Legendary game · 1924
It attacks nothing. It wins everything
Réti vs Bogoljubov — New York 1924 · Réti Opening (A13)
Bogoljubov
Réti
New York, nineteen twenty-four. Richard Réti is about to finish a masterpiece with a move so strange it won the tournament's brilliancy prize — a bishop retreat that attacks nothing, hangs to two pieces, and wins on the spot. I'll freeze the board right before it. See if you can find what half the grandmasters in the room didn't expect.
The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.
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