When I first started playing on chess.com, I played the Reti opening, defined by 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4, because Richard Reti played such a big influence in creating my love for chess.

below is the game that started it all

Wow...that's an incredible game.

Thanks for the reminder. Reti is quite beloved in the chess community, isn't he?

now he is. back then he wasn't ;)

gg =) thanx for the post! (having him post a Reti game was my idea! you can all thank me now! xD )

Great game -- and Alekhine's notes are so good!

In that same amazing tournament -- Reti v Capablanca NY 1924 and Reti v Lasker NY 1924 (not a game to study when you're tired! It's the sort of complex chess Lasker excelled at) -- are hardly less interesting IMO! Reti turns the chess world on it's ear with his win over Capa signalling the ascendency of the hypermodern school while 55 year old Lasker makes the clocks run backwards with a shocking blast from the past first place finish in one of the strongest tournaments ever!

we have a reti fan in the boat! =)

Absolutely. (And a Lasker fan too). I have Reti's Modern Ideas in Chess right here on the desk in front of me. A brilliant book I recommend to everyone interested in chess.

Reti's Masters of the Chessboard is also very highly esteemed.

Oh, and see my thread here:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/some-of-the-greatest-chess-ever-was-produced-by-reti

In 1924 according to chessmetrics the player's performance between January - December.

Reti 2672 - 2688

Bogoljubov 2688 - 2693. 

 hi there my friend.Reti was a great player unfortuantly underrated in his time,its great to see him getting the acclaim he rightfully deserves.its just a shame that at the beginning of last century players like lasker and the capa recieved all the credit.i also belive he was a brilliant blindfold player,the sign of a true genius.just sucks he only lived til 40.

the upside of living in that age is that players were easier to beat than today's computer influenced geniuses. The downside is that medical treatment was worse so that the expected life expectancy was expectedly, shorter.

thanks for sharing shannz!

Super game and explanations!  I love 1.Nf3!

First, I don't think they recieved all the credit... plenty of players were highly regarded, among them Reti, but being world champion does put you on the map in a way that just being a top chess-player does not. -- I also think it's fair to point out that Lasker and Capa were not merely highly regarded, they were extraordinary -- Capa lost 1 game to Reti, Lasker lost 0 (and Lasker was way past his prime for their games.)

Combined against Capablanca and Lasker, Reti had a record of 1W 5D 9L  ...that is, he scored 3.5 to 11.5 against them. 

Reti was an original thinker and a fine chessplayer... but he wasn't Lasker or Capa.