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ECO E46: Nimzo-Indian Defense

ECO E46 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O.

That position has come up in 736,878 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.2%, 6.4% were drawn and Black won 45.4%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 8
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 9
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Simagin Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 12