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One of the Queen's Pawn Side Defences, it is
named after Latvian GM. Aaron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), who pioneered
its successful use in 1914. It is popular with masters and versatile because
it enables the Black pieces to contest the centre without being committed to
any specific pawn structure.
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Being "hypermodern" in strategy it uses an
"Indian KKt", but does not set a
characteristic fianchetto. Instead, Black's
King's Bishop pins White's Q-side knight
(move 3b, left) to control White's
K4(e4) and so prevent an enlarged White pawn centre. Most lines
involve exchanging B-for-Kt - normally a Q-side
disadvantage to Black, but here White gets an awkward left wing pawn
group.
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Full of strategic possibilities, the defence enables White to adopt any of
several immediate variations (the Rubinstein
being the most popular) while it also allows Black to transpose into the
Dutch Defence, the
Queen's Indian Defence, the Old Indian Defence
and the Queen's Gambit. |