Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
This comprehensive opening manual is an essential resource for chess enthusiasts looking to master the game's opening phase. It offers a thorough theoretical review of all chess openings, illustrated by instructive games played by the world's greatest chess players. This compact guide is designed to be useful for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced, providing a detailed classification of openings. Each opening variation comes with evaluations and descriptions of key moves, as well as the history of their development and current status. The theoretical material is enhanced by classic games with detailed annotations, showcasing the main ideas and plans for both White and Black. Additionally, the manual includes a special training section with over 350 exercises of varying difficulty across more than 40 openings.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess teaching method that covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to different skill levels from beginners to professional players. By using this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply these skills in practical gameplay.
The program functions as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and offering assistance when you're stuck. It gives hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes. The theoretical section explains game strategies at various stages, using real examples, and is presented interactively. This means you can not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board and explore unclear positions.
Advantages of the program:
♔ High-quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the teacher
♔ Different levels of task complexity
♔ Various goals to achieve within the problems
♔ Hint system for correcting errors
♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves
♔ Option to play out any position against the computer
♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
♔ Structured table of contents
♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during learning
♔ Flexible test mode settings
♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises
♔ Adaptation to larger tablet screens
♔ No need for an internet connection
♔ Linkable to a free Chess King account for multi-device access on Android, iOS, and Web
The course includes a free section where you can test the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, allowing you to experience the application in real-world conditions before moving on to additional topics such as:
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
Alekhine's defense
Benoni defense
Bird's opening
Bishop's opening
Blumenfeld counter-gambit
Bogo-Indian defense
Budapest gambit
Caro-Kann
Catalan system
Center gambit
Dutch defense
English opening
Evans gambit
Four knights' game
French defense
Grünfeld defense
Italian game & Hungarian defense
King's Indian defense
Latvian gambit
Nimzo-Indian defense
Nimzowitsch defense
Old Indian defense
Philidor's defense
Pirc-Robatsch defense
Queen's gambit
Queen's Indian defense
Queen's pawn game
Reti opening
Petrov's defense
Ruy Lopez
Scandinavian defense
Scotch gambit & Ponziani's opening
Scotch game
Sicilian defense
Three knights' game
Two knights' defense
Vienna game
Volga-Benko gambit
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 - tracks how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
- Various fixes and improvements
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
This comprehensive opening manual is an essential resource for chess enthusiasts looking to master the game's opening phase. It offers a thorough theoretical review of all chess openings, illustrated by instructive games played by the world's greatest chess players. This compact guide is designed to be useful for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced, providing a detailed classification of openings. Each opening variation comes with evaluations and descriptions of key moves, as well as the history of their development and current status. The theoretical material is enhanced by classic games with detailed annotations, showcasing the main ideas and plans for both White and Black. Additionally, the manual includes a special training section with over 350 exercises of varying difficulty across more than 40 openings.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess teaching method that covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to different skill levels from beginners to professional players. By using this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply these skills in practical gameplay.
The program functions as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and offering assistance when you're stuck. It gives hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes. The theoretical section explains game strategies at various stages, using real examples, and is presented interactively. This means you can not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board and explore unclear positions.
Advantages of the program:
♔ High-quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the teacher
♔ Different levels of task complexity
♔ Various goals to achieve within the problems
♔ Hint system for correcting errors
♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves
♔ Option to play out any position against the computer
♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
♔ Structured table of contents
♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during learning
♔ Flexible test mode settings
♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises
♔ Adaptation to larger tablet screens
♔ No need for an internet connection
♔ Linkable to a free Chess King account for multi-device access on Android, iOS, and Web
The course includes a free section where you can test the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, allowing you to experience the application in real-world conditions before moving on to additional topics such as:
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
Alekhine's defense
Benoni defense
Bird's opening
Bishop's opening
Blumenfeld counter-gambit
Bogo-Indian defense
Budapest gambit
Caro-Kann
Catalan system
Center gambit
Dutch defense
English opening
Evans gambit
Four knights' game
French defense
Grünfeld defense
Italian game & Hungarian defense
King's Indian defense
Latvian gambit
Nimzo-Indian defense
Nimzowitsch defense
Old Indian defense
Philidor's defense
Pirc-Robatsch defense
Queen's gambit
Queen's Indian defense
Queen's pawn game
Reti opening
Petrov's defense
Ruy Lopez
Scandinavian defense
Scotch gambit & Ponziani's opening
Scotch game
Sicilian defense
Three knights' game
Two knights' defense
Vienna game
Volga-Benko gambit
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 - tracks how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
- Various fixes and improvements
