Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (3… Bf5 4. Bb2)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2
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 4. 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 31 times by this move order. White won 58%, 3% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 4… e6 (68% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… e6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 h6 7. Nc3)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3 | |
| 1500-1999 | 14 | |
| 2000+ | 14 | |
| All | 31 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… e6 | 21 (68%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 8 (26%) | |
| 4… h6 | 1 (3%) | |
| 4… Nd7 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
108 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 26%, Black 39%). The strongest:
- GM David Anton Guijarro (2669) – GM Grzegorz Nasuta (2541) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 11th Jun Early · 2024-06-11
- GM Emilio Cordova (2609) – GM Daniel Alsina Leal (2553) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CAT 2014 · 2014-03-08
- IM Arash Tahbaz (2468) – GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez (2600) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 21st Dec · 2021-12-21
- GM Roberto Mogranzini (2513) – GM Sasa Martinovic (2527) 1/2-1/2 · Mitropa Cup 2013 · 2013-06-09
- IM David Gochelashvili (2392) – GM Andrey Esipenko (2620) 0-1 · 1st Archibald Open 2019 · 2019-05-13
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 (3. b3 Bf5) 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5
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.