My system

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My system is a chess textbook by Aron Nimzowitsch . It was originally published in 1925 and 1926 in five partial deliveries each as a brochure and then in book form in 1927. The work is one of the early works on hypermodern chess and introduced numerous then new concepts. Many chess masters of the past century described the examination of the work as an important milestone in their own development.

content

The book is divided into three parts: The Elements , The Position Game and the Addendum - On the History of the Chess Revolution 1911–1914 .

The Elements

In The Elements , Nimzowitsch writes about the basics of his “system”. He considers the elements of chess strategy :

  1. Center and development
  2. The open tower line
  3. The 7th and 8th rows
  4. The passed pawn
  5. The exchange
  6. The elements of the endgame strategy
  7. The bound stone
  8. The trigger chess
  9. The peasant chain

Positional play

The next part, The Position Game , is mainly based on the previous part of the book and contains the following 5 chapters:

  1. Prophylaxis and center
  2. Double pawn and escapement
  3. The isolated female pawn and his descendants
  4. How to systematically cover up strong points and how to try to get rid of weak pawns or points
  5. The waving against an enemy "weakness". The combined attack on both wings

Addendum - On the history of the chess revolution 1911–1914

In this part Nimzowitsch deals with:

  1. The general state of affairs before 1911
  2. The revolutionary theses
  3. The revolutionary theory is translated into revolutionary practice. The regular game of the ideal Queen's Gambit
  4. More historical battles
  5. Expansion and development of the chess revolution from 1914 to 1926

The book contains numerous games and game fragments, which Nimzowitsch annotates in detail. In some later editions, the selection of the game examples was partially adapted by the respective editors to the current state of chess theory.

expenditure

In German language:

  • My system. A textbook of the game of chess on a completely new basis. Bernhard Kagan, Berlin 1925–1927.
  • My system. A textbook of the game of chess on a completely new basis. 2nd Edition. Siedentop & Co., Berlin 1931.
  • My system. A textbook of the game of chess on a completely new basis. 3. Edition. Schachzentrale Rattmann / Verlag Das Schacharchiv, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 2009, ISBN 9783880861176 (corrected, supplemented and redesigned edition).
  • My system. A textbook of the game of chess on a completely new basis. Niggemann, Heiden 2010, ISBN 9783942383608 (corrected, supplemented and redesigned edition, which largely corresponds to the Rattmann edition).
  • My system. A textbook of the game of chess on a completely new basis. Rudolph, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-941670-19-8 (reprint of the 2nd edition from 1931).

In English language:

  • My system. A Chess Treatise. Translated from the German by Philip Hereford. G. Bell & Sons, London 1929.
  • My system. A Chess Treatise. Translated from the German by Philip Hereford. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York 1930.
  • My system. A Chess Treatise. Translated from German by Ian Adams. Quality Chess Publications, Glasgow 2007, ISBN 9789197600538 .
  • My System & Chess Practice. Translated from the German by Robert Sherwood. New In Chess , Alkmaar 2016, ISBN 9789056916596 .

literature

  • Harry Schaack: The search for the correct text. In: KARL . The cultural chess magazine. No. 3/2006, pp. 44–48 (interview with Matthias Vettel, who edited and redesigned the new edition of Mein System at Rattmann-Verlag ; online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edward Winter : Nimzowitsch’s My System. In: www.chesshistory.com. Chess Note from July 23, 2016. Accessed March 18, 2017.