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| Jan-03-08 | | Shams: <ketchuplover> post the game! we should have a game collection: Chessgames Users Play the Pros! |
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| Feb-14-08 | | MichAdams: According to the <cg.com> DB, Fine's most difficult opponent was Arthur William Dake, (+1 -6 =3). However, only two games (wins for Dake) from their 1933 match in New York, won by Fine +5 -3 =2, are included. Adding in a couple of other omissions, and a more complete overall score stands at +8 -7 =5 in Dake's favour. |
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| Apr-06-08 | | MichAdams: <In 1945, the remarkable Reuben Fine played four simultaneous blindfold rapid-transit games (at ten seconds per move!!) and won every one of them! The magnitude of this accomplishment is still a wonderful memory to those who were privileged to observe it.> -- The Complete Book of Chess, Horowitz & Rothenberg. Fine vs R Byrne, 1945
Fine vs B Helander, 1945
Fine vs A Fomin, 1945
Fine vs Epstein, 1945
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| May-26-08 | | Karpova: <Dr. Fine wrote of his own eclectic style: "From other masters I try to learn as well, of course. From Capablanca I try to absorb the virtue of simplicity; from Alekhine the speedy way to win a won game; from Rubinstein the supreme art of end-game play; from Nimzovich, how to be unorthodox." He went on, "My chief objective was always precision, wherever that would take me."> Exceprt from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa... |
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| Jul-30-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<Discovered check is the dive-bomber of the chessboard.> -- Fine |
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Sep-07-08
 | | GrahamClayton: From mid-1936 Fine made a tour of Europe that lasted 19 months. Fine played in 13 tournaments, winning 8, played a match against Gideon Stahlberg (+4, =2, -2), represented the United States at the 1937 Stockholm Olympiad, was Max Euwe's second during Euwe's world championship match against Alekhine, gave numerous displays, had an operation for appendicitis, and finally, found a Dutch bride! Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992 |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Paraconti: What I don't understand is why he would give up top-level chess when he had the chance to play for the highest honors, and later conveniently suggest he and Keres were CO-CHAMPS during the interim priod 1946-48 when the crown was vacant! |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Albertan: Paraconti, Fine gave up chess because:
"In those days there was no money in chess. Dr. Fine had a family to support, and traveling around the world hustling for a few dollars, playing simultaneous exhibitions, writing chess books and annotating games for magazines was a precarious existence indeed. Then in 1939 came World War II, and for almost a decade international chess came to a halt. So Dr. Fine changed course, earning a doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1941 and setting up a successful practice as a lay analyst." (source:http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...) |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Paraconti: I never questioned his reasons for giving up competitve chess. I questioned his moral right to suggest he was a champ when he clearly lacked the drive and commitment to become one. |
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| Sep-07-08 | | RookFile: <Paraconti: I never questioned his reasons for giving up competitve chess. I questioned his moral right to suggest he was a champ when he clearly lacked the drive and commitment to become one. > I actually don't agree with Fine either. Nevertheless, let me play devil's advocate, for just a moment. As we know, the AVRO tournament was held to find a challenger to Alekhine. (Although Reshevsky in his book says that Alekhine hedged on that as the tournament was starting). Keres and Fine tied for first. Here's the thing. When Alekhine died, for some reason, it was decided that <another> tournament needed to be run to declare a new world champion. Apparently, the 'wrong' guys had tied for first in the previous tournament. Fine didn't agree with this opinion. At a minimum, Fine thought that a match between himself and Keres could have been held to declare the world champion, going forward. As I said, I don't happen to agree with Fine, but his position isn't totally crazy. Can you imagine how Keres thought - he had won the right to play for a world championship match, but never ended up playing it? (Don't say that this right was granted by the 1948 tournament - not when Reshevsky is in there too - when viewed in this way, Keres enjoyed no advantage over Reshevsky in 1948) |
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| Sep-07-08 | | norami: Probably the greatest American chessplayer not to go insane. |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Red October: probably coz he was a Psychoanalyst ? |
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| Sep-07-08 | | norami: Actually, come to think of it, some of the things he wrote in "Psychology of the Chessplayer" were pretty crazy. |
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| Sep-09-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<I never read a [chess] book until I was already a master.> -- Fine
Anything goes. |
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| Sep-09-08 | | Strongest Force: <whiteshark> I have seen many young players become masters by doing nothing but playing blitz in parks like Washington Square Park. This is the park where Fine did that exact thing. It must happen in a city that has lots of masters to learn from; of course, the would-be-master must be a quick learner. |
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Sep-09-08
 | | HeMateMe: Perhaps chess books were rare and somewhat expensive when Fine was a pup. I'm glad he wasn't found in a bathtub, like Morphy (let alone the woman's clothing). Along the same lines, I think its very interesting that Yasser Sewiran didnt learn how to play chess till he was a teenager. Every chess bio I've seen, the players seem to learn the game at about 5 and immediately begin competing against stronger, older players. |
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| Sep-09-08 | | artyom2008: never read a [chess] book until I was already a master. fine
qute of the day |
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| Sep-09-08 | | Granny O Doul: Whoa, there are books about chess? |
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Sep-09-08
 | | WannaBe: <Granny O Doul> Yes, there are!! My Least 60 Memorable Games -- by WannaBe
My So Called System -- by WannaBe
Pyrotechnics on Board (a.k.a. How My Opponent Burned Me) -- by WannaBe Art of the Being Attacked -- by WannaBe
Opening Traps and How to Play Right into Them -- by WannaBe Think Like a WannaBe -- by WannaBe
Interzonal Tournament, Sousse 1967, Why I Wasn't There -- by WannaBe Interzonal Tournament, Palma de Mallorca, Why I Was Passed Over Again -- by WannaBe Match of the Millenium (Why My Second Told Me to Bring a Zippo) -- by WannaBe, co-author, Gary Larsen. Be sure to pick up a copy at your local chess store. |
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| Sep-14-08 | | ravel5184: My turn!
Find the Worst Move! A series of problems from ravel5184's Games -- by ravel5184 The Incomplete Book of Chess Strategy -- Patzer Techniques from Z to A -- by ravel5184 Play The Damiano Defense! The Ultimate Black Opening -- by ravel5184 |
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| Sep-14-08 | | whiteshark: May I?
Losing Endgame Technique: Confusing methods in simple positions -- by whiteshark Whiteshark's Fine Art of Chess Annutation and other crudities -- translaited by hisself (Reviced Ediction) Improve your weaknesses in crisis situations: easiest puzzles -- by whiteshark Opening Strategy for retiring players: 3 ranks are enough -- by w/shy... |
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| Sep-19-08 | | just a kid: Here is one that will outpatzer your books,
How to get checkmated in less than 4 moves!by:just a kid. |
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| Sep-23-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" Really bad moves can always be refuted by general principles. " -- Fine
Really? |
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| Dec-11-08 | | whiteshark: "As I pored over the games of the great masters, two styles appealed to me above all others: Lasker and Steinitz. In Lasker I saw, above all, the supreme tactical genius. Whether a game was won or lost mattered little to him; he fought on to get the most out of every position. And in Steinitz I saw the master of consistency; he had a plan from the beginning of the game, and would stick to it, regardless of the consequences." -- Reuben Fine |
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Dec-24-08
 | | ketchuplover: Sorry but I lost the game score. I played Alekhine's defense. Lost in around 40 moves. Happy holidays y'all :) |
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