about the imagined affront. I once suggested that he and I order what the other actually wanted and, when the food was served, exchange plates. After we had done so, he shook his head in disbelief, still thinking that he had received the smaller portion. Nimzowitsch's colleague Tartakower observed of him, "He pretends to be crazy in order to drive us all crazy." Death Although he had long suffered from heart trouble, his early death was unexpected; taken ill suddenly at the end of 1934, he lay bedridden for three months before dying of pneumonia. He is buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery in Copenhagen. Notable games Friedrich Sämisch vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923, 0–1 The "Immortal Zugzwang Game" Paul Johner vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926, 0–1 This game was chosen by Bent Larsen as his favourite game in Learn from the Grandmasters. Richard Réti vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Berlin 1928, 0–1 Efim Bogoljubov vs Aron Nimzowitsch, San Remo 1930, 0–1 See also List of chess games List of Jewish chess players References Further reading External links A.N.'s Alternative Spellings of Names Nimzowitsch related articles 1886 births 1935 deaths Chess players from the Russian Empire Danish chess players Jewish chess players Sportspeople from Riga Latvian Jews Danish Ashkenazi Jews Danish people of Latvian-Jewish descent Chess theoreticians Chess writers Danish male writers Deaths from cancer in Denmark Emigrants from Latvia to Denmark