Nimzowitsch Defense
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) starts 1.e4 Nc6. In 14,760 games between strong players, White wins 34%, 32% are drawn and Black wins 34%; the most played move is 2.d4 (47%).
1.e4 Nc6
- ECO
- B00
- Games between strong players
- 14,760
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.d4 | 47% (6,867) | – | |
| 2.Nf3 | 42% (6,152) | Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation | |
| 2.Nc3 | 9% (1,342) | – | |
| 2.Bb5 | 1% (99) | Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation | |
| 2.d3 | 0% (65) | – | |
| 2.Bc4 | 0% (60) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from King's Pawn Game 1.e4
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation 6,366 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation 5,464 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation 1,313 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation 404 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection 146 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation 99 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck Variation 55 games
Every Nimzowitsch Defense line
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation 6,366 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation 5,464 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Advance Variation 4,399 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation 2,018 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation 1,313 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Exchange Variation 773 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation 679 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit 557 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation 509 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit Accepted 439 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation 404 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation 267 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Paulsen Attack 207 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Nimzowitsch Gambit 174 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Vehre Variation 170 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection 146 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, de Smet Gambit 123 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Riemann Defense 105 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation 99 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Heinola-Deppe Gambit 76 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck Variation 55 games
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Keres Attack 54 games
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