With the Nimzo-Indian being such a fashionable opening, some Black players are put off by the possibility of having to learn a labyrinth of different variations. However, in Play the Nimzo-Indian Edward Dearing solves this problem by constructing a concise and workable repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White's tries, whether it's a critical main line or a tricky side variation. After reading this book, you will have the necessary knowledge and confidence to begin playing the Nimzo-Indian in your games.

List of Content

004 Bibliography

005 Introduction

013 1 The Classical Nimzo: The Romanishin Variation

057 2 The Classical Nimzo: Preserving Tension with 5 a3

071 3 The Rubinstein Variation: The Romanishin-Psakhis System

112 4 The Rubinstein Variation: The Classical Fianchetto System

146 5 The Leningrad Variation

163 6 The 4 f3!? Variation

180 7 The Sämisch Variation

197 8 The Fianchetto Variation

209 9 4 Nf3: 'And now for something completely different...'

216 10 Early Deviations

221 Index of Complete Games

223 Index of Variations