8/26/2020 – Our summer special continues with the Fritztrainer on the Nimzo-Indian by Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov. The charismatic star from Uzbekistan presents a complete Nimzo-Indian repertoire for the black pieces. This opening is part of every serious chess player’s arsenal. Our special offer also includes the Nimzo-Indian Powerbook 2019 (300.000+ games) and the Nimzo-Indian Powerbase 2019 with almost 10.000 games to replay, analyse and add to your own repertoire. If you were not sure what you were going to do in the next couple of weeks, now you know!
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Everything you need to know to be able to play one of the most classical openings with Black, the Nimzo-Indian, arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. Nearly every World Championship and top tournament features the Nimzo-Indian.
The Modern Steinitz (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6!?) is an uncompromising weapon that lets Black put White under pressure from the very start.
€49.90
A lifetime repertoire: Play the Nimzo-Indian
This DVD provides everything you need to know to play one of the most classical openings with Black, the Nimzo-Indian, arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. Nearly every World Championship match and top tournament features this opening. It is a well trusted “lifetime” choice for players all around the globe. Former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov gives you both the concrete variations — with many novelties to catch your opponent by surprise — and the positional nuances to enhance your understanding of the opening and of the game in general.
Content:
4.e3 c5 – followed by …b6 to reach a setup with Bb4-a5 is one of the main lines
4.Qc2 – with 4…0-0 as th main line for black
4.Nf3 b6 – with the idea to play Bb7 and to exchange on c3
4.f3 d5 – the Classical Main Line for Black (instead of the popular …c5)
4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 – with the idea to play Nbd7-b6, a system which offers Black new and promising possibilities
Sidelines such as 4.g3, 4.a3, 4.Bd2 and others – If you play the Nimzo-Indian with White you will definitely also profit from Kasimdzhanov’s in-depth analyses.
Video running time: 6 h 47 min(English)
With interactive training including video feedback
Extra: exclusive database with more than 50 model games and extensive analysis by the author
Including CB Reader
Nimzo-Indian Powerbook 2019
Almost 300 000 engine games as well as 30 000 games culled from the Mega 2019 plus the Correspondence Database 2018 constitute the basis for the Nimzo-Indian Powerbook 2019. If you want to play for a win with Black against 1.d4 then hardly any opening is as well suited to the purpose as the Nimzo-Indian: it is rare for symmetrical positions to arise and not much is exchanged, instead of that exciting distributions of material often appear on your board. White requires patience. To be sure he can frequently obtain the bishop pair, but that does not necessarily promise him an advantage.
The Nimzo-Indian Powerbook 2019 is based on almost 300 000 games from the Engine Room and a good 30 000 played by human beings, coming to a total of over 327 000 games. The threshold for players is Elo 2450, but generally speaking the average is in the 2550-2600 range. Thus the Powerbook also offers reliable statistics in deep sub-variations.
The move 4.e3 still accounts for the greatest number of games. The position in the following diagram is then very frequently reached:
Now the older 7...Nc6 can lay claim to very good statistics, but if one goes deeper into the tree structure White just manages to get an edge in some branches. But the alternative 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4, and then either 8...Nbd7 or 8...cxd4 should reliably provide a level game.
Nimzo-Indian Powerbase 2019
The threshold for selecting games for the database was a high one — the average Elo of games being over 2550 points. There are many world-class Nimzo-Indian specialists, but all of them have played the opening with both colours. World champion Magnus Carlsen has 96 games in it, and in 53 of them he was playing White. As is the case in the Mega Database as a whole, Viktor Korchnoi has the largest number of games in the Nimzo-Indian Powerbase — namely 271, of which 130 are with Black!
The database shows the games list. By double-clicking on a game, the game is loaded. By clicking on the ‘Players’ you can sort the list by frequency of play. This way you can examine the games of Korchnoi or Carlsen, both big practitioners of this opening!
Games can be replayed and examined with an engine or with a Powerbook.
Everything you need to know to be able to play one of the most classical openings with Black, the Nimzo-Indian, arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. Nearly every World Championship and top tournament features the Nimzo-Indian.
Win a signed DVD
Grandmaster Nihal Sarin has signed a copy of the Opening Encyclopaedia 2019 and of the Komodo Chess 13 DVD for us. Anybody who buys the Nimzo-Indian bundle has the chance to win either one of these signed DVDs! With almost 7,000 opening surveys, the Encyclopaedia has tons of opening material to be analysed, while Komodo Chess 13 is still one of the most powerful chess engines out there. Good luck!
Arne KaehlerArne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
Ruy Lopez Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 12092 games from Mega 2025 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 1276 are annotated.
In this 60 Minutes, Andrew Martin guides you through all the key ideas you need to know to play with confidence. Whether you’re looking to surprise your opponents, or simply want a straightforward weapon against e5, the Centre Attack has you covered.
Videos by Mihail Marin: Najdorf Variation with 6.f4 and Nico Zwirs: Italian ‘giucco pianissimo’. ‘Lucky bag’ with 45 analyses by Edouard, Ftacnik, Gupta, Pelletier and others. Update service with over 50,000 new games for your database!
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
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