Clearly identify the opening stage
Apply opening principles to improve your play
Reduce by half the time spent playing the opening stage
Achieve much better middlegame positions, enabling you to win more games
Know when to break opening principles
Exactly know what to play against your opponent's moves, even against those that you are not familiar with
Dominate opening sacrifices
Hi, my name is Manuel. I am a top chess player of the country that I represent (Luxembourg).
Are you having problems with the first moves of your games as White or Black? This course will allow you to dominate chess openings.
In this course I will teach you everything you need to know to play the first 10-15 moves of a game against any move that your opponent plays. You will learn how to apply principles so you'll understand what you will be doing in your games. You won't have to memorize hundreds of lines to play the opening well.
This course is for beginners. You do not need any previous knowledge about chess besides knowing the rules.
For your convenience the squares of the board are marked to help you if you're not familiar with chess notation.
You will learn the fundamental chess principles but more importantly when those principles can be broken.
Throughout the course you will be testing your skills. There are activity files to download so that you can take your time and analyze the positions that I give to solve.
If you are tired of getting bad positions in your games or intimidated by your opponent's confident play, together we'll learn how to improve at this fascinating game.
Chess players who do not know what to play on the first moves of a game
Players who do not know what to reply when the opponent makes an unfamiliar move or plays quickly in the opening
Players who spend too much time thinking about what they should play in the opening and end up with a significant time disadvantage that will cost them the game
3.5+ hours of Video Lessons
7 Activities
15 Downloadable Resources
4 Quizzes
4 Free Bonuses
Instructor Q&A
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Here weâll learn the main reasons why studying chess openings is important and how even world champions can make basic mistakes during this stage of the game.
Understand the difference between opening stage and opening theory and learn the main idea of the game of chess.
Learn the main goals of castling, how to choose the right side to castle and how to play when we canât castle.
Here weâll understand the importance of the center, how openings are classified and the most common gambits to gain control of the center.
How to deal with moves that don't follow the principles that we learnt so far.
In this final activity we'll analyze popular positions and use the tools learnt in the course to master them.
How should your chess path continue?
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Get a Checklist đ summarizing the most important ideas from the course
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Get a List of Model Games đ to study after doing the course
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I play Live Games âď¸ showing the ideas that we learned in the course
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Join a Private Group âď¸ with other students of âChess Openings - Essentials Training Courseâ to interact with them
I have been studying chess for 25+ years and I've spent over 10 years in the online teaching world, refining how I work and trying to understand the changing needs of this place, which I see as the future of education.
We want the investment in this course to be an absolute no-brainer for you - if youâre actually going to do the work đ
âDo the workâ technically involves completing the sections (including the activities). If youâve done that and for whatever reason arenât 100% happy with your experience, drop us an email (within 30 days of purchasing the course) and weâll happily refund your entire payment.
However, please note that the money-back guarantee only applies if youâve completed the entire course and included your reason for the cancellation in the email.
If you know the chess rules and want to get better opening positions, then this is the right course for you.
If you want to develop a system of thinking to know how to approach any opening position, including those that you have never seen before, then you came to the right place.
All you need to do the course is access to the internet and motivation to learn!
Furthermore, Iâll provide all the resources on the course page itself, so you donât need to download anything or go to another page to take the course. Optionally, I provide additional resources to download in PDF format.
The course can be accessed using any device (such as laptop, mobile and tablet).
Youâll be able to access the course online, where youâll get lifetime access.
Simply open the course page (after buying it), select the lesson you want to watch and click on the play button to start the lesson (see example below).
After watching a lesson, select the next one or click on âĄď¸ below the lesson.
If you want to download the additional resources, simply click on them (see example below).
Buying the course is a simple process.
1) Go to the course page https://www.panda-chess.com/chess-openings-essentials-training-course and click on "Buy now". Youâll be asked to enter your email to login or create an account.
If this is the first time that you log in, youâll receive a verification code at the email address used to sign up.
Use this code to sign up for the first time.
If you already have an account associated with the email address that you entered, you will be asked to enter your password.
2) Once you logged in, if you have a discount code that has not been already applied, you can add it on the right side and click on "Apply":
3) It is now time to pay. You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.
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Enter your payment details, click on "I accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" and click on "Pay Now".
After the payment is correctly processed, you can now access the course!
If your account is a new one, your last step will be to simply create your permanent password and click on "Continue".
If you have any problems, do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@panda-chess.com.
You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.
Depending on your location, you might have additional options such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDEAL and Stripe Link.
Payments with cards are processed by Stripe (https://stripe.com/) which is a worldwide leading payment processor.
If you want to pay using PayPal and you donât have an account, you can easily create one here: https://www.paypal.com/signup
Join a Private Group with other students of âChess Openings - Essentials Training Courseâ to interact with them by following these simple steps:
1) Go to https://www.panda-chess.com/community and click on âJoin Nowâ to join the open Panda Chess Community. You need to be logged in with your account used for purchase.
2) After you joined the Panda Chess Community, you will be added to the private group âChess Openings - Essentials Training Courseâ within 24 hours.
To confirm this, simply go to https://www.panda-chess.com/community/topics where youâll see the private group.
If you still have any doubts, do not hesitate to contact us at support@panda-chess.com
If you're still doubting
"Clear explanation of difference between opening theory and opening "book" moves."
"This is an excellent course on chess openings. It reinforced my basic understanding of opening principles by explaining very useful concepts such as "activity", "exchanges", "prophylaxis" and "sacrifices". It was also very interesting because I learned about new concepts that I had not known about before such as "gambits" and "giving away the centre". Manuel also gives very practical advice on how to deal with unconventional openings and whether to castle long or short, which I will definitely try to use in my own games. This course is very refreshing in that it does not just focus on one opening (like many other courses) but on all openings. It provides you with a very good overview of chess openings and some games by grandmasters to help you familiarise yourself with them. I would strongly recommend this course to beginner and intermediate players of chess. It is great way to start learning about chess and I have no doubt that more experienced casual and club players will learn many new useful ideas and tips on how to improve their play. This is a must-get!"
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3.5+ hours of Video Lessons
7 Activities
15 Downloadable Resources
4 Quizzes
4 Free Bonuses
Instructor Q&A
âžď¸ Lifetime Access