Richard Reti
Notable Games

Richard Reti

15 celebrated games · 336 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1920.06.02 Reti, Richard vsEuwe, Max 1-0 Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Lasker Variation 17 moves Match Reti-Euwe +3-1=0 1920 match against a 19-year-old Max Euwe, the future World Champion: Reti won this Staunton Gambit in a 17-move miniature.
  • 1920.12.10 Reti, Richard vsTartakower, Saviely 1-0 French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation 38 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920. Reti downs his frequent sparring partner Savielly Tartakower in a French Defence.
  • 1920.12.15 Reti, Richard vsMaroczy, Geza 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 19 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920. A 19-move win over the veteran Geza Maroczy in a Queen's Gambit Declined.
  • 1922.10.05 Reti, Richard vsSpielmann, Rudolf 1-0 Slav Defense 34 moves DSV in der CSR-ch01 Meisterklasse Teplitz-Schoenau 1922, where Reti and Spielmann shared first place. This was the only game Spielmann lost in the tournament.
  • 1922.10.10 Reti, Richard vsKostic, Boris 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Marshall Counterattack 58 moves DSV in der CSR-ch01 Meisterklasse Teplitz-Schoenau 1922. Irving Chernev singled out this Sicilian against Boris Kostic as 'the perfect game.'
  • 1922.10.13 Reti, Richard vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation 20 moves DSV in der CSR-ch01 Meisterklasse Teplitz-Schoenau 1922. A crisp 20-move victory over the classical dogmatist Siegbert Tarrasch.
  • 1923.05.04 Reti, Richard vsRubinstein, Akiba 1-0 King's Indian Attack 50 moves Karlsbad-03 International Masters Karlsbad 1923. The model game for the hypermodern 1.Nf3 system that Hans Kmoch named the Reti Opening after this win over Akiba Rubinstein.
  • 1924.03.22 Reti, Richard vsCapablanca, Jose Raul 1-0 English Orangutan 31 moves New York International Masters-01 New York 1924: Reti's 1.Nf3 handed reigning World Champion Capablanca his first tournament loss in eight years.
  • 1924.03.23 Reti, Richard vsYates, Frederick Dewhurst 1-0 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Bogoljubow Defense 31 moves New York International Masters-01 New York 1924. Another Reti Opening triumph, this one over the British champion Frederick Yates.
  • 1924.04.02 Reti, Richard vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Bogoljubow Defense 25 moves New York International Masters-01 New York 1924. This 25-move demolition of Efim Bogoljubov's over-extended centre won the tournament's first brilliancy prize; Alekhine praised its sparkling conclusion.
  • 1924.04.03 Reti, Richard vsAlekhine, Alexander 1-0 London System 31 moves New York International Masters-01 New York 1924. Reti's only win over future World Champion Alexander Alekhine, in the same 31 moves as his Capablanca victory.
  • 1925.04.17 Reti, Richard vsGruenfeld, Ernst 1-0 Hungarian Opening 56 moves Baden-Baden International Baden-Baden 1925. A hypermodern flank opening against Ernst Gruenfeld converted into a full point.
  • 1925.05.11 Reti, Richard vsMarshall, Frank James 1-0 English Opening 59 moves Baden-Baden International Baden-Baden 1925. Reti grinds down the great American attacker Frank Marshall in an English.
  • 1925.11.19 Reti, Richard vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation 44 moves Moscow International-01 Moscow 1925. A second win over Bogoljubov, this time with the double-fianchetto b3 setup at the great Soviet international.
  • 1927.07.29 Reti, Richard vsGrau, Roberto 1-0 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation 17 moves Olympiad-01 London 1927, Olympiad — a 17-move win with White against Roberto Grau. Selected in Irving Chernev, 1000 Best Short Games of Chess, PDF page 244.
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