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Reuben Fine was born on 11 October, 1914 in New York City, U.S., is an American chess player. Discover Reuben Fine's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October, 1914
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death 1993
Died Place New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1912

He had a sister, Evelyn (born in 1912), and was raised by his mother alone from the age of two.

An uncle taught him chess when he was eight.

Fine began chess as a young teenager at the famous Manhattan Chess Club, where he hustled for nickels, until he was asked to stop; he used the money to help feed his family.

Afterwards he moved to the rival Marshall Chess Club in New York City, stomping grounds for many famous players, such as Bobby Fischer, later on.

At this stage of his career, Fine played a great deal of blitz chess, and he eventually became one of the best blitz players in the world.

1914

Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology.

1930

He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mid-1930s until his retirement from chess in 1951.

By the early 1930s, he could nearly hold his own in blitz chess against the then world champion Alexander Alekhine, although Fine admitted that the few times he played blitz with Alekhine's predecessor José Raúl Capablanca, the latter beat him "mercilessly".

Fine's first significant master-level event was the 1930 New York Young Masters tournament, which was won by Arthur Dake.

1931

He narrowly lost a 1931 stakes match to fellow young New York master Arnold Denker.

Fine placed second at the 1931 New York State Championship with a score of 8/11, half a point behind Fred Reinfeld.

Fine won the 15th Marshall Chess Club Championship of 1931 with 10½/13, half a point ahead of Reinfeld.

He captained CCNY to the 1931 National Collegiate team title; a teammate was master Sidney Bernstein.

This tournament later evolved into the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.

Fine then decided to try the life of a chess professional for a few years.

1932

He won the US Open all seven times he entered (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941).

He was the author of several chess books, covering endgame, opening, and middlegame.

Fine was born in the Bronx, New York City to Russian Jewish parents Jacob and Bertha (Nedner) Fine.

He defeated Herman Steiner by 5½–4½ at New York 1932; this was the first of three matches between them.

At 17, Fine won his first of seven US Opens at Minneapolis 1932 with 9½/11, half a point ahead of Samuel Reshevsky; this tournament was known as the Western Open at the time.

Fine played in his first top-class international tournament at Pasadena 1932, where he shared 7th–10th with 5/11; the winner was world champion Alexander Alekhine.

Fine repeated as champion in the 16th Marshall Club Championship, held from October to December 1932, with 11½/13, 2½ points ahead of the runner-up.

Fine graduated from City College of New York in 1932, at the age of 18; he was a successful student there.

1933

Fine won the U.S. team selection tournament, New York 1933, with 8/10.

This earned him the first of three national team berths for the chess Olympiads.

Fine won five medals (including three team golds) representing the United States; his detailed record follows; his totals are (+20−6=19), for 65.6%.

Fine repeated as champion at the U.S./Western Open, Detroit 1933, with 12/13, half a point ahead of Reshevsky.

Fine won the 17th Marshall Club Championship, 1933–34, with 9½/11.

1934

He defeated Al Horowitz in a match at New York 1934 by 6–3.

Fine shared 1st–2nd at the U.S./Western Open, Chicago 1934, on 7½/9, with Reshevsky.

He then shared 1st–3rd at Mexico City 1934, on 11/12, with Herman Steiner and Arthur Dake.

At Syracuse 1934, Fine shared 3rd–4th, on 10/14, as Reshevsky won.

1935

Fine won his fourth straight U.S./Western Open at Milwaukee 1935, scoring 6½/9 in the preliminary round, and then 8/10 in the finals.

Having had outstanding successes in North America, Fine tried his first European individual international tournament at Łódź 1935, where he shared 2nd–3rd with 6/9 behind Savielly Tartakower.

Fine won Hastings 1935–36 with 7½/9, a point ahead of Salo Flohr.

1938

Fine's best result was his equal first place in the 1938 AVRO tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of all time.

1946

After the death of world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, Fine was one of six players invited to compete for the World Championship in 1948.

1950

He was granted the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, when titles were introduced.

1951

He declined the invitation, however, and virtually retired from serious competition around that time, although he did play a few events until 1951.

Fine won five medals (four gold) in three Chess Olympiads.