While there is no rule that says that players of a certain style must play a certain style of opening, it is always a little surprising when a well know player breaks that rule. Reading about Akiba Rubinstein, I discovered that in a tournament organised shortly after the end of World War I in Sweden, be basically played the Kings Gambit as White whenever he had the chance. It did not do him any harm, as he finished in 1st place, albeit against a fairly weak field.
But when facing stronger opposition, he did not seem to shy away from this opening choice other, as the following slashing win demonstrates.
Maehrisch Ostrau International Masters Maehrisch Ostrau (4), 05.07.1923
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