The modern reti pdf

Wixc8 Wie7 lS. Wixc4 bS Wixb4 l"le8 Wig4 l"lxa4 Wid1 Wic7 2 0. Wie4 Wid7 Here is an example: 2 1. Wixd2 2 2. Wib1 l"lhe8 Wixb2 h6 2 2. Again, a perpetual check is ge5 Black's rooks are too active. This is a sure sign that he is on top. Yd6 1 3. Yb3 the knight cannot join the other tZlxb2 1 5.

Yxb2 d8 1 6. Yxa 1 'i! Yxb4 1 8. This mistake turns the tables. Wfbl ttJxf5 Wfxf5 was still in his favour. Ag 2 tva7 Ad 1 Axc S? Ah7 tLl d 5 White was either i n time trouble By playing Our move order is aimed exactly against Our aim i n the opening i s to that.

This thematic development reach the following position : does not work here because of the weak d5-pawn and the possibility of White's knight to jump to d4 or e5 with tempo. For example :. Here I advocate a rare and very aggressive approach, connected with a kingside attack by g2-g4. I will also examine a more restrained development where White also de lays d2-d4, but does not burn bridg es behind him and castles short. The problem is how to steer the opponent into our desired set-up.

Black is losing a pawn. In this part I examine several sys tems where Black avoids typical 3 J. A t least Black can argue here Perhaps you should remember that he is exploiting White's 3.

This m ight be useful i n some Stonewall. H owever, I adhere to lines with. Petrosian's view that the best ap proach of White towards the Dutch Black's dark squares are line. White has a space advantage on the queenside. H e can develop his initiative with ctJa4. Black should find another way of developing the c8-bishop. The first critical posi More often Black fianchettoes tion arises after: his bishop.

Then we attack with b4 : 7. Ajf6 3. White has a small advantage af White can also transpose to the ter 1S. Chebanenko with S. White should exploit that by 5. After all, it does not fit in with Black's initial plans. In my opinion, the bayonet attack would be the most challeng ing continuation: White is going to gain space with cS and switch his attention 6.

I examine id6 9. See my game 12 Delchev-Brunello, Porto Carras 5,.. We have. This is the Schlechter System White's pieces are like a com with c2 a6 inserted. Black often seizes more space, but then he finds him 8. We apply the usual recipe against a 7. Perhaps best is 2 0. Both sides have defined their plans. Black will attack on the kingside while we'll try to exploit our space advantage on the op posite wing.

Note, however, that White should not hurry to push b4! If Black exchanges the queens through fS , we will have a more ef fective plan - a rook lift to b3 ties Black down with the defence of the b7-pawn, then the breakthrough White should b e slightly bet e3-e4 should gain some edge. See ter after. See game 5 game 6 Postny-Himanshu, New Delhi 2 0 1 1. If Black keeps Koneru-Stefanova, Ulaanbaatar the queens for an attack, again we White meets.

White meets If Black plays an early. I suggest to keep the tension in the centre. I n this part I examine several systems where Black avoids typical Meran structures. Set-up with. Set-up with an to our repertoire since S. The queen move pre 4. Black aims to occupy the centre Sicilian adepts might prefer by. This logical move is seldom 7. At the same time, it is very Yi'b3 e6 B The character of play is not forced.

White can also develop Indeed, lDd6 Yi'e7 1S. Yi'xe4 lDb6 der control, is unclear. It is safer to lSJ3bl geB Yi'd3 cxdS ! Yi'b3 gcB The pawn structure resembles This thematic development does the variation with 3. Yi'c7 S. I'll only mention the two most popular continuations : a 7.

Wic3 1l. Wib6, with an unclear game. Wic7 5. White is also somewhat better af ter 9. Wid4 8. Wixa3 liJe7 The game Flores-Peralta, Men doza , went I propose 1 O. At first glance Black has solved the problem of the Slav bishop, but It turns out that Black is losing a couple of simple moves dissipate a pawn : the illusion :. It makes sense to take the sting out of Wib3. The immediate 3. Wib3 is awkward for Black 4. Wib3 allows the defence 5.

LDxd5 cxd5 1O. LDf3 f7 LDxg4 LDxg4. White has a bishop pair and a spatial ad vantage. Now, or on the next move, he can play ;Vc2 , with a flexible pawn formation. Of course, he can play 7. Then he should 7. LDxc4 ;Vc7 went 1. LDc3 c6 4. LDf3 LDf6 6. LDe2 LDd7 1O. LDxd7 9. White has some space advan tage and his outpost on b6 is cramp ing the opponent's queenside. The game Ponomariov-Ivanchuk, Dagomys 2 0 1 0 , went :. White has a slight pull here, but 1O.

YlYc1 YlYc7 1l. YlYa3 xa3 Black loses control over the dark squares, because This is consistent, but Black is 9. YlYb2 b6 1l. Taimanov-Persson, Stockholm , saw 9. YlYc2 lLlfd7 YlYc2 while White has a small advantage,. In Petersburg 2 0 1 0 , went Ei:bc1 tempo on Ei:b8 He should have started redeployment of his knight right away with : E4. De4 9. Dxd6 1l. Dbd2 c! Df6 Dbl c! Dxe5 De4 Dg5 White transposes to a typical Stonewall.

Without dark-squared bishops, this is a sensible decision , which should assure h i m o f some edge. The RHi-approach 9. This is the most passive, but 9 c!

Dbd7 Ei:abl a5 squared bishop. Black avoids any weaknesses and hopes to withstand a long siege after: Dt7 Dxt7 gxt7 Game 4 Laznicka-Valeanu, Herceg Novi 2 0 05 , is a model ex ample how to exploit White's domi nance by opening a second front on the kingside.

Set-up with an early a6 Black has prevented b4, but now Df6 3 a6 4. Dc3 c! Then S. The pure Reti approach 7. I play it successfully as Black. He was slightly 1Voa4 tt'lbd7 Sokolov, Janssen-Svetushkin, Kavala B.

Sarajevo 2 0 07, after S. MB tt'lxfB 1O. The queen move aims to impede the development of Black's bishop. Ivanchuk and Dreev have played B. However, Black should have sacrificed a pawn Black has tried here : Flo S. Wfb3 e6 1l. Wfb3 E:fcB. Natural development of the Now it is not rather dull. White is assured of a clear how Black should continue.

As a whole, White has the upper hand owing to the awkward position of the e6-bishop. This development is Topalov and now we see another considered in line F2 2. However, top player choosing it. Black's task switching to well tested lines with is not easy. Nakamura had previ 6. Ei:ac1 lLlb6 It Alternatively: is interesting to see Nakamura in a 6. He cannot push So he had no improve Khenkin-Kaeser, Osterburg White was on top after Therefore, he cannot prevent White lS.

Practice has seen Black gradually equalising after 7. Dc6 d7 E1ac1 b2 E1bl c3 2 2. E1fc1 xc4 Then 9. White Thus White should choose: 9. Note that 1l. E1cl lated pawn should avoid exchang Gustafsson-Handke, Germany Guangzhou E1dl he2 [ Dxc6 xc6 hc3 E1acl e6 E1ae8 After 9. I examine this plan in the next part. White has a strong initiative. His next step should be to open the centre in order to activate the second rook: It would be interesting to test 8.

In practice Black often tries to exploit the early development of White's queen by: 6. This position has been reached in the game Iturrizaga-Malakhatko, Cannes 2 0 1 0. White has the better pieces. He could have fixed his ad vantage with 1S. Black's queenside i s weakened and White should immediately take advantage of that by: Following For as 1l. For example, after E:adl but sooner or later White will have '? He can start with 7. White's general plan in this Or White will play b4 himself.

White has the better prospects, Ilincic-Popchev, Jagodina Perhaps I should explain why we 8. Indeed, White can pursue the Reti scenario 8. See my after 8. E:e8 9. We should aim for a more Porto Carras 1 0. Black plays this move almost However, 9.

The engines pro tion is what happens in the event pose a paradoxical retort: 9. The only chance to get 1O. We answer with 7. E1a7 is too pas In the position on the last dia sive.

White is somewhat better fol gram, White should revive the lowing 8. Wdl The pawn structure after However, Black's pieces are well stationed. I would like very much to play J some pull after lS. White deals a terrific blow : fxe6 E1hc1 m d 7 E1xc8 E1xc8 E1xa6 E1hc1 E1xc1 there is suddenly no defence against E1xc1 md7 E1cS;l;] E1xa4 E1b8 c7 White's game 1O. The bishop would be too dull on b7, for instance: 1l. Jc8 12Jac1 1! In these structures 1! Maric-Zhu Chen, Moscow is quite strong here.

Undoubtedly, 9. Gurevich-Van Haastert , , Belgium Here 2 1. I have tried once 1l The White is better here. Another drawback of this plan is that Black's option is 1l.

CiJxd7 ixd7 14Jbl lOc6 That might be critical in an endgame Occasionally, White plays This advance has no alternatives in the event of I show in the CiJxe6 tLlxe6 In the endgame he should hit I would rather take Black here.

This position has been reached It is difficult to break through in Laznicka-Postny, Kolkata Perhaps lLld7 With the text, White fixed her space advantage and will enjoy a F Ad2 lasting pressure. This move order is not obliga tory. White can also begin with Black can also try to prepare. Note that O-O idS 7. VNb2 VNc7 White's play i s s o clear and con sistent that it does not need any comments. The position looks too closed and Black obviously relies on the VNc3 well known fact that one weakness geb8 This logic.

White can His decisive breakthrough should happen on the opposite wing. That explains his following move. Generally, the si de with a space advantage should avoid exchanges, but in the con crete example, the black knights would be dangerous if White tried to open the kingside. So the young. The second stage of the game SO. We2 g6 6. This move only helps White, but Black cannot stay passive any An important typical position more. In the previ In principle, On the other hand, here Black's Following To take stock, White's h2-bB diagonal She will push b5 and or even So Black WeS WaS gaS Wa 1 This move looks ugly, but it is.

We 1 Wd7 The shop. This advance was not going to Of course, White should not run away. Besides, White had a open the g-file with He should decide She could how to meet. The most con also try The prob then The further course of the game 2 2. Now lS. We clearly see that I'd say that this posi tion is unclear, e.

Black is threatening with. A good defence is However, White makes a White would not be able to avoid the exchange of her A horrible blunder. The game The rook is more useful on gl, should finish peacefully then after but 2 0. Play is double-edged, Black's only counterplay is For instance, J:Uc8 1 7. Black does not achieve good re However, Black's pressure along the g-file is I'm not entirely sure that the knight not too effective.

The fine point be would stand on d3 better than on hind the queen swap is that in the e2. By all means, White should endgame the pawn advance on the not take on eS if Black pushed it. This game illustrates why. In that sce On the other hand, I will show that nario, the knight is best stationed without queens White receives oth exactly on e2 from where it can go er active options as the e4 break to g3. The d2-bishop, on the con through.

All in all, Black is playing trary, does need a better diagonal. Let us examine the two possible ap 1 4. White will put his rook on h6 an push h2-h4-hS to force the enemy into a zugzwang. The threat of gb3 is very unpleasant. We'll see later i n the game that e S It is much better to lift a rook to b3 and bind the opponent with the defence The mobility of White's heavy pieces makes the difference. Black's rooks are tied down to the b7-pawn A critical position.

In my opini and would not be able to compete on, White's only sensible plan here on the kingside. White should be is connected with e4. He should looking to open play by g4 or e4.

It have tried: is good to drag the h-pawn to h4. Another option 2S. On the contrary, the idea of. White has fulfilled his plan, but now the ultrapassive rook at a8 suddenly doubled its power.

Black has only to push eS to completely balance the game. Black cannot prevent e3-e4. The only question is Passive play usually costs dearly which are the best settings for the in chess. Black had the obvious 3 1. Play might continue: e S with good counterplay, but per haps Himanshu could not evalu a Both Black's king arrives to c7 just in time to help its rook to flee from Black does not realise that he the cage : Be2 Bg7 9.

Be3 Qd2 Be6 Rc1 Qa5 The move Just try playing in the diagram above! You'll have a club level engine as a sparring partner! If one doesn't have any idea how to play this structure, there are five games, in the model games database given with the series. The one I loved most is the following in which White brings the king in the centre, and keeps it there! But have no fear! Bologan will guide you throughout the videos with transpositions and ideas perfectly tailored to avoid Black's tricks and traps, including those moves Black would play to re-enter in his or her own theory and preparation!

In fact, Bologan shows we are not obliged to enter the Sicilian, and clearly, this becomes a battle of the highest order to steer the game into the direction we want, while our opponents will do the same — trying to trick us to enter the theory they have studied. So what does he give to play against someone who is clearly trying to make us enter the Sicilian?

If someone tries 1. Nf3 c5 then Bologan discusses 2. While I'm explaining the different lines, I thought of a question someone could ask about the differences between the Reti and the King's Indian Attack abbreviated as KIA.

Why do I think it's important to explain it? Because there can be some transpositions from one opening into the other. Watch some games, keeping in mind the different plans and ideas played in these two openings.

For example after the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 4. Nbd2 h6 now we are at a crossroads, depending on what White plays. If White plays 7. This is not the repertoire you give to a beginner or a low-rated amateur.

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