question about Mr. Nimzowitch

1)  How is his name really spelled correctly  ? 

Is it Aaron Nimzowitch

2)  He wrote a book called My System but i don't understand why he could call it his system when everyone played chess using the same strategy

3)   what was his FIDE rating?   He had beaten Alekhine and some other dudes but he had not beaten Capablanca.  Also he never played any women (probably due to fear) ?

4)  The opening Nizmo-Indian defense is named after him?  What else did he create ?  Was Nimzowitch also partially Indian (native american or India) to include indian in the name of the opening ?

5)  what was his salary?  did chess players make a lot of money back in the early 1900s ?

6)  i think he was german born but why did he move to denmark ?

7) where is he buried and can anybody visit his cemetery? 

8) is he a good person to learn from  (are his books good and are his games instructive)

thanks

     His last name has been spelled in various ways: "Nimzowitsch" or "Niemzowitsch" or "Nimzovitch" or "Nimzovich". 

     His "My System" book is highly regarded by a lot of chessplayers. I think that it is quite good.

     He was one of the leading grandmasters after WW1 and his star shone especially bright after winning the Carlsbad tournament in 1929, but then he finished well behind Alekhine at San Remo in 1930 and Bled in 1931 and most people felt at that point that he had no chance against Alekhine in a World Championship match. 

     Unfortunately, I don't think he made a lot of money as was the case for many Grandmasters of that time. 

      Nimzowitsch was not partially Indian---I think he was Jewish-German.

     Raymond Keene spells his first name as "Aron".

     I don't know but perhaps he lived in Denmark because Germany in the 1920's had anti-semitic politics.

     There was no FIDE when Nimzowitsch played chess, hence no rating.  FIDE was organized after WW2.

     Where was he buried?  I would say approximately six feet straight down under the earth's surface. 

     Just writing...

i would like to ask if nimzo was rich ?

were they millionaires like today's elite?

1) I assume the book got it right, although it's not impossible to have gotten it wrong.

2) It was the early 1900s. Not too long before the only strategy was sacrifice a bunch of pieces in hopes of checkmate. Also Tarrasch says hello.

3) FIDE didn't adopt Elo rating system until 1970, 30 some years after Nimzowitsch's death.

4) The indian defenses often featured a finachetto, something (apparently) not seen in the west until they played east Indian players.

5) lol

6) lol

7) Wikipedia is a hell of a thing

8) Yes

1) I think there's an s n there somewhere (could be wrong). 

2) Not really, there were a couple of different theories in the air. In fact that is a stupid thing to say. 

3) No FIDE ratings until the 1950s or so. There have been some simulations of FIDE ratings, but of course they can't compare players over large periods of time. 

ugh... okay that's enough for me. Try to give people a chance to answer your questions and also, don't make huge claims like "everyone played chess the same way", you're the one asking the questions.