Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

This comprehensive chess opening manual provides a theoretical overview of all major openings, illustrated with instructive games from chess masters. Its detailed classification makes it suitable for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Each opening variation includes evaluations, key move characteristics, historical development, and current status. Classic games with detailed annotations highlight the main ideas and strategic plans for both White and Black. The manual also includes a training section with over 350 exercises of varying difficulty across 40+ openings.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess teaching method. The series offers courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, categorized by skill level from beginner to professional.

Improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and solidify your understanding through practical application. The program functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks, providing assistance when needed, offering hints and explanations, and demonstrating refutations of common mistakes.

The program features an interactive theoretical section explaining game strategies using real-world examples. You can actively participate by making moves on the board and working through unclear moves.

Key Features:

• High-quality, verified examples.
• Requires input of all key moves.
• Exercises with varying difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving objectives.
• Hints provided for errors.
• Refutations shown for typical mistakes.
• Play any position against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• Tracks ELO rating changes during learning.
• Customizable test mode.
• Bookmarking of favorite exercises.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline functionality.
• Account linking for cross-device access (Android, iOS, Web).

The course includes a free trial allowing you to test the program's functionality. The free version offers fully functional lessons to experience the application before purchasing additional content. This includes:

1. Rare Variations (1. g3, 1. b4, 1. b3, 1. d4, etc.)
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 Defense
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. Complete Course of Openings