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Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation

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Overview

Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B00.

The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.

The line arises from 3 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3.

It is a variation of Nimzowitsch Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 4 notable variations — Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit, Nimzowitsch Defense: El Columpio Defense, Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 8 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
B00
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
3
Parent
Nimzowitsch Defense
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
8

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Variations (4)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Nimzowitsch Defense:

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