Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System

E40

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3

How it went

1,754 ours · 13,329 masters

White wins 39% Draws 24% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation E46 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 1,218 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System E41 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 139 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Taimanov Variation E40 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 6 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation E43 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 285

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Tempone, Marcelo 1-0 · 1992
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Erdos, Viktor 1-0 · 2010
Firouzja, Alireza — Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante 1-0 · 2020
Kozak, Adam — Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Grachev, B.. — Sjugirov, S.. 1-0 · 2022

Games in Spain

Maghsoodloo,Parham (2695) — Habans Aguerrea,Javier (2448) 1-0
Sarana,A (2685) — Glavina,P (2415) 1-0
Bluebaum,M (2672) — Lana Rodriguez,D (2382) 1-0
Del Rio de Angelis,S (2515) — Eljanov,P (2671) 0-1
Motylev,A (2633) — Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2586) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2632) — Barria Zuniga,D (2341) 1-0
Yilmaz,M (2627) — Glavina,P (2393) 1-0
Hajiyeva,Laman (1982) — Chigaev,M (2619) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, e3