Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation
ECO B00 · 482 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| e5 | 182 | 37.8% | | |
| Nd4 | 79 | 16.4% | | |
| a6 | 55 | 11.4% | | |
| d5 | 36 | 7.5% | | |
| Nf6 | 27 | 5.6% | | |
| d6 | 24 | 5.0% | | |
| Ne5 | 24 | 5.0% | | |
| e6 | 18 | 3.7% | | |
| g6 | 14 | 2.9% | | |
A further 23 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Nimzowitsch DefenseB00…33,506Nimzowitsch DefenseB00… 2. d413,430Declined VariationB00… 2. Nf313,412Kennedy VariationB00… 2. d4 e512,114Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 2. d4 e5 3. d57,863Scandinavian VariationB00… 2. d4 d55,338Scandinavian Variation, Exchange VariationB00… 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd54,287Scandinavian Variation, Advance VariationB00… 2. d4 d5 3. e54,177Williams VariationB00… 2. Nf3 d61,892Kennedy Variation, de Smet GambitB00… 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 d61,709
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.