 richard rÃ©ti (28 may 1889, bÃ¶sing (now pezinok) &ndash; 6 june 1929, prague) was an austro-hungarian, later czechoslovak chess player, chess author, and composer of endgame studies. ==biography== rÃ©ti was born in pezinok which at the time was in the hungarian part of austria-hungary, where his father worked as a physician in the service of the austrian military. his older brother rudolph reti [he did not use the acute accent] was a noted pianist, musical theorist, and composer. he is the great-grandfather of the german painter elias maria reti. rÃ©ti came to vienna to study mathematics at vienna university."memoir of reti," in reti's best games of chess, annotated by h. golombek (dover 1974). one of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s, he began his career as a combinative classical player, favoring openings such as the king's gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4). however, after the end of the first world war, his playing style changed, and he became one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism, along with aron nimzowitsch and others. with the exception of nimzowitsch's book my system, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor. he had his greatest early successes in the period 1918 through 1921, in tournaments in kaschau (koÅ¡ice) (1918), rotterdam (1919), amsterdam (1920), vienna (1920), and gothenburg (1921). the rÃ©ti opening (1.nf3 d5 2.c4) is named after him. rÃ©ti defeated the world champion josÃ© raÃºl capablanca in the new york 1924 chess tournament using this opening â capablanca's first defeat in eight years, his only one to rÃ©ti, and his first since becoming world champion. rÃ©ti was also a notable composer of endgame studies. in 1925 rÃ©ti set a world record for blindfold chess with 29 games played simultaneously. he won 21, drew six, and lost two. his writings have become classics of chess literature. modern ideas in chess (1923) and masters of the chess board (1933) are studied today. rÃ©ti died on 6 june 1929 in prague of scarlet fever. his ashes are burie
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