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Réti Opening: Advance Variation

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1.Nf3d52.c4d4

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Réti Opening: Advance Variation1.1M games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

412k56%

304k56%

187k54%

124k56%

22k53%

17k47%

9.7k49%

3.1k48%

2.5k53%

1.6k48%

Famous games in this line4.1k master games

Aronian, L. (2775) – Carlsen, M. (2872)20191–0 Aronian, L. (2792) – Caruana, F. (2804)20161–0 Caruana, F. (2807) – Anand, V. (2783)2017½–½ Caruana, F. (2823) – Topalov, V. (2760)2016½–½ Anand, V. (2797) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2783)20151–0 Caruana, F. (2804) – Anand, V. (2770)2016½–½ Anand, V. (2793) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2769)20140–1 Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) – Topalov, Veselin (2775)20111–0

Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Kramnik, Vladimir · Anand, V.

Family: Réti Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.Nf3
ECO: A09
Line: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4

PositionalHypermodern

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