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Newly added photographs offer a visual account of selected events from Rubinstein’s life
“Rubinstein [was] an incredibly talented and fantastic chess player
leaving an indelible mark on the Swedish chess scene
World Chess Championship 1948: The Hague-Moscow Valery Murakhveri historiansAfter Alexander Alekhine died in 1946, the chess world suddenly had no reigning champion. FIDE resolved that Alekhines successor would be decided by a tournament in The Hague and Moscow in early 1948. Five top grandmasters Botvinnik, Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, and Euwe battled for the vacant title for over two months. Mikhail Botvinnik emerged as the new world champion, initiating the Soviet dominance of the international chess scene that would endure