Chess Opening Theory/1. Nf3/1...c5

Réti Opening
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w
Moves: 1. Nf3 c5

Sicilian Invitation (Réti Opening)

1...c5

Black invites white to transpose into the Sicilian Defence with 2.e4. White has a number of other choices here. 2.c4 transposes into a Symmetrical English. Many other moves are possible—the position is still very flexible for both sides.

Theory table

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1. Nf3 c5

	2
English	c4 ...	=
Sicilian Defence	e4 ...	=
	g3 ...	=
	d4 ...	=
	b3 ...	=

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.