Fred Reinfeld

Fred Reinfeld (New York, 27 gennaio 1910 – East Meadow, 29 maggio 1964) è stato uno scacchista e scrittore statunitense.

Biografia

È noto come uno dei più prolifici autori di libri di scacchi, con oltre cento titoli pubblicati. Scrisse anche diversi libri sulla numismatica e la filatelia e libri divulgativi su altri argomenti, tra cui la geologia, la storia, la medicina, la fisica, la politica e la giurisprudenza.

Partecipò a pochi tornei importanti, tutti negli Stati Uniti, ottenendo il titolo di Maestro. Nel 1933 vinse il campionato dello Stato di New York davanti a Reuben Fine, Anthony Santasiere e Arnold Denker. Nel 1950 era al sesto posto nel rating della United States Chess Federation, dopo Fine, Samuel Reshevsky, Alexander Kevitz, Arthur Dake e Albert Simonson. Vanta vittorie contro Reshevsky (due volte), Fine, Marshall e Denker, e una patta contro il campione del mondo Aleksandr Alechin.

Nel 1933 fondò, assieme a Isaac Kashdan e Al Horowitz, la rivista Chess Review, che rimase attiva fino al 1969, quando si fuse con la rivista Chess Life, assumendo il titolo Chess Life & Review.

Pubblicazioni

Scacchi

Nota: la lista è incompleta.

Chess Strategy and Tactics: Fifty Master Games (Black Knight, New York, 1933)
A. Alekhine vs. E.D. Bogoljubow: World's Chess Championship 1934 (McKay, Philadelphia, 1934)
Dr. Lasker's Chess Career, Part I, 1889–1914 (Printingcraft, London, 1935)
The Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904 (Black Knight Press, 1935)
The Chess Masters On Winning Chess
The Elements of Combination Play In Chess (Black Knight, New York, 1935)
Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess
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, 1927–1934
British Chess Masters: Past and Present
Colle's Chess Masterpieces (Black Knight Press, New York, 1936)
Kemeri Tournament, 1937
Semmering-Baden Tournament of 1937
Games of the 1938 Washington State Chess Association Championship (1938)
Chess Mastery by Question and Answer (McKay, Philadelphia, 1939)
Ventnor City Tournament, 1939 (New York, 1939)
Practical End-game Play (Pitman, London, 1940)
Keres' Best Games of Chess (1941)
Chess for Amateurs: How To Improve Your Game (McKay, Philadelphia, 1942)
Chess Quiz (McKay, Philadelphia, 1945)
Chess By Yourself (McKay, Philadelphia, 1946)
Learn Chess From the Masters (Dover, New York, 1946)
Challenge to Chessplayers (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess (Chatto & Windus, London 1947)
Learn Chess Fast! (con Reshevsky) (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of Aron Nimzovich (Dover, New York, 1948)
How To Play Better Chess (Pitman, New York, 1948)
The Unknown Alekhine 1905–1914
The USCF 7th Biennial US Championship of 1948
Keres' Best Games of Chess, 1931–1948 (Printed Arts Co., 1949)
The Fireside Book of Chess (con Irwin Chernev) (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1949)
The Games of the 1933 Match Between S. Flohr and M. Botvinnik
The Immortal Games of Capablanca
A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces (Chatto & Windus, London, 1950)
Fifty-one Brilliant Chess Masterpieces (Capitol Pub, New York, 1950)
The Treasury of Chess Lore (McKay, New York, 1951)
First Book of Chess (con Al Horowitz), Harper & Row, New York, 1952
How To Improve Your Chess (con Horowitz) (Collier, New York, 1952)
The Human Side of Chess (Pellegrini & Cudahy, New York 1952)
Second Book of Chess: The Nine Bad Moves, and How to Avoid Them (Sterling, New York, 1953)
The Complete Chessplayer (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1953)
Third Book of Chess: How to Play the White Pieces (Sterling, New York, 1954)
How To Be A Winner at Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1954)
Improving Your Chess (Faber, London, 1954)
Instructive and Practical Endings From Master Chess
Immortal Games of Capablanca
1001 Ways to Checkmate (Sterling, New York, 1955)
1001 Brilliant Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Sterling, New York, 1955)
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Wilshire Books, Hollywood, 1955)
Improving Your Chess (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1955)
Chess Strategy for Offense and Defense (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1955)
E. S. Lowe's Chess In 30 Minutes (E.S. Lowe Co, New York, 1955)
Fifth Book of Chess: How to Win When You're Ahead (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Fourth Book of Chess: How to Play the Black Pieces (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Chess Tactics for Beginners
Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles
Chess Victory Move By Move
Chess: Attack and Counterattack (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Sixth Book of Chess: How to Fight Back (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Strategy in the Chess Endgame
How To Beat Your Opponent Quickly (Sterling, New York, 1956)
How To Play Chess Like A Champion (Fawcett, Greenwich, 1956)
Why You Lose At Chess (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1956)
How to Play the King Pawn Openings (Sterling, New York, 1956)
How to Play the Queen Pawn Openings and Closed Games (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Complete Book of Chess Openings (Sterling, New York, 1957)
How To Get More Out of Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1957)
How to Think Ahead in Chess (con Horowitz)
How To Win Chess Games Quickly (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1957)
Reinfeld Explains Chess (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess (Dover, New York, 1957)
How To Force Checkmate (Dover, New York, 1958)
Complete Book of Chess Stratagems (Sterling, New York, 1958)
Development of a Chess Genius, 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine (Dover)
Art of Chess (edited by Reinfeld; written by Mason) (1958)
Chess for Children, with Moves and Positions Pictured in Photo and Diagram
Chess: How to play the Queen Pawn Openings (W. Foulsham & Co, London)
Chess In A Nutshell (Permabooks, New York, 1958)
Attack and Counterattack In Chess (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1958)
The Secret of Tactical Chess (Crowell, New York, 1958)
The Way To Better Chess (Macmillan, New York, 1959)
Thirty Five Nimzowitsch Games, 1904–1927
Win at Chess (Dover, New York, 1958)
Winning Chess: How to Perfect your Attacking Play
Winning Chess for Beginners (Grosset, New York, 1959)
1001 Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1959)
A New Approach to Chess Mastery (Hanover House, Garden City, 1959)
Chess Secrets Revealed (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1959)
Creative Chess (Sterling, New York, 1959)
Chess Combinations and Traps
The Way To Better Chess (Macmillan, New York, 1959)
Thirty Five Nimzowitsch Games, 1904–1927
The Complete Chess Course (Doubleday, Garden City, 1959)
Winning Chess: How to Perfect your Attacking Play
Winning Chess for Beginners (Grosset, New York, 1959)
101 Chess Problems for Beginners (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1960)
The Great Chess Masters and Their Games (Hanover, Garden City, 1960)
The Easiest Way To Learn Chess (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1960)
The Complete Book of Chess Tactics (Doubleday, Garden City, 1961)
Winning Chess Openings (Hanover, Garden City, 1961)
Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, New York, 1961)
Great Short Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, New York, 1961)
How To Play Winning Chess (Bantam Books, New York, 1962)
A Chess Primer (Dolphin Books, Garden City, 1962)
Chess: Win in 20 Moves or Less (Crowell, New York, 1962)
Lasker's Greatest Chess Games, 1889–1914 (Dover, New York, 1963)
Great Moments In Chess (Doubleday, New York, 1963)
Great Games By Chess Prodigies (Macmillan, New York, 1967)
Morphy Chess Masterpieces (con Andrew Soltis), Macmillan, New York, 1974
An Expert's Guide to Chess Strategy (Hollywood, 1976)

Dama

How to Play Checkers (Barnes & Noble, New York, 1957)
How to Play Top-Notch Checkers (Sterling, New York, 1957)
How to Win at Checkers (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1957)
How to Be a Winner at Checkers (Hanover House, New York, 1960)

Numismatica e filatelia

Coinometry (con David Boehm) (Sterling, New York, 1952)
Treasury of the World's Coins (Sterling, New York, 1953)
Coin Collecting for Beginners (con Burton Hobson)
Coin Collector's Handbook (Sterling, New York, 1954)
A Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins, (Sterling, New York, 1956)
Commemorative Stamps of the U.S.A. (Bramhall House, New York, 1956)
Fun with Stamp Collecting (Garden City, NT, 1957)
Cash for Your Coins (Sterling, New York, 1957)
Coin Collecting (Bonanza, New York, 1958)
How to Build a Coin Collection (Sterling, New York, 1958)
Coin Dictionary and Guide (con C.C. Chamberlain), Bonanza, New York, 1960
A Simplified Guide to Collecting American Paper Money, (Hanover House, New York, 1960)
A Treasury of American Coins (Garden City, New York, 1961)
A Catalogue of European Coins (Oak Tree Press, London, 1961)
Pictorial Guide to Coin Conditions (con Burton Hobson) (Garden City, New York, 1962)
Manual of Coin Collectors and Investors (Sterling, New York, 1963)
Picture Book of Ancient Coins (Sterling, New York, 1963)
US Commemorative Coins and Stamps (Sterling, New York, 1964)

Stamp Collector's Price Guide (con Robert Obojski), Sterling, New York, 1986

Altro

Oliver Twist (Pocket Books, New York, 1948)
Blazer the Bear (Sterling, New York, 1953)
Treasures of the Earth (Sterling, New York, 1954)
Uranium and other Miracle Metals (Sterling, New York, 1955)
Young Charles Darwin (Sterling, New York, 1956)
They Almost Made It (Thomas Crowell Co., New York, 1956)
Miracle Drugs and the New Age of Medicine (Sterling, New York, 1957)
The Story of Paper Money, Including Catalogue of Values (Sterling, NT, 1957)
Trappers of the West (Crowell, New York, 1957)
Rays Visible and Invisible (Sterling, New York, 1958)
The Great Dissenters, Guardians of their Country's Laws and Liberties (Crowell, New York, 1959)
The Real Book About Whales and Whaling (Garden City, New York, 1960)
What's New in Science (Sterling, New York, 1960)
First Book of Famous Battles (Garden City, New York, 1961)
The Real Book About Famous Battles (Doubleday, New York, 1961)
Picture Book of Atomic Science (Sterling, New York, 1963)
The Biggest Job in the World: The American Presidency (Crowell, New York, 1964)
Pony Express (Collier, New York, 1966)

Note

↑ Articolo di Edward Winter su Chess Notes: Reinfeld's Non-Chess Books (con foto di Reinfeld)
↑ The United States Chess Federation National Chess Ratings of July 31, 1950 (Chess Life, November 20, 1950, p. 3)

Altri progetti

Wikiquote contiene citazioni di o su Fred Reinfeld

Collegamenti esterni

Opere di Fred Reinfeld, su MLOL, Horizons Unlimited.

(EN) Opere di Fred Reinfeld / Fred Reinfeld (altra versione), su Open Library, Internet Archive.

(EN) Partite di Fred Reinfeld, su Chessgames.com, Chessgames Services LLC.

(EN) Fred Reinfeld, su 365Chess.com.

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 33159360 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 0885 9379 · SBN SBLV216735 · LCCN (EN) n80038481 · GND (DE) 132438518 · BNE (ES) XX922303 (data) · BNF (FR) cb10977075r (data) · J9U (EN, HE) 987007305821305171 · CONOR.SI (SL) 223134563

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[1] Articolo di Edward Winter su Chess Notes: Reinfeld's Non-Chess Books (con foto di Reinfeld)

[2] The United States Chess Federation National Chess Ratings of July 31, 1950 (Chess Life, November 20, 1950, p. 3)