Defense nimzo-Indian

The defense nimzo-Indian is a opening Jeu of failures.

It makes belongs to the half-closed openings and its Code ECO extends from E20 with E59, that is to say approximately 120 pages of the Encyclopédie of the openings of failures . Very popular, it is characterized by the blows 1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 .

History

According to Euwe, the first notorious appearance of this defense dates from the famous tournament of Saint Pétersbourg of 1914, where Alexandre Alekhine used it against Akiba Rubinstein. It was elaborate in the years 1920 by the running hypermoderne, in particular by the large player: Aaron Nimzowitsch .

Analyzes

Codes ECO

E20 - 1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 (Includes the Romanishin alternative, 4.f3 and the alternatives of the nimzo-Indian without 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+, covered under E25)
E21 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 (Alternative Kasparov without 4… c5 5.g3, covered under E20)
E22 - 4.Db3 (alternative Spielmann)
E23 - 4.Db3 c5
E24 - 4.a3 (Alternative Sämisch)
E25 - 4.a3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5
E26 - 4.a3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3
E27 - 4.a3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0
E28 - 4.a3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.e3
E29 - 4.a3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.e3 c5
E30 - 4.Fg5 (Alternative of Leningrad)
E31 - 4.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 c5 6.d5 d6
E32 - 4.Dc2 (traditional Alternative Capablanca with 4… 0-0)
E33 - 4.Dc2 Cc6 (Alternative of Zurich /Milner-Barry)
E34 - 4.Dc2 d5
E35 - 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5
E36 - 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3
E37 - 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 Ce4
E38 - 4.Dc2 c5
E39 - 4.Dc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0
E40 - 4.e3 (System Rubinstein - Taimanov Alternative)
E41 - 4.e3 c5 (Alternative Hübner)
E42 - 4.e3 c5 5.Ce2 (Rubinstein Alternative, Romanishin-Psakhis Alternative via 5… b6 6.a3 Fa5)
E43 - 4.e3 b6 (Dutch Alternative Alternative Keres)
E44 - 4.e3 b6 5.Ce2 (American Alternative, Alternative 5… Fb7)
E45 - 4.e3 b6 5.Ce2 Fa6 (Alternative Fischer)
E46 - 4.e3 0-0 (Alternative Reshevsky)
E47 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Fd3
E48 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Fd3 d5 (modern Alternative)
E49 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Fd3 d5 6.a3
E50 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3
E51 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5
E52 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 b6 (traditional Fianchetto, alternative Tal)
E53 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 (Averbakh Alternative)
E54 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Fxc4 (Alternatives Karpov, Bronstein, Smyslov)
E55 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Fxc4 Cbd7 (Parma Alternative)
E56 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 Cc6 (Alternative Larsen)
E57 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 Cc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4
E58 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 Cc6 8.a3 Fxc3 9.bxc3 (Khasin Alternative)
E59 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Cf3 d5 6.Fd3 c5 7.0-0 Cc6 8.a3 Fxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Fxc4 (principal Alternative)

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