The Reti System Explained — Part Three

In the third part of this series we're looking at

The Reti Opening: Sicilian Invitation. According to Stockfish, this increases 0.4 for White players. But for the game I'm going to show you (Koneru Humpy vs. Hovarth Adam 2001. According to the source I pulled from YouTube, Hovarth is black and Koneru starts first. Check out this link for more: here)

Another thing we can look at is variations of the Invitation. One type is the Open Sicilian where you go from 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 which Black responds with either Nc6 (spiking the d4 e5 squares), d6, or e6 opening up either bishop. But in that move, for the three opts, d6 is the best move because the light-square bishop can attack the Knight on f3. These opts also avoid lines like the Scandi or the Caro after e4. But if you want to go away from the Reti and continue the c5 action, you can take a ride to the English Opening Symmetrical: 

Another way is the Reti Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Attack where you play Nf3, they respond with d5, and you respond with b3 — and now it looks like a triangle. This allows you to have pressure on your opponents. Speelsmet Gambit is another big line that can also go anywhere from the third move. To end of the article, here is one that I found on YouTube.

References: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUZT3AVCL4A

https://www.chess.com/openings/Reti-Opening-Sicilian-Invitation

https://www.chess.com/openings/Reti-Opening-Sicilian-Invitation-Speelsmet-Gambit