Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

Thisisaperfectopeningmanual.Itfeaturesatheoreticalreviewofallthechessopenings,whichareillustratedbyinstructivegamesofthegreatestchessplayers.Thiscompactopeningmanualcontainsadetailedclassification,whichmakesitusefultoplayersofanylevel-beginners,intermediateandadvancedplayers.Eachopeningvariationissuppliedwithevaluationsandcharacteristicsofkeymoves.Thehistoryofthevariations'developmentisdescribed,aswellastheircurrentstatus.ThetheoreticmaterialisnicelyillustratedbyclassicgameswithdetailedannotationsthatdemonstratetheprincipalideasandplansofeachvariationforWhiteandBlack.Thereisalsoaspecialtrainingsectionwithmorethan350exercisesofvariousdifficultyonmorethan40openings.ThiscourseisintheseriesChessKingLearn(https://learn.chessking.com/),whichisanunprecedentedchessteachingmethod.Intheseriesareincludedcoursesintactics,strategy,openings,middlegame,andendgame,splitbylevelsfrombeginnerstoexperiencedplayers,andevenprofessionalplayers.Withthehelpofthiscourse,youcanimproveyourchessknowledge,learnnewtacticaltricksandcombinations,andconsolidatetheacquiredknowledgeintopractice.Theprogramactsasacoachwhogivestaskstosolveandhelpstosolvethemifyougetstuck.Itwillgiveyouhints,explanationsandshowyouevenstrikingrefutationofthemistakesyoumightmake.Theprogramalsocontainsatheoreticalsection,whichexplainsthemethodsofthegameinacertainstageofthegame,basedonactualexamples.Thetheoryispresentedinaninteractiveway,whichmeansyoucannotonlyreadthetextofthelessons,butalsotomakemovesontheboardandworkoutunclearmovesontheboard.Advantagesoftheprogram:♔Highqualityexamples,alldouble-checkedforcorrectness♔Youneedtoenterallkeymoves,requiredbytheteacher♔Differentlevelsofcomplexityofthetasks♔Variousgoals,whichneedtobereachedintheproblems♔Theprogramgiveshintifanerrorismade♔Fortypicalmistakenmoves,therefutationisshown♔Youcanplayoutanypositionofthetasksagainstthecomputer♔Interactivetheoreticallessons♔Structuredtableofcontents♔Theprogrammonitorsthechangeintherating(ELO)oftheplayerduringthelearningprocess♔Testmodewithflexiblesettings♔Possibilitytobookmarkfavoriteexercises♔Theapplicationisadaptedtothebiggerscreenofatablet♔Theapplicationdoesnotrequireaninternetconnection♔YoucanlinktheapptoafreeChessKingaccountandsolveonecoursefromseveraldevicesonAndroid,iOSandWebatthesametimeThecourseincludesafreepart,inwhichyoucantesttheprogram.Lessonsofferedinthefreeversionarefullyfunctional.Theyallowyoutotesttheapplicationinrealworldconditionsbeforereleasingthefollowingtopics:1.Rarevariations1.1.1.g3,1.b4,..1.2.1.b31.3.1.d41.4.1.d4Nf61.5.1.d4Nf62.Nf32.Alekhine'sdefense3.Benonidefense4.Bird'sopening5.Bishop'sopening6.Blumenfeldcounter-gambit7.Bogo-Indiandefense8.Budapestgambit9.Caro-Kann10.Catalansystem11.Centergambit12.Dutchdefense13.Englishopening14.Evansgambit15.Fourknights'game16.Frenchdefense17.Grünfelddefense18.Italiangame&Hungariandefense19.King'sIndiandefense20.Latviangambit21.Nimzo-Indiandefense22.Nimzowitschdefense23.OldIndiandefense24.Philidor'sdefense25.Pirc-Robatschdefense26.Queen'sgambit27.Queen'sIndiandefense28.Queen'spawngame29.Retiopening30.Petrov'sdefense31.RuyLopez32.Scandinaviandefense33.Scotchgambit&Ponziani'sopening34.Scotchgame35.Siciliandefense36.Threeknights'game37.Twoknights'defense38.Viennagame39.Volga-Benkogambit40.Thecompletecourseofopenings