1 Introduction (85.64 MB)
10 Time flies when you are having goal focused fun! Gambit coverage games (76.47 MB)
2 What is a Chess Opening and why are they important (85.83 MB)
3 Why a fun lovers perspective (131.52 MB)
4 Why Opening names used and not ECO Codes Names are often about People! (67.9 MB)
5 Beginners steer towards Systems and Gambits and focus on tactics as priority (193.77 MB)
6 The Alignment concept and how it relates to this course (119.26 MB)
7 Tradeoff theory - how it relates to Gambits and Dynamic pawn structures (130.87 MB)
8 Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are fun lovers playing outrageous openings (78.52 MB)
9 Spicy bits as part of this framework - traps and immortals ) (78.21 MB)
1 Alapin Gambit vs French Defence (191.53 MB)
10 Italian Game Blackburne Shilling Gambit - on a very good day - Trap employed (52.92 MB)
11 Italian Game Blackburne Shilling Gambit - on a bad day - Davidson vs Doehren (159.92 MB)
12 Petrov Defence Stafford Gambit (Very trap rich!) (179.65 MB)
13 Petrov defence Cochrane Gambit (185.41 MB)
14 English Opening Reversed Smith-Morra Gambit (126.7 MB)
2 Budapest Gambit (126.63 MB)
3 Budapest Gambit - Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar (164.27 MB)
4 Budapest Gambit - Toldsepp vs Paul Keres (79.64 MB)
5 Caro Kann Hillbilly Attack (Gambit) (174.12 MB)
6 Elephant Gambit (112.58 MB)
7 Elephant Gambit - David Tebb vs Jonathon Rogers (157.97 MB)
8 Four Knights Opening Halloween Gambit (172.36 MB)
9 French Defence Reti Gambit (137.87 MB)
1 Duras Gambit AKA Fred Defence (73.62 MB)
2 Englund Gambit (136 MB)
3 Jerome Gambit (343.48 MB)
4 Latvian Gambit (112.45 MB)
5 Latvian Gambit - on a bad day - Garry Lane vs Maciej Wojnar (120.46 MB)
6 Italian Game Rousseau Gambit (129.02 MB)
1 Conclusions and Philosophical points (192.84 MB)
2 Bonus Lecture (61.66 MB)
1 PHILOSOPHY intro - Put yourself beyond defeat before going onto the attack (101.74 MB)
10 #9 DON'T move same piece or pawn twice in general - Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine (185.77 MB)
11 #10 DO Castle early to avoid horrid tactics - e g Reti vs Tartakower (159.39 MB)
12 #11 - DONT have pieces unprotected in general - Karpov disaster (73.08 MB)
2 RULE #1 DON'T break the rules unless justified - Paul Morphy vs Hart (198.83 MB)
3 RULE#2 DO The most important rule DEVELOP your pieces! - Paul Morphy Opera Game (218.89 MB)
4 RULE #3 Maximise Flexibility - Options Open for yourself - Closed for opponent (265.31 MB)
5 RULE#4 DO Central square battle - Short vs Speelman (178.73 MB)
6 #5 DON'T Don't bring queen out early - Bird vs Lasker example (99.25 MB)
7 #6 DON'T start attacks until development finished - Meek vs Morphy (192.33 MB)
8 #7 DON'T do too many pawn moves - Summerscale vs Basman (178.54 MB)
9 #8 DON'T deprive pieces of key development squares - Paulsen vs Morphy 1857 (172.84 MB)
1 Dunst aka Reverse Tango System , Baltic, Van Geet, Romanian, Q Knight Attack (253.34 MB)
10 Benko's Opening (System) - Illustrative game vs Bobby Fischer (135.43 MB)
11 Colle System (101.76 MB)
12 Colle System - Illustrative game - Edgar Colle vs Victor Berger (192.13 MB)
13 Hodgson System aka Trompowsky Attack or Levitsky Attack or Queen's Bishop attack (123.23 MB)
14 King's Indian Attack (System) (131.58 MB)
15 King's Indian Attack (System) - Bobby Fischer vs Borislav Ivkov (206.9 MB)
16 Torre Attack (a kind of System) (133.75 MB)
2 Dunst aka Reverse Tango Illustrated game Van Geet vs Guyt (215.7 MB)
3 English Opening Botvinnik System (aka Pawn formation) - Botvinnik vs Sherbakov (198.34 MB)
4 English Opening - Wet lettuce system - Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhailovich Liberzon (184.57 MB)
5 Hedgehog Defence (Pawn formation System) (178.2 MB)
6 London System (145.55 MB)
7 London System - Illustrative game - Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So (244.84 MB)
8 Barry Attack (System) aka London System with Nc3 - Illustrative Game (131.3 MB)
9 Benko's Opening (System) aka King's Fianchetto, Hungarian Opening, Barca, Bilek (99.13 MB)
1 Bird's Opening (System) (58.94 MB)
2 Bird's Opening - illustrative game - Just vs Ushakova (170.15 MB)
3 Four Knight's Game - Glek System - Glek vs Kroeze (171.81 MB)
4 Stonewall Attack System (120.38 MB)
5 Stonewall Attack System - Frank Parr vs Mar Baxter - 1962 (127.86 MB)
1 Brazilian Defence (System) AKA Camara Defence Defense or Gunderam Defense (156.2 MB)
2 Hippopotamus Defence (Pawn formation System) (100.38 MB)
3 Hippopotamus Defence (Pawn formation System) - John Emms vs Simon Williams (150.16 MB)
1 Bishop's Opening (51.97 MB)
10 Catalan Opening (51.86 MB)
11 Catalan Illustrative game - Leela Neural Network vs Stockfish (195.84 MB)
12 Dutch Defence (97.15 MB)
13 Dutch Defence Stonewall Illustrative game (186.65 MB)
14 Dutch Leningrad Illustrative game - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Immortal game (273.9 MB)
15 English Defence (157.26 MB)
16 English Opening (175.19 MB)
17 Four Knight's Game (101.36 MB)
18 French Defence (167.67 MB)
19 French Defence Winawer variation - Downsides for White Emphasised (173.62 MB)
2 BIshop's Opening - White win example (182.55 MB)
20 French Defence Tarrasch variation - Downsides of White emphasised (170.92 MB)
21 French Defence Winawer Fingerslip variation (Gambit) - Argument for White (214.62 MB)
22 Two Knights Defence Fried Liver Attack (166.75 MB)
23 Grünfeld Defence aka Gruenfeld defence (121.75 MB)
24 Grünfeld defence - Alexander Alekhine vs Ernst Grünfeld (184.51 MB)
25 Horwitz Defence (54.5 MB)
26 Italian Game (34.42 MB)
27 Italian Game Giuoco Piano (59.89 MB)
28 Italian Game Giuoco Piano - c3 - Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben (211.13 MB)
29 Italian Game Hungarian Defence - Lipnitsky vs Petrosian illustrative game (157.11 MB)
3 Bogo-Indian Defence (116.72 MB)
30 Keres Defence aka Kangaroo Defence or Franco-Indian Defence (94.58 MB)
31 King's Indian Defence (169.86 MB)
32 King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line - Korchnoi vs Kasparov (145.81 MB)
33 King's Knight Opening (58.45 MB)
34 King's Pawn Game (48.66 MB)
35 Konstantinopolsky Opening (183.8 MB)
36 Larsen's Opening aka Nimzo-Larsen Attack aka Queen's Fianchetto Opening (149.27 MB)
37 Larsen's Opening on a bad day - Spassky vs Larsen disaster game (216.01 MB)
38 Larsen's Opening on a good day Larsen vs Pappa (112.55 MB)
39 Modern Defence (90.68 MB)
4 Bogo-Indian Defence - Illustrative game - Walter Browne vs Vasily Smyslov - 1982 (142.84 MB)
40 Modern Defence North Sea Variation (194.8 MB)
41 Modern Defence Monkey's Bum (206.95 MB)
42 Neo-Indian Attack aka Yasser Seirawan Attack (189.39 MB)
43 Nimzowitsch Defence aka Tango (132.85 MB)
44 Nimzowitsch Defence - Classic light square play - Spielmann vs Nimzovich (133.12 MB)
45 Old Indian Defence (85.86 MB)
46 Owen's Defence (197.41 MB)
47 Owens Defence - Paul Morphy vs John Owen (231.38 MB)
48 Nimzo-Indian Defence (239.06 MB)
49 Nimzo-Indian Defence - Doubled pawns and restraint - Mattison vs Nimzovich (145.06 MB)
5 Caro-Kann Defence (186.48 MB)
50 Petrov's Defence (157.75 MB)
51 Petrov's Defence - Peter Leko vs Vladimir Kramnik (168.69 MB)
52 Philidor defence (183.89 MB)
53 Philidor defence - NN vs Philidor - 1749 (150.4 MB)
54 Philidor defence - a crushing Paul Morphy example (110.41 MB)
55 Pirc Defence (157.99 MB)
56 Pirc Defence - on a good day for Black - Povah vs Nunn (158.43 MB)
57 Pirc Defence Austrian Attack - Bobby Fischer vs Pal Benko - 1963 (130.94 MB)
58 Ponziani Opening - Chigorin vs Gossip - 1889 (133.18 MB)
59 Queen's Indian Defence (190.12 MB)
6 Caro-Kann Defence Caveman variation - Illustrative Game (168.07 MB)
60 Queen's Indian Defence - Saemisch vs Nimzovich - 1923 (171.48 MB)
61 Queen's Pawn Game (179.49 MB)
62 Réti Opening (117.41 MB)
63 Reti Opening - Famous Game - Reti vs Capablanca (264.74 MB)
64 Richter-Veresov Attack (113.5 MB)
65 Richter-Veresov Attack - Richter vs Baratz illustrative game example (171.28 MB)
66 Ruy Lopez (350.85 MB)
67 Ruy Lopez Closed variation - Mikhail Tal vs Hjartarson - 1987 (222.9 MB)
68 Ruy Lopez Exchange variation - Lasker vs Capablanca - 1914 (214.88 MB)
69 Ruy Lopez Morphy defence (156.43 MB)
7 Caro-Kann Defence - Classical variation Example game (95.35 MB)
70 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence (160.83 MB)
71 Scandinavian Defence aka Center Counter (168.51 MB)
72 Scandinavian Defence Eric Lobron (AKA Yardbird!) vs Ian Rogers (109.6 MB)
73 Scotch Game (113.7 MB)
74 Scotch Game - Garry Kasparov vs Wesley So (173.25 MB)
75 Sicilian Defence Named Variation Overview (402.81 MB)
76 Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 5 a6 (313.31 MB)
77 Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 6 Bg5 classic line Poisoned Pawn Variation (196.95 MB)
78 Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 5 g6 (185.22 MB)
79 Sicilian Defence Classical Variation 5 Nc6 - Richter Rauzer Attack - Anand (82.22 MB)
8 Caro-Kann defence - Bronstein Larsen Variation (175.52 MB)
80 Sicilian Defence Scheveningen Variation 5 e6 - Keres Attack (157.06 MB)
81 Sicilian Defence Sveshnikov Variation 4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 (245.02 MB)
82 Sicilian Defence Accelerated Dragon 4 g6 (218.29 MB)
83 Sicilian Defence Kalashnikov Variation 4 e5 5 Nb5 d6 (151.68 MB)
84 Sicilian Defence Kan (Paulsen) (Taimanov transposable) Variation 4 a6 (140.47 MB)
85 Sicilian Defence Pin Variation 4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4 (129.29 MB)
86 Slav Defence (168.95 MB)
87 Slav Defence Alapin variation Czech variation Bf5 Bled Attack (143.42 MB)
88 Slav Defence Alapin variation Czech variation Bf5 Krause Attack (107.62 MB)
89 Slav Defence Semi-Slav Meran variation - Gruenfeld vs Rubinstein 1924 (207.65 MB)
9 Caro-Kann Defence - Korchnoi Variation (157.59 MB)
90 Slav Defence Semi-Slav 5 Bg5 - Anti-Moscow Gambit after - Carlsen vs Groenn (141.09 MB)
91 Slav Defence Semi-Slav Botvinnik Variation (159.91 MB)
92 Three Knights Game ( Has a natural trap) - Louis Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen (130.85 MB)
93 Two Knight's defence (85.86 MB)
94 Vienna Game (179.02 MB)
95 Vienna game - Black falls into a trap - Mackenzie vs Loverin - 1879 (101.61 MB)
96 Vienna Game Frankenstein-Dracula Variation (135.79 MB)
97 Wade Defence (52.67 MB)
98 Wade Defence - Veselin Topalov vs Michael Adams (136.72 MB)
1 Alekhine's Defence (168.82 MB)
10 Benoni Modern Benoni Taimanov Attack aka Flick-Knife Attack - Kasparov vs Nunn (144.58 MB)
11 Center Game (156.54 MB)
12 Center Game - Illustrative game - Alexander Morozevich vs Mark Hebden (238.28 MB)
13 Grob Attack - 1 g4 (153.8 MB)
14 Grob Attack - Michael John Basman vs John Nunn example game (248.35 MB)
15 Lopez Opening aka MacLeod Attack (221.32 MB)
16 Mieses Opening (45.25 MB)
17 Polish Defence - on a good day - Wells vs Hodgson (157.03 MB)
18 Saragossa Opening (83.01 MB)
19 Sodium Attack aka Durkin Opening (122.18 MB)
2 Alekhine's Defence - Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer (198.12 MB)
20 Sokolsky Opening aka Orangutan (129.05 MB)
21 St George Defence (83.5 MB)
22 St George Defence - Example game - Karpov vs Miles (196.33 MB)
23 Van't Kruijs Opening - 1 e3 (134.92 MB)
24 Zukertort Opening (92.34 MB)
3 Alekhine's Defence - Nigel short chess immortal vs Jan Timman (177.36 MB)
4 Anderssen's Opening (59.26 MB)
5 Anderssen's Opening - Adolf Anderssen vs Paul Morphy - 1858 (148.21 MB)
6 Baltic Defence aka Grau Defense aka Sahovic Defense (119.05 MB)
7 Baltic Defence - Vladimir Kramnik vs Alexei Shirov (198.55 MB)
8 Benoni Defence (118.84 MB)
9 Benoni Modern Benoni - Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer (134.31 MB)
1 Alapin's Opening (74.07 MB)
10 Bongcloud aka Bongcloud Attack on a good day - Vlad Dobrov vs Hikaru Nakamura (132.52 MB)
11 Bongloud example - Hikaru Nakamura vs Jefferey Xiong (234.12 MB)
12 Clemenz Opening - 1 h3 (169.44 MB)
13 Clemenz Opening - Michael Basman vs Jonathon Rogers -1991 (210.49 MB)
14 Damiano Defence (contains a naughty trap!) (183.82 MB)
15 Danvers Opening aka Kentucky Opening, Patzer Opening, Parham attack (133.66 MB)
16 Danvers Opening - Boris Becker (Yes Tennis Legend!) vs Garry Kasparov (124.62 MB)
17 Desperez Opening - 1 h4 aka Kadas Opening, Anti-Borg, Samurai, Harry's Opening (37.03 MB)
18 Desperez aka Kadas Opening on a good day - Gabor Kadas vs Leon Pliester - 1985 (166.28 MB)
19 Napoleon Opening - Napoleon vs The Turk Automation (Johann Allgaier) (194.6 MB)
2 Alapin's Opening - a trap to avoid - NN vs Esteban Canal (42.73 MB)
20 Ware Opening aka Meadow Hay aka Corn Stalk Defence (76.21 MB)
21 Ware Opening - Magnus Carlsen vs Teimor Radjabov - 2012 World Blitz (173.56 MB)
3 Amar Opening aka Ammonia Opening (120.82 MB)
4 Amar Opening - fun example - Magnus Carlsen vs Alexey Dreev (151.8 MB)
5 Balogh Defence (103.21 MB)
6 Balogh defence on a bad day - Max Euwe ve Henri Weenink (113.46 MB)
7 Barnes Opening (54.84 MB)
8 Barnes Opening with 2 Kf2 AKA Fried Fox Attack - Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So (194.43 MB)
9 Barnes Defence - Paul Morphy v s Thomas Wilson Barnes (150.12 MB)
1 Albin Counter Gambit (84.94 MB)
10 Benko Gambit - Andrew Jonathon Whitely vs Michael Wilder (159.18 MB)
11 Benko Gambit - Vlastimil Hort vs Lev Alburt (138.68 MB)
12 Danish Gambit (47.45 MB)
13 Danish Gambit - Rudolf Rezso Charousek vs Jakob Wollner (133.44 MB)
14 Danish Gambit - Henry Edward Bird vs Emanuel Lasker (blitz!) (57.52 MB)
15 French Defence Milner Barry Gambit - Hector example (164.11 MB)
16 Giuoco Piano Evans Gambit (82.8 MB)
17 Giuoco Piano Evans Gambit - Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine (127.19 MB)
18 King's Gambit (170.07 MB)
19 King's Gambit Kieseritzky Gambit - Spassky vs Fischer - 1960 (237.48 MB)
2 Albin Counter Gambit - Cecotka vs Spal - Correspondence 1993 (138.23 MB)
20 King's Gambit Fischer Defence - Alexander Morozevich vs Garry Kasparov (152.09 MB)
21 Kings Gambit Falkbeer Countergambit (147.88 MB)
22 King's Gambit McDonnell Gambit (138.62 MB)
23 King's Gambit Muzio Gambit aka Polerio Gambit (151.53 MB)
24 Lisitsin Gambit (Deferred - like version 2 0!) (160.69 MB)
25 Queen's Gambit (185.65 MB)
26 Queen's Gambit Declined (good day for White) Alekhine vs Lasker - 1934 (168.07 MB)
27 Queen's Gambit Declined Tarrasch Defence (68.58 MB)
28 Ruy Lopez Marshall Gambit - Judit Polgar vs Michael Adams (198.31 MB)
29 Sicilian Defence Smith-Morra Gambit - Esserman vs Martirosov (121.9 MB)
3 Albin Counter Gambit - Ivan Sokolov vs Alexander Morozevich - Corus A 2005 (136.77 MB)
30 Sicilian Defence Smith-Morra Gambit - Esserman vs Loek van Wely (160.15 MB)
31 Sicilian Defence Smith-Morra Gambit - Mikhail Tal vs Neibult (103.41 MB)
32 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit - Rudolf Spielmann vs Hans Gebhardt (147.61 MB)
33 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Stodie (100.53 MB)
34 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Heinemann (198.96 MB)
35 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Sussman (141.92 MB)
36 French Defence Wing Gambit - Kabanov vs Ivanov - 2007 (78.33 MB)
37 Dutch Defence Staunton Gambit - Richard Reti vs Max Euwe (174.02 MB)
38 Dutch Defence Staunton Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Mikhail Chigorin (198.23 MB)
39 Slav Defence Geller's Gambit (134.45 MB)
4 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (System as well!) (135.7 MB)
40 Slav Defence Semi-Slav Marshall Gambit (188.21 MB)
41 Tennison Gambit (169.77 MB)
42 Tennison Gambit - Paul Keres vs Leo Luck (135.8 MB)
43 Trompowsky (or London System) Vaganian Gambit (218.2 MB)
44 Two Knight's defence - d5 countergambit - Knorre - Nezhmetdinov example (128.78 MB)
5 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - Emil Joseph Diemer vs Markwardt (132.84 MB)
6 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - Emil Joseph Diemer vs Heinz Gerhart Gunderam (170.25 MB)
7 Benoni Defence Blumenfeld Counter Gambit (150.43 MB)
8 BullFrog Gambit aka Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit aka Bronstein Gambit (137.37 MB)
9 Benko Gambit (56.5 MB)