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chess mastery, reinfield

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Inspired by Hunterknox, i though it might be interesting to reproduce some lessons
from Reinfelds chess mastery. The questions are in the annotations and are
designed as Reinfeld states to help us ask similar questions in our own games. Ill
produce the answers in a wee minute. The book was published in 1939 and i dont
know who owns the copyright, nor do i care.


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1.c4c5
2.Nf3Nf6
3.d4d5
4.cxd5cxd4
5.Qxd4Qxd5
6.Nc3Qxd4
7.Nxd4a6
8.g3e5
9.Nb3Nc6
10.Bg2Bd7
11.O-OBe7
12.Bg5O-O
13.Rfd1Rfd8
14.Bxf6gxf6
15.Nd5Rab8
16.Nc5Kf8
17.Nxf6Bxf6

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      the answers,

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      • a
      • 7
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      • 6
      • c
      • 5
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      • 2
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      1.c4c5
      2.Nf3Nf6
      3.d4d5
      4.cxd5cxd4
      5.Qxd4Qxd5
      6.Nc3Qxd4
      7.Nxd4a6
      8.g3e5
      9.Nb3Nc6
      10.Bg2Bd7
      11.O-OBe7
      12.Bg5O-O
      13.Rfd1Rfd8
      14.Bxf6gxf6
      15.Nd5Rab8
      16.Nc5Kf8
      17.Nxf6Bxf6

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          grading

          1-3 , positional werewolf of London, awoooo, calculates every move 20 ply
          4-7, positionally aware, watch out for them weak squares, centralised knights and
          open files
          8-11 - positionally adept, can accumulate small advantages to build an
          overwhelming advantage
          12-13 probably around at Magnus Carlsons housing helping him work on his opening
          repertoire.

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          Very interesting game. Could you check what you've written for why 16. ... Be8 is bad - 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxf6 is not possible.

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          Originally posted by Fat Lady
          Very interesting game. Could you check what you've written for why 16. ... Be8 is bad - 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxf6 is not possible.
          sure thing. but i am translating from descriptive notation, which is not my strong point.
          I think it best if i just write it out verbatim, 16... B-K1 is a bit better, but still
          unsatisfactory in view of 17.KtxBch, KtxKt, 18KtxKtP, does that help any ?

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          You should try transcribing games from pre-1900 books, that's a real challenge! You have to remember, for example, which is the king's knight as you'll get moves like "kings knight to queens square" when there are knights sitting on b2 and f2. Some chess sets in those days had a mark on one of the knights and rooks so they could be distinguished (e.g. the famous red crown on the original Staunton sets).

          "17.KtxBch, KtxKt, 18KtxKtP, does that help any?" - Yes, 18. KtxKtP is 18. Nxb7, not 18. Nxf6

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          Originally posted by Fat Lady
          You should try transcribing games from pre-1900 books, that's a real challenge! You have to remember, for example, which is the king's knight as you'll get moves like "kings knight to queens square" when there are knights sitting on b2 and f2. Some chess sets in those days had a mark on one of the knights and rooks so they could be distinguished (e.g. the famous red crown on the original Staunton sets).
          flip sake, i think id rather go to the dentist 🙂

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          Originally posted by Fat Lady
          You should try transcribing games from pre-1900 books, that's a real challenge! You have to remember, for example, which is the king's knight as you'll get moves like "kings knight to queens square" when there are knights sitting on b2 and f2. Some chess sets in those days had a mark on one of the knights and rooks so they could be distinguished (e.g. the f KtxBch, KtxKt, 18KtxKtP, does that help any?" - Yes, 18. KtxKtP is 18. Nxb7, not 18. Nxf6
          brilliant, thanks ill change it promptly.

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          Good posts Robbie- Reinfeld wrote several of the first chess books I ever read.

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          Originally posted by nimzo5
          Good posts Robbie- Reinfeld wrote several of the first chess books I ever read.
          thanks Nimzo, his writing is particularly clear and lucid, he rejects all kinds of pretentious argon. I find these pre computer chess books to be the best reads, i dont know why, there is just something comforting about leafing through a hardback copy where you can see the printers indentations on the thick paper. If there was any interest in this, i might post the other lessons. It seems Nimzo that you must have got off to a great start, regards Robbie.

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          Originally posted by robbie carrobie
          thanks Nimzo, his writing is particularly clear and lucid, he rejects all kinds of pretentious argon. I find these pre computer chess books to be the best reads, i dont know why, there is just something comforting about leafing through a hardback copy where you can see the printers indentations on the thick paper. If there was any interest in this, ...[text shortened]... the other lessons. It seems Nimzo that you must have got off to a great start, regards Robbie.
          I think if you dig around you will find a Reinfeld was a lot of players first book. Now if only they were in algebraic... descriptive gives me a headache.

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          Originally posted by nimzo5
          I think if you dig around you will find a Reinfeld was a lot of players first book. Now if only they were in algebraic... descriptive gives me a headache.
          you would think a guy with a name like Nimzo might be inclined towards the Nimzio-
          Larsen attack beginning with 1.b3, but noooooo 😛

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          Chernev on Reinfeld.

          "I thought I was the only one who saw that The Human Side of Chess was
          written with venom. But then, Reinfeld hated impartially!

          He hated Morphy, Alekhine, and Capablanca most of all. He hated all chess
          players - except those who bought his books. Those he despised!"

          Taken from a letter written by Irving Chernev to Edward Winter in 1977.

          Poor old Fred gets a bashing from EW here. (right down the bottom).

          http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter35.html

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          Here's a game I transcribed today:

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          1.e4e5
          2.Nc3Nc6
          3.f4exf4
          4.Nf3g5
          5.d4d6
          6.Bc4Bg7
          7.O-OBg4
          8.Bb5Kf8
          9.Ne2Qe7
          10.c3Bxf3
          11.Rxf3Qxe4
          12.Qf1Nh6
          13.Nxf4gxf4
          14.Bxf4Rg8
          15.Bxh6Bxh6
          16.Rxf7Ke8
          17.Rxc7Kd8
          18.Rxb7Ne5
          19.Ba6Nf3
          20.Kh1Rf8
          21.Qb5Qf5
          22.Qc6Qe6
          23.Qc7Ke8
          24.Bb5

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              Originally from http://tinyurl.com/65z9f2o

              I'll add it to chessgames.com later tonight when I sort the names out properly.

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              chess from a bygone era of romanticism, before the queens pawn became
              fashionable. There must a whole host of excellent descriptive games and books that
              would be of real interest if reproduced and transcribed.

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              Originally posted by robbie carrobie
              you would think a guy with a name like Nimzo might be inclined towards the Nimzio-
              Larsen attack beginning with 1.b3, but noooooo 😛
              Ha, well I was more a fan of Nimzo jumping up on top of a table and yelling "I lost to this idiot???" It was only coincidence that I started playing the Nimzo-Indian some years later.

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