Destroying the Nimzo Indian Defense

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One of the stereotypes in chess literature belongs to the fearsome Nimzo Indian Defense. 

No people! Don't play 3.Nc3, avoid the Nimzo Indian Defense! Play 3.Nf3...

Well, from now on every time i beat people with style in Live chess against this defense....here is the place to post the glorious moment. For followers and non-believers!! 

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MindChessKillazz wrote:

Good game ! Still hard to judge an opening in a bullet game !!

It was 5/0 Blitz. It's not about judging the opening, it's about revealing stereotypes that have marked our generation playing chess. For decades now there is a dogma that Whites should avoid playing against the Nimzo Indian Defense...well...bring it on!...i say. I love to play against the Nimzo. happy.png

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Thank you for this game Bishop! I certainly prefer grunfeld as black to 1. d4. However must say that in grunfeld many times the unmoved black's e pawn could be a problem-target, if one forgets it.

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introuble2 wrote:

Thank you for this game Bishop! I certainly prefer grunfeld as black to 1. d4. However must say that in grunfeld many times the unmoved black's e pawn could be a problem-target, if one forgets it.

Being a Gruenfeld player my self i understand what you mean, that for many of my repertoire lines have changed to use the e pawn as the first break point instead of the usual c5. 

I will post some of my Gruenfeld games later.

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And a fresh miniature against the Saint Petersburg variation of the Nimzo Indian. I have to confess this is my favorite line to play against. My opponent was quite circumspect but lost his nerves somehow...