Arpad Vajda vs Akiba Rubinstein

Budapest · 1929 · Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange · 1/2-1/2 in 21 moves

The Game

White Arpad Vajda
Black Akiba Rubinstein
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Budapest
Site Budapest
Date 1929.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange (D36)
Moves 21
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Final Position

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

4rn1k/pp2r1pp/2pq1p2/3p1B2/3P3P/P3PP2/1PQ2P2/1K2R2R w - - 1 22

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4.Bg5 Nbd7
  5. 5.e3 Be7
  6. 6.Bd3 O-O
  7. 7.cxd5 exd5
  8. 8.Qc2 c6
  9. 9.Nf3 Re8
  10. 10.Ne5 Nf8
  11. 11.O-O-O Ne4
  12. 12.Nxe4 Bxg5
  13. 13.Nxg5 Qxg5
  14. 14.h4 Qe7
  15. 15.Kb1 f6
  16. 16.Nf3 Bg4
  17. 17.Rdg1 Bxf3
  18. 18.gxf3 Qd6
  19. 19.Bf5 Re7
  20. 20.Re1 Rae8
  21. 21.a3 Kh8

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