Modern Chess Defense

The book about defense is created as an endeavor to help players who struggle with issues that are rarely written about. Namely: 

– How to organize a proper defense? 

– How to perry opponent’s threats and thwart his plans? 

– How to create a strong counter-attack? 

After a careful study of interesting and instructive examples we decided to divide the material into several logical chapters: 

1. Good Defense. Learn and draw conclusions about how the best players think when solving the problems of defense in practical play. 

2. Poor Defense. Examples of incorrect defense can be found at practically all levels. We believe these examples show exactly how demanding defense is. 

3. The King. Modern ways of king evacuation, or keeping the king in the center. Also, we explain how the king "thinks" and takes care of himself in dangerous situations. 

4. Critical moments in the game. Games and game fragments that tackle with the moments when the fate of the game is decided and how the best players react in those situations. 

5. Defense in inferior endgames. Defense is not only about the king that is threatened in a game, and it is not just about thinking of the king’s safety. It is highly instructive and practical to apply defensive principles in endgames as well. 

6. Openings. Presentation of modern openings and typical defensive reactions in the Italian, the Ruy Lopez and the Grunfeld Defense. 

Finally, the book ends with 50 demanding exercises that should reenforce the knowledge you have gathered after a careful study of all examples. 

We hope you will enjoy studying the presented material and successfully pro gress in this extremely demanding area of chess.