Questions about the Russian-born chess master Aron Nimzowitsch or Aron Niemzowitsch (1886 – 1935), one of the leading figures of hypermodern chess. His 1925 book 'Mein System' ('My System') was very influential.
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Why did white sacrifice knight in this Nimzowitsch's 1905 game?
Saw this image in a WhatsApp group. Initially it looks attractive with a possibility of a "smothered mate", but I am unable to find out if white can really survive for several variations.
[FEN "6rk/1p4np/1n2p1RQ/3p2P1/rPpNq1P1/P3B2P/2P2P2/7K w - -…
iammilind
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Can't understand a sentence from Nimzowitsch's Chess Praxis
In the chapter "Centralization" of his Chess Praxis, Nimzowitsch writes
The mechanics of centralization can be seen in the way that, after the necessary restraint of a possibly mobile opposing pawn center, we draw the noose tighter and tighter…
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