The opening arising after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
carries the name of Aaron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), who played some
wonderful games with it and contributed many important ideas. However,
the Nimzo-Indian can well be called the opening of the world champions.
Capablanca employed it and lost one of the most legendary games in chess
history - against Botwinnik, another world champion. His successors
adopted the Nimzo-Indian as well, often even with both colours. Robert
Fischer scored his greatest achievements with this opening in 1972 when
he - among other things thanks to a brilliant Nimzo-Indian victory -
became world champion. Also his heir to the throne, Karpov, used it to
good success, and after him Kasparov.
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