Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4. Bb2 Bg4)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4
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. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
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 36; best line 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/3p4/2P3b1/1P3N2/PB1PPPPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 2 5- PGN
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4… Bg4 5. e3) A12 · 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Capablanca Variation (4… Bg4 5. d3) A12 · 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d3
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.