Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Compiled by suenteus po 147

The games and compositions collected here are from Harry Golombek's book "Richard Réti's Best Games." Since the compositions could not be included in order with the games below they follow this tournament introduction:

Compositions:

Endgame Study p.80
Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1921

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----------White to play and draw----------

Endgame Study p.100
Teplitz-Schonauer Anzeiger, 1922

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.101
Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1922

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.101
Hastings and St. Leonards Post, 1922

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.130
Berliner Tageblatt, 1923

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.130
Casopis ceskoslovenskych sachistu, 1924

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.152
Wiener Tageblatt, 1925

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.152
28 Rijen, 1925

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.173
Shakhmatny Listok, 1927

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.173
Shakhmatny Listok, 1927

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----------White to play and draw----------

Endgame Study p.196
Magyar Sakkvilág, 1928

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----------White to play and draw----------

Endgame Study p.197
Narodni Listy, 1928

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----------White to play and draw----------

Endgame Study p.197
Denken und Raten, 1928

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.197
Shakhmaty, 1928

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.198
Koelnische Volkszeitung, 1928 Reti & H. Rinck (1935)

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.198
Munchner Neuiste Nachrichten, 1928

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.198
Shakhmaty, 1929

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.199
Magyar Sakkvilág, 1929

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.199
Basler Nachrichten, 1929

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----------White to play and win----------

Endgame Study p.199
Ostrauer Morgenzeitung, 04.1929

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----------White to play and draw----------

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Endgame Principles – Part 1

1. The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middle game the King is a mere ‘super', in the endgame on the other hand – on of the ‘principals'. We must therefore develop him; bring him nearer to the fighting line. – Aaron Nimzowitsch

2. The king, which during the opening and middle game stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible. – Jose Capablanca

3. A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middle game without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame … an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance. – Paul Keres

4. Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet, though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate. – Jose Capablanca

5. Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value. That is because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions. So, just forget about the openings. And, spend all that time on the endings. – Jose Capablanca

6. It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well. – Aaron Nimzowitsch

Endgame Principles – Part 2
7. If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analyzing studies. In your training games, you must aim at transposing to endgames which will help you to acquire the requisite experience. – Mikhail Botvinnik

8. If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analyzing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames. That will help you acquire the requisite experience. – Mikhail Botvinnik

9. When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik School I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method. – Garry Kasparov

10. The business of the endgame is maneuvering to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting the subtle superiority of one piece over another. – Pal Benko

11. In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square. – Siegbert Tarrasch

12. You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of decisiveness or slowness, but the employment of a basic endgame principle which is ‘Do not hurry'. – Alexander Kotov

13. If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though there seemed no particular hurry at the time. – Alexander Kotov

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