This comprehensive chess opening manual provides a theoretical overview of all major openings, illustrated with instructive games from renowned chess masters. Its detailed classification caters to players of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced players. Each opening variation includes evaluations, key move characteristics, historical development, and current standing. Classic games with detailed annotations showcase the strategic ideas and plans for both White and Black. Furthermore, the manual incorporates a dedicated training section featuring over 350 exercises of varying difficulty across 40+ openings.
This manual is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess instructional method. The series offers courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, each tailored to different skill levels, from novice to professional.
This course enhances chess knowledge, introduces new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and reinforces learning through practical application. The program functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks, providing assistance when needed, offering hints, explanations, and demonstrating refutations of potential errors.
The program also features an interactive theoretical section explaining gameplay strategies through real-world examples. Users can actively participate by making moves on the board and analyzing unclear moves.
Key advantages include:
- High-quality, verified examples
- Mandatory input of key moves
- Varied task difficulty levels
- Diverse problem-solving objectives
- Hints for errors
- Refutations of common mistakes
- Playable positions against the computer
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Structured table of contents
- ELO rating tracking
- Customizable test mode
- Bookmarking capabilities
- Tablet compatibility
- Offline accessibility
- Multi-device access via a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web)
A free trial version allows users to test the program's functionality before purchasing additional content. This free version includes fully functional lessons covering:
- Rare Variations (1. g3, 1. b4, 1. b3, 1. d4, 1. d4 Nf6, 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3, and more)
- Alekhine's Defense
- Benoni Defense
- Bird's Opening
- Bishop's Opening
- Blumenfeld Counter-Gambit
- Bogo-Indian Defense
- Budapest Gambit
- Caro-Kann Defense
- 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
- Complete Course of Openings
Version 3.3.2 (Updated July 30, 2024):
- Spaced Repetition training mode added.
- Bookmark-based testing enabled.
- Daily puzzle goal setting.
- Daily streak tracking.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.
