The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes and clubs: a neurasthenic individual, whose nerves and brains are continually working at tension: a… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid Queen's… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight,… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
