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Thanks it was played based mostly on (in?) intuition. And yes, he should have played ...h6 to preserve the bishop. I don't like to play against the black system this game was the exception.

3.b4 is Schiller's recomedation in 'Hypermodern Opening Repertoire for White'. 

I have played the Reti for some time and I like very much when black plays 2...d4, much more than when black plays the New York System (London System reversed).  You can see a game of mine here 

http://jugadordecafe.blogspot.com/2008/03/mi-monna-lisa.html

I'm really happy with this game.

Black_Widow wrote on 06/12/08 at 12:09:03:


THe Dunnington book is now out of print but Davies' book seems to be freely available - in London at least.

TheDane wrote on 06/11/08 at 21:52:19:

If you don't like 2...d4 (like me) why not to play 2.g3 and c4 later?

The opening encycopedia from chessbase contains quite a lot of information. Both Dunnington and Davies deal with the variation, but I think both books are now hard to obtain. My experience is, that you always need to check the analysis from Davies, since he tends sometimes to be optimistic or misses an important resource for the opponent.

I have experience with colors reversed (Franco-Benoni), which is comparable with the g3 variation. If you play aggressive enough, often d4 becomes weak, and if you can conquer that, then often you will get an advantage. The aggressiveness is with piece play and the breaks e3 and b4. Sometimes you need to sacrifice a pawn though.

Dunnington also has a book on the Reti. Probably out of print though...

Donaldson's book, 2nd edition recently published, also uses the Reti move order. Dont have it myself, but seem to recall the 2..d4 coverage is "light"...

2..d4 is a tough nut if black knows what he is doing. Have mostly played g3 acc to Davies, but 3.b4!? gives original play.