Reti's Best Games of Chess

Richard R?ti (1889-1929) was both a master player and a superb endgame composer. He was also a prominent member of the hyper-modern school and author of two of the greatest chess books ever written, Masters of the Chessboard and Modern Ideas in Chess. His games, which greatly influenced chess strat-egy, are known for their many innovations, beautifully developed combinations, and important advances in opening play and strategy. There are 70 games in this book, selected from all stages of R?ti's career. Early games show the budding of R?ti's almost phenomenal positional skills and his rise to status of great master with first prize wins at Kaschau and the international tournament of Gothenburg, 1920. There are many games from the tournaments of 1922, during the development of the R?ti and the English openings including R?ti-Rubinstein 1923, R?ti-Becker 1923, R?ti - Bogolyubov 1924, and his stunning defeat of Capablanca in 1924. The games from 1925 to his premature death in 1929 show his further development and number among them many which made the chess world sit up and take notice. Fifteen of R?ti's most interesting composed endgames are also included. There is a short memoir and expert annotation by Harry Golombek. For this edition Raymond Keene has written a new Introduction.

Author: Richard Reti

Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited

Publication Date: Sep 09, 2008

Number of Pages: 192 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 184382213X

ISBN-13: 9781843822134