Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Main Line
ECO B00 · 277 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| Nf3 | 160 | 57.8% | | |
| Bc4 | 44 | 15.9% | | |
| Be3 | 32 | 11.6% | | |
| Nc3 | 11 | 4.0% | | |
A further 30 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Kennedy Variation, Riemann DefenseB00… 4... Nc6368Kennedy Variation, Paulsen AttackB00… 4. Nf3565Kennedy Variation, Keres AttackB00… 4. Nc3297Kennedy Variation, de Smet GambitB00… 3... d61,709Kennedy VariationB00…12,114Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 3. d57,863Nimzowitsch 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.