As White

Réti Opening

The Réti Opening is a chess opening for White that starts with 1.Nf3.

1.Nf3 develops before committing the pawns. Very flexible: it can transpose to the English, the Queen's Gambit or setups with g3 and b3.

Reviewed on November 6, 2026 · Prepared by Josep Serrano Ballestero

10 lines

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  1. 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4

    1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3

  2. 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4

    1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.O-O Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nxe5

  3. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 c5 10.dxc5

  4. 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4

    1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5

  5. 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3

    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1 f6 10.c3

  6. 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3

    1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.e4

  7. 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne5

  8. 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4

    1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 Na6 9.Ba3 c6 10.Re1

  9. 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6

    1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qe2

  10. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O d6 8.d3 c5 9.b5 e5 10.a4

Frequently asked questions

Is the Réti Opening good for beginners?

It is better suited to experienced players. On OpeningCraft it is aimed at players with Elo 1800 – 2000. It suits players who prefer long-term plans and pawn structure.

How many lines of the Réti Opening do you need to learn?

OpeningCraft teaches 10, in blocks of 5. They come from real Lichess games at each rating band, and the traps and opponent mistakes most common at your level come first.

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