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Nimzovich suffered from the delusion that he was unappreciated and that the reason was malice. All it took to make him blossom, as I later learned, was a little praise. His paranoia was most evident when he dined in company. He always thought he was served much smaller portions than everyone else. He
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in 1926 (listed in the notable games below) is a great example of Nimzowitsch's concept of 'first restrain, then blockade and finally destroy'. He manoeuvres the black queen from its starting point to h7 to form a part of king-side blockade along with the knight on f6 and h-pawn to stop any attacking
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tells of the "... example of Nimzowitsch, who ... once missed first prize in a tournament in Berlin by losing to Sämisch, and when it became clear he was going to lose the game, Nimzowitsch stood up on the table and shouted, 'Gegen diesen Idioten muss ich verlieren!' ('I must lose to this idiot!')".
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Nimzowitsch was annoyed by his opponents' smoking. A popular, but probably apocryphal, story is that once when an opponent laid an unlit cigar on the table, he complained to the tournament arbiters, "He is threatening to smoke, and as an old player you must know that the threat is stronger than the
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Nimzowitsch supplemented many of the earlier simplistic assumptions about chess strategy by enunciating in his turn a further number of general concepts of defensive play aimed at achieving one's own goals by preventing realization of the opponent's plans. Notable in his "system" were concepts such
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didn't care about the actual amount but only about the imagined affront. I once suggested that he and I order what the other actually wanted and, when the food was served, exchange plates. After we had done so, he shook his head in disbelief, still thinking that he had received the smaller portion.
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writes that Nimzowitsch "was one of the world's leading grandmasters for a period extending over a quarter of a century, and for some of that time he was the obvious challenger for the world championship. ... a great and profound chess thinker second only to Steinitz, and his works –
423:, that development had to happen in support of this control, that rooks always belong on open files, that wing openings were unsound—core ideas of Tarrasch's chess philosophy as popularly understood—beginners were taught to think of these generalizations as unalterable principles. 452:. Perhaps most importantly, he formulated the terminology still in use for various complex chess strategies. Others had used these ideas in practice, but he was the first to present them systematically as a lexicon of themes accompanied by extensive taxonomical observations. 1114:"Copenhagen Police Record: "Nimzowitsch, Aron, chess master, born 07-11-1886 in Riga, from 29-11-1922 living c/o Nielsen, Nansensgade 32, 1st floor, from 11-06-1923 at Missionshotellet, Løngangstræde 27, and from 28-06-1923 c/o Juul, Øster Farimagsgade 11, 2. floor" 916:
Final position; " a brilliant move which announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g., Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw himself upon the sword."
494:. Keene wrote a book about the opening with that title. These openings all exemplify Nimzowitsch's ideas about controlling the center with pieces instead of pawns. He was also vital in the development of two important systems in the 392:, elaborates upon these ideas, adds a few new ones, and has immense value as a stimulating collection of Nimzowitsch's own games accompanied by his idiosyncratic, hyperbolic commentary which is often as entertaining as instructive. 276:. Nimzowitsch never developed a knack for match play, though; his best match success was a draw with Alekhine, but the match consisted of only two games and took place in 1914, thirteen years before Alekhine became world champion. 220:
war zone. He escaped being drafted into one of the armies by feigning madness, insisting that a fly was on his head. He then escaped to Berlin, and gave his first name as Arnold, possibly to avoid anti-Semitic persecution.
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There are many entertaining anecdotes regarding Nimzowitsch—some less savory than others. An article by Hans Kmoch and Fred Reinfeld entitled "Unconventional Surrender" on page 55 of the February 1950
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called Nimzowitsch "a man who was too much of an artist to be able to prove he was right and who was regarded as something of a madman in his time. He would be understood only long after his death."
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Although he had long suffered from heart trouble, his early death was unexpected; taken ill suddenly at the end of 1934, he lay bedridden for three months before dying of
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is considered to be one of the most influential chess books of all time. It sets out Nimzowitsch's most important ideas, while his second most influential work,
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Nimzowitsch is considered one of the most important players and writers in chess history. His works influenced numerous other players, including
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player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world. He was the foremost figure amongst the
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of pieces and pawns under attack, control of the center by pieces instead of pawns, blockading of opposing pieces (notably the
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Nimzowitsch had lengthy and somewhat bitter dogmatic conflicts with Tarrasch over whose ideas constituted 'proper' chess.
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has dubbed the line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 the "Nimzo-English", employing this designation in Chapter 11 of his book
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Nimzowitsch never beat Capablanca (+0−5=6), but fared better against Alekhine (+3−9=9). He even beat Alekhine with the
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1926. When in form, Nimzowitsch was very dangerous with the black pieces, scoring many fine wins over top players.
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twice, in 1924 and in 1934. He obtained Danish citizenship and lived in Denmark until his death in 1935.
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in 1922, where he lived for the rest of his life in one small rented room. In Copenhagen, he won the
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called him "perhaps the most brilliant theoretician and teacher in the history of the game." GM
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Archival data are available at JewishGen.org. Surname is also in some documents written as N
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Many chess openings and variations are named after Nimzowitsch, the most famous being the
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Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of its Greatest Exponent Aron Nimzovich
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and in Keene's biography on Nimzowitsch (Chapter "A parody by Hans Kmoch").
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observed of him, "He pretends to be crazy in order to drive us all crazy."
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places him as the third best player in the world from 1927 to 1931, behind
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and was to have a great influence on his development as a chess player.
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Nimzowitsch's vanity and faith in his ideas of overprotection provoked
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The height of Nimzowitsch's career was the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Kmoch also wrote an article about his nine years with Nimzowitsch:
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vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926, 0–1 This game was chosen by
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1923. Another game on this theme is his win over Paul Johner at
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threats from White. He was also a leading exponent of the
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Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935 - Annotated Games & Essays
1059:"All-Russian Tournament- Peterburg 23.12.1913-17.1.1914" 514:, 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6, which invites 3.e5 Nd5 (similar to 486:(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4) and the less often played 1217:. London: Constable & Robinson Ltd. p. 143. 1106: 366:
Die Praxis meines Systems (The Practice of My System)
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The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
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to write a parody about him in February 1928 in the
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from his father Shaya Abramovich Nimzowitsch (1860,
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Index


Riga
Copenhagen
My System
Latvian
Russian
chess
hypermoderns
My System
Tigran Petrosian
Riga
Russian Empire
Yiddish
chess
Pinsk
Dvinsk
Polotsk
philosophy
Alexander Alekhine
All-Russian Masters' Tournament
Russian Revolution
Baltic
Copenhagen
Nordic Championship
Chessmetrics
Alexander Alekhine
José Capablanca
Copenhagen
Marienbad
Dresden

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