Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation (5… Be7 6. Bb2)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A14, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2. It is a line of the Réti Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 6… O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6… O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Rc1)
- ECO
- A14
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… O-O | 1 (100%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 10%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2732) – GM Kamil Dragun (2553) 1-0 · chess.com Speed Poland · 2024-01-26
- IM Alessio Valsecchi (2407) – FM Paolo Ladron De Guevara Pinto (2325) 1-0 · 46th TCh-ITA 2014 · 2014-04-30
- Evgenij Shuvalov (2182) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 11th Jan · 2022-01-11
- FM Joshua Colas (2342) – CM Uygar Durucay (2067) 0-1 · Titled Tue 30th May Early · 2023-05-30
- WGM Emilia Djingarova (2270) – Miroslav Fridl (1986) 1-0 · 18th Bosnjaci Open · 2013-01-06
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- bboymarksman (1856) – FK1959 (1868) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Réti Opening 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4
More Réti Opening lines (all)
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- 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
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.