Reti Osnos 04 Lasker System I (2 c4)_B

 4 - Lasker System I (2.c4) B) 7...Be7

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bf5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bb2

   B) 7...Be7 8.d3

Let us note the continuation 8.d4, which White usually ties in with the preparation of the advance e4, as in the event of other plans Black has no problem at all:

Benko vs Smyslov
Pelts vs Sakharov
Milic vs Gligoric
Doda vs Golz
   8...h6 9.Nbd2 9.Nc3
Kirov vs Dobrev**
Hajtun vs Pogats
Euwe vs Kmoch
Filip vs Lundin
Averbakh vs Borisenko
Rashkovsky vs Anikaev
   9...O-O 10.a3
Doda vs Stein
Korzin vs Moisieev
Daudsvardis vs Moisieev
Hort vs Zuidema
Taimanov vs Raicevic
Faibisovich vs Bukhover
Dzhindzhihashvili vs Furman
Van Schoot vs Zuiderman**
   10...a5
Kochyev vs Beliavsky
Panno vs Karpov
   11.Rc1
Smyslov vs Djurasevic
Andersson vs Lombardy
Kuski vs Vaganian
Nikolaevsky vs Polugaevsky
Petrosian vs Furman
Reshevsky vs Ivkov
Hartoch vs Polugaevsky
Pfleger vs Hubner
Vukic vs Lombard
Sunye vs Christiansen
Ornstein vs Ogaard
Nepomniashchy vs Yuneev
Uusi vs Bagirov
Botvinnik vs Smyslov
Smetana vs Kaigorodov
Olafsson vs Tal
Kochiev vs Tseshkovsky
   11...Bh7 12.Rc2
Ribli vs Darga
Blagidize vs Sokolsky
Nikolaevsky vs Moisieev
Andersson vs Chekhov
Capablanca vs Lilienthal
Palatnik vs Bagirov
Brkljaca vs Raicevic
Spiridonov vs Kozma
Stein vs Platonov

 12 moves

"In this variation the forces of attack and defense are in relative equilibrium." --- Osnos