C18

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Warsaw Variation

Key moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3/Nd2 dxe4

In the Rubinstein Variation, Black captures on e4, leading to open positions. White gets a slight space advantage but Black has solid development.

History & Notable Players

Named after Akiba Rubinstein, the legendary endgame player.

Best Games

Karjakin,Sergey vs Rapport,R1-0
76th Tata Steel Masters • 2014★ Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
20th Amber Rapid • 2011★ Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Grischuk,A0-1
Tal Memorial Blitz • 2008★ Notable
Hou Yifan vs Rajlich,I1-0
1st WCh-Team Women • 2007★ Notable
Grischuk,A vs Shulman,Y1/2-1/2
WCC • 2005★ Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1-0
WCC • 2005★ Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1/2-1/2
WCC • 2005★ Notable
Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y1-0
WCC • 2005★ Notable
Kasimdzhanov,R vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO • 2004★ Notable
Leko,P vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay • 2002★ Notable
Anand,V vs Lputian,S1-0
FIDE WCh KO • 2000★ Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H1-0
Dortmunder Schachtage • 1999★ Notable
Svidler, Peter vs Ivanchuk, Vassily0-1
Linares16th • 1999★ Notable
Dominguez Perez, Lenier vs Pert, Nicholas1/2-1/2
Wch U18 • 1998★ Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Nikolic, Predrag1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. • 1997★ Notable
Topalov, Veselin vs Jussupow, Artur1-0
Dortmund • 1997★ Notable
Kamsky, Gata vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir1-0
Amber-blind 4th • 1995★ Notable
Polgar, Judit vs Beliavsky, Alexander G1-0
Linares • 1994★ Notable
Kamsky, Gata vs Jussupow, Artur1-0
Linares • 1993★ Notable
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam vs Komora, Andrej1-0
Wch U16 • 1993★ Notable

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