Hi, I like Daniel King's discussion of a chess game, although I sometimes don't understand it all.
I especially liked the game Sokolov-Dizdarevic. I play the Nimzo Indian myself & this game showed me a few things i ought to know, even though black lost.
Since I started playing the CaroKann, I've read that sometimes it can end up in a position which is the same as the Nimzo Indian - it'd be great if Daniel could show us such a game.
All the best, siegrun

Sometimes the Panov transposes into a Nimzo position by 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O, this is the same position as after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O.

Thanks very much Tony, for this info. I clicked on the link behind your name & came to another page with more latest NimzoIndian games.
Now I just need to learn to understand the opening & I'll be fine.
I do think this is a brilliant site, thanks for looking after us.
siegrun

I've just studied the Koslov-Yemelin game - just the kind of explanations I need to understand the opening! Thanks, Daniel!
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Ali (10) gave me 'Mastering the NimzoIndian' by Tony Kosten. She picked it last year as prize in the UK Chess Challenge. The subtitle 'with the read and play method' is tongue in cheek. The 'look and say method' is a now discredited method of teaching reading. The unfortunate children learning only with this method learned about 300 words during primary school & never more, because they didn't know the sounds of letters.
However, Tony's book is very good. It shows you the pawn formations which you get when you play various Nimzo sequences. At the end of the book is a list of opening moves & were they're found in the book. So you can compare your games to theory.
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