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Reti 
 
Richard Reti
Number of games in database: 546
Years covered: 1907 to 1929
Overall record: +231 -153 =158 (57.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (36) 
    A15 A13 A12 A10 A16
 Ruy Lopez (31) 
    C86 C68 C88 C77 C80
 Orthodox Defense (24) 
    D64 D63 D60 D55 D51
 French Defense (19) 
    C13 C12 C10 C01 C00
 French (15) 
    C12 C13 C10 C00 C11
 King's Gambit Declined (14) 
    C31 C30 C32
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C77 C66 C68 C63 C67
 Queen's Pawn Game (29) 
    A46 A50 D00 A40 D02
 French Defense (20) 
    C12 C01 C11 C00 C13
 Alekhine's Defense (15) 
    B02 B05 B03
 French (14) 
    C12 C11 C00 C13 C10
 Caro-Kann (13) 
    B10 B13 B18 B15 B12
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 1-0
   Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924 1-0
   Reti vs Capablanca, 1924 1-0
   Euwe vs Reti, 1920 0-1
   Reti vs Rubinstein, 1923 1-0
   Alekhine vs Reti, 1922 1/2-1/2
   Reti vs Euwe, 1920 1-0
   Reti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922 1-0
   Reti vs P Romanovsky, 1925 1-0
   Reti vs A Dunkelblum, 1914 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek by suenteus po 147
   Reti's Best Games of Chess by matey
   Richard Reti @ the 1924 New York International by ruylopez900
   New York 1924 by Benzol
   june.lorena's favorite games by june.lorena
   Marienbad 1925 by suenteus po 147
   London 1922 by Benzol
   Vienna 1922 by Archives
   Mährisch-Ostrau 1923 by suenteus po 147
   Teplitz-Schönau 1922 by suenteus po 147
   Reti at Baden, 1914 by Poohavez
   Reti wins with the Reti/English Reti Lines by EnglishOpeningc4
   London 1927 by suenteus po 147

GAMES ANNOTATED BY RETI: [what is this?]
   Breyer vs J Esser, 1917
   Alekhine vs Fahrni, 1914
   Breyer vs K Havasi, 1918

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RICHARD RETI
(born May-28-1889, died Jun-06-1929) Slovakia (citizen of Czech Republic)

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Richard Réti was born in 1889 in Pezinok (now Slovakia). He was one of the top players in the world during the early 20th century. He worked to found hypermodernism, along with Aron Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower. The Réti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4) has become a staple of grandmaster play. With this opening system, Reti famously defeated the world champion Jose Raul Capablanca in New York in 1924. This defeat marked the first time Jose Raul Capablanca had lost since he had acquired the world championship title. Réti also composed numerous endgame studies. Sadly he passed away unexpectedly a week after turning forty from scarlet fever.

 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 546  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Reti vs Z Barasz 1-061 1907 SzekesfehervarD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. Reti vs Leonhardt ½-½53 1908 ViennaC26 Vienna
3. Salwe vs Reti 1-031 1908 ViennaD00 Queen's Pawn Game
4. Rubinstein vs Reti 1-016 1908 ViennaD00 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Reti vs E Cohn  0-149 1908 ViennaC49 Four Knights
6. Marshall vs Reti  1-031 1908 mem TrebitschC49 Four Knights
7. Swiderski vs Reti  1-032 1908 ViennaA84 Dutch
8. Reti vs Maroczy 0-154 1908 ViennaB22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. Alapin vs Reti 1-063 1908 ViennaC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
10. Reti vs P F Johner  0-134 1908 ViennaD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. Schlechter vs Reti 1-047 1908 ViennaC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
12. Tartakower vs Reti 1-034 1908 ViennaB38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3
13. Reti vs H Suechting  ½-½17 1908 ViennaB01 Scandinavian
14. Reti vs J Perlis  0-136 1908 ViennaD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
15. Reti vs Duras ½-½31 1908 ViennaB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
16. Reti vs Teichmann 0-134 1908 ViennaC49 Four Knights
17. Mieses vs Reti 1-025 1908 ViennaC27 Vienna Game
18. Von Bardeleben vs Reti 1-030 1908 ViennaC77 Ruy Lopez
19. Reti vs Lasker 0-115 1908 Vienna (Austria)C56 Two Knights
20. J N Berger vs Reti  1-026 1908 ViennaD05 Queen's Pawn Game
21. Reti vs Spielmann 0-136 1908 14, ViennaC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
22. J Krejcik vs Reti  0-131 1909 ViennaC26 Vienna
23. Reti vs Meitner  1-025 1909 Trebitsch tournamentC67 Ruy Lopez
24. Reti vs Tartakower 1-011 1910 Vienna -B15 Caro-Kann
25. H Wolf vs Reti  1-026 1910 ViennaC66 Ruy Lopez
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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
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  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
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  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
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  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


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May-28-09
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  talisman: happy b'day Richard.Knf3.
May-28-09   WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!!!
Jul-08-09
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  whiteshark: <Lasker's Manual of Chess>, Third Book, The Combination. Later...
Jul-29-09
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  whiteshark: Here is one of Reti's brilliant rook endgame studies:

Richard Reti, Berliner Tageblatt, 1922


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White to move, wins

Sep-25-09
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  whiteshark: Richard Reti, Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1920


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White 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
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  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. Kf4 spielte, käme er nach 1...Be2 in Zugzwang und müßte entweder 2... Ke3 oder 2... Kg3 (nach 2.Ke4) 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


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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
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  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 ..


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with 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
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  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>.


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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>


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<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
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  whiteshark: Yes Peter, this time <Réti is busted>. :D
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