E30: Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad variation

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

Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad variation

E30 Sub-variants:

Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5

Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, ...b5 gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5

Overview

Games on Database:

3578

Last Played:

Oct 2025

Overall score:

32.6%

29.3%

38.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Boris V Spassky	30 games
Guntram Gaertner	28 games
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Black
Wolfgang Unzicker	8 games
Gyula Sax	8 games
Viktor Korchnoi	7 games

Possible continuations:

4... h6

1894

31.6 %

30.6 %

37.8 %

4... c5

1158

28.6 %

29 %

42.4 %

4... O-O

168

51.2 %

16.1 %

32.7 %

4... d5

166

42.2 %

32.5 %

25.3 %

4... b6

39.1 %

27.2 %

33.7 %

4... Bxc3+

50.9 %

25.5 %

23.6 %

4... c6

38.1 %

14.3 %

47.6 %

4... d6

57.1 %

21.4 %

4... Nc6

33.3 %

4... Be7

100 %