My System: FastTrack Edition

100 Years Later, Nimzovich Is Still Good for Your Chess!

Almost a century ago, a chess book about positional play and strategic concepts appeared on the chess scene. Written by a Latvian grandmaster residing in Denmark, it quickly took its place as one of the classics of chess literature. Since then, Aron Nimzovich’s magnum opus My System has been embraced by every generation of chessplayers.

However, there were some inherent flaws. For starters, it was quite “dense.” The reader had to plow...