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E54 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.♘f3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.♗xc4

E54 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation of the volume E · Indian defences: 15 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,659 games in the collections, from 1920 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2473.

White wins 29 %, draws 50 %, Black wins 22 %

Most games: Vadasz, Laszlo (33), Gligoric, Svetozar (32), Donner, Jan Hein (29), Portisch, Lajos (29), Eperjesi, Laszlo (25)

All 3 variations

  1. Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.♘f3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.♗xc4
  2. Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.♘f3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.♗xc4 cxd4 9.exd4
  3. Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Smyslov Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.♘f3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.♗xc4 ♕e7