The Art of Defense in Chess

Humor & Entertainment

Andrew Soltis

Puzzles & Games

Allen& Unwin

Most games are not won -- they are lost. The vast majority of instructional books tell how to improve a position when it is already (or may be) favorable. The Art of Defense in Chess analyzes the practical aspects of not having the advantage: -- How to obtain counterplay -- When to contest open lines -- When to accept sacrifices -- How to anticipate short- and long-term threats -- How to restrain your opponent's pieces -- How to create a defense perimeter -- How to minimize losses -- And much more The Art of Defense in Chess also discusses the proper psychological attitudes for successful defense -- coolness under fire, the Saving Grace, stonewalling, etc. -- as well as the Principle of Exploitable Weakness and the Principle of Economy, as illustrated in more than one hundred positions taken from competitive play.

David McKay

A completely revised 2nd edition of this classic guide to the Stonewall attack, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but fallen out of favor. Fully understood, it is an excellent attacking strategy, sure to surprise your opponents and very succesful against the unprepared.

The Stonewall Attack

Chess Digest

Winning with the English Opening

Winning with 1 d4

Chess Digest, Inc.

Bird-Larsen Attack: A Complete Opening System With 1 f4 Then 2 b3

Opening Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players (Vol. 1)

This is a revised and expanded 2nd edition of the 1st edition published in 1992. Added are 23 important theoretical revisions and one game.
When the first edition of this book appeared in 1992, it evoked a good deal of interest - particularly after a certain day that September. What prompted the interest that day was a curious incident off the coast of what was then Yugoslovia — FISCHER-SPASSKY, Ninth Match Game - Sveti Sefan 1992.

Fischer's Weapon: Winning with The Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation

The House of Staunton

here are 30 important theoretical revisions in this 2nd edition. Nine chapters cover 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4. Learn both a positional and a dynamic attacking weapon to shatter your opponents' King's pawn defenses.

Winning with the Giuoco Piano and the Max Lange Attack

Reference

With the Dutch Defense as Black having a revival at GM level, it is time for a rehabilitation of Bird's Opening 1.f4. The extra move White has makes a big difference. Soltis covers how White should play in: Part 1 :Black Doesn't Fianchetto His King's Bishop. Part 2: Black Plays Modern Systems Including ...g6. Part 3: From's Gambity(a hard gambit to meet - here is how GM's play against it). Part 4: Other Defenses Black May Play.

Winning with 1 f4 Bird's Opening

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