Nimzowitsch Defense
ECO: B00Semi-Open Games1.e4 Nc6
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About the Nimzowitsch Defense
The Nimzowitsch Defense is catalogued under ECO code B00, in the Semi-Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 Nc6, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Nimzowitsch Defense has 43 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
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- Nimzowitsch DefenseB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Bb5
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Wheeler GambitB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.b4
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado CountergambitB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: French ConnectionB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5
Other lines of the Nimzowitsch Defense
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Neo-Mongoloid DefenseB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 f6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Pirc ConnectionB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 g6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck VariationB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 a6
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit AcceptedB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Hornung GambitB00 · 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3