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ECO E36: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation

ECO E36 is part of volume E, Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3. All of them are lines of the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation.

That position has come up in 100,528 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.6%, 6.5% were drawn and Black won 43.9%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 101K 5 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation, Botvinnik Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 4,501 6 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation, Main Line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 19K 6 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Romanishin Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 4,109 6 moves