A07 Reti Opening
Reversed Pirc
1.Nf3
d5
2.g3
Nf6
3.Bg2
Nc6
[Last week, in a Garden State League game against fellow Master Peter Radomskyj, Mark chose 3...e6
For that game, see post #480.]
4.0-0
[4.d4
denying ...e5 /\4...Bf5
5.c4
, with Catalan/Tchigorin hybrid, can't be bad.]
4...e5
5.d3
[5.d4
/\e4
6.Ne5
should also be playable.]
5...h6
[Stopping Bg5 & preparing ...Be6 seems a little slow. Maybe 5...Be7
/\6.Nc3
d4
(6...0-0
7.e4
d4
8.Ne2
looks fine for White) 7.Nb1
0-0
is Black's best.; RR5...Bc5
can be met by 6.Nxe5!
, the old fork-trick.]
6.c4
[11 other moves have been tried but, among them, 6.Nc3
; & 6.a3!?
are the only reasonable alternatives.]
6...Be6
[>=6...dxc4
7.Qa4
Bd6
8.Qxc4
Be6
; or 6...d4
Reversed Schmid Benoni]
7.Qb3N
[There have been 7 games with 7.cxd5
; & 3 with 7.Nbd2
; 7.Qa4N
Qd7
8.Nc3
Bd6
9.cxd5
Nxd5
10.Nb5=
is another line to consider.]
7...Rb8
8.Nc3?!
[This gives Black an advantage. Rybka wanted 8.Qa4=
getting the Q away from the Be6.]
8...d4
Diagram
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