Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. Bg2 Bf5)
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5
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 Bf5. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 84 times by this move order. White won 54%, 6% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 5. O-O (52% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.29 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Ne5 e6)
- ECO
- A11
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/3p1b2/2P5/5NP1/PP1PPPBP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 3 5- PGN
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 18 | |
| 2000+ | 65 | |
| All | 84 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. O-O | 44 (52%) | |
| 5. Qb3 | 26 (31%) | |
| 5. cxd5 | 9 (11%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 3 (4%) | |
| 5. d4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 5. d3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
259 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 55%, draw 21%, Black 24%). The strongest:
- GM Maxim Rodshtein (2645) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2709) 0-1 · FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 · 2025-09-15
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2753) – GM Konstantin Sakaev (2596) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2019 · 2019-12-29
- GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2714) – GM Aleksey Goganov (2635) 0-1 · 69th ch-RUS 2016 · 2016-10-17
- GM Nils Grandelius (2691) – GM Alejandro Ramirez (2589) 1-0 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2020-01-07
- GM Nils Grandelius (2691) – GM Alejandro Ramirez (2589) 1/2-1/2 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2020-01-07
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
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (3… Nf6 4. Bg2) 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (5… e6 6. d3) A11 · 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. 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.