Réti–Breyer Match 1920

Réti dominates a meeting of two hypermodern pioneers
1920 · Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Reti won 4½–½

Richard Réti defeated Gyula Breyer 4½–½ in a five-game Bratislava match. Réti won four games and drew the fourth, conceding no losses to his fellow hypermodern pioneer.

Five complete rounds

The match paired two players whose experiments were reshaping opening thought after the First World War. Réti won the first three games, drew game four and completed the result with a final victory.

Public records establish the five-game score, city and year but not exact calendar dates. The archive preserves the numbered rounds without inventing narrower chronology.

Cross table

4½–½
Reti won · official result +4-0=1
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
Reti 111½1 4½
Breyer 000½0 ½

1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.