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ECO E42: Nimzo-Indian Defense

ECO E42 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2.

That position has come up in 94,236 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.1%, 7.5% were drawn and Black won 41.4%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 9
Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 13