Ernst Gruenfeld vs Akiba Rubinstein

Budapest · 1926 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 30 moves

The Game

White Ernst Gruenfeld
Black Akiba Rubinstein
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Budapest
Site Budapest
Round 9
Date 1926.07.02
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D67)
Moves 30
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

4r1k1/pp5p/2p5/6p1/3Pr1P1/P1R1PR2/1P6/6K1 w - - 0 31

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 Nf6
  4. 4.Bg5 Nbd7
  5. 5.e3 Be7
  6. 6.Nc3 O-O
  7. 7.Rc1 c6
  8. 8.Bd3 dxc4
  9. 9.Bxc4 Nd5
  10. 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
  11. 11.Ne4 N5f6
  12. 12.Ng3 e5
  13. 13.O-O e4
  14. 14.Nd2 Nb6
  15. 15.Bb3 Bg4
  16. 16.Qc2 Rae8
  17. 17.Qc5 Nc8
  18. 18.Qxe7 Rxe7
  19. 19.h3 Be6
  20. 20.Bxe6 Rxe6
  21. 21.a3 Nd6
  22. 22.Ne2 Nd5
  23. 23.Nc3 Nxc3
  24. 24.Rxc3 f5
  25. 25.g3 g5
  26. 26.f4 exf3
  27. 27.Rxf3 Rfe8
  28. 28.g4 fxg4
  29. 29.hxg4 Ne4
  30. 30.Nxe4 Rxe4

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