Overview
The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of the most important chess openings, an immensely popular choice both at club level as well as with almost all top players. It is a solid but flexible opening which gives rich tactical and positional play with winning chances for both sides. In this ground-breaking and well-structured book, one of today's greatest Nimzo-Indian experts, Ivan Sokolov, presents a complete guide to the important 4.e3(Rubinstein) Variation and clearly explains the plans and counterplans for both sides. The Rubinstein is the historical main line and the most consistently popular. It requires a through positional understanding and Sokolov, renowned author of Winning Chess Middlegames: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures, clearly presents the ideas, structures and plans in the various continuations. Besides in-depth explanations of strategy and concepts The Strategic Nimzo-Indian also contains quite a few new ideas and previously unknown resources for both Black and White. Ivan Sokolov not only provides you with crucial up-to-date information and strategic lessons in the Nimzo-Indian Defence; after studying this book you will have become a better allround chess player as well. ,
Full Product Details
Author: Ivan Sokolov
Publisher: New in Chess
Imprint: New in Chess
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.776kg
ISBN: 9789056913786
ISBN 10: 9056913786
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This book is simply far superior to anything else I have seen written on this opening-my own book included. The narrative, the explanatory prose, the analysis, the countless improvements, new ideas and so on, makes this book phenomenally splendid. If you want to understand how to play this opening, then this book is a perfect place to start. -- Carsten Hansen ChessCafe.com The author is constantly pointing out the positional consequences of the various thematic ideas throughout the lines. There are times when his research will almost certainly change the future course of theory. Whatever your connection to Nimzo, make sure that you get hold of a copy. An absolute must. -- Grandmaster Glenn Flear An outstanding book. Sokolov banks up his verbal assessments with concrete variations, but the prose is much more valuable for the layman rated below 2400, who will remember the helpful advice long after the analysis has been forgotten. -- John Donaldson, International master, International Master Chess Today
An outstanding book. Sokolov banks up his verbal assessments with concrete variations, but the prose is much more valuable for the layman rated below 2400, who will remember the helpful advice long after the analysis has been forgotten. --John Donaldson, Chess Today
Author Information
Ivan Sokolov is a top grandmaster who was born in Bosnia in 1968 and has been living in the Netherlands for many years. He was Yugoslav champion in 1988 and Dutch Champion in 1995 and 1998. In his rich career Sokolov has beaten world chess champions like Gary Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik as well as Viswanathan Anand. His previous books include Winning Chess Middlegames and The Ruy Lopez Revisited.
