Opening Database

Master chess openings through practice and repetition

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🇭🇺 Halt the Hungarian! 🇭🇺

Hate playing against the Hungarian Opening? Well play a move they have never seen before. All the most common moves at any level lead to devastation. Play 1. h5, and your win rate skyrockets to 80%!

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❌ Eliminate the Evans Gambit with d5!

Want to play a nice chill line in the Italian game but white hits you with the Evan's Gambit? Well luckily for you, the Hein Countergambit is here to save you! CRUSH THE EVANS GAMBIT!

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🎆 Blast the Birds with the Langheld Gambit!

Hate playing against the Birds Opening? Sacrifice not one, but TWO pawns against this opening! Always have a dominant win rate in each line!

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👑My Ruy Lopez👑

This is my way of playing the Ruy Lopez. I plan on adding more lines and explanations where needed in the future, but as it stands right now is more than enough to get you ready and playing this amazi

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👽 Alien Gambit

Hello my dear Aliens! Welcome to the Alien Gambit! You throw a piece away in the opening but get a CRUSHING position! Even tho this is a short course, I will be making more lines every week! This cou

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👽Martian Gambit

"My gambit, my legacy, my precious" - Witty_Alien

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💪 Exterminate the English with 2. a6!

Want to stop aborting 1. c4, but find that basically every game white plays it? Have no more fear when white opens with the English! Master this response and enjoy free elo!

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💪 Foil the French with the Orthoschnapp Gambit!

Hate the French? Hate positional play? Play this gambit at any level, and be left with an 80% winrate! Learn all the lines at all levels!

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💪 Mash the Modern with 2. h4!

Hate playing against the modern? Learn to mash it!

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💪 Quash the Queen's Pawn with 2. c5!

This course will tell you how to quash the queens pawn with c5 as the second move! You will learn to beat anything white plays after d4 d5, and you will never fear d4 again!

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🔥 Crush With The Nakhmanson Gambit

Enter the Nakhmanson Gambit! Sacrifice a pawn. Then another. Then sacrifice the knight!! Skyrocket your elo at any rating! (Credits to Jonnyx)

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🔥 Win Facing the Philidor Defence

Did you want to play the Scotch Gambit or game, but black responds with the Philidor Defence? Win with White 80% of the time anyways! Launch a deadly attack, or win a pawn early. Either way your oppon

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🔥 Win the Caro-Kann in the Tartakower Variation

What do you do as Black when White plays the solid main line? We beat them anyways with the Tartakower. This variation has the highest winrate for black. White will get in trouble very easily.

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🔥My Sicilian Defense🔥

This course is still a work in progress but it aims to give you a solid theoretical understanding of the most combative response to 1.e4. I have been playing this opening for years and loved every sec

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🔥Win Facing The Modern Defence with 3.Nc3

Destroy all hopes and dreams for black playing the Modern Defence. This is the power of 3.Nc3 for White! All lines for intermediate players 1200-2000 covered. Enjoy!

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🔨 Level the London by Inviting A Fork!

A long awaited solution to the feared London System! Win all of your games against the system and make people cry! Learn all the lines at your level! (Credits to wgraif)

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🧊 Ravage the Reti with the Arctic Defense!

The Reti is one of the most common openings. You will face it a lot, so why not come prepared? When played, the Arctic defense will be sure to give you the initiative or simply a material advantage.

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1.d4 nf3

You are a queen's gambitter and you don't know how to deal with 1. ... nc3. Here you have a couple of lines that i found usefull. Soon to be added are more comments on the moves...

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2 knights variation-French

this variation is really good it makes French players cry.

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3 knights game

An innocent opening but with lots of traps

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4Na3 Alapin with 7.Kf1

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Qe4+ 7. Kf1

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Accelerated Dragon

The Accelerated Dragon. Powerful. Confuse White. Learn all of the most common Lines at the Intermediate ranges 1200-2000. These are the lines you will face in real games. (Many lines transpose through

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Adelaide Countergambit

Oh god no, the King's Gambit, well there's a 3...f5 for that too. Believe it or not it's also totally sound. There are lots of traps that white could fall into in this wonderful system for black.

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Aggressive Italian Openings

This Italian Openings course is a chess course for players of all skill levels that want to turn the often quiet and positional Italian Game into a quick aggressive game.

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Alapin Gambit

Counter the French defence with the un-declinable Alapin gambit

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Alapin Sicilian

Let's learn the Alapin Sicilian! This is the perfect way to shut down ANYONE who plays the sicilian against you. We begin with pawn to e4

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Alapin Sicilian Repertoire

Looking for a natural reply to those annoying Sicilian players? Try this opening.

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Albin Countergambit

Learn the Albin Countergambit.

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Alien Gambit Viking Variation

This is the largest resource solely on the Alien gambit Viking Variation. It goes into extensive depth on some of the mating traps and patterns.

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Amar opening

this is a weird one but has interesting ideas you must know.

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Anti FR Tarrasch

Solid vs french

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Anti London

Good way to counter accelerated London system.

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Anti-English Experiment

Subscribe to Will Taylor Chess

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Anti-London system

A short course with strong, high winrate lines that will have you in comfortable games with initiative against the London every time, disallowing white what they want.

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Austrian Defense 🇦🇹

Do you hate the Queen's Gambit ? Me too ! Click here if you want to destroy this gambit !

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Austrian Queens Gambit

Is it the Albin Counter-Gambit? A Slav? …What is this??

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Beat Pirc Players

Punish all of the most common d6 variations after 1. e4

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Beat the Benoni

Not many people play this as black after 1.d4, but at my level they have a crazy high win percentage, so we gotta come a lil prepared

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Beat the Scandinavian

I don't like playing against the Scandinavian, so I compiled some cool setups and traps and made a course.

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Beginners mistake

Svliuyvlsuhvllusvyulyvskuvy

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Berlin Defence - Open

An end-game focused Open Berlin repertoire for Black. (Unfinished. Lots more lines to come and some simplification. And then maybe some other Berlin courses)

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Birds Opening

This opening kind of sucks, but it is underrated and levy likes playing it, so why not give it a try? This opening is also a system, so feel free to let your five year old chess brains take over.

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Bishop's Opening

Let's learn the Bishop's Opening! It's one of the trappiest openings I've ever seen, and you'll pretty much always be winning in the first few moves. First step: pawn to e4.

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Black Knights' Tango

have fun dancing to this opening while your opponent suffers!

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Black Lion Defense

The Black Lion is probably the most deceiving opening in chess for black. Can be played against e4 and d4. This opening also messes with your opponent's head. Characterized by a knight on d7.

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Black Short Repertoire (French + Nimzo-Indian))

Short Lines to have a starter repertoire with solid lines, very useful for people who don't want to study that much but still want a decent position out of the opening.

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Blackburne Shilling Gambit

The blackburne shilling gambit. get a smothered checkmate in 7 moves. high risk high reward.

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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Are you tired of Scandinavian players sneaking their queen to your back rank? Well now you can take them out of their prep and into yours with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit!

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Boden Kizeritsky gambit

a reversed stafford gambit with a extra tempo [move]

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Budapest Gambit

d4 players are very annoying. Good thing the capital of Hungary is here to help. If the gambit is named after a place, it must be good, right? Shut white up after playing this gambit.

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Busch-Gass Gambit

Most of the time this is played accidentally, but after learning and mastering this gambit, learn to play like FM William Graif. (Study created by the gambit man himself)

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Calabrease counter gambit

It is a gambit in the bishops opening from black.

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Caro Kann: von Hennig Gambit

4. Bc4 in the Caro Kann. The Gambit is similar to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and many lines can fall into the same traps.

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Caro-Kann

Learn the Caro-Kann.

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Caro-Kann Defense: Apocalypse Attack

No description of the opening, yet.

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Catalan Opening

Magnus Carlsen plays this opening, so it must be good, right?

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ChessGeeks CaroKann

CaroKann Masterclass from ChessGeeks

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Chigorin French

hard counter to the french. makes playing against it fun again.

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COMPLETE White Opening Repertoire 😲

Hope you enjoy this COMPLETE opening repertoire for white mostly based on Queen's Gambit 👑 (Good luck memorizing all 969 lines 🤭)

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Counter The Albin

Did you learn the Queen's Gambit to beat your friend, who promptly learned the Albin to beat you? Well then this is the course for you to turn the tables once more.

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Counter The Caro-Kann

DESTROY silly people who took the Caro-Kann course on Chessreps!

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Crush the English with GRAND PRIX

You dont like the English? Play GRAND PRIX Attack <3

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Crush the Sicilian Dragon

The variation that we are going to look at is not played many times, but it is really strong and has many some clever traps that will catch your opponent of guard.

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Crush The Wayward Queen With f5!

A super solid, sound gambit against the wayward queen when you hate playing against it normally. Always end up with a +2 advantage for black or more. All the lines you will be facing in games.

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Crush with The Tetris Gambit

Tetris Gambit to cook when the dummy kid plays the Anti-Fried Liver Defense. The main idea behind the early gambit is to open up lines and spaces for your pieces. Later in the gambit you get position

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Czech Benoni

The Ultimate Czech Benoni Course

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Czech Benoni

Make d4 players cry.

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Czech Pirc Defense

Rare but solid response to 1.e4.

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d4 repotoire

solid d4 repotoire

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Danish Gambit

Let's learn the Danish Gambit! You will sacrifice a pawn, and then another one, and then ANOTHER one. Yes, a 3 pawn sacrifice in your first 4 moves. In return you'll get a huge attack on your opponent

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Destroy the king's gambit

GM Igor Smirnov's counter against the annoying kings gambit

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Destroy the Smith-Morra Gambit

Do you hate playing against the Smith-Morra Gambit? This study will teach you how to effectively counter this opening with rare lines! Full credit to imnotthinknoodles, check out his other studies at

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Do not click on this course or do click on this course or whatever

Just do or don’t or whatever

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DON‘T CLICK ON THIS COURSE!

Just don‘t

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Dresden Opening

Beat kids (in chess ofc) then come back and thank me

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Dummy Gambit

Chess isn't just about winning. It's about how many 7 year olds you dunk on and how many 7 year olds you dunk on. Welcome to the best counter to the Alekhine's Defense.

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Dutch defense

Great opening for d4 haters

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e4 non e5

Let non e5 players cry

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e4 repetoire for white

A full e4 repetoire

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Elephant gambit

A practical and aggressive Elephant Gambit repertoire focused on early initiative, rapid development, and attacking chances. Learn the key ideas, traps, and plans to put pressure on unprepared opponen

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English

Let's learn the English! Instead of pushing our central pawns, we umm... we push our non-central pawns. It's the greatest breakthrough in chess since en passant! To start, we push our c-pawn to c4

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Englund Gambit

Learn the Englund Gambit.

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Englund Gambit Counter

As a white D4 player, im more happy to see this gambit than to see my family !

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Evans Gambit

White tosses the b pawn like a bar tab, then spends the next moves attacking Black for having the audacity to accept it.

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Exchange-French

some think that the exchange variation in the French defense is boring but I found some traps for white to win more games hope you like it.

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Fajarowicz Gambit

The enhanced Budapest Gambit — When "normal" moves get you checkmated.

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Falkbeer Counter-Gambit

hate the kings gambit? this course is just for you! make kings gambitters cry!

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Fantasy Caro-Kann

because you want to stop aborting 1. c6 games

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Fortress defense

This is an aggressive opening opening that will win you 60% of your games so learn in now

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Four Knights Game Italian Variation Black

a beginner mistake made usually by white exploit this by learning this course how to beat white on four knights Italian variation

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French - 2 Knights Variation

A fun, trap-filled response to the French Defense

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French Defence

Crush everyone and thank me

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French Defence Repertoire

Tourner dans le vide

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French Defense

Learn the French Defense.

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French Defense sidelines

This course will teach you the most important sidelines for the French defense if white doesnt play 2.d4

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Fried Liver Attack

Let's learn the Fried Liver Attack, one of the most dangerous openings in chess. An opening where you can potentially checkmate your opponent in 8 moves. It starts with pawn to e4.

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Full Black Repertoire (Russian Game, Nimzo-Indian + others)

This is a simple repertoire based on the Russian Game and Nimzo-Indian Defense + others. It doesn't have a huge amount of lines, but the lines included are of a significant length, their purpose being

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Full White Repertoire with The Vienna and Common Responses

A solid repertoire against all common responses and strong at the intermediate level.

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Funny Cat Opening

Goofy opening works .. ….

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Furret Gambit

This is an unnamed gambit against the nimzowitch, I named it the furret gambit after my username. The gambit is so good because if black defends perfectly with 100% accuracy, it will be an equal posit

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Gambit Antillais

Je vous présente l'ouverture Réti avec quelques petits plus et des victoires assurées

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Gambit Repertoire with 1. e4

A full 1. e4 gambit repertoire. Respond with a tricky, solid, gambit for whatever black plays. Work in progress, will be adding 200+ more lines

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German attack 🫡

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Goring Gambit

When you have beef with the scotch and normal openings.

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Grob Gambit

this is quite an interesting opening to cook your opponents, DONT TRY THIS IN RATED GAMES

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Gruenfeld Defense

MVL plays the Grünfeld, it's gotta be good, right?

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Halloween Gambit 🎃

Four Knights Game. Tired of it? Sacrifice the knight! Surprise your opponent with Nxe5 🐴!

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Haxo Gambit

Haxo = hacks = free elo = opponent crying = fun. So why not click here?

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how to crush the alien gambit

you are a caro kann player and you hate the alien gambit. well, learn how to love when they try it against you.

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how to crush the blackburne shilling gambit

blunder a bishop but win

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how to crush the early queen attacks

this is about how to punish the wayward queen attack

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How to crush the Halloween Gambit

This course tells you how to crush the unsound halloween gambit

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Icelandic Gambit

The Icelandic Gambit is an aggressive variation arising from the Modern Scandinavian when White plays 3. c4.

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Iiiii

Now you are winning

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Italian gambit

This is by far my favourite opening try it now the italian gambit

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Italian Game

Let's learn the Italian game! This is by far the most played opening at the non-professional level. It's traditional, it's old school, it's chess the way your grandpa taught you. Let's just get into i

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Italian Game (Black)

Hate the Italian but don't like playing gambits? Well this is the course for you. Learn to play solidly and creatively, learn to gain the initiative, play comfortably and with courage. Never fear the

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Jaenisch gambit

Surprise your opponent with an aggressive answer to the Spanish Game!

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Jobava London

Let's learn the Jobava London! If you want a solid opening, this right here is a solid opening. If you want a coin flip, idk go learn the Englund Gambit or something. This course right here is for WI

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Jobava London Kings Indian Defense and Grunfeld Responses

Jobava London players inevitably run into Kings Indian Defense and Grunfeld lines. This course provides a trappy lines one can play in response.

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Jobava London sidelines

This Course will help you navigate trough blacks Possible sidelines in the Jobava London

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King's Gambit

Let's learn the King's Gambit! On move 2 we'll shoot ourselves in the foot by giving away a pawn and weakening our king - but if Black doesn't know all the tricks and traps it will be us who is victor

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King's Indian Defense

Learn the King's Indian Defense.

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King's Knight Sidelines

This course covers everything that could happen that isn't Nc6 in the king's knight opening

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Kings Indian Attack

Kings Indian Attack lines.

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Kita gambit

Good luck to your opponent

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Latvian Gambit

You wanted to play the elephant gambit but you had short term memory loss and pushed the f pawn instead. Your opponents guaranteed have never seen this. well, this course teaches everything you need t

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Less common lines in the King’s Gambit

You saw the King’s Gambit course on chessreps.com, but you play a real game and your opponent makes a logical move that you haven’t studied? Don’t worry, this course covers some lines that you will ra

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London

Let's learn the London system! Before we get started, I have to warn you: this opening is basically the same 5 boring moves over and over and nobody will be your friend. If you're ok with that, then l

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Luminous Phantom Opening

The gambit that will confuse your opponent

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Madladn G-Sling

This is a very sussy opening. Click here if you want to question your own sanity. You will likely win the queen in 10 moves and get flagged for cheating.

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mason gambit

its a gambit in the Giuoco piano game.

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MASTER the King's Gambit 👑

This course is ONLY BEST MOVES as white, and MOST COMMON moves from black. Whether black accepts or denies the gambit, this course will teach you how to respond perfectly, and how to win.

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Max lange Attack

Its a really great opening in the Italian game.

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Medusa Gambit

Turn your opponents into stone.

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Mengarini Sicilian

Because you hate the Sicillian.

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miller barry gambit

it will give you many attacking positions.

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Modern Benoni

insanely high win rate for black. crush all d4 players.

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Modern scandinavian

Crush 1.e4 by striking back with 1. d5!

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My Alien GAMBIT!!!!👽👽👽

My gambit My legacy, how dare you challenge the destroyer of caro cann - Witty Alien

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My Caro-Kann Repertoire

My variation of the Caro-Kann Defense.

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My Defense

My Defense against queens pawn for black

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My Queens Gambit Declined

Learn the QGD

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Najdorf Siclian

The Najdorf is not an opening. It’s a threat.

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Nimzo-Indian Defence

A moderately theory-heavy opening for players looking to learn a very solid response to d4 c4 for black.

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Nimzo-Indian Defense

A solid and aggressive opening, where you pressure white to make hasty decisions, and aim to control the center and keep your king safe. Welcome to the Nimzo-Indian.

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Nimzowitch Defense

𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘳:"That's it! I'm tired of always losing to e4 and d4! But, I don't want to learn all the different openings for Black!" Well, do not fear, for the Nimzowitch Defense is here! E4,

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nimzowitch larsen attack

a solid opening to control the dark squares and the dark square diaginal.

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Norwegian Rat

The Norwegian Rat is an aggressive, unorthodox chess opening for Black, popularized by Magnus Carlsen, this is a hybrid of the Modern Defense and Alekhine's Defense.

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O'Sullivan Gambit

A trappy gambit that comes out of the Alekhine Defense. Surprise your opponent with 3... b5 during bullet and blitz!

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Old Benoni + Benko Gambit

I don’t like d4 players. I really don’t. LEARN HOW TO CRUSH THEM WITH the benko gambit and the old Benoni.

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Open Catalan

Super solid? 👍 Super complicated? 👍

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Owen's Defense

A hypermodern uncommon unorthodox chess opening that is relatively sound. Strike at the center from afar and force white to question your true intentions.

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Pegasus System

This course contains a set of even or better responses for all of black's most common d5 replies to e4 Nd2.

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Pegusus System

White opening d4

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Petrov Defense

Learn the Petrov Defense.

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Philidor Defense

A solid opening against the Philidor Defense, removes central tension early and leads to simple, easy to play positions.

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Pirc Defense

Pirc defense is a response to e4 that's similar in spirit to the King's Indian defense, but has it's own quirks.

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Pirc defense simplified

Simplified Pirc course with a functional arena feature. (For unknown reasons, arena isn’t functional in my other Pirc course.) the lines in this course are simpler than the other one, but the lines do

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Polish Opening

This will cover the Polish Opening / Orangutan Opening / Sokolsky Opening

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Ponziani

Let's learn a tricky and dangerous opening weapon: the Ponziani. Start by pushing the king's pawn forward two squares to e4.

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Ponziani Countergambit

The Ponziani, the fifth most common move on the third turn. My 3...f5 playing friends will be happy to know that it works here, and to great effect.

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Portsmouth Gambit | Anti-Sicilian

A complete course to defeat the 2. Nc6 Sicilian as White. An extremely aggressive anti-sicilian where you'll "SAC THE ROOOOK!"

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Portuguese Opening

Play a risky but fun opening with plenty of defense and counterattack chances.

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Proven Moves: d5 vs the London

Based on over 46 million Lichess.org games, these are the best lines humans, not Stockfish, use to counter the accelerated London.

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Proven Moves: Kf6 vs the London

Based on over 6 million Lichess.org games, these are the best lines humans, not Stockfish, use to counter the accelerated London.

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Punish Beginner’s Mistakes

If you are playing a beginner friend, you must learn these lines.

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Punish Mistakes in the Italian Game

punish mistakes in lower elo - 1400 and below

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Punish Queen Attacks

They bring the queen. You bring the win!

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Queen's Gambit Accepted

OK Beth, let's learn the Queen's Gambit (accepted). We start with, of course, the queen's pawn to d4.

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Queen's Gambit Declined

OK Mrs. Harmon, let's learn the Queen's Gambit (Declined). We start with, of course, the queen's pawn to d4.

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense

Destroy the opponent with psychological warfare

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Queens gambit

Make your opponents cry with this

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Queens Pawn Opening

Covers popular 1. d4 openings for White, this course doesn't tell you how to get a completely crushing position, but it makes sure you don't lose in the opening.

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Queens, freeencedo opening

a solid opening for beginners

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Rat defense

Tired of destroying e4 players with e6? tired of london players? tired of orthodox openings? tired of- well just anything? No need to fear, the rat defense is here! instead of e4 e6, confuse people wi

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Reti gambit

a fun way of playing the Reti opening.

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Réti Opening: Dutch, Lisitsyn, Rydel-Bloodgood, Polish Gambit, Dalesio Gambit

this gambit is the best. Just look at the name.

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Ronaldo suuui

An ezyyyy win

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Rousseau Gambit

Learn the Rousseau Gambit.

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Ruy lopez

Well done,good.

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Ruy Lopez

Let's learn the Ruy Lopez! This opening is unstoppable. It's irrefutable. It's so good that not a single line in this ENTIRE course will leave you in a bad position. Master this course, and I guarante

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Ryder gambit

Aggressive version of the Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Particularly effective against defenses such as the Scandinavian Defense.

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Sacrifice opening 2

Learn Sacrifice opening first before learning this.

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Scandinavian

A good beginner opening

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Scandinavian

Qd8 variation

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Scandinavian Defence Counter Attack

In this study, I will show you multiple ways to destroy the Scandinavian Defense. On the way, I will also show some sneaky and effective traps where black plays seemingly normal developing moves, but

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Scandinavian Defense

Learn the Scandinavian Defense.

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Scandinavian Defense: Closed

Hello, my Scandinavian Defense friends! Ever wondered what to do when White goes for development instead of taking your pawn? Click here (not click bait, I kinda promise) to find out! (possibly more l

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Schliemann/Jaenisch Gambit

You loved the Rousseau Gambit but your opponent played the ****ing Ruy López, well we play 3...f5 anyway with similar positions and attacking ideas.

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scholar mate counter

got annoyed from people keep trying to scholarmate you? in this course you will learn how to punish them and win the game easily

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Scotch Gambit

DESTROY your opponents with the nasty, unsound Scotch Gambit!

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Scotch Gambit

Make people cry.

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Scotch Game

Let's learn the scotch game! This opening literally just feels like a cheat code - it's so easy to get a winning position in just a few moves, and ALL of black's most common responses, especially at <

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scotch game counter

got sick of white gambitng his pawn on you? on this course you will learn how to counter them

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Scotch Game Repertoire

Looking for a dynamic opening which will help you build great chess habits? Try this opening.

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Scotch Game: Steinitz Attack

Catch those Scotch players off guard with a venomous early queen attack. Technically unsound at the highest level, but amazing for beginner and intermediate players.

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Scotch Opening

For the course " Short & Sweet Scotch"

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Short White Repertoire (QGD + others)

This is a course that covers a few lines in detail as to have a "role model" for each particular line. Hope you have fun with this!

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Sicilian Defense

Learn the Sicilian Defense.

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SICILIAN defense

This course is made for the Sicilian player who love simple positions.

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Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation

it is just a cheat code for black

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Sicilian: Kan Variation

The Kan Sicilian. Powerful, flexible, and solid. Learn the key setups, plans, and all the most common lines you’ll face against in real games.

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Slav Chess.com Lesson

Here are the lines from the chess.com Slav Lesson

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Slav Defense - Black

Slav Defense for Black - Main Line

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Smith-Morra Gambit

Presenting the very first Chessreps Custom Course! Sacrifice a pawn to launch the fastest anti-sicilian attack!

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Sodium Attack

The Sodium attack. Confuse players. Win games. Make players cry.

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Stafford Gambit

Learn the Stafford Gambit.

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Super duper tricks

Skibidi course

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System Against English Opening

Learn how to respond effectively to the English Opening. This course covers Grand Prix, Reverse Closed Sicilian and Reverse Open Sicilian. All credit to 'MMatkun', who originally shared this opening r

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Tarrasch- French

A good variation in the French defense as white.

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Tennison gambit

a gambit in the Reti opening

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The b3 French

Aggressive Counter to the French Defence

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The Bongcloud

Master breaking your own sanity and everything you know about chess. Master flagging your opponents and reported for aura farming. This is the Bongcloud.

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The Damage Gambit

Good luck to your opponent.

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The Dutch Defense

Do you like to confuse your Opponents and Play Aggresive Openings? Then the Dutch defense might be for you!

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The Gotham Dutch

Play the dutch like the most popular chess youtuber.

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The Grob Gambit

The literal worst move to play at the start of a game. But if Black is not prepared, we'll destroy their position. Care to roll the dice?

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The Hippopotamus Defence

The Hippopotamus Defence is an opening system that can almost always be played against white. It consist of a double fianchetto structure and knights developed to the seventh rank.

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The Mengarini Variation

The Mengarini Variation against the Sicilian or the delayed wing gambit is an opening with many traps and where normal moves turn into mistakes. This opening can be very reliable as a surprise at the

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The Old benoni

This course is for the classical Old benoni. Do not play this above 1900 elo Because the old benoni is not the best. It works best as a suprise weapon against system players like the london or colle.

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The Old Benoni

Charming? For sure. Awkward? For sure. Quirky? For sure. Unhinged? For sure.

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The Orangutan

Fighting for the center is so last year. Surprise Black with b4, and pretty much always get a unique middlegame.

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The Russian game

a trappy opening where you trade your e pawns.

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The Scotch: IM Sielecki

This is a supplement to the Scotch opening that exists from IM Sielecki's course on Chessable and Chess.com. Some crossover with the other Scotch lesson, but also some new ideas that will help you mas

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Three Knights Game: Gothic Gambit

What's up my fellow 3...f5 players. This one is very rare but very playable, guaranteed white hasn't seen it before. Make people hurt when they play 3. Nc3

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Traxler Counterattack

Learn the Traxler Counterattack.

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Trompowsky Attack

A offbeat opening that avoids lots of theory.

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Two Knights Caro Kann Counter

This opening makes playing against the Caro Kann fun again

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Two Knights Defense

Hard counter the Fried Liver Attack. Be brain dead. Be free.

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Urusov Lichtenhein gambit as black

Take that pawn and try not to die

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Van Geet Opening

Hate theory chess grinders? take them right out of their prep and into yours with the flexible Van Geet Opening!

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Vienna and Bishop's Opening Course

Trappy openings effective at most levels. Great for club players. Responses to common black openings included.

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Vienna Gambit

Let's learn one of the most crushing openings for White: The Vienna. Start by pushing the king's pawn forward two squares to e4.

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Vienna Gambit Counter

Learn the Vienna Gambit Counter.

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Vienna Game

Let's learn the Vienna Game! If you loved the Vienna Gambit, and want to know what happens if the opponent doesn't play that knight move - this is the course for you. Let's start the same way: pawn to

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von der Lasa Gambit

A surprising gambit arising from center game. WARNING: will make your opponents cry.

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von henning gambit

a really aggressive gambit against the Caro Kann.

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Von henning gambit

Make caro players cry

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walbr1

walbrodt...gambit

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Win facing the Caro Kann with The Two Knights Attack

No gambits needed against the Caro Kann. Just win 80% of your games with white. A very dangerous weapon. Easy to play for intermediate players 1200-2000.

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Winged Gambit (White)

Make those Sicilian players nervous with this!

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