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Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation

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Overview

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A01.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation, part of the broader Nimzo-Larsen Attack system.

3 named variations grow from this line, including Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Pachman Gambit.

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ECO code
A01
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
4
Parent
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation
Direct variations
3

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Variations (3)