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| Mar-23-08 | | brankat: Same here :-) |
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| Mar-31-08 | | vonKrolock: Réti in Rio: new online, the complete score (with 12 games!) of his blindfold performance in Rio de Janeiro, march 1925 (as reported by Luiz Vianna in "Xeque-Mate" magazine 3/1925 - thanks to Adaucto Nóbrega = brasilbase) http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ts1925... |
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| Apr-12-08 | | vonKrolock: ... and earlier in that same year, he played in a "Torneio Ricardo Reti", sharing 1-st place, and drawing, with Souza Mendes - whom he defeated later in hos blind-simul! Cross-table and just three games here http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb1925... |
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| Apr-18-08 | | brankat: <vonKrolock> A great find! |
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| Apr-18-08 | | Augalv: Too bad Reti he never had a shot at the crown. |
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| Apr-29-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
"Chess is the triumph of the intellect and genius over lack of imagination; the triumph of personality over materialism."
-- Reti
I'm sure this quote ended with the word <teetotalism>, sort of. :D |
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| May-02-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
"Chess is particularly the game of the unappreciated, who seek in play that success which life has denied them." -- Reti's <self-awareness>
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| May-28-08 | | brankat: Richard Reti was born on today's date 119 years ago! Unfortunately, he passed away much too young. Because of that it is impossible to visualize him as an old man. He never had been old. Always young! The same goes for his thoughts, theories, writings. Fresh, inspiring, youthful. Thank You for all the fine work You had done, which we still enjoy today. |
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| May-28-08 | | whiskeyrebel: My most satisfying victories are Reti system steamrollers that begin on the Queenside and expand to utilize and dominate the whole board. Richard Reti simply made the game more fun to play for many of us. Thank you sir. |
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| May-28-08 | | amateur05: Reti's record with Alekhine's defence is impressive (+7-1=7). The -1 belongs to Nimzowitsch. |
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| Jun-22-08 | | suenteus po 147: Now that a handful of missing games have been added to the database, this collection is finally complete for all Réti fans to enjoy: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek |
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| Jun-22-08 | | Calli: Chessbase, by the way, has 701 Reti games, so CG is still 160 shy. |
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| Jun-24-08 | | whiteshark: <Reti's explanations, wherever they are concerned with an analysis which covers a few moves are correct and praiseworthy. ... > Emanuel Lasker |
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| Jun-24-08 | | FHBradley: But when they are concerned with something else, they are not always correct or to the point? Didn't Lasker write something like that in his "Manual of Chess"? |
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| Jun-24-08 | | whiteshark: <FHBradley> Yes, it was a quote from Lasker's "Manual of Chess", fourth book (position play), subchapter 'Examples of the Principle of Proportion'. Lasker made some remarks on Reti' annotations of J W Te Kolste vs Reti, 1925 |
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| Jun-24-08 | | FHBradley: <Whiteshark> Thanks. I have to dig up my copy of Lasker Manual. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | Kaspablanca: Reti is most noted for breaking Capablanca`s streak of 8 years without losing a game when he beat the Cuban in the 1924 New York tournament. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | brankat: Somehow it so happened that I've never had a chance (and a pleasure?) to read R.Reti's: "Masters of the Chessboard". But I've heard many praises. Any comments from those who had read the book? Thank You. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | nescio: <brankat> "Masters of the chessboard" is primarily a collection of games, but also a text-book on the history of chess strategy with great instructional value. Réti gives several games of Anderssen, Morphy, Steinitz, Tarrasch, Lasker, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Maroczy, Marshall, Rubinstein, Spielmann, Niemzowitsch, Vidmar, Tartakower, Capablanca, Bogoljubov, Alyekhin in that order, and one of himself. A mix of instruction and entertainment, many of Réti's observations about the player's styles are so often repeated in other books that they might give you a sense of déja vu, but his annotations are a pleasure to read. You can understand them without a chessboard next to the book, for "In the first place almost every analysis based only on variations has proved erroneous in the course of the years, because a knowledge of variations is after all sham knowledge."(Réti on Rosanes-Andersson, 1863). |
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| Jun-25-08 | | brankat: <nescio> Thank You. I knew I could count You :-) Also, if You are still here: when was the book originally published? My guess was 1929, shortly before Reti's death. I assume the original issue was not in English (German?) If so, then when did the first English edition appear? Thank You. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | nescio: <when was the book originally published? My guess was 1929, shortly before Reti's death.> Unfortunately, Réti died of scarlet fever whilst still completing the work, but I think not long after it was published in German, perhaps in 1930. The English translation was published in 1933. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | brankat: This was quick. Thank You very much! |
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| Jul-05-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and excludes chance.> -- Reti
Not bad, but completely wrong! |
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| Jul-05-08 | | malthrope: <brankat: Somehow it so happened that I've never had a chance (and a pleasure?) to read R.Reti's: "Masters of the Chessboard". But I've heard many praises.
Any comments from those who had read the book? Thank You.> <brankat> - my good friend... "Masters of the Chessboard" is a <MUST> read! Hopefully, that's all I'll ever have to say and only to add that <You> are positively in for a royal TREAT! :^) 'nuff said... All the Best, Your buddy, - Mal |
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Jul-05-08
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