Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2
The Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E46, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2. It is a line of the Nimzo-Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 278 times by this move order. White won 47%, 6% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 5… d5 (38% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 5… d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4)
- ECO
- E46
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 40 | |
| 2000+ | 232 | |
| All | 278 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… d5 | 106 (38%) | |
| 5… b6 | 44 (16%) | |
| 5… c5 | 44 (16%) | |
| 5… Re8 | 40 (14%) | |
| 5… c6 | 23 (8%) | |
| 5… d6 | 8 (3%) | |
| 5… Ne4 | 7 (3%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
4,644 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 25%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2786) 1-0 · 8th Tal Memorial · 2013-06-18
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · chess.com Blitz Final 5m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · chess.com Blitz Final 5m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) – GM Liren Ding (2791) 1/2-1/2 · Chessable Masters GpB · 2020-06-21
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2791) 1-0 · chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016 · 2016-08-24
Search all games of the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM athena-pallada (2924) – Tempstream (2697) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Caminero85 (2715) – shoprrrw (2645) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Caminero85 (2704) – FM The_Fawkes (2645) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4. e3 O-O) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
Continuations
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Simagin Variation E46 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
More Nimzo-Indian Defense lines (all)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense (3. Nc3 Bb4) E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Dilworth Gambit E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Mikenas Attack E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation (3… Bb4 4. g3) E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation (5… O-O 6. Bg2) E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation, English Hybrid E20
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation E21
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Euwe Variation E21
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Korchnoi Variation E21
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Shocron Gambit E21
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation E22
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.