Notable Games
Richard Reti
14 celebrated games · 238 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Reti – Euwe · 1920 · 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.
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Reti – Tartakower · 1920 · 1–0
Berlin 1920. Reti downs his frequent sparring partner Savielly Tartakower in a French Defence.
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Reti – Maroczy · 1920 · 1–0
Berlin 1920. A 19-move win over the veteran Geza Maroczy in a Queen's Gambit Declined.
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Reti – Spielmann · 1922 · 1–0
Teplitz-Schoenau 1922, where Reti and Spielmann shared first place. This was the only game Spielmann lost in the tournament.
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Reti – Kostic · 1922 · 1–0
Teplitz-Schoenau 1922. Irving Chernev singled out this Sicilian against Boris Kostic as 'the perfect game.'
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Reti – Tarrasch · 1922 · 1–0
Teplitz-Schoenau 1922. A crisp 20-move victory over the classical dogmatist Siegbert Tarrasch.
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Reti – Rubinstein · 1923 · 1–0
Karlsbad 1923. The model game for the hypermodern 1.Nf3 system that Hans Kmoch named the Reti Opening after this win over Akiba Rubinstein.
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Reti – Capablanca · 1924 · 1–0
New York 1924: Reti's 1.Nf3 handed reigning World Champion Capablanca his first tournament loss in eight years.
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Reti – Yates · 1924 · 1–0
New York 1924. Another Reti Opening triumph, this one over the British champion Frederick Yates.
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Reti – Bogoljubow · 1924 · 1–0
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.
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Reti – Alekhine · 1924 · 1–0
New York 1924. Reti's only win over future World Champion Alexander Alekhine, in the same 31 moves as his Capablanca victory.
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Reti – Gruenfeld · 1925 · 1–0
Baden-Baden 1925. A hypermodern flank opening against Ernst Gruenfeld converted into a full point.
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Reti – Marshall · 1925 · 1–0
Baden-Baden 1925. Reti grinds down the great American attacker Frank Marshall in an English.
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Reti – Bogoljubow · 1925 · 1–0
Moscow 1925. A second win over Bogoljubov, this time with the double-fianchetto b3 setup at the great Soviet international.
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