Here are some chess problems taken from the games of Richard Réti.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Réti vs Karoly Sterk, Vienna, 1910
[ Rxf6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Réti vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1910
[ Qd8+ ]
c)
Réti vs Sergey Frydmann, Abbazia, 1912
[ Re8 ]
d)
Réti vs J. Brach, Kaschan, 1918
[ Rxb7 ]
e)
Réti vs Hans Fahrni, Mannheim, 1914
[ Rxc8 ]
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Reti Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Reti vs Rudolf Spielmann, Abbazia, 1912
[ d6 if Nxc4 Re7 or if Qf8 Re8 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Reti vs Oldrich Duras, Abbazia, 1912
[ Ng5 ]
c)
Reti vs John Walter, Breslau, 1914
[ Ra5 w/d5 ]
d)
Reti vs J Brach, Kaschau, 1918
[ Rxb7+ ]
e)
Reti vs E Znosko-Borovsky, London, 1922
[ Rxg6+ w/Qh8+ ]
Reti Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Reti vs Karel Hromadka, Maehrisch-Ostrau, 1923
[ Nd5 ]
b)
Reti vs Evert Straat, Scheveningen, 1923
[ Bb7 ]
c)
Reti vs Efim Bogoljubov, New York, 1924
[ Bf7+ w/Be8 ]
d)
Reti vs Walter, Bratislava, 1925
[ Bxc4 w/Qxa4 & Bxe6 ]
e)
Reti vs Ernst Gruenfeld, Semmering, 1926
[ Qd8+ w/Qe8+ ]
Reti Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Reti vs Kornel Havasi, Budapest, 1926
[ Bxc6 if bxc6 Bc3 & Qxh7+ ]
b)
Adolf Olland vs Reti, Sheveningen, 1923
6k1/ppp2pp1/7p/3n4/3P1P2/P1PQb1PK/1P1N1q1P/5N2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bxd2 if Nxd2 Ne3 ]
c)
Alexander Iljin-Genevsky vs Reti, Moscow, 1925
2kr4/ppp2ppp/1bq1r3/4n2B/1P3P2/2P5/P2B1P1P/R2Q1RK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxd2 if Qxd2 Nf3+ or if b5 Rg6+ Qg4+ Qe6 ]
d)
Salo Landau vs Reti, Rotterdam, 1927
4r1k1/2p2p1p/6p1/p2P4/2R2PnP/1P3RP1/P1Q3K1/q3rB2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxf1 if Rxf1 Ne3+ ]
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