Find the Move — November 4, 2026

Réti's Famous Endgame Study (1921)

White to move. Find the best move.

From Study: Richard Réti, Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 1921.

1921. Richard Réti, one of the great thinkers of chess, published a tiny position that seems impossible: White's king is far away from Black's passed h-pawn, and White's own pawn on c6 is about to be captured. Counting squares says White is lost. Réti showed that on a chessboard the shortest route is not always a straight line.