{"product_id":"grandmaster-secrets-counter-attack","title":"Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!","description":"Superb defensive technique is a hallmark of all great chess-players. With a few deft counterstrokes, they not only deflect what looked like an overwhelming offensive, but also expose the darker side of their opponent's build-up. Is this sheer black magic, or are these skills that ordinary players can develop?\n\nWhile some of the key defensive skills follow well-established principles, modern players ally this with an appreciation of chess dynamics that is a good deal more subtle. Zenon Franco provides a wide-ranging course in how to handle difficult positions, seeking not only to hold them together but to go on the counteroffensive, exploiting to the full the commitments and concessions the opponent has made to launch his attack. The methods he advocates are varied: often a countersacrifice is the key, while simplification can also employed as a subtler, but equally deadly weapon.\n\nChapters include:\n* Lasker, the Master of Defence and Counter-Attack\n* Refuting Premature Attacks\n* Fighting Blow by Blow\n* Regrouping\n* Prophylactic Thinking\n* Simplification\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1906454094\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1906454094.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Franco, Zenon\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43649535246397,"sku":"BVV.1906454094.VG","price":16.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1906454094-0.jpg?v=1789852548","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/grandmaster-secrets-counter-attack","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}