Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation

E39

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O

How it went

63 ours · 1,003 masters

White wins 37% Draws 23% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Macieja System E39 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 7

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 · 2001
Kasparov, G... — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1997
Shankland, Sam — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2021
Mamedyarov, S.. — Firouzja, Alireza 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Fodor, T jr — Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 · 2016

Games in Spain

Sarana, Alexey (2706) — Iturrizaga, Eduardo (2762) 1-0
Xiong,Jeffery (2709) — Iturrizaga,E (2607) 1-0
Sarana,A (2685) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2637) 1-0
Shirov, Alexei (2678) — Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo (2635) *
Shirov,A (2662) — Iturrizaga,E (2607) 1-0
Dreev,A (2606) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2636) 1/2-1/2
Tang,Andrew (2539) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2636) 0-1
Rottenwohrer Suarez,Juan (2259) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 c5 5 dxc5 O-O
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 Qc2 c5 dxc5 O-O
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, Qc2, c5, dxc5, O-O