Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

This comprehensive chess opening manual provides a theoretical overview of all major openings, illustrated with instructive games from chess masters. Its detailed classification makes it suitable for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Each opening variation includes evaluations, key move characteristics, historical development, and current status. Classic games with detailed annotations illustrate the main ideas and plans for both White and Black. The manual also features a training section with over 350 exercises of varying difficulty across 40+ openings.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess teaching method. The series offers courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, categorized by skill level, from beginner to professional.

This course enhances chess knowledge, introduces new tactical tricks and combinations, and reinforces learned concepts through practice. The program acts as a personalized coach, providing tasks, hints, explanations, and refutations of common errors. Interactive theoretical lessons allow users to not only read but also actively work through moves on the board.

Key Features:

• High-quality, verified examples.
• Required input of all key moves.
• Varied difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving goals.
• Hints and error refutations.
• Play against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Structured table of contents.
• ELO rating tracking.
• Customizable test mode.
• Bookmarking of favorite exercises.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline functionality.
• Multi-device access via Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).

A free version allows testing the program's functionality. Fully functional lessons are available to assess the application before purchasing additional content, including:

1. Rare Variations (1. g3, 1. b4, 1. b3, 1. d4, etc.)
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 Defense
10. Catalan System
11. Center Gambit
12. Dutch Defense
13. English Opening
14. Evans Gambit
15. Four Knights' Game
16. 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. Complete Course of Openings