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Question: Who was the greatest Nimzo Indian (black) player ever?

Karpov

45 (68.2%)

Botvinnik

1 (1.5%)

Alekhine

1 (1.5%)

Keres

5 (7.6%)

Korchnoi

2 (3.0%)

Smyslov

2 (3.0%)

Petrosian

3 (4.5%)

Fischer

1 (1.5%)

Someone else, not a world champ

4 (6.1%)

Someone else, world champ

2 (3.0%)

Total votes: 66

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Nimzo Indian (Read 7587 times)

Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #8 - 10/07/09 at 15:12:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	One of my candidates isn't even listed. When I think of how the Nimzo-Indian evolved from the 1950s one name stands out: Boris Spassky. He doesn't have the gawdy stats that Farago, Karpov or Keres has, but his theoretical contributions have been just as important and he played both sides in critical, famous games.


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HoemberChess God Member Offline Posts: 512 Location: Lake d4 on Planet Chess Joined: 10/08/07 Gender:	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #7 - 09/01/09 at 11:52:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	@LeeRoth: Are you Iván Faragó? Is he a great French Defense-player, too? LeeRoth wrote on 09/01/09 at 04:07:46: The answer is Paul Keres, who scored a phenomenal 63% on the Black side of the Nimzo against world-class opposition. Karpov's record is also impressive but lags a little behind. He's on 60% after a similar number of games. Someone you might not think of, Ivan Farago, is also on 60% and has played more games on the Black side of the Nimzo than either Keres or Karpov.
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fairchess Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 58 Joined: 03/25/09	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #6 - 09/01/09 at 11:02:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think Alekhine deserves the credit of playing the Nimzo without previous theory, that is, he created theory himself. Therefore my vote goes to him.


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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #5 - 09/01/09 at 04:07:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	The answer is Paul Keres, who scored a phenomenal 63% on the Black side of the Nimzo against world-class opposition. Karpov's record is also impressive but lags a little behind. He's on 60% after a similar number of games. Someone you might not think of, Ivan Farago, is also on 60% and has played more games on the Black side of the Nimzo than either Keres or Karpov.


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F22 Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 306 Joined: 07/16/09 Gender:	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #4 - 08/31/09 at 13:56:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Bogojump wrote on 08/29/09 at 10:52:40: I voted for Karpov. When I think about Nimzo-Indian...Karpov comes to my mind immediately. There is a magic harmony between Karpov and the Nimzo-Indian. His playing style is made for The Nimzo-Indian. Actually when I think about Karpov QID comes to my mind! I guess the problem was that he was so good with NID that people stopped allowing it.


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Bogojump Full Member Offline Chesspub Posts: 121 Location: Europe Joined: 03/26/08	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #3 - 08/29/09 at 10:52:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	I voted for Karpov. When I think about Nimzo-Indian...Karpov comes to my mind immediately. There is a magic harmony between Karpov and the Nimzo-Indian. His playing style is made for The Nimzo-Indian.

	"You must lead your opponent into a deep, dark forest, where 2 + 2 = 5 and where the path back out is only broad enough for one of you." (((Mikhail Tal)))
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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #2 - 08/25/09 at 11:54:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	Karpov seems to have been one of the greatest specialists in this opening. Looking at the stats I am quite amazed to constatate the Tal could also be considered as an hero of the Nimzo. Among today's players, it seems that Macieja is growing to a potential hero.

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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notagmyet Junior Member Offline I heart the Caro-Kann Posts: 72 Location: Oldham Joined: 08/26/03 Gender:	Re: Nimzo Indian Reply #1 - 03/28/04 at 09:21:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	Has to be Karpov, he's played it about a zillion times

	"When I am White, I am because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov" (?!) - Efim Bogolyubov, noted chess player and optimist.
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Artificer YaBB Newbies Offline I am always a confused person.. hmm, what? Posts: 3 Location: Home Joined: 03/12/04	Nimzo Indian 03/12/04 at 02:39:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	Who was the greatest Nimzo Indian (black) player of them all?


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