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This flank opening - actually an early gambit in what is otherwise sometimes called the Zukertort opening 1.Kt-KB3(f3) - is named after Richard Réti (1889-1929), a Czech mathematician and physicist who was one of the founders of the Hypermodern School and who left many writings on the game. |
| The aim of the opening is control of the centre without occupation, in the hope that Black will set up a rigid pawn structure that will be vulnerable to attack. White's usual gambit move 2..P-QB4(c4) is shown left. Requiring deep positional judgements, the opening is rarely seen outside master chess! | |
| Avoiding the centre, the Reti tends to use a fianchetto, often becoming a Catalan or a Barcza system. | |
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