← All ECO codes

ECO E21: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation

ECO E21 is part of volume E, Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3. All of them are lines of the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation.

That position has come up in 2,261,376 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.3%, 5.2% were drawn and Black won 46.5%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 2.3M 4 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Korchnoi Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 62K 5 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Euwe Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 Ne4 4,450 5 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Shocron Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 2,022 5 moves