Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 (Paperback)

by Aron Nimzovich (Author)

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In this account of his victory at the 1929 Carlsbad Tournament, Nimzovich offers a captivating retrospective of his triumph over some of the best of his contemporaries: Capablanca, Spielmann, Bogolyubov, Tartakower, Sämisch, and others. A tart analysis of Carlsbad's 30 best games.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Text: English, Russian (translation)

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Product Details Paperback: 146 pages Publisher: Dover Pubns (January 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0486241157 ISBN-13: 978-0486241159 Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,971,151 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 10 of 13 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting curio, December 20, 2005 By  Petrosian (New York, NY) - See all my reviews This review is from: Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 (Dover Books on Chess) (Paperback) This book isn't even the best book that Nimzovich himself wrote. It appears to be a straightforward account of the 1929 Carlsbad tournament. However, Nimzovich, in the course of this book, assails Capablanca for adopting the true "hypermodern-restraint-blockade" course of play that Nimzovich felt was his patent. Pure sour grapes on Nimzovich's fault. If you don't mind reading a tournament book intermingled with polemics, this is the book for you. The reader might view this aspect of the work as antiquatedly charmful (Imagine Anand assailing Shirov in book form!) but I view it as petty. The book itself is adequate enough, though perhaps a tad less detailed in its variations then other contemporaneous books. However, I would steer the general reader towards other tournament books such as Zurich 1953 by Bronstein, New York 1924 and/or 1927 by Alekhine, and Wijk aan Zee 1975 by Kavalek ahead of this book. Readers interested in reading more of Nimzovich's material beyond "My System" and "Chess Praxis" should likewise skip this book until they've read "Blockade" by Nimzovich and "Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal" by Keene. There are better tournament books out there. There are better books about and by Nimzovich out there. This book is not essential reading, unless you must have everything Nimzovich. 6 of 8 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of chess literature, April 16, 2005 By  A.J. Goldsby I "A.J.G." (Pensacola, FL (U.S.A.)) - See all my reviews This review is from: Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 (Dover Books on Chess) (Paperback) This book - originally written by Nimzovich, and translated by Marfia - is one of the greatest books of all time. Nimzovich helped author the "hyper-modern" movement. He was one of the strongest players of his day, second only to Alekhine. And his writings have now helped shaped generations of chess players. It is said that Petrosian - when he was young - was greatly shaped and influenced by the ideas of Aron Nimzovich. GM Bent Larsen felt that "My System" was the most influential book that he had ever read. I could go on and on, but hopefully you get the idea. (I also feel that Nimzovich was a powerful force in my development as a chess player.) Perhaps the ONLY criticism that I could offer of this book is that the openings look a little dated, a player who wants to see ONLY modern games should skip this one. But this book is a bargain, and if you want to study some great chess, and {also} be influenced by the writings of Nimzovich, then grab it!		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Dover Pubns (January 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486241157
• ISBN-13: 978-0486241159
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,971,151 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting curio, December 20, 2005

By	Petrosian (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 (Dover Books on Chess) (Paperback)

This book isn't even the best book that Nimzovich himself wrote.

It appears to be a straightforward account of the 1929 Carlsbad tournament.

However, Nimzovich, in the course of this book, assails Capablanca for adopting the true "hypermodern-restraint-blockade" course of play that Nimzovich felt was his patent.

Pure sour grapes on Nimzovich's fault.

If you don't mind reading a tournament book intermingled with polemics, this is the book for you.

The reader might view this aspect of the work as antiquatedly charmful (Imagine Anand assailing Shirov in book form!) but I view it as petty.

The book itself is adequate enough, though perhaps a tad less detailed in its variations then other contemporaneous books.

However, I would steer the general reader towards other tournament books such as Zurich 1953 by Bronstein, New York 1924 and/or 1927 by Alekhine, and Wijk aan Zee 1975 by Kavalek ahead of this book.

Readers interested in reading more of Nimzovich's material beyond "My System" and "Chess Praxis" should likewise skip this book until they've read "Blockade" by Nimzovich and "Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal" by Keene.

There are better tournament books out there. There are better books about and by Nimzovich out there. This book is not essential reading, unless you must have everything Nimzovich.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of chess literature, April 16, 2005

By	A.J. Goldsby I "A.J.G." (Pensacola, FL (U.S.A.)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 (Dover Books on Chess) (Paperback)

This book - originally written by Nimzovich, and translated by Marfia - is one of the greatest books of all time. Nimzovich helped author the "hyper-modern" movement. He was one of the strongest players of his day, second only to Alekhine. And his writings have now helped shaped generations of chess players.

It is said that Petrosian - when he was young - was greatly shaped and influenced by the ideas of Aron Nimzovich. GM Bent Larsen felt that "My System" was the most influential book that he had ever read. I could go on and on, but hopefully you get the idea. (I also feel that Nimzovich was a powerful force in my development as a chess player.)

Perhaps the ONLY criticism that I could offer of this book is that the openings look a little dated, a player who wants to see ONLY modern games should skip this one. But this book is a bargain, and if you want to study some great chess, and {also} be influenced by the writings of Nimzovich, then grab it!