E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation – moves, variations, statistics

1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O

E46 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal 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

1,778 games in the collections, from 1922 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2496.

White wins 26 %, draws 43 %, Black wins 31 %

Most games: Graf, Alexander (36), Gurevich, Mikhail (32), Guliev, Sarhan (30), Taimanov, Mark E (29), Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (24)

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All 3 variations

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♘e2
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Simagin Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♘e2 d5 6.a3 ♗d6