• The spirit of Indian Defenses is based on flexibility and harmony.
• Most of the lines are positional, not tactical in character.
• While playing Black, you have to accept that occasionally you will not equalize, or get surprised or out-prepared.
• Learning the material from this book should sharply limit the extent of such instances, thus improving your overall results.
• Finally, I have an important piece of advice: remember about color strategy!
• The Bogo-Indian is mainly based on dark-squared control, while the Nimzo-Indian does so on the light squares. In case you forget what to do, this may prove a very useful guideline when choosing a move.

About the Author
Born in 1998 Lukasz Jarmula is a 23 year old Polish Grandmaster. His first GM norm was secured in January 2018 with a 6-3 result in the 8th Margaryan Memorial in Armenia. This 10-player round-robin event had an average ELO rating of 2503. Lukasz's performance rating for this event was 2632! Lukasz's second GM norm was earned at the GM section of the 2018 Czech Open where he finished 2nd behind GM Sergei Movesian with a 2612 performance rating and his final norm, same tournament in 2020. Since 2015 he has represented SV Griesheim in the German Bundesliga. He holds 17 medals from the Polish Youth Championships in all categories: Individual, Team, Rapid and Blitz. In 2016 he shared 2-5th place at the European Youth U18 and in 2014 won the silver medal at the European Youth Team Championship.


Book Information
ISBN 9789464201734
Author Lukasz Jarmula
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Thinkers Publishing
Publisher Thinkers Publishing