Basic principles of defending

Everyone loves to attack. This is more fun (like Tal games) and even if you make a mistake, worst that can happen is that you will not win. But it is a different story when it comes to the defense. It is very hard, you have to be very patient and careful. This is like with sappers - one mistake and you lose. But in chess, you cannot ignore defense. I wrote that article to give you a basic view of defense strategies that you can use.

Stop the direct threat (when nothing else left)

The real master of the defense was former World Champion - Tigran Petrosian. Here you can see how was he defending against big attacking master - Garry Kasparov. Defending by 25 moves - this is a different level.

Below you can see an example from one of my online games with live commentary when I was defending almost the whole game.

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