ChessCafe Puzzle Book 3: Test And Improve Your Defensive Skill

Don't be a punchbag - defend to the end!

Just like a boxer, one of the most important skills a chessplayer needs is the ability to defend a position when he or she is under the cosh.

The ability to make that counter-punch that gets you off the ropes is one of the key building blocks that makes strong players strong.

That's why we've picked out this brilliant course for honing your defensive skills - and also because so many of our members requested it.

In this third volume in the highly acclaimed, best-selling ChessCafe Puzzle Book series, International Grandmaster Karsten Müller, along with International Master Merijn van Delft, examines and expands upon the vital defensive concepts and techniques used to repulse enemy attacks.

Major topics include:

🔵 Principles and methods of defending;
🔵 Defending against a direct attack on the king;
🔵 Countering the initiative;
🔵 Saving the draw;
🔵 Passive versus active defense; and
🔵 Use and development of counterplay.

Many of the world’s greatest players – Steinitz, Lasker, Petrosian – were famous for their legendary defensive skills.

Now GM Müller along with IM van Delft will show you how you can Test and Improve Your Defensive Skill.