Life and chess biography, 60 annotated and another 60 unannotated games. Career record, indexes of players and openings. Compared to the Russian edition in the series Vydayushchiesya shakhmatisty mira (Moscow, 1980), this first English edition is substantially revised and expanded. About five authors worked on the book. All games have been computer-checked, and the book contains 50 pages of new analytical discoveries by GM Andrei Deviatkin. In addition, some facts about Rubinstein's life that have only been discovered in recent years are published, and there are 32 pages of photographs that are not in the Russian edition. Akiba Rubinstein, 1880-1961, is one of the greatest players in chess history, and at the beginning of the 20th century he was one of the world's top players. For more information and an excerpt from the book, visit the publisher's website at https://verendel.com/ 2 pictures.