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Nimzo-Indian Defense · Black

Classical 4.Qc2, Berlin Main Line · Black (E39)

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Nimzo-Indian Defense · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO E32–E39

Sample line with full explanations: Classical 4...O-O, Keres f3 Main Line · White.

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ECO E20–E42

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  1. Classical 4.Qc2, Berlin Main Line · BlackSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 d6

  2. Classical 4.Qc2, Queenside Castling · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. e4 h6 13. Bh4 Na5

  3. Three Knights into the Romanishin · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6

  4. Rubinstein, Na4 Tension · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5

  5. Rubinstein, Nge2 IQP · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 Bf8

  6. Rubinstein, Immediate Nge2 Central Break · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Rb8 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 cxd4

  7. Kmoch, ...b5 Counterplay · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5 7. Bd2 exd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c4

  8. Kmoch, Early a3 Structure · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Na5

  9. Leningrad, Closed-Center Bind · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Ne2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. O-O Ndf6

  10. Sämisch, c4 Target · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. e4 Ba6

  11. Romanishin, Qa5 Forcing Line · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O

  12. Spielmann, Ne4 and ...f5 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Qc2 f5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5

  13. Early Bd2, Classical Development · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 d6

  14. Leningrad, Greedy dxe6 Punishment · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4