Back in the early 1900s, chess players thought they had it all figured out. The rules were simple: grab the center with your pawns first (e4, d4), then develop your pieces. Then along came rebels like ...

Richard Reti was one of the best chess players in the world in the early 1900s. He was brilliant overall – the kind of chap who would have gotten a ranking within 100 at the IITJEE without going to ...

Story about the Slovak born genius chess player Richard Reti, still the only one Slovak who beat a world champion, published two best selling chess books, played simultaneously with blind eyes on 29 ...

The famous Jewish chess champion of Czechoslovakia, Richard Reti, died here yesterday at the age of 40. Death was due to scarlet fever. Reti had participated in many chess tournaments and held the ...