The Most Revolutionary Chess Opening for White

A game where a leading figure of hypermodernism, Richard Reti, introduces his revolutionary opening idea. This opening, later named after Reti, was called the 'Opening of the Future' by Savielly Tartakower, as it challenges the classical principles of opening play and sets the stage for a new era of chess strategy.
Reti vs Rubinstein, Karlsbad 1923
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 Bg7 6. b4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Nb3 cxb4 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bb2 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qc7 15. Qa1 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. O-O Ne6 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. d4 Be4 20. Rd1 a5 21. d5 Nc5 22. Nd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rfd8 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qb2 e5 28. Qb5 Kf7 29. Rb1 Nd7 30. f3 Rc8 31. Rd3 e4 32. fxe4 Ne5 33. Qxb6 Nxc6 34. c5 Rd7 35. dxc6 Rxd3 36. Qxc7+ Rxc7 37. exd3 Rxc6 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. d4 Ra6 40. Rb6 Ra8 41. Rxf6 a4 42. Rf2 a3 43. Ra2 Kd7 44. d5 g5 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. Ke3 h5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Ke7 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Kf5 1-0

[@mcronrn]

Great game full of insights!!

[@StoshGalumpke]

Great commentary !

[@amosdraak3536]

A model hyper modern game. From the beginning Reti exerted his pressure on the center and the enemy position in order to prevent any black pawns from firmly holding the center, and forcing the black knight ultimately to a passive e6 square. Once he gained control over the center with his pieces, he cemented it with his pawns, and in exchange for allowing his enemy knight to have the decent c5 square, much like Capablanca said of his famous hanging pawns game with Bernstein (1914), hanging pawns that are blockaded are not simultaneously susceptible to major piece attacks, so Reti’s only real “weakness” (Pc4) was double blockaded by two knights, and thus he could successfully exert pressure on the center in tandem with his queen side play to induce enough Black weaknesses to have a winning endgame.
Thanks as always. Good day

[@00bikeboy]

Brilliant play by Reti 👏

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanks for describing Reti opening in detail ❤.

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanks 👍

[@ashoksafaya5397]

@@chesswisdom Thanks Sir.

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

"Of course taking that pawn would be a blunder because..."
Me: Wait what?

[@MightySuki]

Me on every move 😂

[@sisez7820]

for me the reti variations are the most faszinating and interesting kind of games. they feel so dynamic

[@dr.rangarajc9691]

Zukertort games are also similar

[@whoisbhauji]

excellent game - however, it seemed that it was his middlegame play that won him the game?

[@gaopinghu7332]

This kind of middlegame would never happen without this kind of opening. That's why this is an "opening of the future."

[@YingTou1]

(2:05 - 2:40) Given Black's wish to defend the pawn on d4 by playing c5, why doesn't he head off White's b4 by playing c5 first instead of Bg7 (2:06)? -

[@chesswisdom]

Probably he didn't expect 6. b4.

[@twitchsmash9014]

Kings Indian defence 😂😂 not so good