The Chess Opening That Broke a Genius ♔ Rubinstein vs. Vidmar, 1918 ♔ ASMR

Sometimes a single move can change the course of history. In 1918 the Budapest Defense saw the light and lay ruin to one of the greatest players in the world; Akiba Rubinstein.

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[Event "Berlin Four Masters"]
[Site "Berlin DEU"]
[Date "1918.04.22"]
[EventDate "1918.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7
7.Qd5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa3 9.Rc1 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Qd2 d6 12.Nd4
O-O 13.e3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Qa5+ 16.Ke2 Rxf4 17.exf4 Bf5
18.Qb2 Re8 19.Kf3 Nd2+ 20.Kg3 Ne4+ 21.Kh4 Re6 22.Be2 Rh6+
23.Bh5 Rxh5+ 24.Kxh5 Bg6+ 0-1