Hypermodernism (chess)

The State of the art school is a term coined by Savielly Tartakower term for a style in chess, which was developed gradually after 1920.

The representatives of this game system, especially Richard Réti and Gyula Breyer, built partly on theories of Aaron Nimzowitsch and basically broke with the dogmatic rules of Siegbert Tarrasch. They formulated the rule of the occupation of the chess center - the center - new, saying from a control center. These satisfy the interim control by the center figure effect, at the right moment an advance of the middle peasants could then be undertaken. With the success of this game system, they demonstrated that some laws in chess can only be maxims, not rigid rules. In his book " New Ideas in Chess " remarked Réti that by occupying the center with pawns just attack brands would arise as in the case of the weakening of a castling position by a step of Springer farmers. This revolutionary thesis, he established the fact that about 1 d4 d5 after the moves the point d5 going to attack mark and White could initiate an attack game to this point with 2 c4. If you filled the center with pawns later, you stop my opponent himself could lay out a plan of attack early. Examples of openings, are following this stated in the 1920s and 1930s " hyper-modern " way of playing, various Indian openings and the Réti system.

Game example

A well-known example of the hyper-modern style is the victory of Richard RETIS against the then world champion José Raúl Capablanca at the show in New York in 1924.