CHESS PLAYER

Reuben Fine

1914 - 1993

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Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mid-1930s until his retirement from chess in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reuben Fine has received more than 243,296 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Reuben Fine is the 95th most popular chess player (down from 80th in 2019), the 5,236th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,296th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Reuben Fine ranks 95 out of 461. Before him are Gideon Ståhlberg, Luděk Pachman, Ignatz Kolisch, Veselin Topalov, Jacques Mieses, and Grigory Levenfish. After him are Alexander Beliavsky, Ernst Grünfeld, Georg Marco, Ossip Bernstein, Igor Bondarevsky, and András Adorján.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Reuben Fine ranks 224. Before him are Vincent J. McMahon, Johannes Virolainen, Afonsinho, Irmã Dulce, Ralph Ellison, and Grigol Abashidze. After him are Wilhelm Hahnemann, Charles Régnier, Dagmar Lange, Wolfgang Windgassen, Jan Kott, and Carlo Biagi. Among people deceased in 1993, Reuben Fine ranks 155. Before him are Alexandre Trauner, John Frost, Sam Wanamaker, Roy Raymond, Paul Mebus, and Eleanor Hibbert. After him are Gordon Douglas, Albert Collins, Bob Kiesel, Camargo Guarnieri, Giuseppe Occhialini, and Fred Gwynne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Reuben Fine ranks 5,236 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Lord (1920), Simon Helberg (1980), Isaiah Washington (1963), Suge Knight (1965), Fats Navarro (1923), and Bonnie Raitt (1949). After him are Jeff Chandler (1918), Dexter Jackson (1969), Dee Snider (1955), Charles Demuth (1883), Robert Keohane (1941), and Richard Sheldon (1878).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Reuben Fine ranks 5. Before him are Bobby Fischer (1943), Paul Morphy (1837), Frank Marshall (1877), and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872). After him are William Lombardy (1937), Jackson Showalter (1860), Arnold Denker (1914), Nick de Firmian (1957), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Robert Byrne (1928), and Fabiano Caruana (1992).

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