Stewart Reuben

Stewart Reuben (born 1939) is a British chess player, organiser, arbiter and author. He has also been a professional poker player, been called "one of Britain's foremost poker players" and "one of the best two or three players in England", and written several books on the topic.^[1][2]

Chess career[edit]

Reuben has officiated at and/or organised a number of high-level chess events held in Britain and elsewhere, including the world chess championship, and was chief organiser of British Chess Championship Congresses for a number of years. He was the chairman of the British Chess Federation^[3] from 1996 to 1999, and is currently Manager of Senior Chess for the English Chess Federation. As of 2006, he is chairman of the FIDE Organisers' Committee and a member of other FIDE committees. He holds the FIDE International Arbiter and FIDE International Organizer titles.

Reuben is a FIDE Candidate Master. During the 1993 World Chess Championship Match between Kasparov and Short, he provided some of the live commentary for the audience at the Savoy theatre.

Author[edit]

Reuben has written several books on chess including Chess Openings: Your Choice! and The Chess Organiser's Handbook. He is also the author of several books on poker, including How Good is your Pot-Limit Omaha, How Good is your Pot Limit Hold'Em?, Poker 24/7: 35 years as a Poker Pro, and Starting Out in Poker. Reuben also co-authored Pot-Limit and No-limit Poker with Bob Ciaffone, which Mason Malmuth called "the best information ever put out on these games".^[4] His teaching book Play Like a Pro was translated into French as Jouez comme les pros in 2007, and then recommended by the French travel guide publisher Petit Futé for French visitors to Las Vegas.^[5]

Books[edit]

Chess

• The Chess Scene (1974) Faber ISBN 978-0571104161 (with David Levy)
• Chess Openings: Your Choice! (1995) Cadogan Books ISBN 978-1857440706
• The Chess Organiser's Handbook (1998 1st edition) Everyman Chess ISBN 978-1857441994; (2001 new edition) ISBN 978-0954098209
• London 1980: Phillips and Drew Kings Chess Tournament (2010) Ishi Press ISBN 4-87187-859-7 (with William Hartston)

Poker

• Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker (1999 2nd edition) ISBN 978-0966100716 (with Bob Ciaffone)
• Starting Out in Poker (2001) Everyman Chess ISBN 978-1857442724
• How Good is Your Pot-Limit Omaha? (2004) D&B Publishing ISBN 978-1904468073
• How Good is Your Pot Limit Hold'em? (2004) D&B Publishing ISBN 978-1904468080
• An Introduction to Poker (2005) Parragon Publishing ISBN 978-1405461566
• Poker 24/7: 35 Years as a Poker Pro (2005) D&B Publishing ISBN 978-1904468165

Notable games[edit]

• Stewart Reuben vs Robert James Fischer, New York blitz 1963, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (A16), ½–½
• Stewart Reuben vs David Bronstein, London Menchik-mem 1994, English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13), ½–½

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Stewart Reuben rating card at FIDE
• Stewart Reuben player profile and games at Chessgames.com