Games
[Event "Reti vs. Euwe Match"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 (4... c6) (4... Nc6) 5. f3 exf3 (5...
d5 $142) 6. Nxf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 c5 $6 (7... d5 $142 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bg4 $11) 8.
d5 $6 (8. dxc5 $142 Qa5 9. Qe2 Qxc5 10. O-O-O $36) 8... Qb6 (8... d6 $142 9.
Qd2 O-O $11) 9. Qd2 Qxb2 $2 ({Black's last chance for equality is} 9... O-O 10.
O-O-O c4 $1 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxg5 (12... Nf2 $2 13. Qxe7 $16) 13. Qxg5 d6
$11) 10. Rb1 ({Also terrific is} 10. O-O Qb6 11. Rab1 $18 Qd8 (11... Qa5 12. d6
$1 $18) (11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. d6 $18) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qh6 $1 d6 14. Ne4
$18) 10... Nxd5 ({No better is} 10... Qa3 11. Nb5 Qxa2 12. O-O $18 Na6 13. d6
e6 ({or} 13... c4 14. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 15. dxe7 $18) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qh6 $18)
11. Nxd5 $1 $18 Qxb1+ 12. Kf2 Qxh1 ({Nor can Black survive} 12... Qb2 13. Nxe7
Nc6 14. Re1 $18) 13. Bxe7 ({Best is} 13. Nc7+ $1 Kd8 (13... Kf7 14. Qf4+ Kg8 (
14... Bf6 15. Bc4+) 15. Bxe7 d5 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Bxf5 $18) 14. Bxe7+ $1 Kxc7 ({
it's mate in 13 after} 14... Kxe7 {by} 15. Qg5+ Kd6 16. Qf4+ Kc6 17. Nb5 $1 Bf8
18. Qc7+ Kd5 19. Be4+ $1 Kc4 20. Qa5 $18) 15. Qf4+ Kb6 16. Qd6+ Nc6 17. Qxc5+
Kc7 18. Bd6+ Kd8 19. Qg5+ Ke8 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 Re8 23.
Qf6+ Re7 24. Ne5 $18) 13... d6 (13... Qa1 14. Bd6 $18) 14. Bxd6 Nc6 15. Bb5 ({
Another way is} 15. Nc7+ Kd7 (15... Kd8 16. Qg5+ Kd7 17. Qd5 $1 $18) 16. Bf5+
$1 gxf5 17. Bxc5+ Nd4 18. Nxd4 $18) 15... Bd7 ({Against} 15... Rf8 {, White
forces mate with} 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Bxf8+ Kxc7 18. Qd6+ Kb6 19. Qxc5+ Kc7 20.
Bd6+ Kd7 (20... Kd8 21. Qg5+ Ke8 22. Qe7#) 21. Ne5+ Bxe5 22. Qxe5) 16. Bxc6 {
Mate in 9.} bxc6 17. Qe2+ (17. Qe2+ Kf7 ({or} 17... Kd8 18. Bc7+ Kc8 19. Qa6#)
18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxg6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Be6 22. Qxe6#) 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Pawn Study"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.02"]
{An amazing position. White's King is too far away to assist the c-pawn or to
catch the "unstoppable" h-pawn. Yet, by threatening to accomplish both tasks,
White miraculously saves a draw.} 1. Kg7 $1 h4 (1... Kb6 {Eliminating the
c-pawn also fails to win.} 2. Kf6 Kxc6 3. Kg5 {Drawing.}) 2. Kf6 $1 Kb6 (2...
h3 3. Ke7 $1 h2 4. c7 Kb7 5. Kd7 {Drawing, as both pawns will promote.}) 3. Ke5
$1 {By moving diagonally, White's King approaches both pawns at once.} h3 (3...
Kxc6 4. Kf4 h3 5. Kg3 {Drawing.}) 4. Kd6 h2 5. c7 h1=Q 6. c8=Q {Drawing.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti"]
[Black "Extra Bishop Study"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.02"]
{White to play and draw.} 1. Ke7 $1 g5 ({Or} 1... Kb7 2. Kf6 Bd3 3. e7 Bb5 4.
Kxg6 {, drawing.}) ({Also} 1... Bb5 2. Kf6 Be8 3. Ke7 Ba4 4. Kf6 Be8 5. Ke7 g5
6. Kxe8 g4 7. Kd7 g3 8. e7 g2 9. e8=Q g1=Q {draws.}) 2. Kd6 g4 (2... Kb7 3. e7
Bb5 4. Ke5 Bd7 5. e8=Q Bxe8 6. Kf5) 3. e7 Bb5 4. Kc5 Bd7 5. Kd4 Kb7 ({Nor does
} 5... g3 6. Ke3 Bc6 {preserve Black's pawn, because of} 7. e8=Q Bxe8 8. Kf3)
6. Ke3 Kc7 7. Kf4 Kd6 8. e8=Q Bxe8 9. Kxg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti"]
[Black "Extra Bishop Study #2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b4/5k2/3P1p1P/3K4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.02"]
{White to play and draw. White will win the f-pawn by using his own pawns to
distract the defenders.} 1. Kc6 ({Useless is} 1. h7 $2 Kg7 2. Ke6 Kxh7 $19)
1... Ba5 ({After} 1... Kg6 2. Kd7 Ba5 3. Ke6 Bd8 4. Kd7 Bb6 5. Ke6 Bd4 {,
White's drawing idea appears very clearly:} 6. d7 Bb6 7. h7 Kg7 8. h8=Q+ Kxh8
9. Kxf6) ({Or, if} 1... f5 2. Kd5 Kg6 3. Ke5 {, White threatens to distract
Black's King by 4. h7. Trickiest is} Bf6+ 4. Ke6 f4 5. h7 f3 6. d7 f2 7. h8=Q
Bxh8 8. d8=Q $11) 2. Kd5 Bc3 3. h7 f5 ({Less challenging is} 3... Kg7 4. Ke6
Kxh7 5. d7 Ba5 6. Kxf6) 4. d7 Ke7 5. d8=Q+ ({Not} 5. Kc6 $2 Kd8 $19) 5... Kxd8
6. Ke6 ({Not} 6. Kc4 $2 Bh8 7. Kd3 Ke7 8. Ke3 Kf6 $19) 6... f4 7. Kd5 {The
third time on this square!} f3 8. Kc4 Bf6 9. Kd3 f2 10. Ke2 Bd4 11. h8=Q+ Bxh8
12. Kxf2 1/2-1/2