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Feb-23-14
 | | offramp: In his desolate and neglected tomb Reuben Fine waits sleeping. The lonely house by the graveyard is uninhabited. No soul will live there. The spider pitches her web in the solitude. The nocturnal rat peers from his hole. A curse is on it. It is haunted. The books, books on openings, books on endings, huge books, all turn to dust on their shelves. No eyes now behold them. Their ideas are mocked. His games lie strewn in the dust and filth, trampled on by laughing passers-by. "Babylon has fallen! Babylon has fallen!
All her idols lay scattered on the floor."
The ruined city lies desolate.
The entrance to every house is barred shut.
People in the streets call for wine.
All joy passes away,
and the earth's happiness is banished.
The city is left in ruins.
Its gate is battered to pieces!
Poor, poor Reuben! |
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| Feb-23-14 | | TheFocus: The House That Fine Built is not so... fine after all. |
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Jun-08-14
 | | Penguincw: ♔ Quote of the Day ♔
< "I never read a [chess] book until I was already a master." > =Fine |
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| Jun-08-14 | | diceman: <Conrad93: What is a babe like that doing with a nerd? It shouldn't be possible.> She thought he was "Fine." |
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| Jun-08-14 | | diceman: <offramp: Poor Reuben Fine.
Forgotten now.>
...the sandwich is still going strong. |
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| Jun-08-14 | | RedShield: In that picture, he looks a bit like an overweight Ray Milland. |
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Jul-21-14
 | | Phony Benoni: Could someone with a copy of Woodger's collection of Fine's games take a look at Fine vs B Dahlstrom, 1935? A question has arisen about the concluding move of the game. Thanks. |
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Jul-21-14
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi Phony Benoni,
Not at hand but I'll have a look tonight.
Just read some of the comments on here.
Fine's 'Ideas Behind the Openings' was one of the few chess books I've Bobby Fischer recommend to anyone. Cannot give all the exact details 100% but in the 'Unknown Bobby Fischer' Fischer is round their house and sees their chess library. He picks up this one book and says it's a good book. Of course it will be dated thoery wise but the ideas, the soul, the spirit of the opening will be there. His book on the middle game is also good. (no idea about his endgame book - never even flicked through it.) |
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| Jul-22-14 | | posoo: lol LOOK at da man! |
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Jul-22-14
| | Phony Benoni: <Sally Simpson> There was a time (at least in the States) when Fine's <Basic Chess Endings> was considered the Bible. But it came out 75 years ago, and sheer time has changed much, even before the advent of computers. For many years, Larry Evans had a cottage industry going by printing reader's corrections to BCE in his "Chess Life" column. I seem to recall one John Menke as being Leader of the Pack. |
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Jul-22-14
 | | perfidious: <PB> Remember a frequent poster to that column from Carolina--don't recall which state--called John Speights (I think) who debunked many a position from BCE in the seventies. Strangely enough, do not remember Menke at all. |
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Jul-22-14
| | Phony Benoni: <perfidious> Yes, John Speights. That was the guy. At least I was half right. Better than usual. |
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| Oct-11-14 | | Eduardo Bermudez: 1914-2014 Centenary |
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| Oct-11-14 | | Eduardo Bermudez: http://arbitrajedeajedrez.blogspot.... |
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Oct-11-14
 | | SteinitzLives: Congratulations Dr. Fine! Now a brief poetic ode to your centennial, which you scored a 78 on: Your chess record was great,
academic achievements too;
I learned much from your chess battles,
but Basic Chess Endings, eww!
Your crushing of Botvinnik at the AVRO,
Gave much pride when it came into view;
Your personal life, was a shambles,
but that's standard chess player for you.
Rot on, Reuben! |
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Oct-11-14
 | | juan31: 100 years, his legacy lives |
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| Oct-11-14 | | parisattack: <SteinitzLives> has inspired me --- He's so fine that Reuben Fine. He's so Fine that Reuben Fine That Reu-ben Fine
Well, he knew his gambits and he knew his bind
For he know there would come a time
When he would beat an old-er Alekhine
Play to win, play to win, that's Reuben Fine
Play to win, play to win, that's Reuben Fine
No one can catch him, no one can stop that Reu-ben Fine. |
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Oct-12-14
| | Phony Benoni: It's disappointing that his parents didn't know he would be a chess grandmasters. They could have named him Akiba Reuben Fine. |
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| Oct-17-14 | | Rascal Nikov: <Dead and forgotten. O! Poor poor Reuben!>
Well, Carlsen finds his approach similar to Fine in a recent interview. |
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| Oct-17-14 | | TheFocus: At least the culinary world didn't forget him. They named a sandwich after him. |
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| Oct-17-14 | | diceman: <TheFocus: At least the culinary world didn't forget him. They named a sandwich after him.> ...or the IRS.
...don't pay and they'll impose a "Fine." |
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| Oct-17-14 | | TheFocus: "How was lunch, dear?"
"Well, the salad was okay, but the Reuben was Fine." |
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| Oct-17-14 | | cro777: Carlsen has the impression that what he is doing now is similar to what Reuben Fine was doing in chess: "I have been reading about the match between Fischer and Karpov that didn’t happen. I find a bit of myself in both those players. Another I could compare myself to is actually an American: Reuben Fine, who was very strong but quit chess early on. I was just reading about him the other day and it didn’t strike me before but now it strikes me that what he was doing in chess is similar to what I am doing." http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other... |
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| Oct-17-14 | | Petrosianic: Similar in what way? |
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Oct-17-14
| | perfidious: That does seem an odd comparison to make; for Carlsen, even if he were never to play again, has far outstripped Fine by any measure. |
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