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Samuel Factor vs Richard Reti
"Fear Factor" (game of the day Jul-19-2025)
Rotterdam (1919), Rotterdam NED, Sep-24
Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall Defense (D45)  ·  1-0

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Feb-18-07  sambo: I really like these games of Factor's; the GOTD, the one against Nietsche, this one...all quite imaginative attacking games.
Jun-29-18
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  Stonehenge: 31...Re8 was a blunder, why not Qf2+?
Sep-02-18  thegoodanarchist: I submitted this for GOTD:

"Fear Factor"

Jul-19-25  Pyrandus: What is GOTD ?
Jul-19-25  goodevans: <Stonehenge: 31...Re8 was a blunder, why not Qf2+?>

Try as I might, I cannot see one credible reason why Reti wouldn't play 31...Qf2+ before 32...Re8 (assuming 32.Kd3). Even aside from losing the Q to an exposed attack, any threat that 31...Re8 posed could easily have been dealt with by 32.Ke2. 31...Qf2+ first would have taken away that defence.

Isn't it weird how such a strong player as Reti can make such a bad move that we patzers wouldn't.

Jul-19-25
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  OhioChessFan: <Pyran> GOTD = Game of the Day. Pretty good pun. Shocking blunder by Reti.
Jul-19-25  Toxic Narcissist: <Isn't it weird how such a strong player as Reti can make such a bad move that we patzers wouldn't.> Reti was only human. Like the rest of us.
Jul-19-25  Petrosianic: <Toxic Narcissist: <Isn't it weird how such a strong player as Reti can make such a bad move that we patzers wouldn't.> Reti was only human. Like the rest of us.>

From what you're saying, the rest of us <aren't> human, if we wouldn't have made that move.

Jul-19-25
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  Sally Simpson: Everyone blunders but when a player has a discovered attack lined up v your Queen our sense of danger should kick in.

It's odd enough and Reti was strong enough to warrant a poke about to get any background. (was it Blitz, simul, blindfold, four days before this game Reti gave a 10 board blindfold simul, casual game...)

It was not from the main tournament of Rotterdam 1919, Reti won that P.7 W.7 according to Golombek.

Factor's wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samue... proudly announces he tied a two game match with Reti. (this match is not mentioned by Golombek)
The other game was played a few days later. This time it was Factor who got their Queen into trouble. Reti vs S Factor, 1919

Jul-19-25  Toxic Narcissist: <From what you're saying, the rest of us <aren't> human, if we wouldn't have made that move.> What I meant was that everyone makes obvious blunders occasionally, no matter how strong they are. Kramnik missed a mate in one. Petrosian missed a knight threatening to take his queen. Fischer took the pawn on h2 and lost his bishop. Et cetera, et cetera. Stockfish would never do these things, but humans do.

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