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Openings

Overall chess basics

3 • Michaouta •
  1. OPENINGS
  2. 1. Intro to e4 openings
  3. 1.1. Giuoco Piano (Italian game)
  4. 1.1.1. Italian four knights
  1. frederickmotte
  2. mr_prophet
  3. dgdawkins
  4. BlackieMV

Nimzo-Larsen part 1: classical (c4-d4) & French (d4-e6)

4 • AACtrl •
  1. c5-d5: typical plan
  2. Subtelties in the moves order
  3. Typical queenside play and endgame
  4. Very instructive otb game
  1. AACtrl

Ruy Lopez Opening

3 • joesposito8 •
  1. Set Up
  2. Main Line
  3. Main Line: Open
  4. Exchange Variation
  1. joesposito8

Openings!

4 • TanuAnand •
  1. Introduction
  2. Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, 4. Ba4
  3. Ruy Lopez: Exchange
  4. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense
  1. TanuAnand

Ruy Lopez Opening: Practice

1 • joesposito8 •
  1. Game 1
  1. joesposito8

Italian Game

2 • Yushan •
  1. Intro
  2. Giuoco Piano: Greco Gambit 7. Nc3
  3. Giuoco Piano: Greco Gambit 7. Bd2
  4. Modern Giuoco Gambit
  1. Yushan

Evans Gambit, an attacking repertoire for white

73 • ChessMathNerd •
  1. The first few moves
  2. Pin variation: 5... Ba5
  3. Pin variation: Capture: 6. d4, exd4
  4. Capture variation: Greedy: 7. O-O, dxc3
  1. ChessMathNerd

The Guioco Pianissimo

3 • Yushan •
  1. Game 1: Victor Knorre vs Mikhail Chigorin, St. Petersburg 1874
  2. Game 2: Abraham Susanna vs Emanuel Schiffers, St Petersburg 1876
  3. Game 3: Senastien Feller vs Hadrien Jaquet, France tt U18 2001
  4. Game 4: Berthier Grant vs Antoine Frot, Thionville 2011
  1. Yushan

French Defense : Advance Variation

18 • Ben30GG •
  1. The Advance Variation: Introduction to c3 and sidelines
  2. The Advance Variation: c3, Nc6
  3. The Milner-Barry Gambit
  1. Jai11
  2. Ben30GG
  3. wordplayer76
  4. CM Bobmoth

The Giuoco Piano: Greco Gambit

7 • Yushan •
  1. Pauline Crabie vs Sandra Swiercz, Rochefort jr 1998
  2. Jame Voillat vs Valerie Hammer, France tt-jr 1999
  3. Elise Bellaiche vs Cyrielle Monpeurt, Aix-les-Bains 2007
  4. Salome Neuhauser vs Tristan Hoffer, Saint-Dié 2004
  1. Yushan

Berlin vs ruy Lopez

2 • Meesos •
  1. closed ruy lopez
  2. the open ruy lopez
  3. Berlin vs ruy lopez
  1. Meesos

The Giuoco Piano: Two Knights

4 • Yushan •
  1. Paul Morphy vs Amateur, New Orleans 1858
  2. Marwan Brion vs Hugo Kessler, France 2012
  3. Ludovic Jardine vs Simon Viville, France tt-jr 2005/06
  4. The Wild Line
  1. Yushan

♟The Caro-Kann♟

14 • Ben30GG •
  1. The Caro-Kann
  2. The Pawn Structure
  3. The Advance Variation: Introduction
  4. The Advance Variation: Game 1
  1. Jai11
  2. Ben30GG
  3. wordplayer76
  4. CM Bobmoth

🎓Opening Principles And Theory In Chess-Learning Lesson🎓

822 • pc2limliyuan •
  1. Introduction
  2. Opening Principle 1-Develop Your Pieces
  3. Example 1
  4. Opening Principle 2-Don't Make Too Many Pawn Moves
  1. pc2limliyuan

An Opening Repertoire against 1.e4, Yusupov's Build Up Your Chess, Beyond the Basics, Chapter 17

5 • Shrekmated •
  1. 3. d4 diagram 17-1
  2. 3. Nxe5 diagram 17-7
  3. 3. Nxf7 (Self-Analysis)
  4. 17-1
  1. Shrekmated
  2. kaygunn

🏆The Best And Most Popular Chess Openings For Beginners🏆

109 • pc2limliyuan •
  1. 1#The Italian Game
  2. 2#The Sicilian Defense
  3. 3#The French Defense
  1. pc2limliyuan