Nimzo-English
White's complete advanced repertoire in the Nimzo-English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4). Ten drills cover the Qc2 mainline vs ...d5, Qc2 Hedgehog setups, the Fianchetto Variation, the aggressive Mikenas-Carls 3.e4, the anti-Nimzo Nd5, 3...c5 Symmetric, the Queen's Indian transposition 3...b6, the 3...d5 Exchange, and the Saemisch-style 4.a3.
The Nimzo-English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4) is the modern grandmaster battleground — used by Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, and Nepomniachtchi as a flexible weapon that combines English structural play with Nimzo-Indian dark-square pressure. This advanced pack drills the ten essential branches: the Qc2 mainline vs ...d5, two Hedgehog setups, the Fianchetto with bxc3 and a strong centre, the sharp Mikenas-Carls 3.e4 pawn sacrifice, the anti-Nimzo Nd5 leap, ...c5 Symmetric play, the Queen's Indian transposition, the 3...d5 Exchange with dxc6 pressure, and the Saemisch-style 4.a3 with f4 attack. Forty exam positions sharpen the bishop-pair endgames, the d-file pressure, and the central breaks so you reach every Nimzo-English middlegame with a clear winning plan.