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Réti Opening · White

Advance Variation, ...c5 and the Queenside Clamp · White (A09)

Develop the knight, control d4 and e5, and keep both central pawns flexible.

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Réti Opening · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO A09

Sample line with full explanations: Advance Réti, 3.b4 and the ...f6 Counter · Black.

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ECO A09–A16

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  1. Advance Variation, ...c5 and the Queenside Clamp · WhiteSample

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b5 Qc7 6. g3 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2

  2. Advance Variation, 3...f6 and the Qa4+ Line · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4

  3. Advance Variation, 3...Nf6 and the Reversed Benoni Setup · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Nf6 4. g3 e5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nd3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Bxd3 8. exd3 O-O 9. O-O

  4. Advance Variation, 3...g5 and the Qa4+ Check · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. b5 Bg7 6. g3 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O

  5. Advance Variation, 3...g6 and the Qa4+ Response · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 c6 8. d3 cxb5 9. cxb5 Na6 10. Nbd2

  6. Advance Variation, 3...Bg4 and Doubled f-Pawns · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. Bg2 Bxb4 7. O-O Nc6 8. f4 Nge7 9. fxe5 O-O 10. a3

  7. Réti Accepted, Na3–Nxc4 and Active Development · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. g3 f6 6. Bg2 Nh6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Nf7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ncd2

  8. Réti Declined, ...c6 and the b3–Bb2 Setup · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5

  9. Réti Declined, ...e6 and the Catalan Transition · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4

  10. Anti-Grünfeld, h4 and the e4 Center · White

    1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. h5 c5 8. h6 Bf6 9. e4

  11. Advance Variation, the Open h-File Mate · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Na3 e5 6. Nc2 Bg4 7. e3 Ne7 8. exd4 exd4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Re8 13. O-O-O a5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qh3 axb4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4? 17. Qh8+ Bxh8 18. Rxh8#