Reuben Fine : a comprehensive record of an American chess career, 1929-1951 / Aidan Woodger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodger, Aidan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fine, Reuben, 1914-1993.

Fine, Reuben.

Chess players--United States--Biography.

Chess players.

United States.

Chess--Collections of games.

Chess.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2004]

Summary:

This American grandmaster grew up in the East Bronx in an impoverished Russian-Jewish family. Fine's tournament and match games are presented chronologically in context, with annotations from contemporary sources. A biography covers his contributions to chess play and history.

Contents:

A Brief Biography

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 Lodz, 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

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

Tournament Books 369

United States Chess Federation Yearbooks 370

Soviet Chess Yearbooks 370

Biographical Games Collections 370

General works 371

Periodicals 372.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372) and indexes.

ISBN:

0786416211

OCLC:

52845790