The Reti is ocasionally seen at top level, and one cannot truly outgrow it. On the other hand, it wouldn't be harmful to expand your White repretoire with some more mainstream variations.
But when it comes to offbeat openings, usually you ditch it for something that gives more winning chances and doesn't allow Black to equalize too easily.
Despite that, I reccomend not to worry too much about the openings and just play what you're comftorable with at the moment.
I think the Reti is a great opening - very flexible and offers lots of play!
id say that the reti doesnt give you great winning chances, most of the time i just see draws, and for black id say continue playing what you love, but add a couple of side openings just to keep it from getting boring if your a postional player i highly recoomend the caro kan , always have a couple of defenses to play against all the main openings and always have a couple of openings for white that are Different,
I wouldn't say to neglect 1.e4 because while playing the board+opponent you want to try differant approaches because someone may fall victim to an opening easier than others. But is it just me or does white's king's pawn feel somewhat over rated, inferior in the sense that black has slightly increased difficulties playing against 1.d4 than 1.e4. Whatever white plays after e4 doesn't seem like a big deal. King's opening is starting to feel like the basics of introducing opening play through simplicity to beginners.
I think you're on the right path if you consider yourself a postional player. d4 with a follow-up of just Nf3 will often lead to solid/playable positions too.
As white, I'm planning on a Reti opening as the back-bone, with transpositions into the Catalan.
With 2300-2400 of tactics training you will easily go above 2000 on chess.com.
My first concern is why you don't improve your tactics skill to a higher level by choosing a tactical opening? What you achieved with tactics trainer is only a subset of the real tactics skill.
I'm in similar position as you are. I like positional games and I have pepared 1.Nf3 repertoire but think that I will be better improving on tactics so I play KG. By playing 1.e4 (KG) I will still improve my positional skill through playing as Black for example. But if I play 1.d4/1.Nf3 I will have no chance to improve my tactics to a degree that I want (2200-2400 FIDE).
With 1.Nf3, you need to know many openings. Normally you need to know some openings first before you can benefit from 1.Nf3. The symmetrical English is a must, for example 1.Nf3 c5 (but here you can opt for the Sicilian).
If you believe that the KID is "refuted", you can traspose to KID Fianchetto variation also (if Black shows early intention to fianchetto his King's Bishop). I don't believe you will prefer a Neo-Grunfeld?
The Reti is fine, but I don't know if it is useful to have experience with that opening. The only benefit is you can limit your study and avoid the QGA. But 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 is stronger (not drawish) but you have to learn other openings such as the QGA.
Hi all,
I was wondering if people could share their thoughts on my opening repertoire. I'm looking for something that will stand up to scrutiny as I develop in skill. I've worked a lot on tactics and am up about 2300-2400 on the tactics trainer here, but I prefer positional games.
As white, I'm planning on a Reti opening as the back-bone, with transpositions into the Catalan.
As black, I'd like to go with the closed Ruy Lopez, the Keres variation. And I'd supplement this with going into the mainlines in the King's Indian Defense.
What I'm slightly worried about is my choice as white. I'm going a bit off the beaten path with it, but is the Reti a legitimate opening at a top level, or will I outgrow it? I've been thinking about adding in the English and some d4 mainlines to it later if I need, since there are lots of transpositional opportunities between the Reti, Catalan and other d4 openings, particularly the fianchetto systems.
Thanks for your thoughts!