My System

My System

The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-to-Study Algebraic Format

Ask 100 chess masters if they have studied My System by Nimzowitsch and at least 99 will answer, "Yes!" Many will tell you they have reviewed this masterpiece over and over again. From Grandmaster to beginner, every chessplayer learns more as he reads and rereads My System. You now can hold in your hands the new algebraic version of this treasure of positional chess, edited for today's reader and loaded with 419 diagrams. True chess understanding lies within these pages. This edition makes the "classic" easier than ever before.

Topics include: The Center, Overprotection, Blockade, the passed Pawn, Open Files, Elements of Endgame Strategy, Discovered Check, the Two Bishops, the Pawn Chain, Doubled Pawn and Restraint, the Isolated d-pawn, Positional Play and the Center, Exchanging, the Seventh and Eighth Rank, Maneuvering against Weaknesses.