Defensive Techniques in Chess

Bolster your chess defense in this Chess University course by USCF Expert Ryan Murphy

4.75 (22 reviews)

Udemy

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English

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Gaming

What you will learn

Students will learn how to strengthen their defensive skills when they play chess. Students will learn how to accurately spot and evaluate threats and how to respond to them in the most active way possible. Prophylactic thinking is developed as well.

Why take this course?

One of the main mistakes beginner-level students make is that when they are faced with threats, they panic, often causing them to make false assumptions and select sub-optimal moves. This training course is designed to improve thought process and calculation habits when responding to our opponent's threats.

The course focuses on three general types of defense: reaction, prevention or prophylaxis, and counter attack. The author uses examples from his own tournament games to emphasize the importance of choosing defensive resources which are multipurpose and maximize the activity of the defender's pieces. There are many opportunities for the student to calculate and answer concrete tactical questions on their own throughout the course.

The course is aimed at beginner-level players but can be useful for players in the 900-1500 rating range. The total run-time for the course is 83 minutes.

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Reviews

Phillip

April 29, 2022

This is a comprehensive course offering advice on defence. The course is nicely presented and makes a lot of sense. It addresses certain aspects regarding defence and gets you asking questions that will get you to see the bigger picture and choose the correct response to suit the situation in which you find yourself

David

May 22, 2021

Does what it says on the tin giving you a good perspective on defensive ideas. Get's the beginner, like me, out of reactive mode!!

Amitanshu

March 7, 2021

Crisp and precise, with real game examples, really helpful to gain an insight on how to see opponent's hidden threats and react in the best way possible. Offence is sometimes the best defense and one should not panic when facing a direct threat.

Marian

February 4, 2021

Decent course, common sense moves but put in context of tournament games. It helps a beginner verbalize what should they be thinking of during a game.

Gökhan

March 1, 2019

couse was great. But you can make it 10 times better if you just add couple extra exercises on each topic

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