Where do you think the reti (1. nf3 d5 2. c4) would belong to?
It depends a lot on both sides play:
Black has 4 main responses against the reti which are:
e6
c6
d4
dxc4.
e6 and c6 both tend to lead to positional and solid games, specially if white transposes to a queen's pawn position by playing d4.
White can also play systems like: 1. nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 nf6 4. bb2 bg4 (capablanca variation) 5. e3 e6 6. be2, followed normally by castling, d4, nbd2 and Ne5 ideas, leading to positional games.
A bit more aggressive is in the wimpey system move order with: 1. nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 nf6 4. b3 c5 5. bb2 (wimpey system) nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 and then 7. bb5, which is also positional but a bit more aggressive
d4 is the sharpest but it also really depends on both side plays.
after d4, white's best choice is 3. b4, kinda like a reversed pseudo-benko. I used to play 3. e3, however the move 3. nc6 is kinda depressing.
Now, depending on what black plays after 3. b4, is how the game is going to go: Let's see black's options:
3. nf6 and 3. bg4 are kinda correlated, but can lead to different positions. After 3. bg4 white can play 4. Qb3, followed normally by g3 which leads to balanced positions most of time, not that aggressive but not that solid either.
after 3. nf6 white can still play Qb3 but also can play stuff like 4. e3, which can transpose into reversed blumenfeld if black plays c5. but black also has the option of playing 4. e5
3. f6 lead to more tactical and aggressive positions. It's one of the sharpest lines in the reti.
White usually plays into 4. e3 and after 4. e5 5. c5 and 5. a5, white usually plays Qa4+ but also white can play bb2.
Qa4+ is kinda a long line and a lot of moves are forced there, white sacs a pawn but gets enough compensations and it's tactical and aggressive IMO. Bb2 is kinda an unexplored idea so i don't have that much of a clue, except that there is an early draw line:
after 6. bb2 dxe3 7. fxe3 axb4 8. d4 e4 9. nfd2 f5 there is 10. Nxe4, and if black recaptures instead of nc6 then White can go perpetual check with Qh5-Qe5-Qd5
C5 line (michel gambit) Often transposes to the reversed blumenfeld because it allows white to play e3.
dxc4 is a line where white gets more aggressive positions and more attacking possibilities, but black can still solidify with correct play.
Where do you think the reti (1. nf3 d5 2. c4) would belong to?