Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
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1.e4Nc62.d4d53.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation400k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
0.5%1.8k39%
0.3%1.1k21%
0.2%87417%
0.2%69936%
Famous games in this line464 master games
Jobava, Ba (2705) – Oleksienko, M. (2622)Milov, Vadim (2676) – Bauer, Christian (2634)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2743) – Vlassov, Nikolai (2462)Akopian, Vl (2648) – Schneider, Il (2481)Heimann, An (2573) – Jovanovic, Zo CRO (2519)Sokolov, Andrei (2560) – Okhotnik, Vladimir (2510)Peng, Li Min (2496) – Li, Di (2552)Christiansen, L. (2579) – Root, Do (2463)Heroes of this opening Jobava, Ba · Bauer, Christian · Schneider, Il · Heimann, An
- Family
- Nimzowitsch Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B00
- Line
- 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Hypermodern
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