Learn chess with Nimzowitsch
Short learning steps on the board: try it out first, then understand it. You do not need to sign up, and your progress stays on this device.
Chess strategy based on Aaron Nimzowitsch’s ideas
For children from about ten with an adult alongside, and for adults who know the rules. Club players will also find ideas for better plans here.
About a hundred years ago, Aaron Nimzowitsch explained how chess plans come about. You learn his ideas step by step: blockade, outposts, open files, pawn chains and prophylaxis.
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Five minutes today
One review, one new idea and a short wrap-up.
Practise for five minutesAll sections
- Learn
Short learning steps on the board, from the rules to Nimzowitsch’s ideas.
- Practise
Go over what you have learnt and try out a new idea.
- Games
Replay historical games and decide for yourself at the decision points.
- Library
Look up the pieces, key terms and references to “My System”, “The Blockade” and “Chess Praxis”.
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