Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System
In the Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System is a chess opening classified under ECO code A12. It is reached after the moves 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5: 8 moves in, with White to play.
It belongs to the Reti Opening family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, London Defensive System in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.