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Richard Réti

1889 - 1929

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Richard Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of Nimzowitsch's book My System, he is considered to be the movement's foremost literary contributor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Réti is the 31st most popular chess player (down from 25th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Chess Player.

Richard Réti is most famous for inventing the Hypermodern Defense in chess. He also invented the Réti Opening, which is a popular opening for Black in the game of chess.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Richard Réti ranks 31 out of 461. Before him are Judit Polgár, Vera Menchik, Akiba Rubinstein, Johannes Zukertort, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Mikhail Chigorin. After him are Miguel Najdorf, David Bronstein, Efim Bogoljubov, Susan Polgár, Vassily Ivanchuk, and Savielly Tartakower.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Richard Réti ranks 52. Before him are John B. Kelly Sr., Vera Mukhina, Hannah Höch, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Otto Georg Thierack, and Li Dazhao. After him are Lyubov Popova, Siegfried Kracauer, Hannes Meyer, Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, and Efim Bogoljubov. Among people deceased in 1929, Richard Réti ranks 31. Before him are Sadhu Sundar Singh, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Henry of Prussia, Leonard Hobhouse, Franz Rosenzweig, and Habibullāh Kalakāni. After him are Carl Auer von Welsbach, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Oldfield Thomas, Arthur Scherbius, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, and Rainis.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Richard Réti ranks 36 out of 418. Before him are Ivan Reitman (1946), Zuzana Čaputová (1973), Rudolf Schuster (1934), Andrej Hlinka (1864), Milan Hodža (1878), and Lajos Batthyány (1807). After him are Michal Kováč (1930), Joseph Petzval (1807), András Hadik (1710), Stephan Endlicher (1804), Peter Lorre (1904), and Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among chess players born in Slovakia, Richard Réti ranks 1. After him are Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Adolf Schwarz (1836), Max Weiss (1857), Herman Steiner (1905), and Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957).

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