Only the very best players dared to play for a win against Tigran Petrosian. The 9th World Champion was extremely difficult to beat because his defensive techniques were virtually unmatched. In the rare case that someone managed to bring him into difficulties they ran a serious risk of having to face a vicious counterattack.In this book, former Russian Champion Alexei Bezgodov explains for a wide range of players how they can employ the skills of 'the Tiger' to deal with adversity in their own games: anticipate threats, march you King out of danger even if it means you have to expose him to fire, don't hesitate to give up an exchange or spoil your own pawn structure when the position calls for it, find unlikely decoys and start a counterattack by finding improbable weakening moves.The aim of this book is to help amateur players to improve the standard of their defensive play. In many training programs a serious analysis of the art of defence is missing. That is why most club players are much better at attacking than at coping with cramped and difficult positions. 'Defend Like a Tiger' will point the way to finding creative solutions and save lots of points.