The Nimzo-Indian Defence is an ideal weapon for Black at all levels. It has been popular for over a century due to its positional soundness, yet has experienced a revolution in recent years, with modern analysis increasingly highlighting its dynamic potential.
Playing the Nimzo-Indian offers a complete repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4, with an active, counterattacking emphasis on the choice of lines. The forthcoming companion volume, Beating the Queen’s Gambit Indian Style!, will complete the coverage of 1.d4 Nf6 from Black’s perspective by covering White’s alternatives on moves 2 and 3, with 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 the biggest topic.
With bulletproof analysis, more novelties than we could keep track of, and deep explanations of plans and concepts, Playing the Nimzo-Indian offers everything you need to learn and play the Nimzo-Indian successfully.
Renier Castellanos is a newly crowned grandmaster, who earned his final GM norm shortly after completing work on this book. He is a lifelong Nimzo-Indian aficionado and an experienced chess trainer from Spain.
Content: 004 Key to Symbols Used 004 Bibliography 005 Preface Less Common 4th Moves 009 1) Miscellaneous 027 2) Leningrad Variation 043 3) The Trendy 4.Bd2 069 4) The Aggressive 4.f3 117 5) Sämisch Variation Kasparov Variation 155 6) 4.Nf3 c5 191 7) 8.cxd5 Rubinstein Variation 215 8) 4.e3 0–0 5.Ne2 245 9) 5.Bd3 d5 – 6.Ne2 & 6.cxd5 267 10) The Sharp 6.a3 301 11) 6.Nf3 Classical Variation 335 12) 4.Qc2 d5 393 13) 5.cxd5 435 Variation Index
