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Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (E44)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 b6 5 Ne2

Number of games in database: 488
Years covered: 1925 to 2013
Overall record:
   White wins 41.6%
   Black wins 27.3%
   Draws 31.1%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Alexey Aleksandrov  8 games
Yury Shulman  8 games
Svetozar Gligoric  7 games
Oleg Romanishin  14 games
Nick DeFirmian  12 games
Viktor Korchnoi  10 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Korchnoi vs Botvinnik, 1960
Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1943
Ragozin vs Seidman, 1945
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001
W Spoelman vs W So, 2011
I Sokolov vs D K Johansen, 1992
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 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 488  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Rubinstein vs I Rabinovich 0-132 1925 MoscowE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
2. Rubinstein vs Kashdan  ½-½22 1930 HamburgE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
3. Rubinstein vs S Landau 1-045 1930 MatchE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
4. S Landau vs J Rejfir  1-038 1930 Hamburg ol (Men)E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
5. S Landau vs E Andersen 1-045 1930 Hamburg ol (Men)E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
6. Euwe vs Capablanca ½-½26 1931 Capablanca - EuweE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
7. S Erdelyi vs Sultan Khan  0-145 1931 Prague ol (Men)E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
8. A Becker vs L Metanomski  1-028 1931 Trebitsch mem 14thE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
9. Rellstab vs S Rotenstein  1-051 1932 Berlin-chE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
10. C Elison vs Dake  0-136 1935 USA-36.Congress qual-CE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
11. G A Thomas vs C H Alexander  ½-½37 1936 NottinghamE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
12. E Eliskases vs Kan  ½-½61 1936 MoscowE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
13. E Eliskases vs Lilienthal ½-½27 1936 MoscowE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
14. J Kubanek vs Gilg  ½-½17 1936 UJCS-14.KongressE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
15. V Petrov vs Tartakower  ½-½32 1937 KemeriE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
16. E Eliskases vs Spielmann  ½-½52 1937 MatchE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
17. E Eliskases vs Gilg  0-132 1938 Bad ElsterE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
18. S Landau vs Spielmann  1-041 1938 NoordwijkE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
19. Reshevsky vs Kan  ½-½31 1939 Leningrad/Moscow trainingE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
20. Reshevsky vs Seidman  ½-½65 1940 USA-chE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
21. Kashdan vs M L Hanauer 1-071 1940 USA ChE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
22. Fine vs F Reinfeld  1-043 1941 Marshall Chess Club-chE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
23. Bogoljubov vs Keres  0-140 1943 SalzburgE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
24. Botvinnik vs Ragozin 1-041 1943 SverdlovskE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
25. Lilienthal vs Kotov 1-043 1945 USSR ChampionshipE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-28-04  Whitehat1963: Funny that Fischer never played it.
Feb-16-05  Dudley: He did play it several times but I am not sure how it got named after him considering it was played much earlier in chess history.
Feb-16-05  Dudley: 4...b6 is the Fischer variation, not 5.Ne2
Feb-16-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: Well if he played it (4...b6) where is the game?...and when?
Feb-16-05  Minor Piece Activity: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Fischer mostly played it under E45. Opening systems tend to be confusing since E45 is a subset of the opening on this page.

May-01-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: is 5.Ne2 the strongest line v. the Fischer variation? I've been having some trouble against it recently...can anyone recommend a good setup for White? I haven't tried it, but i imagine Ne2, f3, e4, etc.
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