Tree path 5 levels Nimzo-Indian Defense › Kmoch Variation › Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation › Keres Variation › Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation
- Chess Codex
- Nimzo-Indian Defense E20
- Kmoch Variation E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation E25
- Keres Variation E25
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation
Overview
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Romanovsky Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E25.
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. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5, after 16 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Keres Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Nimzo-Indian Defense.
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- ECO code
- E25
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 16
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Statistics from Lichess
2,759 games · White 44.1% / Draw 8.1% / Black 47.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nh3 | 1,209 | |
| c4 | 549 | |
| e4 | 450 | |
| Qc2 | 306 | |
| Qd4 | 73 | |
| e3 | 61 | |
| Qb3 | 53 | |
| Bd2 | 15 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:13:06
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