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Starting out - The Nimzo-Indian by Chris Ward

Starting out - The Nimzo-Indian Chris Ward ebook
ISBN: 1857442547, 9781857442540
Page: 51
Format: pdf
Publisher: Everyman Chess

I anticipated that he would play a Nimzo-Indian against me if I let him, and I saw no reason to prevent him from doing so. The two key games with Geller as White both used the Saemisch Variation in the Nimzo Indian (4.a3 is the earliest that it can be played). Black gets his light-squared bishop out of prison with tempo, and looks to play a favorable version of the Slav. Note that I spent under 5 1/2 minutes on this Without a3 it would probably be classified as either a Nimzo or Bogo Indian. They are all to varying degrees hypermodern defences, where Black invites White to establish an imposing presence in the centre with the plan of drawing it out, undermining it, and destroying it. Your goals are to get to 2400 and beyond: The Nimzo-Indian and the Bogo or the Queen's Indian- These lead to dynamic games and are very theoretically sound. This can be a really breezy opening for the player who wants to avoid opening disputes, duels, and neutralize White's advantage as painlessly as possible. D4 openings such as the Queen's Gambit or Nimzo-Indian defense). I am very happy to play White against the Nimzo-Indian. The positions are too subtle, require too Save these hypermodern approaches for later in your career and don't start out with them unless your ambitions are modest. I don't like Catalan type structures as laid out in Avrukh's book until one is at the 2200+ level. As White, I had some control over the opening. I am putting this out there as a reward to my regular blog readers who have a job and play tournament chess. Not necessarily different from other openings in that respect, but the 'Kann more than others is built on defensive rather than counterattacking principles, and favors the player who is not averse to long grinds and opening-to-endgame transitions ( along with occasional transpositions to 1.