Nimzo-Indian, a. Chess.
(ˌnɪmzəʊˈɪndɪən)
[f. Nimzowitsch (see next) + Indian a.]
Designating a form of Indian defence popularized by A. Nimzowitsch, in which Black plays his king's bishop to b4 (Kt5) instead of fianchettoing it.
| 1935 Chess I. 103/1 Nimzo-Indian Defence... White simply sought to combat and not to refute the Nimzo-Indian Variation. 1957 Griffith & White's Mod. Chess Openings (ed. 9) 261 The Nimzowitsch-Indian Defence, ‘Nimzo-Indian’ for short, was first worked out in detail by Aron Nimzowitsch, the Latvian-Danish Grandmaster. 1958 Listener 13 Nov. 803/3 If you prefer positional play..you will probably do best to specialize in some form of the Ruy Lopez or English with White, and with the French and Nimzo-Indian Defences with Black. |