Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4… Bg4 5. e3)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3. It is a line of the Réti Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5… Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. g4)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/3p4/2P3b1/1P2PN2/PB1P1PPP/RN1QKB1R b KQkq - 0 5- PGN
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3
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Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Vahap Sanal (2510) – FM Ege Koksal (2347) 1-0 · TCh-TUR Super League 2015 · 2015-08-04
- FM Niko Praznik (2320) – IM Joerg Wegerle (2431) 1/2-1/2 · 23rd Feffernitz Open 2014 · 2014-08-21
- FM Guillaume Philippe (2321) – FM Nathan S W Alfred (2264) 1-0 · 91st ch-Paris IdF 2016 · 2016-07-11
- IM Josef Pribyl (2250) – Roman Vincze (2097) 1/2-1/2 · 12th Highlands Open 2018 · 2018-09-28
Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4. Bb2 Bg4) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4
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.