Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 SN_required false c3 variation

c3 variation

notably the Catalan

is now the order of the day for the white king

but how do you create the corresponding positions

Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 SN_required false c3 variationRustam Kasimdzhanov, the 2004 FIDE World Champion, is predestined for the topic of the Nimzo Indian with 4. Qc2, as he has played this opening with great success with both white and black. The Uzbek grandmaster has gained further valuable experience on the topic as second to World Champion Anand. Kasimdzhanov emphasizes right in his introduction that the Nimzo Indian has many advantages, but that White is often left with a ruined pawn structure; the