Collins: The Reti improvers The clock is ticking

The clock is ticking

To show the patterns as clearly as possible

The focus of this English-language correspondence chess book is the World Champions Tournament

King's Gambit

and play tricks

Collins: The Reti improvers The clock is tickingThis 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