King's Indian Defense vs Nimzo-Indian Defense

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bestrhmn

Would you rather play kings indian or nimzo against d4? whats the up and downside of both opening? which more tactical or positional,wanna pick one of them for fishersake

gingerninja2003

well it's impossible to play the nimzo against e4. you can against d4 but not e4. same with the kings Indian. 

gingerninja2003

 this is the nimzo.



gingerninja2003

this is the Kings indian. defence

 

gingerninja2003

personally the KID to me is like acid. i hate playing it and i hate playing against it.

bestrhmn
gingerninja2003 wrote:

well it's impossible to play the nimzo against e4. you can against d4 but not e4. same with the kings Indian. 

yeah,against d4 i mean(thx just edited).well against e4 it really suit me to play hyperaccelerated dragon

gambitattax

KID anyday! KID is an amazing opening. I hate playing Nimzo as black.

pdve

The nimzo is slightly more difficult to handle

goodduck

i would rather be a king than a nimrod

oregonpatzer

I like the Nimzo better, Bb4 is more aggressive than Bg7, I like to come out swinging. 

bestrhmn

now i understand some basic different. In king's variation we use fianchetoed bishop to control center while in nimzo variation we use the same bishop to pin the knight which is protecting the central pawn