CHESS EXPLAINED: THE NIMZO-INDIAN (Reinaldo Vera)
112
pages (248 mm by 172 mm).
£12.99/$23.95/€17,55
Chess Explained books provide an understanding of an
opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right
moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board
with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the
ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to
have.
The Nimzo-Indian is one of the most important of all
chess openings, and popular at all levels of play. Together with the
Queen's Indian (also covered in this series), the Nimzo
has provided the backbone of the opening repertoire of a large portion of the
world's top players over the last 80 years. It is considered a fully reliable
defence, and provides winning chances for both sides as it leads to structures
of great strategic variety and complexity. Key battlegrounds in the Nimzo
include the blockade, IQP positions, the handling of unbalanced
pawn-structures, and the struggle between bishop and knight. All these topics
are covered in depth in this book, and an understanding of them will prove
valuable in a much broader context than just the Nimzo-Indian.
Reinaldo Vera comes from Cuba and gained his
grandmaster title in 1988. He has won the Cuban Championship on two occasions
and was a member of the Cuban national team for more than two decades. Vera
graduated from Havana University, and has written for many chess magazines,
including New in Chess, Jaque and Peon de Rey. He is also
a FIDE Senior Trainer, and the coach of the Cuban team.
Gambit books by Vera: Chess
Explained: the Meran Semi-Slav; Chess
Explained: the Nimzo-Indian.
Download a pdf file with a
sample from the book.
"This is a very well-written book with enough analytical
material to launch your Nimzo-Indian career, and more than enough explanation
to justify the series title." - IM John Watson,
TWIC
"provides a decent overview of 'one of the defences richest
in positional ideas,' and is a fine place to begin your own investigations." -
Mark Donlan, Chess Horizons
"Is there a chess player out there who doesn't want to have
the key concepts of the game explained in a simple but expert manner? Gambit
Books has capitalized on this desire by creating a straightforward but elegant
series of books called simply Chess Explained. Each book focuses on a different
opening, offering concise explanations and lessons on understanding why the
moves are played and what the ensuing middlegames look like. ... impressive in
its own way is The Nimzo-Indian by Reinaldo Vera. ... He notes that the
opening has arguably the best reputation of all defences against 1.d4, with
just about every world champion having adopted it at one time or another. With
such a venerable history, Vera could have been forgiven for including some
classic, historic encounters. But he keeps the illustrative games current.
Published in 2008, his book features games almost entirely from the last two
years. This series of books will appeal to amateur and intermediate players who
want to begin playing a new opening, or brush up on the latest ideas from
modern grandmaster practice." - Cecil Rosner, Winnipeg Free Press
"A cleverly written book which shows the reader the
subtleties of the Nimzo-Indian in a very instructive manner." - Martin
Rieger, www.freechess.de
"...plenty of textual explanations and good layout" -
John Saunders, www.bcmchess.co.uk
"All together GM Reinaldo Vera offers you in this book a
fine introduction in to an opening with a unique flexibility all explained at
the hand of a large collection of latest played games, which makes this book
also very useful for the more experienced player! Conclusion: A book where you
can learn to play and win with the latest devolpments of the Nimzo-Indian!" -
John Elburg, chessbooks.nl
"...it is because of its continued popularity that the
theory is in a constant state of flux. The author, in keeping with the aims of
this series, sets out to present an up-to-date overview of the system,
concentrating on the main themes arising from the opening (White's 'advantage'
of the two Bishops counter-balanced by the ruined Q-side pawn structure being
of paramount importance) and not being diverted by too much analysis of
variations. At the same time you can't get much more up-to-date than this, with
23 of the 25 games having been played in the past two years. So we have a
balanced mix of modernity and good old-fashioned principles." - Alan Sutton,
En Passant
"...there is some real gold here" - IM John Donaldson,
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