Learn the Deutz Gambit – one of the highest scoring openings for White at club level! Amazingly, this rare line of the Italian Game scores White an astounding 60% in online games. Our guide includes tricks, traps, and tips to conquer any of the most common lines that Black may play.
Learn the Grunfeld Defense – one of the most fun, aggressive, and effective chess openings for Black vs. 1.d4. Broken down into Five Pillars for an effective attack on White’s center, this carefully crafted guide offers game changing strategies for beginners and advanced players alike! Includes tricks and traps, as well as a real life example game.
Learn the Queen’s Gambit for White. An ancient chess opening that remains one of the strongest at all levels. Includes the most frequently played variations, tricks and tips, and board diagrams to help you get off to a flying start.
Learn how to play the Sicilian Defense – a dynamic chess opening for Black that can be harnessed successfully at all levels. In this introductory guide, we’ll walk you through the statistically most successful lines for Black at club level. Includes tips and tricks for the Open Sicilian, Closed Sicilian, and other Anti-Sicilian variations.
Learn how to play the Caro-Kann Defense (1...c6) as Black – the highest scoring opening against 1.e4! Using database analysis, we show you the most successful lines against all common variations that White may play. Includes tricks and traps and stunning statistics to show you how to conquer White.
The Queen's Gambit is a legend in the chess world and a staple weapon in the arsenal of all world champions. Here, we look at how to play the Queen's Gambit Declined.
Learn the Scandinavian Defense, a defiant and powerful opening for Black that refuses to let White control the center. We’ll walk you through the main lines as well as how to capitalize on White’s mistakes. Features impressive statistics that prove the Scandinavian Defense’s potency of at every level.
There are many books and sources to tell you which are the best openings to play, whether you are playing with the white or black pieces. But what are the worst openings to play as black, and which openings should you avoid like your king’s life depends on it.
A must-read guide to the statistically highest scoring openings for White at master, intermediate, and beginner levels. Includes some stunning discoveries and detailed data that you can you use to deliver the most successful openings at your level.
These are five excellent openings for black against e4 and e5. They require study and practice to get them right, but for many of them, the theory is quite simple.
Thousands of books and blogs have been written about the best chess openings, but very few have addressed the worst openings. So here are 4 of the worst openings you can play in chess.