Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4… Bg4 5. d3)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d3
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. d3. 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: −0.01 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. Nd2 h5 8. h4)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d3
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2385) – Alexander Chumachenko (2109) 1/2-1/2 · Kolomenskaya versta IM 2013 · 2013-09-29
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.