Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line

E58

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3

How it went

14 ours · 775 masters

White wins 14% Draws 57% Black wins 29%

Continuations

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense E59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 8

Master games

Lautier, Joel — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Potkin, Vladimir — Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Laznicka, Viktor — Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 · 2014
Agdestein, Simen — Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 · 2014
Nakamura, Hikaru — Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 · 2011

Games in Spain

Vassallo Barroche,M (2372) — Kuzubov,Y (2642) 1/2-1/2
Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G. (2415) — Povshednyi, Ivan (2055) 1/2-1/2
Calvo Gonzalez,Jose Felix (2098) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2408) 0-1
Garcia Cuenca,V (2308) — Van der Stricht,G (2330) 1/2-1/2
Abad Miranda,Carmen (1720) — Rzadkowska,Lila (1962) 1/2-1/2
Jimenez Castan, Alejandro (1863) — Martin McMullin, Arturo (1888) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Bd3 d5 6 Nf3 c5 7 O-O Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3 O-O Bd3 d5 Nf3 c5 O-O Nc6 a3 Bxc3 bxc3
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, e3, O-O, Bd3, d5, Nf3, c5, O-O, Nc6, a3, Bxc3, bxc3