First off, given your available chess statistics, it seems that you have more important things to worry about than what openings you're using in games (same as me to a lesser extent).
Secondly, Nimzo- and Queen's Indian lines are by theoretical nature (which is less relevant to the amateur player mind you) sort of drawish, especially in the case of the Queen's Indian, because as with all of the more solid black openings, they're based on the idea of attempting to equalize against white before trying to play for an advantage (unlike King's Indian, Benoni, Dutch, etc.)
Third, I don't tend to play either Defense anymore for exactly the same reasons you gave about their often boring-ish nature. That said, I recall that in the Nizmo-, black typically has two mutually exclusive plans: inflict doubled queenside pawns on white then proceed to tie him down in defending them (b6 and Ba6, Nc6-Na5, etc.), or obtain a solid lead in development and hence initiative. Both plans generally come at the cost of early bishop pair forfeiture.
White will generally attempt to open the position and show that his king side attacking chances outweigh his structural weaknesses, or in the latter case, catch up in development while not making too many concessions in the process. In both cases, it generally behooves black to close the center if he can.
Queen's Indian is usually more about trying to control the central light squares and e4 in particular as I recall, though that plan kind of overlaps with the Nimzo- somewhat.
A stronger player could expound on all this.
How to win with queen's and nimzo Indian.
Thank you for your responses. It seems my rating is not a helpful factor. Although I admit my rating is around 1200, this is a BLITZ rating. In real life standardplay tournaments (with two hours per person) I am a Class B/category 2 player (1600-1800 rating). This is not a lie. Yes on chess.com it says my standardplay grades is 1200, but that is because I never play a standardplay game on chess.com. I make blunders easily in blitz and lightning games, and therefore do not have a high rating. Ok, even though I don't fancy myself a blitz player, I have beaten AT LEAST one player over 1800, and I can tell you it was not on time. Now I've made things clear about my ratings, can you give me some ideas to play for a win in the Nimzo and Queen's Indian. Thanks.
I am sorry,but you can't play for a win with the queen's indian. It is a drawing weapon.
@ vishyanand100
I can't help you much more than I already have. I've already mentioned that I no longer embrace either defense on a wholesale level (i.e. nothing more than occasional blitz use). If you know how to reach your desired opening and if you know what ideas you should be playing for, then the rest is merely a question of move order details. Frankly, this is either a matter of knowing opening theory (which means memorizing opening lines, or better still, actually understanding them) or of knowing how to react to your opponent's non-theory moves. There's no magic bean that can instill this knowledge to you without some amount of pattern recognition that comes from playing experience, pure and simple. In the case of common non-theory move deviations, you can use a database or an engine to help you determine the most effective reply.
Furthermore, I've already told you some basic plans that black typically has in the Nizmo- Indian. If that's not an idea on how to play for a win, then I don't know what is. I realize I hardly described every possible plan for both defenses, nor did I do so thoroughly (particularly the Queen's Indian, as I've tried it much less), but what do you expect from someone who's probably Class B-ish himself and who has admitted that he no longer actively practices either?
Another reason why I stopped using particularly the Nimzo, by the way, is because there's too much theory on it, and I have little patience trying to understand how to play against effectively 4 different acceptable responses by white (Rubinstein, Classical with 4.Qc2, Saemisch, and whatever the name for the immediate f3-e4 lines are).
I need help with this line in the queens indian though:
That second game was great. Seriously, I got so much pleasure from playing over it. :)
@Snar: Ba6 is best in that postion because theoretically black wants white's queen off the protection of the d4-pawn, and white usually moves Qc2 thereafter. However, b3 is playable, but that means less defence on the knight if it comes to c3. Ba6 Qc2 Bb7 is mainline.
yeah, i knew that ba6 was the best move, but i want to know some plans after that move, I have played 2 games against people about my level, with that position as black, and lost them both
Can you give me some ideas, for I am a proficient player of both. Also, my games tend to be rather drawish. Could you also include some games if possible. Thanks.