Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (4… Bg4 5. Bg2)
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2
The Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System is a chess opening classified as ECO A12, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2. It is a line of the Réti Opening. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
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 5… Nbd7 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nbd7 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 28%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM James Tarjan (2412) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2803) 1-0 · chess.com IoM Masters · 2017-09-25
- IM Benjamin Haldorsen (2460) – GM Nils Grandelius (2651) 0-1 · Copenhagen CC 2020 · 2020-07-26
- GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. (2481) – GM Deep Sengupta (2556) 1/2-1/2 · 36th TCh-IND 2016 · 2016-02-11
- GM Qingnan Liu (2512) – IM Zhonghan Ma (2473) 1-0 · TCh-CHN 2017 · 2017-11-04
- GM Petr Neuman (2487) – IM Marian Jurcik (2469) 1/2-1/2 · Teplice Open 2014 · 2014-06-22
Search all games of the Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- cresspahl (2252) – ebi1553 (2210) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (4. b3 Bg4) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4
Continuations
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (5… e6 6. Bb2) A12 · 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2
More Réti Opening lines (all)
- Réti Opening A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Navara Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Penguin Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Réti Accepted A09
- Réti Opening: Réti Gambit, Keres Variation A09
- Réti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit A09
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (2… d5 3. e3) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (3… Nf6 4. Qc2) A11
- Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Gurevich System (4… Nbd7 5. Qc2) A11
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.