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Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3Bb44.e3b6
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation193k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%63k51%
25%48k47%
9%17k47%
6.6%13k45%
2.1%4.1k48%
1.7%3.3k52%
1.2%2.2k53%
0.8%1.6k50%
0.8%1.5k46%
Famous games in this line5.2k master games
Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2802)Nakamura, Hi (2794) – Caruana, F. (2805)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2706) – Carlsen, Magnus (2848)Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2727) – Caruana, F. (2794)So, W. (2757) – Firouzja, Alireza (2744)Wang, Hao (2737) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2760)Esipenko, Andrey (2723) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773)Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Caruana, F. · Esipenko, Andrey
- Family
- Nimzo-Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E43
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation5.Ne2 Ba6Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, American Variation5.Ne2 Ne4Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, with Ne45.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Romanishin-Psakhis Variation5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5
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From the archives
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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