Tree path 4 levels Nimzo-Indian Defense › Rubinstein System › Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation › Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
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- Nimzo-Indian Defense E20
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- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation E46
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
Overview
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E47.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Nimzo-Indian Defense.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Classical Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 17 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- E47
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 17
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Variations (2)
Show all 17 sub-variations (full subtree)
- E48 Classical Defense 10-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 16-ply
- E49 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System 13-ply
- E53 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System 12-ply
- E52 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense 12-ply
- E48 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Ragozin Defense 13-ply
- E59 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense 21-ply
- E53 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System 14-ply
- E56 Bernstein Defense 14-ply
- E54 Exchange Variation 15-ply
- E53 Keres Variation 14-ply
- E51 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Ragozin Variation 14-ply
- E58 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line 17-ply
- E57 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense 18-ply
- E55 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 16-ply
- E54 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Smyslov Variation 16-ply
- E59 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense 19-ply