Réti Opening: Réti Accepted

Réti Opening: Réti Accepted is a chess opening with the ECO code A09, part of the Réti Opening family. It goes 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4. White opens with 1. Nf3 (the Zukertort/Réti knight move) and Black answers 1... d5. After 4 moves it is White to move. After the last move Black is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
• 1... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
• 2. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4
• 2... dxc4 – Black captures on c4 with the d-pawn

In chessGM's opening book this position continues with 3. e3.

About the Réti Opening

White plays 1.Nf3 and c4, attacking the centre from the side instead of occupying it. It is a modern, flexible approach.

• White fianchettoes with g3 and Bg2, sometimes on both sides with b3 and Bb2.
• The c4 pawn pressures d5; White may take with cxd5 to open the c-file.
• If Black pushes ...d4, White attacks it with e3 or b4.

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Related openings

• It extends: Réti Opening (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4)
• Continues with: Réti Opening: Réti Gambit, Keres Variation – adds 3. e3 Be6
• Related line: Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4)
• Related line: Réti Opening: Réti Gambit, Keres Variation (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6)
• Related line: Réti Opening: Penguin Variation (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. Rg1)
• Related line: Réti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 b5)
• Related line: Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit (1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5)
• Related line: Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3)

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