Nimzowitsch Defense

1.e4 Nc6

ECO B00

The Nimzowitsch Defense is a chess opening reached after 1.e4 Nc6, catalogued under code B00 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nc6 is chosen by Black on move 1.

17 named continuations branch from this position, including the Breyer Variation and the Colorado Countergambit.

Named variations

• Nimzowitsch Defense: Breyer Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit Accepted — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: El Columpio Defense — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Hornung Gambit — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Neo-Mongoloid Defense — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Pirc Connection — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Wheeler Gambit — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation — ECO B00
• Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck Variation — ECO B00

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