The Modernized Modern Defense - Daniel FernandezThe very first line of this books introduction was so important, it had to be on the back cover as well: The Modern is not an opening. It is a philosophy. A philosophy, one might add, that many players the world over adhere to: a mischievous and undogmatic attitude towards the game, a preference for understanding based chess, and a faith that the bishop on g7 will prove its worth later in the game. But can this cavalier, chess is art approach still