Opening Repertoire:

The Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Indian Defences

Christof Sielecki, Nigel Davies

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781945933
• Year: 2022

The Nimzo-Indian Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4) and the Queen's Indian Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6) are two classic systems for Black to meet 1 d4. They are popular at all levels and have been played by virtually every world champion. They enable Black to gain a firm foothold in the centre at an early stage and White is not permitted the easy space advantage that occurs with many other defences to 1 d4. Black does not seek to engage White in immediate battle but postpones conflict for the middlegame when an understanding of themes and plans will be paramount. In Opening Repertoire: The Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Indian Defences, highly experienced chess author and coach Nigel Davies guides the reader through the complexities of these two lines and carves out a repertoire for Black. He examines all aspects of these complex systems and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans. * A complete repertoire for Black against 1 d4. * A question and answer approach provides an excellent study method.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation, 4 Qc2
• 2 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein Variation, 4 e3
• 3 Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch Variation, 4 a3
• 4 Nimzo-Indian: Kmoch Variation, 4 f3
• 5 Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation, 4 Bg5
• 6 Nimzo-Indian: Romanishin Variation, 4 g3 & 4 Nf3 c5 5 g3
• 7 Nimzo-Indian: Miscellaneous Lines
• 8 Queen’s Indian: 4 g3
• 9 Queen’s Indian: 4 a3 & 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3
• 10 Queen’s Indian: 4 e3
• 11 Queen’s Indian: Miscellaneous Lines
• 12 Anti-Catalan: 3 g3 c5
• 13 Queen’s Pawn with Bg5
• 14 Queen’s Pawn with Bf4
• 15 Queen’s Pawn: Others
• 16 Anti-Reti: 1 Nf3 Nf6
• 17 Anti-English: 1 c4 e5
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