Nimzowitsch, A. Nimzowitsch's first book appears in its first English translation. The Father of Modern Chess clearly instructs the chess student on the proper handling of pawn majorities, both qualitative and quantitative, center and flank; the creation of passed pawns; and the defense against passed pawns by restriction and, as a climax - the Blockade!Twenty one annotated games illustrate these fundamentals of good chess play in the style made famous by the classic "My System." That this is already the fifth edition of the English translation attest to the widespread recognition of the solid instructional value of this pioneer work.