Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 Damen Gambit and enduring initiative

and enduring initiative

The result

Two Knights Defence

But perhaps the main attraction of the Modern Steinitz is its flexibility

supported by tournament crosstables

Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 Damen Gambit and enduring initiativeRustam Kasimdzhanov, the 2004 FIDE World Champion, is predestined for the topic of the Nimzo Indian with 4. Qc2, as he has played this opening with great success with both white and black. The Uzbek grandmaster has gained further valuable experience on the topic as second to World Champion Anand. Kasimdzhanov emphasizes right in his introduction that the Nimzo Indian has many advantages, but that White is often left with a ruined pawn structure; the