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Opening Theory

♔ Complete Repertoire for 1.d4 Players ♔

71 • idontcareman88 •
  1. Introduction
  2. Queen's Gambit Declined
  3. Queen's Gambit Accepted
  4. Queen's Gambit Accepted: A trap if Black gets greedy!
  1. idontcareman88

♟️ Development I (Only for White)

9 • WallaceTwo •
  1. Standard King's Pawn Structure
  2. King's Centre Attack Structure
  3. Queen's Gambit Structure
  4. King's Gambit Structure
  1. WallaceTwo

♟️ Under-development I (Only for white)

8 • WallaceTwo •
  1. Standard King's Pawn Structure
  2. King's Centre Defense Structure
  3. Queen's Gambit Structure
  4. King's Gambit Structure
  1. WallaceTwo

♟️King's Pawn Opening ♟️

1 • jonathangopokemon •
  1. Beginning Tricks: Part 1
  2. King's Gambit
  1. jonathangopokemon

⚔Traps In The French Defense (For black)⚔

32 • Rune_0604 •
  1. Hans Kmoch - Thomas Ellison
  2. Arthur William Dake - Dr. Frank R Di Paula
  1. Rune_0604

✨✨The Najdorf Variation✨✨

15 • themystery123 •
  1. Introduction
  2. -- MAIN LINE WITH 6.Bg5 --
  3. 10.Bd3 [sideline + knight sac]
  4. ---- 12.Nd5
  1. themystery123

❄️ The Orthoschnapp Gambit ❄️

129 • TheLastStyleBender •
  1. IM EricRosen - quicksilver2
  2. Mainline (6...Nd7!) (-2.0)
  3. 6...Nc6?! (7...Qd6) (-0.8)
  4. 6...Nc6?! (7...Qd7!?) (0.0)
  1. TheLastStyleBender
  2. El_Rossador

❤️ My 5 Favorite Openings ❤️

25 • Rune_0604 •
  1. ️ Introduction ️
  2. Top 5️⃣ London System
  3. Top 4️⃣ Caro-Kann Defense
  4. Top 3️⃣ Sicilian Defense
  1. Rune_0604
  2. peter_peng

⭐️🔶🔸 London System 🔸🔶⭐️

27 • Larakepara •
  1. Introduction
  2. Main ideas
  3. Dutch️
  4. Old Benoni️
  1. Larakepara

️The Grand Prix Attack️

1 • TheLastStyleBender •
  1. 2...Nc6, 3...g6 (Mainline)
  2. 2...g6 (Pterodactyl: Rhamphorhynchus)
  3. 2...d6 (Closed Grand Prix)
  4. 2...e6, 3...d5 (Anti Grand Prix)
  1. TheSkillHunter
  2. TheLastStyleBender

🇪🇸 Ruy Lopez Complete Study Guide 🇪🇸

345 • loloriv •
  1. Ruy Lopez Basic Ideas and Principles
  2. Ruy Lopez Basic Ideas and Principles Review
  3. Closed Ruy Lopez Theory
  4. Closed Ruy Lopez Starting Position Review
  1. loloriv

🇫🇷 French Defense 🇫🇷

153 • BillyPikachu •
  1. First
  2. Introduction
  3. 1️⃣ French Defense
  4. 2️⃣ French defense
  1. BillyPikachu

🇫🇷 French Defense 🇫🇷

44 • Rune_0604 •
  1. First
  2. Introduction
  3. 1️⃣ French Defense
  4. 2️⃣ French defense
  1. Rune_0604

🇫🇷 French Defense 🇫🇷

29 • Larakepara •
  1. First
  2. Introduction
  3. 1️⃣ French Defense
  4. 2️⃣ French defense
  1. Larakepara

🌶️ The Spicy Schmid 🌶️ Crush the Four Knights Scotch

400 • pd159 •
  1. Introduction
  2. The main idea
  3. Review 1
  4. Review 2
  1. pd159
  2. NoseKnowsAll

🎓Opening Principles And Theory In Chess-Learning Lesson🎓

823 • pc2limliyuan •
  1. Introduction
  2. Opening Principle 1-Develop Your Pieces
  3. Example 1
  4. Opening Principle 2-Don't Make Too Many Pawn Moves
  1. pc2limliyuan