E42 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation of the volume E · Indian defences: 9 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
1,747 games in the collections, from 1930 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2458.
White wins 34 %, draws 40 %, Black wins 26 %
Most games: Gligoric, Svetozar (28), Vaisser, Anatoli (28), Gurevich, Dmitry (25), Graf, Alexander (24), Guliev, Sarhan (24)
All 3 variations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5 5.♘e2
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation, Main Line 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5 5.♘e2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation, Sherbakov Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 c5 5.♘e2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.c5