Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 (4. b3 g6)
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 g6
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. b3 g6. It is a line of the Réti Opening. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5. Bg2 d4 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bb2 c5)
- ECO
- A11
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 g6
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 67%, draw 33%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Tamaz Mgeladze (2387) – FM Yakup Bayram (2232) 1-0 · TCh-TUR 1st League 2019 · 2019-07-24
- Fokke Jonkman (2084) – Peter Ypma (2150) 1/2-1/2 · Remco Heite Open 2012 · 2012-11-18
- Antonio Marques Taltavull (2134) – Jaime Anguera Maestro (2090) 1-0 · TCh-CAT Final GpA 2015 · 2015-04-11
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 and its sub-variations
Comes from
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.