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There are a lot of videos about opening on youtube, but which one do you consider best?

Hi all came across this idea which is a blacks Czech Defence as white but in some databases its called the Old Indian Attack under the Reti system. Anyone used this method of opening instead of the c4 push? could it be a viable system as a surprise weapon?

I went to the chess-store today. Got three books on the Reti opening! I'll start with the book "starting out: the Reti". I'm looking forward to gain knowledge about this opening, and to test it in games!

When do you play black what do you reply to Nf3? Do you stick also as black to Reti line with c4?

Do you know of any good movies on the Reti opening? I got a book, Dunnington's easy guide to the Réti opening, and it is a good book, but an instructive movie would also be good. I haven't found any good movies on the Reti myself, makes me think that this opening is a bit neglected by the community.

Dear All, Could you share your personal preferences (and perhaps the groups consensus) on how to approach English/Symmetrical English lines that arise from our Nf3_c4 Reti? It seems to me that it's hard for white to prove much of an edge in these types of games. It seems in higher level games an early-ish d4 is a common idea: but when and where to play the d4 break doesn't always seem very clear to me. Also, do we necessarily have to accept a English transposition for best play for white? Are there other avenues we could consider playing?

Here are some dumb mistakes I've made after recently starting to learning the Reti opening. Any other mistakes or possible traps one should be aware of?

VC Analysis - Little Big Pawn https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/130544 Stockfish 10 depth 20

If the members of this club want to play vote chess then please provide me with a team who will accept the following conditions: a) The opponent must have a minimum of 3 players on their team. We do not play vote chess against individuals unless they are titled or are rated higher than 2200. If they do not have 3 players by the end of the first move, we will abort the game. b) Time control = 3 days per move c) The opponent plays Black The game begins after 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 or 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4. The opponent can chose from these two if they wish. d) Having agreed to these conditions, 1 Nf3_c4 Reti will send the challenge at the time of our choosing. Please do not suggest teams to me that might be interested for me to contact. Please provide only a team that has already agreed to these conditions.

VC Analysis - Isode --------------------------------------------------------- https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/123950 --------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------

VC Analysis - Sir Tristams de Lione --------------------------------------------------------- https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/122624 --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- We were ahead +3.51 in this game when we timed out.

VC Analysis - Sir Owain --------------------------------------------------------- https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/121252 --------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------

Okay... so I thought of this gambit in the Reti Opening, I'd like to know what you think about this As Black I don't play 1. d5 but I'd counter it by giving away the pawn sac

VC Analysis - Sir Vortigern --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- It is easy to see from the graph, that while we were almost always ahead in this game, it was a close one. After 37.Qe4 Black's best was 37...Qxg2+and after the exchanges Stockfish calls it dead even.

VC Analysis - Brave Sir Robin --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- According to stockfish our first blunder was 29.Bc5?? when 29.e5 would have kept us comfortably ahead, and then 32.Rxe8?? sealed our fate.

VC Analysis - Nineve --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Nineve"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2018.04.23"][Round "-"][White "1 Nf3_c4 Reti"][Black "World Chess League"][Result "1-0"][Annotator "Stockfish 4"][Depth "20"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 {+0.34 / +0.00}3.b3 {-0.12 / +0.34} ( 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O c4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Bg4 )3...Nf6 {-0.10}4.g3 {-0.60 / -0.10} ( 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 d4 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Nb5 Bg4 10.Rc1 Be7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Bc4 Re8 14.O-O a6 )4...d4 {-0.66}5.Bg2 {-0.58}5...Nc6 {-0.40 / -0.58} ( 5...c5 6.d3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.O-O )6.O-O {-0.40}6...Be7 {-0.32 / -0.40} ( 6...e5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.exd4 exd4 10.Re1 Bc5 11.d3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Rxe8+ Qxe8 14.Qf1 Qd7 15.h3 Re8 16.g4 Be6 17.g5 Nh5 18.Ne4 Bb4 19.a3 Be7 )7.e3 {-0.32}7...d3 {+0.56 / -0.32} ( 7...e5 8.Bb2 O-O 9.exd4 exd4 10.Re1 Bc5 11.d3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Na3 Qd8 14.Qd2 h6 15.Nc2 Qd6 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.Bxd4 Nxd3 20.Ne5 )8.Bb2 {+0.52 / +0.56} ( 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bb2 Nb4 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Qh5 f5 13.f4 c6 14.Na4 Qe8 15.Qxe8 Rxe8 16.Be5 Bd7 17.Nb2 Rad8 18.Rab1 Kf7 19.Bf3 Rc8 20.a3 )8...O-O {+0.66}9.Nc3 {+0.60 / +0.66} ( 9.Ne1 e5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Qb1 Bf5 12.e4 Be6 )9...e5 {+0.74 / +0.60} ( 9...a5 10.Qb1 b6 11.Ne1 )10.Ng5 {+0.00 / +0.74} ( 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Nxe5 f6 13.a3 Nc2 14.Nxd3 Nxa1 15.Qxa1 Bd6 16.Qc1 Qe7 17.Qc4 Bf5 18.e4 Bg6 19.Rc1 b5 20.Qd4 Rfe8 21.f3 Bxa3 22.Bxa3 Qxa3 )10...Nb4 {+0.22}11.Rc1 {-0.22 / +0.22} ( 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 c6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxa2 16.c5 f5 17.Nd6 Qa5 18.Rd4 Rab8 19.b4 )11...h6 {+0.26 / -0.22} ( 11...c6 12.f3 Qc7 13.a3 Nc2 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.b4 a5 17.f4 axb4 18.Bxe5 Qd7 19.axb4 f6 20.Bc3 Qe6 )12.Nge4 {-0.08 / +0.26} ( 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 c6 15.Na4 Nxa2 16.Ra1 Nb4 17.Bxe5 Re8 18.Rab1 Bf8 19.Qf4 Nh5 20.Qf5 g6 )12...Bf5 {+1.33 / -0.08} ( 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Na4 Qc7 16.f4 exf4 17.exf4 Nxa2 18.Be5 Bd6 )13.Nxf6+ {+1.69}13...Bxf6 {+1.51}14.Bxb7 {+1.59}14...Rb8 {+1.67 / +1.59} ( 14...Bh3 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.f3 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 Qb7 18.Ra1 Be7 19.Rb1 Rd8 20.a3 Nc2 21.Nd5 c6 22.Qxd3 cxd5 23.Qxc2 )15.Bg2 {+1.71}15...Nc2 {+2.82 / +1.71} ( 15...e4 16.Rb1 Re8 17.f3 exf3 18.Qxf3 Bg6 19.Qg4 h5 20.Qh3 c5 21.Nd5 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Qa5 23.Qd7 Rbd8 24.Qa4 Qxa4 25.bxa4 Rb8 26.Nxb4 Rxb4 27.Rxb4 )16.Ne4 {+1.93 / +2.82} ( 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qh5 Rfe8 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxf5 Rbd8 21.f4 e4 22.Qa5 Qb6 23.Bc3 f6 24.Kg2 Qxa5 25.Bxa5 Rc8 )16...Qc8 {+4.22 / +1.93} ( 16...Be7 17.Bxe5 Ba3 18.Qf3 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qe7 21.Qxd3 Qxe5 22.Qxc2 Qe6 23.d4 Rfd8 )17.Nxf6+ {+4.24}17...gxf6 {+4.10}18.Qh5 {+4.20}18...Kh7 {+4.64}19.f4 {+4.44 / +4.64} ( 19.Qh4 Rb6 20.f4 e4 21.h3 Qe8 22.Bxf6 Rg8 23.Be5 f6 24.Bxc7 Ra6 25.c5 Qg6 26.g4 Rxa2 27.Bd6 h5 )19...Bg4 {+4.72 / +4.44} ( 19...e4 20.Qh4 Qd7 21.h3 Rg8 22.g4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Rxg4 24.Qh5 Rbg8 )20.Qh4 {+4.50 / +4.72} ( 20.Be4+ f5 21.Qxg4 fxe4 22.Qxc8 Rfxc8 23.fxe5 Kg8 24.Rf4 Rb6 25.Rcf1 Ra6 26.e6 Rxe6 27.Rxf7 Rg6 28.Be5 Nb4 )20...Qe6 {+8.10 / +4.50} ( 20...f5 21.Bxe5 Qd7 22.e4 Rb6 23.c5 Rg6 )21.f5 {+6.38}21...Bxf5 {+9.51}22.Rxf5 {+9.37}22...Rh8 {+36.70}23.Rxf6 {+36.22}23...Qe7 {+327.45}24.Rxh6+ {+25.41} ( 24.Rxh6+ {1:+25.41} 24...Kg7 25.Qxe7 Rxh6 26.Qxe5+ Kf8 27.Qg7+ Ke7 28.Qxh6 Rb6 29.Qf4 Kd8 30.Qxf7 )1-0 ---------

I've played a lot of openings as black trying to find that Réti feeling, but never found something as good. Against 1.e4, I've been a Pirc player, but found that the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon suits me better and I'm happy with it. Against 1.d4, I've tried the KID (back in my KIA days), the Gruenfeld and lately the Benoni, but they never where that good to me. Any suggestions?

The First Reti April 4, 1923 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- "The inauguration of the system was far from auspicious, as Reti lost in 36 moves. This was not, however, any fault of the opening, but rather due to a tendency on Reti's part to overpress his attack in the middlegame., where he sacrificed a piece for two pawns and then got desperately short of time." --- Harry Golombek - "Richerd Reti's Best Games" - 1954 -------------------------------------------

VC Analysis - Sir Aglovale --------------------------------------------------------- Test Your Memory - 27 moves --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Sir Aglovale"][Date "2017.11.18"][White "1 Nf3_c4 Reti"][Black "DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS"][Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Stockfish 4"][Depth "20"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 {+0.00 / +0.12} ( 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O e5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Bf5 11.Nd5 Ne4 12.Qb3 Nxd2 = )3...g6 = {+0.20 / +0.00} ( 3...d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Rb8 9.Qb3 Bd7 10. Rac1 Nb4 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Rfd1 b6 = )4.b3 = {-0.08 / +0.20} ( 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 = )4...Bg7 {-0.08}5.Bb2 {+0.00}5...O-O = {+0.10 / +0.00} ( 5...d6 6.Bg2 = )6.Bg2 {+0.04}6...Nc6 = {+0.10 / +0.04} ( 6...d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qd7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 Bh3 13.f3 Qc8 14.e4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Rad1 = )7.O-O {-0.02}7...e6 = {+0.22 / -0.02} ( 7...d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ndb4 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Qc1 Bg4 14.Rd1 Qa5 15.Rd5 Qa6 16.Qb2+ f6 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rxd5 = )8.d4 {+0.14}8...cxd4 {+0.18}9.Nxd4 {+0.18}9...Nxd4 += {+0.62 / +0.18} ( 9...d5 10.Nd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Re8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rc1 Bg4 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.e3 Ne4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.h3 Be6 19.Nd2 = )10.Bxd4 {+0.54}10...Re8?! += {+1.07 / +0.54} ( 10...d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 += )11.Nd2?! = {+0.32 / +1.07} ( 11.Nc3 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxd5 Qf6 16.e4 Bh3 17.Re1 Rad8 18.Rc1 Be6 19.Qd2 Bxd5 20.exd5 Re5 21.Qb4 Rdxd5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 += )11...d5 {+0.26}12.Rc1 = {+0.18 / +0.26} ( 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e3 Qd6 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Qb2 b6 17.Nf3 h6 18.Rfe1 Bf5 19.Red1 Bg4 20.a3 Qe6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.h3 Bf5 23.g4 Be4 24. Rc1 = )12...b6 += {+0.60 / +0.18} ( 12...e5 13.Bb2 d4 14.c5 Bf8 15.c6 bxc6 16.Nc4 Bb7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxd4 Ne4 19.gxf4 c5 20.Be5 f5 21.Qxd8 Raxd8 22.Rfd1 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxe4 Rxd1+ = )13.b4?! = {+0.00 / +0.60} ( 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd2 Rc8 17.Qb2+ Kg8 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Ne5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bb7 21.Ng4 h5 22.Bxd5 hxg4 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 += )13...Bb7 {+0.10}14.c5 = {-0.08 / +0.10} ( 14.a3 e5 15.Bb2 Qe7 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 e4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nc4 Nf6 22.Ne3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qa4 Qd7 26.Qxd7 = )14...bxc5 {+0.00}15.Bxc5 {-0.08}15...Nd7 {-0.06}16.Nb3 = {-0.38 / -0.06} ( 16.Qa4 Nxc5 17.bxc5 a5 18.e4 Qc7 19.c6 Ba6 20.Rfd1 d4 21.Nb3 e5 22. Rc2 Bf8 23.Qxa5 Qxa5 24.Nxa5 Rec8 25.c7 d3 26.Rcc1 Ba3 = )16...Nxc5 {-0.30}17.Nxc5 {-0.34}17...Bc6 = {-0.08 / -0.34} ( 17...Qb6 18.Qb3 Rac8 19.Nxb7 Qxb7 20.Qa4 Bb2 21.Rc5 Red8 22.Rb1 Bd4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.e3 Bf6 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Bf1 Rc3 27.a3 Kg7 28.Rd3 = )18.Qd2 = {-0.40 / -0.08} ( 18.a4 Rc8 19.b5 Ba8 = )18...Bb5 = {-0.26 / -0.40} ( 18...Qb6 19.a4 Rec8 20.e4 dxe4 21.a5 Qb5 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Rab8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rb1 Rc3 26.Qd8+ Bf8 27.Qa8 a6 28.Qb7 Qe2 29.b5 = )19.Rfd1 {-0.18}19...Rc8 = {-0.08 / -0.18} ( 19...Qb6 20.e4 Rad8 21.exd5 exd5 22.Bf1 Bc4 23.a3 a5 24.Na4 Qb8 25. bxa5 Bb3 26.Rb1 = )20.e3 = {-0.36 / -0.08} ( 20.a4 Bc4 21.e4 Bf8 22.Qb2 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Rxc5 24.Qd4 Qc8 25.exd5 exd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxd5 Rc4 30.a5 Ra4 31.Kg2 Kg7 = )20...Bc4 = {+0.00 / -0.36} ( 20...Qe7 21.a4 Bc4 22.a5 Red8 23.Bf1 Rb8 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Nxd3 Qb7 26. Rb1 Rdc8 27.Nc5 Qb5 28.Kg2 a6 29.Qd3 Qxd3 30.Nxd3 Bc3 31.Rbc1 Kg7 32. Nc5 Bxb4 = )21.e4 = {-0.08 / +0.00} ( 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qe7 23.Nb3 Red8 24.Kg2 Qd6 25.Rc5 Rxc5 26.Nxc5 Qc6 27.Rc1 d4+ 28.Kg1 Bf6 29.e4 Rb8 30.a3 e5 31.Kg2 Be7 32.f3 = )21...Qb6 {-0.02}22.a3 = {-0.18 / -0.02} ( 22.exd5 exd5 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Qxb4 25.Qd7 Ra8 26.Qd5 Qa5 27.Qc4 Rad8 28.Kg2 Qb6 29.Qa4 Re2 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Qc4 = )22...a5?! += {+1.25 / -0.18} ( 22...Rcd8 23.exd5 exd5 24.Bf3 h6 25.Nb7 Qxb7 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Qxd8 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.Be4 Bb2 30.a4 f5 31.Bc2 Rc7 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Ke2 Re7+ 34.Kf3 = )23.exd5 {+1.29}23...exd5 {+1.27}24.Re1? {-0.60 / +1.27} ( 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qb5 26.Qc4 Qxc4 27.Rxc4 axb4 28.axb4 f5 29.Kg2 Re2 30.h3 Kf7 31.g4 Bf6 32.Rd7+ Re7 33.Rd6 Re2 34.Kf3 Rb2 35.Rd7+ Be7 36.Rcd4 += )24...axb4 {-0.62}25.axb4 {-0.54}25...Rxe1+ {-0.56}26.Rxe1 {-0.80 / -0.56} ( 26.Qxe1 Qb5 27.Qd2 Bf8 28.Bf3 Be7 29.Qe3 Bf6 30.Qd2 Rd8 31.Re1 Qb6 32.Kg2 h6 33.h4 Kg7 34.h5 Rb8 35.hxg6 Qxb4 36.Qxb4 Rxb4 37.gxf7 Kxf7 )26...Rd8 = {-0.40 / -0.80} ( 26...Bh6 27.Qc3 Bf8 28.Rd1 Bxc5 29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Qf6 Re8 32.Kg2 Ra8 33.Qe5 Ra2 34.Rd4 )27.Bf1 {-0.48}27...Bxf1 {-0.38} ( 27...Bxf1 { 20:-0.38} 28.Rxf1 d4 29.Rb1 Bf8 30.Nd3 Qb5 31.Rc1 Ra8 32.Nc5 Bg7 33.Rb1 Rc8 )1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------