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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation

ECO E42 · 138 games · Black to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2
45% White4% Draw51% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
cxd44734.1%
O-O2417.4%
Nc61813.0%
b61510.9%
d51410.1%

A further 20 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: Rubinstein System 4... c5Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation 5. Ne2

Other lines in this family

Rubinstein SystemE41…435Rubinstein SystemE40…2,843Normal VariationE46… 4... O-O1,127Normal VariationE47… 4... O-O 5. Bd3556St. Petersburg VariationE43… 4... b6487Normal Variation, Ragozin VariationE51… 4... O-O 5. Nf3 d5316Normal Variation, Classical DefenseE48… 4... O-O 5. Bd3 d5307Reshevsky VariationE46… 4... O-O 5. Ne2236Nimzo-Indian DefenseE50… 4... O-O 5. Nf3225St. 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.