The Nimzo Indian Defence: Following the steps of Botvinnik.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 21:26 Written by Cyber Chess Team Monday, 31 August 2009 17:38
Nimzo Indian Defence is considered to be the powerful weapon against formidable 1.d4 players. It is worthy to mention here that even those formidable 1.d4 players choose this opening when they played Black. Among them was Ex World Champion M.Botvinnik who won the following game in a brilliant way against Paul Keres in 1941 (Photo source from Wikipedia)
The Moves
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.0–0–0 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 g5 10.Bg3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.Rxd3 Qf5 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Ka1 0–0 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 21.Qd3 Nc2+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 0–1 (2) Eljanov,P (2716) - Carlsen,M (2775) [E35] Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow RUS (12), 29.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.a3 Be7 12.e3 0–0 13.Be2 a5 14.0–0 Rb8 15.Rfd1 Be6 16.Na4 Qd7 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.Ba6 Re8 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 Ne4 21.Qxc6 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 g5 23.Bg3 Rxb2 24.Bd3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Ra2 26.Rc3 Rb8 27.Bb1 Rab2 28.Bd3 R8b3 29.Rdc1 a4 30.f4 Ra2 31.f5 Bd7 32.f6 Rxc3 33.Rxc3 Kf8 34.Rc7 Ke8 35.Ra7 Kd8 36.Bg6 fxg6 37.Ra8+ Bc8 38.Rxc8+ Kxc8 39.f7 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Kf1 Ra1+ 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Ke1 Ra1+ ½–½ (3) Kotanjian,T (2568) - Khalifman,A (2622) [E35] 10th EICC Budva MNE (10), 16.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Nge2 Bf5 12.Be5 0–0 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.Nxf5 Nxe5 15.Ne7+ Kg7 16.Nexd5 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Rad8 18.Rd1 Nf6 19.Nxf6 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Kxf6 21.Be2 Qxc5 22.Kc1 Rc8 23.Kb2 Qb6+ 24.Qb3 Qc6 25.f3 Rd8 26.Rc1 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 Rxd3 28.e4 Qc5 29.Qxb7 Rd2+ 30.Rc2 Rd6 31.e5+ Qxe5 32.Qxa7 Qb5+ 33.Kc1 Qf1+ 34.Kb2 Qb5+ 35.Kc1 Rb6 36.c4 Qc5 37.Qxb6+ Qxb6 38.c5 Qc6 39.h3 Ke5 40.Re2+ Kd4 41.Rd2+ Ke3 42.Rc2 h5 43.Rc3+ Ke2 44.Rc2+ Ke1 45.Kb2 f5 46.Rc1+ Kd2 47.Rc2+ Kd3 48.Rc3+ Kd4 49.Rc2 g4 50.hxg4 fxg4 51.fxg4 hxg4 52.Rd2+ Ke3 53.Rc2 Kd4 54.Rd2+ Kc4 55.Rc2+ Kb4 56.Kb1 Qe4 57.c6 Ka3 0–1
Other Games
i,) 5...Qxd5 is the Romanishin System the idea is that after 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 Black controls the e4 square.
ii) White can play 6.e3 to avoid 6…Qf5 which is answered by 7.Bd3
Complete Analysis in the forthcoming article written by IM Lanka Ravi
(4) Navara,D (2638) - L'Ami,E (2603) [E35]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 24.01.2009
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.0–0–0 Bxc3 11.f3 Bd2+ 12.Rxd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Be6 14.h4 g4 15.Bd6 Nd7 16.e4 Rc8 17.Qc3 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.e5 Nd7 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Ra8 23.Ne2 f6 24.f4 fxe5 25.fxe5 Kf7 26.Nd4 Ra1+ 27.Kb2 Rha8 28.Be2 Rxh1 29.Nxe6 Nxe5 30.Nc7 Re1 31.Bb5 Rd8 32.Kc3 Nc6 33.Nxd5 Rc1+ 34.Kb2 Rg1 35.g3 Rxd6 36.cxd6 Ke6 37.d7 Kxd7 38.Nf6+ Ke6 39.Nxg4 h5 40.Bc4+ Kf5 41.Ne3+ Ke4 42.Nf1 Nxb4 0–1
(5) Dreev,A (2688) - Khairullin,I (2574) [E35]
Aeroflot Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.dxc5 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.e3 Qa5 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Rb1 Qxc5 15.Rb5 Qa3 16.Rb3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Qa5 18.Qxa5 Nxa5 19.Rb5 b6 20.h4 gxh4 21.Bxh4 Be6 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Rxh6 Rc8 24.Rb1 Kd7 25.Rd1 Rc2 26.e4 Kc6 27.exd5+ Bxd5 28.Be5+ Be6 29.a4 Rc5 30.Bd4 Rd5 31.g3 Kd7 32.Bb5+ Kd6 33.Bc3 Rxd1+ 34.Kxd1 Nb3 35.Ke2 Nc5 36.Bb4 Rg4 37.Rh4 Ke5 38.Rxg4 Bxg4+ 39.Ke3 a5 40.Ba3 Bd1 41.Be8 Ke6 42.Bxc5 bxc5 43.Kd2 Bf3 44.Kd3 Ke7 45.Bb5 Kd6 46.Ke3 Bd1 47.Ke4 ½–½
Kaupthin Open Differdange LUX (2), 11.05.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qf6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bd3 Nxc5 13.Nge2 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Bf5 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qxb7 Ra7 17.Qb6 Ba5 18.Qb3 Bd3 19.0–0 Bxc3 20.Nxc3 Bxf1 21.Nxd5 Qg6 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Qb8+ Kd7 24.Qxa7+ Ke6 25.e4 Re8 26.Qd4 1–0
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