Help with Reti please
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im having trouble with the reti opening. after moving my c pawn, im very comfortable with three of blacks four best responses, but when opponents choose to advance their pawn past, i have one hell of a lot of trouble. that pawn just gets imbedded in my formation and hinders development greatly while black enjoys lots of space. I suppose i could try moving the d pawn up a space in response to blacks d pawn inching up, but that doesn't seem much better. If some one could help me it would be much appreciated.
I don't know if i'm right or wrong but what about Ne5? Then moving your c-pawn up threatening the fork on c7.
depthshaman, after black's .....4)Bf5? his b7 pawn is "enprise" for you to capture! This will give you a Winning advantage. I know in most cases it is unwise to take the so called "Poisoned Pawn"! But we must not be didadict in our approach to chess. There are always exceptions to the rule!
I think instead of responding 2. ... d4 with e3, you should play d3. After that, you could either fianchettoing the white-squared Bishop to g2 (4. g3 5. Bg2), or build a solid center (4. e5) with the Bishops to be placed in e7 and g5. The Knight in b2 has limited movement though, but it is tolerable.
I personally prefer the fianchetto line, though...
dang! thats it. he loses the rook or the knight right there. Thats whe the book line always has black play 3. knight c5 this definately solves my problem. i think ill play the above line if someone puches up the pawn. BY moving the queen on move four, theyll lose the pawn unless they mistakenly move the bishop, so this seems to work. thank you.
Black's push d5-d4 is the main line. If this creates discomfort for you, the Reti is the wrong opening. I generally play 3.g3, 4.Bg2, and 5.d3 against most Black choices.
However, 3.e3 is a dynamic choice for White and many players play it that way. It often leads to a sort of reversed Benoni. P-Q6 (d6) is bad against the Benoni, just as P-Q6 (d3) is bad against the Reti. As already noted, this pawn push gives the other player the pawn (after a few moves) and an overwhelming center.
BXR_Bailey_Blade_GT1 wrote:
Yes, a good way to play the Reti is Nf3 Nf6 c4 g6 Nc3 Bg7 d4 O-O e4
No, that is not the Réti.
cricket7890 wrote:
BXR_Bailey_Blade_GT1 wrote:
Yes, a good way to play the Reti is Nf3 Nf6 c4 g6 Nc3 Bg7 d4 O-O e4
No, that is not the Réti.
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Jun 5, 2021
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Réti himself played 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.b4!? and stopped Capa‘s 8-year-not-losing streak in NY, 1924. It’s a pet line of mine as well, but hardly what we call the Réti opening.
After 2. … d4 (see above) 3.b4 is not a bad choice. The problem of 3. e3 is Nc6! and things are not easy for White.
BL4D3RUNN3R wrote:
Réti himself played 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.b4!? and stopped Capa‘s 8-year-not-losing streak in NY, 1924. It’s a pet line of mine as well, but hardly what we call the Réti opening.
After 2. … d4 (see above) 3.b4 is not a bad choice. The problem of 3. e3 is Nc6! and things are not easy for White.
I love both those lines!! I love to play them when I get a chance, though not many people play the second thing...
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