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Alekhine's opinion regarding reti

greetings fellow chess players!!
quite some time back, I had read an article in which there was a quote suggesting that Alekhine had once said Richard Reti was one of the very few grandmasters whose move always left him awe; as they were quite mysterious and seemingly incomprehensible. i.e there was no way of grasping his true plans.
although I've done my best at trying to find it again, but am simply failing to do so.
does anyone have any recollection of this reference, if yes, then kindly provide the link in the comments section.
any help regarding this matter would be highly appreciated.
I like this one better:

"… at the chessboard he was mighty, away from chess … he was like a little boy who would get up to mischief and naively think that no one was watching him."

- Max Euwe

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