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Réti Opening

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Réti Opening is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.

129master games
2628avg. Elo
3variations
White wins %31 · draw %55 · Black wins %14

Played by: Erigaisi, Caruana, Gukesh, Nakamura, Abdusattorov, Keymer, Duda, Praggnanandhaa

Main line

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Qd3 Qe7 14.e4 Bxf4 15.gxf4 Rad8

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Variations played by masters (3)

Main line · ECO A09 · for White

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 …
72 games · avg. Elo 2636 · W/D/L 20/44/8 · Model game: Oparin – Hong, 2025 (1/2-1/2)

Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System · ECO A11 · for White

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 …
39 games · avg. Elo 2600 · W/D/L 11/20/8 · Model game: Korobov – Erigaisi, 2024 (1/2-1/2)

Advance Variation, Michel Gambit · ECO A09 · for White

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.g3 Qc7 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O cxb4 8.e3 Nc6 9.exd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 …
18 games · avg. Elo 2660 · W/D/L 9/7/2 · Model game: Erigaisi – Pranesh, 2026 (1-0)

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Other openings

Sicilian DefenseQueen's Gambit DeclinedRuy LopezEnglish OpeningItalian GameIndian DefensePetrov's DefenseNimzo-Indian DefenseFrench DefenseZukertort OpeningCaro-Kann DefenseQueen's Pawn GameKing's Indian AttackFour Knights GameQueen's Gambit AcceptedCatalan Opening

Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.