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Nimzo-Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. The bishop pins the knight to stop White playing e4. Black is often happy to give up the bishop for the knight to double White's pawns.
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- Nimzo-Indian Defence
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Sämisch
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Kasparov
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Leningrad
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Spielmann
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Kmoch
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: 4.Bd2
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein, 4...c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein, 4...b6
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein, 4...d5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein, 4...Nc6
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Main 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Rubinstein, 5.Nge2
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Hübner
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical, 4...O-O
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical, 4...d5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical, 4...O-O 5.a3
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical, 5.a3 d5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Sämisch, 4...Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Sämisch, 5...O-O
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Kasparov, 4...c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Kasparov, 4...O-O
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: Leningrad, 4...h6
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: 4.f3 c5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5
- Nimzo-Indian Defence: 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2