Fred Reinfeld

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Fred Reinfeld
Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 May 29, 1964) was an American chess master and a prolific writer on chess and
many other subjects, whose books are still read today.
Biography
Fred Reinfeld was one of the most prolific authors in history, having written or co-written over 100 books. Most
were about chess, including books on the opening (Winning Chess Openings), the middlegame (1001 Winning Chess
Sacrifices and Combinations), and game collections (Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters), as well as
biographies of Alexander Alekhine, Jos Ral Capablanca, Paul Keres, Emanuel Lasker (co-written with Reuben
Fine), Paul Morphy (Andrew Soltis completed and published this book years after Reinfeld's death), and Aron
Nimzowitsch.
Most of Reinfeld's chess books, such as The Complete Chess Player, were geared toward novice players. Many
players received their first introduction to the game through his books. Reinfeld also wrote books for more advanced
players, but they sold fewer copies. In 1996, Reinfeld became the 26th person inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of
Fame, and the first inducted primarily for his writing.Wikipedia:Citation needed
Although Reinfeld is remembered today for his writing, he was also one of the strongest players in the United States.
He was ranked sixth in the country on the first rating list issued by the United States Chess Federation in 1950, after
Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky, Alexander Kevitz, Arthur Dake, and Albert Simonson.
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Reinfeld won the 1933
New York State Championship, finishing all eleven rounds undefeated, ahead of Fine, Anthony Santasiere, and
Arnold Denker. During his career, he won games against grandmasters Reshevsky (twice), Fine, Frank Marshall, and
Denker, and drew against world champion Alexander Alekhine.
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Reinfeld also wrote books on a number of other subjects, including checkers (How to Win at Checkers), numismatics
(Coin Collector's Handbook), philately (Commemorative Stamps of the U.S.A.), geology (Treasures of the Earth),
history (Trappers of the West), medicine (Miracle Drugs and the New Age of Medicine), physics (Rays Visible and
Invisible), political science (The Biggest Job in the World: The American Presidency), and jurisprudence (The Great
Dissenters: Guardians of Their Country's Laws and Liberties).
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The latter book won the Thomas Alva Edison
Foundation Award. In addition to his own name, Reinfeld wrote under the pseudonyms Robert V. Masters and
Edward Young. Reinfeld's 19 numismatic works were the subject of an article by Leonard D. Augsberger in the
NovemberDecember 2000 issue of Rare Coin Review.
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On May 29, 1964, Reinfeld died at the age of 54 in East Meadow, New York,
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reportedly from a ruptured
cerebral aneurysm.
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Sample games
Reinfeld won against Reshevsky at the Western Championship in Minneapolis in 1932:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 h6 9.0-0 a6 10.cxd5 d6 11.e4 Bg7
12.f4 Nfd7 13.a4 0-0 14.Be3 Kh7 15.Qc2 Nf6 16.h3 Nbd7 17.Rae1 Re8 18.Bf2 Ng8 19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Nf8
21.fxg6+ fxg6 22.Be4 Qd6 23.Be3 Ne7 24.Rf7 Kg8 25.Ref1 Nxd5 26.Rxb7 Nxe3 27.Qf2 Nf5 28.Nxf5 gxf5
29.Qxf5 Kh8 30.Rf7 Ng6 10
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Another win against Reshevsky in 1932, this time at Pasadena, and as Black:
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.a3 Ne4 10.Be3 Nxc3
11.bxc3 Na5 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Bb5 14.Nd3 Rc8 15.a4 Ba6 16.Ra3 b6 17.Re1 Nc4 18.Ra2 Na5 19.Nb4 Bb7
20.Qd3 e6 21.h4 Rc4 22.Rb1 Qd7 23.Bd2 Rfc8 24.f4 h5 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qxc3
Bxd4+ 29.Kh2 Bxc3 30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Nd3 Qe4 01
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Reinfeld won against Marshall in New York City in 1941:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 e5
11.Nb5 Qe7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Be6 15.Qe2 Rfc8 16.Rfd1 Rc5 17.Rd4 Rac8 18.Nc3 Rc4
19.Rad1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 h6 21.h3 Rc5 22.Qd3 Qc7 23.g4 g5 24.Kg2 Qe5 25.b4 Rc4 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5
Rc3 28.Rxe5 Rxd3 29.Ra5 b6 30.Rxa7 Nd7 31.Ra6 Kg7 32.Bc6 Ne5 33.Rxb6 Rd2 34.a4 Nc4 35.Rb7 Nxe3+
36.Kf3 Nd1 37.Rd7 Rxf2+ 38.Kg3 Rf1 39.a5 Nc3 40.a6 Ne2+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.a7 Nf4+ 43.Kf3 Ra3+ 44.Ke4
Nxh3 45.a8=Q Nf2+ 46.Kf5 10
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Trivia
James Grady's 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor used quotations from Reinfeld's 1959 The Complete Chess Course
as introductions to three of its chapters.
Books
101 Chess Problems for Beginners (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1960) (ISBN 0-87980-017-8)
1001 Brilliant Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Sterling, New York, 1955)
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Wilshire Books, Hollywood, 1955) (ISBN 0-87980-110-7)
1001 Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1959) (ISBN 0-87980-111-5)
1001 Ways to Checkmate (Sterling, New York, 1955)
A Chess Primer (Dolphin Books, Garden City, 1962)
A New Approach to Chess Mastery (Hanover House, Garden City, 1959)
A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces (Chatto & Windus, London, 1950)
A. Alekhine vs. E.D. Bogoljubow : World's Chess Championship 1934 (McKay, Philadelphia, 1934)
An Expert's Guide to Chess Strategy (Hollywood, 1976)
Art of Chess (edited by Reinfeld; written by Mason) (1958) (ISBN 0-486-20463-4)
Art of Sacrifice in Chess (ISBN 0-486-28449-2)
Attack and Counterattack In Chess (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1958)
Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess (ISBN 0-87980-215-4)
Book of the 1935 Margate Tournament
Book of the 1935 Warsaw International Chess Team Tournament
Book of the 1936-37 Hastings Tournament
Botvinnik the Invincible
Botvinnik's Best Games, 19271934
British Chess Masters: Past and Present
Challenge to Chessplayers (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Chess At-A-Glance by Edward Young (Ottenheimer, Baltimore, 1955)
Chess By Yourself (McKay, Philadelphia, 1946)
Chess Combinations and Traps
Chess for Amateurs: How To Improve Your Game (McKay, Philadelphia, 1942)
Chess for Children, with Moves and Positions Pictured in Photo and Diagram (ISBN 0-8069-4905-8)
Chess for Young People
Chess: How to play the Queen Pawn Openings (W Foulsham & Co, London, undated)
Chess In A Nutshell (Permabooks, New York, 1958) (ISBN 0-671-64391-6)
Chess is an Easy Game
Chess Mastery by Question and Answer (McKay, Philadelphia, 1939)
Chess Quiz (McKay, Philadelphia, 1945)
Chess Secrets Revealed (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1959)
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Chess Strategy and Tactics: Fifty Master Games (Black Knight, New York, 1933)
Chess Strategy for Offense and Defense (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1955)
Chess Tactics for Beginners (ISBN 0-87980-019-4)
Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles (ISBN 0-671-21041-6)
Chess Victory Move By Move
Chess: Attack and Counterattack (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Chess: Win in 20 Moves or Less (Crowell, New York, 1962)
Complete Chess Course (ISBN 0-385-00464-8)
Complete Chess Player (ISBN 0-671-76895-6)
Colle's Chess Masterpieces (Black Knight Press, New York, 1936)
Complete Book of Chess Openings (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Complete Book of Chess Stratagems (Sterling, New York, 1958)
Creative Chess (Sterling, New York, 1959)
Development of a Chess Genius, 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine (Dover)
Dr. Lasker's Chess Career, Part I, 18891914 (Printingcraft, London, 1935)
E. S. Lowe's Chess In 30 Minutes (E.S. Lowe Co, New York, 1955)
Eighth Book of Chess: How to Play the Queen Pawn Openings and Other Close Games (Sterling, New York,
1957)
Epic Battles of the Chessboard (ISBN 0-486-29355-6) (Editor in collaboration with Israel Albert Horowitz, the
author was Richard Nevil Coles)
Fifth Book of Chess: How to Win When You're Ahead (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Fifty-one Brilliant Chess Masterpieces (Capitol Pub, New York, 1950)
First Book of Chess (with I.A.Horowitz) (Harper & Row, New York 1952)
Fourth Book of Chess: How to Play the Black Pieces (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Games of the 1938 Washington State Chess Association Championship (1938)
Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, New York, 1961)(ISBN 0-486-28614-2)
Great Chess Upsets (written by Reshevsky; annotated by Reinfeld) <<< This is incorrect. "Great Chess Upsets"
was first published in 1976, but Reinfeld died in 1964. Perhaps the 1948 book "Reshevsky on Chess" was meant?
Taylor Kingston, 14 Nov 2010
Great Games By Chess Prodigies (Macmillan, New York, 1967)
Great Moments In Chess (Doubleday, New York, 1963)
Great Short Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, New York, 1961)(ISBN 0-486-29266-5)
How Do You Play Chess?
How Not to Play Chess (Edited by Reinfeld; authored by Znosko-Borovsky) (ISBN 0-486-20920-2)
How To Be A Winner at Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1954)(ISBN 0-449-91206-X)
How To Beat Your Opponent Quickly (Sterling, New York, 1956)
How To Force Checkmate (Dover, New York, 1958) (ISBN 0-486-20439-1)
How To Get More Out of Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1957)
How To Improve Your Chess (with Horowitz) (Collier, New York, 1952)
How To Play Better Chess (Pitman, New York, 1948)
How To Play Chess Like A Champion (Fawcett, Greenwich, 1956)
How To Play Winning Chess (Bantam Books, New York, 1962)
How to Think Ahead in Chess (with Horowitz)
How To Win Chess Games Quickly (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1957)
Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of its Greatest Exponent Aron Nimzovich (Dover, New York,
1948)(ISBN 0-486-20448-0)
Immortal Games of Capablanca (ISBN 0-486-26333-9)
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Improving Your Chess (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1955)
Improving Your Chess (Faber, London, 1954)
Instructive and Practical Endings From Master Chess
Kemeri Tournament, 1937
Keres' Best Games of Chess (1941)
Keres' Best Games of Chess, 19311948 (Printed Arts Co., 1949)
Lasker's Greatest Chess Games, 18891914 (Dover, New York, 1963)
Learn Chess Fast! (with Reshevsky) (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Learn Chess From the Masters (Dover, New York, 1946)
Modern Fundamentals of Chess
Morphy Chess Masterpieces (with Soltis) (Macmillan, New York, 1974)
Morphy's Games of Chess (by Sergeant; edited by Reinfeld) (ISBN 0-486-20386-7)
My System: A Treatise on Chess (by Nimzovich; edited by Reinfeld) (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Nimzovich: The Hypermodern (McKay, Philadelphia, 1948)
Practical End-game Play (Pitman, London, 1940)
Reinfeld Explains Chess (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess (Dover, New York, 1957)
Relax With Chess and Win In 20 Moves (Pitman, New York, 1948)
Second Book of Chess: The Nine Bad Moves, and How to Avoid Them (Sterling, New York, 1953)
Semmering-Baden Tournament of 1937
Seventh Book of Chess: How to Play the King Pawn Openings (Sterling, New York, 1956)
Sixth Book of Chess: How to Fight Back (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Strategy in the Chess Endgame
Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess (Chatto & Windus, London 1947)
The Book of the Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904 (Black Knight Press, 1935)
The Chess Masters On Winning Chess
The Complete Book of Chess Tactics (Doubleday, Garden City, 1961)
The Complete Chess Course (Doubleday, Garden City, 1959)
The Complete Chessplayer (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1953)
The Complete Chessplayer by Edward Young (New English Library, London, 1960)
The Great Chess Masters and Their Games (Hanover, Garden City, 1960)
The Easiest Way To Learn Chess (Simon & Schuaster, New York, 1960)
The Elements of Combination Play In Chess (Black Knight, New York, 1935)
The Fireside Book of Chess (with Chernev) (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1949)
The Games of the 1933 Match Between S. Flohr and M. Botvinnik
The Human Side of Chess (Pellegrini & Cudahy, New York 1952)
The Immortal Games of Capablanca
The Joys of Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1961)
The Macmillan Handbook of Chess
The Secret of Tactical Chess (Crowell, New York, 1958)
The Treasury of Chess Lore (McKay, New York, 1951)
The Unknown Alekhine 19051914
The USCF 7th Biennial US Championship of 1948
The Way To Better Chess (Macmillan, New York, 1959)
Third Book of Chess: How to Play the White Pieces (Sterling, New York, 1954)
Thirty Five Nimzowitsch Games, 19041927
Two Weeks To Winning Chess
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Ventnor City Tournament, 1939 (New York, 1939)
Why You Lose At Chess (Simon & Schustor, New York, 1956)
Win at Chess (Dover, New York, 1958) (ISBN 0-486-41878-2)
Winning Chess: How to Perfect your Attacking Play
Winning Chess for Beginners (Grosset, New York, 1959)
Winning Chess Openings (Hanover, Garden City, 1961)
Other books by Fred Reinfeld (aka Robert Masters):
A Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins, (Sterling, New York, 1956)
A Catalogue of European Coins (Oak Tree Press, London, 1961)
A Simplified Guide to Collecting American Paper Money, (Hanover House, New York, 1960)
A Treasury of American Coins (Garden City, New York, 1961)
Blazer the Bear (Sterling, New York, 1953)
Cash for Your Coins (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Coin Collecting (Bonanza, New York, 1958)
Coin Collecting for Beginners (with Burton Hobson) (ISBN 0-87980-022-4)
Coin Collector's Handbook (Sterling, New York, 1954)
Coin Dictionary and Guide (with C.C. Chamberlain) (Bonanza, New York, 1960)
Coinometry (with David Boehm) (Sterling, New York, 1952)
Commemorative Stamps of the U.S.A. (Bramhall House, New York, 1956)
First Book of Famous Battles (Garden City, New York, 1961)
Fun with Stamp Collecting (Garden City, NT, 1957)
How to Be a Winner at Checkers (Hanover House, New York, 1960)
How to Build a Coin Collection (Sterling, New York, 1958)
How to Play Checkers (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1957)
How to Play Top-Notch Checkers (Sterling, New York, 1957)
How to Win at Checkers (ISBN 0-87980-068-2) (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1957)
Manual of Coin Collectors and Investors (Sterling, New York, 1963)
Miracle Drugs and the New Age of Medicine (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Oliver Twist (Pocket Books, New York, 1948)
Picture Book of Ancient Coins (Sterling, New York, 1963)
Picture Book of Atomic Science (Sterling, New York, 1963)
Pictorial Guide to Coin Conditions (with Burton Hobson) (Garden City, New York, 1962)
Pony Express (Collier, New York, 1966) (ISBN 0-8032-5786-4)
Rays Visible and Invisible (Sterling, New York, 1958)
Stamp Collectors' Handbook
Stamp Collector's Price Guide (with Robert Obojski) (Sterling, New York, 1986)
The Biggest Job in the World: The American Presidency (Crowell, New York, 1964)
The Great Dissenters, Guardians of their Country's Laws and Liberties (Crowell, New York, 1959)
The Real Book About Famous Battles (Doubleday, New York, 1961)
The Real Book About Whales and Whaling (Garden City, New York, 1960)
The Story of Paper Money, Including Catalogue of Values (Sterling, NT, 1957)
They Almost Made It (Thomas Crowell Co., New York, 1956)
Trappers of the West (Crowell, New York, 1957)
Treasures of the Earth (Sterling, New York, 1954)
Treasury of the World's Coins (Sterling, New York, 1953)
Uranium and other Miracle Metals (Sterling, New York, 1955)
US Commemorative Coins and Stamps (Sterling, New York, 1964)
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What's New in Science (Sterling, New York, 1960)
Young Charles Darwin (Sterling, New York, 1956)
References
[1] As of July 31, 1950, the top ratings were Fine (2817), Reshevsky (2770), Kevitz (2610), Dake (2598), Simonson (2596), Reinfeld (2593),
Arnold Denker (2575), Isaac Kashdan (2574), I. A. Horowitz (2558), and Abraham Kupchik (2538). "The United States Chess Federation
National Chess Ratings (as of July 31, 1950)", Chess Life, November 20, 1950, p. 3. Also available on DVD (p. 93 in "Chess Life 1950" PDF
file).
[2] [2] There is a selection of 20 of his games at chessgames.com.
[3] Edward Winter, Reinfeld's Non-Chess Books (http:/ / www. chesshistory. com/ winter/ extra/ reinfeld. html) (2002)
[4] Wayne Homren, NUMISMATIC WORKS OF FRED REINFELD (http:/ / www. coinbooks. org/ esylum_v04n10a11. html). Retrieved on
2009-05-03.
[5] Chess Review, July 1964, pp. 193-94.
[6] Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 350. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
[7] David A. Boehm, The Fascination of Book Publishing, New York, 1994, pp. 61-67. Chess historian Edward Winter has questioned the
reliability of this source, noting that it erroneously claims that Reinfeld had mastered the game by age six. Chess Note 5937 (http:/ / www.
chesshistory.com/ winter/ winter54. html#5940_William_Norwood_Potter). Retrieved on 2009-02-21.
[8] Reinfeld vs Reshevsky (http:/ / www.chessgames.com/ perl/ chessgame?gid=1451438)
[9] Reshevsky vs Reinfeld (http:/ / www. chessgames.com/ perl/ chessgame?gid=1459004)
[10] Reinfeld vs. Marshall (http:/ / www.chessgames. com/ perl/ chessgame?gid=1095252)
External links
Fred Reinfeld (http:/ / www. chessgames. com/ perl/ chessplayer?pid=39279) player profile and games at
Chessgames.com
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