Defending against an Attack

(Sorry for the delay, I was quite busy.)

Attacks can be enjoyable, but not for the person who is being attacked. A lot of games are lost because the player just didn't defend properly. Here I'll be showing you how to defend against a raging attack.

Here is a game from Lasker where his opponent attacked too early:

Lasker followed general guidelines for defending against an attack, such as:

• Bring all your pieces into the defense
• Exchange off your opponent's attacking pieces

With a lack of attacking pieces, Frank Marshall resigned.

Sometimes, pushing your kingside pawns can be helpful against an attack, but always be very cautious, since it could potentially create weak squares.

Another thing you can do when being attacked is counterattack your opponent. Here is a game where Anish Giri was being attacked, but instead of defending, he attacked his opponent and won. (Credits to @TheGadfly1897's article)

To end the blog, let me show you a double-edged game that shows the importance of king safety. Both sides make many mistakes in defense/attack that we can learn from.

That ends the blog! Again, sorry for not posting blogs, but I'll continue posting weekly content starting with this blog