E59 is the opening Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense of the volume E · Indian defences: 19 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
852 games in the collections, from 1928 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2457.
White wins 32 %, draws 43 %, Black wins 25 %
Most games: Gligoric, Svetozar (28), Knaak, Rainer (20), Spassky, Boris V (19), Szabo, Laszlo (18), Lukacs, Peter (16)
All 2 variations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.♘f3 c5 7.O-O ♘c6 8.a3 ♗xc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.♗xc4
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♗d3 d5 6.a3 ♗xc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.♗xc4 c5 9.♘f3 ♘c6 10.O-O ♕c7 11.♕c2