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Réti, Richard 1889-1929
[Event "Prize, Reti-1 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "L.M.Gonzales (Spain)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/3Nb3/k1P4p/8/5P2/2n5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. f5 {Mainline A} (1. Kg7 $2 h5) 1... h5 ({Mainline B} 1... Ne4 2. f6 (2. Kg7 $2 h5 3. f6 Bd6 4. f7 h4 5. f8=Q Bxf8+ 6. Kxf8 h3 $19) 2... Nxf6 3. Nxf6 Bxf6+ 4. Kh7 h5 5. Kg6 {Reti manouever} 5... h4 6. Kxf6 Kb6 7. Ke5 h3 8. Kd6 h2 9. c7 ) 2. f6 Bd6 3. f7 h4 4. Nf6 h3 (4... Kb6) 5. Ng4 Kb6 (5... Nd5) 6. Kg8 {(Kg7)} 6... Kxc6 7. f8=Q Bxf8 8. Kxf8 Kd5 9. Kf7 {(Kg7)} 9... Nd1 10. Kg6 { rearrangement of 10-11 moves} 10... Ke4 11. Nh2 Kf4 12. Kh5 Kg3 13. Nf1+ Kf3 14. Kg5 $1 (14. Kh4 $2 Kg2 $19) 14... Nf2 15. Kh4 Kg2 16. Ne3+ Kh2 17. Nc2 $1 { Very good combination of two studies by Reti! The first variation is R.Reti, HHdb-III 53898,1931 the second one - R.Reti, HHdb-III, 59835, 1921 with Reti's ever-green idea.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-2 HM, Reti-1 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Bazlov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/2P2nB1/8/4P1P1/8/4Kb2/7n/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kf4 (1. g6 $2 Ng5 2. Bf6 Nh3 3. g7 Bd5 $19) 1... Bh5 (1... Bg4 2. g6) 2. Kf5 Nf3 (2... Kxc7 3. g6 Nd8 4. e6 Bg4+ 5. Ke4 Bf3+ 6. Kf5 (6. Ke3) 6... Bg4+ 7. Ke4 Nc6 8. Be5+ Nxe5 9. Kxe5 Bh3 10. g7 Ng4+ 11. Kf5 Nh6+ 12. Kg6 Ng8 13. Kf7 Nh6+ 14. Kg6 {positional draw}) 3. g6 Nh4+ (3... N7g5 4. Bf6) 4. Kf6 Bxg6 5. Bf8 Bh5 6. e6 Ne5 $1 (6... Nh8 7. Bg7 N8g6 8. e7 Nf4 9. Kg5 Nhg2 10. Be5 $11) 7. Kxe5 {HHdb-III 56788, 56789, Reti 1927} 7... Ng6+ 8. Kf5 $1 (8. Kf6 $2 Nxf8 $19) 8... Nxf8 9. Kf6 Kxc7 10. Ke7 Ng6+ 11. Kf6 Nf8 12. Ke7 Nh7 {stalemate} ( 12... Ng6+ 13. Kf6 { positional draw. Adding interesting final play to a Reti's study.}) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-2 HM, Reti-1 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Bazlov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6K1/3p1pPN/r7/1p3kP1/8/1P4b1/2P1P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. e4+ $1 (1. Kxf7 $2 d5 $1 2. g8=Q Ra7+ 3. Ke8 Ra8+ 4. Kf7 Ra7+ { perpetual chekh}) 1... Ke6 2. Nf8+ (2. g6 $2 Ra8+ (2... f5 3. Nf8+ Ke7 4. Kh7 Ra1 5. g8=N+ Ke8 6. Nf6+ $18) 3. Nf8+ Ke7 4. Kh7 Be5 5. g8=Q Rxf8 6. gxf7 Rxf7+ 7. Kh6 b4 $11) 2... Ke7 3. Kh7 Ra8 4. g8=Q Rxf8 5. Qg7 d6 6. Qf6+ Ke8 7. c3 $1 Bh2 {R.Reti} 8. Kh6 $1 Be5 9. Kg7 Bh2 10. c4 bxc4 11. e5 $1 Bxe5 12. bxc4 Bxf6+ 13. gxf6 Rh8 14. Kxh8 Kf8 15. Kh7 {all men arrived to their squares during the play to get Reti's position (HHdb-III, 55651. Reti 1928). The author fixed a 'turtle-like' move to one of Reti's well-known studies.} 1-0
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[Event "1 comm, Reti-1MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p1k4/P4rP1/8/K7/p7/4R3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. axb7 a2 {Mainline A} 2. Rxa2 Kc7 ({Mainline B} 2... Ra6+ 3. Kb5 $1 Rxa2 4. g7 Rg2 $1 5. Kb6 $1 Ke6 6. Kc5 $1 Rc2+ 7. Kb4 $1 Rb2+ 8. Ka3 {wins.} (8. Kc3)) 3. Rg2 Rf8 4. Rb2 $1 ({Thematic try} 4. Kb5 $2 Kxb7 5. Kc5 Kc7 6. Kd5 Kd7 7. Ke5 Ke7 {and there is no move Rf5!} 8. g7 Rg8 9. Kf5 Kf7 $11) 4... Kb8 { This move leads to Reti's study (HHdb-III, 54933, Ka4/Kb8 1929} 5. Rb5 $1 Rf1 6. Rg5 Rf8 7. Kb4 (7. Kb5) (7. Rb5 {loss of time}) 7... Kxb7 8. Kc5 Kc7 9. Kd5 Kd7 10. Ke5 Ke7 11. Rf5 $1 $18 {In the original position the Rook is on b1 which makes no difference. This is not all. Slightly changing the setting the composer manages to introduce another variation (main B) thus actually improving the whole thing. Pity about the key...} 1-0
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[Event "2 comm, Reti-1MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Jaroslav Polasek (Ch_Rep.)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3b4/8/2k5/P1P5/4R3/N3K3/5P1p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Re6+ Kb7 2. c6+ $1 Kc8 3. Rh6 Bg5+ 4. Kf3 Bxh6 5. Kg2 Kc7 6. Nb5+ Kxc6 { six moves are added study R.Reti HHdb-III, 59451,1922} 7. Nd4+ Kc5 8. Kh1 $3 { and domination bishop} 8... Bf4 9. Ne6+ $18 {I removed the first move 1... h3-h2. In order to not have the condition 'Black to move', the author should have added these moves 1.Bh7-e4+ Qh1xe4+ 2.Re7xe4 h3-h2 etc.} 1-0
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[Event "3 comm, Reti-1 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Erich Palkovsky"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/k1P4p/8/1p6/P7/K7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kb3 $1 bxa3 (1... h5 2. Kxb4 h4 3. Kc5 h3 4. Kd6 h2 5. c7) 2. Kxa3 h5 3. Kb4 Kb6 4. Kc4 h4 5. Kd5 h3 (5... Kc7 6. Ke4 h3 7. Kf3) 6. Kd6 h2 7. c7 {To the wel l-known P-study with 'Reti Maneuver' the composer added a nice first move. At first this entry was in the 2nd group, but as it doesn't belong in this group. I moved it to the 1st one.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-2 Prize, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh=Sergij (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6K1/2r3Pp/k1P2p1p/8/p7/5P2/2PN4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kh8 $3 (1. Kxh7 $2 h5 2. Kg6 Rxg7+ 3. Kxg7 h4 4. Kxf6 Kb6 5. Ke5 Kxc6 6. Kd4 (6. Kf4 a3 $1 7. Nb3 Kd5 8. Nc1 Kd4 9. Na2 h3 10. Kg3 Ke3 11. f4 h2 12. Kxh2 Kxf4 13. Kg2 Ke3 14. Kf1 Kd2 15. c4 Kc2 16. c5 Kb2 17. c6 Kxa2 18. c7 Kb2 19. c8=Q a2 $11) 6... h3 (6... a3 $1 7. Kc3 h3 $11) 7. Nf1 a3 8. Kc3 Kd5 9. Kb3 Ke5 10. c4 Kd4 11. Kxa3 Kxc4 12. Kb2 Kd3 13. Kc1 Ke2 14. Nh2 Kf2 15. Kd2 Kg3 16. Ke3 Kxh2 17. Kf2 Kh1 18. f4 h2 19. f5 {stalemate}) (1. Nc4 $2 Kb5 2. Kxh7 h5 3. Kg6 Rxg7+ 4. Kxg7 Kxc6 5. Kxf6 h4 $19) 1... Rc8+ 2. g8=Q Rxg8+ 3. Kxg8 Kb6 4. Kf7 (4. Kg7) 4... h5 (4... Kxc6 5. Kxf6 a3 6. f4 a2 7. Nb3 h5 8. Kg5 Kd5 9. Kxh5 Ke4 10. Kg4 h5+ 11. Kg3 $1 h4+ 12. Kg4 $1 h3 13. Kxh3 Kxf4 14. Kg2 Ke3 15. Kf1 $18) (4... f5 5. Ke6 Kxc6 6. Kxf5 $18) 5. Kxf6 h4 6. Ke5 $1 {Reti maneuver} 6... Kxc6 (6... h3 7. Kd6 h2 8. Nc4+ Kb5 9. c7 h1=Q 10. c8=Q Qd1+ 11. Ke6 Qxf3 12. Nd6+ Kb4 13. Qc4+ Ka3 14. Nb5+ Kb2 15. Qb4+ Kc1 16. c4 $18) 7. Kd4 h3 8. Nf1 a3 (8... Kd6 9. f4 a3 (9... Ke6 10. c4) 10. Kc3 Kd5 11. Kb3 Ke4 12. c4 Kxf4 13. c5 Ke5 14. Kxa3 $18) 9. Kc3 Kd5 10. Kb3 Ke5 11. c4 Kd4 12. Kxa3 $1 (12. Nh2 $2 h5 13. Kxa3 Kxc4 14. Kb2 Kd3 15. Kc1 Ke3 16. Kd1 Kf2 17. f4 Kg3 $1 { Reti saves Black}) 12... Kxc4 13. Kb2 Kd3 14. Kc1 Ke2 (14... h5 15. Kd1 $18) 15. Nh2 Kf2 16. Kd2 h5 17. f4 Kg3 18. Ke3 Kxh2 19. Kf2 Kh1 20. f5 h2 21. f6 h4 22. f7 {with mate} 22... h3 23. Kg3 Kg1 24. f8=Q h1=Q 25. Qf2# {The point of the 1st move becomes clear only at the end, after the capture of bPh7 it would have been a stalemate. Combination of 'Reti Manoeuvre' with remote effect of foreknowing.} 1-0
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[Event "1-2 Prize, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Emil Vlasak (Ch_Rep.)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/r5b1/8/kp6/8/P5p1/1B6/1K3R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. a4 $1 (1. Rg1 $2 Bxb2 2. Kxb2 Rg7 3. Rg2 $1 Kb6 4. Kc3 Kc5 5. Kd3 Kd5 $18 { zz}) 1... Rb7 $1 (1... bxa4 2. Rf5+ Kb4 3. Rg5 $11) (1... Kxa4 2. Rf4+ b4 3. Rg4 $11) (1... Bxb2 2. Kxb2 bxa4 3. Rf5+ Kb4 4. Rg5) 2. Bxg7 bxa4+ $1 (2... Rxg7 3. axb5 $11) 3. Bb2 a3 4. Rf5+ ({Thematic try} 4. Ka2 $2 axb2 $1 (4... Rxb2+ $2 5. Kxa3 Rf2 6. Ra1 (6. Re1 $2 Rf3+ 7. Kb2 Kb4) 6... Rf3+ 7. Kb2+ Kb4 8. Kc2 Kc4 9. Kd2 Kd4 10. Ra4+ $11) 5. Kb1 Rb4 $1 (5... Rb3 6. Rf8 Kb4 7. Rb8+ Kc3 8. Rxb3+ Kxb3 {stalemate}) 6. Rf3 Rg4 7. Rf1 Kb4 8. Kxb2 Kc4 9. Kc2 Kd4 10. Kd2 Ke4 11. Ke2 Rf4 $19) 4... Ka4 5. Rf4+ Ka5 6. Rf5+ (6. Ka2 $2 axb2 7. Kb1 Rb4 $1 $19) 6... Ka6 7. Rf6+ $1 (7. Ka2 $2 axb2 8. Kb1 Rb3 9. Rf8 Kb7 $19) 7... Ka7 8. Ka2 $1 axb2 9. Kb1 Rb3 $1 (9... Rb4 10. Rf3 Rg4 11. Rf1 Kb6 12. Kxb2 Kc5 13. Kc3 $11) 10. Rf4 $3 (10. Rc6 $2 Rb6 {zz} 11. Rc2 Kb7 12. Rg2 Rb3 $19) 10... Kb6 11. Rc4 $1 {positional draw, black king cannot cross a line "c". The Reti study is shown in the try (HHdb-III, 54933, R.Reti 1929). Nice reworking of the idea (see N17 from Reti-1).} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.HM, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Jaroslav Polasek+Emil Vlasak"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2P2pr1/n6P/5k2/p1p5/8/2K5/5B2 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Rg8 2. h7 (2. Bh3+ $2 Kg6 $19) 2... Rh8 3. c8=Q+ Rxc8 4. Bh3+ Kg6 5. Bxc8 Nb4+ 6. Kc3 Nd5+ 7. Kxc4 Kg7 $1 (7... Kxh7 8. Kxd5 a3 9. Bf5+ Kg7 10. Bb1 $11) 8. Ba6 $3 (8. Bh3 $2 Kh8 $3 $19 {HHdb-III, 59451, R.Reti, 1922} (8... Kxh7 $2 9. Bf5+ Kh6 10. Kxd5 $11)) (8. Bb7 $2 Nb6+ 9. Kb4 f5 10. Ba6 f4 (10... Kxh7 $2 11. Bd3 Kg6 12. Kb5 a3 13. Bb1 Nd5 14. Kc4 $11) 11. Bd3 f3 12. Ka3 f2 13. Kb4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 $19) 8... a3 9. Kb3 ({loss of time} 9. h8=Q+ Kxh8 10. Kb3) 9... a2 (9... Nb4 10. Bc8 a2 11. Kb2 $11) 10. Kb2 $1 (10. Kxa2 $2 Nb4+ $19) ({ loss of time} 10. h8=Q+ Kxh8 11. Kb2 {A nice inversion of a Reti study. The idea with refusal of capture is done twice: In try by Black (8...Kh8) and in solution by White (10.Kb2).}) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.HM, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Yochanan Afek (Israel)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/N7/3k4/8/5p1p/P6K/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kg3 $3 ({Thematic try} 1. Kxh3 $2 Kc4 $1 2. Kg3 Kb5 3. Nc7+ Kb4 4. Nd5+ Ka3 5. Nc3 Kb2 6. a4 Kxc3 7. a5 Kd4 $1 {Reti manouever} 8. a6 Ke3 9. a7 f2 $11) 1... h2 2. Kxh2 Kc4 3. Kg1 $1 Kb5 4. Nc7+ Kb4 5. Nd5+ Ka3 6. Nc3 Kb2 7. a4 Kxc3 8. a5 Kd4 $1 9. a6 Ke3 10. Kf1 {Although I got a P-version of this study (N16a) , what gives value to it is the try play. 'Reti Manoeuvre' is used twice: In try, Black uses the Manoeuvre' and overtakes the wPawn; in solution, the so-called Anti-Reti of Rink's study (No16b) allows to get over 'Reti Manoeuvre' . I call this idea the Reti-AntiReti theme.} 1-0
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[Event "3.HM, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Bazlov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4kr2/4ppR1/8/4P1Kp/5P1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kh6 $1 (1. Kxh5 $2 Rh8+ 2. Kg4 Kf8 $11) 1... Rh8+ (1... Kd7 2. Rh7 Ke6 3. Kg7 Rd8 4. Rh6+ Kf5 5. Kxf7 Kxf4 6. Rxh5) 2. Rh7 Rg8 3. Rh8 $1 (3. f5 $2 Rg1 4. Rh8+ Kd7 5. Rf8 Re1 6. Kxh5 Rxe5 7. Rxf7 Ke8 8. Kg6 Re1 $11) 3... Rxh8+ 4. Kg7 Rf8 5. f5 e6 (5... f6 6. e6) 6. f6 Rh8 7. Kxh8 Kf8 8. Kh7 {Nice R-study with a beautiful R-sacrifice and a Reti study motifs, the only difference is that the author replaced the Queen by a Rook in the finale (HHdb-III, 55651. Reti 1928. No19 Reti-1).} 1-0
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[Event "4.HM, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "J.R.Ibran (Spain)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p4K/1P3p2/1p2bk1P/8/P7/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b7 c6 $1 (1... c5 {see the main line} 2. h6 Kg5 3. Kg7 f5+ 4. Kf7 Kxh6 5. Ke6 Bb8 6. Kxf5) 2. Kh6 $1 {zz} (2. h6 $2 Kg5 3. Kg7 f5+ 4. Kf7 Kxh6 5. Ke6 Bb8 6. Kxf5 Kg7 7. Ke4 Kf6 8. Kd4 Ba7+ 9. Kd3 Ke5 $19) 2... c5 3. Kg7 Kg5 4. h6 f5+ 5. Kf7 Kxh6 6. Ke6 $1 {Reti menouever} 6... Bb8 7. Kxf5 c4 8. Ke4 Ba7 9. a4 (9. b8=Q $2 Bxb8 10. Kd4 Be5+ $19) 9... b4 (9... bxa4 10. b8=Q Bxb8 11. Kd4 $11) 10. a5 $1 (10. b8=Q $2 Bxb8 11. Kd4 c3 12. Kd3 Bc7 $1 13. a3 Ba5 14. axb4 Bxb4 $19 {I made some changes in this study, for there were duals here. The wKing plays nicely on the 2nd move ,blocks his own Pawn and creates a mutual zugzwang. What follows is that the King, using the 'Reti Manoeuvre', exterminates the Black's threatening Pawns.}) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "5. HM, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "L.M.Gonzales (Spain)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N2k/2K1P3/3p4/8/1P1q3b/8/8/2B5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bb2 $1 Qxb2 2. Nf6 Qxf6 3. e8=Q+ Kg7 4. Qd7+ Qe7 5. Qxe7+ Bxe7 6. Kd7 Kf7 7. b5 d5 8. b6 Bh4 {and Reti manoeuvre} 9. Kd6 d4 10. Ke5 (10. Kd5 $2 d3 11. b7 Bg3 $19) 10... d3 11. Kf4 $1 (11. Ke4 $2 d2 12. b7 Bg3 $19) 11... d2 (11... Bf2 12. b7 Ba7 13. b8=Q Bxb8+ 14. Ke3 $11) 12. b7 d1=Q 13. b8=Q $11 {Using the 'Ret i-Manoeuvre' the wK does two jobs at the same time: Threatens to capture the Pawn and prevents the bB from entering the play.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.comm, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Jaroslav Polasek+Emil Vlasak"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2pN4/4k2b/P7/8/6K1/2N2P1p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc5+ Kd5 (1... Kd6 2. Ne4+ Kd5 3. Kxh2) 2. Kg2 $3 (2. Kxh2 $2 Kxc5 3. Nd4 Bf4+ 4. Kg2 Bd6 $11) 2... Kxc5 3. Nd4 c6 4. Kh1 $3 (4. Kxh2 $2 Kxd4 5. a6 Bf4+ 6. Kh3 Bb8 $19 {In the Reti style the composer added a very nice quiet move 2. Kg2! (HHdb-III, 59451, R.Reti=R, 1922).}) 1-0
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[Event "2.comm, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Janos Mikitovics (Hungary)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/5k1p/4p3/3P4/5pp1/B7/7P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009.07.16"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. d6 Ke8 2. Kg7 h5 (2... Kd7 3. Kf6 h5 4. Ke5) (2... g3 3. hxg3 fxg3 4. Kf6 Kd7 5. Ke5 g2 6. Bc5) 3. Kf6 $1 Kd7 4. Ke5 f3 5. Bc5 h4 6. Kf4 $1 (6. Ke4 $2 e5 $11) 6... f2 (6... Kc6 7. d7 $1 Kxd7 8. Kxg4) 7. Bxf2 g3 8. hxg3 hxg3 9. Bc5 g2 10. Ke5 {The wKing, with the help of 'Reti Manoeuvre' and his own Bishop, wins against dangerous black Pawns.} 1-0
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[Event "3.comm, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Marco Campioli (Italy)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/8/4Pp1p/k5b1/8/8/7P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. h4 $1 Bxh4 2. Kf7 $1 f5 3. Kg6 f4 4. Kh5 $1 {Reti maneuever} 4... f3 ({Main } 4... Bg5 5. Kg4 Kb6 6. e7 Bxe7 7. Kxf4 {teoretical draw}) 5. Kxh4 f2 6. e7 f1=Q 7. e8=Q Qf4+ 8. Kh3 (8. Kh5 $2 Qg5# {A Pawn sacrifice on the 1st move has been added to 'Reti Manoeuvre' motifs. Also, it is a theoretical position.}) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4.comm, Reti-2 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Alain Pallier (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/8/1K1P4/5P2/1k2r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc4 {Mainline A} 1... Kc2 ({Mainline B} 1... Kb2 2. f4 $1 Ka3 3. f5 $1 Ka4 4. Kd5 $1 Rf1 5. Ke6 Kb5 6. f6 (6. d4 $2 Kc6 $19)) 2. d4 Re4 3. f3 $3 (3. Kc5 $2 Kd3 4. d5 Rc4+ $1 5. Kb6 Rd4 $1 6. Kc6 Ke4 7. d6 Ke5 8. f4+ Ke6 $19) 3... Rf4 4. Kc5 Kd3 5. d5 Rf5 6. Kc6 Kd4 7. d6 $11 {Reti's baby study (HHdb-III, 55519, R. Reti - Shakhmatny Listok (c), has been treated, a nice move a plus.} 7... Rc5+ 8. Kb7 (8. Kb6) 1/2-1/2
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