the confusing reti
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Hi matthiassmall, as someone who plays 1.e4 normally, but has also tried the reti opening recently without really understanding the objectives of it etc, I found your post extremely helpful! Nicely done!
Another way of dealing with the pawn capture is to play e4. See dynamic reti by nigel davis.
SWFCfan wrote: Hi matthiassmall, as someone who plays 1.e4 normally, but has also tried the reti opening recently without really understanding the objectives of it etc, I found your post extremely helpful! Nicely done!
x2 I agree
Sweet! I've been playing the Reti for a while, and I was looking for some insights. This thread gave me a lot of info on which to feast!
Thank you, especially batmanmg and ManicDragon.
The only thing I can suggest is look at Queens Gambit Accepted/Decline.
Those first moves (while out of order) can transition to Queens Gambit lines. The capture of C4 is a non-issue for white. There are many ways to equalize in the next few moves (and if against a poor player, gain).
I've been wanting to open with some "lesser-known" openings, but before going to the Reti, but I'm trying to learn the lines it can become first.
I have been researching on the reti recently and to my knowledge the strongest reply to 2.dxc4 is 3.Na3. Then the only way the pawn can be defended by black is either by the queen to d5 (which leads on to a strong developement of your pieces while chasing away the black queen) or by the stronger bishop move from black...Be6. If so, you can simply regain the pawn by the following 4.e2. Black is forced to lose at least a pawn.
ok so in every book i've read involving the reti 1.Nf3, d5 I become lost immediatly when the response is 2.c4 in the books, black never recaptures immediately (and even dissagrees with even capturing later) but in practice, everyone i've played captures on c4 and im left confused as to what help c4 (and the innevitable capture) gives me... i mean i understand that it detracts from black central pawns... and that in general black will strive to maintain the pawn (or if better plans arise allow the recapture) but what are my goals... to get back the pawn? build a flank attack? becuase the center is rather bumed out by that pawn on c4... and besides that... being as i've found that a runaround of 1. g3, Bg4 2.Bg2, Qd7 3. anything, Bh3 and an exchange of bishops leaves my kingside defences weak... and im always uneasy defending with 2. h3... but i like to play the less ordinary openings and really want to learn this one... any tips?