Proud member of the winning USSR team at the 24th Olympiad, which took place in La Valletta, Malta, Nov-Dec 1980 - the 17-year-old Garry Kasparov.
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✴️ Richard Reti
🔸 Austro-Hungarian-Czechoslovak chess grandmaster
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✴️ Richard Reti
🔸 Austro-Hungarian-Czechoslovak chess grandmaster
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✴️ Richard Reti
🔸 Austro-Hungarian-Czechoslovak chess grandmaster
📚 Richard Selig Réti was an Austro-Hungarian, later Czechoslovak chess grandmaster, chess author, and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor.
🔘 Born: May 28, 1889, Pezinok, Slovakia
🔘 Died: June 6, 1929, Prague, Czech Republic
🔘 Education: University of Vienna
🔘 Books: Masters of the Chess Board /// Modern Ideas in Chess (1923)
📚 One of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s, he began his career as a combinative classical player, favoring openings such as the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4). After the end of the First World War, however, his playing style changed, and he became one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism, along with Aron Nimzowitsch and others. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor. He had his greatest early successes in the period 1918 through 1921, in tournaments in Kaschau (Košice; 1918), Rotterdam (1919), Amsterdam (1920), Vienna (1920), and Gothenburg (1921).
In 1925 Réti set a world record for blindfold chess with 29 games played simultaneously. He won 21, drew 6, and lost 2.
Réti was also a notable composer of endgame studies.
♦️ A memorable game by Reti👇
▪️ Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca
▪️ New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Mar-22
▪️ English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸 Austro-Hungarian-Czechoslovak chess grandmaster
📚 Richard Selig Réti was an Austro-Hungarian, later Czechoslovak chess grandmaster, chess author, and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor.
🔘 Born: May 28, 1889, Pezinok, Slovakia
🔘 Died: June 6, 1929, Prague, Czech Republic
🔘 Education: University of Vienna
🔘 Books: Masters of the Chess Board /// Modern Ideas in Chess (1923)
📚 One of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s, he began his career as a combinative classical player, favoring openings such as the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4). After the end of the First World War, however, his playing style changed, and he became one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism, along with Aron Nimzowitsch and others. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor. He had his greatest early successes in the period 1918 through 1921, in tournaments in Kaschau (Košice; 1918), Rotterdam (1919), Amsterdam (1920), Vienna (1920), and Gothenburg (1921).
In 1925 Réti set a world record for blindfold chess with 29 games played simultaneously. He won 21, drew 6, and lost 2.
Réti was also a notable composer of endgame studies.
♦️ A memorable game by Reti👇
▪️ Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca
▪️ New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Mar-22
▪️ English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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@Reti-Capablanca 1924.pgn
630 B
▪️ Richard Reti - Jose Raul Capablanca, New York 1924
▪️ PGN format
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▪️ PGN format
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Sutovsky,Emil (2633)
⚫️Batsiashvili,Nino (2482)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 7
⚪️Sutovsky,Emil (2633)
⚫️Batsiashvili,Nino (2482)
🔸1-0
28.Rxc6!? [An interesting exchange sacrifice to release the knight on e2 to join the attack.]
28...Nxc6 [28...Qxe2?? 29.Rc7! Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qxd4 31.Rxe7 Qxh4+ 32.Kg1+–]
29.Nf4—> Qe1+?? [A fatal blunder. Black cannot find the right defensive plan. He should have placed his queen on the b1–h7 diagonal.]
[29...Qc2! 30.Nfxe6™ fxe6 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Nf7+ Kh7 33.Ng5+ Kh8 34.Nf7+ Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kh7 36.Ng5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Nf7+ Rxf7 39.Qxf7 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxd4 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Qf8+=]
30.Kh2 [△Ng×e6]
30...Qxf2 31.Ngxe6™ fxe6 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Qxh5+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Nh5! Qf7 [35...Rf7 36.Nf6 Rxf6 37.exf6+– △Qg7]
36.Qh6+
1–0
28...Nxc6 [28...Qxe2?? 29.Rc7! Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qxd4 31.Rxe7 Qxh4+ 32.Kg1+–]
29.Nf4—> Qe1+?? [A fatal blunder. Black cannot find the right defensive plan. He should have placed his queen on the b1–h7 diagonal.]
[29...Qc2! 30.Nfxe6™ fxe6 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Nf7+ Kh7 33.Ng5+ Kh8 34.Nf7+ Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kh7 36.Ng5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Nf7+ Rxf7 39.Qxf7 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxd4 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Qf8+=]
30.Kh2 [△Ng×e6]
30...Qxf2 31.Ngxe6™ fxe6 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Qxh5+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Nh5! Qf7 [35...Rf7 36.Nf6 Rxf6 37.exf6+– △Qg7]
36.Qh6+
1–0
17.Nf1 [17.Ndb1! A strong maneuver to transfer the knight to the b5–square via a3. 17...Kh8 18.Na3 Ng8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qb3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Nab5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Qd3 24.Bf2 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bb7 26.Qa3 Qd2 27.Bg3 Rd7 28.h3 Re7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Qxa7 Qc1+ 31.Kh2+–; 17.a5 b5 18.e5 b4 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 dxe5 21.Nxc5 Qb5 22.Qc2²]
17...Rad8 [17...h5!=]
18.Ne3 Re7+/=
1–0
17...Rad8 [17...h5!=]
18.Ne3 Re7+/=
1–0
⚫️ #121 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
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🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
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35...Re1! [35...Rb4 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Re7 Nb1 39.g4 fxg4 40.Bxg4 e3 41.f3 Rb2+ 42.Kf1 Rf2+ 43.Ke1 Rh2 44.Rxe3 Rxh4=; 35...Rb7 36.Rd6 Nb1 37.g4 f4 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.g5 Re7 40.Kf1 Rc7 41.Bb3 h6 42.Rd1 Nc3 43.Rd4 hxg5 44.hxg5 e3 45.fxe3 fxe3 46.Rc4 Rf7+ 47.Ke1 Nb5 48.Ke2 Re7 49.Bc2 Re5 50.Bb1 Rxg5 51.Kxe3=]
36.Bb5 Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 Nf3 39.Bf1 Rc1 40.Re7 Rc2 41.Bb5 Nd4 [41...Ne1+ 42.Kf1 Rc1 43.Be2 Nf3+ 44.Kg2 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 g5 46.Bxf3 exf3 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Kh2 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rxf2-/+]
42.Bf1 Nb3 43.Kg1 Nd2 44.Be2 Nb1 45.Kf1 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Na3 47.g4
½–½
36.Bb5 Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 Nf3 39.Bf1 Rc1 40.Re7 Rc2 41.Bb5 Nd4 [41...Ne1+ 42.Kf1 Rc1 43.Be2 Nf3+ 44.Kg2 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 g5 46.Bxf3 exf3 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Kh2 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rxf2-/+]
42.Bf1 Nb3 43.Kg1 Nd2 44.Be2 Nb1 45.Kf1 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Na3 47.g4
½–½
🔴 Today is birthday of Maia Chiburdanidze
♦️ Georgian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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♦️ Georgian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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Dortmund, 1989. Grandmaster Efim Geller (USSR) v. International Master Eckhard Schmittdiel.
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The 1981 match tournament of the USSR teams. Salo Flohr, David Bronstein, and Boris Spassky. and a modest demonstrator in the background.
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