All courses
All 41 chess opening courses: repertoire for White and for Black, gambits and traps, with 678 annotated lines.
Repertoire for White
- Italian Game: A complete White repertoire in 6 chapters: Giuoco Piano, Pianissimo, Two Knights, Fried Liver, Evans and Black sidelines
- Ruy Lopez: An encyclopedic, instructive repertoire in 6 chapters: Exchange, Open, Closed GM lines, Berlin Wall, Marshall, Steinitz and Schliemann
- Queen's Gambit & Slav Defense: The strategic pillar of closed games: Tartakower, Orthodox, Slav, Semi-Slav Meran and the Queen's Gambit Accepted.
- London System & Jobava London: The most feared and solid modern weapon: from the iron c3-d4-e3 pyramid to attacking charges with 2.Nc3 and 3.Bf4.
- Catalan Opening: The elite weapon of Kramnik, Carlsen and Ding Liren: combining the Queen's Gambit with the laser of the Bishop on g2.
- Trompowsky Attack: Magnus Carlsen's favorite aggressive weapon to bypass theory and dominate from move two with 2.Bg5!
- Scotch Game & Scotch Gambit: The direct 3.d4 strike to blow open Black’s central defense in 1.e4 e5 and seize open dynamic play
- Vienna Game & Vienna Gambit: The favored weapon of Mieses, Spielmann, and Hikaru Nakamura: 2.Nc3 to control d5 and launch the f4 attacking storm!
- King's Gambit: The king of romantic openings: 2.f4 challenges Black to an open duel right from move two!
- Evans Gambit: The gift of the chess gods: invented by Captain William Davies Evans, championed by Morphy, Kasparov, and Carlsen!
- Ponziani Opening: The 18th-century surprise weapon championed by Domenico Ponziani and revived by Magnus Carlsen with 3.c3!
- English Opening: The universal strategic weapon of Botvinnik, Petrosian, and Magnus Carlsen: 1.c4 to control d5 without conceding the center.
- King's Indian Attack: Bobby Fischer's universal weapon: setting up the KID structure as White to unleash the devastating e5-h4 kingside storm!
- Deadly Gambits Academy: The complete arsenal of the most lethal and spectacular gambits: Stafford, Halloween, Smith-Morra, Danish, Blackmar-Diemer, and Budapest!
- Traps Academy & Quick Wins: The definitive compendium of the most lethal opening traps: Fried Liver, Noah's Ark, Fishing Pole, Blackburne, Siberian, and Smothered Mates!
- Four Knights Game: Complete Repertoire: Classical strategy with 4.Bb5, Scotch dynamism with 4.d4, and the lethal Belgrade Gambit.
- Danish Gambit & Centre Game: Romantic chess at its purest: sacrifice two pawns to unleash the bishops on b2 and c4 against the enemy king.
- Alapin Sicilian: The most solid anti-Sicilian system: a d4-e4 centre without endless theory
- Bird's Opening: 1.f4: Aggressive Kingside Attack and Control of e5
- Bishop's Opening: 2.Bc4: Flexible, Sharp, and the Urusov Gambit
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: 1.d4 d5 2.e4: The Most Aggressive and Spectacular Gambit
- Réti Opening: Hypermodernism: controlling the center from afar
- Smith-Morra Gambit: A pawn for rapid development: immediate attack against the Sicilian
Repertoire for Black
- Sicilian Defense: A complete repertoire with Black against 1.e4 in 5 chapters: Najdorf, Dragon, Sveshnikov, Scheveningen/Taimanov/Kan and Anti-Sicilians.
- French Defense: A complete repertoire for Black in 3 chapters: Winawer, Classical and Tarrasch, Advance and Exchange
- Caro-Kann Defense: A complete repertoire for Black in 3 chapters: Advance, Classical (Capablanca and Karpov), Panov, Two Knights and Fantasy
- Scandinavian Defense: Strike at White's center on move one: 1.e4 d5 to dictate the tempo right from the start!
- Petrov Defense: Black's impenetrable fortress against 1.e4: neutralize White's initiative with symmetrical counterattacks and rock-solid defense!
- Alekhine Defence: A 2-chapter repertoire: Four Pawns Attack and Exchange Variation, then the Modern 4.Nf3 and minor lines
- Pirc Defense & Modern Defense: The ultimate hypermodern flexibility: neutralize White's central space with flank counterstrikes and the Hippo fortress!
- King's Indian Defense: The favorite weapon of Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer to counter 1.d4 with dynamic attacks on the King.
- Grünfeld Defense: The premier attacking weapon of Garry Kasparov and Peter Svidler to demolish 1.d4 with hypermodern pressure.
- Nimzo-Indian & Bogo-Indian Defense: Aron Nimzowitsch's hypermodern masterpiece: pin the c3 knight to dominate the central squares e4 and d4.
- Dutch Defense: The sharpest asymmetric weapon against 1.d4: fierce fight for the e4 square with the Leningrad, Stonewall, and Classical systems.
- Benko Gambit & Modern Benoni: Two dynamic defences against 1.d4: the Benko pawn sacrifice for pressure on the a- and b-files, and the asymmetry of the Modern Benoni.
- Slav & Semi-Slav Defense: The steel fortress against 1.d4 played by Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand: granite solidity and sharp counterattacks.
- Queen's Indian Defense: The favorite weapon of Anatoly Karpov, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen against 1.d4: harmony and long-range control.
- Modern Defense & The Sniper: Dynamic repertoire with 1...g6, bishop fianchetto, and the aggressive 3...c5! strike to dismantle the center.
- Budapest Gambit: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5: Immediate Counterattack Against 1.d4
- Philidor Defense: The Hanham Setup: an elastic fortress against 1.e4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: The most solid defense against 1.d4: Orthodox, Tartakower, Lasker and Carlsbad