Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bled Variation
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bled Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 5. g3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.36 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 b6)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. g3 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
116 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 63%, draw 17%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2734) – GM Boris Gelfand (2743) 1/2-1/2 · SportAccord Blitz 2014 · 2014-12-13
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2709) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2759) 1/2-1/2 · Chess.com SIG Bullet KO · 2021-04-06
- GM David Anton Guijarro (2703) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2719) 0-1 · 53rd Biel GMT Blitz 2020 · 2020-07-25
- GM David Anton Guijarro (2694) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2714) 1-0 · Chess.com Rapid Wk5 Swiss · 2022-03-12
- GM David Anton Guijarro (2650) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2689) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-30
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bled Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Davinci123456 (2015) – Scottycroc (2112) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- Rodri1970 (1990) – VM17112018 (2002) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (1… d5 2. b3) 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3
More Réti Opening lines (all)
- Réti Opening A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara 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
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.