Catalogue The Nimzo-Indian is one of Black's most universally popular and respectable answers to 1 d4. It could be said that no other opening allows Black to play for a win from such a sound positional basis, while its flexibility gives rise to a multitude of different positions rich in tactical and positional play. The list of Nimzo-Indian admirers runs like a who's who of the chess world: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Anatoly Karpov and Michael Adams are just a handful of top Grandmasters who have utilised it with great effect.
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 |