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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation

ECO E30 · 2,227 games · Black to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5
48% White4% Draw48% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
h673733.1%
c554524.5%
O-O29513.2%
Bxc3+23910.7%
d51727.7%
b6843.8%
d6421.9%
c6160.7%

A further 97 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... Bb4Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation 4. Bg5

Other lines in this family

Nimzo-Indian DefenseE20…17,515Classical VariationE32… 4. Qc23,799Three Knights VariationE21… 4. Nf32,960Rubinstein SystemE40… 4. e32,843Sämisch 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.