It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his monumental work My System. While it remains a fundamental work on chess strategy the way chess positions are handled has changed greatly since Nimzowitschs time both refinements to existing ideas and completely new concepts. John Watsons book fulfils the need for a thorough profound work on the modern handling of chess positions and how Nimzowitschs theories still controversial and revolutionary at the time My System was written have been