Nimzowitsch Defense

Nimzowitsch Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, Nc6. The book has 43 lines under this name, across ECO codes B00 to B00.

43 lines in the book · ECO B00 · 11,717 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Nimzowitsch Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. Nc6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.

Variations

Breyer Variation1 lines · B00Colorado Countergambit1 lines · B00Colorado Countergambit Accepted1 lines · B00Declined Variation1 lines · B00El Columpio Defense4 lines · B00Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation1 lines · B00French Connection1 lines · B00Hornung Gambit1 lines · B00Kennedy Variation10 lines · B00Mikenas Variation1 lines · B00Neo-Mongoloid Defense1 lines · B00Pirc Connection1 lines · B00Pseudo-Spanish Variation1 lines · B00Scandinavian Variation13 lines · B00Wheeler Gambit1 lines · B00Williams Variation1 lines · B00Woodchuck Variation1 lines · B00

Named gambits and traps

16 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 16.

Puzzles from this opening

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