[Event "Opening Theory #11"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reti"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "E98"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "53"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.16"] {[%evp 0,52,19,31,14,-14,35,25,31,46,46,36,43,31,48,20,73,60,58,46,77,51,58,58, 64,41,48,36,99,91,84,62,65,79,84,76,98,55,57,54,111,73,85,51,60,49,58,62,70,1, 43,0,3,9,9]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 (6. d4 { Transposes to the Catalan}) 6... d4 $1 (6... c5 7. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 8. Nc3 $1 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bc1 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. h4 h6 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Rd1 f5 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Qd7 Bf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Re8 24. Bc6 a5 25. Bb5 Kf8 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rd6 Re7 28. h5 Bxc3 29. Rxb6 c4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Bxc4 Rd7 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Rd1 34. Rb7+ Rd7 35. Rb5 Rd1 36. a3 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. e3 Rd6 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. g4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 a4 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. e4 Bb2 44. Bb5 Rc7 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. bxa4 Bc3 47. e5 Kd8 48. Kf3 Bd2 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. f5 exf5+ 51. Kxf5 Bc1 52. a5 Bxa3 53. a6 Bc5 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Bc4+ Kd7 56. Kd5 Bf2 57. e6+ Kc7 58. Bb5 Bh4 59. a7 {1-0 (59) Karjakin,S (2753)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Ne5 $1 Qc7 10. Re1 $1 Nc6 (10... Nbd7 11. Nf3) (10... Nfd7 11. Nd3 $1) 11. Qe2 $1 Qxe5 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd7 14. Re4 $1 $146 (14. Re2 a5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. d3 Nc5 17. Rd2 e5 18. Ba3 Be7 19. Re2 f6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Nd2 Bd6 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4 b6 26. f3 Bb4 27. g4 Bd7 28. h4 g6 29. Rh1 f5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. h5 Rbe8 32. hxg6 Bxg6 33. Rh3 Rf5 34. Rg3 Be7 35. Nf2 Rg5 36. Be4 Rxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Kg7 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. f4 Bd6 40. Ne4 exf4+ 41. Kf3 Bb8 42. Rg2+ Kf7 43. Rg5 Be5 44. Rf5+ {1/2-1/2 (44) Poetz,F (2414)-Dunlop,G (2503) ICCF 2016}) (14. Re1 Nc5 15. Ba3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (15) Pantsulaia,L (2587) -Siddharth,J (2393) Cattolica ITA 2022}) 14... Nc5 (14... e5 15. Ba3 $1 Re8 16. f4 $1 $14 f5 $6 17. Re1 e4 18. d3 $1 $14) 15. Rxd4 $3 Bf6 16. Bb2 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Gd2,Gg2]} Nd3 17. Bc3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Nc3 Nc2 21. Rd1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rb8 $1 {it might seem that White lost the bishop pair and Black has no weaknesses} 23. d4 Bd7 24. Kf2 b6 {here is where modern engines can teach us a thing or two about technical chess} 25. h4 $1 Kf8 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. g4 $1 {White has taken as much space as he can, and Black lacks a good plan. In a practical game, it is White having all the fun! This new idea, makes the whole line starting with 6.b3 attractive for White.} *