Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

This comprehensive chess opening manual provides a theoretical overview of all major openings, illustrated with instructive games from renowned grandmasters. Its detailed classification caters to 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 showcase the strategic ideas and plans for both White and Black. The manual also features 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, each tailored to different skill levels, from beginner to professional.

Improve your chess understanding, learn new tactical maneuvers, and solidify your knowledge through practical application with this course. The program acts as a personalized coach, providing exercises, hints, explanations, and refutations of common mistakes.

An interactive theoretical section explains 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
• Guided input of key moves
• Varied exercise difficulty levels
• Diverse problem-solving goals
• Hints for errors and refutations of common mistakes
• Play against the computer in any exercise position
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Organized table of contents
• ELO rating tracking during learning
• Customizable test mode
• Bookmarking of favorite exercises
• Tablet-optimized interface
• Offline functionality
• Multi-device access via Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web)

A free version allows you to test the program's functionality. The free lessons are fully functional, offering a real-world preview before unlocking additional content, including:

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