Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (9… b6 10. Nbd2)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2

The Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E11, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2. It is a line of the Bogo-Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 10… Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Ndf3)

ECO: E11
Moves: 19 plies
FEN: r1bq1rk1/p2nbppp/1pp1pn2/3p4/2PP1B2/5NP1/PPQNPPBP/R4RK1 b - - 1 10
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2

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Master games

29 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 34%, draw 52%, Black 14%). The strongest:

GM Boris Gelfand (2655) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2753) 1/2-1/2 · Levitov Chess Week Rapid · 2023-09-25
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2727) – GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2650) 1-0 · Chess.com Rapid Wk2 Swiss · 2022-02-19
GM Rinat Jumabayev (2631) – GM Alexey Sarana (2685) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Feb Early · 2022-02-08
GM Rasmus Svane (2629) – GM Andrei Volokitin (2648) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2024 · 2024-10-07
GM S.P. Sethuraman (2590) – GM Georg Meier (2646) 1/2-1/2 · 41st Olympiad Open 2014 · 2014-08-12

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Comes from

Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3

Continuations

Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (10. Nbd2 Ba6) E11 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6

More Bogo-Indian Defense lines (all)

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.