11/09/2020 Monday Night Chess Club in Snowmass Base Village
"For in the idea of chess and development of the chess mind we have a picture of the intellectual struggle of mankind ." /Richard Reti/"
LESSON OF THE DAY: Reti’s Opening
This is usually a pretty quiet way to start the game. The knight develops to a good square, and White maintains the flexibility of the central pawns. A later d2-d4 move may transpose to a 1.d4 opening (while avoiding certain lines), while a later c2-c4 move might transpose to the English.
Pros:
Flexible
Controls e5
Prepares to Castle
Cons:
Blocks the f-pawn
Allows 1…c5, controlling the d4 square from the side
Reti’s Idea
https://lichess.org/study/ox3AaEPx
Is Black winning in this position? White to move next.
Reti Opening Moves
1.Nf3 d5
2.C4
Black’s responses to 2. c4
2... e6 or 2… c6 (holding the d5-point)
2… dxc4 (giving up the d5-point)
2… d4 (pushing the pawn)
https://lichess.org/study/rVN9SV5B
Reti’s Opening – Typical Chess Tactics
1.https://lichess.org/study/iowvSj05
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2.https://lichess.org/study/iRqP8u37
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3.https://lichess.org/study/S2ldUkvZ
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4.https://lichess.org/study/FqHrbDOz
Immortal Chess Game
Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca
“A Knight in Capablanca” New York (1924), NY
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King’s Indian Formation
Attacking the King