Aron Nimzowitsch had been an emerging star before the war, finishing shared second at San Sebastián 1912 and qualifying for the elite St...
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On 15 January 1930 one of the strongest chess tournaments of the time began in the Italian resort of San Remo. 16 players took part,...
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I recall the time when I first faced future Grandmaster John Nunn . He was wearing short trousers and his face barel...
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His game against Shoosmith in 1907 is a good example of Nimzowitsch's maturing style. By the 1910s, he was experimenting with a variety of '...
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"My System is of course one of the great masterpieces of chess literature, compulsory reading for generations of players. Although the author's...
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The double check is sometimes characterised as the “Atomic Bomb” of the chessboard. Since the checks come from two different lines,...
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The history of chess has been marked by numerous epic confrontations. These include Staunton vs St Amant, a microcosm...
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If there's a single moment when hypermodern chess crossed over into the mainstream, Carlsbad 1923 is as good a candidate as any. Nimzowitsch...
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Raymond Keene OBE is an English chess grandmaster, a FIDE International Arbiter, a chess organiser, and a journalist and author.
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Aron Nimzowitsch ( 1886-1935), author of the chess players' strategic bible My System, emerged from a 19th-century tr...
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