Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (7… c6 8. O-O)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
The Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E11, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O. It is a line of the Bogo-Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8… b6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 8… Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1)
- ECO
- E11
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2bppp/2p1pn2/3p4/2PP4/5NP1/PPQBPPBP/RN3RK1 b - - 1 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… b6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
28 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 35%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2716) – GM Vincent Keymer (2717) 1-0 · Tata Steel IND Rapid Open · 2023-09-07
- GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2566) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2760) 0-1 · 11th Kings Blitz 2017 · 2017-11-28
- GM Daniel Dardha (2606) – GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (2660) 0-1 · 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 · 2022-12-19
- GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2569) – GM Luka Paichadze (2515) 1/2-1/2 · 20th Delhi Open 2023 · 2023-03-26
- GM Sinisa Drazic (2426) – GM Mladen Palac (2561) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CRO Div 1a 2014 · 2014-10-09
Search all games of the Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- WiIIy (2310) – CM Starship45 (2363) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (6. Nf3 O-O) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
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… O-O 7. O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (8. Qc2 c6) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (8… c6 9. b3) 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.