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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation, San Remo Variation
Overview
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation, San Remo Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E37.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 e5, after 16 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Nimzo-Indian Defense.
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- ECO code
- E37
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 16
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Statistics from Lichess
492 games · White 46.3% / Draw 3.3% / Black 50.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxd5 | 259 | |
| Nf3 | 95 | |
| dxe5 | 53 | |
| Bd3 | 43 | |
| f3 | 39 | |
| Ne2 | 2 | |
| b4 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:13:09
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