Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Sämisch Deferred

E51

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3

How it went

13 ours · 60 masters

White wins 46% Draws 15% Black wins 39%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2008
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Xu, Yi 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Korobov, Anton — Predke, Alexandr 0-1 · 2015
Nyzhnyk, I.. — Chasin, Nico 1-0 · 2022
Stocek, J.. — Moiseenko, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2017

Games in Spain

Taboas Rodriguez,D (2330) — Bluebaum,M (2640) 0-1
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2344) — Lobanov,Sergei (2506) 0-1
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360) — Xu,Yi (2495) 1-0
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368) — Hayrapetyan,Ho (2426) 1-0
Lin,Yingrui (2387) — Jimenez Ruano,Adrian (2279) 0-1
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368) — Volovich,Vasily (2177) 0-1
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368) — Zampronha,W (2163) 1-0
Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368) — Srivatsan Karthikeyan (1813) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Nf3 d5 6 a3
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3 O-O Nf3 d5 a3
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, e3, O-O, Nf3, d5, a3