My System : A Chess Manual on Totally New Principles

ISBN-13:	9781907982149
Publisher:	Quality Chess
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Series:	Chess Classics Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)

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 translators frequently toned down many passages, fearing Nimzowitsch's 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.