Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System (4… Bf5 5. e3)
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. e3
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. e3. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 100% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 5… e6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 5… Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. f4)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… e6 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 23%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- IM Evgeny Zanan (2471) – GM Jinshi Bai (2553) 0-1 · World Junior Open 2017 · 2017-11-21
- IM Marco Materia (2474) – FM Egor Bykov (2441) 1-0 · Titled Tue 15th Apr Late · 2025-04-15
- GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. (2410) – IM Kelkar Abhishek (2170) 1/2-1/2 · 21st Delhi Open 2025 · 2025-06-10
- CM Tyhran Ambartsumian (2244) – FM Jval Saurin Patel (2331) 0-1 · Titled Tue 15th Jul Early · 2025-07-15
- IM Milan Novkovic (2356) – Johannes Sucher (2159) 1-0 · TCh-AUT 2nd West 2018-19 · 2018-12-09
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Moppes (2416) – andrey_chess77 (2476) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Kashyrin_M (2246) – Manager_BTS207 (2158) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System (4. Bb2 Bf5) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 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.