Richard Réti (1889 - 1929) was a Czechoslovakian chess player, although he was born in what was then Hungary. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ...

One of the top players in the world during the 1910s and 1920s, he was one of the proponents of hypermodernism, along with Aron Nimzowitsch and others. The Réti Opening (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4), with which he famously defeated the world champion Jose Raul Capablanca in New York in 1924 — Capablanca's first defeat for many years and the first since becoming World Champion — is named after him. He was also a notable composer of endgame studies. Events and trends Technology Gideon Sundback patents the first modern zipper Harry Brearley invents stainless steel Charles P. Strite invents first pop-up bread toaster Science Einsteins theory of general relativity Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by crystals Alfred Wegener puts forward his theory of... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. ... In chess, Hypermodernism or the Hypermodern School of Thought is a strategy of play which controls the center of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, inviting the opponent to occupy the center with pawns which can then become objects of attack. ... Aron Nimzowitsch (also Nimzovich or Niemzowitsch) (November 7, 1886, Riga - March 16, 1935, Denmark) was a Latvian chess grandmaster. ... The Réti Opening (also called the Zukertort Opening and the Kings Knight Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the opening move 1. ... José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 - March 8, 1942) was a famous Cuban chess player in the early to mid twentieth century. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An endgame study, or just study, is a composed chess position—that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for White, moving first, to win...

He died in 1929 of scarlet fever. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...