E44 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg 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
663 games in the collections, from 1925 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2444.
White wins 40 %, draws 34 %, Black wins 27 %
Most games: Ward, Christopher (19), De Firmian, Nick E (17), Kortschnoj, Viktor (17), Kuzmin, Gennadi P (11), Foisor, Ovidiu (9)
All 3 variations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 b6 5.♘e2
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, American Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 b6 5.♘e2 ♘e4
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Romanishin-Psakhis Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 b6 5.♘e2 c5 6.a3 ♗a5