Nimzowitsch, Die Praxis meines Systems - 1st Ed 1929

Description: There is significant damage to the bottom right of the book, but it is outside the borders of the text for most of the book. There may be a tiny part missing on 2-4 pages. There is writing only on one page. See pics and feel free to ask questions. DIE PRAXIS MEINES SYSTEMS Illustriert an 109 Partien aus meinen Kämpfen mit zahlreichen erläuternden Artikeln und Vorbesprechungen und 132 Diagrammen Ein Lehrbuch des praktischen Schachs von A. NIMZOWITSCH THE PRACTICE OF MY SYSTEM Illustrated with 109 games from my matches with numerous explanatory articles and preliminary discussions and 132 diagrams A textbook of practical chess Descriptionxii+255 pages with frontispiece, tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with brown lettering to spine. Signed on the frontispiece. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1516) Second edition. First published in 1929.Fully annotated games played by the author, illustrating the theories discussed in My System and arranged under the headings: Centralization,Restriction & blockade, Over-protection, The isolated queen's pawn, Alternating maneuvers against enemy weaknesses, Excursions through old and new territory of hypermodern chess.Aron Nimzowitsch was a Latvian-born Danish chess 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 hypermoderns and wrote a very influential book on chess theory: My System (1925–1927). Nimzowitsch's seminal work Chess Praxis, originally published in German in 1929.The height of Nimzowitsch's career was the late 1920s and early 1930s. Chessmetrics places him as the third best player in the world from 1927 to 1931, behind Alexander Alekhine and José Capablanca. His most notable successes were first-place finishes at Copenhagen 1923, Marienbad 1925, Dresden 1926, Hanover 1926, the Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament, and second place behind Alekhine at the San Remo 1930 chess tournament. 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. Nimzowitsch is considered one of the most important players and writers in chess history. His works influenced numerous other players, including Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, Mikhail Botvinnik, Bent Larsen, Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian, and his influence is still felt today. He wrote three books on chess strategy: Mein System (My System), 1925; Die Praxis meines Systems (The Practice of My System), 1929, commonly known as Chess Praxis; and Die Blockade (The Blockade), 1925, although much in this book is generally held to be a rehash of material already presented in Mein System. Mein System 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, Chess Praxis, 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.

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