ECO E43: Nimzo-Indian Defense
ECO E43 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 12 named lines under it.
The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6.
That position has come up in 283,525 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.0%, 5.9% were drawn and Black won 46.0%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 |
8 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 |
11 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 |
11 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O |
12 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, with Ne4 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 |
12 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
13 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
14 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 |
14 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
15 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
16 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
17 |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: 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 |
18 |