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ECO E38: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation

ECO E38 is part of volume E, Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5. All of them are lines of the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation.

That position has come up in 532,469 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.1%, 6.2% were drawn and Black won 45.7%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 532K 4 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Steiner Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 2,213 5 moves
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 95K 6 moves