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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3Bb44.f3d55.a3Bxc3+6.bxc3c57.cxd5Nxd58.dxc5f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation424 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%15252%
20%8653%
16%6648%
14%5829%
4.2%1850%
4%1747%
3.8%1634%
0.7%333%
0.7%333%
0.5%250%
Famous games in this line405 master games
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2772)2008½–½Mamedyarov, S. (2799) – Ivanchuk, V. (2726)20170–1Mamedyarov, S. (2799) – Wang Hao (2709)20170–1Mamedyarov, S. (2743) – Harikrishna, P. (2725)20141–0Ding, Liren (2707) – Adams, Michael (2727)2013½–½Eljanov, Pavel (2761) – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2628)2010½–½Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2749) – Xu, Xiangyu (2623)20251–0Timman, Jan H (2630) – Karpov, Anatoly (2730)1991½–½
Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, V. · Wang Hao · Mamedyarov, S. · Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
Family
Nimzo-Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E25
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5
PositionalHypermodern
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Aron Nimzowitsch's ...Bb4 pin is the most respected reply to 1.d4 in chess history — practically every world champion from Capablanca to Carlsen has kept it in their repertoire. Its idea was radical in 1920: control the center with PIECES, trade the bishop for structural damage, and grind.

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