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Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation

ECO B00 · 12,114 games · White to move

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1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5
48% White3% Draw49% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d57,86364.9%Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation B00
Nf31,88315.5%Scotch Game C44
dxe51,40911.6%
c37055.8%
Bc4910.8%
f4660.5%

A further 97 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4Nimzowitsch Defense 1... Nc6Nimzowitsch Defense 2. d4Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation 2... e5

Other lines in this family

Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 3. d57,863Kennedy Variation, de Smet GambitB00… 3. dxe5 d61,709Kennedy Variation, Paulsen AttackB00… 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3565Kennedy Variation, Riemann DefenseB00… 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Nc6368Kennedy Variation, Keres AttackB00… 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3297Kennedy Variation, Main LineB00… 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Ng6277Nimzowitsch DefenseB00…13,430Scandinavian VariationB00… 2... d55,338Scandinavian Variation, Exchange VariationB00… 2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd54,287Scandinavian Variation, Advance VariationB00… 2... d5 3. e54,177

All 27 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.