The King’s Bunker Game: A Defense Strategy for Beginners

By Robert W. Bradshaw

Written by a beginner for a beginner, The King’s Bunker Game delivers an innovative strategy that will inspire a lifelong love for the greatest game in the world. While sharing insight into the most significant eighty games of the five hundred games he has played, Robert Bradshaw presents a three-dimensional defensive structure that can be utilized on a two-dimensional battlefield to increase the value of the defense’s fortification by an approximate factor of three, ultimately doubling the probability of victory. Included are helpful references including books, websites, and clubs.

The King’s Bunker Game shares a game-changing strategy for beginners to enjoy chess for a lifetime happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781663237699

Robert W. Bradshaw

Robert W. Bradshaw is the author of Forty-Five Letters From a World War II Sailor which was also published by iUniverse.

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ISBN: 978-1-6632-3768-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6632-3790-3 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-6632-3769-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022905871

iUniverse rev. date: 06/24/2022

CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1 Kasparov as the Inspiring Coach

Chapter 2 King’s Bunker Strategy: The Best Offense Is a Better Defense

Chapter 3 Bunker Busted and Won: Fifty Games

Chapter 4 Bunker Busted and Lost: Twenty-Five Games

Chapter 5 Draw: Five Games

Conclusion

Afterword

References

About the Author

To honor the memory of my mother, Joanne Hardeman

Powers Bradshaw (1930–2021), who taught me the virtue

of fortitude: Never quit—never, never, never.

PREFACE

Why I Play Chess

My wife and I raised our two children, and they graduated from high school and then went to college. After our youngest went away to college, there was a significant amount of time in the evenings that I could spend, so I thought about various productive projects because time is the most valuable item that humans possess.

A Masonic Lodge asked me to dinner, and I knew on my first visit that I wanted to be a Freemason because Freemasonry was the perfect benevolent project for me to spend my time. Self-improvement and making the world a better place was much more of a prudent choice than spending my evenings playing video games or watching sports.

When COVID-19 hit, my Masonic Lodge no longer met in person in the evenings, so I was once again forced to determine the most prudent way to spend my time. Chess was the answer. I joined Chess.com in the first week of October in 2020, and a few days later, the TV series Queen’s Gambit aired. I took many lessons and played many games on Chess.com. Then, in January 2021, I joined the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Atlanta.

On one of my Google searches for chess, I discovered the MasterClass series, which provides education from legendary titans and all-time greats in specific industries and fields. Since I grew up with Garry Kasparov, I sought his chess instruction and coaching. As a birthday gift to myself, I took my first MasterClass lesson in chess from Garry Kasparov on February 21, 2021.

Why I Wrote This Book

From February until June 2021, I was taking