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Richard Reti vs Richard Teichmann
Vienna (1908), Vienna AUH, rd 6, Mar-30
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation (C49)  ·  0-1

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Feb-21-09
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  Phony Benoni: Coming in to this 6th round game, neither player had yet won in the tournament. However, their fates had been somewhat different: Reti had five losses, Teichmann five draws. Still, I can imagine Reti thinking, "I do have White. Maybe I can draw this one."

The game goes carefully, with Reti simplifying from here to eternity. But then comes 24...Ba2 and Reti starts thinking, "Oh, no, not again!'

But Reti quickly gets the knights off; maybe he can draw the opposite-colored bishops endgame, even a pawn down. Then comes 33...Kc3. "Oh, no, not again!"

Yep. Again. And Reti is apparently too disgusted to even try 35.Bb2+.

Nov-20-12  Eric Farley: Teichmann was probably the best connoisseur of the 4Kts' game. 24 games ( +7 -1 = 16).
Nov-20-12  Eric Farley: And the statistics above refer to Teichmann as black. As white it is virtually the same: +5 -1 = 10.
Jun-12-20
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  Mateo: It's hard to understand why Reti resigned. He could have played 35.Be3+ and the fight goes on. Maybe he lost on time?
Jun-12-20
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  beatgiant: <Mateo>
With Black's two connected passed pawns supported by his pieces, it does look pretty hopeless to me.

35. Be3+ Kc4 36. Bxa7 c5 37. Kd2 Ba4 38. Bb8 d5 38. f4 h5 39. Be5 g6. White has no counter-play, and Black can support the steady advance of the passed pawns toward promotion. Could you post a sample line of how you think the fight goes on?

Jun-24-20
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  Mateo: <beatgiant> You are right. I meant that the resignation looked a bit premature to me.
Jun-23-22
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  Honza Cervenka: 20.Nf3 as a slip allowing black to get initiative exploiting pins of the Knight. White should have played rather 20.c4 limiting thus the scope of black LS Bishop. Instead of 21...Qh5 black could play also 21...Bd5!, and now 22.Nxe5(?) runs into 22...Qxg2+ 23.Qxg2 Rxf1+ -+.

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