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Nimzo-Indian Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6

Nimzo-Indian Defence, Leningrad Variation

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4...h6

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Black drives the bishop back, so as to gain the ability to play ...g5 and break the pin at a later time. 5. Bxf6 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 gives up the bishop pair and lessens White's ability to defend the weak c pawns, especially once they become fixed in place with ...c5, so the only good move is 5. Bh4.

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Chess Opening Theory
1. e4 e5
Open game
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
  • Four knights (
    )
  • Italian game (
    )
  • Spanish game (
    )

With other 2nd moves:

2. Other

1. e4 c5
Sicilian defence
2. Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:
With 2...d6:
With 2...e6:
With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1. e4 ...other:
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4 d5
Closed game
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1. d4 Nf6
Indian defence
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other:
1. d4 f5
Dutch defence
1. d4 ...other:
Flank
Unorthodox
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