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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense

ECO E48 · 307 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5
44% White9% Draw47% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nf39631.3%
a38929.0%
Ne26721.8%
cxd54514.7%

A further 10 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-ONimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 5. Bd3Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense 5... d5

Other lines in this family

Normal VariationE47…556Normal VariationE46…1,127Normal Variation, Ragozin VariationE51… 5. Nf3 d5316Reshevsky 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.