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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Verifying Schandorff-Playing 1.d4 The Indian Defences

Schandorff proposes 4.e3 against the Nimzo-Indian with 5.Nge2 in Playing 1.d4 The Indian Defences(Qualith Chess 2012).




His key games are,


GameLineTournamentYear
14…Nc6BotvnnikTaimanovMoscow(4)1952
24…c5BotvnnikSmyslovMoscow(5)1952
34…0-0BotvnnikKeresHague/Moscow1948
44…b6AronianIstratescuAntalya2004
54…b6UggeHallCorr2003
64…c5Popov,SSavicMataruska Banja2007
74…c5NajerMitenkovMoscow1996
84…c5SasvariKunzelmannCorr2005
94…0-0IljushinMurzinTogliatti2001
104…0-0IvanisevicGyimesiBihac2010
114…0-0PonomariovKramnikWijk aan Zee2003
124…0-0AstroemYarshenkoCorr1997

I verified game 4 where Schandorff proposes the aggressive 8.Qf3/9.g4 plan. White imposed a sharp game in the 2004 Aronian stem game. I found some independant improements and present these findings.

My first outing with 4.e3 did not go so well so now additional work must be done to upgrade my knowledge level. This analysis is part of  the hoped for 'cure'.


Aronian,Levon (2645) - Istratescu,Andrei (2587) [E45]
EU-ch 5th Antalya (11), 27.05.2004[Yip]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.Qf3 A very direct approach that exploits the absence of Bb7.[Yip] 8...0–0 9.g4!? (diagram) 

Bayonet type attacks are common the Open Sicilian but not so much in the Nimzo-Indian.




Position 1
White has the bishop pair deep in the ending. How should white make progress?

White to play





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