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Friedrich Saemisch vs Richard Reti
"Reti for Freddy" (game of the day Sep-20-2007)
Dortmund (1928), Dortmund GER, rd 8, Aug-03
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 8...e4 9.Bc2 Be6 10.Ng3 Bxc4 11.Nxe4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ = -0.31 (25 ply)better is 9.e4 c5 10.d5 h6 11.O-O Re8 12.f3 Nf8 13.Be3 Ng6 14.Qd2 ⩲ +0.65 (25 ply) 9...e4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Qe8 12.Qxe8 Rxe8 13.Nf4 Nb6 = -0.10 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (20 ply)better is 10...Be6 11.Qb3 Re8 12.f3 c5 13.d5 Bd7 14.a4 Rb8 15.O-O = +0.34 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.84 (21 ply) after 11.Bg5 Nh5 12.a4 a5 13.Be3 Qe6 14.Bc1 Qg6 15.O-O Be6 better is 12.Qa2 Qa4 13.d5 Bc8 14.c5 Nbd7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.O-O Qa5 ⩲ +0.67 (24 ply)= +0.16 (25 ply)better is 13.Ng3 Ba4 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.O-O b6 17.Bg5 Nfd7 = +0.42 (24 ply)= -0.12 (23 ply)better is 22.O-O Bd7 23.Qb4 Bxf5 24.exf5 Qc8 25.Rae1 a5 26.Qa4 Rb8 = +0.09 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.58 (23 ply) after 22...b6 23.O-O Bd7 24.Ne3 Rc8 25.Nxc4 Rxc4 26.Qd3 Bb5 better is 23...b5 24.O-O a5 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Rf7 27.Qd3 Rc8 ⩱ -0.65 (24 ply)= -0.10 (26 ply)better is 25...b5 26.Qf4 a5 27.h3 Rae8 28.Qf3 h6 29.Qd3 a4 30.Kh2 ⩱ -0.67 (23 ply)better is 26.Rf4 Rc8 27.a4 Rfe8 28.Qd1 Re7 29.Qf1 Bg4 30.Raf2 Rec7 = -0.12 (24 ply)better is 26...Qg4 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 f5 29.a4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Bh3 ⩱ -0.73 (24 ply)= -0.15 (26 ply) after 27.a4 Nc4 28.Qf3 Rc8 29.Qd1 Rc7 30.Raf2 Bg4 31.Qd3 Rfc8 better is 28.a4 Nc4 29.Qf2 Qg5 30.Kh2 Re7 31.Qe2 Rc8 32.Qd3 Rc7 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.62 (25 ply)better is 29.Qf2 Bb5 30.Rd1 Qh4 31.Kg1 Ba4 32.Rb1 Rf7 33.Be3 Bd7 = -0.17 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.87 (26 ply) 35...g6 36.Re3 Kg7 37.Nf1 Bb5 38.Nd2 Ba6 39.Rec3 Rec8 ⩱ -0.80 (25 ply)better is 36.e5 dxe5 37.Ne4 Ke7 38.Nxc5 Rxc5 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.g4 a5 = +0.06 (31 ply)better is 36...Re8 37.Re3 Rec8 38.Rec3 Kg6 39.Ne2 Kh6 40.Ke3 Re8 = -0.50 (28 ply)better is 37.e5 dxe5 38.Ne4 Ke7 39.Nxc5 Rxc5 40.Rg3 Bb5 41.h4 Bxc4 = +0.15 (27 ply)= -0.49 (24 ply) after 37...Re8 38.Re1 b5 39.Nf1 bxc4 40.Kd4 Ra5 41.Nd2 Bb5 38...Rh8 39.Re1 Ra5 40.Ne2 b5 41.Ng1 fxe4 42.Ne2 Rh4 ⩱ -0.52 (25 ply)= +0.39 (28 ply) 42...Rd8 43.e5+ dxe5+ 44.Nxe5 Be6 45.Nf3 Bf5 46.a4 Ra5 = +0.47 (25 ply) ± +1.52 (28 ply) 44...Re7 45.d6 Rg7 46.c5 bxc5+ 47.Rxc5 Rd8 48.Rc7 Bxh3 ⩲ +1.02 (25 ply) 45.a4 Re7 46.a5 Rb8 47.axb6 axb6 48.Ra3 Rc7 49.Re2 Re7 ± +1.91 (26 ply) 45...Rh8 46.a4 Rc5 47.Rcd1 Rhc8 48.Ra1 Ra5 49.Re2 Rc7 ⩲ +0.70 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.48 (31 ply) 51...Rc8 52.Re1 Rc5 53.Kc3 Ra5 54.Kb4 Rc5 55.a4 Rc8 56.a5 ± +1.61 (30 ply)+- +2.73 (31 ply) 53...g4 54.hxg4 Bxg4 55.Kxf4 Ke7 56.Ne5 Bc8 57.Kg5 Kd6 +- +2.71 (29 ply)+- +4.07 (25 ply)+- mate-in-15 after 64.Re7 Rd8 65.Rc7+ Kb8 66.Rb7+ Kc8 67.d7+ Rxd769...b3 70.Ke6 Kc7 71.Ke7 Kxc6 72.d8=Q b2 73.Qb8 Kd5 +- mate-in-141-0

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May-20-05  paladin at large: I agree that Reti looks out of focus - not the kind of endgame play you expect from him. This game was a year before he died, I believe - was he already ill, maybe, at this time?
May-20-05
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  Gypsy: <was he already ill, maybe, at this time?> Reti died, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, of scarlat fewer. (Unlike Nimzo, who had cancer.)

In fact, 1928 was one of Reti's best years and it held quite a promise for future. Reti went through a dryer period when he was concentrating more on his writing and research. But in 1928 Reti came in first in Vienna and Giessen, tied for first in Brno (with Samisch), and came in second in Dortmund (behind Samisch). This game is from Dortmund, where Reti scored 6/8 (75%, + 5 -1 =2), half a point behind Samisch, but ahead of Bogolubov, Cole, Johner, and Spielmann.

May-20-05  arielbekarov: Thank you all for your valuable comments! I will study this game with great care. Richard Reti was a great artist and I have also noticed that his way of playing the endgame must be studied. He has played some great ones with the legendary endgame Master Akiba Rubinstein.

Reti was also such a great individual and he was so generous about the quality in his opponents playing.
So now it's time to study your comments.
Ariel

May-21-05  paladin at large: Thanks, <Gypsy> - interesting.
Aug-15-05  shatranj: and how about 37. e5 ? it's really a good move, isnt it? Black will lose one of his rooks! (...38. Kt e4! and attacks c5 and d6+!) what do you think? perhaps it will be interesting endgame with two rooks against a rook, a bishop and a pawn more...
Aug-15-05  a30seclegend: <shatranj> i guess im having an off day but i just dont see how 37.e5 loses a rook. its not like black has to capture after 37...f5 then what?
Aug-16-05  shatranj: :) than 38. e6+ and black loses the bishop! ;)
Aug-17-05  a30seclegend: well then 37.e5,Bf5
May-19-06  syracrophy: 69...b3 70.Ke6!!:

<A)> 70...b2 71.Kd6 b1=Q 72.c7++

<B)> 70...Kc7 71.Ke7( )

Sep-20-07  dfelix: I'd like to comment on the game but all I can think of is Freddy Krueger rapping.
Sep-20-07  King mega: I want to post analysis but i dont know how, i got chess base, someone help me pl0x!
Sep-20-07
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: I thought Reti was holding equality around move 30 and struggling around move 40. The Rook and pawn moves baffle me: might 40...g4 (seeking to straighten out his pawns) have been an improvement?

Based upon earlier notes, it appears that this game decided first prize, no matter which round it was played. Since Samisch was one of the great punching bags of chess history, it is possible that Reti underestimated him, and forgot that this punching bag sometimes packed a wallop of his own.

Sep-20-07  Mortadulo: Ulhumbrus:
If I am not mistaken this game was played under the time constraints of the olden days where 40 moves were made in one sitting without too much concern with how much that one sitting actually took. I agree with your comments about Reti's moves as they grew towards move 40, but to keep things in perspective I am assuming this was more of a case of exhaustion creeping in versus sheer oversight.

Sep-20-07  xeroxmachine: Hoho da black gets da qoeen but white chockmate de kong with 72. c7#. Nomzo who colled da white plaier an idoit :D
Sep-20-07  JohnBoy: Personally I find 60.d6 a bit off. While it wins (aiming for Re3 and a back rank trade-off), winning the second pawn with 50.Nd6+ and 51.Nxb5 also yields the back rank threats and gets the knight to a better supporting position.
Sep-20-07  JohnBoy: <syracrophy> - the idea of 70.Ke6 hardly deserves !!. It's pretty straightforward. Maybe this is what Saemisch had in mind when he didn't go for the b pawn on move 60.
Sep-20-07  realbrob: Protected passed pawns.. They're very likely to make you win. Reti lost control of the e file and allowed Saemisch's king to reach the e5 square and become a very good offensive piece.

It's interesting to notice that when Reti resigned, Black could queen the b pawn but got checkmated immediately (59..b3 60.Ke6 b2 61.Kd6 b1=q 62.d7#)

Sep-20-07  realbrob: Sorry, I thought it was over at move 59 instead it was 69, so you must add 10 to the numbers in the line posted above. I don't think it's a big problem, anyway.
Sep-20-07  sanyas: What was the point of marching the f-pawn? Until then it had looked as though Reti could hold.
Sep-20-07  kevin86: I would say that 70 ♔e6 does not deserve !!-mainly because it is both a desperate and forced. At first,I thought that white had lost, then saw that the king can chase the adverse king away from d8 by the mate threat following Kd6. Black must play 70...♔c7 71 ♔e7 ushers home the d-pawn.
Sep-20-07
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  playground player: Does anybody know how long this game took? Maybe Reti got into some time trouble, or maybe he just got fatigued down the stretch.
Sep-25-07  sanyas: <playground player> I think we can draw a parallel with Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2007.

<King mega> Just copy and paste into the box at the bottom, and press kibitz!

<dfelix> to the sound of screeching nails, yeah.

Jul-19-12  Archswindler: <An Englishman: Since Samisch was one of the great punching bags of chess history, it is possible that Reti underestimated him, and forgot that this punching bag sometimes packed a wallop of his own.>

Unlikely, since Saemisch had defeated Reti many times before this game and had an overall plus score against him.

Jun-18-18  Omnipotent00001: 69.Kf7 b3 70.Ke6 Kc7 71.Ke7 b2 etc.
Nov-18-22  ColdSong: Nice,entertaining game from the beginning to the end.Of course its correctness is a different matter.
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