| Published | 2021-02-21 |
| Platform | Udemy |
| Subjects |
Find chess openings that are right for your personality, goals and interests and chess improvement needs generally
A Guide to the Major Openings of Chess
This course provides an instructive tour and overview of the major named openings of Chess. It also provides where appropriate value-added insights from FIDE CM Kingscrusher for the potential plans and ups and downs of each opening. It also creates a 3 tier framework for these openings and in particular separates out entertainment value, chess improvement value tactically, positional improvement value.
The major named openings of Chess that this course goes over with example games include:
Alapin's Opening
Amar Opening aka Ammonia Opening
Albin Counter-Gambit
Anderssen's Opening
Alekhine's Defence
Balogh Defence
Baltic Defence aka Grau Defense aka Sahovic Defense
Barnes Opening
Benko Gambit
Benko's Opening aka King's Fianchetto Opening, Hungarian Opening, Barca, Bilek
Benoni Defence
Bird's Opening
Bishop's Opening
Bogo-Indian Defence
Budapest Gambit
Caro-Kann Defence
Catalan Opening
Center Game
Clementz Opening
Colle System
Ware Opening aka Meadow Hay aka Corn Stalk Defence
Danish Gambit
Desperez Opening
Dunst aka Reverse Tango, Baltic, Van Geet, Romanian, Queen's Knight Attack
Dutch Defence
Elephant Gambit
English Opening
Evan's Gambit
Four Knight's Game
French Defence
Giuoco Piano
Grob's Attack
Grünfeld Defence aka Gruenfeld defence
Hippopotamus Defence
Italian Game
King's Gambit
King's Indian Attack
King's Indian Defence
King's Indian Defence - notes
King's Pawn Game
King's Pawn Game - notes
Larsen's Opening aka Nimzo-Larsen Attack aka Queen's Fianchetto Opening
Latvian Gambit
London System
Mieses Opening
Modern Defence
Nimzowitsch Defence aka Tango
Old Indian Defence
Owen's Defence
Nimzo Indian Defence
Petrov Defence
Philidor defence
Pirc Defence
Queen's Gambit
Queen's Indian Defence
Queen's Pawn Game
Réti Opening
Richter-Veresov Attack
Richter-Veresov Attack - notes
Ruy Lopez
Saragossa Opening
Scandinavian Defence aka Center Counter
Scotch Game
Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence:
Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation: 5...a6
Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation: 5...g6
Sicilian Defence: Classical Variation: 5...Nc6
Sicilian Defence: Scheveningen Variation: 5...e6
Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
Sicilian Defence: Accelerated Dragon: 4...g6
Sicilian Defence: Kalashnikov Variation: 4...e5 5.Nb5 d6
Sicilian Defence: Taimanov Variation
Sicilian Defence: Kan (Paulsen) Variation: 4...a6
Sicilian Defence: Four Knights Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
Sicilian Defence: Pin Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4
Sicilian Defence: Alapin Variation (2.c3)
Sicilian Defence: Smith-Morra Gambit
Slav Defence
Sodium Attack
Sokolsky Opening aka Orang Utan
St George Defence
Stonewall Attack System
Tarrasch Defence
Tennison Gambit
Torre Attack
Two Knight's defence
Van't Kruijs Opening
Vienna Game
Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
Wade Defence
Ware Opening
Zukertort Opening
It puts these named Openings into various Tiers of importance
It identifies key named variations and key plans for each opening.
It provides example games to illustrate the major themes and ideas of a particular opening or variation
Example games are used dynamically - more to show the importance of key variations within Major Openings and less for less obscure openings. The ups and downsides of an opening can also be demonstrated with pro and con example games.