Publisher:
Quality Chess, 2007
Edition:
Paperback large
ISBN: 978-91-976005-3-8 Pages: 320 Language: English
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 translaters frequently toned down many passages, fearing Nimzowitsch 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.
Extra features to the book: - games have been "with reason" computer-checked - a small essay about the current relevance of My System, by Jacob Aagaard - an essay with a dozen positions from the book that the publishers have attached a new opinion about
"I think the magical power of this book can be found in the fact that the author managed to be ahead of his time" - Artur Yusupov
