Queen’s Indian Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence - Repertoire for Black #1013464

EVGENIY SOLOZHENKIN — VOLUME 1
Queen’s Indian Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence: Repertoire for Black
100 Real Games · 300 Key Positions · 300 Training Solutions · 1,200 Training Moves · Stockfish 18 Verification
A professional chess training volume from the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions, featuring the games and practical experience of Grandmaster Evgeniy Solozhenkin. The training methodology and game corpus have been developed and compiled by International Master Sergey Kolesnyak.
This book presents a systematic repertoire for Black based on two closely connected opening systems: the Queen’s Indian Defence and the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
The volume examines 100 real tournament games played by Evgeniy Solozhenkin with Black: 50 games in the Queen’s Indian Defence and 50 in the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
Each game is transformed into a continuous training pathway through three interconnected positions: Preparation, Key Position, and Conversion. Readers learn not merely to memorise opening variations, but to understand pawn structures, identify strategic plans, calculate critical continuations, and navigate the transition from the opening to the middlegame.
The volume includes:

• 100 authentic games by Grandmaster Evgeniy Solozhenkin.
• 50 Queen’s Indian Defence games and 50 Nimzo-Indian Defence games.
• 300 historically documented key positions.
• 300 complete seven-half-move training solutions.
• 1,200 training moves for Black.
• 296 historical training solutions preserved without alteration.
• 4 confirmed Stockfish 18 alternative training lines.
• Engine-based verification with a documented correction methodology.
• Player, game, and opening indexes.
• Historical introductions to both opening systems.
• A three-level educational method connecting knowledge, independent calculation, and practical application.
• Integration with the ChessMasterPro training methodology.

Historical authenticity and engine verification
The original tournament games and moves actually played are preserved. Stockfish 18 serves as an independent analytical instrument rather than a replacement for human chess understanding. Alternative training lines are admitted only after rigorous comparative verification.
A complete learning system
The book follows the three-level educational philosophy of the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions:
Knowledge → Independent Thinking → Practical Application
Readers first study the strategic structure, then solve specially selected training positions independently, and finally test their understanding through practical play.
Designed for ambitious chess players, coaches, advanced students, and tournament competitors, this volume offers a structured approach to mastering two of Black’s most respected defences against 1.d4.
Study the structure. Understand the plan. Find the move. Apply the knowledge.