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Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation

ECO E44 · 170 games · Black to move

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2

52% White8% Draw40% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Bb7	110	64.7%
Ba6	33	19.4%
Ne4	15	8.8%

A further 12 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. e3 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 4... b6Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 5. Ne2

Other lines in this family

St. Petersburg VariationE43…487 St. Petersburg VariationE43… 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3101 Rubinstein SystemE40…2,843 Normal VariationE46… 4... O-O1,127 Normal VariationE47… 4... O-O 5. Bd3556 Rubinstein SystemE41… 4... c5435 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

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.