Collins: The Reti metadata-enriched With a foreword by former

With a foreword by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and an introduction by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

the various pawn structures and how to handle them

An understanding of the move order nuances is essential

The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion

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Collins: The Reti metadata-enriched With a foreword by formerThis book examines what might be described as the pure Rti Opening. White starts with 1 Nf3 and intends to meet 1 d5 with the Rti response 2 c4. One of the major advantages of playing these systems is that they rely far more on general strategic understanding than rote memorisation. However, this does not mean that Black is not set difficult problems to solve. In the modern era these lines have mainly been championed by Vladimir Kramnik and Lev