Réti
1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 d4!?
This is the top choice of Stockfish17 and Dragon1.
4.Nf3 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Re1 0-0
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| Now both sides have castled, how would you assess the position? |
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Black has more space in the centre, but White has a queenside pawn-majority that could be useful in an ending. Stockfish17 gives White a slight edge, but Dragon1 is less sure.
10.b3 Bb4!? 11.Re2
Black is at least equal after 11.Nbd2 Bc3 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.Ba3 a5, while 11.Bd2 can be met by withdrawing the black dark-square bishop, leaving the white dark-square bishop misplaced.
11...a5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.a3 Bc5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bd6 16.Re1
The engines like 16.Rb5!?
16...e5 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Bf3 Qd7 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.Qxg4 Nxg4 21.Ne4 Bc7 22.h3 Nh6 23.c5!?
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| How should Black respond? |
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23...Nf5
The engines suggest 23...f6 or 23...Reb8, in each case claiming equality. But given more time, Dragon1 comes to reckon the text also equalises, and Stockfish17 is happy with it.
24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Ne7?!
But the engines dislike this, preferring 25...b5 or 25...f6.
26.b5
Also strong is 26.Nd6.
26...b6 27.cxb6 Bxb6 28.Nd6 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Rb8 30.Nc4 Nd5??
This blunders the e pawn and makes the black d pawn weak. Instead 30...f6 leaves Black only slightly worse, according to the engines.
31.Nxe5 f6 32.Nc6 Rb7 33.Bxd4 Bxd4?
Hastening the end.
34.Ra8+ 1-0
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