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Modern play from master of theOne of the great players and chess writers of all time was Richard Reti, born in 1885 near Bratislava, Hungary (later incorporated into Czechoslovakia).As an author, Reti has not been surpassed. His “Modern Ideas in Chess” and “Masters of the Chessboard” are profound and poetic introductions to chess theory, from the historical point of view.Though never a world championship contender, Reti had results of the highest order. In the 1924 New York international tournament, he defeated Alekhine, Bo-guljuboff and Capablanca. The latter victory created a sensation, for Capablanca had been undefeated for several years.RETI’S STRENGTH as a player was rooted in his prominent role as a pioneer in the revolutionary “hypermodem school” of chess. Strikingly original, players of this circle, i.e., Breyer, Nimzovich, Tartako-Shelby Lymanon chesswer, emphasized a new dynamic approach to pawn centers and an absolutely unbiased consideration of each position as itarose.One of the most famous games of Reti is the aforementioned win over Boguljuboff. In the following position from that game,Reti (Diagram 1) discovered an original exploitation of black’s weak back rank. He first exchanged pieces with 1. RxR, BxR;2. QxB, RxB. Then he forced black s rank to retreat to guard a mate threat with 3. R-KB1. After 3 . . . black’s R-Ql and 4. B-B7 check!, K-Rl, our second diagram was (Diagram 2) reached. Reti now played the delightful clincher 5. B-K8!! and black resigned. Boguljuboff must either lose a piece or be mated.A typical example of his artistic imagination is the final position of one of his endgame problems. (Diagram 3). Black is to move but his king cannot successfully clear the king file for the black rook to win the black passed pawn. All attempts are met by a devastating knight fork.This is only one of Reti's many fine conceptions.Copright 1975 by Shelby Lyman(Diagram 1)BLACKBOGULJUBOFFUO NO 80 0 X 8* NX BXQR ON QB OKB KN KRRETIWHITEWhite to play(Diagram 2)BLACKBOGULJUBOFFBO NO 80 O X 8X NX HXQR QN QB QKB KN KRRETIWHITEA one mower 7(Diagram 3)BLACKBO NO 80 O8X NX BXQR QN QB QKB KN KRWHITEThe knight dominates
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Elk Grove Village Herald
Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US
Sat, May 03, 1975
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