 f6 34.fxe5 
fxe5 35.Ng1 Kh6 36.Nf3 Qf6 37.Qb7 Qd6 38.g4 g5 39.Qf7 Be3 40.h4 Bf4 41.
hxg5+ 1-0

