Fine Reuben

Reuben Fine (October 11th 1914 with New York - March 26th 1993) is a American player of failures . In the Years 1930, it belongs to the world elite. He is also the author of several books on the set of failures, which have a certain favor near the public of XXIe century. After the Second world war, it gave up the competition échiquéenne to concentrate on the Psychologie.

Biography

Graduate of the City College of New York, it decides to become professional player of failures during a few years.

He learns how to play in tournament with the Marshall Chess Club in New York, club famous to have counted several American GMI among his members, such Bobby Fischer.

In the years 1930, Fine is regarded as one of the best players of blitz in the world. For example, it held head with the world champion of then, Alexandre Alekhine. He however acknowledged that he was disarmed vis-a-vis Jose Raúl Capablanca, this last the leaf regularly.

In 1937, it presents an enviable prize list: it gained several international tournaments and is one of the best world players. With her three participations in the Olympiads of failures (Folkestone 1933, Warsaw 1935 and Stockholm 1937), the American team finishes first. In the tournaments with the the United States, it is often preceded by Samuel Reshevsky, on the other hand, its international performances are better.

In 1938, Fine finishes ex-aequo with Paul Keres with the Tournoi AVRO which joins together the world elite with an aim of deciding between a challenger to face the champion of the moment, Alexandre Alekhine. Fine finishes in front of Mikhail Botvinnik, Alekhine, max Euwe, Capablanca, Reshevsky and Salo Flohr. As anecdote, it gained the two parts against Alekhine. However, the conflicts which precede the Second world war suspends the tournaments, international high level. During the Second world war, he works for the American marine , working on systems intended to calculate the position of the U-boot when they make surface.

In 1941, Fine publishes BASIC Chess Endings , a compendium of detailed analyzes of of part still considered, more than 60 years after its publication, like one of best. Its work The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings is delayed to rather detail the ideas which underlie the opening S, than to memorize the sequences of blows.

After the war, Fine continues to play in a professional way. Alekhine dies accidentally in 1946, which encourages FIDE to re-examine and redesign the selection process of the challenger. Invited by FIDE to take part in a tournament for the championship of the world of 1948, Fine declines the offer. The official reason is that it prepares its thesis of doctorate in Psychologie. However, some suggest that he sees the Soviet players playing of the null of living room between them with an aim easily of allocating the title. The large-Master Larry Evans affirms, in the pages of Chess Life of August 2004, that Fine said to me that he did not want to lose three months of his life to look at Soviet playing of the parts of living room between them. (Fine Free translation of told me He didn' T want to waste three months off his life watching Russians throw ranges to each other. ). Moreover, at that time, the negotiations surrounding the championship of the world last for ever, and Fine wrote that he did not want to prepare during several months to see such a championship being cancelled.

When it completes with USC its doctorate in psychology, it gives up the competition, and concentrates on its new profession. Its last major tournament proceeds in New York in 1951, where it finishes first.

In 1956, it writes Psychoanalytic Observations one Chess and Chess Masters , an article which constitutes the starting point of the book The Psychology off the Chess Player . This work is delayed with the psychology of the player of failures, according to a psychoanalytical prospect . Fine is not the first to be been interested in the players of failures, Alfred Binet had already studied the psychology of good players of failures.

Fine continued to play failures as an amateur (for example, a friendly part against Bobby Fischer in 1963 appears in the book of Fischer: Memorable My Sixty Ranges ). It also published has off History Psychoanalysis in 1979, as well as other books in psychology.

With the failures, Fine has a better card against Lasker, Alekhine and Botvinnik, whereas it is with equality against Capablanca.

Written works

BASIC Chess Endings , 1941, McKay. Revised in 2003 by Stake Benko. ISBN 0-8129-3493-8
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings , 1943, McKay. Revised in 1989. ISBN 0-8129-1756-1
Practical Chess Openings
The Middlegame in Chess . ISBN 0-8129-3484-9
Lessons From My Games
The Psychology off the Chess Player
has off History Psychoanalysis , 1979
The World' S Great Chess Games , 1983, Dover. ISBN 0-486-24512-8

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