"On a motif such as was indicated by Reti one cannot build the plan of a whole well contested game; it is too meagre, too thin, too puny for such an end. Reti's explanations, wherever they are concerned with an analysis which covers a few moves, are correct and praiseworthy. But when he abandons the foundations of analysis in order to draw too bold, too general a conclusion, his arguments prove to be mistaken."
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"To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game." |
Howard STAUNTON, The Chess-Players' Handbook 1847 (Plus ca change...) |





























































