Notable Games
Reuben Fine
13 celebrated games · 255 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Fine – Lasker · 1936 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Maroczy · 1936 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Tartakower · 1936 · 1–0
Zandvoort 1936: Fine beats Savielly Tartakower in a Queen's Gambit Declined en route to winning the tournament outright.
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Fine – Bogoljubow · 1936 · 1–0
Nottingham 1936: handling the Black side of his own beloved Dutch, Fine outplays two-time World Championship challenger Efim Bogoljubov.
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Fine – Gruenfeld · 1936 · 1–0
Arbeiderspers International, Amsterdam 1936: a Queen's Gambit Declined victory over opening theorist Ernst Gruenfeld.
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Fine – Alekhine · 1937 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Petrovs · 1937 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Botvinnik · 1938 · 1–0
AVRO 1938, round 1: Fine strategically outplays future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the French Winawer, Botvinnik resigning after 31.Qg3.
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Fine – Flohr · 1938 · 1–0
AVRO 1938: another French Winawer, this against Salo Flohr — the game Fine himself named as his finest, later praised by Kasparov.
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Fine – Alekhine · 1938 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Steiner · 1945 · 1–0
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.
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Fine – Euwe · 1948 · 1–0
New York 1948: a Queen's Gambit Declined win over former World Champion Max Euwe, part of Fine's dominant 8/9 tournament victory.
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Fine – Najdorf · 1948 · 1–0
New York 1948: Fine beats Miguel Najdorf in a Sicilian Najdorf at the event he won ahead of Najdorf, Euwe and Pilnik.
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