CLEARANCE - Dominant Defense - EMPIRE CHESS Chess Strategy After Botvinnik

After Botvinnik

Part 1: Opposite-Colored Bishop Endgames: General Rules and Ideas (1)

whereas the second half maintains our half-century tradition of selecting the most interesting games

Does Dominic Lawson think that chess is useful in everyday life

most masters have “patterns” from thousands of games in their mind

CLEARANCE - Dominant Defense - EMPIRE CHESS Chess Strategy After BotvinnikChess legends Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian were famous for their incredible defensive skills. They were such masters of the art of defense that they actually encouraged their opponents to attack them, knowing that they would give away too much material or ruin their position trying to make an attack work. In attack, players are too optimistic. In defense, too pessimistic. Change this and you will have a big advantage over your opponents.