Reti was one of the leaders of the "Hypermodern" movement, a group of masters who rebelled against the dogmatism of Tarrasch (who claimed that the center must be occupied by pawns) and demonstrated the power of counterattack against an immobile center. Here, Reti obtains a fine strategic position from his opening experiment, but is ensnared by Alekhine in a whirlwind of combinations. This is an incredibly complicated game where everything is suspended in mid-air. Master-magician Alekhine pulls the strings, finding one stroke after another, each more powerful than the last, so that his harassed opponent is given no breathing space.