Great article
Finally a good lichess article/blog.
So much AI art...
Thank you for appreciating him!
Hi dear Kc ! I like this blog as well !
Regarding the game Nimzo' - Menchik, I didn't know it! Vera Menchik was a positional and tactical player, who was close to Capablanca's ideas. I don't know if we can consider Sonja Graf as a hypermodernist, she was more creative and close to certain hypermodern ideas, but her opening choices were more classic in taking the center. Reti respected Tarrasch, and was more moderate than Nimzo regarding the legacy of the older generation. I'm a bit surprised that you don't mention that in the Reti opening, one of his choices was to have an offset "center" using c4 and b4, it was very original and I think the effect can still be useful online, especially for blitzes.
Regarding the game Nimzo' - Menchik, I didn't know it! Vera Menchik was a positional and tactical player, who was close to Capablanca's ideas. I don't know if we can consider Sonja Graf as a hypermodernist, she was more creative and close to certain hypermodern ideas, but her opening choices were more classic in taking the center. Reti respected Tarrasch, and was more moderate than Nimzo regarding the legacy of the older generation. I'm a bit surprised that you don't mention that in the Reti opening, one of his choices was to have an offset "center" using c4 and b4, it was very original and I think the effect can still be useful online, especially for blitzes.
@Kingscrusher-YouTube said in #1:
> Comments on lichess.org/@/kingscrusher-youtube/blog/an-appreciation-of-aron-nimzowitsch/b38wk6pZ
If you can do a second blog about hypermodernist, There is a nice game : Reti - Rubinstein, Karlsbard 1923
> Comments on lichess.org/@/kingscrusher-youtube/blog/an-appreciation-of-aron-nimzowitsch/b38wk6pZ
If you can do a second blog about hypermodernist, There is a nice game : Reti - Rubinstein, Karlsbard 1923
Dear Kingcrusher, you forgot to mention "The Praxis of my System" by Aaron Nimzowitsch. Nota Bene: I got that book first in a Spanish edition ("La práctica de mi sistema", translated from the German version by Julio Ganzo). I am a Chilean subject so my native language is Spanish and I got "My System" in an updated edition from a Spanish Editorial. These books are the foundation of hypermodern school of chess.
@Ferdosco said in #8:
> Dear Kingcrusher, you forgot to mention "The Praxis of my System" by Aaron Nimzowitsch. Nota Bene: I got that book first in a Spanish edition ("La práctica de mi sistema", translated from the German version by Julio Ganzo). I am a Chilean subject so my native language is Spanish and I got "My System" in an updated edition from a Spanish Editorial. These books are the foundation of hypermodern school of chess.
That is a good point - will update shortly. Thanks :)
> Dear Kingcrusher, you forgot to mention "The Praxis of my System" by Aaron Nimzowitsch. Nota Bene: I got that book first in a Spanish edition ("La práctica de mi sistema", translated from the German version by Julio Ganzo). I am a Chilean subject so my native language is Spanish and I got "My System" in an updated edition from a Spanish Editorial. These books are the foundation of hypermodern school of chess.
That is a good point - will update shortly. Thanks :)
@CSKA_Moscou said in #6:
> Hi dear Kc ! I like this blog as well !
> Regarding the game Nimzo' - Menchik, I didn't know it! Vera Menchik was a positional and tactical player, who was close to Capablanca's ideas. I don't know if we can consider Sonja Graf as a hypermodernist, she was more creative and close to certain hypermodern ideas, but her opening choices were more classic in taking the center. Reti respected Tarrasch, and was more moderate than Nimzo regarding the legacy of the older generation. I'm a bit surprised that you don't mention that in the Reti opening, one of his choices was to have an offset "center" using c4 and b4, it was very original and I think the effect can still be useful online, especially for blitzes.
Yes, I think Raymond Keene on Chessgames.com mentioned b4 as a great point scorer for him. I just wanted to really touch on the initial Reti Opening position as the main focus of the blog was Nimzowitsch. I do have many games annotated in my new course on Udemy though "The complete guide to Hypermodern chess", which I will be giving discount codes for at the end of the month. That course has a few key Reti games including with b4 move.
> Hi dear Kc ! I like this blog as well !
> Regarding the game Nimzo' - Menchik, I didn't know it! Vera Menchik was a positional and tactical player, who was close to Capablanca's ideas. I don't know if we can consider Sonja Graf as a hypermodernist, she was more creative and close to certain hypermodern ideas, but her opening choices were more classic in taking the center. Reti respected Tarrasch, and was more moderate than Nimzo regarding the legacy of the older generation. I'm a bit surprised that you don't mention that in the Reti opening, one of his choices was to have an offset "center" using c4 and b4, it was very original and I think the effect can still be useful online, especially for blitzes.
Yes, I think Raymond Keene on Chessgames.com mentioned b4 as a great point scorer for him. I just wanted to really touch on the initial Reti Opening position as the main focus of the blog was Nimzowitsch. I do have many games annotated in my new course on Udemy though "The complete guide to Hypermodern chess", which I will be giving discount codes for at the end of the month. That course has a few key Reti games including with b4 move.