Wednesday Workout: Checkmates with Reinfeld

To honor the publication of CLO columnist Alex Dunne’s newest book, Fred Reinfeld: The Man Who Taught America Chess, with 282 Games, this week’s Wednesday Workout consists of ten mate-in-ones and mate-in-twos drawn from Reinfeld’s games. We’ll continue in this vein next week with more mates from Reinfeld’s games, ranging from three-movers to eight-movers! As always, Workouts consist of diagrams to solve with answers given below. (No fair peeking!) The colored dot on the right side of the board signifies the side to move. We begin with a short palate cleanser. Can you handle these mate-in-ones? Having properly warmed up, here are eight mate-in-twos to try.

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Answers:

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[Event "Lunchroom Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3b1r/3q2kp/ppp3p1/5pB1/2BP4/2P2b2/PP2QPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

17. Qe5# 1-0

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[Event "Stuyvesant Match 1st Team-2nd Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "Bernstein, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkb1r/pb1pnpp1/1p2p3/3nP3/3PN1P1/3B1N2/PP2QP1B/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

17. Nd6# 1-0

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[Event "DeWitt Clinton-Commerce Manh.CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brinkerhoff, M."]
[Black "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b3k1/7p/p3p1p1/1pbp4/6qP/2P2rP1/PPB2P2/1R1Q1R1K b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26... Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rxg3# 0-1

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[Event "Indiv Trnmt Finals Manh.CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1pp2ppp/2np4/6P1/1pP1P3/rPqRQP1P/P6R/1K3B2 b - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
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27... Rxb3+ (27... Rxb3+ {Reinfeld resigned here}) 28. axb3 (28. Rb2
Qxb2#) 28... Ra1# 0-1

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[Event "Indiv Trnmt Finals Manh.CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "Brinkerhoff, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5knQ/ppp2pp1/5q2/3rR1p1/3P4/2PB1P2/PP3PK1/8 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. Re8# 1-0

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[Event "Stuyvesant CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schafer"]
[Black "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2k1r2/ppp5/6QB/2bNP3/8/8/PPP2qPP/3R3K b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

24... Qf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1# 0-1

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[Event "Stuyvesant CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "Bernstein, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4b1r/p5p1/1nb1k1B1/q2pP1p1/P1pP4/2P4p/3BQ2P/RR4K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

25. Qg4+ (25. Qg4+ {and Bernstein resigned}) 25... Ke7 26. Bxg5#
1-0

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[Event "Simul Exhibition Marsh.CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rubinstein, A."]
[Black "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2k2/5rp1/P2R3p/4BpQ1/1p3P1P/4P3/q5P1/6K1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

34. Rd8+ (34. Rd8+ {Reinfeld resigned here.}) 34... Rxd8 35. Qxd8# 1-0

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[Event "Marshall CC-Columbia MCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Black "Beyer, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/1b3r2/pp4Qp/2p1P3/2q1P3/2P3B1/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Qd6# 1-0

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[Event "match (3)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santasiere, Anthony"]
[Black "Reinfeld, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/r3R3/1p4pk/5R2/r1p1B1PP/P7/6K1 w - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "190508 Workout"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

46. Rh4+ gxh4 47. g4# 1-0

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Next week: more mates from Reinfeld!