1.e4 Nc6
The Nimzowitsch Defense starts with 1.e4 Nc6 and is catalogued under ECO B00. It belongs to the semi-open games section of the book. The catalog indexes 43 lines inside it, grouped into 41 named variations. The position after those moves has 5 playable continuations to walk from here.
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Current setup
Move ideas
Claims the center with a pawn and opens lines for the queen and king’s bishop.
Idea: Build quick development and make early castling possible.
Develops the knight to c6, bringing it into the game.
Idea: Improve piece coordination and clear the back rank for castling and the rooks.
Waiting for Lichess game popularity.
Each line below is an indexed entry under Nimzowitsch Defense. Open one to load it on the board and keep exploring from that position.
ECO groups openings by the structures they lead to, so these families tend to share plans with the Nimzowitsch Defense.
17 more named lines sit inside this family — the tree above walks all of them.