Réti Opening: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

Réti Opening · 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 · CC0 name list

At 1500–1799 (Lichess rating), White scored 54.3% in 2,189 Réti Opening games (±2.0; games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026).

White won 52.2% of them, Black won 43.6%, and 4.2% were drawn.

White scores above 50% at this level (outside the margin)

In games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026, White scored 54.3% (±2.0) with the Réti Opening in sampled Lichess games at the 1500–1799 Lichess rating level (2,189 games). Observed results, not causation.

Data period: games from 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026 (sample of the Lichess open database) · Page updated: 9 Oct 2026

0.3%

of rated games at Lichess rating 2100+ reached the Réti Opening · 2,177 of 689,970 games, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 sample

Under 1200: 0.1%. At 2100+: 0.3%. 5.0× as common at 2100+ as under 1200.

Position after 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4. 8,835 games in this sample reached it — 249 of them by a different move order.

At a glance

In this sample, White's score ranged from 53.2% (1800–2099) to 55.7% (Under 1200).
That spread is within the approximate margin of error, so this sample shows no clear difference between levels.
It appeared most often in the 2100+ group (0.3% of that group's games).
Draws were most common in the 2100+ group (6.2%).

These are observed results for the selected games (rated, players within 200 rating points of each other). They describe what happened — they do not prove the opening caused the result.

Results by Lichess rating level

Each row shows how the Réti Opening games at one rating level ended: White wins, draws and Black wins, across all time controls combined. Rating level is the average Lichess rating of both players.

White won drawn Black won. Réti Opening — results by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined (minimum 300 games per row).

Under 1200514 gamesCompared with

White wins 54.5% · draws 2.5% · Black wins 43.0% · White's score 55.7% ±4.2 · how common 0.1%
1200–14991,191 games

White wins 53.2% · draws 2.8% · Black wins 44.0% · White's score 54.6% ±2.8 · how common 0.1%
1500–17992,189 games

White wins 52.2% · draws 4.2% · Black wins 43.6% · White's score 54.3% ±2.0 · how common 0.1%
1800–20992,764 games

White wins 50.3% · draws 5.7% · Black wins 44.0% · White's score 53.2% ±1.8 · how common 0.2%
2100+2,177 gamesIn the headline

White wins 50.3% · draws 6.2% · Black wins 43.5% · White's score 53.4% ±2.0 · how common 0.3%

"White's score" = wins + half of draws. "±" is an approximate 95% margin based only on the number of games. It does not cover sampling bias or related games (the same players appear many times), so real uncertainty is larger. "How common" = share of all sampled games at that level that reached this position. Ratings are Lichess ratings; they are not interchangeable with Chess.com or FIDE ratings.

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Results by time control

Each row shows how the Réti Opening games ended in one Lichess time control, across all rating levels combined.

Réti Opening — results by time control, all rating levels combined (minimum 300 games per row)
Time control	Games	White wins	Draws	Black wins	White's score
Bullet	2,999	51.4%	3.7%	44.9%	53.3%
Blitz	4,720	51.7%	5.3%	43.1%	54.3%
Rapid	1,049	50.2%	6.1%	43.7%	53.3%
Classical	67	Not enough games in this sample

This table and the rating rows are separate summaries: rating levels are not split by time control here, and time controls are not split by rating. Observed results only; approximate uncertainty applies as above.

Most played replies for Black at each level

Top replies with at least 150 games. "Score" is Black's score after that reply (wins + half of draws). These comparisons alone can't show that one reply is reliably better — the margins are approximate and stronger or weaker players may prefer different replies.

Replies to 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined
Rating level	Reply · share · games · score
Under 1200	2...dxc4 ·45.1% · 232 · 41.4% ±6.3
1200–1499	2...dxc4 ·41.2% · 490 · 41.9% ±4.3 2...d4 ·16.4% · 195 · 50.8% ±6.9 2...Nf6 ·13.2% · 157 · 43.6% ±7.7
1500–1799	2...dxc4 ·33.3% · 728 · 45.7% ±3.5 2...d4 ·19.7% · 431 · 45.7% ±4.6 2...c6 ·12.5% · 274 · 46.0% ±5.7
1800–2099	2...dxc4 ·22.8% · 630 · 44.1% ±3.8 2...d4 ·22.6% · 625 · 46.0% ±3.8 2...c6 ·17.5% · 483 · 47.3% ±4.3
2100+	2...c6 ·27.6% · 600 · 45.8% ±3.8 2...e6 ·21.6% · 470 · 44.9% ±4.4 2...d4 ·18.1% · 394 · 49.0% ±4.8

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Réti Opening: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

At a glance

Results by Lichess rating level

Results by time control

Most played replies for Black at each level

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