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🏆The Catalan System Explained🏆

51 • kaiphoenix •
  1. Ideal Setup
  2. Against the Nimzo-Indian
  3. Against the QGD
  4. Against the QGA
  1. kaiphoenix
  2. tmonkey718

Standard opening tips

2 • Swarit_6D •
  1. Queen's pawn game
  2. Dragon Variation
  1. Swarit_6D
  2. Sanistha
  3. ae36

e3-Poison

7 • MisterCoffee •
  1. Grunfeld
  2. .....White - Black Grunfeld 10+5
  3. KIA
  4. Benoni
  1. MisterCoffee

fire09's Study

2 • Fire09 •
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Chapter 3
  1. Pragyan022
  2. AbHrAjYoTy1
  3. Fire09
  4. SaRmAhImAnIsH

The Kilkenny Gambit

2 • Self_aware_Lettuce •
  1. Punishing White (Accepted)
  2. Punishing White (Declined)
  3. Refutation
  1. Self_aware_Lettuce

Opening Studies, Attempt 2.

7 • geordannik •
  1. Introduction
  2. 1. e4 e5 | C46- Four Knights: Italian Var.
  3. 1. e4 e5 | C46- Four Knights: Gunsberg Var.
  4. 1. e4 e5 | C47- Four Knights: Scotch Var.
  1. geordannik

[Atomic openings] Compilation of studies

8 • lesha2002 •
  1. Opening tree
  1. lesha2002

JmKemal's Study

1 • JmKemal •
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Bölüm 2
  1. JmKemal

Modern Benoni (Black against d4)

42 • NM jeffreyashton •
  1. A Trap in the Modern Benoni
  2. Modern Benoni Ng4 checkmating idea
  3. Legal's Sacrifice
  4. Modern Benoni fxe6-d5!
  1. feifei12
  2. NM jeffreyashton

Opening Studies

2 • geordannik •
  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 | Setup for Chapters 2-X
  2. 3. Nxe5 | C42 Petrov's Defense
  3. 3. Nc3 | C42 Russian Game: Three Knights
  4. 3. d4 | C43 Russian Game: Modern Attack
  1. geordannik

Pirc defense: Austrian Attack I

2 • moku_losti •
  1. Chapter 2
  1. moku_losti

Most Popular Openings by Rating (Source: Lichess Opening Explorer, March 2020)

123 • SkagitChess •
  1. Average Rating: 1600 | Italian Game: Greco Gambit, Greco Variation
  2. Average Rating: 1800 | Italian Game: Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack
  3. Average Rating: 2000-2200 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line
  4. Average Rating: 2500 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
  1. SkagitChess