Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) 1.2

This opening manual is an excellent resource for chess players of all levels. It provides a thorough theoretical review of all chess openings, accompanied by instructive games from top players. With a detailed classification, this compact manual offers evaluations and characteristics of key moves for each opening variation. It also delves into the history and current status of these variations. To illustrate the theoretical material, classic games with detailed annotations are included, demonstrating the principal ideas and plans for both White and Black in each variation.

In addition to the theoretical content, the manual features a special training section with over 350 exercises covering more than 40 openings. These exercises vary in difficulty and serve to reinforce the knowledge gained.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series, which offers a comprehensive chess teaching method. The series includes courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, catering to players of all levels – from beginners to experienced and even professional players.

By using this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you learn into practical games. Acting as a coach, the program provides tasks to solve and offers guidance and explanations whenever you encounter difficulties. It even highlights common mistakes and presents striking refutations for these errors.

Furthermore, the program contains a theoretical section that explains methods of play in specific stages of the game using real examples. The interactive nature of this section allows for not only reading the lessons but also making moves on the board to understand unclear moves more effectively.

Advantages of this program include:

• High-quality examples that have been double-checked for accuracy
• Inclusion of all key moves required by the instructor
• Tasks with varying levels of complexity
• Different goals to achieve in the problems
• The program provides hints when errors are made
• Refutations are shown for typical mistaken moves
• Ability to play out any position in the tasks against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Structured table of contents for easy navigation
• The program monitors the player's rating (ELO) during the learning process
• Test mode with flexible settings
• Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
• The application is optimized for tablets with bigger screens
• No internet connection is required to use the application

This course includes a free section that allows users to test the program's functionality. The lessons provided in the free version are fully functional and serve as a real-world trial before accessing additional topics.

The following topics are included in the full course:

1. Rare variations
   1. 1. g3, 1. b4, ..
   2. 1. b3
   3. 1. d4
   4. 1. d4 Nf6
   5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
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
10. Catalan system
11. Center gambit
12. Dutch defense
    1. Dutch defense
    2. Ilyin-Genevsky system
    3. Leningrad system
    4. Staunton gambit
    5. Stonewall variation
13. English opening
14. Evans gambit
15. Four knights' game
16. French defense
    1. 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. The complete course of openings