1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Other Continuations

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4

Main Transpositions

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 to 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5

Most Popular

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 (934/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 (890/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ (890/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 (898/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 (567/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 (20688/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365

TCEC Games

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 (0cp, 27/M, TCEC +1=2-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 (57cp, 10/M, TCEC +2=5-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 (77cp, 3/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 (1cp, 1/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Qe7 (53cp, 2/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 Nc6 (18cp, 2/M, TCEC +2=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 (2cp, 934/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 (0cp, 113/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 (93cp, 2/M, TCEC +1=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 (4cp, 43/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d5 (14cp, 13/M, TCEC +1=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 e5 (28cp, 9/M, TCEC +1=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 (8cp, 95/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 (26cp, 11/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O (1cp, 159/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 (4cp, 34/M, TCEC +1=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 b6 9. O-O Qd7 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 O-O-O (94cp, 0/M, TCEC +1=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 (11cp, 5/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qa5 (3cp, 12/M, TCEC +0=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 (0cp, 34/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 (101cp, 2/M, TCEC +4=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 (0cp, 76/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 (15cp, 20/M, TCEC +3=4-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. g4 Nf6 (14cp, 1/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. e4 c5 (109cp, 0/M, TCEC +2=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (0cp, 0/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 (2cp, 9/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 (1cp, 126/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Qc2 O-O (-1cp, 2/M, TCEC +1=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 (0cp, 898/M, TCEC +2=4-2). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 (0cp, 126/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 (0cp, 406/M, TCEC +0=6-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 (89cp, 3/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 (-1cp, 147/M, TCEC +0=4-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 (1cp, 207/M, TCEC +0=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 (1cp, 20688/M, TCEC +3=10-2). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365

Biased Popular Lines

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 (103cp, -101cp; 21/M, 7%). More: dbcn ccoe c365

Lines with Disagreement to Human Master Play

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qa5 6. Bxf6 (155cp, -52cp; 6/M, 40%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Nc6 11. f3 Bb7 (139cp, -98cp; 5/M, 45%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 (56cp, -50cp; 5/M, 53%). More: dbcn ccoe c365

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