Opening family
Réti Opening Lines and Variations
The Réti Opening family contains 43 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO A09 to A14. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- A09 · Réti Opening
- A09 · Réti Opening: Advance Variation
- A09 · Réti Opening: Réti Accepted
- A09 · Réti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit
- A09 · Réti Opening: Penguin Variation
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
- A09 · Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit
- A09 · Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit
- A09 · Réti Opening: Réti Gambit, Keres Variation
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
- A09 · Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- A11 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bled Variation
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System
- A12 · Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System
Deep theory branches
- 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Stonewall Line
- 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d3 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System
- 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation
- 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. b3 e5 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System
- 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System
- 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d3 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System
- 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. e3 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System
- 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. d3 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 — Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System