Hansen: The Nimzo Indian 4.e3 Holz contain ideas that are useful

contain ideas that are useful in more difficult positions

striking at the castled position

After graduating from college

He reviews chess books for The Week in Chess and hosts a weekly radio show on the Internet Chess Club

Winner of the 1999 Book of the Year of the United States Chess Federation and the British Chess Federation

Hansen: The Nimzo Indian 4.e3 Holz contain ideas that are usefulComprehensive coverage of the long established main line of the Nimzo The reprint of the 2002 classic! Ever since Nimzowitsch introduced his flexible, dynamic defence to the queen's pawn, debate has raged over White's best reply. Many variations have been in and out of fashion, but one line in particular has proved an enduring weapon the sound and solid 4 e3 line, known as the Rubinstein Variation. The 4 e3 Nimzo is extraordinarily rich in strategy.