March 26, 1993(1993-03-26) (aged 78) New York City, U.S.
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Grandmaster (1950)
Reuben C. Fine[1] (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mid-1930s until his retirement from chess in 1951. He was granted the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, when titles were introduced.
Fine's best result was his equal first place in the 1938 AVRO tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of all time. After the death of world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, Fine was one of six players invited to compete for the World Championship in 1948. He declined the invitation, however, and virtually retired from serious competition around that time, although he did play a few events until 1951.
Fine won five medals (four gold) in three Chess Olympiads. He won the US Open all seven times he entered (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941). He was the author of several chess books, covering endgame, opening, and middlegame.
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Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess...
from New York ReubenFine (1914–1993), American chess player and psychologist Reuben Foster (born 1994), American football player Reuben Garrick (born...
(abbreviated BCE) is a book on chess endgames which was written by Grandmaster ReubenFine and originally published on October 27, 1941. It is considered the first...
sources such as the New York Times in 1894, Emanuel Lasker in 1908, and ReubenFine in 1952 all do the same. Many modern commentators divide Steinitz's reign...
tempo by threatening to trap Black's dark-square bishop. According to ReubenFine, the Evans Gambit poses a challenge for Black since the usual defences...
record, however, was uneven, and rising young stars like Paul Keres, ReubenFine, and Mikhail Botvinnik threatened his title. Negotiations for a title...
publishes its first rating list in the November issue of Chess Life. ReubenFine is first with a rating of 2817 and Sammy Reshevsky is second with 2770...
½ point ahead of current World Champion Max Euwe and rising American stars ReubenFine and Samuel Reshevsky, and 1 point ahead of ex-champion Alexander Alekhine...
Bronstein (USSR) Oldřich Duras (Czechoslovakia) Max Euwe (Netherlands) ReubenFine (USA) Salo Flohr (USSR) Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) Paul Keres (USSR) Boris...
the Western Open at the time. He shared the 1934 US Open title with ReubenFine at Chicago. Reshevsky won the US Chess Championship in 1936, 1938, 1940...
Bernhard Horwitz, Johann Berger, Alexey Troitsky, Yuri Averbakh, and ReubenFine. Ken Thompson, Eugene Nalimov, and other computer scientists have contributed...
and ReubenFine and Samuel Reshevsky (from the United States). FIDE soon accepted a Soviet request to substitute Vasily Smyslov for Flohr, and Fine withdrew...
fourteenth games were also won by Capablanca, and Lasker resigned the match. ReubenFine and Harry Golombek attributed this to Lasker's being in mysteriously...
tournament between the eight strongest players in the world. Paul Keres and ReubenFine tied for first place, with Keres winning on tiebreak by virtue of his...
years and was obviously stronger. ReubenFine elected not to play, for reasons which are not totally clear (see ReubenFine#1948 World Championship). There...
Folkestone, United Kingdom United States 39 Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, ReubenFine, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson Czechoslovakia 37½ Salo Flohr, Karel Treybal...
psychological condition based on his extreme views and unusual behavior. ReubenFine, psychologist and chess player, who met Fischer many times, said that...
Flohr, behind Alekhine, at a major tournament in Bern. According to ReubenFine, these results established Euwe and Flohr as Alekhine's most credible...
Ernest Jones published an article of psychoanalytic discussion of Morphy. ReubenFine published a longer article in which Morphy was mentioned. Both articles...
the unusual Kmoch Variation, was advocated by Hans Kmoch. According to ReubenFine, citing analysis by Kmoch, Black equalizes after 4.d4 exd4 5.Bc4 d5 6...
1st–2nd at Margate with ReubenFine at 7½/9 (+6−0=3), 1½ points ahead of Alekhine. In Ostend, he tied 1st–3rd places with Fine and Henry Grob at 6/9 (+5−2=2)...
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