Chess Praxis

by Aron Nimzowitsch

Chess Praxis is a superb collection of Aron Nimzowitsch’s best games annotated by the great man himself, but it is even more than that. Nimzowitsch and his hypermodern ideas had a huge influence on modern chess thinking. Nimzowitsch first expounded his views in My System . In his follow-up Chess Praxis he demonstrated and explained how his concepts worked in his own games.This is a completely new translation of Nimzowitsch’s classic work, which will allow the reader to appreciate influential ideas explained in modern language

Genres: Chess, Games, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

Aron Nimzowitsch (or Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich, or Aaron Nimzovich; Latvian: Ārons Ņimcovičs, Russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич; born Aron Niemzowitsch; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Russian-born, Danish leading chess master and a very influential chess writer. He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns.

Reviews

[Isaac Clemente ríos · Rating 2 out of 5]

La forma de escribir es un tanto espesa.

La forma de jugar está más que superada, pero es interesante como arqueología ajedrecística.

Se vendió como una renovación, aunque creo que en realidad fue más bien una recopilación de las novedades de las tres o cuatro décadas precedentes.

[Henrik Haapala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chess praxis by Aaron Nimzowitsch 21st century edition!
124 annotated games, algebraic notation.
Top ten chess book!
Together with “my system” one top 5 chess book:

Final score (max 5 points)
Depth: 5
Practical value: 4
Timelessness: 5
Frequency of use: 3,5

Total: 4,375

[Bhakta Kishor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is controversial, several strong players love it. I tried to read it several times. Somehow I did not like his humor, although some of his analogies are really great, like the one where he compared the exchange of a figure which moved several times with an undeveloped figure to pigs: if you had to feed a pig during months, if this pig would die this would be much worst than a young pig. A lot of analogies are related to war, what is not a surprise. My face becomes (•◡•) when I have a look at this book. Really liked it.

[Karl Vicente]

My copy (mauve not red) which was gifted to me by International Master Angelo Young in 2009 or '10 was soaked in olive oil and eaten by cockroaches

[Noah Seymour · Rating 2 out of 5]

The material detailed has since become largely outdated.

[Arthur Kyriazis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sehr gut!

[Conor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Painstakingly detailed practical implementations of hypermodern principles done through extensively annotated games. Read with My System for full benefit