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My System

New Translation

Aron Nimzowitsch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quality Chess Europe AB

Published:24th Jan '07

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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.

"Since its publication approximately eighty years ago, My System has been one of the cornerstones of chess theory and instruction. It has been a major influence on the development of chess theory and praxis for most of the 20th century, and will continue to do so in the 21st. The re-release of Nimzowitsch's extraordinary work, along with the additional material included by the publisher makes the appeal and importance of this great book as relevant as it ever was." -- Eugene Manchester, ChessCafe.com

ISBN: 9789197600538

Dimensions: 235mm x 170mm x 10mm

Weight: 528g

320 pages