CLEARANCE - Dominant Defense - EMPIRE CHESS Chess Strategy Mishra reflects on his rapid

Mishra reflects on his rapid rise toward the world elite

After Botvinnik

It’s about choosing the RIGHT lines to calculate

Time-honoured openings have fallen by the wayside

most masters have “patterns” from thousands of games in their mind

CLEARANCE - Dominant Defense - EMPIRE CHESS Chess Strategy Mishra reflects on his rapidChess legends Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian were famous for their incredible defensive skills. They were such masters of the art of defense that they actually encouraged their opponents to attack them, knowing that they would give away too much material or ruin their position trying to make an attack work. In attack, players are too optimistic. In defense, too pessimistic. Change this and you will have a big advantage over your opponents.