Subject: Re: QUERY: Prototype chessmasters for THE
DEFENSE
In a message dated 10/17/2003 1:45:04 PM Eastern Daylight
Time, chtodel@cox.net
writes:
did VN know anyone, who could be the model, the sample of Luzhin's
figure?
I believe the Luzhin character was a composite of several
chessmasters, in particular Akiba Rubinstein, a brilliant perfectionistic player
who never seized the world title. Having played over most of Rubinstein's
greatest games, I've found a lot of "resonance" between AR and the "Luzhin
Defense."