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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Carlsbad"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rubinstein"]
[Black "Cohn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6pp/p1r1k3/Pp2p3/4K3/1PPR4/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Rubinstein Cohn } 1. Rh3 h6 2. Rg3 Kf6 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rc7 3. Rg6+ Kf7 4. Rxa6 Rxc3 5. b4 Rc4+ 6. Kxe5 Rxb4 7. Rb6 Rb2 8. a6 Rxg2 9. Rb7+ Kg6 10. a7 Ra2 11. Kd6 Kf6 12. Kc7 g5 13. Rb6+ Kf5 14. Kb7 Rxa7+ 15. Kxa7 h5 16. Rxb5+ Kf4 17. Kb6 h4 18. h3 g4 19. Rb4+ Kg3 20. hxg4 h3 21. g5 h2 22. Rb1 Kg2 23. g6 h1=Q 24. Rxh1 Kxh1 25. g7 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3. Kd5 Re6 4. Rf3+ Ke7 5. g3 { A human move made by a player who
believes in going slow. White lets black stew in black's losing position. } 5... g6 6. Re3 Kf6 7. c4 { White creates a passed pawn on the queenside while black's
king is engaged on the kingside. } 7... bxc4 8. bxc4 Re8 9. Rf3+ { Black plays
actively to make a passed pawn on the kingside. } 9... Kg5 10. c5 { The c-pawn lusts
for promotion. } 10... e4 { The e-pawn tries to make a break for it. } 11. h4+ { A
simple Re3 blockade is good too. } 11... Kg4 12. Rf4+ { Again, a simple Re3 works
too. } 12... Kxg3 13. Rxe4 { Black cannot trade rooks because the c-pawn will promote
fast. } 13... Ra8 14. c6 { The c-pawn becomes the 800 pound gorilla in the room. } 14... g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. c7 Kf3 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Kc6 g4 19. Kb7 Rxc7+ 20. Kxc7 g3 21. Kb6 g2 22. Kxa6 Kf2 23. Ra1 g1=Q 24. Rxg1 Kxg1 25. Kb7 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } 1-0