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Richard Réti (1889–1929) was a Czechoslovakian and Cisleithanian chess player, chess composer, writer, and merchant. Born in Pezinok, he died of scarlet fever in Prague. He was educated at the University of Vienna and participated in the 1st Chess Olympiad. His notable work includes the Réti endgame study.
Réti wrote in Czech and German. His published works include *Dr. Lasker's Chess Career 1889-1914*, *Réti's best games of chess*, *Modern ideas in chess*, and *Masters of the chess board*. He had a sibling named Rudolph Reti.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Dr. Lasker's Chess Career 1889-1914
- Réti's best games of chess
- Modern ideas in chess
- Masters of the chess board
- Masters of the Chess Board (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1889-05-28 ) 28 May 1889, Pezinok , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 6 June 1929 (1929-06-06) (aged 40), Prague , Czechoslovakia
- Country
- Czechoslovakia (after 1918), Kingdom of Hungary (before 1918)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Pezinok
- Place of death
- Prague
- Sibling
- Rudolph Reti
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Réti endgame study
- Participant in
- 1st Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Austria–Hungary
- Image
- RichardReti.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richard Réti
- date of birth
- 1889-05-28
- date of death
- 1929-06-06
- name in native language
- Richard Réti
- cause of death
- scarlet fever
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Richard Réti, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies.
He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor.
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