Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (4… Bg4 5. Bb2)
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. 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. 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: −0.08 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 5… Nbd7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O 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. Bb2
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Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 50%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- FM Ondrej Svanda (2298) – GM Evgeny E. Vorobiov (2566) 1/2-1/2 · Prague International Open · 2019-03-11
- IM Collas, S. (2260) – GM Malakhatko, V. (2547) 1/2-1/2 · Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2014 · 2014-03-03
- FM Alexander Betaneli (2252) – GM S. Dhopade Swapnil (2526) 0-1 · 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17 · 2016-12-27
- CM Aleksandar Panjkovic (2139) – FM Myagmarsuren Gunbayar (2265) 0-1 · World Amateur U2300 · 2018-04-23
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Comes from
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Torre System (4. b3 Bg4) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4
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.