Réti Opening: Advance Variation
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
The Réti Opening: Advance Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A09, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4,261 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3. e3 (37% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 64; best line 3. b4 c5 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4)
- ECO
- A09
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 575 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2,415 | |
| 2000+ | 1,271 | |
| All | 4,261 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. e3 | 1,597 (37%) | |
| 3. b4 | 1,343 (32%) | |
| 3. d3 | 604 (14%) | |
| 3. g3 | 464 (11%) | |
| 3. b3 | 92 (2%) | |
| 3. e4 | 64 (2%) | |
| 3. c5 | 53 (1%) | |
| 3. Qa4+ | 20 (0%) |
Master games
3,578 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 37%, draw 21%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2792) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2804) 1-0 · GCT Rapid Paris 2016 · 2016-06-10
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2807) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2783) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2017 · 2017-08-17
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2823) – GM Veselin Topalov (2760) 1/2-1/2 · Champions Showdown 60m · 2016-11-11
- GM Viswanathan Anand (2797) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783) 1-0 · 4th Zurich CC Blitz · 2015-02-13
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2804) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2770) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Rapid YourNextMove · 2016-06-17
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Advance Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM Guary1 (2902) – GM cutemouse83 (2939) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Rookz77 (2663) – ChessWarrior_222 (2821) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Rookz77 (2668) – ChessWarrior_222 (2816) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Réti Opening 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Penguin Variation A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. Rg1
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5
- Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit A09 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4
More Réti Opening lines (all)
- 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
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. b3 g6) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (3… Nf6 4. Bg2) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 dxc4) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 Bf5) 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.