Reuben Fine
Steiner, Herman vs. Fine, Reuben, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 5
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 5] [White Steiner, Herman] [Black Fine, Reuben] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D94]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Bg4 12. Be1 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd7 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Qxa7 Rc7 18. a4 Qd6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 b5 21. Bb7 Qd7 22. Bc6 Rxa7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Ra6 Rdb7 26. Rc6 Nd6 27. Bb4 Nxb5 28. Bc5 Rd7 0-1
Reuben Fine vs Botvinnik
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Reuben Fine |
Mikhail Botvinnik |
In the first round of the famous A.V.R.O. Tournament of 1938, Reuben Fine of the United States demolished the future (and several times) World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. It’s hard to find a game (most likely impossible) where Botvinnik was ever strategically outplayed within the first dozen moves; certainly not in such a high profile event. A.V.R.O. 1938 was supposed to select a challenger to play against Alexander Alekhine – the (then) World Champion; Alekhine managed to slip around that and avoid playing a match against the tournament Co-Winners Paul Keres and Reuben Fine.
The notes in the the PGN file (Click on the Diagram and/or See Comments) are by Fine with a little Botvinnik sprinkled in.
This game is truly a Classic.
Fine, Reuben vs. Fink, Adolf, Pasadena, 1932.??.??, Round ?
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[Event Pasadena] [Site Pasadena] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round ?] [White Fine, Reuben] [Black Fink, Adolf] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO A03]1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 Nf6 4. Nf2 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. O-O h6 9. a3 g6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. c4 Ng4 13. Qa4 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Bf6 15. b5 Nb8 16. Qb3 c5 17. bxa6 Nxa6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qc7 20. d3 Rd7 21. Bc1 e6 22. Bd2 Nb8 23. Qb5 Nc6 24. Rb1 Nd8 25. Qa4 g5 26. Qa7 Qxe5 27. Ba5 Re7 28. Rb5 Nc6 29. Rxc5 Rc7 30. Bxc6 1-0
Fine, Reuben vs. Steiner, Herman, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 10
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 10] [White Fine, Reuben] [Black Steiner, Herman] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO A14]1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. d4 c6 9. c5 axb3 10. axb3 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Na6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 Naxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Re1 f6 19. e3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bf5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxb3 24. Qxb3+ Nxb3 25. Rb1 Rf5 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. Rxb3 Be7 28. Rxb7 Re5 29. f3 Kf7 30. Rc7 c5 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke2 Kd5 33. Kd3 g5 34. Nc3+ Kd6 35. Ra7 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Rh6 Kg7 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. Ne4 Rd5+ 40. Kc4 Rd4+ 41. Kc3 g4 42. Rc7 Ra4 43. Kb3 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 gxf3 45. Ng5+ Kf6 46. Nxf3 Ke6 47. Nd2 h5 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Nb3 Bf6+ 50. Kc2 c4 51. Nd2 Rb2+ 52. Kc1 c3 53. Rc5+ Kg4 54. Ne4 Bd4 55. Nxc3 Bxc3 56. Rxc3 Rxh2 57. Kd1 Rg2 58. Ke1 1/2-1/2
Steiner, Herman vs. Fine, Reuben, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 3, Result1/2-1/2
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 3] [White Steiner, Herman] [Black Fine, Reuben] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D90]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. g4 Bc2 14. Rfc1 Nb4 15. Ra4 a5 16. Ra3 Bd3 17. Bd1 Ne4 18. Ne1 e6 19. f3 g5 20. Bh2 Nf6 21. Rca1 b6 22. Bd6 Ba6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Kf2 Rc6 28. b4 h5 29. Ba4 Rc4 30. Rxb6 Bf8 31. Nd3 Rc3 32. Nc5 Ra3 33. Bb5 Ra2+ 34. Ke1 h4 35. Be2 Kg7 36. b5 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ne8 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. f4 Kf8 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. fxg5 Bg3+ 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2
Fine, Reuben vs. Steiner, Herman, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 4, Result0-1
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 4] [White Fine, Reuben] [Black Steiner, Herman] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D35]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Ne5 Be6 10. O-O N6d7 11. Bg3 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Nc3 a6 19. Na4 N8d7 20. Ne5 O-O 21. Rc2 Bd8 22. Rfc1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd6 Rf7 25. g3 Bc7 26. Qb4 Qb8 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. h4 Kg7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Qb6 0-1
Fine, Reuben vs. Steiner, Herman, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 2, Result1-0
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 2] [White Fine, Reuben] [Black Steiner, Herman] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO E41]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. d5 Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf6 O-O 19. d6 Qd7 20. Be7 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bxc4 22. Rf5 Re8 23. h3 h6 24. a3 a5 25. Rxe5 Kh7 26. Qf4 Kg8 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Qf3 a4 29. Qh5 Rc8 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. exf5 b5 33. d7 Ra8 34. d8=Q+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 b4 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. axb4 1-0
Steiner, Herman vs. Fine, Reuben, New York, 1932.??.??, Round 1, Result 1/2-1/2
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[Event New York m] [Site New York] [Date 1932.??.??] [Round 1] [White Steiner, Herman] [Black Fine, Reuben] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO E16]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfe1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 Rad8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Qe3 e4 19. Qa3 h6 20. Bg2 g5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Rf1 Qh8 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. h3 Nh6 26. g4 f5 27. gxf5 Qf6 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Rd7 30. Qe3 Rh7 31. Rfe1 Ba6 32. b3 b5 33. cxb5 Bxb5 34. Bxe4 Qh6 35. Rd2 Qh4 36. f6 Kf8 37. Rg2 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Qxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Rhh1 41. Rg3 Ra1 42. Re3 Rxa2+ 43. Kg3 Raa1 44. Re6 Kf7 45. Bb5 Rhe1 46. Be8+ Kf8 47. Bg6 a5 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rae1 50. Re7 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Reg1+ 53. Kf2 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rhg1+ 55. Kh2 Rxf6 56. Re8+ Kg7 57. Kxg1 Kxg6 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Rc8 Rf4 63. Rxc7+ Kf6 64. Rd7 Rxg4+ 65. Kf2 Rxd4 66. Rxd6+ Ke5 67. Re6+ Kf5 68. Rd6 Ke5 69. Re6+ Kf5 70. Rd6 Rd3 71. Rd8 Rxb3 72. Rf8+ Ke5 73. d6 Kxd6 74. Rf5 a4 75. Rxg5 1/2-1/2
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