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Akiba Rubinstein (Stawiski, Poland, 12 December 1882 – 15 March 1961, Antwerp, Belgium) was a Polish chess Grandmaster in the first part of the 20th century.

Around 1910 he was one of the three best players in the world.^[1]p346

Biography

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Rubinstein was Jewish,^[2] and his family planned for him to become a rabbi.

However, he did not finish his studies, and chose to devote himself to chess entirely.

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The decision came in 1903 after he won fifth place at a tournament in Kiev. He learned to play chess when he was 16,^[1] and played with the strong master Gersz Salwe in Łódź.

Rubinstein's best period was from 1907 to 1912.

It began with his win at Karlovy Vary in 1907, and a shared win at St. Petersburg in the same year. It closed in a string of wins in 1912. He won five consecutive major tournaments that year: San Sebastian, Piešťany, Breslau (the German championship), Warsaw and Vilnius (although none of