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Your way into master games
Choose a short extract. The link takes you to the first decision point in the game. Think about the position, then explore the whole game if you wish.
Bringing the pieces into play
Against Alapin, St Petersburg 1914. Look for a move that makes several pieces work together. A good first extract after the castling rules.
Nimzowitsch – Alapin, St Petersburg 1914Using the square in front of the pawn
Against Salwe, Carlsbad 1911. Think about which piece can occupy an important square. The lesson on the blockade helps you with this extract.
Nimzowitsch – Salwe, Carlsbad 1911Leading a knight to a good square
Against Sämisch, Copenhagen 1923. Plan the route of a piece. The famous final position comes later; here you begin with a single decision.
Sämisch – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923Holding a pawn in the middle
Against Johner, Dresden 1926. Look for a suitable pawn move. Take your time over the opponent’s reply; this extract goes deeper.
Johner – Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926Getting ahead with tempo
Nimzowitsch against Tarrasch, Breslau 1925. Here you take over Tarrasch’s black pieces. Combine the development of a piece with a threat and check how Nimzowitsch replies.
Nimzowitsch – Tarrasch, Breslau 1925
Games to replay
- Bogoljubow – Nimzowitsch, St Petersburg 1914
- Brinckmann – Nimzowitsch, Kolding 1923
- Brinckmann – Nimzowitsch, Bad Niendorf 1927
- Brinckmann – Nimzowitsch, Berlin 1927
- von Gottschall – Nimzowitsch, Hanover 1926
- Gregory – Nimzowitsch, St Petersburg 1914
- von Holzhausen – Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926
- Jacobsen – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923
- Johner – Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926
- Lee – Nimzowitsch, Ostend 1907
- Morrison – Nimzowitsch, London 1927
- Nimzowitsch – Ahues, Berlin 1928
- Nimzowitsch – Alapin, St Petersburg 1914
- Nimzowitsch – Brinckmann, Kolding 1923
- Nimzowitsch – Capablanca, New York 1927
- Nimzowitsch – Duras, San Sebastián 1912
- Nimzowitsch – Giersing, Copenhagen 1924
- Nimzowitsch – Jacobsen, Copenhagen 1923
- Nimzowitsch – Krause, Copenhagen 1924
- Nimzowitsch – Leonhardt, Ostend 1907
- Nimzowitsch – Leonhardt, San Sebastián 1911
- Nimzowitsch – Löwenfisch, Carlsbad 1911
- Nimzowitsch – Marshall, New York 1927
- Nimzowitsch – Olson, Copenhagen 1924
- Nimzowitsch – Pritzel, Copenhagen 1922
- Nimzowitsch – Romi, London 1927
- Nimzowitsch – Rosselli, Baden-Baden 1925
- Nimzowitsch – Rubinstein, Semmering 1926
- Nimzowitsch – Sämisch, Dresden 1926
- Nimzowitsch – Salwe, Carlsbad 1911
- Nimzowitsch – Spielmann, Stockholm 1920
- Nimzowitsch – Székely, Kecskemét 1927
- Nimzowitsch – Tarrasch, Breslau 1925
- Nimzowitsch – Tartakower, Carlsbad 1923
- Nimzowitsch – von Scheve, Ostend 1907
- Rabinowitsch – Nimzowitsch, Baden-Baden 1925
- Réti – Nimzowitsch, Marienbad 1925
- Rubinstein – Nimzowitsch, Marienbad 1925
- Sämisch – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923
- Schlechter – Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad 1907
- Shoosmith – Nimzowitsch, Ostend 1907
- Spielmann – Nimzowitsch, San Sebastián 1911
- Spielmann – Nimzowitsch, Stockholm 1920
- Steiner – Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926
- Tarrasch – Nimzowitsch, Hamburg 1910
- Tartakower – Nimzowitsch, London 1927
- te Kolste – Nimzowitsch, Baden-Baden 1925
- Wendel – Nimzowitsch, Stockholm 1921
- Yates – Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad 1923
- Yates – Nimzowitsch, London 1927