Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with dxc4
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 dxc4
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with dxc4 is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 dxc4. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5. bxc4 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.09 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. bxc4 e5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 dxc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. bxc4 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 40%, Black 60%). The strongest:
- IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh (2392) – GM Abhijeet Gupta (2625) 1/2-1/2 · ch-Commonwealth 2017 · 2017-07-05
- FM Toivo Keinanen (2404) – IM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo (2519) 0-1 · 48th Rilton Cup 2018-19 · 2019-01-04
- FM Oliver Bewersdorff (2261) – GM Abhijeet Gupta (2602) 0-1 · GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 · 2019-04-11
- IM David Kanovsky (2424) – IM Jakub Szotkowski (2388) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2020-03-01
- Lukas Wanner (2001) – Peter Horn (2121) 0-1 · 29th Kiel Open 2016 · 2016-08-02
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Speedy17 (2109) – knot15 (2144) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation (3… d5 4. b3) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3
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.