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Sep-20-10
 | | Sastre: 'Chess Puzzles: Richard Reti's Marvellous Squares' - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubom.... |
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| Sep-20-10 | | kurtrichards: <Is the Black pawn in h5 or h6?> h5.
Defying Euclid. - We are all taught at an early age that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, there are some important differences between chessboard geometry and its Euclidean equivalent.
click for larger viewR. Reti
Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten,1921
White to move and draw
White draws this hopeless-looking position,because the king march Kg7-f6-e5-f4-g3-h2 does bot take any more than the straight route Kh7-h6-h5-h4-h3-h2. By using the former route,however,the white king is able to threaten to queen his own pawn, and thereby gain vital tempi. 1. Kg7 h4 2. Kf6 Kb6 (2. ... h3 Ke6 Kb6 4. Kd6 draws.) 
click for larger view3. Ke5 Kxc6 4. Kf4
White draws because his indirect king march has forced Black to spend two tempi on...Kb6 and... Kxc6. 101 Chess Endgame Tips,Steve Giddins,Gambit Pub. p.8 |
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| Dec-06-10 | | kevins55555: White to play and draw. (Richard Reti, 1921)
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| Feb-26-11 | | Penguincw: < "It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. "> Nice quote by Reti. |
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| Apr-05-11 | | Llawdogg: Rudolph Reti's recollections of his baby brother Richard were beautiful. Thanks for the link Caissanist. That chess history dot com article by Winter was a great read. I heartily recommend it to all. Wonderful. |
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May-17-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is another classic endgame study by Reti, from the "Kolnische Volkszeitung" of 1928: White to move and win:
click for larger view1.  f5+  d8 2.  d4+ e7 3. e4+ d8 4. d7! (4. xe3 e1= 5. xe1 stalemate) If Black takes the bishop, the Rook mops up the pawns, hence 4... e1= 5. b5! winning, as White threatens 6. e8#, which can only be stopped by Black giving up his Queen with 5...a5+, which loses. |
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| May-28-11 | | TheRavenPK: I am from Pezinok, the town, where Richard Réti was born 122 years ago. I started playing chess seriously about one and half year ago, my first tournament was "Rétiho Memoriál" (swiss system, 9 rounds, 15 min). As a total beginner I scored 4/9, went ahead of players with ELO more than 1700 points. This season I started playing league, I played 5 games and won them all. Richard Réti is amongst those, who are inspiring me mostly. His attitude like "no matter of the result, I want to try these moves against the best", which probably cost him greater fame, is something you don't see often. Because of Réti, I am proud of being a chess player and proud of my city. |
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May-28-11
 | | talisman: <TheRavenPK> that's one nice post....happy birthday Richard. |
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| May-28-11 | | Llawdogg: Happy Birthday Richard Reti! |
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May-28-11
 | | Pawn and Two: Here is another fine endgame study by Reti. This is endgame study No. 12, in Harry Golombek's book, <"Reti's Best Games of Chess">. Golombek speaks highly of this study, <"An ending on the grand scale, remarkably varied in its ideas. Even at the very end there is a neat and notable point."> Schachmaty, 1928, First Prize - White to play and win. 
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| May-28-11 | | Penguincw: Happy Birthday Richard Reti! |
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| May-28-11 | | WhiteRook48: Reti was a fine endgame player |
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| May-29-11 | | Penguincw: Indeed. Was he the one that composed the famous endgame study that goes like this? White to move and draw
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May-29-11
 | | Ken MacGillivray: <Penguincw> He sure was. |
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| Jun-23-11 | | TheRavenPK: So there is a study by Richard Réti (from Golombek's book, I found it here Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek )
White to play and win.
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I don't use computers, I want to figure this by myself, or with help of other people :) Here is my thought process:
Since it is white to win, White has to keep his rook, so the first move is with rook. I went for 1.Rd3+ Ke1 2.Rf3. Now there is nice variation 2..Kd1 3.Bg4 e1=Q 4.Rd3# Other moves than 3..e1=Q lead nowhere for black => the correct move is 2..Kd2.
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funny story: First, I want to write, that I am not sure with continuation after next few moves, but while writing this post, I think I found it out. So from the position on the second diagram, is this correct?
3.Bf1! exf1=Q 4.Rxf1 Ke3 5.Kc2 f3 6.Re1+ and White after few careful moves wins no matter what black does. Please tell me I am right :) Just for sake of completeness: if Black's move after 3.Bf1 is with king, White takes the pawn with bishop, then the other pawn with rook and then slowly mates. I think I am right, so let's go on another Richard's study :) |
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| Jul-12-11 | | Akavall: <Chess is particularly the game of the unappreciated, who seek in play that success which life has denied them.> I like Reti's quotes... |
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Oct-01-11
 | | visayanbraindoctor: I wonder if any one has noticed that Reti played quite a lot of King hunt miniatures against very strong masters. Reti vs Tartakower, 1910
Reti vs Duras, 1912
Reti vs Breyer, 1917
Euwe vs Reti, 1920
Reti vs Euwe, 1920
Reti vs Maroczy, 1920
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Reti, 1925
Reti was one of the founders of hypermodern chess, the positional idea that central control does not have to be acquired by placing pawns in the center, which led to the popularization of openings like the Nimzo-Indian and Grunfeld. However, some of his games might as well have been played by Anderssen half a century before him - brilliant mating attacks right out of the opening. |
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Nov-04-11
 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one.' > -- Reti
It's quite amazing, isn't it? |
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| Nov-04-11 | | TheRavenPK: <whiteshark> Yes, he answered that way because he really didn't look at all the possible moves :) he was kind of making fun of the journalists. |
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| Dec-19-11 | | Penguincw: Quote of the Day
< "It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." > |
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Mar-22-12
| | whiteshark: "A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid the Queen's Gambit and French Defense and play open games instead! While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the game." ~ Richard Reti |
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| May-28-12 | | LoveThatJoker: GM Reti, today you are remembered!
LTJ |
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| May-28-12 | | thomastonk: Happy Birthday!
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This position is taken from a game, though it looks like a study. Black (Reti) to move and win. The solution is not very difficult. Who knowns the game? |
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| May-28-12 | | Llawdogg: Happy Birthday Richard Reti! Happy Birthday To You! |
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| May-28-12 | | thomastonk: Okay, today's WC game ended quite early, so I think we can have a first view to this position. There is no way for Black to break through via the king's side, say 1.. Kf5 2.Kg3 Ke4 Kf2: 
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So, let's try the queen's side: 1.. Ke6 2.Kg4 Kd6 3.Kf5 Kc6 4.Ke5: 
click for larger view Here Black cannot make progress anymore! BTW, I have checked this with a few engines, and only one of them (Stockfish) was able to detect this! Now I wait for solutions. Come on! |
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f3 d5 2.c4) has become a staple of grandmaster play. With this opening system, Réti famously defeated 
