Fred Reinfeld

Nimzovich the Hypermodern Fred Reinfeld

Fred Reinfeld is the most prolific chess writer in the United States if not the world. He has achieved eminence as a player as well as an author and has defeated many of America's leading chess masters in tournament play. His victims include Denker, Reshevsky, Fine, Horowitz, Lasker, Pinkus, Simonson, and the late Frank Marshall. He has won the New York State Championship twice, held the National Intercollegiate title as a youngster and has also won the championship tournaments of our two strongest clubs, the Manhattan Chess Club and the Marshall Chess Club. As a writer Reinfeld is best known for his encyclopedic knowledge of opening theory, buttressed by a fabulously photographic memory, and for his ability to annotate the games of the great masters with such thoroughness, clarity and dramatic appeal that the most complex games of the experts can be thoroughly enjoyed by the layman. Nimzovich the Hypermodern is based on years of research and careful study of Nimzovich's games. Reinfeld has frankly aimed at a popular work by avoiding over-long games and too detailed notes. In consequence, he has produced a work which enables every chess player to relish Nimzovich's subtle, original play.