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Nimzo-Indian Defense

ECO E20 · 17,515 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
48% White7% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Qc23,82821.9%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation E32
e32,81616.1%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System E40
Nf32,54014.5%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation E21
Bg52,21212.6%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation E30
Bd22,18112.5%
a31,5588.9%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation E24
f38935.1%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation E20
Qb36213.5%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation E22
Bf42931.7%
g31781.0%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation E20
e41490.9%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Dilworth Gambit E20
Qd3430.2%

A further 203 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Indian Defense 1... Nf6Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4Nimzo-Indian Defense 3... Bb4

Other lines in this family

Classical VariationE32… 4. Qc23,799Three Knights VariationE21… 4. Nf32,960Rubinstein SystemE40… 4. e32,843Leningrad VariationE30… 4. Bg52,227Sämisch VariationE24… 4. a31,558Normal VariationE46… 4. e3 O-O1,127Kmoch VariationE20… 4. f3893Classical Variation, Berlin VariationE38… 4. Qc2 c5792Classical Variation, Noa VariationE34… 4. Qc2 d5782Spielmann VariationE22… 4. Qb3607

All 28 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.