Body: <p>Is The New Art of Defense in Chess or The Art Defense in Chess better? I am 1900 on an upward trend.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you provide us with more details, e.g. your playing strength, general strengths & weaknesses?
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Comments.Text: Is it an older and a newer version of the same book by the same author, or am I mistaken somehow? Then the books are probably quite similar in contents, and it shouldn't matter too much which one you choose, aside from some variations checked with computer analysis. I would say go with the newer one, unless you have a good price on the older version.
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Comments.Text: @Scounged according to the author it is very different from the older one with newer examples and newer ideas
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Comments.Text: @Jimmy360 Yeah, authors tend to claim such things about the newer editions of their own books, I wonder why ;)
  
  But reading customer reviews, this actually seems to be the case. One thing you may want to consider is whether you can stand the old English notation. Otherwise the old book may not be a very good choice.
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Title: The New Art of Defense in Chess vs The Art Defense in Chess
ThreadText: # The New Art of Defense in Chess vs The Art Defense in Chess
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-08)
  
  Is The New Art of Defense in Chess or The Art Defense in Chess better? I am 1900 on an upward trend.
  
  **Tags:** books, positional-play
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you provide us with more details, e.g. your playing strength, general strengths & weaknesses?  
  > **username_2**: Is it an older and a newer version of the same book by the same author, or am I mistaken somehow? Then the books are probably quite similar in contents, and it shouldn't matter too much which one you choose, aside from some variations checked with computer analysis. I would say go with the newer one, unless you have a good price on the older version.  
  > **username_0**: @username_2 according to the author it is very different from the older one with newer examples and newer ideas  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 Yeah, authors tend to claim such things about the newer editions of their own books, I wonder why ;)  But reading customer reviews, this actually seems to be the case. One thing you may want to consider is whether you can stand the old English notation. Otherwise the old book may not be a very good choice.  
  
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