Tree path 3 levels Nimzo-Indian Defense › Leningrad Variation › Averbakh Gambit
- Chess Codex
- Nimzo-Indian Defense E20
- Leningrad Variation E30
- Averbakh Gambit E30 you are here
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, Averbakh Gambit
Overview
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, Averbakh Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO E30, Indian Defenses). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5, after 12 plies of opening development.
The line refines Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, which traces back to the root opening Nimzo-Indian Defense.
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- ECO code
- E30
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 12
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