Fortify your defences, Harald Schneider-Zinner (English, German)
Every chess player likes to attack. Every chess player likes to put pressure on their opponent. But when the tables are turned, and we become the target of an attack, we may feel uncomfortable, anxious, and insecure. Yet we can save an incredible number of defensive positions if we know the techniques and rules-of-thumb. More
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CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Introduction Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi
- Introduction Model Games
- Chapter 2.1 - Mental strength and powerful defensive moves
- Resilience
- Playing On and on
- Hasty resignation
- Finding only moves 1
- Finding only moves 2
- Comparison
- Elimination
- Sense of Danger 1
- Sense of Danger 2
- Sense of Danger 3
- Creating phantoms 1
- Creating phantoms 2
- Chapter 2.2 - Mental strength and powerful defensive moves
- Emergency brake 1
- Emergency brake 2
- Transition into an inferior endgame 1
- Transition into an inferior endgame 2
- Setting a trap
- Bucking the trend 1
- Bucking the trend 2
- Hanging pieces – so what?!
- The bread-and-butter principle
- Chapter 3 - Typical manoeuvres
- Capablanca's advice: Not too many, not too few
- Petrosian's Knight
- Tower of strength
- Wing play 1
- Wing play 2
- Eliminate attackers
- Returning material
- Defensive exchange sacrifice
- Protective Shield
- Little King moves
- Passed pawns
- Enigmatic Queen move
- Chapter 4 - The final hope
- Stalemate
- Perpetual checks
- Removing pawns 1
- Removing pawns 2
- A fortress motif 1
- A fortress motif 2
- A fortress motif 3
- Chapter 5.1 Exercises
- Description
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Exercise 9
- Exercise 10
- Chapter 5.2 Exercises
- Description
- Exercise 11
- Exercise 12
- Exercise 13
- Exercise 14
- Exercise 15
- Exercise 16
- Exercise 17
- Exercise 18
- Exercise 19
PROPERTIES
| Language: | English, German |
| Level: | advanced, tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
| Language | English, German |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2024 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Schneider-Zinner, Harald |
| Language | English, German |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2024 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Schneider-Zinner, Harald |
