This is my subjective list of who I think are the best defensive players. It’s very hard to objectively compare the defensive skills of different players across different eras.
As with all aspects of chess I think defensive skills have improved with the invention of computer chess and the introduction of engines to help us analyse our games.
With that being said I believe players should still be judged by what they did against their contemporaries. Once again this list is highly subjective, if you have your own list please post it in the comment section below.
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Great list! I´m not sure about Lasker at no.2, though. Robert Hübner said that Lasker´s most definite weakness in chess was to defend against a direct kingside attack. Doesn´t sound like the second best defender in history to me.
But anyway, nice to hear your opinion!
Not even Korchnoi? his whole strategy was to take poisoned pawns and use his extremely good defensive skills to survive and head to an endgame with more material
I'm also a defensive player. I attack a little bit. My friends complain alot when I stop their attacks😂
Great video. Petrosian was a slab of Granite. Been through some of his games and he was horrible to face! 😱