Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

Discover the ultimate guide to mastering chess openings with this comprehensive manual. It offers a thorough theoretical review of all chess openings, beautifully illustrated with instructive games from the greatest chess players of all time. This compact manual is meticulously organized, making it an invaluable resource for players at any level—from beginners to advanced enthusiasts. Each opening variation is accompanied by evaluations and detailed explanations of key moves. You'll delve into the history of each variation's development and understand their current standing in the chess world. The theoretical material is brought to life through classic games, complete with detailed annotations that showcase the core concepts and strategic plans for both White and Black. To hone your skills, the manual includes a special training section with over 350 exercises spanning more than 40 different openings, catering to various difficulty levels.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers an unparalleled chess teaching method. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for everyone from beginners to professional players.

By using this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical tricks and combinations, and effectively apply what you've learned in real games.

The program serves as your personal coach, presenting you with tasks to solve and offering assistance when you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of common mistakes, ensuring you learn from every move.

In addition to the practical exercises, the program features a theoretical section that explains game methods for different stages, illustrated with real-world examples. This interactive approach allows you to not only read the lesson text but also make moves on the board and explore unclear positions in depth.

Key advantages of the program include:

♔ High-quality examples, meticulously double-checked for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach

♔ Exercises tailored to various difficulty levels

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems

♔ Immediate hints provided for any errors

♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves

♔ Option to play out any position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-structured table of contents

♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during the learning process

♔ Flexible test mode settings

♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Syncing capabilities with a free Chess King account, allowing you to work on a course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course offers a free section where you can test the program's functionality. The lessons in this free version are fully operational, providing a realistic trial before you delve into the following topics:

1. Rare variations

1.1. 1. g3, 1. b4, ..

1.2. 1. b3

1.3. 1. d4

1.4. 1. d4 Nf6

1.5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

2. Alekhine's defense

3. Benoni defense

4. Bird's opening

5. Bishop's opening

6. Blumenfeld counter-gambit

7. Bogo-Indian defense

8. Budapest gambit

9. Caro-Kann

10. Catalan system

11. Center gambit

12. Dutch defense

13. English opening

14. Evans gambit

15. Four knights' game

16. French defense

17. Grünfeld defense

18. Italian game & Hungarian defense

19. King's Indian defense

20. Latvian gambit

21. Nimzo-Indian defense

22. Nimzowitsch defense

23. Old Indian defense

24. Philidor's defense

25. Pirc-Robatsch defense

26. Queen's gambit

27. Queen's Indian defense

28. Queen's pawn game

29. Reti opening

30. Petrov's defense

31. Ruy Lopez

32. Scandinavian defense

33. Scotch gambit & Ponziani's opening

34. Scotch game

35. Sicilian defense

36. Three knights' game

37. Two knights' defense

38. Vienna game

39. Volga-Benko gambit

40. The complete course of openings

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 30, 2024:

• Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
• Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
• Added daily goal for puzzles - choose how many exercises you need to keep your skills in shape.
• Added daily streak - track how many consecutive days you meet your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements.