In 1932, he placed third at the Western Open in Minneapolis, behind only Fine and Reshevsky. [2] He was invited to the very strong Pasadena International tournament and placed 7-10th; the winner was world champion Alexander Alekhine. Fred Reinfeld was born in New York City, and lived his entire life within its metropolitan area. His father, Barnett Reinfeld, was of Polish-Jewish heritage, while his mother Rose (née Pogrezelsky) was of Romanian-Jewish heritage. [1] Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of its Greatest Exponent Aron Nimzovich (Dover, New York, 1948)( ISBN 0-486-20448-0) In 1996, Reinfeld became the 26th person inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, and the first inducted primarily for his writing. [6] Competitive chess [ edit ] Playing strength [ edit ]

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. He certainly had the chess knowledge, research skills, and writing ability to write high-level books, but decided to specialize in basic books for chess beginners, since they sold much better, and he was able to make a living from this. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-08-03 12:01:40 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40623505 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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He became a charter writer for the new magazine Chess Review in 1933, and was a senior editor there by 1947. [2] Reinfeld began writing about chess in late 1932. [5] His first book, co-authored with Isaac Kashdan, was an account of the Bled 1931 master tournament. [5] Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), "Reinfeld, Fred", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nded.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3

Most of all, this is a book of combinative ideas, all designed to enhance your arsenal of weapons. The first step toward mastery is to become familiar with the different types of tactical motifs. The second step is to study a great many examples of these tactical themes. So, the object of this book is to add to your knowledge, to make you a strong chessplayer, and (last but not least) to delight you with some of the most beautiful moves ever played on the chessboard. He married his fiancée Beatrice in 1932. They had two children: Donald, born in 1942, and Judith, born in 1947. [2] Chess writing [ edit ] Although Reinfeld is remembered today mainly for his writing, he was also one of the strongest chess players in the United States from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, after which he withdrew from competition. He was ranked sixth in the country, with a rating of 2593, 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. [7] However, the next year's USCF rating list did not include Reinfeld, as he had withdrawn from competitive play. [2] Tournament highlights [ edit ] Eighth Book of Chess: How to Play the Queen Pawn Openings and Other Close Games (Sterling, New York, 1957)More than half of his books 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, José Raúl 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. On May 29, 1964, Reinfeld died at the age of 54 in East Meadow, New York, [15] [16] reportedly from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. [17] In 1965, his widow Beatrice Levine donated his library to New York University; it contained more than 1,000 books, of which he had written about 260. [2] Biography [ edit ]