Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

E26

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3

How it went

31 ours · 98 masters

White wins 52% Draws 10% Black wins 38%

Continuations

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, O'Kelly Variation E26 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 11

Master games

Svidler, Peter — Aronian, Levon 1-0 · 2013
Radjabov, Teimour — Anand V 0-1 · 2007
Caruana, F. — Harikrishna, P. 0-1 · 2022
Jobava, Baadur — Shimanov, Aleksandr 1-0 · 2010
Flores, Diego — Jobava, Baadur 1/2-1/2 · 2016

Games in Spain

Pereira Figueroa,M (2103) — Grigoryan,K2 (2647) 0-1
Suleymenov,Alisher (2505) — Anton Guijarro,D (2646) 0-1
Stepanencu,Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) — Chigaev,M (2637) 1-0
Strikovic,A (2433) — Korneev,O (2469) 1/2-1/2
Krstulovic,Alex (2429) — Trigo Urquijo,S (2354) 1-0
Povshednyi,Ivan (2320) — Becking,S (2410) 1/2-1/2
Ezat,M (2408) — Lopez Gracia,F (2299) 1-0
Moskalenko,V1 (2405) — Roca Planas,Edgar (2249) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 c5 6 e3
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 c5 e3
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, a3, Bxc3+, bxc3, c5, e3