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Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Vehre Variation

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1.e4Nc62.d4d53.Nc3Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Vehre Variation117k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
78%91k54%
9.8%11k50%
3%3.5k51%
2.9%3.4k49%
2.1%2.4k51%
2%2.3k50%
0.8%93746%
0.7%77541%
0.7%76253%
0.2%27447%
Famous games in this line208 master games
Milov, Vadim (2676) – Bauer, Christian (2634)20070–1Lu, Shanglei (2522) – Petrosian, Tigran L (2657)20121–0Motylev, A. (2640) – Schneider, Il (2500)20191–0Nurgaliyev, Sauat (2387) – Nihal, Sarin (2687)20250–1Sokolov, Andrei (2560) – Okhotnik, Vladimir (2510)20001–0Pridorozhni, A. (2565) – Hasangatin, R. (2496)20171–0Kovalenko, I. (2657) – Vlassov, N. (2401)20181–0Zeller, Frank (2420) – Bauer, Christian (2633)20130–1
Heroes of this opening Bauer, Christian · Lu, Shanglei · Motylev, A. · Nihal, Sarin
Family
Nimzowitsch Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B00
Line
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
Hypermodern
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