Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (3. b3 Bf5)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 54 times by this move order. White won 48%, 4% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bb2 (57% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bb2 h6)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 26 | |
| 2000+ | 21 | |
| All | 54 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bb2 Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (3… Bf5 4. Bb2) | 31 (57%) | |
| 4. g3 | 12 (22%) | |
| 4. d3 | 5 (9%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 3 (6%) | |
| 4. cxd5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 4. h3 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
34 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 24%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- FM Hoang Canh Huan (2321) – GM Nguyen Anh Dung (2469) 0-1 · 4th HD Bank Cup 2014 · 2014-03-12
- FM Jergus Pechac (2463) – Jan Miesbauer (2321) 0-1 · World Youth U16 Olympiad · 2016-07-25
- IM Aleksandar Savanovic (2435) – FM Zoran Popovic (2321) 1-0 · 14th Premier League BIH · 2015-09-09
- IM Ufuk Sezen Arat (2372) – IM Cemil Gulbas (2383) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-TUR 1st League 2018 · 2018-07-20
- FM Ioannis Kalogeris (2339) – FM Petros Trimitzios (2371) 1-0 · 48th TCh-GRE Group 2 2021 · 2021-10-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ekvip (2468) – flying_knights456 (2589) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- manroble (2368) – CM PokochajSzachy (2360) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- DmitryCherepov (2384) – Veligosha1975 (2337) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 1s
Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (2… c6 3. b3) 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (3… Bf5 4. Bb2) A12 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2
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.