|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 8 OF 8 ·
Later Kibitzing > |
| Jul-29-08 |
| Vollmer: I disagree , 'Combinations' are a form of tactical art . This concept is not limited to chess . Using exceptional strategy in any military endeavor to most efficiently defeat the opponent (and Chess is a war of two) is the highest form of victory . See "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu . I have employed this concept in FPS online game tournaments to great effect . My motto is "distract and destroy" , so I open with the wonderful 1.Nf3 as White . |
 |
Jul-29-08
 |
| whiteshark: <Vollmer> Thanks for your justified objection. Maybe I've used <art> in a very restricted meaning. But you can always impress me with either Sun Tzu, Lasker or Purdy. I'll check Lasker's 'Manual' later. |
|
Aug-05-08
 |
| keypusher: <brankat> I must apologize to you, it was indeed Pollock who said "It is no easy matter to reply correctly to Lasker's bad moves." For anyone else who is interested, here is a very nice little article by Winter on Pollock, including the quote. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
|
Aug-05-08
|
| keypusher: <Brankat> PS, I must also apologize for not reading and responding to your invitation to mail you Masters of the Chessboard. I would certainly have done it, but my copy is in storage. Where I must send a many other books soon, now that I have discovered all the free ones at Google. |
|
| Aug-28-08 |
| GrahamClayton: It is a little known fact that after the 1924 New York tournament, Reti went to South America and played in the 1924 Argentine championship. He played "hors concours", and finished 1st, 4.5 points ahead of Roberto Grau. |
|
| Sep-02-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Source: CN 1999 Edward Winter, "A Chess Omnibus", Russell Enterprises, 2003 |
|
| Jan-02-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Remember Reti's famous diagonal march? Everyone probably knows that but it seems to still look like a magician's work. If it was Black to move he'd win.
1. Kg7! h5 2. Kf6! h4 3. Ke5! h3 4. Kd6! h2 5. c7! Kb7 6. Kd7 h1=Q 7. c8=Q+ 1/2-1/2. |
|
| Jan-02-09 |
| chessamateur: <WhiteRook48>
Richard Réti, 1921
click for larger view |
|
May-28-09
 |
| talisman: happy b'day Richard.Knf3. |
|
| May-28-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!!! |
|
Jul-08-09
|
| whiteshark: <Lasker's Manual of Chess>, Third Book, The Combination. Later... |
|
Jul-29-09
 |
| blacksburg: <For the highest successes the talented Czech player lacked competitive qualities and a <reliable defence against 1.e4.>> - Kasparov, OMGP 1, p 294-295. and yet,
Repertoire Explorer: Richard Reti (black) just looking at the stats, Reti didn't seem to have any more of a problem with 1.e4 than with 1.d4 as black. what gives? |
|
Jul-29-09
 |
| Gypsy: <blacksburg> It probably refers to the fact that Reti played The Alekhine Defense quite often and quite well. Still, Alekhine (the defense) has quite a bit of switch-up quality to it and would probably not hold long-term against the 'big three', Lasker, Capablanca, and Alekhine (the man). But the true essence of Reti is that he was primarily a thinker, not a player: Reti was demonstrably not interested in chasing after the WC title. He sometimes sacrificed a tournament result to either opening experimentation or to journalistic endeavors. Why, he was actually known to sacrifice a won game and, with it, the corresponding tournament result, to working out a new study out of the position on board next to him... |
|
Jul-29-09
|
| keypusher: <blacksburg: <For the highest successes the talented Czech player lacked competitive qualities and a <reliable defence against 1.e4.>> - Kasparov, OMGP 1, p 294-295.
and yet,
Repertoire Explorer: Richard Reti (black)
just looking at the stats, Reti didn't seem to have any more of a problem with 1.e4 than with 1.d4 as black. what gives?>
Kasparov/Plisetzsky talking out their collective posteriors regarding a historical chess figure? OMG! |
|
Jul-31-09
|
| Gypsy: <keypusher: ...
Kasparov/Plisetzsky talking out their collective posteriors regarding a historical chess figure? OMG!> That is the Bayesian description of the data. :-) |
|
Sep-24-09
|
| whiteshark: Here is one of Reti's brilliant rook endgame studies: Richard Reti, Berliner Tageblatt, 1922 
click for larger viewWhite to move, wins |
|
Sep-25-09
|
| whiteshark: Richard Reti, Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1920
click for larger viewWhite to move, wins |
|
| Sep-26-09 |
| sneaky pete: No doubt 1.Kf4 .. first to drive the black bishop or king away from its best square. Next maybe 2.Kg5 .. or 2.a5 .. (or 2.KxB ..) as the position requires. The first issue of KNSN (No.1 1.Jahrg.) was published (and is dated) January 1921. In the 1921 volume I can't find this study. |
|
Sep-26-09
|
| whiteshark: <sneaky pete> You are right, the study has been published in 1922 and earned the 3rd price. My fault or casualness, I have Mandlers book <Sämtliche Studien von Richard Reti> and a database based on the Spanish book <Richard Réti - Finales en Ajedrez>, and assumed they where identical. <No doubt 1.Kf4> That's not the solution. Mandler wrote: "Wenn Weiß sofort 1.  f4 spielte, käme er nach 1... e2 in Zugzwang und müßte entweder 2... e3 oder 2... g3 (nach 2.e4) zulassen." |
|
| Sep-26-09 |
| sneaky pete: KNSN (Nr.3 / 2.Jahrg.) July 1922 is completely devoted to the Internationales Problem- und Endspielstudien-Turnier des Verlages Kagans. Of the 47 submissions judged by Dr Tarrasch, this one, motto Keine Regel ohne Ausnahme II, was indeed 3rd prize winner, and of course the solution is a lot more subtle than I imagined (I didn't try to check my guess using board and pieces). The first and second prize were won by Franz Sackmann, Kaiserslautern, and Karl Behting, Riga. This one, motto Keine Regel ohne Ausnahme I
click for larger view
white to play and win, earned an honorable mention. Here the key move is obvious, if you know your Réti. A third submission, Keine Regel ohne Ausnahme III, position not given, was cooked by Dr Tarrasch. "Ein ebenfalls sehr feines und schwieriges, höchst interessantes Endspiel. Leider partiell nebenlösig, weil der König auch auf der ersten Reihe die Opposition erlangen kann." |
|
Sep-27-09
|
| whiteshark: <sneaky pete> After 1.Kd4 Kf2 2.h4 Be2! The bishop keeps control over both wings and now the white king on d4 has to give up it's dominating position without limiting black's bishop. I couldn't find a win. Reti's suggested solution is surprising though. |
|
| Sep-27-09 |
| sneaky pete: <whiteshark> The author's solution continues 2...Kg3 3.Ke3 Bg4 4.b5 Kxh4 5.b6 Bc8 6.Kd4 .. winning. I hadn't checked this line and deviations with board and pieces, trusting Réti and Tarrasch. After 2... Be2 isn't 3.Kc5 ..
click for larger viewwith 3... Ke3/Kg3 4.Kb6 Bf3 5.h5 Bxh5 6.Kxb7 .. sufficient? Tablebase stuff of course, but my carbon based analysis fools me into thinking that white is winning here. |
|
Sep-27-09
|
| whiteshark: <sneaky pete<>After 2... Be2 isn't 3.Kc5 with 3... Ke3 4.Kb6 Bf3 5.h5 Bxh5 6.Kxb7 sufficient?> Unfortunately, not after <6...Be2>. 
click for larger view The white King can't fulfil both, the advance of the pawns and preventing the approach of the black King, e.g. <7.a6 Kd4 8.Kb6 Kc4 9.b5 Bf3> 
click for larger view <10.Ka5 Kc5 11.b6 Kc6=> 6...Bf3+ will work in a similar way. |
|
| Sep-27-09 |
| sneaky pete: <whiteshark> Thank you, looks convincing enough. So Réti is busted? Then the motto should have been <Die ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen>. |
|
Sep-27-09
|
| whiteshark: Yes Peter, this time <Réti is busted>. :D |
|
 |
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 8 OF 8 ·
Later Kibitzing > |
f3 d5 2.c4) has become a staple of grandmaster play. With this opening system, Reti famously defeated the world champion 
