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page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,040  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 51 1921 Alekhine - Bogoljubov E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. P Johner vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 40 1926 Dresden E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 3. V Vukovic vs Colle   0-1 73 1927 Kecskemet E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 4. P Johner vs Capablanca 0-1 48 1929 Karlsbad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 5. W Winter vs E Steiner 1-0 23 1930 Hamburg Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 6. Sultan Khan vs R P Michell 1-0 25 1930 Hastings 1930/31 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 7. Bogoljubov vs H Johner   1-0 32 1931 Prague Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 8. S Erdelyi vs H Johner   1-0 27 1931 Prague Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 9. Reshevsky vs Denker ½-½ 55 1934 35th Western Championship. Final E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 10. Eliskases vs W Henneberger 0-1 27 1934 Bad Liebwerda E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 11. J Nielsen vs Szabo   ½-½ 69 1935 Warsaw Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 12. G Podolny vs A Budo   0-1 65 1936 All-Union 1st Category E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 13. V Vukovic vs L Endzelins   1-0 33 1936 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 14. L Kremer vs K S Ojanen   1-0 21 1936 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 15. Petrov vs E Andersen ½-½ 69 1936 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 16. Barcza vs A Becker ½-½ 48 1937 Correspondence Olympiad E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 17. W Ernst vs Bogoljubov   1-0 39 1937 Bad Saarow E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 18. Reshevsky vs Tartakower   ½-½ 51 1937 Kemeri E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 19. S Gotthilf vs Sokolsky   1-0 38 1938 Trade Unions Championship E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 20. S Gotthilf vs Chekhover   ½-½ 56 1938 11th USSR Championship Semifinal E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 21. S Landau vs P F Schmidt 1-0 52 1938 Noordwijk E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 22. Reshevsky vs Keres ½-½ 47 1938 AVRO E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 23. Gligoric vs B Rabar 1-0 28 1939 Zagreb E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 24. Alatortsev vs Smyslov 0-1 40 1939 Leningrad / Moscow training E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 25. S Landau vs Saemisch   1-0 27 1939 Amsterdam 6-players E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3  page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,040

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Feb-03-05    akashic: 4... 0-0 is way too passive. 4... c5 is much better in my opinion. Feb-03-05    dragon40: <akashic> I do not know if 4..c5 is better, but it is certainly more forcing! 4...0-0 is a good, flexible move for the black pieces. I guess it is all in the way that you wish to play your set-up. the Nimzo is so full of transpositions and well-rehearsed variations that it is very important that no matter what your preference that you understand why you like it and what to expect as far as typical positions and set-ups coming from that opening. I am a D pawn player as White, and I have faced far more 4...0-0 against the Nimzo, but again, I like to play the Classical variation of this opening, 4. Qc2 as a rule; unless I plan to use the setup with 4. E3, and 5. Ne2 instead. All a matter of preference! :) Feb-03-05    Poisonpawns: I like 4.Bg5 as white! Mar-11-05    dragon40: <poisonpawns> That is a very sharp variation, and you are in good company. Boris Spassky really worked it into a system, and Jan Timman had been using it in his prime as well! These days, at least at the GM level, it is not too popular, having been "de-fanged" as it were, and most players of the black pieces know the way to equality. At the lower levels though, it can be a very useful weapon, especially if Black treats it lightly and is not paying attention! Jun-01-09    Amarande: 4 ... 0-0 seems more flexible indeed. It allows ... c5 to be delayed to a point when the Nimzo branching is more definitely established, and the relative usefulness of having played this move early is determined. Particularly, in terms of Pawn structure, it seems Nimzo lines tend to fall into two categories, which depend on Black's early pawn moves and the circumstances around ... Bxc3 (which is usually all but forced at some point): a) Where Black eschews ... d5, AND White must recapture at c3 with the pawn. b) Where Black plays ... d5, and/or White can recapture at c3 with a piece. In lines that end up in the a) type, an early ... c5 is virtually mandatory. Black's chief advantage in such variations is the weak White pawn at c4, and were this pawn allowed to advance, that advantage would *greatly* decrease (possibly vanishing altogether). However, it can usually be played after making the exchange on c3 (even if this leaves Pc5 unguarded, dxc5 is generally really a bad idea for White). On the other hand, variations of the b) type seem to have a tendency to adopt a more QGD-like formation. (Given the significant advantage White usually gets in the QGD, one might even suspect these variations of being outright *bad* for Black, though I have not heard of them being directly refuted.) Here Black normally needs to play ... c5 eventually, to avoid being crushed in the center - but as Black also does not have a significant positional advantage that would be in immediate danger of vanishing if he did not play ... c5 immediately, he can afford to delay the move until completing his development rather than using an early opening tempo to do so.

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