Developments in the Reti-System 100 Selected Games

60+[2 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. First edition. The Reti Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4. The Reti Opening is considered a "hypermodern" opening, where white pressures the center with flank pawns and minor pieces instead of occupying it directly with the central pawns. White flexible keeps the d-and-e pawns on their starting squares for the time being, and creates pawn tension on move two to challenge black's d-pawn. Condition: Some high-lighting throughout, edge wear with bumped corners else good.