Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation
ECO B00 · 1,404 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Nf3 | 414 | 29.5% | | |
| d5 | 323 | 23.0% | | |
| Nc3 | 166 | 11.8% | | |
| c4 | 113 | 8.0% | | |
| c3 | 92 | 6.6% | | |
| f4 | 76 | 5.4% | | |
| Bb5 | 61 | 4.3% | | |
| Be3 | 45 | 3.2% | | |
| Bc4 | 17 | 1.2% | | |
| h3 | 14 | 1.0% | | |
A further 83 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Nimzowitsch DefenseB00…13,430Kennedy VariationB00… 2... e512,114Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 2... e5 3. d57,863Scandinavian VariationB00… 2... d55,338Scandinavian Variation, Exchange VariationB00… 2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd54,287Scandinavian Variation, Advance VariationB00… 2... d5 3. e54,177Kennedy Variation, de Smet GambitB00… 2... e5 3. dxe5 d61,709Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow VariationB00… 2... d5 3. Nc3 dxe4745Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow VariationB00… 2... d5 3. Nc3675Kennedy Variation, Paulsen AttackB00… 2... e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3565
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.