Just to round up the off-topic discussion. From Dvoretsky/Yusupov, Training for the tournament player: "I advise you to familiarise yourself with Rubinstein's games in the following way: play through the opening, then cover up Rubinstein's moves and try to guess them. That is, try to play like Rubinstein did. If you spend at least 45 minutes studying each game, then immeasurably more of it will remain in your head afterwards than if you had skimmed through it all in 5 minutes" [Mikhail Shereshevsky - Studying the Classics].
What I did for a while, and it got me to my highest ICC std rating of just under 2000, was put Rubinstein's games into Chessbase (you can download some games collections from the internet in CB/pgn format*), and then using the training feature where the score of the game is hidden, just guess the move and write it down (if you want to take Rowan, write down some key variations), then make the move on CB (give yourself a pat on the back if you are right) and the opponent's move, then guess again. After the game, pick up the real book you have and see where the differences were. The problem is its hard work, and after a long day at the office it's not so easy... so I stopped.
You'll be amazed how much you learn this way. How the games are so even, how they convert a slight edge, how they don't go for the king, etc. I just wish I had enough patience and discipline to do it more often.
* Such as Immortal Games of Capablanca, Alekhine's My Best Games 1908-37, Botvinnik 100 Selected Games , Fischer My 60 Memorable Games etc.
I'm playing through every game in Informator on your advice. I'm finding it a real eye opener. Compared to learning a language, it's like having the radio on and absorbing.
This article confirms what old Jackson has been saying all along.
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