title: Learn Chess the Right Way: Book 3: Mastering Defensive Techniques
author: Susan Polgar
description: SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Womens World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined six consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships.
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  Copyright © 2012 by Philip Ochman.
  First Edition, 2012
  ISBN: 9781624889059
  
  Dedicated to my chess
  students- your trust means
  the world for me. This book
  would not exist without
  you.
  
  Contents
  Foreword
  Acknowledgements and contact info
  Process chart
  Illustration examples
  Stage 1- Threats Analysis
  Distant threats
  Stage 2- Positional Evaluation
  Full version
  Space
  Develop
  Quality
  of
  Pieces
  Material
  Filters
  Short version
  
  Stage 3- Tactical Evaluation
  Final decision
  Some words of encouragement
  Appendix- Decision making work
  pages
  
  My dear student,
  This guidebook will teach you how to
  make correct decisions in chess at
  every phase of the game, whether you
  are a total beginner or an expert.
  Designed to support my online students
  in their studies, it includes all the
  material being taught at t