Fighting the Reti and KIA

In this chessable opening repertoire, I will be presenting a very simple solution to 1.Nf3. I have been using this repertoire in many of my blitz games which great success. The ideas and plans for Black are very simple and easy to remember which makes this option very strong. Sources I used in this repertoire was 365chess.com, MegaDatabase, Chessbase 13, and Komodo 10. I have checked each line with engine and included some novelities I have found a long the way. The lines covered are 1.Nf3 2.c4 and 2.g3 which is known as the Reti and the Kings Indian Attack. Enjoy!

Course stats

For: black pieces

Total students: 115

Recommended for: Intermediate players Advanced players

Trainable variations: 38

Avg. line depth: 10.79

Instruction: 2,627 words

Released on: May 10, 2017

Support level: High

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Fighting the Reti and KIA has

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Variation Details

35 x Reti (7.89 avg depth)

3 x Start position (44.67 avg depth)

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Last 10 Position Comments

Gladly_Wolde 680,240 The explanation following 4. Nxd4 (If your an Accelerated Dragon player, consider...g6 as it would transpose into Maroczy Bind positions.) should be
If you are ... (or If you're ...).
Second, moving the sentence below 4. ... Nf6 makes it clear the comment belong to to 4. ... Nf6 rather than the move 4. Nxd4. 3 months ago

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Gladly_Wolde 680,240 I presume you present the first and second moves of the KIA; however, all the variation in Chapter 3 show 2. ... d5 as the second move for Black, whereas the "correct" second move here is g6. Why have introductory sequences in chapter 1 different than those in Chapters 2 and 3? 4 months ago

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Gladly_Wolde 680,240 I am confused here because 2. ... g6 is required here, but all the examples in the Reti chapter show 2. ... Nc6 in response to 2. c4. Shouldn't the two move introduction be consistent with the variations in the appropriate chapter. Maybe, label the variations as Introduction to Reti and Introduction to KIA. In addition, it might be helpful to provide a "foreshadowing" comment at the end that this introductory variation is explored at greater depth in Chapter 2 or 3, respectively. 4 months ago

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Eucatastrophe 3,551,420 Instead of 7. ... d6 I'd like to suggest 7. ... Qe7 opting for an equal but easy to play (fighting) middle game instead of an equal endgame. It seems to be more in the spirit of the repertoire to keep queens on! 8 months ago

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PawnPusher1 4,851,780 This game was to demonstrate how to play the opening. Since it's already move 60, I would presume that both colors at time pressure hence they won't be able to play the best moves. 11 months ago

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wd66 10,973,920 no 60. .... Qd1+ bether immediately 60. ... Qh5+ 11 months ago

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wd66 10,973,920 whay 64. Kf3? Isnt bether repeat Kf1? 11 months ago

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PawnPusher1 4,851,780 After Nb5 I recommend playing a6 or even after Nb5 Bg7 N1c3 a6. Whenever white plays Qa4, you can reply with Rb8 and the white knight will be misplaced
12 months ago

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DrMemphisto 253,950 after 6.Nb5 Bg7 7.N1c3 Nf6 how would you answer 8. c5 12 months ago

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Rexlex 2,109,870 "Black will finish up his development by playing... ♗d7, ...♕d7 and then develop his rooks to the d and c files."

I imagine you meant to say something else, since you currently are sending two pieces to the same square. 1 year ago

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