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easy guide to the Reti Opening Angus Dunnington - 1998 Contents introduction 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc41.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 3.e3 3.g31.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Black Plays ...Bf5 Black Plays ...Bg41.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Black Pushes ...d5-d4 Black Plays ...dxc4 Other TreatmentsDutch Systems: 1.Nf3 f5 Black Plays ...d5 Black Plays ...e51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4

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pg 5 introduction "1.Nf3 is a wonderfully crafty way to open the game. White makes a useful developing move without committing his centre pawns, giving Black nothing to bite on. We will concentrate on variations which see White adopting the Reti system. Richard Reti (1889-1929) was one of the hypermoderns - a group of chess pioneers of the 1920s who drastically changed the way the game was played. Basically, rather than erecting a big pawn centre, Reti realized the effectiveness of the combination of the restrained pawn-centre and the fianchetto of one or both bishops. Throughout this book there are examples of the pressure White manages to exert on the long diagonals, and apart from the dark squared bishop, which plays a major role thanks to the power of the queenside fianchetto, you will find that White's queen sees a lot of action on the a1-h8 diagonal. In fact the Reti bishop and the Reti queen make an excellent team.The hypermodern strategy is taken for granted today as a perfectly sound and promising approach which caters for players of different styles, and players of every level have difficulty when faced with White's raking bishops on the long diagonals and the annoying amorphous pawn-centre, which threatens to advance with extreme force should Black find his own 'over-extended' centre being dismantled. It is also no coincidence that Reti was an endings expert, as White's persistent initiative can lead to a promising end-game if Black seeks to relieve the pressure through exchanges." ---Dunnington Black's c5-e5 BindZaichik vs de la Villa Black's c6-d5-e6 wallSpraggett vs Garcia Callejo [Contents]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6; Reti/Slav pg 55 Black Plays ...Bg4 Capablanca System 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 3...Bg4 Przewoznik vs Bagirov Forintos vs Feher Evans vs Smyslov 4.g3 Bg4 4...g6 Stein vs Shamkovich Barcza vs Unzicker Ivanov vs Kozlov Vukic vs Kostic Stohl vs Glek Glek vs Van Mil 5.Bg2 e6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 7...Be7 Vaganian vs Pelletier Salov vs Geller 8.d3 0-0 9.Na3 9.Nbd2 Hickl vs Slobodjan Suba vs Salov Timman vs Karpov Podzielny vs Dautov 9...a5 9...Qb8 Pigusov vs Korkina 10.Nc2 Qb8 10...Re8 Hickl vs Kuczynski Salov vs Jussupow Beim vs Lukacs 10...a4 Larsen vs Timman 11.Qd2 Pigusov vs Piket [CT] [cb] 11.Rb1 Winants vs Van der Werf 11 moves

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 ------------------------------------------------------ G04 Reti vs Rubinsteinhttp://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/2869534 https://www.chessbites.com/Games.aspx?d=kkAoCCr 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nf6 3...g6Schekachev vs LobronIvanov vs AturupanaSavon vs KorchnoiKorchnoi vs Timman 3...c5Rashkovsky vs GodesBouwmeester vs BhendIllescas Cordoba vs Portisch 3...Nc6Kochiev vs VitolinsKovacevic vs ReeBeaumont vs LawPsakhis vs ZhuravliovBenjamin vs SeirawanSalov vs HuebnerHickl vs BorikWojtkiewicz vs SeirawanAzmaiparashvili vs BalashovIvkov vs SosonkoGeller vs Kupreichik4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.b4 O-O 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Nb3 cxb4 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b6 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bb2 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qc7 15.Qa1-----------------------------------------------------------------15 moves -----------------------------------------------------------------

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Game 3 Tisdall vs Baburinhttp://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/77979 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 3...dxe3Gausel vs MortensenFauland vs Sokolov 3...Nc6Plachetka vs LukacsShamkovich vs VasiukovLandenbergue vs CamporaAlekhine vs EuweFreisler vs LandaKochyev vs ReshkoBukic vs PrandstetterZvjaginsev vs Granda ZunigaPanno vs PolugaevskyVladimirov vs DolmatovPanchenko vs HodgsonStohl vs Dautov4.b4 dxe3 4...g6Fine vs Horowitz5.fxe3 cxb4 6.Bb2 6.d4Dorfman S vs iniavskiKochiev vs KupreichikPolugaevsky vs CamporaTichy vs EfimovEfimov vs MukhutdinovSeirawan vs Nikolic 6.a3Bandza vs Chekhov6...Nf6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 e6 9.d4 Be7 10.Qd3 0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------10 moves -----------------------------------------------------------------

1.f3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 G02 Namgilov vs Dao Thien Haihttp://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/79269 1.f3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 4.a4+Gamundi Salamanca vs WesterinenPrzewoznik vs Kveinys4...e5 4...c5Kozul vs RogicCzerwonski vs KveinysPirc vs KosticAzmaiparashvili vs StefanssonRellstab vs Pfeiffer 4...dxe3Lisitsyn vs RabinovichNeckar vs Goria5.c5 a5 6.c4Napolitano vs BaloghVaganian vs MikenasDarcia vs MachinskayaIlinsky vs Lev6...h6 7. O-O e7 8. d3 dxe3 9. xe3 f5 10. b5 e4----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 moves -----------------------------------------------------------------

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6; ...Bf5 Reti Slav - New York System - London Defense 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 5...g6 Petrosian vs Tal 5...Nbd7 Beikert vs Wilde 5...a5 Benko vs Addison 5...e6 5...Nbd7 Csom vs Kovacs 6.Bb2 Nbd7 6...Be7 Smejkal vs Hubner 7.O-O h6 7...Bd6 Romanovsky vs Rabinovich Petrosian vs Chapichadze 8.d3 Be7 8...Bc5 Larsen vs Agdestein Donner vs Bisguier 8...Bd6 Doncevic vs Gonzalez 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 10.Ne5 Kavalek vs Karpov 10...a5 10...Bh7 Panno vs Karpov Vukic vs Radlovacki 11.Qc2 11.Rc1 Karlsson vs Faldt Andersson vs Chekhov Palatnik vs Sherzer Stein vs Platonov Blagidze vs Sokolsky Ribli vs Darga Jurek vs Dobrovolsky Csikar vs Csom Drasko vs Matulovic 11...Bh7 11...Qb6 Smyslov vs Djurasevic 12.Bc3 b5 12...Re8 Petrosian vs Furman Marin vs Gonzalez Troyke vs Titzhoff Psakhis vs Ubilava 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Qb2 Qb6 14...b4 Winants vs Van der Sterren Kuporosov vs Filipenko 15.b4 Ribli vs Sherzer [CT] [cb] 15.Ne5 Clemens vs Schmidt 15 moves

CH06 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 pg 114 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 3...a5 Smyslov vs Ader Hausman Smyslov vs Kuijpers Barcza vs Hecht Lupu vs Kereszturi Bronstein vs Lepeshkin 4.Bb2 d6 4...0-0 Soppe vs Ricardi Petrosian vs Najdorf Poley vs Fries Nielsen Balashov vs Khalifman Poley vs Von Bahr Stein vs Barczay 4...b5 Davies vs Bec 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e5 6...c5 Knezevic vs Mestrovic Schmittdiel vs Morawietz 7.d3 7.c4 Keres vs Zaitsev Davies vs Cuoso Barczay vs Brzozka Haik vs Kouatly 7...c6 7...Nh5 Smyslov vs Matulovic 7...Nbd7 Stein vs Rodriguez Carnero 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.e4 a5 10.a3 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 Marin vs Georgiev [CT] [cb] 12 moves

1.Nf3 f5 Black plays ...e5 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d6 Vaganian vs EhlvestPlaninc vs KovacevicHickl vs Jussupow4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Be7Nogueiras vs ValdesKamsky vs NikolicAkopian vs BrowneVaganian vs PalatnikPsakhis vs KasparovHalfdanarson vs Kupreichik6.Nc3 O-O 7.d3 Kh8Averbakh vs KotovSandmann vs BrandenburgAnastasian vs CzerwonskiBecker vs Carlier8.Bd2Hickl vs GofshteinSeirawan vs LarsenBenko vs Larsen8...Na6 9.Rb1 c6 10.b4 Nc7 Spraggett vs Speelman [CT] [cb] 10 moves

CH05 1.Nf3 f5 Black plays ...d5 pg98 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 Ivanov vs PushkovKramnik vs SorokinHertneck vs KnaakGarcia Iludain vs Pablo MarinVaganian vs Piasetski5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d5Zviagintsev vs Comas FabregoSpraggett vs SpeelmanGufeld vs Sax7.d3 Kh8Hertneck vs KeitlinghausMainka vs KeitlinghausSpassov vs ZajaKern vs LukovskiSteinbacher vs Minasian8.e4 d4 9.Ne2 Stohl vs Keitlinghaus [CT] [cb] 9 moves

A) Black pushes ...d5-d4 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 3...Be7 △ ...Bf6 Spraggett vs Jussupow Zaichik vs Petrosian4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 6...d4 Botvinnik vs Stahlberg Vogel Cvetkovic**7.Bb2 Nc6 7...d4 Miles vs Geller 7...dxc4 Ftacnik vs Inkiov Plachetka vs Blatny 7...Qb6 Jurek vs Blatny8.e3 d4 8...Ne4 Korchnoi vs Fuchs 8...Qb6 Bilek vs Santo Roman9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Ne8 10...d3 Badea vs Micalizzi 10...Re8 Panno vs Cifuentes Parada Eingorn vs Agzamov Tal vs Zhuravliov Miles vs Muir Greenfeld vs Groenn11.d3 11.Ne5 Dizdar vs Todorovic11...f6 12.Na3 12.Ba3 Rotstein vs Flear12...e5 13.Ne2 Nc7 14.Qd2 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.b4 16.Rab1 Schwartzman vs Lputian16...axb4 17.axb4 Ncxb4 18.Nfxd4 Rb8 18...exd4 Lautier vs Kotronias 18...Nxc2 Shumiakina vs Bacia Ionescu 10 moves

pg 86 G8 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 other ----------------------------------------------------------- 1.c4 e6 2.f3 f6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 e7 5.g2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.b2 b7 8.e3 bd7Kovacevic vs KurajicaFtacnik vs WedbergDorfman vs ZaitsevGulko vs Olafsson 9.c3 e4 10.e2 Geller vs KeresDizdar vs NaumkinGeller vs KholmovLjubojevic vs Beliavsky 10...a5 Kasparov vs Karpov [CT] [cb] 10...c5 Sherbakov vs Dzhandzhgava ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 moves -----------------------------------------------------------

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6; ...dxc4 http://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/187739 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Qe2 9.Nc3 a) 9...dxc4 Geller vs Polugaevsky Dizdar vs Drasko Damljanovic vs Yermolinsky Pigusov vs Armas b) 9...Nbd7 Rodriguez vs Hernandez Dizdar vs Naumkin c) 9...Nc6 Csom vs Miles Damljanovic vs Anand Botvinnik vs Dzindzichashvili Nogueiras vs Santiago Arencibia Panchenko vs Lengyel Rasmussen vs Inkiov 9...Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Nc3 dxc4 11...Rad8 12.cxd5 a) 12...exd5 Enigl vs Mayr Anikaev vs Lputian b) 12...Nxd5 Vaganian vs Karpov Sprotte vs Lange Sunye Neto vs Schoepf12.bxc4 a6 13.Rab1 Rab8 14.Ba1 14.d3 Pigusov vs Cvetkovic14...Rfd8 14...Nd7 Kirov vs Stangl15.d3 Na7 15...Ba8 Zaichik vs Tiviakov16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 b5 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.Re1 Bf8 22.Be5 Bd6 23.Bxd6 23.Rbc1 Sokolov vs Li Zunian 12 moves

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 Black Pushes ...d5-d41.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 A) 3.b4 B) 3.e3 C) 3.g3

pg 9 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 3.Qa4+ 3...Nc6Andonov vs PantaleevPolugaevsky vs DlugyZlochevsky vs Gertler 3...c6Gausel vs ZilbermanKorchnoi vs Garcia PalermoMednis vs Fontaine 3...Qd7Andonov vs Paunovic 3...Nd7Szekely vs StajcicFilipov vs Rublevsky3...c5 3...a6Danailov vs Bernard 3...c6Gurevich vs La Rota 3...e5Alvarez Ibarra vs Pina4.Nxe4 Nc6 4...b5Krogius vs Karasev5.b3Feustel vs MortensenBilek vs Keres5...e5 6.Bb2 f6 7.g3 Nge7 8.Bg2 Be6Danailov vs TwardonKochiev vs TaimanovKengis vs YakovichLputian vs Yakovich9.0-0 Nd5 9...b5Shaboian vs Anastasian10.e3 Be7 Huebner vs Garcia Palermo [CT] [cb] 10...b5Mikhalchishin vs Dzhanoev-----------------------------------------------------------------10 moves -----------------------------------------------------------------

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