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The Reti Opening | GM Neiksans Boot Camp #12

Arturs Neiksans

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Have you ever wanted to throw out all the chess books and play simple and pure chess instead? Perhaps the Reti Opening is just for you! Check the link below for my "Reti Simplified" course on Chessable! Timestamps below.

0:00 Intro
05:55 Audio fixed
06:55 Reverse Grunfeld
21:00 Classic Catalan ideas
26:43 1...d5 with 2...Nc6
36:18 1...d5 with 2...Nd7
43:03 Slav setup
54:42 Grunfeld with 1...d5 and 2...g6
01:06:57 Neo-Catalan
01:13:20 Classical Reti with 2.c4
01:20:55 King's Indian Attack
01:27:47 Double fianchetto for White

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20 Comments

@GMNeiksans Creator 5 months ago (edited) Pinned

The audio fixes itself at 05:55 - sorry about that! I added timestamps and also cut out unnecessary parts so you can enjoy the lesson without distractions. Last, but not least, on 23rd February 2026, I released my 6th course on Chessable - "Reti Simplified! https://www.chessable.com/reti-simplified/course/394210/

@DomiaAbrWyrda 1 year ago (edited)

lecture starts at 5:20, sound fixes itself at 10:08

@aceofspades1001 4 years ago

Awesome intro to a 1.Nf3 repertoire! Thanks Arturs. You mentioned doing a boot camp on the King's Indian Attack. Would love to see that! :)

@robinesperoza 7 months ago

It seems to me that the Reti is always nice. Against lower rated opponents you can outplay them(no forcing lines). Against higher rated opponents it gives me safety and a good position out of the opening.

@alanex5225 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the lines.

@MrAnOboDY-k1h 2 years ago

best reti video ever ! this was exactly what i was looking for everywhere

@onside237 3 years ago

Thanks, you really helped prepare to my upcoming tournament.

@Vorrum 4 years ago

Love this guy and love this opening! I had a lot of fun seeing you commentate on Rapport vs Nakamura the other day Arturs. Have a nice day! :)

@GTIBROS 4 years ago

Really like this video! Just started playing chess and I somehow picked up the Reti opening. This is super helpful

@BhavyaKumarMoolchandani 6 months ago

Thank you for a nice bootcamp😊

@callmecarlul8904 3 years ago

quickly want to mention there are incredible variations for black after 1.Nf3, d5 2. c4, d4 3. b4, g5 which is incredibly agressive for black, locks the white pieces on the queenside, gives dominance in the centre for black and gives great attacking options. it’s also equal according to the engine. anyone who plays the reti definitely wants to be prepared for this line or they will instantly get into a worse position

@monkeychess1398 4 years ago

I love these opening theory bootcamps. Thanx a lot Maestro! :-)

@paulhermann5445 3 years ago

Echo stops at 10mins. Good video

@IvanBaAl961 2 years ago

I like Reti and Alekhine. I prefer variant 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 ... though. One fun thing about Alekhine is when opponent premove something and immediately blunder a pawn on e4.

@m42orion12 4 years ago

Please do this on chessable,no one has in this depth....love your Kan course by the way.

@TendaiLast 5 months ago

Thank you.still waiting for the queen's gambit

@Standard____ 3 years ago

As someone who has tried most opening moves (1: c4, e4, d4, b4, d3, g3, b3) I’ve always wanted to see what playing with a knight out first and I’m already hooked

@Sun-gs6hq 2 months ago

Nice video.

@raylove2235 3 years ago

Thx for sharing this ! I play Reti with c4 but this way of playing is so interesting . Anyway I do not think Black has so many problems at 15:59 because this is a Tarrasch defense classical position which is very dynamic and playable at any level below IM for black