Aron Nimzowitsch
Danish chess player
Died when: 48 years 129 days (580 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Aron Nimzowitsch (Latvian: Arons Nimcovics, Russian: ???´? ???´???? ?????´???, Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world.
He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns and wrote a very influential book on chess theory: My System (1925–1927). Nimzowitsch's seminal work Chess Praxis, originally published in German in 1929, was purchased by a pre-teen and future World Champion Tigran Petrosian and was to have a great influence on his development as a chess player.
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