My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics.
Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess
thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied
Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded
as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.The problem for an
English-speaking audience has been that My System was written in German
more than eighty years ago. The commonly-used contemporary translations
have sounded dated for some time, and were always questionable: the
translators frequently toned down many passages, fearing Nimzowitsch's
biting wit would be too controversial.This edition uses a brand-new
translation that recreates the author's original intentions. For the
first time an English-speaking audience can appreciate the true nature
of a famous chess book.