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Richard Reti vs Carl Carls
Baden-Baden (1925), Baden-Baden GER, rd 17, May-08
English Opening: Symmetrical. Fianchetto Variation (A34)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)5...d6 was played in Joerg Priewasser vs T Kasparova, 2007 (0-1)better is 6...e6 7.Qc1 O-O 8.Bg5 d6 9.Nf3 Qd7 10.O-O b6 11.d4 = -0.34 (22 ply)better is 7.a3 Qd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.b4 Nh5 12.b5 = +0.27 (21 ply)better is 7...O-O 8.Bh6 Bd7 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.O-O Bc6 11.b3 Rc8 = -0.24 (23 ply)= +0.26 (20 ply) after 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Bg5 Rfe8 12.Qd2 e5 better is 13...Bg4 14.Ng1 a6 15.f4 Nc6 16.b3 e5 17.Nge2 Qa5 18.fxe5 = +0.09 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.61 (23 ply)better is 15...Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nc6 17.a3 a6 18.b4 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 = +0.02 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.77 (25 ply) after 16.f4 Nc6 17.Nd5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 b5 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.Nxf6 better is 18.f4 b5 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.Nxf6 exf6 21.f5 Rb4 22.Nf4 Ne5 ⩲ +0.54 (24 ply)= 0.00 (23 ply) after 18...b5 19.b3 bxc4 20.Nxf6 exf6 21.dxc4 a5 22.Rfd1 a4 better is 22...b5 23.cxb5 Rxb5 24.b3 Rbb8 25.Rbc1 Nd4 26.Rf2 Rfc8 = +0.18 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.87 (26 ply) 25...b4 26.Rh3 Rh8 27.Rbh1 Rbg8 28.Qd1 Nd4 29.Kf2 Qe8 ⩲ +0.62 (26 ply) ± +1.59 (23 ply) 28...a5 29.b3 Qb7 30.Rbh1 a4 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Kf1 Rxh3 ± +1.77 (25 ply)better is 29.Nd5 Qd8 30.Rbh1 Nc6 31.Kf1 Nb4 32.Nc3 Qf8 33.Nb5 Qe7 +- +2.64 (24 ply) ± +1.88 (23 ply) 30...Nc6 31.b3 a6 32.Kf3 Ne7 33.Nxe7 Qxe7 34.Qh2 Qe8 ± +1.97 (23 ply)+- +4.78 (29 ply)35...Rc8 36.Qxa7+ Kg8 37.Rg6 Ne6 38.Ne7+ Kh8 39.Rxg7 +- mate-in-141-0

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Feb-08-09  SufferingBruin: FYI, this game is from Jeremy Silman's book "The Amateur's Mind" from the chapter having to do with the center, territory and space. He had one of his 1700 students play from move 27. The student played 27. h5 which Silman gave two question marks, writing, "I almost had a heart attack when he played this positional blunder!" (p. 95).
Apr-11-12  Naniwazu: The game is also included in Alexander Kotov's book "Play Like a Grandmaster" (1978) p. 47 to illustrate how one plays when the centre is closed.
Feb-08-13
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  plang: The idea of the immediate 6 Bd2 and 7 Qc1 seems a bit dogmatic - I doubt a GM would play this way today. 15..Qd7 creates some problems on f6; perhaps 15..Bxg2 at once. After 22..g5? 23 g4 the break on the h-file is always going to be in White's favor; the Tournament book recommends 22..Kh8 followed by ..Qg7 and..Ne7. 32 Rxh6 at once also would have been sufficient: ie. 32..Rxg4+ 33 Kf2..Rxh6 34 Rxh6..Qg8 35 Rxf6+..Ke8 36 Re6+!..Ke8 37 Re8+.
Feb-08-13
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  perfidious: <plang> After 6.Nf3 and 7.0-0, 8.Bd2 and 9.Qc1 is a more common try, but I don't believe it offers White much.
Nov-10-15  rasmus1610: can anyone explain me the purpose of the moves 31. ..Kf7 32. Kf2 ? wouldn't it be a better plan to get the king of the 2nd rank for white to be able to triple up? whites Q can control h6 over the diagonal but if the trades happen on a nother h square whites queen can't be involved
Nov-10-15  TheFocus: <rasmus1610> The purpose is to get the Kings off the g-file, in case they open up.
Jan-02-17  shunyo: The real purpose of 32. Kf2 is to avoid, after to take the pawn h6, the ckeck with ...Rxg4.
Jan-02-17  parisattack: Suttles used the Bd2/Qc1 setup quite often. Several examples in his Chess on the Edge trilogy.

Suttles vs Benko, 1974

This game is also annotated in Golombek's Reti's Best Games of Chess. Always fun and enlightening to compare different annotations of a game (Amateur's Mind, Play Like a Grandmaster).

Jan-02-17  TheFocus: <parisattack> I have played this opening in the <Suttles - Benko> a few times. I know it as the Sortov Attack. I played it from seeing Suttles' games.

I used it a couple of weeks ago in my current match. I got a draw.

Jan-02-17  parisattack: Here's Nakamura playing the Sortov Attack:

Nakamura vs Harikrishna, 2008

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