Beat The Nimso-Indian With 4 Qc2 

Beat the Nimso-Indian With The Clever 4.Qc2
Do you need a line for white against the Nimso? The this might be the thing you were searching for! It seems white is doing very well with 4.Qc2 vs the Nimso-Indian. Here is a suggestion for white that will work at GM-level!
Fabiano Caruana (2770) - Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2801) [E32]
FIDE World Rapid Championship 28.12.2021
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 [4...c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.a3 Is supposed to be good for white; 4...d5 5.a3]
5.e4 [5.a3 Is another line]
5...d5 [5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 is good for white]
6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Ndc5
Video continues: [10...Qh4?! 11.g3 Qh5 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 g5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Be3! Nxe5 16.f3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd6 (17...Nc5 18.Qd2 h6 19.g4 Qg6 20.h4) 18.g4 Qg6 19.Qxg6+ fxg6 20.Bxg5 Re8 21.Bf4 Nc4 22.Nb5 Rf8 23.Bh6 Rd8 24.Rfe1 Kf7 25.Rad1 b6 26.Rd4 g5 27.Bxg5 Rd7 28.Rf4+ Kg6 29.Re6+ 1-0 (29) Caruana,F (2770)-Vidit,S (2629) chess24.com 2021 29...Kxg5 30.Rf5+ Kh4 31.Rh5#]
11.0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 b6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.c4 [15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.c4 Qa5 17.Nb5 and I prefer white]
15...Nc5 16.Qc3 Qe4 17.Bg3 Qd3 18.Qxd3 Nxd3 19.Nb5 Bd7 20.Nd6 Ba4 21.f4 f6 22.Rf3 Nc5 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Bh4 Rg6 25.Re3 Bc6 26.g3 Rf8 27.Rf1 e5 28.fxe5 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Re6 30.g4 Ne4 31.Nxe4 Rxe5 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.Rxe5 fxe5 34.Kf2 Bd7 35.Bg3 Bxg4 36.Bxe5 Be6 37.Bb8 Bxc4 38.Bxa7 Bxa2 39.Bxb6 Kf7 ½-½
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