Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Opening Basics
Checkmating is great, but you will never get there unless you know how to start a game. In this chapter, you will learn basic openings for the White and Black pieces.
I will also show you how to checkmate someone in 2, 3, and 4 moves... and hopefully NOT lose to the same cheeky trap!
Video 1 Study 1: The 10 Golden Moves (Diagram)Study 2: The 10 Golden Moves in Practice Video 2 Study 3: King's Pawn OpeningsDrill 1: The Italian Opening Drill 2: 1. e4 vs The Sicilian DefenseVideo 3 Study 4: Queen's Pawn OpeningsDrill 3: The London Drill 4: The Queen's Gambit Video 4 Study 5: Black vs 1. e4 - The Italian And Sicilian DefenseDrill 5: Black vs The Italian Opening Drill 6: The Sicilian DefenseStudy 6: The Caro-Kann DefenseDrill 7: The Caro-Kann Advanced Variation Drill 8: The Caro-Kann Exchange Variation Drill 9: The Caro-Kann, Classical Variation Video 5 Study 7: Openings Against 1. d4 Drill 10: The Queen's Gambit Declined Drill 11: The King's Indian Setup Video 6 Study 8: The Scholar's MateDrill 12: Scholar's Mate - White's Mate in 4 Drill 13: Scholar's Mate - Black's Best Defense