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Systemsson
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Years covered: 1927

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SYSTEMSSON
(born Feb-29-1900, died Apr-01-1979) Ireland (citizen of Sweden)

Zoltan Arpad Ulf Min Systemsson IV was born February 29, 1900, in Dublin. Before he learned to speak, he had moved into Sweden and thus had learned Swedish as his native language. At the age of six he had learned how to play and his talents were immediately realized. He began to win many tournaments and soon rose among the ranks of Sweden's best players.

Unlike many of the world's top players, he continued to advance even through World War One. His career took a turn in 1921 after a severe case of depression as a result of his father dying in a tragic train crash, but he persevered. His most famous game was played in 1927 against the marvelous player Aron Nimzowitsch. Systemsson lost, but continued to play actively in Sweden until he retired in 1956. His efforts were celebrated until his death in 1979 after a stroke.

There is, in fact, no real player named Systemsson. This biography is a joke and is a testament to the joke player that is Systemsson. His game against Aron Nimzowitsch in 1927 is the only game in the www.chessgames.com database and it is a fabrication devised as an April Fool's joke. We hope you laughed at it.

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson		1-0	24	1927	Composition	C00 French Defense

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Apr-11-06		technical draw: "The man who never was"..Good movie with Clifton Webb.

Jun-13-07		dabearsrock1010: depressed over his dads tragic train crash, but perservered...that made me laugh

Apr-23-08		jaxter: <Resignation Trap> <She's Icelandic: Systemdottir.> Actually, that's an Icelandic LAST NAME (surname), not a FIRST NAME (Christian name). It can apply, of course, only to a woman.

Apr-23-08		jaxter: This game itself was part of a spoof article ghost-written by Hans Kmoch, and included self-congratulatory annotations written by the (spurious) author, Nimzowitsch (who was not known for his humility). In John Watson's book, "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy", the section on Overprotection addresses the failings of this proposed concept of Nimzowitsch's, and relates this story (as does Ray Keene, in his biography of AN).

Aug-13-08		ravel5184: But it says on the Nimzowitsch-Systemsson page that his name is "Herr Systemsson"!

Aug-13-08		Ziggurat: "Herr" means "Mister".

Aug-13-08		ravel5184: Oh me stupid! I'll delete my post if you delete yours.

Nov-22-08		thebribri8: <MorphyMatt: lol. 2 pages of kibitzing on a player who has only played 1 game. LOL!!!> Actually, he didn't play ANY games. We are all pathetic. :).

Dec-15-08		patzer of patzers: <aw1988> Too bad Nimzowitsch didn't sac the queen in the "game". It would've made the annotations even funnier!

Dec-15-08		brankat: Up until this moment I didn't even know this page existed. A great game, and even better annotations :-) I think I'll use them as a model when/if annotating my own games!

Feb-06-09		WhiteRook48: how can the game be a fake??

Feb-12-09		sheaf: just realized 1900 was not a leap year !!.. ;-) good one..

Feb-12-09		whiteshark: He needed more chess praxis.

Feb-12-09		WhiteRook48: Think they named him Systemsson because he lost to Nimzowitsch's "My System"

Feb-26-09		WhiteRook48: poor thing that Systemsson's most famous game is a loss when he had lots of brilliant wins

Apr-01-09		Open Defence: so he was the Son of Nimzo's System ?

Apr-01-09		Dredge Rivers: I have just uncovered evidence that this Systemsson was in fact... KEYSER SOZE! :)

Jun-11-09		WhiteRook48: Too bad Nimzo didn't sac everything off but his king and one pawn, and his opponent loses

Oct-07-09		ILoveThisSite: <whiteshark> We're sitting here, I'm supposed to be a franchise player, and we're talking about praxis? Not a game, not a game. We're talking about praxis. How silly is that?

Oct-08-09		whiteshark: <ILoveThisSite> On a scale of 1 to 10?

Oct-27-09		muwatalli: the sad victim of the most brilliantly conceived overprotection ever seen. lol

Oct-02-10		I play the Fred: CG.com: can we upload other fictional chess games and players?

Feb-29-12		whiteshark: Happy Birthday, Herr Systemsson !

Feb-29-12		King Death: Thank you for your only game here, it was a huge contribution!

Mar-21-13		whiteshark: If you don�t collapse the Systemsson, the Systemsson will collapse you.

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