My System Fast Track Edition Edited By Alex Fishbein

Many strong chess players, may experts, many masters will tell you that the one book in their library has been, and continues to a common staple is My System by Aaron Nimzovich which is almost one hundred years old.

I originally attempted to read and analyze this book back in the 1980s, it was in descriptive notation which made it a little hard to follow, and Nimzovich is pretty colorful with his language, but he did tend to lose me in some of his prose. A few years ago I also purchased the algebraic edition, but alas, the same problem continued to plague me with this read.

Enter My System, Fast Track Edition. This version of the book has been streamlined and edited by Alex Fishbein and is truly easy to follow and read. While the edits simplify the language, they tend to keep Nimzovich's colorful analogies and language in the text. So far, the read has been much easier to read, much easier to understand and much easier to follow. 

Mind you, I have only read the first couple of chapters The Center and Development and Chapter two, The Open file for the Rook. But now, I am really stoked to begin part two on Positional Play, but will not get into it until I finish part one, The Elements. 

Just curious, has anyone else purchased and added this new edition to their library, and if you have how do you like it, or what observations can you share, or what do you not like about it?

Robalero

I should mention that at Amazon, this book list for $17. plus a couple for shipping.