Modern Ideas in Chess

by Richard Réti

EX - Library book with all the usual stamps and markings. Mark to forword page. Black marking to page edges. Richard Reti was one of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s,

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction

183 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1923

Reviews

[Valeriu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book, but it contains more ideas for e4 players and only a few for d4, c4 or Nf3 :/.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just pick up this book and read Reti's profile of Carl Schlechter. If you don't understand why people love chess, that will explain it.

[Ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good book. Most of the 'modern' ideas are now commonplace, so the title is no longer fitting. I enjoyed playing through some of the interesting French Defence games included and chuckled every time Réti spelt 'manœver'.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have an old Dover edition that I first read and marked up back in the 80s. Not algebraic, but the marked passages are all useful reminders. I suppose it's dated now, but is still a great overview of positional chess and an introduction of the hypermodern ideas from one of the originators.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Into the top five of the "MUST HAVE'' chess books.

[Davies Njuguna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reti is an amazing writer, this book was written 100 years ago and i still think everything he says hasnt changed.

[Aris Zacharis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Κλασικό στη σκακιστική βιβλιογραφία.