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Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3

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Overview

Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A11.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.

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ECO code
A11
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
8
Parent
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System

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Statistics from Lichess

12,712 games · White 50.5% / Draw 8.1% / Black 41.4%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Bb28,109
Bg24,483
d446
cxd524
d317
e312
Nc312
Ba35

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:40:54

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