Réti Opening came into existence after Richard Réti, a Grandmaster from Czechoslovakia defeated José Raúl Capablanca, the then World Chess Champion in a chess game at 1924 New York tournament. The opening move of the game by Réti then became famous as the Réti Opening. The opening is in the soul of the hypermodernism development that Réti championed, with the focal point being commanded from the wings instead of by immediate occupation. The conventional or exemplary strategy starts with the moves:
1. Nf3 d5
2. c4
1.Nf3 creates the knight to a great square, gets ready for snappy castling and keeps Black from involving the inside by 1…e5. White keeps up adaptability by not focusing on a specific focal pawn structure, while holding up to see what Black will do. White arranges to bring the d5-pawn under ambush from the flank or lure it to development to d4 and undermine it later. White will have the flexibility to move the c2 pawn to c4 and create a dilemma for the black. It will either eliminate the c4 pawn or move to d4 but both will allow the white to continue the attack. White will merge this arrangement with a kingside fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) to make weight on the light squares in the core.
In modern times the Réti mentions the design of Nf3 and c4 by White with …d5 by Black, where White fianchettos no less than one bishop and does not play an early d4.
After 2.c4 (ECO code A09), Black’s decisions are:
2…e6 or 2…c6 (holding the d5-point)
2…dxc4 (surrendering the d5-point)
2…d4 (pushing the pawn)
In the event that Black takes the pawn, then in the same way as the QGA, 3.e3 or 3.e4 recover the pawn with a slight playing point to White—Black being left sort of undeveloped. 3.Na3 and 3.Qa4 are additionally great, and regularly played. This assortment of White alternatives restrains the ubiquity of 2…dx
Réti promoted these moves against all barriers in the soul of hyper modernism, and as the opening created it picked up structure and a clearer qualification between it and different openings.
Hans Kmoch called the arrangement of strike utilized by Réti in the diversion Réti–rubinstein, Carlsbad 1923,”the Réti Opening” or “the Réti System”. Savielly Tartakower quoted that 1.Nf3 was an opening of the past, which became, towards 1923, the opening of the future. Regardless of the strength of the opening, the Réti ought not to be considered a solitary opening progression and unquestionably not a solitary opening move, but instead as an opening strategy with numerous varieties towards the focal point.
The stats of Réti Opening are above average. According to the statistics of chess websites, the win percentage of white is 37% and that of black is 26% and draw is 37%. It is ranked 5th in White’s best 10 openings along with Benko Opening and Vienna Game with 55.5 points per 100 games.
Looking at the statistics, Réti might help you when it comes to Chess. It can be a strategy to win next time you play chess with someone.