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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation, Stahlberg Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3Bb44.Qb3c55.dxc5Nc66.Nf3Ne47.Bd2Nxc5
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation, Stahlberg Variation306 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
96%29457%
1.6%50%
0.7%2100%
0.7%20%
0.7%20%
0.3%10%
Famous games in this line9 master games
Levitt, Jonathan (2495) – Winants, Luc (2435)Flear, Glenn C (2435) – Chabanon, Jean Luc (2435)Lorscheid, Gerhard (2275) – Schlosser, Philipp (2485)Nestorovic, Dejan (2404) – Radusinovic, Lazar (2283)Garcia Roman, Daniel (2356) – Ayas Fernandez, Antonio (2310)Holemar, David (2253) – Vyskocil, Neklan (2307)Riedel, Wolfgang (2320) – Loew, Gerald (2235)Chia, Alphonsus (2284) – Koh, Kum Hong (2258)Heroes of this opening Levitt, Jonathan · Flear, Glenn C · Schlosser, Philipp · Garcia Roman, Daniel
- Family
- Nimzo-Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E23
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc5
PositionalHypermodern
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Aron Nimzowitsch's ...Bb4 pin was little known when the 1920s began and one of Black's favoured defences by the time they ended; it reached a world-championship match in 1929. Its idea was radical: control the centre with PIECES, trade the bishop for structural damage, and grind.
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