Questions tagged [nimzo-indian]
The Nimzo-Indian Defense is the opening characterized by the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4.
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What are some good books that explain the strategic ideas behind the Nimzo-Indian Defence, from Black's perspective?
I'm looking for a book, which does not have to be modern at all, that comprehensively explains the strategic ideas of the Nimzo-Indian Defence from Black's perspective.
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What is the point of 6...Ne8 in the f3 Nimzo?
4...O-O followed by 6...Ne8!? is a popular line in the f3 Nimzo at master level, but I'm still struggling to understand why it's played.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 ...
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How can I minimise my opponent's chances to make use of a weak square in my position?
For example, the Nimzo Indian where I don't want black to use the c4 square or the Benoni where I don't want white to use the d6 square. Is the only way to prevent this to have pieces tied down to ...
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Why is the 'classical' Nimzo-Indian called the Noa variation?
I recently played 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5, and it was coded as the Noa variation of the Nimzo-Indian. There was a Josef Noa of Hungary, who lived from, 1856-1903, but his recorded ...
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Spielmann Nimzo-indian
In the Spielmann Nimzo-indian, the position after this completely reasonable line makes the position seem that Black is winning. However, the engine evaluation gives the position as equal. What sort ...
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What do advocates of the QGD exchange variation (from the white side) recommend against alternative move orders?
I've recently started to become interested in the exchange Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) from the white side:
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5
Thematically speaking it's very ...
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Good follow up to 1.d4 Nf6 2. e3 for black
I play the nimzo Indian defence, and so in response to 1.d4 I play Nf6, planning on playing e6 and Bb4.
However, if they follow up with any other moves, I am at a bit of a loss as to what to play. I ...
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Why not 4.e3 Bxc3+ in the Nimzo-Indian?
Why is 4.e3 Bxc3+ almost never played in the Nimzo-Indian, with idea of 5.bxc3 c5, considering that this is a relatively feared move after 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Bxc3, et cetera (Huebner Variation), so that a ...
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What's the best answer to 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3?
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3, what is the best reply?
Assuming that I, as Black, am a Nimzo-Indian Player, there is no hope for a Nimzo now. Would you go for 3...d5 (QGD with no particularly useful a3 ...
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Why do some openings have Indian in their name?
Why are a few chess openings named King's Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, and so on?
What is the significance of Indian in all these opening names? What's India's ...
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Why is 2...e6 the most common move after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4, but not after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3?
This is the case on the Chesstempo database, and the Chessbase database.
I don't understand why. Wouldn't people who favour Nimzo-type setups play 2...e6 against both moves, and people who favour ...
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What are all the most common transpositions between the Caro-Kann Panov–Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 and the Nimzo-Indian Defence?
I would like to know what are all the most frequent transpositions between the two following openings:
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The Caro-Kann Panov–Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 6. Nf3 Bb4:
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Why not 4.Bd2 in the Nimzo-Indian?
After the initial moves of the Nimzo-Indian 4.Bd2 is rarely played and it gets poor results according to databases.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2
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Playing the Queen's Indian. Which kind of players?
In general, the Queen's Indian is not much seen at top levels when arising from the ECO move order:
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
However, many games transpose from the Nimzo-Indian ...
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Why are doubled pawns in this case particularly devastating?
There is a case where the opponent can inflict a double pawn on us
[FEN "4k3/ppp2ppp/3p4/4p3/4P3/2PP4/P1P2PPP/4K3 w KQkq - 0 1"]
Why is this kind of double pawn particularly devastating for white? I ...
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Analysis of positional play by a very aggressive player
After checking that it was okay to seek analysis on this site, I decided to post this recent game against a 1950 (I was white, 1650) with post-game annotations (forgive my excess rambling). I think it ...
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Wedge pawn formation with slight differences
In the Nimzo-Indian Rubenstein, there's a solid line for Black that begins thus:
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5
Since I am Class A rated, I normally ...
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