Réti Opening

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4

The Réti Opening is a chess opening classified as ECO A09, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4. Black is to move. 6 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 20,084 times by this move order. White won 53%, 5% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 2… dxc4 (27% of games).

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 2… d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b5)

ECO: A09
Moves: 3 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/2P5/5N2/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 2
PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	4,017	54%44%
1500-1999	10,572	53%42%
2000+	5,495	52%41%
All	20,084	53%42%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
2… dxc4 Réti Accepted	5,485 (27%)	56%40%
2… d4 Advance Variation	4,261 (21%)	52%44%
2… c6	3,756 (19%)	50%44%
2… e6	3,114 (16%)	51%43%
2… Nf6	2,103 (10%)	54%42%
2… Nc6	334 (2%)	53%43%
2… Bg4	319 (2%)	59%38%
2… c5	284 (1%)	52%42%

Master games

14,013 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 23%, Black 29%). The strongest:

LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) – Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-27
Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) – LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-27
GM Fabiano Caruana (2804) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2855) 0-1 · GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2016-06-20
GM Fabiano Caruana (2808) – GM So, W. (2812) 0-1 · 5th Norway Blitz 2017 · 2017-06-05
GM Fabiano Caruana (2807) – GM Levon Aronian (2799) 0-1 · Saint Louis Blitz 2017 · 2017-08-18

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Highest-rated Lichess games

FM Guary1 (2902) – GM cutemouse83 (2939) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
FM Guary1 (2895) – Sunrise34 (2855) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
FM Guary1 (2893) – Pyama_Ninja (2831) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3 d5) 1. Nf3 d5

Continuations

Réti Opening: Advance Variation A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
Réti Opening: Réti Accepted A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4
Réti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 b5
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (2… c6 3. b3) A12 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation (5… Be7 6. Bb2) A14 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Stonewall Line A14 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2

More Réti Opening lines (all)

Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.