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] Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) was for many years among the strongest chess players in the country. Even now, as an author, he stands alone, one of the most successful and prolific chess writers of all time, with over one hundred books to his credit.

Reinfeld learned chess in his early teen years and played for his high school team. He joined the Marshall Chess Club in Manhattan in 1926. [2] He became involved in correspondence chess while in high school. [3] Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of its Greatest Exponent Aron Nimzovich (Dover, New York, 1948)( ISBN 0-486-20448-0) Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), "Reinfeld, Fred", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nded.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 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 1–0 [20] In the 1933 U.S. Olympic Team Qualification tournament, held in New York, he scored 4/10, tied 8-9th, and did not make the team; Fine, Dake and Simonson qualified. Reinfeld won the Marshall Chess Club title in 1934-35. [2]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. During his career, he won tournament games against grandmasters Reshevsky (twice), Fine, Frank Marshall, and Denker, and drew against world champion Alexander Alekhine. [12] Non-chess writing [ edit ] 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]

Lccn 55007430 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.3690 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000720 Openlibrary_edition 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 ] Reinfeld twice won the New York State Championship, in 1931 and 1933. [8] In 1933, he finished all eleven rounds undefeated, ahead of Fine, Anthony Santasiere, and Arnold Denker. [9] urn:lcp:1001winningchess0000rein:epub:6f1da12f-a875-4c7b-b0ae-640e1e3e93df Foldoutcount 0 Identifier 1001winningchess0000rein Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s225239g7pw Invoice 1652 Isbn 0879801115Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 350. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6. Reinfeld never competed internationally outside the United States. He withdrew from most tournament play after 1942, when his first child was born. 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 ]