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ECO E54: Nimzo-Indian Defense

ECO E54 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4.

That position has come up in 59,491 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 45.3%, 6.9% were drawn and Black won 47.8%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 15
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Smyslov Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe7 16