Reuben Fine
Notable Games

Reuben Fine

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Notable Games

  • 1936.08.10 Fine, Reuben vsLasker, Emanuel 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation 33 moves Nottingham International Masters Nottingham 1936, round 1: the young American downs former World Champion Emanuel Lasker in a Queen's Gambit Declined at one of the era's strongest tournaments.
  • 1936.07.18 Fine, Reuben vsMaroczy, Geza 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line 38 moves Zandvoort Zandvoort 1936: a Queen's Gambit Declined win over veteran Geza Maroczy on the way to Fine's undefeated first-place finish ahead of Euwe, Tartakower and Keres.
  • 1936.07.20 Fine, Reuben vsTartakower, Saviely 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation 37 moves Zandvoort Zandvoort 1936: Fine beats Savielly Tartakower in a Queen's Gambit Declined en route to winning the tournament outright.
  • 1936.08.21 Fine, Reuben vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line 36 moves Nottingham International Masters Nottingham 1936: handling the Black side of his own beloved Dutch, Fine outplays two-time World Championship challenger Efim Bogoljubov.
  • 1936.10.13 Fine, Reuben vsGruenfeld, Ernst 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted 52 moves Arbeiderspers International Arbeiderspers International, Amsterdam 1936: a Queen's Gambit Declined victory over opening theorist Ernst Gruenfeld.
  • 1937.04.05 Fine, Reuben vsAlekhine, Alexander 1-0 Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation, Alekhine Variation 60 moves Kent County CA-30 Premier Margate 1937: Fine defeats reigning World Champion Alexander Alekhine in a Dutch Defense, part of his shared first place a point and a half clear of Alekhine.
  • 1937.09.14 Fine, Reuben vsPetrovs, Vladimirs 1-0 Queen's Indian Accelerated 34 moves Semmering und Baden bei Wien Semmering/Baden 1937: a win over Vladimirs Petrovs from the elite double-round event where Fine finished second behind Keres, ahead of Capablanca and Reshevsky.
  • 1938.11.06 Fine, Reuben vsBotvinnik, Mikhail 1-0 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation 31 moves AVRO AVRO 1938, round 1: Fine strategically outplays future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the French Winawer, Botvinnik resigning after 31.Qg3.
  • 1938.11.13 Fine, Reuben vsFlohr, Salo 1-0 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation 28 moves AVRO AVRO 1938: another French Winawer, this against Salo Flohr — the game Fine himself named as his finest, later praised by Kasparov.
  • 1938.11.25 Fine, Reuben vsAlekhine, Alexander 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 46 moves AVRO AVRO 1938: a Ruy Lopez win over Alexander Alekhine completing Fine's clean sweep of the World Champion at the tournament where he tied for first with Keres.
  • 1945 Fine, Reuben vsSteiner, Herman 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line 25 moves Pan American-ch01 Pan-American Championship, Hollywood 1945: in a Queen's Gambit Accepted, Fine's queen breakthrough finishing with Qa5+ punishes Herman Steiner's exposed king in just 25 moves.
  • 1948 Fine, Reuben vsEuwe, Max 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 49 moves New York New York 1948: a Queen's Gambit Declined win over former World Champion Max Euwe, part of Fine's dominant 8/9 tournament victory.
  • 1948 Fine, Reuben vsNajdorf, Miguel 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Zagreb Variation 44 moves New York New York 1948: Fine beats Miguel Najdorf in a Sicilian Najdorf at the event he won ahead of Najdorf, Euwe and Pilnik.
  • 1938.11.12 Euwe, Max vsFine, Reuben 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation 44 moves AVRO Netherlands 1938 — a 44-move win with Black against Max Euwe. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part IV, game 6 (PDF page 69).
  • 1936.08.18 Alexander, Conel Hugh O'Donel vsFine, Reuben 0-1 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation 47 moves Nottingham International Masters Nottingham 1936 — a 47-move win with Black against Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, game 486 (PDF page 334).
  • 1937.03 Fine, Reuben vsLilienthal, Andor 1-0 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation 38 moves Moscow Moscow 1937 — a 38-move win with White against Andor Lilienthal. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, game 450 (PDF page 309).
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