You wanna play similar positions to the Tal variation with even more spice? Much bigger surprise factor? Enjoy imbalances? Then this is the course foryou! Take your opponent to that deep forest except here your the bear and they are just sausages covered in honey. Grill your opponents! Yumm! :p
The Owens Defense is a deadly Defense against whatever white plays. I have a friend who says he plays it because virtually no-one knows the theory. But do not fear, this gambit is EVEN MORE UNKNOWN than the Owens!!!!!! Take all Owen's Defense players in a dark space where you control everything!!!!!
Starting of theory repertoire against popular lines. at this point only some material against 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 for white(the target is to find popular lines lthat give advantage against popular lines of players above blitz 2000 in lichess)
Want a easy, solid, opening to learn against d4? Well the Old Indian Defense is for you! Rumor is, this opening was popularized by an old indian and the name stuck.
Wanted to play the Nimzo-Indian but they decided to be a meanie and played nf3 instead of nc3. Well this course teaches you the cousin of the Nimzo! The Bogo-Indian! Have some fun, dragging white out of their theory, and into yours!!!
Learn to punish this terrible beginner opening! I have chosen the most solid, high win rate lines against this opening, and in most lines, you will sacrifice your queen, or your rook, or your bishop, or your knight, or your rook and knight! I hope you have some fun playing against this opening!!!!
The Marshall Gambit. Or shall I say, the marshall gambits? There are so many gambits named after "Marshall" and this course will be covering the Marshall Gambit against the Scandinavian Defense and the Nimzowitch Defense because they directly transpose into each other. Have fun learning this gambit!
END UP WITH A CRUSHING POSITION If you wanted to be normal and have an e4 life but they responded with something goofy, so learn this course and enjoy the free elo!
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. It's about how stupid you make your opponent feel. Welcome to the best counter to the Alekhine's Defense.
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.
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 second of it and hope you do as well.
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 amazing opening.
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.
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 most common opening again. (more lines coming soon)
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!
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%!
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.
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 positions with the 4 knights that look like Tetris pieces hence the name the Tetris Gambit.
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)
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 high level in bullet and as a good weapon against unprepared players at the club level. Have Fun!
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!
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 rarely see but can still happen.
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!
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 master the scotch!
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.
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.
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.
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)
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 position. Have fun destroying the nimzowitch!
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 opponent doesn't stand a chance.
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.
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!
🔥Win facing the Caro Kann with The Two Knights Attack
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 still cover most of the main ideas of the 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 repertoire on Lichess.
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 lichess.org/team/thinknoodles-study-fan-club
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)
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 different move orders)
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 then loses soon after. These include Leonhardt Gambit, Valencian Trap and Modern Trap variations.
A hypermodern uncommon unorthodox chess opening that is relatively sound. Strike at the center from afar and force white to question your true intentions.
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.
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 with d4, d6!
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
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, d4? Doesn't Matter, Play Knight to c6, and promptly destroy White's Kingside!
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.
The King's Indian Attack (KIA) is a flexible opening system for White, characterized by a kingside fianchetto (Bg2), pawns on d3 and e4, and knights on f3 and d2. It often targets a kingside attack and works well against various Black defenses, such as the French or Sicilian.
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 to know.
Master breaking your own sanity and everything you know about chess. Master flagging your opponents and reported for aura farming. This is the Bongcloud.
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!
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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 course covers the Bounjour Alien Gambit as well as the tricks, traps, and pure chess! Good Luck Aliens!
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.
Full Black Repertoire (Russian Game, Nimzo-Indian + others)
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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 to teach the player a "setup" against each opening white can play. Hope this helps someone!
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.
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 opponents from move two.
Ideal for club players who want sharp positions without heavy theory.
Play for the win with confidence and creativity.
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 lines coming soon)
