
Art of Defensive Play with IM Andrey Ostrovskiy
Art of Defensive Play with IM Andrey Ostrovskiy f you look at the stats of professional players, you will notice that they tend not to lose a lot of games. Is it because they always get better positions and win? Well, not necessarily. If you take a closer look at their games, you will discover that… they SCORE A LOT from inferior positions! Unfortunately, most club players just don’t get it… When it comes to defensive chess, they either don’t know what to do or copy random things they see others do… That type of “I hope this helps” approach just won’t cut it anymore. Not only it is not saving your games, it almost certainly costing you rating points. A lot of points! If you actually want to save and convert some of your losing positions into the wins, then you need to do more. You need a PROVEN process in place to tell you exactly what and how to play – especially when you are losing! But how do you systematically convert mediocre positions into winners and consistently turn the tables