Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
E271. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O
How it went
23
ours
· 45
masters
White wins 39%
Draws 17%
Black wins 44%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Carlsen, Magnus — Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 · 2019
- Salem, A.R. Saleh — Le, Quang Liem 1/2-1/2 · 2022
- Salem, A.R. Saleh — Pichot, Alan 1-0 · 2021
- Salem, A.R. Saleh — Socko, Bartosz 1/2-1/2 · 2021
- Semcesen, Daniel — Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Games in Spain
- Salem,AR (2690) — Pichot,A (2625) 1-0
- Ortner,Sebastian (2031) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2589) 0-1
- Romero Pallares,Daniel (2295) — Yoo,Christopher Woojin (2563) 0-1
- Alonso Rosell,A (2538) — Starosta,Martyna (2185) 1-0
- Alonso Rosell,A (2536) — Kvaloy,Aksel Bu (2490) 1-0
- Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2536) — Maldonado Mena, German (2089) 1-0
- Alonso Rosell,A (2536) — Ahmad,Khagan (2449) 0-1
- Moskalenko,V1 (2478) — Kostolansky,Sebastian Lukas (2393) 1/2-1/2
This line is also written
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O
- 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 O-O
- d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 O-O
- d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, a3, Bxc3+, bxc3, O-O