Lifetime Repertoires Nimzo & Bogo-Indian Defense by GM Eugene Perelshteyn May 12, 2025 + PGN

Lock Enemy Pieces Behind Their Own Pawns
— Set Up The Dark Square Blockade
of the Nimzo-Bogo

You let White grab the center. You’re not worried about their bishop pair, either. Because once your pawns seize the dark squares, White’s advantages start working against each other!

You’ll demote their bishops down to “tall pawns” with the Huebner Wall…

Your pawns box in White’s dark bishop.
Their pawns box in their light bishop…
while your knights menace their king

Set up the c7-d6-e5 pawn chain, so you always have a kingside attack in reserve…

With your pawns pointing to the
kingside, an attack on that wing
is always in the cards

And pick off low-hanging doubled pawns with the c-file freeze.

First, you freeze the doubled pawns
with …c7-c5. Then the rest of
your pieces jump in!

These strategies will be your go-to “point winners” in Lifetime Repertoires: Nimzo & Bogo-Indian Defense.

It’s a complete repertoire for Black against everything except 1.e4. One which has been refined for the past two decades by Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn.

He was a U.S. Junior Champion and a Samford Fellowship winner. His peak FIDE rating of 2555 places him among the country’s top players of his generation.

Perelshteyn’s repertoire has been evolving for 20-plus years now. And it all started with a best-selling book.

Back in 2005, he co-authored Chess Openings for Black, Explained.

He wrote it with his coach GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (former world #13) and GM Lev Alburt (3-time U.S. champion). These old-school pros distill entire opening variations into one-sentence plans, like:

You just trade the bishops, and win on the dark squares!

The book was an instant hit! Thanks to it, opening strategy and positional play finally clicked for thousands of club players.

Today, Perelshteyn brings you the same repertoire on Chessable…

Made Bulletproof By The Best Chess Engines, Then
Drilled Into Your Memory By MoveTrainer

Here’s the plan:

You’ll meet White’s toughest 1.d4 lines with the same sequence — 1…Nf6, 2…e6, and 3…Bb4.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
The Nimzo-Indian — touted by pros
as Black’s best opening against 1.d4

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
Did White play the Anti-Nimzo? Then
you fall back on the Bogo-Indian

Nimzo-Indian or Bogo-Indian, your follow-up stays the same.

You exchange your bishop for an enemy piece. Then you start blockading the center with …d6, …e5, or …c5, and win on the dark squares!

You blockade the dark squares,
you box in both bishops

Two bishops biting on granite?
Now you attack!

Against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3, you’ll fall back on the same dark square strategy… made more potent by a bishop breathing down the long diagonal.

And in chapter 19, you’ll outsmart White’s offbeat first-moves. You’ll cruise to a pleasant position, or even a winning advantage!

Let’s recap what you’re getting:

🎯 A complete counter against everything, except 1.e4. It locks down all 13 first-moves by White through 528 MoveTrainer lines — led by Perelshteyn’s dark square blockade.

🎯 A momentum-building lesson plan that drives real understanding. Perelshteyn starts you on the 32 variations and 9 key positions you must know. By the time you hit the 19 theory chapters, you’re already one step ahead… predicting moves in lines you’ve not seen before.