1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 b6 <In the New York Tournament, 1924, Reti played the immediate 8...f5 to Lasker, and the continuation: 9.N4c3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Bd6 11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.Ng3! with a better game. Lasker vs Reti, 1924; 9. Qd2 <Better is 9.N2c3 as in the games Samuels vs Carlos Torre, 1924 and J W Te Kolste vs Carlos Torre, 1925 > 9...Bb7 10. N2c3 c6! <A necessary move here, in order to play ...Nd7 without fear to the reply d5> 11. f4 <In case of 11.0-0-0 f5 12.Ng3 f4! and white can't capture the pawn because of ...Bg5> 11...f5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Nge2 Kb8 <Torre puts attention of anything that can happen on both flanks. With the move of the text, Black's ready to play the maneouver ...c5 followed by ...cxd4, in combination with ...g4. For that is essential to avoid that the of b7 is captured with check> 18. g3 h5 19. Kb1 Ng4 <Stronger than 19...h4 because of the reply 20.gxh4> 20. Bxg4 <Or as well, 20.Qg1 c5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 and the threat 22...cxd4 followed by ...Bc5 would be disgraceful for White> 20...hxg4 <White's already very weak on the light squares. And the next move just precipitates the ending>21. h4? gxh3 22. Ng1 h2! 23. Nf3 Rh3 24. Ne2 <Reforcing the defense 'till the end, but it was of consideration 24.Ng5. For example: 24...Rh5 25.Nf3 Rdh8 26.Rd2 c5 27.Nb5 Qc6>24...Rxg3!!<The destructive thunderbolt! With this move, all the king's flank falls apart> 25. Nxg3 Bxf4 26. Qe2 Bxg3 27. Nxh2 <There's no salvation. 27.Rhf1 c5 28.dxc5 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxc5 30.Nxh2 <if 30.Rd8+? Kc7 31.Rh8 Qg1+ followed by 32...Bxf3>30...Be4 with a decisive attack> 27...c5 28. Nf3 cxd4 <Black has a huge compensation for the exchange, plus the two bishops that are sweeping off the board>29. Rh7 e5 30. Ng5 Bd5 <White could have resigned already at this point> 32. Nh3 Be3 33. Rf1 Be4 <Threatens 34...d3> 34. Nf2 Bxf2 35. Qxf2 d3 <And White resigned. The double threat 36...dxc2+ and 36...d2 are simply crushing> 0-1