By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author
Serbian International Master Boroljub Zlatonovic pays homage to Akiba Rubinstein in his book which takes a novel look at the games of the great Polish player. This work takes a different approach from the monumental 2023 English language work Akiba Rubinstein by Yury Razuvaev and Valery Murakhveri that combined biographical information with games. The present work, which is closer to Zenon Franco’s Rubinstein Move by Move (Everyman Chess 2015), focuses exclusively on Rubinstein games.
Zlatonovic organizes his book around five chapters: Endgame Masterpieces, Centralization, Strategic Concepts, Activity & Harmony, and Logic & Psychology, and uses 64 of Rubinstein’s games, which he has extensively annotated (almost exclusively with words), as teaching tools. This book should appeal to a wide audience, primarily players rated from 1600 to 2200.
Uncrowned Chess Champions: Akiba Rubinstein – Boroljub Zlatanovic – Thinkers Publishing
