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Opening Theory

CRUSH 1.d4 Benko Gambit

479 • RuyLopez1000 •
  1. Introduction
  2. Benko Gambit
  3. Benko Gambit Doubly Accepted 7.e4
  1. RuyLopez1000

Kings Indian Defense

468 • mlgfoxzx •
  1. Introduction
  2. Kings Indian Defense: Classical Variation
  3. Kings Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack
  4. Kings Indian Defense: Four Pawn Attack
  1. mlgfoxzx

The Halloween Gambit

455 • Kingnandi •
  1. Introduction
  2. About The Halloween Gambit
  3. The Halloween Gambit
  4. The Halloween Gambit Variation 1
  1. Kingnandi

Bird's Opening : Complete Guide [EN]

452 • Aurghnost •
  1. Leningrad Bird : Theory
  2. A hyper-accelerated e4: Nbd2
  3. The d5-e6 variation
  4. Reversed East-Indian : Variation of Nbd2
  1. Aurghnost

French Defence - Solid & Powerful Opening

448 • Peng_Dehuai1898-1974 •
  1. Introduction to the French Defence
  2. 3.Nc3 - Winawer - Unambitious 7.Nf3
  3. 3.Nc3 - Winawer 7.Qg4 - Mainline - 13th move sidelines
  4. 3.Nc3 - Winawer 7.Qg4 - Mainline - 13.Nxc3
  1. Peng_Dehuai1898-1974

The Carlsen Sicilian!

424 • Peng_Dehuai1898-1974 •
  1. Introduction
  2. Najdorf-Style - ...e5 setups
  3. ...e6 setups - 7...d5
  4. ...e6 setups - 7...a6
  1. Peng_Dehuai1898-1974

The Closed Sicilian | Zug-Zwang-Championship

399 • FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang •
  1. How to study this course
  2. Chapter 1 | 2. Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4
  3. Interactive Lesson | The first moves
  1. FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

🌶️ The Spicy Schmid 🌶️ Crush the Four Knights Scotch

390 • pd159 •
  1. Introduction
  2. The main idea
  3. Review 1
  4. Review 2
  1. pd159
  2. NoseKnowsAll

Leningrad Dutch

382 • Rnugteren •
  1. Leningrad Main Line
  2. Main Line with 7 ...c6, 8 Rb1
  3. Main Line with 7 ...c6, 8 Re1
  4. Main Line with 7 ...c6, 8 Qc2
  1. Rnugteren

BASH With The Bishop's Opening! Ultimate Repertoire

378 • Phil224 •
  1. The Ultimate Repertoire
  2. Section 1: Nf6, Ponziani Gambit
  3. Ponziani Gambit: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit, Main line
  4. Ponziani Gambit: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit, 5...Nd6
  1. Phil224
  2. The_Inverse_Tangent

More London System

365 • caelT8 •
  1. Introduction
  2. Komodo Gambit
  3. Komodo plays the Komodo Gambit
  4. c4 London System
  1. caelT8

The Queen's Gambit

362 • SamDad •
  1. Introduction
  2. Queen's Gambit Declined
  3. Queen's Gambit Declined main line
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation
  1. SamDad

CRUSH Black (psychologically!) with this RARE opening!

355 • Jisu101 •
  1. Introduction
  2. Black plays like he's white (2... Nf6, 3... Bc5)
  3. 4... Bb6 (a whole diversity of lines!)
  4. 4... Bd4 (an almost forced line!)
  1. Jisu101
  2. Sooin_Cho
  3. Peng_Dehuai1898-1974
  4. Bosburp

Advance Caro-Kann: The Botvinnik-Carls Defense

345 • njswift •
  1. The Advance Caro-Kann
  2. The Botvinnik-Carls Defense
  3. Lesser responses
  4. The questionable 4. Bb5+?!
  1. njswift

Scandinavian defense [OPENING]

339 • StrixYT •
  1. Scandinavian defense
  2. Main variant
  3. Modern Variation
  1. StrixYT

The Pickle Muffin Gambit

332 • The_Inverse_Tangent •
  1. What is the Pickle Muffin?
  2. Pickle Muffin Gambit Accepted: Vorr Gambit, Main line
  3. Pickle Muffin Gambit Accepted: Vorr Gambit, Xon attack
  4. Pickle Muffin Gambit Accepted: Vorr Gambit, The Knights Gamble
  1. Phil224
  2. The_Inverse_Tangent