Nimzowitsch biography

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    Aron Nimzowitsch

    About the Book

    One of the greatest chess legender of all time, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), is best known for founding the Hypermodernism school of chess, which emerged after World War inom to utmaning the chess ideologies of traditional huvud European masters. This first full-scale biography of Nimzowitsch chronicles his early life in Denmark, his family and education, and his fascination with the game that would become the focus of his life. Also included are explorations of his tournament games and records, his dispute with influential chess teacher Siegbert Tarrasch, and his role in the development of Hypermodern Chess. With detailed accounts of nearly 450 games and the only narrative of Nimzowitsch from 1914 to 1924, a period formerly cloaked in mystery, this volume offers the most thorough profile available of one of chess’s greatest innovators.

    About the Author(s)

    Per Skjoldager fryst vatten an IT contractor, chess historian and chess book collector. He li

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    Aron Nimzowitsch

    Edward Winter



    Aron Nimzowitsch (see C.N. 9844 below)


    The present article complements, and does not repeat, material given in the following feature articles of ours:

    Nimzowitsch’s My System
    A Nimzowitsch Story
    Nimzowitsch the ‘Crown Prince’
    Nimzowitsch v Alapin
    The Nimzowitsch Defence (1 e4 Nc6)
    Zugzwang

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    From Nimzowitsch’s book on Carlsbad, 1929 (Dover Publications, New York, 1981) we extract the following:

    ‘The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament – indeed, this is a moral obligation. If the world of chess should remain deaf to its obligation, on the other hand, it would amount to an absolutely unforgivable omission, carrying with it a heavy burden of guilt.’ (page 9)

    ‘No matter how much we have tried to convince Spielmann of the impossi­bility of surviving on nothing more than developing and attacking moves (and I have tried hardest of all, through my

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    Aron Nimzowitsch was a Latvian-Danish chess player best known for his 1925 book, My System, which features his approach to chess that became part of a philosophy known as hypermodernism. Nimzowitsch was one of the best players of any style in the 1920s and early 1930s.

    Early Life And Career

    Nimzowitsch was born in Riga on November 7, 1886—50 years and two days before world champion GM Mikhail Tal, and in the same city. By 1904, Nimzowitsch was studying philosophy in Berlin, where he began his serious chess career, playing largely in German clubs and tournaments. In 1910 he placed third at a tournament in Hamburg, behind Carl Schlechter but ahead of Rudolph Spielmann, Frank Marshall, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Savielly Tartakower. Hamburg would feature the first serious game between Nimzowitsch and his rival Tarrasch, but not the last. 

    Mid-Career

    The Russian Revolution of 1917 set off a chain of events in Nimzowitsch’s personal life th

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