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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System

ECO E41 · 435 games · White to move

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5

46% White5% Draw49% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Ne2	138	31.7%		Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation E42
Bd3	113	26.0%
Nf3	74	17.0%
a3	55	12.6%
Bd2	20	4.6%
d5	17	3.9%

A further 18 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4 Indian Defense 1... Nf6 Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4 Nimzo-Indian Defense 3... Bb4 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 4. e3Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 4... c5

Other lines in this family

Rubinstein System, Rubinstein VariationE42… 5. Ne2138 Rubinstein SystemE40…2,843 Normal VariationE46… 4... O-O1,127 Normal VariationE47… 4... O-O 5. Bd3556 St. Petersburg VariationE43… 4... b6487 Normal Variation, Ragozin VariationE51… 4... O-O 5. Nf3 d5316 Normal Variation, Classical DefenseE48… 4... O-O 5. Bd3 d5307 Reshevsky VariationE46… 4... O-O 5. Ne2236 Nimzo-Indian DefenseE50… 4... O-O 5. Nf3225 St. Petersburg VariationE44… 4... b6 5. Ne2170

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.