To draw or not to draw…A brand built on 32 white and 32 black squares.
Modern Defense is where chess strategy becomes style. Real chess, real positions, and real obsession—in cotton form.
New collection!
‘New’, sure…—though technically, also our first.
It features three pieces: a stacked salute to five Soviet legends, a Xerox-style tribute to chess’s reluctant prophet, and a portrait of The Rigan Magician, drawn like we found him in the shadows of your old yearbook. As are all our Board Members, be sure to check ’em out!
The legend says he took on the whole world.
The board says he just needed the USSR to sit still.
This Amsterdam based Experimental Jetset design classic allows for the best teams that never were.
A cotton ode to the man who gave us the philosophical phrase ‘Planning anything is hopeless.’
Drawn: The Board
Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
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Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life. * Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
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Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life. * Chess is more than winning. It’s learning. Losing. Mastery. Madness. It’s Prep. Art. Math. Dignity. Obsession. Life. And yes, lack thereof. But it’s our life.
The Board:
Frozen
Positions
The Board is an ongoing portrait series of players who shaped the game. Each is listed by entry, not by rank. Just presence in a hall of MD fame.
Though you’ll seldom encounter drawn games among their classics, we took it upon ourselves to draw them. In your two favorite colors. (Swipe! L/R)
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Robert James Fischer
1943 - 2008
Bobby Fischer was always chasing the truth—tried to eat it! Each game was a position he’d already totally absorbed. But in the end, the game ate him. -
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José Raúl Capablanca
1888 - 1942
Capablanca didn’t calculate — he just removed options. Once said he could beat any amateur blindfolded. No one dared test it. -
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Anatoli Nikita Karpov
1961 - PRESENT
Played like water finds a crack (Look up: ‘24. Ba7!!’). World Champion for a decade. Karpov never needed brilliance — just inevitability. -
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Mikhail Tal
1936 – 1992
Tal laughed in the face of the game and attacked how others breathe —with dangerous ease. Once won a championship with pieces hanging 17(!!!) times. -
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Judit Polgar
1976 - PRESENT
Judit didn’t just play into theory — she rewrote where it ends. First woman to break the world top 10. And stay there for many years.
