Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 931 g
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 931 g
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7532-9
Verlag: McFarland
American Grandmaster Reuben Fine grew up in the East Bronx in an impoverished Russian-Jewish family, learning to play chess from an uncle at the age of eight. During his high school years, his stake winnings and coins earned from playing at a Coney Island concession helped support his family. After graduating from college, he decided to become a professional player. Though his active international career was brief, his accomplishment and talent are unmistakably significant. This comprehensive collection of 659 of Reuben Fine’s tournament and match games is presented chronologically, in context, and with annotations from contemporary sources. More than 180 other games and game fragments (rapid transit, correspondence, exhibition, blitz, and others) are also included. The work also includes a biography of Fine, and notes aspects of his career that merit further study: his contribution to endgame and middlegame theory, his methods and style of play, and his exhibition play. Fine’s career results, brief biographical data about his opponents, a comprehensive bibliography that includes his contributions to journals, and indexes of players and of openings complete the work.
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- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
- Introduction 5
- Early Years 5
- A Spell in Europe 6
- Annus Mirabilis—1938 7
- Back to College and Domestic Chess 7
- A Chess Amateur 8
- Appreciations and Assessments 9
- CAREER HISTORY AND COLLECTED GAMES
- Junior Master in the New York Clubs, 1929–1932 11
- United States Open Champion and the Pasadena International, 1932–1933 23
- The International Team Tournament at Folkestone, 1933 31
- Pushing to the Forefront of American Chess, 1933–1934 39
- More International Experience, 1934-1935 57
- Open Champion Once More 66
- The Warsaw Olympiad and ?ód´z, 1935 72
- The Grandmaster Title, 1935–1936 82
- The First United States Championship Tournament, 1936 87
- A Return to Europe, 1936–1937 98
- Swedish Punch, 1937 132
- A Trip to Soviet Russia, 1937 143
- Sharing the Honours with Keres, 1937 151
- A Drop in Form, 1937 163
- The Stockholm Team Tournament, 1937 174
- More Poor Form and a World Championship, 1937–1938 180
- The Second United States Championship Tournament, 1938 190
- The Great A.V.R.O “Candidates” Tournament, 1938 201
- U.S Open Champion Again, 1939–1941 215
- U.S Speed Champion, 1942–1945 259
- International Tournaments and Matches, 1945–1951 281
- Fine as a Correspondence Chess Player 312
- Simultaneous Exhibition Games and Miscellany 316
- CAREER RESULTS TABLES
- Tournaments 341
- Individual Matches 342
- International Team Tournaments (Olympiads; Others) 343
- New York Metropolitan Chess League 343
- Miscellaneous Match Games 344
- Correspondence Games 344
- U.S Speed Championships 345
- APPENDICES
- 1. Biographical Data about Fine’s Opponents 347
- 2. Time Controls and Rates of Play 356
- 3. Fine’s Notebooks at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C 357
- 4. Results of the A.V.R.O Participants During the 1930s 358
- 5. Historical Elo Ratings and U.S.C.F Ratings 361
- 6. Fine as Author 361
- 7. Further Research Possibilities 364
- 8. Fine on Blindfold play 365
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Tournament Books 369
- United States Chess Federation Yearbooks 370
- Soviet Chess Yearbooks 370
- Biographical Games Collections 370
- General works 371
- Periodicals 372
- Openings Index—Descriptive (to game numbers) 373
- Openings Index—MCO (to game numbers) 375
- Players Index (to game numbers) 378
- Annotators Index (to game numbers) 381
- Sources Index (to game numbers) 383
- General Index (to page numbers) 384
