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Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation

ECO B00 · 5,338 games · White to move

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1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5
45% White9% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
e53,05057.1%Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Advance Variation B00
exd51,50628.2%
Nc35109.6%Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation B00
Bb5761.4%
Nf3350.7%
f3260.5%
c4250.5%
Be3160.3%
Nd2130.2%

A further 81 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: Scandinavian Variation 2... d5

Other lines in this family

Scandinavian Variation, Exchange VariationB00… 3. exd5 Qxd54,287Scandinavian Variation, Advance VariationB00… 3. e54,177Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow VariationB00… 3. Nc3 dxe4745Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow VariationB00… 3. Nc3675Scandinavian Variation, Exchange Variation, Marshall GambitB00… 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3287Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Vehre VariationB00… 3. Nc3 Nf6135Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Nimzowitsch GambitB00… 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5101Nimzowitsch DefenseB00…13,430Kennedy VariationB00… 2... e512,114Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 2... e5 3. d57,863

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.