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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System
Overview
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E40.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3.
It is a direct variation of Nimzo-Indian Defense.
It branches into 5 notable variations — Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Taimanov Variation, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 47 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- E40
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Nimzo-Indian Defense
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 47
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Variations (5)
Show all 47 sub-variations (full subtree)
- E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 8-ply
- E41 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 8-ply
- E40 Taimanov Variation 8-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 8-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 14-ply
- E50 Nimzo-Indian Defense 9-ply
- E47 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 9-ply
- E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation 9-ply
- E41 Hübner Variation 14-ply
- E42 Rubinstein Variation 9-ply
- E28 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation 11-ply
- E29 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation 14-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 11-ply
- E44 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 9-ply
- E48 Classical Defense 10-ply
- E51 Normal Variation, Ragozin Variation 10-ply
- E41 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation 16-ply
- E42 Main Line 13-ply
- E42 Sherbakov Attack 13-ply
- E29 Capablanca Variation 18-ply
- E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Simagin Variation 12-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 16-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 12-ply
- E44 American Variation 10-ply
- E45 Fischer Variation 10-ply
- E44 Romanishin–Psakhis Variation 12-ply
- E43 with Ne4 12-ply
- E49 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System 13-ply
- E53 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System 12-ply
- E51 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Sämisch Deferred 11-ply
- E52 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense 12-ply
- E48 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Ragozin Defense 13-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 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
- E52 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense 14-ply
- E51 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Ragozin Variation 14-ply
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg 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
- E43 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 18-ply
- E59 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense 19-ply