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Richard Réti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Réti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Réti) was famously asked once about how many moves he looked ahead
by draegtun 17y ago
Richard Réti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Réti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Réti) was famously asked once about how many moves he looked ahead in chess and his reply was:
only one move
The astonished questioner then asked why only one move? Réti comeback was:
yes only one move... the best move!
:)
- lawn 17y agoI always thought that was from Capablanca? Couldn't find it in Wikipedia so you're probably right.
- draegtun 17y agoNo it was definitely Reti. Its been mentioned in quite a few chess books so I see if I can dig it out. Funny enough another famous quote from Reti was about Capablanca: "Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue." BTW, Capablanca was my first chess hero... partly because my grandfather actually met him!