No, they are not the same books, although the Capablanca books are
almost the same, the main difference being the games he annotates.

If you want a book by Nimzo, get the Praxis -- My System will probably
just confuse you. If you want something by Capa, get Chess Fundamentals,
or preferably, the Chess Machine CD by chesscentral.com, which contains
Chess Fundamentals and much more.

Other good books for a beginning chess book buyer would be Nunn's
Understanding chess move by move and McDonald's Chess: the art of
logical thinking.

And get yourself a decent endgame book or two or three ...



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I live in a very small town, so I have to buy books by mail
or internet, sight unseen. I have heard that two very good
books on chess are "My System" by Nimzovich, and "Chess
Primer" by Capablanca. When searching for them on the
internet, I often run across books that sound almost the
same, i.e. "A Praxis of My System" by N., and "Chess
Fundamentals" by C. Can anyone tell me if the latter are
completely different books, or different versions, or
alternate titles for essentially the same book? The latter
seem to be easier to find and cheaper, but I'd rather pay a
few bucks extra if the former are significantly better
books. Thank you.