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Yet another example of a lion-hearted Queen!- Richard Reti versus Savielly Tartakower (1910)
Richard Reti, The winner of the game.

Yet another example of a lion-hearted Queen!- Richard Reti versus Savielly Tartakower (1910)

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One thing that makes a chess game interesting is a sacrifice. I always tend to enjoy games with sacrifices. Simple threats and defences always seem boring to me. Sacrifices are, in my opinion, what makes chess spicy. This game was played between Richard Reti, an Austro-Hungarian (Later Czechoslovak) grandmaster, chess author and endgame composer and Savielly Tartakower, who is a chess journalist and author whose works and quotes I admire. Tartakower is even today remembered for his quick wit. 

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The above image is that of Savielly Tartakower

This was an opening trick played by Reti wherein the King was checkmated as early as the eleventh move! This game is today known as the "Sucker Punch" and was played in Vienna.

Here is the game that still mesmerises many players-

Now, let me explain this game in the form of a story-
Once upon a time there lived two kings- One who was Austro-Hungarian and the other was Polish and French. The Austro-Hungarian King was rather proud of his skill in battle, While the Polish and French King was proud of his skill in writing about battle. Both sides who were under the assumption that they were better, waged a war against each other. The Polish and French King should have known that no field was sweeter than the field of battle for the Austro-Hungarian King.
The White Kingwk.png, wanting to control premises, such as the centre, ordered his pawnwp.png to occupy it. The Black King bk.pngwanted to develop one of his pawnsbp.png and therefore, he ordered it to move. The White army wanted to further control the centre and he asked another of his pawnswp.png to re-control the centre. The White Pawnwp.png faithfully obeyed. The Black army too controlled the centre with the help of one of it's own Pawnsbp.png. The White Army ordered his Knightwn.png to occupy a powerful square, to again control the centre. The Black pawnbp.png killed the White Pawnwp.png and the White Knightwn.png re-killed the Black Pawnbp.png.The Black knightbn.png moved to offer an exchange to the White Knightwn.png, but the White Army Refused and moved it's Queenwq.png. Black controlled the centre with a Pawnbp.png, which White ended up killing in the next move. After this, Black chose to attack the White Kingwk.png using it's Queenbq.png. The White Kingwk.png asked his loyal bishopwb.png to defend the attack. After this, The Black Queenbq.png recaptured the pawnwp.png. The White Kingwk.png bought himself to safety, and in this process, his knightwn.png valiantly gave up his life for his king to win the game! The Black army killed the White Knightwn.png, accepting it's noble sacrifice! The Lion-hearted Queenwq.pngwq.png strikes once again and sacrifices her life for her Kingwk.png! The Black army Kills White's Queenwq.png and hence, With the help of the White Army's Valiant Bishopwb.png and the Herculean Rookwr.png, White wins the game!!
Richard Reti-"The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected my combinations."
Savielly Tartakower- "The Blunders are all there in the board, waiting to be made."

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This blog had been created to give a fun and interesting dimension to famous chess games, trying to not make them as boring as they seem. Of course, for some it is quite interesting, but for others, famous games are more of a flip-through thing. How many of us actually look through every move of games posted? We usually don't do this because we assume it is tedious and requires lot of study, but for most games we only require common understanding of chess.