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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation

ECO E47 · 556 games · Black to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3
45% White8% Draw47% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d530354.5%Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense E48
c511921.4%
b66311.3%
Re8264.7%
d6203.6%

A further 25 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. Bd3

Other lines in this family

Normal Variation, Classical DefenseE48… 5... d5307Normal 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.