The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and… — Richard Reti Atmosphere Copy Share Image
Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. — Richard Reti Chance 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… — Richard Reti Accounts Copy Share Image
No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti Capablanca 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… — Richard Reti Beginners 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… — Richard Reti Aim 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 Chess 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… — Richard Reti Behinds 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 Chess Copy Share Image
In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration. — Richard Reti Consideration 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… — Richard Reti Arise Copy Share Image
A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess. — Richard Reti Chess Copy Share Image
It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual… — Richard Reti Care Copy Share Image
Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when… — Richard Reti Ask me Copy Share Image
We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in… — Richard Reti Biology Copy Share Image