Training track

Openings

Opening principles, typical plans and practical repertoires. Learn why the moves are played, so you are not lost when your opponent leaves the book.

Opening principles
Repertoires for White and Black
Traps and surprise lines
From opening to middlegame

Courses in this track

All 12 lessons online Beginner

Your First Openings

Italian, Scotch, Four Knights, Ruy Lopez and the famous traps · by Kapilash Chess Academy

The next step after Chess from Zero. Learn what the opening is for, then play real openings: the Italian Game, the Two Knights and the Fried Liver, the Scotch, the Four Knights and the first steps of the Ruy Lopez. As Black, answer 1.e4 and 1.d4 with simple, solid moves. Learn the famous traps — Légal, Blackburne, Elephant, Englund, Lasker, Noah’s Ark — so that they never catch you, and the mistakes beginners make in the opening. 22 examples and 123 engine-checked exercises.

12 Lessons22 Examples123 Exercises

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All 12 lessons online Club & rated

The London System

A complete 1.d4 repertoire with surprise weapons · by Kapilash Chess Academy

One setup against almost every defence: d4, Bf4, e3, Nf3, c3, Bd3 and Nbd2. Learn the plans, the critical lines against ...c5 and ...Qb6, the sharp h4 surprise against ...g6, and the traps that win games. Every line in this course has been checked with a chess engine.

12 Lessons20 Model positions149 Exercises

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All 12 lessons online Club & rated

A Black Repertoire: Scandinavian and QGD

The Modern Scandinavian against 1.e4, the Queen's Gambit Declined against 1.d4 · by Kapilash Chess Academy

A complete, solid repertoire for Black. Against 1.e4: the Modern Scandinavian, 1...d5 2.exd5 Nf6, with the main line, the 4.c4 space line, the 3.c4 gambit and every sideline. Against 1.d4: the Queen's Gambit Declined with the Tartakower, the Exchange Variation, the Bf4 system, the Catalan, the London and the Colle. Plus a simple setup against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. Every line has been checked with a chess engine.

12 Lessons26 Model positions153 Exercises

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