Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation

The book line for Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation is d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, e3, b6. This page collects the 16 named lines under that variation.

16 named lines · ECO E43, E44, E45

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Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. Nc3
  6. Bb4
  7. e3
  8. b6

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  5. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  6. Black bishop moves from f8 to b4.
  7. White pawn moves from e2 to e3.
  8. Black pawn moves from b7 to b6.

Named lines

  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. a3 Be7
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 Qe7
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, with Ne4 (E43) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E44) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, American Variation (E44) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Romanishin-Psakhis Variation (E44) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 c5 6. a3 Ba5
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation (E45) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6

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