Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5
The Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A09, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 33 times by this move order. White won 42%, 13% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. h3 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.17 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4. Qa4+ c6 5. h3 h6 6. d3 Bg7)
- ECO
- A09
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 29 | |
| All | 33 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. h3 | 12 (36%) | |
| 4. Nxg5 | 10 (30%) | |
| 4. Bb2 | 9 (27%) | |
| 4. Qa4+ | 1 (3%) | |
| 4. e3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
382 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 12%, Black 48%). The strongest:
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2763) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2731) 1-0 · CCT Final RR 2024 · 2024-12-18
- GM Grigoriy Oparin (2660) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2736) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2025 · 2025-08-15
- GM David W L Howell (2663) – GM David Navara (2719) 0-1 · MrDodgy Invitational 2020 · 2020-06-12
- GM Jorden Van Foreest (2705) – GM Ediz Gurel (2645) 1-0 · Gurel-Van Foreest Match · 2026-02-13
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2734) – GM Yuriy Kuzubov (2606) 1-0 · Titled Tue 14th May Late · 2024-05-14
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Starling1000 (2592) – RoryMcCann (2679) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Greifax (2538) – RoryMcCann (2699) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- HiddenHuman (2536) – Karpazov (2450) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Réti Opening: Advance Variation 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
More Réti Opening lines (all)
- Réti Opening A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Penguin Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Réti Accepted A09
- Réti Opening: Réti Gambit, Keres Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (2… d5 3. e3) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (3… Nf6 4. Qc2) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (4… Nbd7 5. Qc2) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (5. b3 e5) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (5. b3 Bd6) A11
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.