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Reti's Maneuver

Reti's Maneuver

Réti's Maneuver is an endgame technique that can be used to catch a passed pawn that seems too far advanced to be stopped. The defending King uses diagonal and lateral movement to achieve two goals simultaneously: advancing towards their own passed pawn and intercepting the opponent’s pawn.

The maneuver is named after the chess master Richard Réti, who famously demonstrated this idea in a study published in 1921. In the study (shown in the diagram above), White obtains an unlikely draw by making precise dual-purpose moves, getting closer to both pawns: 1.Kg7 h4, 2.Kf6 Kb6 3.Ke5 Kxc6, forcing Black to lose two moves to take care of White's pawn, 4.Kf4 h3 5.Kg3, and White manages to capture the pawn on the next move.

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