Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

This chess opening manual is truly exceptional.

This comprehensive opening guide features a theoretical overview of all major chess openings, illustrated with instructive games from the world's greatest players. Its structured classification system makes it a valuable resource for players at every level—from beginners to intermediate and advanced competitors. Every opening variation includes clear evaluations and key move explanations, detailing the history of each line's development and its current standing in modern chess theory. The theoretical content is further enhanced by classic, deeply annotated games that demonstrate the essential ideas and strategic plans for both White and Black in each variation. A dedicated training section offers over 350 exercises of varying difficulty, covering more than 40 different openings.

This program is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a ground-breaking chess instruction method. The series includes comprehensive courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from novice to expert, and even professional players.

Using this course will help you enhance your chess understanding, discover new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply your knowledge in practical situations.

The software functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing assistance when you need it. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and will even demonstrate powerful refutations for common mistakes.

An integrated theoretical section explains the methods of play for specific game stages using real examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not just read the lesson text, but also to make moves on the board and practice any unclear sequences.

Program benefits:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in each problem

♔ Helpful hints provided when errors occur

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Ability to play out any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-organized table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout the learning process

♔ Flexible test mode with customizable settings

♔ Bookmarking feature for favorite exercises

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline

♔ Sync your progress across multiple devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and access one course simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Web

The course includes a free version so you can evaluate the program. The free lessons offer full functionality, letting you experience the application in real conditions before accessing additional topics:

1. Rare variations

1.1. 1. g3, 1. b4, ..

1.2. 1. b3

1.3. 1. d4

1.4. 1. d4 Nf6

1.5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

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

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. The complete course of openings