Akiba Rubinstein and Polish Chess 1/3

Name: Akiba Rubinstein and Polish Chess 1/3
Uploaded: 2011-01-01T01:08:14.000Z
Duration: 14 min 27 s

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Polish Chess History 2/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQOjlEFYLoThis series examines Polish chess history from the Medieval period to the end of the Second World War. Part one discusses the origins of chess in Poland, and the rise of world class masters such as Szymon Winawer and Johannes Zukertort. The segment concludes with a discussion of Gerz Salwe and his good pal, Akiva Rubinstein.Written by Jessica FischerNarrated by Richard DewoskinInvaluable research assistance from my chessgames.com friends Larry Crawford, Chancho, Annie Kappel, A.J. Goldsby, David Moody, and Scott Thompson.Primary web sources:Anita Sikora: "Akiva Rubinstein" http://rubina.yfw24.de/Tomasz Lissowski: "Vistula miesięcznik szachowy" http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/

Actually "Polish antisemitism" is a myth and stereotype. Najdorf, Tartakower, Rubinstein: they are loved in Poland. Even old Poles (ultra-christians) don't have much bad feelings for Jews. We have common history, Jews were here for centuries, they helped to develop country and most of them called themselfs "POLISH JEWS", so for me they are Polish. During 2WW many Poles helped Jews run from Nazis. Even my grandmother have good opinion about Jews, and she is 80 Y.O.

@EnderTKD 01-01-1970 08:00

This is not true. Rubinstein, Tartakower, Najdorf, Przepiorka - they are all polish chess legends and they are higly respected here. So don't lie.

@ianjames537 01-01-1970 08:00

@ianjames537 ...(cont.) Wikipedia says that the problem of the poem was adapted from a famous Shatranj puzzle known as the "Dilaram problem". In that light, it seems likely to me that the poet adapted the mating theme and checked to see that it still worked (which it did), but neglected to check whether he had accidentally introduced a simpler way to mate (which he had).

@ianjames537 01-01-1970 08:00

@jessicafischerqueen OK, but don't you think it weakens the parable if the guy *didn't* have sacrifice something dear to him to win the game, and don't you think it weakens the story if instead of needing Anna's advice, and to interpret her cryptic riddle to find a tricky mate, he could just have tried the obvious plan that a beginner would come up with and still won the game? If the problem were to find mate in 3, it would work, but then the extra White pieces would be irrelevant. ...

@ianjames537 01-01-1970 08:00

The "chess puzzle" in the poem is absurd. Black has a million ways to win the game without sacrificing pieces, e.g. ...c2+ Kc1 b2+ Kd2 c1=Q+ Ke2 Qe3+, etc.