chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

1925 he played 29 blindf old games simuhancouslythen
r record ) Altbongb there were les lournamcnrs
during rhe w.r his play improved neadily.
and lrom 19l8u.lilhis dcath hc play.d 1n about 25
strong Ioumamenrs obraininS several Sood rcsuhs:
Kmchlu (nosKo$ce) 1r18,liAt (+9=2) ahead or
vrnv4R a.d scHLEcHnR: Gdreborg 1920. first
(+'=t- l) ah.,d.t p nrNsrFrN,ndBo.ou'Bo\:
Teplitz.Sch"nau (nnu lcni.e-\rno\) I'rl2 6(r
(+8=2 3) equal with SUELM^\N ahead oI.xri\-
FELD and Rubinsteini Mahisch Oslrau i923.
rcoid (+7=5 l) alierLASGRaheadolGrnnleld.
BogoltuboN. and RDbinstcnrj Bad Homburg 1927,
second (+5=3 2) arier Bogoljubow: and Brno
(Iornenr Brunn) 1928. finr (+6=2 1)equalqith
siMscH. Red won the Czech Ch.npionship in
1925 and playcd foi Czc.|oslovrkia in thc Olympiad
of 1927. makirg thc highest firt-board scorc
(+9=5 1).
Allhough his phying achieveme.rs are nol
insignilicant R€ti is hctter rcfremb.red lor his
contribulion to thc HYTLRMoDTRN mo!.me.l Gcc
s.Ho.Is .F .HFcsl 3nd nr his hook D;p ,pr.,
tdeen ih Schoth:pi.l (1922): ir deals snh ches
srrateSr, R6ris favourite subject. and thc nnrory
ol ns delelopmenl up lo and including hyper
modcrn play. wirh sone relisions the boo[ {as
published in Enelnn as Moderh ldent in (:h.ts
(192r). Llclins adequate sources R6ti was uDa-
(are lhat sone posltron.l idels were knoBn €arlier
than hc supfos.d, and he faih to mention. tur
€xample. the .onlributions madc bv srAUNroN.l-
PAULS.N. and.Ecorr\.,. Neleftheles this pioneer
Norkisacl.$icolchessherarure.AcutlLrredand
cdn.atcd man. Rati rcgard.d ch.$ as an art, a.d
his book reveals the hand olan artist. FittinelI hc
conPosed srudies. and they conpare ynh rhe ben:
hc soughr simple and natur.l looking posnions Lhal
would appeal to plaFrs. Hc dicd of scancl t.!er
Nb e conplering Di. M?ister des Schdchbtcts
Ihis book. published fie year after his death.
contanN biographical nol.s ab.ur 2:l nastersIron
ihe rnne ofANDERSSEN and gamcs plavcd byrh.n
wilh annotations explaining the slrategy. lh.
English tanslndon Muter: ol iie Ches Boa/d
(1933) omits itrformation aboutrndgam.sb! iour
H. Golombek, Xlr's E.sr 6ar.r,/ ar?$ (195a)
conlains 70 qames and 15 sudies
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RETRAC"IOR 2?9
,\ study by Riti(,(ag,,l trarene S.ha.h"dchn.hr.,.
1922) White achieles the apparently inpos
sible lasL ot nopping Black s pasn: I Kg7 h,l 2
K16 Kh6 (orheNk. whirc prm'olcs his faw.) l
l\Rd5 2glNt6 lBg2s6.1c4J4 5JlBg7 6b.100 7
Nbd2 c5 3 \b3 .xb.l 9 Bb2 N.6 l0 Nbxd.l Nxdl ll
Brdlb6 l2.lRbi lrBb2bxar lrRxaracT l5Oal
Ne,l L6B\gTNxsr l700Nc6 l3Rblts.6 l9d.lBc4
20ltdl a5 2l d5 Nc5 ::2 Nd4Bxg2 2a Kxg2 Rfd3 l1
\!6llhc o..uFrotr or rhe HoLL at 6 Bives wriie de
.s,re advantase ) r1 . . . I{d6 :5 Rc3 RcrJ 26 O.5 t6
27 Qb2 c5 13 Qli5 Kfl
e,l 32 t\c4Nc5 33 Qxb6 Nr.6 34 .j (a,wrscHENzu6)
3,1.. Rd7 35drc6R{d3 36Qio7+ RxcT 37.xd3Rxc6
l3 RbT r Kc3 39 d.l Ra6
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10 Rb6 RaS (lt the ook\ rc cx.hinAcd whtc,s ki',g n
k a ta*n. but he lins
.12 RD rl 1lRn2Kd7 llds
!5 15 KE Rr.l 16 l(c: h: 17 hllxhl 13Cxh4xei .19
Ktl Kd7 50 KI5 Black resi8ns
R6TI GAMBIT ACCEPTED. 6E5, soLnd but not
, RiTI OPENINC.68r, alsocalled the Landstra$e
Gambir The grmc may transposc to othcr opcnings,
c.e rhc .aral^N ortNrNc If hlead White
nriinraln\ 3 cv^rr .FNTRF firn.herl.e\ horh
bnbops. addcasdes on the king\side he plays rhe
RatlSystcm Hc cndcavou6 to conlrol the ccntral
squares dnectly or indireclll silh pieces. wilhholding
the advance oIa centrepawn Lo rhe Iouah.ank
until Bl.ck\ inle.li.ns are known. MeanNhilc.
whitc rcmains poned lo altack any paNn centre
thar nrighr be set up by his opponenl Ran frrst
pl.led his s$rem in 1921shen henetGRiN.rr D in
rhc MaBatc tour.amcnt. (Sc
RiiTI VARIAT()N.62 nr rhe auEENs riAMBn
Declined, plared in lhe game R6li Tarasch.
Pieit any 192i563 in the (NG's cAMBrrDeclined:
626 rd rhe rRFN.n DrF.N.., from lhc gamc
Ratl-Mar6czy, Ciiteborg 1920.
RETRACTOR, . problen in which some noves
are rerrlcred (indicated b, a minussisn) and liom