Nimzo Indian Books / Role models

With the current hotness of the Grunfeld Indian (my main line against d4) I would like to have a backup opening with potential to replace the grunfeld.There are to many theory kids around at my level (around 2100-2200) to safely play the grunfeld every time.

My eye has fallen on the Nimzo Indian for the following reasons

• I do not like playing unsound openings
• I must be able to win with  black
• I like dynamicly balanced positions

I have 2 simple questions

1. What are good books about the Nimzo (1900+ level)
2. What are good role model players who's games i can study

I would go for Sokolov's Winning chess middlegames.

Features a great deal of Nimzo Indian games + it's a great treatise on pawn structures.

But do you mean the 1985 edition with 176 pages or the 1993 edition with 337 pages? Both can be found secondhand online.

Cheers

I believe the 1993 edition is an updated version of the earlier one. Of course, it doesn’t have the latest theory, but it is an outstanding foundation for understanding the Nimzoindian.

IM pfren is correct: the book is available only through used booksellers. Amazon has a number of them listed.

Bronstein's Zurich 1953 would be a good reference source, since that tournament contained quite a number of Nimzo Indian games.

What about Nimzo and Bogo Indian by Christof Sielecki?
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Nimzo-and-Bogo-Indian-The-76p3910.htm
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7361.pdf

would it be the Nimzo Indian by Michael Roiz (Grandmaster repertoire collection) a better, more updated book? I have the Mihail Marin collection on the English and I love those books (or at least the first third of the first book that I manage to get through, LOL).

What I liked of the English opening collection is that Marin finds ways to decline trasnpositions to other openings. In the books I've seen about the Nimzo it suggest to traspose to Queen gambit declined at early stages with certain replies.

Anyhow, anybody has read this Michael Roiz book?

Cheers

I've noticed there are very few good books on the Nimzo. I think this has always been the case. Perhaps the subject matter is too difficult for most chess writers.

Would you mind explaining why do you like gligoric's book? I leafed through this book the other day, and it seems to my quite scant in prose.

An easy to find book for someone trying to learn the Nimzo is "The Nimzo-Indian: Move by Move" by John Emms. It has a pretty conversational style and is designed to teach the ideas. I don't like some of the "Move by Move" books, but this one is pretty good

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7030.pdf

„Easy Guide to the NID“ / Emms is a nice start.

Sielecki‘s tome for example is the overkill. 

"Sielecki‘s tome for example is the overkill. "

It also features  very specific repertoire recommendation, not the best introduction 

Exactly. Mainly other subvariations I used to play - I am selling it right now.