Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (5… e6 6. Bb2)
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2
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 e6 6. Bb2. It is a line of the Réti Opening. Black 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: −0.06 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6… Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2)
- ECO
- A12
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2
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Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 14%, draw 29%, Black 57%). The strongest:
- GM Valerij Popov (2535) – GM Sergei Rublevsky (2651) 0-1 · ch-RUS Blitz 2019 · 2019-10-17
- IM Nad-Titus Petre (2364) – GM Ivan Farago (2476) 1/2-1/2 · FSGM December 2013 · 2013-12-07
- FM Hentunen, A. (2322) – Keijo Kononen (2236) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN SM 2012-13 · 2013-03-10
- FM Jose Padeiro (2121) – IM Mohapatra Sidhant (2384) 0-1 · Ponte de Lima Open 2024 · 2024-04-16
- Chris Ghysels (2032) – IM Geert Van der Stricht (2319) 0-1 · TCh-BEL 2023-24 · 2023-12-03
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Comes from
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
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.