TN wrote on 11/23/10 at 03:46:03:

Here I have always referred 4...b6, and of course that fits in perfectly with the DVD recommendations!
I must warn you that the theory has advanced a bit since the DVD came out (!), but that I played a couple of the lines recently with a reasonable outcome. 
One important point, in the 5.Bg5 line it now seems that 12...Na6 is more accurate than 12...Nd7 (see John Emms' recent updates) but that a transposition is likely.

Since these Bad Bishop videos tend to focus on ideas and variations that can be played quickly, I recommend meeting both 3.g3 and 3.Nf3 with 3...Bb4, the Bogo-Indian. Have a look at Wang Yue-Carlsen and Topalov-Carlsen, both from Nanjing 2010, and if you like the look of this then you should definitely play the solid albeit slightly passive 4...Bd2 variation. 

There's also 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nbd2, but then simply 4...d5 5.a3 Be7 followed by ...0-0 and ...c5 is fine for Black. The reason Black can afford to lose a tempo with ...Bb4-e7 is because White's queen's knight is placed on the inferior d2 square as opposed to c3, and the extra tempo a3 does not offset this disadvantage. You may find it instructive to compare 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 with 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 0-0. 

If positions such as those arising in the aforementioned Carlsen games don't suit you, then you can play 4...Qe7 and pick up Chess Openings for Black Explained or Pedersen's Bogo-Indian book. If you want to go your own way rather than follow what most books recommend, both 4...a5 and 4...c5 should be examined. 

Of course, if you are really stuck, you can wait until Makarov's book on the Bogo-Indian is published (early 2011). Or you could even play a Tango with 3.Nf3 Nc6.

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Hey Tony.  Great video...

The Knockout Nimzo (Tony Kosten) 

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In this latest Bad Bishop video tape we are able to follow GM Tony Kosten analysing a selection repertoire lines against the so reliable Nimzo-Indian defence.
Even that there are only “100”minutes on this tape I was impressed how much information that Kosten could compress in these magnetic files!
The whole repertoire line is explained at the hand of  fourteen  well filled games that are explained by the author in a very pleasant way of understanding .Kosten is ambitious as you not only can see with his summary and of course his excellent annotations to the games but above all he is one of the greatest experts on the Nimzo – Indian defence!
Conclusion: A very instructive video tape!

I just received a copy, and it looks quite good to me!