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Reuben Fine · Sports

What

Chess grandmaster and theorist

When

1914, New York City, United States — 1993, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Reuben Fine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Chess grandmaster and theorist

How & why

Reuben Fine was one of the world's strongest chess players in the 1930s and a leading opening theorist, author of the classic 'Basic Chess Endings.' He tied for first at the great AVRO tournament of 1938 and later became a practicing psychoanalyst. Fine was born into a Jewish family in New York City.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chess

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Chess grandmaster and theorist

1914

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chess