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1. Game, Reuben Fine vs. Juan Brunner, Reuben Fine Exhibition, 1934.
2. Game, Carlos Torre Repetto vs. Reuben Fine, Buenos Aires Tournament, 1935.
3. Game, G. N. Traystman vs. Reuben Fine, Metropolitan Chess League, 1936.
4. Game, Reuben Fine vs. Cornelius Dekker, Bussum, Netherlands, 1936.
5. Game, F. Axelsson/M. Laett vs. Reuben Fine, consultation game, Orebro, Sweden, January 26, 1937.
6. Game, Ilia Kan vs. Reuben Fine, Moscow Tournament, 1937.
7. Game, Reuben Fine vs. M. Judwitsch, Moscow Tournament, 1937.
8. Game, Reuben Fine vs. Jonsson, Sweden, 1937.
9. Game, Enive vs. Reuben Fine, 1940.
10. Game, Reuben Fine vs. Ariel Mengarini, Washington, D. C. tourney, 1943
11. Game, Larry Evans vs. Reuben Fine, Hollywood Chess Group Championship, 1951.

Reuben Fine
October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993

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A Master At 18, American Chess Wizard Demonstrates In London Reuben Fine, the youngest member of the U.S.A. chess team which won the International Team Tournament at Folkestone, gave an exhibition at the Empire Social Chess Club at Bayswater. Fine is eighteen years of age and is considered a master of the game. In the photo, Reuben Fine plays twenty simultaneous games at the Empire Social Chess Club in London. United Kingdom, 1933. Original photo credit: Pastpix https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/1389805/

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May 16 1936

U.S. Chess Championship, Final Round, Hotel Astor, New York, May 16, 1936. Players and officials at the biennial U.S. Championship Tournament. At left center, Marshall hands the Frank J. Marshall Trophy, emblem of the title, to Samuel Reshevsky, winner of the tournament and the new champion. Seated, left to right, are tournament officials Hermann Helms, L. Walter Stephens, Harold M. Phillips, Fritz Brieger and Theodore S. Barron. Standing behind officials, left to right, are Sidney Bernstein, Samuel D. Factor, Milton Hanauer, F. J. Marshall, G. N. Treysman, Samuel Reshevsky, I. A. Horowitz (rear), Alexander Kevitz, Isaac Kashdan, Arthur W. Dake (rear), Abraham Kupchik. Standing at the top of picture, l. to r., are Reuben Fine, Arnold S. Denker, Albert C. Simonson and Herman Steiner. Reshevsky won the subsequent tournaments in 1938, 1940 and 1942. Original b/w photo by Empire photographers. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/herman-steiner.html.

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1941

From Jacqueline Piatigorsky’s archives. Taken at the U.S. Open tournament in St. Louis, 1941. With readers' assistance we hope to build up a full key. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter107.html 10 In National Chess Final Here 21 Jul 1941, Mon St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

10 in National Chess Final Here
With 10 competing in the championship finals and six in the consolation class “A” tournament, play began yesterday in each of these competitions in the national chess meet at the Hotel De Soto. The championship list, which includes Reuben Fine of New York, the titleholder, who has not lost a game thus far, contains four from the first group of the preliminaries and three each from groups two and three.
The pairings for the first championship round: E. W. Marchand, Clayton, vs. L. W. Stephens, New York; George Sturgis, Boston, vs. Bruno Schmidt, Detroit; Fred Anderson, St. Louis, vs. Boris Blumin, New York; W. W. Adams, Dedham, Mass., vs. Fine; Herman Steiner, Los Angeles, vs. Joseph Rauch, Montreal.
Six players competing in the class “A” finals also started play yesterday, in accordance with the following pairings in the first round: C. M. Burton, St. Louis, drew with B. B. Price, Chicago; David Ehrlich, St. Louis, defeated W. M. P. Mitchell, Boston; Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth, defeated C. W. McClure, St. Louis.

Chess Titlist Wins Again 22 Jul 1941, Tue St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

Chess Titlist Wins Again
Reuben Fine of New York, open champion of the United States Chess Federation, won his second-round match in the finals last night at the Hotel De Soto. His victim was Herman Steiner of Los Angeles.
Fine shares first place with Erich W. Marchand of Clayton, who gained a point at the expense of George Sturgis of Boston. Bruno Schmidt of Detroit defeated Fred Anderson of St. Louis.
Another game to be finished was between L. W. Stephens of New York and Joseph Rauch of Montreal. Rauch was the winner.
Boris Blumin, New York, adjourned with Weaver W. Adams, Dedham, Mass. This will be played off tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime the third round will be contested.
The standings:
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
Fine 2-0
Marchand 2-0
Schmidt 2-0
Anderson 1-1
Rauch 1-1
Steiner 1-1
Adams 0-1
Blumin 0-1
Stephens 0-2
Sturgis 0-2
CLASS A
Burton 2-1
Mitchell 2-1
Price 1.5-.5
Holland 1.5-1.5
Ehrlich 1-1
McClure 0-3

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1944

Gisela Gresser and Arnold Denker at the 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships, 1944 U.S. Champion Arnold Denker plays a round of skittles with women's champion Gisela Gresser, aided by kibitzers. Standing, right to left: Albert S. Pinkus, Frank J. Marshall, I. A. Horowitz, Herman Steiner, Reuben Fine. At top left: chessmaster Edward Lasker. On table Frank J. Marshall U.S. Championship Trophy and Chess Review Women's Championship Trophy. Scene: New York's Park Central Hotel at the conclusion of the Championship Tourney. Original photo by Nancy Roos. Captions from Chess Review and collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame, gift of Jacqueline Piatigorsky.

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1945

Linda Darnell and Rosanne Murray Play Chess as Reuben Fine, Hector Rossetto, Mona May Karff, Hermann Helms, and Isaac Kashdan watch at the opening of the 1945 Pan American Tournament. Original photo by Nancy Roos, World Chess Hall of Fame collection.

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