Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (10. Nbd2 Ba6)
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
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 Ba6. It is a line of the Bogo-Indian Defense. 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: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5)
- ECO
- E11
- Moves
- 20 plies
- FEN
r2q1rk1/p2nbppp/bpp1pn2/3p4/2PP1B2/5NP1/PPQNPPBP/R4RK1 w - - 2 11- 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 Ba6
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Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 17%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Grzegorz Gajewski (2617) – GM Vincent Keymer (2602) 0-1 · 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 · 2021-08-31
- GM Denis Lazavik (2553) – GM Raunak Sadhwani (2603) 1-0 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2023-06-16
- IM Roman Kezin (2514) – GM Evgeny Alekseev (2575) 0-1 · Ugra Cup Rapid 2022 · 2022-11-28
- IM Roman Kezin (2505) – GM Vladimir Zakhartsov (2523) 1-0 · ch-RUS Rapid 2023 · 2023-10-16
- GM Aleksey Goganov (2519) – FM Timur Fakhrutdinov (2471) 1-0 · St Petersburg Rapid 2023 · 2023-08-27
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Comes from
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
More Bogo-Indian Defense lines (all)
- Bogo-Indian Defense E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Haiti Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Monticelli Trap E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: New England Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (4. Bd2 Be7) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (5… d5 6. Nf3) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (6. Nf3 O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (6… O-O 7. O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (7… c6 8. O-O) E11
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.