A brand built on 32 white and 32 black squares.
Modern Defense lives where chess meets the pile of shirts by your bed. For those who love both the game and the characters that give it color.
New collection!
‘New’, sure…—though technically, also our first.
It features a stacked salute to five Soviet legends, a Xerox-style tribute to chess’s reluctant prophet, and a portrait of The Rigan Magician, drawn (as all Board members) like we found him in the shadows of your old yearbook.
Drawn: The Board
The Board is an ongoing portrait series of those who shaped the game. Each is listed by entry— not by rank. Just presence in a huge 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.
PS. If any of our board members happen to be in your top 5 too, feel free to drop us a line (in the contact section) and ask about the possibilities for a custom (sweat)shirt, hat, coffee mug or what-not!
The Members
001. Robert ‘Bobby’ Fischer
1943 - 2008Bobby 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.
002. Raul José Capablanca
1888 - 1942Capablanca didn’t calculate — he just removed options. Once said he could beat any amateur blindfolded. No one dared test it.
003. Anatoly Karpov
1961 - presentPlayed like water finds a crack (Look up: ‘24. Ba7!!’). World Champion for a decade. Karpov never needed brilliance — just inevitability.
004. Mikhail Tal
1936 - 1992Tal laughed in the face of the game and attacked how others breathe —with dangerous ease. Once won a championship with pieces hanging 17 times.
005. Judit Polgar
1976 - presentJudit didn’t just play into theory — she rewrote where it ends. She is the first woman to break the world top 10. And stay there for many years.