How to Play the Nimzo-Indian Defence: A Key Introduction to a Major Defence

by Shaun Taulbut and Raymond D. Keene

Book Overview

Nimzo-Indian Defence is an ideal fighting defence to 1 d4. Black immediately seeks to create pawn weaknesses in his opponent's position in order to exploit these in the middlegame and endgame. In the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843821087
• ISBN13: 9781843821083
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Synopsis

A companion volume to Winning with the Nimzo, this book is the first part of a full explanation of one of the most important defences to the Queen's pawn in contemporary chess. It has been a favourite of Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, Petrosian and Botvinnik, to name but a few of the greats who have employed it. This book - unlike many rivals - concentrates on full games with notes explaining strategies that will never go out of fashion. International Master Shaun Taulbut has been Silver Medallist in the British Championship, Gold Medallist in the World Student Team Championship and is a former junior champion of Europe. He has published many books on the theory of the openings. Raymond Keene is a British Chess Champion,and the first British Player to achieve a FIDE (World Chess Federation) Grandmaster norm. He was awarded the OBE for services to chess in 1985. He is Chess Correspondent of The Times,The Sunday Times,The Spectator, and The International Herald Tribune. He is a prolific author of chess books, several of which are classics of the genre. He has organised three World Chess Championships