Artikelnummer
LXFISMSFTE
My System FastTrack Edition
100 Years Later, Nimzovich Is Still Good
Eigenschaften
208 Seiten, kartoniert, Russell Enterprises, 1. Auflage 2024
100 Years Later, Nimzovich Is Still Good for Your Chess!
Almost a century ago, a chess book about positional play and strategic concepts appeared on the chess scene. Written by a Latvian grandmaster residing in Denmark, it quickly took its place as one of the classics of chess literature. Since then, Aron Nimzovich’s magnum opus My System has been embraced by every generation of chessplayers.
However, there were some inherent flaws. For starters, it was quite “dense.” The reader had to plow through many subjective digressions and other literary detours before getting to the core concepts. Now American Grandmaster Alex Fishbein has adapted this classic for the modern chessplayer.
While remaining true to the original text – and with the same goals as his outstanding work with the FastTrack Edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual – Fishbein has produced an eminently readable, modernized version of My System. The result is a book that not only retains the unique imagery of the original text, but a book that is also easy to understand by both club players and masters.
As the author stated in his preface: Nimzovich’s ideas have stood the test of time and, if anything, are more relevant today. In his famous foreword to the 1974 Russian edition, Mikhail Tal wrote: “This old book, sustaining many editions in different forms and different languages, is imbued with an elixir of eternal chess youth.” My aim was to retain that elixir in this new translation.
Alex brings you the best of Nimzovich’s My System, erasing all misconceptions. As a newcomer to the game, you will feel blessed to learn pure, unmistakable strategies, while if you are an old chap like me, you will appreciate the fresh clarity, helping you re-evaluate your personal chess philosophy… Nimzovich is good for your chess, and a more coherent Nimzovich even better. – From the Foreword by GM Vassilios Kotronias
About the Editor
American Grandmaster Alex Fishbein is one of the world’s renown endgame experts. He was co-editor of the fifth edition of the best-selling Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual and he also collaborated with German GM Karsten Müller on the Fasttrack Edition of DEM5. He writes a popular endgame column for the American Chess Magazine.
His books for Russell Enterprises include The Scotch Gambit, The French Exchange Comes to Life, and the recently released Endgame Corner, with Karsten Müller.
Almost a century ago, a chess book about positional play and strategic concepts appeared on the chess scene. Written by a Latvian grandmaster residing in Denmark, it quickly took its place as one of the classics of chess literature. Since then, Aron Nimzovich’s magnum opus My System has been embraced by every generation of chessplayers.
However, there were some inherent flaws. For starters, it was quite “dense.” The reader had to plow through many subjective digressions and other literary detours before getting to the core concepts. Now American Grandmaster Alex Fishbein has adapted this classic for the modern chessplayer.
While remaining true to the original text – and with the same goals as his outstanding work with the FastTrack Edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual – Fishbein has produced an eminently readable, modernized version of My System. The result is a book that not only retains the unique imagery of the original text, but a book that is also easy to understand by both club players and masters.
As the author stated in his preface: Nimzovich’s ideas have stood the test of time and, if anything, are more relevant today. In his famous foreword to the 1974 Russian edition, Mikhail Tal wrote: “This old book, sustaining many editions in different forms and different languages, is imbued with an elixir of eternal chess youth.” My aim was to retain that elixir in this new translation.
Alex brings you the best of Nimzovich’s My System, erasing all misconceptions. As a newcomer to the game, you will feel blessed to learn pure, unmistakable strategies, while if you are an old chap like me, you will appreciate the fresh clarity, helping you re-evaluate your personal chess philosophy… Nimzovich is good for your chess, and a more coherent Nimzovich even better. – From the Foreword by GM Vassilios Kotronias
About the Editor
American Grandmaster Alex Fishbein is one of the world’s renown endgame experts. He was co-editor of the fifth edition of the best-selling Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual and he also collaborated with German GM Karsten Müller on the Fasttrack Edition of DEM5. He writes a popular endgame column for the American Chess Magazine.
His books for Russell Enterprises include The Scotch Gambit, The French Exchange Comes to Life, and the recently released Endgame Corner, with Karsten Müller.
| EAN | 9781949859898 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 220 g |
| Hersteller | Russell Enterprises |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2024 |
| Autor | Aaron NimzowitschAlex Fishbein |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Auflage | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-949859-89-8 |
| Seiten | 208 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
005 Acknowledgments
006 Preface to the FastTrack Edition
012 Nimzovich’s Foreword to My System
014 Foreword to the FastTrack Edition by Vassilios Kotronias
016 Part I The Elements
017 Chapter 1 – The Center and Development
029 Chapter 2 – The Open File for the Rook
054 Chapter 3 – The Seventh and Eighth Ranks
071 Chapter 4 – The Passed Pawn and the Blockade
100 Chapter 5 – The Elements of Endgame Strategy
111 Chapter 6 – Tactics That Serve the Strategy Pins, Discovered Checks, Desperados
123 Part II Positional Play
124 Chapter 7 – Prophylaxis
130 Chapter 8 – The Pawn Chain
150 Chapter 9 – The Center
158 Chapter 10 – Doubled Pawns
168 Chapter 11 – Restraint
181 Chapter 12 – The Isolated Queen Pawn and Its Descendants
193 Chapter 13 – The Two Bishops
198 Chapter 14 – Playing against Two Weaknesses
203 Appendix
206 Index of Strategic Themes in Games
208 Bibliography
006 Preface to the FastTrack Edition
012 Nimzovich’s Foreword to My System
014 Foreword to the FastTrack Edition by Vassilios Kotronias
016 Part I The Elements
017 Chapter 1 – The Center and Development
029 Chapter 2 – The Open File for the Rook
054 Chapter 3 – The Seventh and Eighth Ranks
071 Chapter 4 – The Passed Pawn and the Blockade
100 Chapter 5 – The Elements of Endgame Strategy
111 Chapter 6 – Tactics That Serve the Strategy Pins, Discovered Checks, Desperados
123 Part II Positional Play
124 Chapter 7 – Prophylaxis
130 Chapter 8 – The Pawn Chain
150 Chapter 9 – The Center
158 Chapter 10 – Doubled Pawns
168 Chapter 11 – Restraint
181 Chapter 12 – The Isolated Queen Pawn and Its Descendants
193 Chapter 13 – The Two Bishops
198 Chapter 14 – Playing against Two Weaknesses
203 Appendix
206 Index of Strategic Themes in Games
208 Bibliography
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