NIMZOWITSCH ARON

Birth and Life

Aron Nimzowitsch

chess player

Date of birth 7. 11. 1886
Country of birth Latvia

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Death

Date of death 16. 3. 1935
Cemetery Bispebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 55.714827, 12.525528

Details:
Plot: Grave uL 378

Summary from Wikipedia

Born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire, the Jewish Yiddish-speaking Nimzowitsch came from a wealthy family, where he learned chess from his father Shaya Abramovich Nimzowitsch (1860, Pinsk – 1918), who was a timber merchant. By 1897, the family lived in Dvinsk.[2] Mother's name: Esphir Nohumovna Nimzowitsch (born Rabinovich, 1865, Polotsk – 1937), sister – Tsilya-Kreyna Pevzner, brothers Yakov, Osey and Benno. In 1904, he travelled to Berlin to study philosophy, but set aside his studies soon and began a career as a professional chess player that same year. He won his firs ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 10. 1. 2016

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