Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

E25

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5

How it went

50 ours · 622 masters

White wins 40% Draws 24% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Keres Variation E25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 25

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2013
Aronian, Levon — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi — Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 · 2019
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Shirov, Alexei — Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 · 1993

Games in Spain

Salem,AR (2690) — Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2495) 1/2-1/2
Salem,AR (2677) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2636) 1/2-1/2
Ju Wenjun (2560) — Khademalsharieh,S (2494) 0-1
Aditya,Mittal (2438) — Saldano Dayer,H (2429) 1-0
Polaczek,R (2337) — Khamrakulov,I (2413) 0-1
Prado Acebo,Ines (2194) — Lianes Garcia,Marcos (2403) 1/2-1/2
Blanco Diez, David (2313) — Khamrakulov, Ibragim S. (2375) 1-0
Sanchez Serrano, Emilio (2065) — Merino Garcia, Rafael 1982 (2359) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 f3 d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 c5 7 cxd5
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 f3 d5 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 c5 cxd5
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, f3, d5, a3, Bxc3+, bxc3, c5, cxd5