E41 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 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
1,276 games in the collections, from 1926 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2445.
White wins 34 %, draws 37 %, Black wins 29 %
Most games: Knaak, Rainer (29), Donner, Jan Hein (28), Gligoric, Svetozar (28), Csom, Istvan (22), Portisch, Lajos (22)
All 3 variations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5 5.♗d3 ♘c6 6.♘f3 ♗xc3+ 7.bxc3 d6
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5 5.♗d3 ♘c6 6.♘f3 ♗xc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O O-O