Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Keres Variation
E251. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5
How it went
25
ours
· 434
masters
White wins 44%
Draws 24%
Black wins 32%
Master games
- Kasparov, Garry — Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1 · 2000
- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 · 2018
- Anand, Viswanathan — Wang, Hao 1-0 · 2011
- Carlsen, Magnus — Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2009
- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Korobov, Anton 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Games in Spain
- Lopez Martinez,Josep (2542) — Jimenez Ruano,Adrian (2279) 1-0
- Avila Jimenez,J (2129) — Rizouk,A (2454) 1-0
- Keenan,Cathal (2004) — Khamrakulov,I (2421) 1/2-1/2
- Stefanova,A (2410) — Franco Alonso,A (2421) 1-0
- Ebrahimi Herab,Hamidreza (2417) — Blanco Diez,David (2290) 1-0
- Flom, Gabriel (2411) — Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel (2350) 0-1
- Katsanis, Vasileios Dim (2161) — Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel (2400) 0-1
- Volkov,Sergey1 (2397) — Trepat Herranz,J (2369) 1-0
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 Nxd5 8.dxc5
- 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 f3 d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 c5 7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 dxc5
- d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 f3 d5 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 c5 cxd5 Nxd5 dxc5
- d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, f3, d5, a3, Bxc3+, bxc3, c5, cxd5, Nxd5, dxc5