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Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening move 1.Nf3, [1] although most sources define the Réti more narrowly as the sequence 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4. [2] A flank opening, it is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. [3] [4] [5]
Réti used the opening most famously to defeat José Raúl Capablanca, the reigning World Chess Champion, in a game at the 1924 New York tournament. [4] Alexander Alekhine played the Réti in the 1920s, but at that time almost any game that began with Nf3 and c4 by White was considered to be the Réti.
The most common response after 1.e3 is 1...Nf6, where White generally continues with 2.Nf3, effectively transposing to the Reti Opening. Here, White can either play d4 soon after, potentially transposing to a Queen's Gambit Declined line, but can also deviate with a system similar to the Hedgehog System played by Black, with b3, c4, Nbd2, and Be2.
As the merits of 1.d4 started to be explored, it was the Queen's Gambit which was played most often—more popular than all other 1.d4 openings combined. The term "Queen's Pawn Game" was then narrowed down to any opening with 1.d4 which was not a Queen's Gambit.
It is named after the Hungarian grandmaster Gedeon Barcza who employed the opening on many occasions throughout his career. After playing the four moves outlined above White will usually choose to direct play into another opening system [ 2 ] such as the Réti Opening (by playing c4), the King's Indian Attack (by playing d3, Nbd2 and e4), the ...
The Polish can be used to combat certain variations of the Réti Opening or King's Indian Attack. [12] In particular, 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5, sometimes called the Spassky Variation after its use by Boris Spassky in the 1966 World Championship match against Tigran Petrosian, is a fully respectable opening that has been successfully played by several grandmasters including former world champions ...
A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, although various other openings can transpose into the Catalan. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) lists codes E01–E09 for lines with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2; other lines are part of E00. In the Catalan, White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening. White ...
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) identifies the Colle System as an uncommon continuation of the Queen's Pawn Game, assigning it the code D05. [a] In the ECO, the Colle System is defined by the line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3. [1]