E38 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation of the volume E · Indian defences: 8 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
1,601 games in the collections, from 1925 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2433.
White wins 37 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 28 %
Most games: Csom, Istvan (28), Anastasian, Ashot (20), Baburin, Alexander (18), Gurevich, Mikhail (18), Forintos, Gyozo V (17)
All 3 variations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕c2 c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕c2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.♘f3 c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Steiner Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕c2 c5 5.dxc5 ♗xc3+