The Nimzo-Indian Defence 3An solid aggressive and simple system against the Nimzo-Indian Defence Introduction to 4..c54... c5 is referred to as the Huebner variation. Black often tries simply to double White's pawns and then use a blockading strategy by later playing d6. The following game by Kasparov shows the use of the unusual Nge2 to combat c5. This shall form this technical paper's stem game for an anti 4..c5 system. Kasparov's plan was highly effective. It basically involved flinging his kingside pawns against Csom in a controlled aggressive way! Csom's Bf5 did not help his cause, because it enabled Kasparov to gain some extra time for this plan. (2) Kasparov Garry - Csom,I [E42] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 (! from the perspective of this technical paper) True, this is not the more standard looking knight move 5. Nf3 or 5.Bd3. White does however prevent black from doubling the pawns, and then using a blockading strategy. An example from the doubled pawns Nimzowitsch paper on BCC on-line duplicated here for convenience is :- Iohner P - Nimzowitsch Aaron [E50] You can see from the above game that White's counterplay was considerably reduced by the master Nimzowitsch. White played passively, and Black's moves reflected deep concepts of Overprotection, blockade and restraint. cxd4 6.exd4 0-0 (6..d5 is arguably a more standard move in this position. Csom allows Kasparov to play d5.) 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.g3 Bc5 11.Bg2 d6 12.h3(!) This move allows Kasparov to play aggressively with g4 and g5 later! Bf5 Bf5?! This move may have accelerated White's initiative. Chandler-Andersson(1980) saw 12...a6 with the game following 13 0-0 Nbd7 14 Nd4 Ne5 and black had good play after Bd7. 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.g4 Be4 15.Ng3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nf8 17.g5 17...N6d7 18.h4 Ne5 19.h5 f6 20.Nce4 fxg5 21.Bxg5 Qb6 22.h6 Nf7 23.hxg7 Nd7 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.Bxf6 Qb5 26.Rh1 Bb6 27.Qf3 Ne5 28.Nf5 Nf7 29.Rxh7 Kxh7 30.Rh1+ Kg8 31.Rh8+ Nxh8 32.gxh8Q+ Kf7 33.Qfh5# 1-0 See Appendix 1 for other examples and Java browser of 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3
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