There are two new books about Aron Nimzowitsch, chess strategist and author of My System. Aron Nimzowitsch on the Road to Chess Mastery 1886-1924 by Per Skjoldager and Jorn Erik Nielsen is published by McFarland, while Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935 by Rudolf Reinhardt (on which the notes to today’s game are based) is shortly to be published. This week, a game and puzzle by the crown prince of chess, as he was sometimes known.
Nimzowitsch-Asztalos: Bled 1931; English Opening
1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 c5 3 g3 Nc6 4 Bg2 e6 5 Nh3 Nimzowitsch tries something unusual instead of the normal 5 Nf3. 5 … Be7 6 d3 d6 7 0-0 0-0 8 Nf4 a6 9 b3 Qc7 10 e3 Rb8 11 a4 b6 12 d4 White has expanded in the centre whilst preventing the black freeing moves … b5 and … d5.
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