Aron Nimzowitsch

Per Skjoldager is an IT contractor, chess historian and chess book collector. He lives in Fredericia, Denmark. The late Jørn Erik Nielsen was a former editor of Danish School Chess Magazine and Junior Chess Instructor. He lived in Aabenraa, Denmark.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments and Thanks delete deletev

Preface delete

Chapter 1 : 1886-1904

The Jews of Riga delete

The Nimzowitsch family delete

The spelling of the name delete

The young Nimzowitsch delete

First published game delete

Königsberg in 1902 and Berlin in 1903 delete

Göttingen in 1903, then back in Berlin in 1904 delete

Coburg 1904 delete

First game against Tarrasch, Nürnberg delete

Chapter 2 : 1905-1906

Vienna 1905 delete

Munich in 1905: First match against Spielmann delete

Munich in 1905: The first simul delete

Barmen 1905 delete

After Barmen delete

Education delete

Zürich in 1905 delete

Match against Lurie, Riga in 1906 delete

Berlin in 1906 delete

Munich 1906 delete

Chapter 3 : 1907-1909

Munich in 1907 delete

To Zürich, then a simul in Winterthur delete

Ostende 1907 delete

Karlsbad 1907 delete

Munich in 1907, and a simul delete

Second Match against Spielmann, in Munich, 1908 delete

Chess in the Baltic, Riga in 1909 delete

Chapter 4 : 1910

Professional life in Riga delete

Preparing for Hamburg 1910 delete

Hamburg 1910 delete

Visit to Dorpat delete

Back in Riga delete

Visit to Pernau delete

Chapter 5 : 1911

Leaving Riga delete

Match against Leonhardt, Hamburg delete

The Tarrasch-Nimzowitsch dispute, 1911 to 1913 delete

San Sebastian 1911 delete

Correspondence match against Behting delete

Karlsbad 1911 delete

Another visit to Dorpat delete

Chapter 6 : 1912

Marshall in the Baltic delete

Riddles by A.N. delete

Rigasche Rundschau in 1912 delete

San Sebastian 1912 delete

Nimzowitsch: An open letter to Tarrasch delete

Vilnius 1912 delete

Chapter 7 : 1913

Rigasche Rundschau in 1913 delete

Nimzowitsch on The Modern Chess Game by Tarrasch delete

Nimzowitsch: “The New System” delete

Nimzowitsch on the surrender of the center delete

Father of Hypermodernism delete

Match against Giese, Riga delete

Correspondence match against Fluss delete

Capablanca in Riga delete

Chapter 8 : 1914

Rigasche Rundschau in 1914 delete

All-Russian Tournament of Masters at St. Petersburg delete

Play­off match against Alekhine delete

St. Petersburg 1914 delete

Der alte Ganeff delete

The Great War and Riga delete

Chapter 9 : 1915-1919

World War I at a glance delete

Riga in 1915 delete

In the Russian Army, 1916, out 1917 delete

Riga under German rule, 1918 delete

Chess editor of the Baltische Zeitung delete

Riga simuls delete

Latvian independence, then the Bolsheviks delete

Liberated by the anti–Bolsheviks delete

Chess editor of the Rigasche Rundschau delete

At war with Russia and Germany delete

Chapter 10 : 1920

Simuls in Latvia, 1920 delete

Heading for Sweden delete

Göteborg 1920 delete

Match against Bogoljubow, Stockholm delete

Stockholm simuls delete

Second Stockholm Jubilee Tournament delete

Chapter 11 : 1921

Swedish tour, January to March delete

Mysterious matches delete

Visit to Kristiania (Oslo) delete

Visit to Bergen delete

Summer vacation delete

Back to Bergen, Norwegian tour delete

Chapter 12 : 1922

Nimzowitsch in Bergen delete

Swedish Tour, January to March delete

Second match against Håkansson delete

Back in Stockholm delete

Visit to Denmark delete

Danish tour, April to June delete

Summer vacation delete

Further Danish tour, October to November delete

Copenhagen 1922 delete

Chapter 13 : 1923

Match against Brinckmann delete

A small tour in Jutland delete

Copenhagen chess clubs delete

Danish tour, February to March delete

Copenhagen 1923 delete

Nimzowitsch the smoker delete

Back to work delete

Karlsbad 1923 delete

Danish Tour, October to December delete

Chapter 14 : 1924

Simul tour in March and April delete

Correspondence match against Krause delete

On vacation at Vidtskue delete

Copenhagen 1924 (Nordic tournament) delete

Danish Tour, October to December delete

Organizing a Simul Tour to Norway delete

Appendix A. Puzzles and Studies delete

Appendix B. Schaie Niemzowitsch Games and Problems delete

Bibliography delete

Index to Games by Opponent delete

Index to Openings (ECO Codes) delete

Index to Openings (Traditional Names) delete

General Index delete