Not much is known of the winner, Leo Shedlovsky (May 6,1901 – August, 1980) except that he born in Russia and died in New York City and he was the author of a number od scientific articles.
He was probably the brother of Dr. Theodore Shedlovsky (1898-1976) a Russian-born American chemist noted for his work of applying electro-chemistry to life processes and living cells.
In 1922, Leo was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chess club. The November 10, 1938 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle mentioned that he announced the moves in Koltanowski’s blindfold exhibition at the Men’s Faculty Club of Columbia University in New York City.
Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) needs no introduction. He was a prolific author, having written or co-written well over 100 books on a wide variety of subjects. His chess books are mostly remembered as “pot boilers” or books that were badly written and aimed at rank beginners. However, his early chess books were excellent, but he wasn’t make any money writing good chess books so started cranking out the bad ones.
What’s not well known is that in his day Reinfeld was a pretty decent player…he was one of the strongest players in the country from the early 1930s to the early 1940s; he withdrew from most tournament play after 1942.
The first USCF rating list was published in November of 1950 and Reuber Fine held the top spot at 2817. Samuel Reshevsky was next at 2770, but he was listed as inactive, meaning he had not played in any tournament since January, 1947.
The players listed as Semior Masters were; Alex Kevitz (Active-2610), Arthur Dake (Active-2598), Albert Simonson (Inactive-2596), FredReinfeld (Inactive-2593), Armold Denker (Active-2575), Isaac Kashdan (Active-2574), I.A. Horowitz (Active-2558), Abraham Kupchik (Inactive-2538), David Polland (Inactive-2521), and George Treysman (Inactive-2521.
As a player Reinfeld won the New York State Championship, in 1931 and in 1933.he was undefeated in all 11 games finishing ahead of Reuben Fine, Anthony Santasiere and Arnold Denker.
In 1932, he played in the Pasadena International tournament and placed 7-10th; the winner was world champion Alexander Alekhine.
Reinfeld qualified twice for the finals of the U.S. Championship. In 1938 and 1940 he finished in the middle oif the table.
Leo Shedlovsky–Fred Reinfeld1–0C51Dimock Theme Tournament, New York1926ShashChess 32
Evans Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 c5 4.b4 The P offer is
designed to divert the black B and so allow white to follow up with c3 and d4
gaining control of the center. xb4 Black can decline with 4...Bb6, but many
experts consider it to be weaker. This does not seem to be the case according
to the statistics in my database. Accepted: white scores +53 -35 =12. Declined
white scores: +29 -33 =28 (scores are in percentages) 5.0-0 f6 6.c3
Where should the B retreat? 6...Ba5 (most popular and statistically the best),
6...B37, 6...Bd6 (the Stone -Ware Defense which reinforces the e5-Pawn and has
been played by several GMs such as Andrei Volokitin, Alexander Grischuk and
Loek van Wely) or 6...Bc5 e7 This is Lasker's Defence and it is considered
one of the safer retreats. It has been played by Viswanathan Anand. 7.d4 d6
7...a5 I could find no examples from actual play from this
position, but supposedly Kasparov once played 8.Be2 here. The text ia
recommended by the engines. 8.xf7+ xf7 9.dxe5 d5 9...g4 10.d5+
is good for white. 10.exf6 xf6 11.exd5 e8 with about equal chances. 7...xe4 This is likely black's best reply. After 8.dxe5 d6 9.e1 c5
the chances are equal. 8.g5 This attack on f7 turns out to be fruitless.
Continuing his development with 8.Bbd2 was better. 8.a3 lead to a wild
game in Allajov,R (2130)-Javakhadze,Z (2455) Poti GEO 2013 exd4 9.cxd4 0-0 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 xa3 12.xa3 g4 13.xd8 xd8 14.b5 gxe5 15.xe5 xe5 16.xc7 black is better and he went on to win. 8...0-0 9.f4 9.xf7 xf7 10.xf7+ xf7 white has a R vs B+N. The two minor pieces can cover more
squares than Rook and so the position favors black. Arthur Bisguier once wrote
that (other things being equal) against a lesser opponent he thought he could
win with either side. No surprise there. 9...h6 10.xf7 White might as
well play this because passive play does not yield any advantage. 10.f3
is really not any better! xe4 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.e1 d6 13.b3 exd4 14.cxd4 Black has a decisive advantage. Polster,C (2236)-Dwilewicz,K (2079) chess.com
INT 2022 10.fxe5 also favors black. dxe5 11.f3 exd4 12.e5 e4 13.cxd4 g4 14.b2 g5 Black is better. Andersen,G (1788)-Almer,J (1916) Oslo 2009 10...xf7 11.xf7+ xf7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.h5+ Technically black has what
should amount ti a decisive advantage, but as we will soon see, his position
is not so easy to play! At the time of this game the 25-year old Shedlovsky
was an established Master while the 16-yera old Reinfeld had not reached his
full potential. g8 14.g6 h8 the obvious threat was 14.Bxh6 15.d5 a5
While black maintains the advantage after this move it is not nearly as great
as before. 15...Bc5+ was deadly. 15...c5+-+ 16.h1 e7 From here the N
can defend against wgite's K-side attack rendering it harmless.. 16.a3
White misses a great opportunity. 16.xh6 Black can fend off the attack,
but at least white has picked up a P. f8 17.g5 Black is better. 16...b6 17.b1 d7 18.xh6 Unfortunately for white, while this is his best move,
it's ot quite as good as it would have been on move 16. gxh6 This is a major
error in tht it allows white to completely equalize. 18...g8 19.g5 h7 20.xh7+ xh7 White has a R+P vs. B+N. Technically black is much better, but
practically it probably should be considered unclear. 19.xh6+ h7 This
self-imposed pin is a serious mistake. Not only is the N pinned, but worse yet,
it allows the invasion of white's R. After 18...Qg8 white would be advised to
take the draw by repetition. 20.f7 Effectively ending the game..
.at least you would think, but as someone once said, "It's not over 'til it's
over." c5+ 21.h1 g8 White to play and win. 22.xd7 Obvious...and
wrong. There's only one winning move. 22.h5 This clever move, threatening
Qxe5+, was the only winner. e8 The e-Pawn must be defended and now 23.xd7 wins. 22...f8 22...xa3 23.xc7 f8 24.d6 f2 25.g1 Black has only
a slight advantage. 23.h5 xa3 24.xe5+ f6 25.f1 Planning
a R-lift and Rh3 g6 aiming for ...Nc4. 26.f3 Black has completely
fallen apart over the last several moves, but the game is not over yet if he
finds the correct defense. c4 Which he does not. 26...xe4
leads to mate. 27.h3+ h7 28.hxh7+ g8 29.dg7# 26...c1 Far from
obvious, this allows black to interpose the B after a R check on h3. 27.h3+ h6 28.xc7 and black has two moves to keep the chances equal: 28...Kg8 and
22...b5 27.h3+ g8 28.e6+ f7 29.g3 xg3 30.xf7+ h8 31.hxg3
Black resigned. 31.xf6+ mates g8 32.f7+ h8 33.h7# 1–0
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