It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is foreign. Therefo…

- Richard Reti

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and …

- Richard Reti

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.

- Richard Reti

It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. Eve…

- Richard Reti

In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.

- Richard Reti

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.

- Richard Reti

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position

- Richard Reti

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite tru…

- Richard Reti

The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes and clubs: a neuras…

- Richard Reti