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Grandmaster Ben Finegold continues his series on "GM Level Preparation" with a video that reviews a case of accidental preparation. His victory over GM Huschenbeth during last year's US Chess Leage season earned him Game of the Week, but how did Ben reach such a fantastic position out of the Nimzo Indian opening? The story may surprise you... | Watch video
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GM Perelshteyn's series on controlling the dark-squares, via a thematic opening repertoire approach, continues today with a surprising turn: He proves that you don't even need the dark-squared bishop to make this dream a reality! He highlights variations from his co-authored book with one of our own (GM Dzindzichashvili) and shows how a main line of the Nimzo Indian can work as well. | Watch video
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In Part 2 IM Ginsburg reviews one of his own games in the Nimzo Indian against fellow International Master, Sal Bercys. His clear explanations of why he believe's black's best choice against 5.Nf3 is 5... d5 are very convincing. He reviews all the critical lines, and displays black's reoccurring theme of punishing white for the lost time, in order to compensate for black's loss of the Bishop Pair. | Watch video
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Our second featured author for the month of December is International Master Mark Ginsburg. Today he begins a new series, targeted towards Intermediate-Advanced level players looking to strengthen their openings repertoire's in the Nimzo Indian. He provides solid analysis, recommending his approach 5... 0-0 with 6... d6 against the Main Line Classical Nimzo with 5.a3. He also gives good general advice on how to deal with an imbalance like the Bishop Pair. | Watch video
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This weekend Roman tackles one of the "Big Guns" of the Modern Nimzo Indian with style! GM Dzindzichashvili gives us his own personal recipe for dealing with the immensely popular 4.Qc2 Classical Variation. In this slightly unorthodoxed approach, black aims to outplay the Bishop Pair with key square control and great Knight play. He ends with his patented "second option" for those who remain unsatisfied... | Watch video