Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (3… Nf6 4. Bg2)
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 is a chess opening classified as ECO A11, reached after 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2. It is a line of the Réti Opening. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 214 times by this move order. White won 56%, 7% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bf5 (39% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.11 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 4… dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2)
- ECO
- A11
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 38 | |
| 2000+ | 174 | |
| All | 214 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bf5 Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 Bf5) | 84 (39%) | |
| 4… g6 | 39 (18%) | |
| 4… Bg4 | 30 (14%) | |
| 4… e6 | 27 (13%) | |
| 4… dxc4 Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 dxc4) | 23 (11%) | |
| 4… Nbd7 | 6 (3%) | |
| 4… a6 | 3 (1%) | |
| 4… h5 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
467 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 29%, Black 21%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2805) – GM Anish Giri (2745) 0-1 · Bullet Chess Losers 2024 · 2024-06-11
- GM Levon Aronian (2803) – GM Yue Wang (2723) 1/2-1/2 · SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 · 2013-12-14
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2792) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2688) 1-0 · GCT Blitz Croatia 2021 · 2021-07-10
- GM Levon Aronian (2792) – GM Alexei Shirov (2684) 0-1 · 5th Zurich Opening Blitz · 2016-02-12
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784) – GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2661) 1/2-1/2 · Play for Russia Prelim · 2020-05-12
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- alexlele2008 (2658) – KhatanbaatarGM (2707) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- GM Ivan124 (2689) – wallywally (2611) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- TimeBombMan (2750) – Pikachuuu123 (2516) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 dxc4) A11 · 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 Bf5) A11 · 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 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.