The Art of Defence in Chess
Lyev Polugayevsky, I. Damsky,Hardcover - 1st ed,Series: Russian Chess Ser., English-language edition,Pub by Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Lyev Polugayevsky, I. Damsky,Hardcover - 1st ed,Series: Russian Chess Ser., English-language edition,Pub by Elsevier Science & Technology Books
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780080320595 (0080320597)
Publisher: Pergamon
Pages no: 268
Edition language: English
Before going into a review of the classic work by GM Polugayevsky and IM Damsky, let me explain my own chess credentials, and what level of players I feel this book would be most beneficial for. My USCF rating is 2029, expert/candidate master, and as a young teen, I was one of the top 15 players in...
An interesting fact about chess literature: although attack and defence are equally important, there must be at least twenty books on attacking techniques for every one on defence. More likely it's fifty, or even a hundred. I wonder why this is? I've never really thought about it before, but now it ...