RICHARD RéTI

'Richard Réti' (28 May, 1889, Pezinok (now Slovakia) – 6 June, 1929, Prague) was an Austrian-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian chess player and chess problemist. He was born in Pezinok which at the time was in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. His older brother Rudolph Réti was a noted composer and pianist^[1].
One of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s, he began his career as a fiercely combinative classical player, favoring openings such as the King's Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. f4). However, after the end of the First World War, his playing style underwent a radical change, and he became one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism, along with Aron Nimzowitsch and others. Indeed, with the notable exception of Nimzowitsch's acclaimed book ''My System'', he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor. The Réti Opening (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4), with which he famously defeated the world champion José Raúl Capablanca in New York in 1924 — Capablanca's first defeat for eight years, the only one to Reti, and the first since becoming World Champion — is named after him. He was also a notable composer of endgame studies.
In 1925 Reti set, and for a time held, the world record for blindfold chess with 29 games played simultaneously. He won 21 of these, drew 6, and only lost 2.
His writings have also become "classics" in the chess world. ''New Ideas in Chess'' (1922) and ''Masters of the Chess Board'' (1930) are still studied today.
Reti died on June 6, 1929 in Prague of scarlet fever.

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Notable chess games

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Notable chess games

★ Richard Reti vs Akiba Rubinstein, Karlsbad 1923, King's Indian Attack: General (A11), 1-0 A model game for Réti-type opening.

★ Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca, New York 1924, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15), 1-0 The famous victory over Capablanca.

Publications

★ ''New Ideas In Chess'' (1922)

★ ''Masters Of The Chess Board'' (1930) ISBN 0-486-23384-7

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