How long does it take to read My System, a Treatise on Chess?
Aron Nimzowitsch
My System, a Treatise on Chess by Aron Nimzowitsch takes about 5 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1925. 302 pages, about 83,050 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nimzowitschs ideas about how to play better chess have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. It is commonly agreed that almost every chess master in the world has studied Nimzowitschs work.
Subjects: Chess, Chess, collections of games, Positiespel (schaken), Strategie
