My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch’s ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch’s work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player’s education.
The problem for an English-speaking audience has been that My System was written in German more than eighty years ago. The commonly-used contemporary translations have sounded dated for some time, and were always questionable: the translators frequently toned down many passages, fearing Nimzowitsch’s biting wit would be too controversial.
This edition uses a brand-new translation that recreates the author’s original intentions. For the first time an English-speaking audience can appreciate the true nature of a famous chess book.

My System (Chess Classics)

Mein System

Nimzowitsch, Aron, 1886-1935; Adams, Ian, translator

Aaron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzovich

Gothenburg, Sweden: Quality Chess ; Gardena, Calif.: Distributed in US and Canada by SCB Distributors

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Quality chess ed, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gardena, Calif, 2014

Chess classics, Quality chess ed, Glasgow, ©2011

New, Place of publication not identified, 2011

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Göteborg, Gardena, 2007

Sweden, Sweden

1, 2007-01-01

316 pages : 24 cm
For the first time, an English-speaking audience can ap-preciate the true nature of this famous, classic chess book as this brand-new translation recreates the authors origi-nal intention. Not to have read My System is regarded as a shocking gap in a chess players education, but English speakers had only poor translations that toned down or even deleted many passages because the translators feared Nimzowitschs famous biting wit would be controversial. Nimzowitschs ideas about how to play better chess have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. It is commonly agreed that almost every chess master in the world has studied Nimzowitschs work. This is the first new English translation in decades. This is the first new English translation in decades and, unlike previous translations, does not censor or dilute the authors writing
Translation of the work originally published in Germany 1925
Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index

In my opinion the following are to be considered the elements of chess strategy: (1) The center.

2023-06-28