Aron Nimzowitsch (born Aron Niemzowitsch Stein)

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Aron Nimzowitsch was a Latvian-born Danish chess grandmaster and influential theorist, best known as a leading figure of the hypermodern school and author of the classic work "My System."

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instanceOf chess player
chess theoretician
chess writer
human
hypermodern chess school representative
birthName Aron Niemzowitsch Stein NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
Latvia NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Denmark NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1886-11-07
dateOfDeath 1935-03-16
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork chess theory
genre chess literature
influenced later hypermodern players
modern positional chess theory
influencedBy Siegbert Tarrasch NERFINISHED
Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement hypermodernism in chess
name Aron Nimzowitsch NERFINISHED
notableAchievement considered a leading contender for the world championship in his prime
ranked among world’s top players in the 1920s
notableFor advocacy of control of the center with pieces
concept of blockade
concept of overprotection
concept of prophylaxis in chess
development of hypermodern chess strategy
influence on positional chess
notableWork Chess Praxis NERFINISHED
My System NERFINISHED
occupation author
chess player
chess theoretician
participantIn Bled 1931 chess tournament NERFINISHED
Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament NERFINISHED
Carlsbad 1923 chess tournament NERFINISHED
New York 1927 chess tournament NERFINISHED
San Remo 1930 chess tournament NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Governorate of Livonia NERFINISHED
Riga NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Copenhagen NERFINISHED
residence Copenhagen NERFINISHED
Denmark NERFINISHED
title grandmaster (retrospectively recognized)

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