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 2 of 3
- 1927 vs William Winter White London A01 0-1
- 1927 vs Frederick Yates Black London B22 0-1
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Semmering B02 1-0
- 1926 vs Alexander Alekhine White Dresden B02 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs O. Antze White Hannover E60 1-0
- 1926 vs Max Bluemich Black Dresden A04 0-1
- 1926 vs Jacques Davidson White Semmering A30 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs A. Duhm White Hannover A34 1-0
- 1926 vs Karl Gilg Black Semmering A81 0-1
- 1926 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Semmering E15 1-0
- 1926 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Semmering A46 0-1
- 1926 vs Paul F Johner Black Dresden E50 0-1
- 1926 vs Hans Kmoch White Semmering B03 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Walter Michel White Semmering A06 1-0
- 1926 vs Jacques Mieses White Hannover A28 1-0
- 1926 vs Richard Reti Black Semmering A09 0-1
- 1926 vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco White Semmering A03 1-0
- 1926 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Dresden A34 1-0
- 1926 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Hannover C00 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Semmering A06 1-0
- 1926 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Hannover C01 0-1
- 1926 vs Fritz Saemisch White Dresden A28 1-0
- 1926 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Semmering C40 1-0
- 1926 vs Lajos Steiner Black Dresden B30 0-1
- 1926 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Semmering E11 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Savielly Tartakower White Semmering A05 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Dresden A06 0-1
- 1926 vs Karel Treybal Black Semmering B10 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Arpad Vajda White Semmering C49 1-0
- 1926 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Semmering E11 1-0
- 1926 vs Hermann Von Gottschall Black Hannover C00 0-1
- 1926 vs Walther Von Holzhausen Black Hannover C01 0-1
- 1926 vs Walther Von Holzhausen Black Dresden B32 0-1
- 1926 vs Frederick Yates White Dresden A28 1-0
- 1926 vs Frederick Yates Black Semmering C01 0-1
- 1925 vs Alexander Alekhine White Baden-Baden A25 0-1
- 1925 vs Albert Becker Black DSB-24.Kongress C10 0-1
- 1925 vs Max Bluemich Black DSB-24.Kongress A04 0-1
- 1925 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black DSB-24.Kongress E21 1-0
- 1925 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Baden-Baden A46 0-1
- 1925 vs Carl Johan Margot Carls Black Baden-Baden A13 0-1
- 1925 vs Edgar Colle Black Baden-Baden A80 0-1
- 1925 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Baden-Baden E32 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Marienbad A03 1-0
- 1925 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black DSB-24.Kongress A46 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs August Konrad Haida Black Marienbad E15 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Marienbad E12 0-1
- 1925 vs Frank Marshall Black Baden-Baden A47 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Frank Marshall White Marienbad A13 0-1
- 1925 vs Reginald Pryce Michell Black Marienbad B29 0-1
- 1925 vs Jacques Mieses White Baden-Baden A84 1-0
- 1925 vs Bruno Moritz White DSB-24.Kongress A30 1-0
- 1925 vs Karel Opocensky Black Marienbad E32 0-1
- 1925 vs Dawid Przepiorka Black Marienbad E12 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black Baden-Baden E12 0-1
- 1925 vs Richard Reti White Baden-Baden B02 1-0
- 1925 vs Richard Reti White DSB-24.Kongress A28 0-1
- 1925 vs Richard Reti Black Marienbad A20 0-1
- 1925 vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco White Baden-Baden A06 1-0
- 1925 vs Akiba Rubinstein White DSB-24.Kongress C48 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Marienbad A47 0-1
- 1925 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Baden-Baden E15 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Baden-Baden A40 1-0
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch White Marienbad D17 1-0
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Baden-Baden C42 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Marienbad A28 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Baden-Baden A41 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White DSB-24.Kongress D41 1-0
- 1925 vs Savielly Tartakower White Marienbad A06 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Savielly Tartakower White Baden-Baden A06 0-1
- 1925 vs Jan Willem Te Kolste Black Baden-Baden B00 0-1
- 1925 vs George Alan Thomas White Baden-Baden C49 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs George Alan Thomas Black Marienbad C15 0-1
- 1925 vs Carlos Torre Repetto White Baden-Baden A06 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Carlos Torre Repetto White Marienbad A06 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Karel Treybal Black Baden-Baden B06 1-0
- 1925 vs Hermann Von Gottschall White DSB-24.Kongress D05 1-0
- 1925 vs Heinrich Wagner Black DSB-24.Kongress B13 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Frederick Yates White Marienbad A02 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Frederick Yates Black Baden-Baden B00 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs A. Olson White Nordisk Skakforbund B21 1-0
- 1924 vs S. Kinch Black Nordisk Skakforbund A83 0-1
- 1924 vs Allan Nilsson White Nordisk Skakforbund D12 1-0
- 1924 vs Aage Kier White Nordisk Skakforbund D02 1-0
- 1924 vs Paul F Johner Black Nordisk Skakforbund E15 0-1
- 1924 vs Orla Hermann Krause White Nordisk Skakforbund A80 1-0
- 1924 vs Alfred Brinckmann Black Nordisk Skakforbund A83 0-1
- 1924 vs Johannes Hjalmar Giersing White Nordisk Skakforbund D06 1-0
- 1924 vs Karl Berndtsson Kullberg White Nordisk Skakforbund A49 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Alfred Brinckmann Black Kolding m A47 0-1
- 1923 vs Alfred Brinckmann White Kolding m D40 1-0
- 1923 vs Alfred Brinckmann Black Kolding m E21 0-1
- 1923 vs Alexander Alekhine White Karlsbad A30 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Jacob Bernstein White Karlsbad E51 1-0
- 1923 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad E18 1-0
- 1923 vs Oscar Chajes Black Karlsbad C01 1-0
- 1923 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Karlsbad C26 0-1
- 1923 vs Ernst Jacobsen Black Copenhagen E12 0-1
- 1923 vs Ernst Jacobsen White Copenhagen D53 1-0
- 1923 vs Geza Maroczy Black Karlsbad B00 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Jorgen Moller Black Copenhagen C01 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Jorgen Moller White Copenhagen A85 1-0
- 1923 vs Richard Reti White Karlsbad A15 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Karlsbad B32 0-1
- 1923 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Copenhagen E06 0-1
- 1923 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Karlsbad A50 0-1
- 1923 vs Fritz Saemisch White Copenhagen E18 1-0
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Karlsbad B13 0-1
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Copenhagen C01 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Copenhagen A13 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Karlsbad A33 1-0
- 1923 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Copenhagen D01 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Savielly Tartakower White Karlsbad A04 1-0
- 1923 vs Savielly Tartakower White Copenhagen A06 1-0
- 1923 vs Richard Teichmann White Karlsbad A05 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs George Alan Thomas White Karlsbad E77 0-1
- 1923 vs Karel Treybal Black Karlsbad C01 1-0
- 1923 vs Heinrich Wolf White Karlsbad A06 1-0
- 1923 vs Frederick Yates Black Karlsbad A07 0-1
- 1922 vs ACM. Pritzel White Copenhagen B07 1-0
- 1922 vs Egil Jacobsen Black Copenhagen A80 0-1
- 1920 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Gothenburg C12 0-1
- 1920 vs Gyula Breyer White Gothenburg C62 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Boris Kostic White Gothenburg C50 0-1
- 1920 vs Georg Marco White Gothenburg C41 1-0
- 1920 vs Geza Maroczy Black Gothenburg D05 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Jacques Mieses White Gothenburg A10 0-1
- 1920 vs Jorgen Moller Black Gothenburg B16 1-0
- 1920 vs Richard Reti Black Gothenburg D10 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Gothenburg A40 1-0
- 1920 vs Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev Black Gothenburg D02 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Stockholm m B00 0-1
- 1920 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Gothenburg C12 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Stockholm m C02 1-0
- 1920 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Gothenburg A30 1/2-1/2
- 1920 vs Savielly Tartakower White Gothenburg A80 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Simon Alapin White St Petersburg+ C11 1-0
- 1914 vs Simon Alapin White St Petersburg C11 1-0
- 1914 vs Alexander Alekhine Black St Petersburg C82 1-0
- 1914 vs Alexander Alekhine White St Petersburg prel C02 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Ossip Bernstein Black St Petersburg prel E43 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Joseph Blackburne Black St Petersburg prel A00 1-0
- 1914 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White St Petersburg prel C62 0-1
- 1914 vs Alexander Evenson Black St Petersburg C55 0-1
- 1914 vs Aleksander Dawidow Flamberg Black St Petersburg C41 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Isidor Gunsberg White St Petersburg prel C46 1-0
- 1914 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black St Petersburg prel E43 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Emanuel Lasker Black St Petersburg prel B16 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Stepan M Levitsky White St Petersburg C49 1-0
- 1914 vs Grigori Loewenfisch White St Petersburg C48 1-0
- 1914 vs Moishe Leopoldowicz Lowcki Black St Petersburg C77 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Frank Marshall White St Petersburg prel C42 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black St Petersburg prel A46 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Georg Salwe Black St Petersburg D00 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Andrey Alexandrovic Smorodsky Black St Petersburg B17 1-0
- 1914 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg prel D30 0-1
- 1913 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black St Petersburg C11 0-1
- 1913 vs S. Freymann White St Petersburg C02 1-0
- 1913 vs Bernhard Gregory Black St Petersburg A46 0-1
- 1913 vs Jean Taubenhaus White St Petersburg D40 1-0
- 1912 vs Simon Alapin Black RUS-ch C41 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Simon Alapin White RUS-ch B29 1-0
- 1912 vs Alexander Alekhine Black RUS-ch A46 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Alexander Alekhine White RUS-ch D02 0-1
- 1912 vs Ossip Bernstein White RUS-ch C02 1-0
- 1912 vs Ossip Bernstein Black RUS-ch C41 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Oldrich Duras White San Sebastian C02 1-0
- 1912 vs Oldrich Duras Black San Sebastian B12 0-1
- 1912 vs Leo Forgacs Black San Sebastian C49 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt Black San Sebastian C41 0-1
- 1912 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt White San Sebastian C02 1-0
- 1912 vs Grigory Levenfish Black RUS-ch B10 0-1
- 1912 vs Stepan M Levitsky Black RUS-ch C50 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Frank Marshall Black San Sebastian D13 0-1
- 1912 vs Frank Marshall White San Sebastian C49 1-0
- 1912 vs Julius Perlis White San Sebastian C48 0-1
- 1912 vs Julius Perlis Black San Sebastian C12 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Akiba Rubinstein White RUS-ch C47 0-1
- 1912 vs Akiba Rubinstein White San Sebastian C48 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black San Sebastian A55 1-0
- 1912 vs Georg Salwe White RUS-ch C46 1-0
- 1912 vs Carl Schlechter Black San Sebastian B29 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Carl Schlechter White San Sebastian C46 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Rudolf Spielmann White San Sebastian C02 1-0
- 1912 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black San Sebastian B12 1-0
- 1912 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black San Sebastian B12 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White San Sebastian C02 1-0
- 1912 vs Richard Teichmann Black San Sebastian B12 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Richard Teichmann White San Sebastian C49 1/2-1/2
- 1912 vs Sergey Von Freyman White RUS-ch C02 1-0
- 1911 vs Simon Alapin Black Karlsbad A53 0-1
- 1911 vs Alexander Alekhine White Karlsbad C62 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Ossip Bernstein Black San Sebastian C61 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Amos Burn Black San Sebastian D33 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Amos Burn Black Karlsbad D15 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White San Sebastian C00 0-1
- 1911 vs Oscar Chajes White Karlsbad B22 1-0
- 1911 vs Erich Cohn Black Karlsbad D30 0-1
- 1911 vs Oldrich Duras White Karlsbad C46 0-1
- 1911 vs Oldrich Duras Black San Sebastian C87 1/2-1/2
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