Gambit System
Summarized from the book "Reti Opening 1 Nf3 d5" by Viacheslav Osnos 1982
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 The critical position of this system, when White continues to develop without defending c4.
3.g3 Nf6 3...dxc4 4.Bg2 e6 5.Qc2 a) {Carls vs Nimzowitsch} b) {Goldberg vs Beilin} c) {Schmid vs. Schaufelberger}4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Na3 a) 5.a4 a1) 5...g6 a1a) 6.Na3 Qd5 {Gaprindashvili vs Chiburdanidze} a1b) 6.Na3 Bg7 {Vukovic vs Trifunovic} a1c) 6.0-0 Qd5 7.Nc3 {Khasin vs Shestakov} a2) 5...Be6 {Romanishin vs Dorfman} a3) 5...h6 {Petrosian vs Dolmatov} a4) 5...Na6 {Romanishin vs Makarichev} b) 5.Qc2 b1) 5...Nbd7?! {Vadasz vs Lukacs} b2) 5...Qd5 {Bagirov vs Mnatsakanian} b3) 5...b5 b3a) 6.b3 {Dzindzichashvili vs Bagirov} b3b) 6.a4 {Nikolic vs Spassov} c) 5.0-0 c1) {Karner vs Polugaevsky} c2) {Sherbakov vs Estrin} c3) {Romanishin vs Sveshnikov}5...b5 a) 5...Be6?! b) 5...g6?! {Dzindzichashvili vs. Fedorowicz} c) 5...e5!? {Barczay vs Benko} c1) 8.d3 (Etruk vs Keres}6.Ne5 6.d3 6...e6 is weaker {Olafsson vs Hort} 6...cxd {Benko vs Petrosian}6...Qc7 6...Nd5?! is weaker {Portisch vs. Donner} {Zilberstein vs. Sveshnikov}7.d4 MainLine - {Tseitlin vs Sveshnikov}
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I always dread the c6 systems. I answer 3b3 in general, though, maybe I'll have to take a closer look at this option.
Gambit System
Summarized from the book "Reti Opening 1 Nf3 d5" by Viacheslav Osnos 1982
Names in braces { } are linked
1.Nf3 d5

2.c4 c6
The critical position of this system, when White continues to develop without defending c4.
3.g3 Nf6
3...dxc4 4.Bg2 e6 5.Qc2
a) {Carls vs Nimzowitsch}
b) {Goldberg vs Beilin}
c) {Schmid vs. Schaufelberger}
4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Na3
a) 5.a4
a1) 5...g6
a1a) 6.Na3 Qd5 {Gaprindashvili vs Chiburdanidze}
a1b) 6.Na3 Bg7 {Vukovic vs Trifunovic}
a1c) 6.0-0 Qd5 7.Nc3 {Khasin vs Shestakov}
a2) 5...Be6 {Romanishin vs Dorfman}
a3) 5...h6 {Petrosian vs Dolmatov}
a4) 5...Na6 {Romanishin vs Makarichev}
b) 5.Qc2
b1) 5...Nbd7?! {Vadasz vs Lukacs}
b2) 5...Qd5 {Bagirov vs Mnatsakanian}
b3) 5...b5
b3a) 6.b3 {Dzindzichashvili vs Bagirov}
b3b) 6.a4 {Nikolic vs Spassov}
c) 5.0-0
c1) {Karner vs Polugaevsky}
c2) {Sherbakov vs Estrin}
c3) {Romanishin vs Sveshnikov}
5...b5
a) 5...Be6?!
b) 5...g6?! {Dzindzichashvili vs. Fedorowicz}
c) 5...e5!? {Barczay vs Benko}
c1) 8.d3 (Etruk vs Keres}
6.Ne5
6.d3
6...e6 is weaker {Olafsson vs Hort}
6...cxd {Benko vs Petrosian}
6...Qc7
6...Nd5?! is weaker {Portisch vs. Donner} {Zilberstein vs. Sveshnikov}
7.d4 MainLine - {Tseitlin vs Sveshnikov}
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