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Vienna, 1910

Réti's Mate

Richard Réti – Savielly Tartakower · 1-0

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Result
1-0
Moves
11
Opening
Caro-Kann Defense
The names end at
4. Nxe4

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The story

A short game played in Vienna in 1910 between two of the most original players of their time, in a Caro-Kann Defense.

Tartakower takes the e5 pawn with his queen, Réti castles long, and then comes 9. Qd8+!! Kxd8 10. Bg5+ — a double check — and 11. Bd8#, the bishop mating from the square where the queen was sacrificed.

Tartakower himself called it “a splendid mate”: “nothing could better illustrate the power of a double check.”

Réti's Mate: the map where the opening names end
The position where the game leaves the named openings, with every game of the next four moves around it.

The moves

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.O-O-O Nxe4 9.Qd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7 11.Bd8# 1-0

Through the openings

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... c6Caro-Kann Defense
  3. 2. d4Caro-Kann Defense
  4. 2... d5Caro-Kann Defense
  5. 3. Nc3Caro-Kann Defense
  6. 3... dxe4Caro-Kann Defense
  7. 4. Nxe4Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line

Source of the moves: chesshistory.com

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