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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation

ECO E46 · 1,127 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
45% White8% Draw47% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bd355649.3%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation E47
Ne224922.1%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation E46
Nf312310.9%Nimzo-Indian Defense E50
Bd2847.5%
a3786.9%

A further 37 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: Rubinstein System 4. e3Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 4... O-O

Other lines in this family

Normal VariationE47… 5. Bd3556Normal Variation, Ragozin VariationE51… 5. Nf3 d5316Normal Variation, Classical DefenseE48… 5. Bd3 d5307Reshevsky VariationE46… 5. Ne2236Nimzo-Indian DefenseE50… 5. Nf3225Rubinstein SystemE40…2,843St. Petersburg VariationE43… 4... b6487Rubinstein SystemE41… 4... c5435St. Petersburg VariationE44… 4... b6 5. Ne2170Rubinstein System, Rubinstein VariationE42… 4... c5 5. Ne2138

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.