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Nimzo-Indian Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. ECO E20–E59, 104 named variations.

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Nimzo-Indian Defense

Analyze with Stockfish
Tactics from the Nimzo-Indian Defense 200 puzzles

All Nimzo-Indian Defense variations

ECOVariation
E20 Nimzo-Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
E32 Classical Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2
E20 Dilworth Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e4
E20 Kmoch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3
E30 Leningrad Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5
E20 Mikenas Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3
E20 Romanishin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3
E40 Rubinstein System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3
E24 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3
E22 Spielmann Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3
E21 Three Knights Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3
E38 Classical Variation, Berlin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5
E34 Classical Variation, Noa Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5
E33 Classical Variation, Zurich Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6
E46 Normal Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O
E41 Rubinstein System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5
E40 Rubinstein System, Taimanov Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6
E50 Nimzo-Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3
E36 Classical Variation, Noa Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3
E33 Classical Variation, Zurich Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3
E47 Normal Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
E46 Reshevsky Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2
E42 Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2
E44 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2
E21 Three Knights Variation, Korchnoi Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.d5
E39 Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O
E38 Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Steiner Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+
E33 Classical Variation, Milner-Barry Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6
E35 Classical Variation, Noa Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5
E48 Normal Variation, Classical Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5
E51 Normal Variation, Ragozin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5
E27 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O
E23 Spielmann Variation, Romanovsky Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6
E44 St. Petersburg Variation, American Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4
E45 St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6
E21 Three Knights Variation, Euwe Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.d5 Ne4
E21 Three Knights Variation, Shocron Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
E33 Classical Variation, Zurich Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3
E33 Classical Variation, Zurich Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2
E51 Normal Variation, Sämisch Deferred
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3
E20 Romanishin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2
E26 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3
E28 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2
E38 Classical Variation, Berlin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 c5
E32 Classical Variation, Keres Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
E36 Classical Variation, Noa Variation, Botvinnik Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6
E36 Classical Variation, Noa Variation, Main Line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
E36 Classical Variation, Romanishin Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5
E32 Classical Variation, Vitolins-Adorjan Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5
E30 Leningrad Variation, Averbakh Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5
E31 Leningrad Variation, Benoni Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6
E53 Normal Variation, Gligoric System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5
E51 Normal Variation, Ragozin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd2 Nc6
E52 Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6
E26 Sämisch Variation, O'Kelly Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 b6
E46 Simagin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O
E44 St. Petersburg Variation, Romanishin-Psakhis Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation, with Ne4
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4
E37 Classical Variation, Noa Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2
E49 Normal Variation, Botvinnik System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
E51 Normal Variation, Ragozin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.a3
E48 Ragozin Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O
E42 Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation, Main Line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3
E42 Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation, Sherbakov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.c5
E25 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
E34 Classical Variation, Belyavsky Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 e5
E39 Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Macieja System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6
E37 Classical Variation, Modern Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5
E53 Normal Variation, Gligoric System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7
E56 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6
E53 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Keres Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O b6
E52 Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5
E51 Ragozin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4
E41 Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6
E29 Sämisch Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O
E23 Spielmann Variation, Carlsbad Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2
E23 Spielmann Variation, Stahlberg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxc5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Ne4 5.Qc2 f5 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7
E54 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4
E25 Sämisch Variation, Keres Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O
E37 Classical Variation, Noa Variation, San Remo Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5
E55 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
E54 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Smyslov Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qe7
E20 Romanishin Variation, English Hybrid
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
E41 Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O O-O
E24 Sämisch Variation, Botvinnik Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5
E25 Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Na4 Qe7
E58 Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3
E54 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4
E23 Spielmann Variation, Stahlberg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.Qc2 f5 9.g3
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 f5 9.O-O
E57 Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4
E29 Sämisch Variation, Capablanca Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Ne2 b6 9.e4 Ne8
E43 St. Petersburg Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7
E59 Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4
E59 Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qc2

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