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Nimzowitsch

(ˈnɪmzəˌvɪtʃ)

(Biography) Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator

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But fear not kings and queens, a chess lesson is upon thee, because the news cycle has bestowed upon us a reason to celebrate two of the game's most important historical figuresAron Nimzowitsch and Richard Retiwhose theoretical contributions continue to be guiding lights for newbies and masters alike.

World Chess Hall of Fame Inducts Two Jewish Masters Who Helped Shape the Way the Game is Played

(13) Edward Winter, A Nimzowitsch Story, Chess Notes (Jan.

Reviewability and the "law of rules": an essay in honor of Justice Scalia

Like chess grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch, patent dealers know that "the threat is stronger than the execution"; (1) after sending the first cease-and-desist letter, they will let the threat of litigation create new advantages and a possibility of an out-of-court settlement.

(1) Aron Nimzowitsch: "No, but he is threatening to smoke, and as an old player you must know that the threat is stronger than the execution" (www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/nimzowitsch.html).

Threat of litigation and patent value: what technology managers should know: under the strategy employed by patent dealers, patent value is driven by the threat of litigation--the higher the threat of litigation, the greater the monetary value of the patent

Aron Nimzowitsch; on the road to chess mastery, 1886-1924.

Aron Nimzowitsch; on the road to chess mastery, 1886-1924

Batsford; $21.95), Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer (Bantam: $7.99), and My System by Aron Nimzowitsch (Hays Publishing; $17.50).

Master of the game: Chess whiz Maurice Ashley

WHITE: DAVID SCRIVEN BLACK: ROBERT FELL Nimzowitsch Defence1e4b6 2d4Bb7 3 Nc3 e6 4Bd3Bb4 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 h6 Interesting is 6 .

Pastimes: Chess

You use as a chapter heading in your book the following statement by Admiral Mahan: "Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished." More pithily, the great chessplayer Nimzowitsch said that "The threat is stronger than the execution." The Mahan quotation would seem to apply to the offense, yet the chapter where you use it deals with the defense.

Behind the art of M&A with Bruce Wasserstein

The match was between her club Rushall and St James.WHITE: C Wilcox BLACK: D Bott Nimzowitsch Defence1e4 Nc6 A favourite of the late Tony Miles.

Weekend: Pastimes: Chess

Understandably the technique of Lasker and Petrosian play a prominent part in this book but also Nimzowitsch's theories of prophylaxis.

Pastimes: Chess

The Nimzowitsch system with P-K4 used to be favoured by world champion Bovinnik but nowadays does not have many proponents.