Aron Nimzowitsch
Classical era · Latvia · 1886–1935
Hypermodernism's loudest voice; My System changed how everyone talks about chess.
Career In The Collection
511Games
233Wins
189Draws
89Losses
64%Score
1905–1934Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Spielmann | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Mikhail Chigorin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Mir Sultan Khan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
511 Games · Page 1 of 3
- 1934 vs Goesta Stoltz Black Nordisk Skakforbund E33 0-1
- 1934 vs Niels Lie White Nordisk Skakforbund A07 1-0
- 1934 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Zuerich D52 1-0
- 1934 vs Ossip Bernstein Black Zuerich C17 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Zuerich B50 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Max Euwe Black Zuerich E23 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Salo Flohr White Zuerich A06 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Henry Grob Black Zuerich B03 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Fritz Gygli White Zuerich B13 1-0
- 1934 vs Walter Henneberger White Zuerich E22 0-1
- 1934 vs Hans Johner White Zuerich E16 0-1
- 1934 vs Hermann Joss White Zuerich A05 1-0
- 1934 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Zuerich C17 0-1
- 1934 vs Erik Lundin White Nordisk Skakforbund A38 1-0
- 1934 vs Hans Mueller White Zuerich A35 1-0
- 1934 vs Oskar Naegeli Black Zuerich E15 0-1
- 1934 vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco Black Zuerich D00 0-1
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Gothenburg m E23 1-0
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Gothenburg m E22 1-0
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Gothenburg m D37 0-1
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Gothenburg m D02 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Gothenburg m E23 1-0
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Zuerich D37 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Gothenburg m E22 0-1
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Gothenburg m D37 1-0
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Gothenburg m C02 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Erik Sr Andersen Black Copenhagen Politiken E33 0-1
- 1933 vs Jens Enevoldsen Black Copenhagen Politiken A46 1-0
- 1933 vs Julius Nielsen White Copenhagen Politiken A28 1-0
- 1933 vs Jacob Erhard Gemzoe White Copenhagen Politiken A28 1-0
- 1933 vs Bjorn Nielsen White Copenhagen Politiken A18 1-0
- 1931 vs Alexander Alekhine White Bled B13 0-1
- 1931 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Bled C15 1-0
- 1931 vs Lajos Asztalos White Bled A36 1-0
- 1931 vs Lajos Asztalos Black Bled B15 0-1
- 1931 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Bled C01 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Bled E37 0-1
- 1931 vs Edgar Colle Black Bled A46 0-1
- 1931 vs Edgar Colle White Bled A28 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Salo Flohr White Bled A18 1-0
- 1931 vs Salo Flohr Black Bled E33 0-1
- 1931 vs Isaac Kashdan Black Bled A09 1-0
- 1931 vs Isaac Kashdan White Bled C47 0-1
- 1931 vs Boris Kostic White Bled A18 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Boris Kostic Black Bled B17 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Geza Maroczy Black Bled B13 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Geza Maroczy White Bled A06 1-0
- 1931 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled E15 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled D45 0-1
- 1931 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Bled A28 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Bled B10 0-1
- 1931 vs Goesta Stoltz White Bled A27 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Goesta Stoltz Black Bled E22 1-0
- 1931 vs Savielly Tartakower White Bled B73 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Bled B13 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Bled C48 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Bled E16 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Carl Oscar Ahues Black San Remo B15 0-1
- 1930 vs Carl Oscar Ahues White Frankfurt A06 1-0
- 1930 vs Carl Oscar Ahues Black Liege B13 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Alexander Alekhine Black San Remo C17 1-0
- 1930 vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz White San Remo A47 1-0
- 1930 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black San Remo E23 0-1
- 1930 vs Edgar Colle White Liege A90 1-0
- 1930 vs Edgar Colle Black San Remo D04 0-1
- 1930 vs Edgar Colle Black Frankfurt D06 0-1
- 1930 vs Roberto Grau Black San Remo C01 0-1
- 1930 vs Isaac Kashdan White Frankfurt A06 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Hans Kmoch Black San Remo A50 0-1
- 1930 vs Paul List White Frankfurt A18 1-0
- 1930 vs Nathan Mannheimer Black Frankfurt C01 0-1
- 1930 vs Geza Maroczy Black San Remo B00 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Frank Marshall Black Liege E14 1-0
- 1930 vs Jacques Mieses White Frankfurt D45 1-0
- 1930 vs Mario Monticelli White San Remo A05 1-0
- 1930 vs Wilhelm Orbach White Frankfurt D46 1-0
- 1930 vs Vasja Pirc White Frankfurt B10 1-0
- 1930 vs Isaias Pleci White Liege A20 1-0
- 1930 vs Dawid Przepiorka Black Frankfurt D05 1-0
- 1930 vs Dawid Przepiorka White Liege A47 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Massimiliano Romi White San Remo A21 1-0
- 1930 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Liege A46 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Akiba Rubinstein White San Remo A32 0-1
- 1930 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Frankfurt E00 0-1
- 1930 vs Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff White Liege A00 0-1
- 1930 vs Rudolf Spielmann White San Remo A06 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Mir Sultan Khan Black Liege E15 0-1
- 1930 vs Savielly Tartakower White San Remo D07 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Liege B13 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs George Alan Thomas Black Liege C17 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs George Alan Thomas Black Frankfurt B10 0-1
- 1930 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White San Remo C48 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Henri Gerard Weenink White Liege A18 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Frederick Yates Black San Remo C13 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Albert Becker Black Karlsbad C01 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad E21 0-1
- 1929 vs Esteban Canal White Karlsbad E34 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Karlsbad B37 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Edgar Colle White Karlsbad E13 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Max Euwe White Karlsbad A02 1-0
- 1929 vs Karl Gilg Black Karlsbad A47 0-1
- 1929 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Karlsbad D36 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Paul F Johner Black Karlsbad A83 0-1
- 1929 vs Geza Maroczy Black Karlsbad C01 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Frank Marshall Black Karlsbad E67 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Hermanis Matisons Black Karlsbad E21 0-1
- 1929 vs Vera Menchik White Karlsbad C02 1-0
- 1929 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Karlsbad A04 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Fritz Saemisch White Karlsbad A01 1-0
- 1929 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Karlsbad A20 1-0
- 1929 vs Savielly Tartakower White Karlsbad E87 1-0
- 1929 vs George Alan Thomas Black Karlsbad C16 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Karel Treybal Black Karlsbad C15 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Karlsbad A46 0-1
- 1929 vs Frederick Yates Black Karlsbad B29 1-0
- 1928 vs Carl Oscar Ahues White Lasker mem A16 1-0
- 1928 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Bad Kissingen E32 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Bad Kissingen E34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Berlin Tageblatt A34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Berlin Tageblatt E34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Max Euwe Black Bad Kissingen A30 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Karl Helling White Lasker mem A52 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Paul F Johner Black Lasker mem E16 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs G. Leonhardt Black Lasker mem C01 0-1
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall Black Berlin Tageblatt A46 0-1
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall White Berlin Tageblatt C49 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall White Bad Kissingen A50 0-1
- 1928 vs Jacques Mieses Black Bad Kissingen C01 0-1
- 1928 vs Richard Reti White Berlin Tageblatt A28 1-0
- 1928 vs Richard Reti Black Berlin Tageblatt E34 0-1
- 1928 vs Richard Reti White Bad Kissingen C01 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Bad Kissingen E22 1-0
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Berlin Tageblatt A06 1-0
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Berlin Tageblatt E32 1-0
- 1928 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Lasker mem C13 0-1
- 1928 vs Willi Schlage Black Lasker mem B29 0-1
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Bad Kissingen D36 1-0
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Berlin Tageblatt C03 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Berlin Tageblatt A28 0-1
- 1928 vs Lajos Steiner Black Lasker mem C17 1-0
- 1928 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Bad Kissingen A00 1-0
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Berlin Tageblatt E46 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Bad Kissingen E22 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower White Berlin Tageblatt D71 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Frederick Yates White Bad Kissingen A04 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Carl Ruben Black Copenhagen Politiken E46 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Erik Sr Andersen Black Copenhagen Politiken C01 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Carl Oscar Ahues White Bad Niendorf A53 1-0
- 1927 vs Carl Oscar Ahues Black Kecskemet-S1 A04 0-1
- 1927 vs Carl Oscar Ahues White Kecskemet-B A05 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York B02 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York E32 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York A05 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Kecskemet-S1 C11 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York A30 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Lajos Asztalos Black Kecskemet-S1 C46 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Victor Berger White London A16 1-0
- 1927 vs Karl Berndtsson Kullberg Black Kecskemet-B C01 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black London A19 0-1
- 1927 vs Alfred Brinckmann Black Bad Niendorf C10 0-1
- 1927 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black New York A46 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White New York B12 0-1
- 1927 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black New York E16 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White New York D30 0-1
- 1927 vs Edgar Colle White Kecskemet-B A03 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Edgar Colle White Bad Niendorf A30 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Edgar Colle White London E21 1-0
- 1927 vs William Albert Fairhurst Black London E11 0-1
- 1927 vs Karl Gilg White Kecskemet-S1 B30 1-0
- 1927 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Kecskemet-B E32 0-1
- 1927 vs Hans Kmoch White Kecskemet-S1 A03 1-0
- 1927 vs Hans Kmoch Black Bad Niendorf C15 0-1
- 1927 vs Boris Kostic Black Bad Niendorf B24 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall White London E34 0-1
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall White New York A06 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall White New York A61 1-0
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall Black New York C01 0-1
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall Black New York C01 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Dawid Przepiorka Black Kecskemet-B E32 0-1
- 1927 vs Richard Reti Black London B00 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Massimiliano Romi White London olm D35 1-0
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann White New York A03 1-0
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann White New York C48 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black New York C07 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black New York B00 0-1
- 1927 vs Lajos Steiner White Kecskemet-S1 A03 0-1
- 1927 vs Lajos Steiner White Bad Niendorf C62 1-0
- 1927 vs Lajos Steiner Black Kecskemet-B C01 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Jeno Szekely White Kecskemet-B C02 1-0
- 1927 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Bad Niendorf A15 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Savielly Tartakower Black London A47 0-1
- 1927 vs George Alan Thomas Black London C10 0-1
- 1927 vs Arpad Vajda White Kecskemet-B D40 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Arpad Vajda Black Kecskemet-S1 C10 0-1
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White London C49 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black New York D02 1-0
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White New York A06 0-1
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White New York B22 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black New York E11 0-1
- 1927 vs Vladimir Vukovic White Kecskemet-B B02 1-0
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