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A solid, flexible opening for White. Build the "pyramid" structure with pawns on c3, d4, e3.

One of the oldest openings and a natural first repertoire for White. Covers the Giuoco Piano, Giuoco Pianissimo, Evans Gambit, Two Knights, and the classic traps.

The Spanish Opening - one of the oldest and most classic chess openings. Deep theory with multiple variations.

The classic 1.d4 d5 2.c4 opening for White. Covers the Queen's Gambit Accepted, the Semi-Slav, the Declined with a Catalan setup, the Marshall Defense, and the ...b5 trap.

Black's most popular response to 1.e4. Covers the Najdorf, Dragon, Classical, Sveshnikov, and Closed Sicilian.

A solid and classical response to 1.e4. Covers the Classical, Advanced, Exchange, Two Knights, and Fantasy variations.

A solid counterattacking defense to 1.e4. Covers the Advance, Winawer, Exchange, Tarrasch, and Rubinstein variations, plus the King's Indian Attack and White's sidelines.

Black's most solid answer to 1.d4. Covers the Carlsbad structure after 3.Nc3, the Ragozin, the Exchange Variation, and White's rare third moves.

An open, direct 1.e4 e5 opening for White. Covers the Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit, and the Schmidt, Classical, and Steinitz variations, plus six common traps.

A fighting defense to 1.d4: Black gives White the centre and then attacks it. Covers the Classical, Bayonet Attack, Petrosian, Exchange, Four Pawns Attack, Sämisch, Averbakh, and Makogonov variations.

An aggressive 1.e4 e5 opening for White. Covers the Vienna Gambit accepted, declined and main lines, the 5.d3 trap line, the queen-trade line, and the Copycat Variation with 2...Nc6.

A direct answer to 1.e4: Black challenges the centre at once with 1...d5. Covers the 3...Qa5 and 3...Qd6 main lines, the Modern Variation with 2...Nf6, the 3.Nf3 sideline, the Boehnke Gambit, and the traps both sides must know.

A provocative answer to 1.e4: Black's knight invites White's pawns forward and then attacks them. Covers the Classical, Exchange, Four Pawns Attack and Chase variations, the central e-pawn structures, and games by Alekhine and Fischer.

One of the oldest and most aggressive openings for White: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 offers a pawn for the centre and a fast attack. Covers the accepted lines with 3...g5, the Fischer and Modern Defenses, the Muzio Gambit, the Classical Variation, the Falkbeer Countergambit, and a Morphy model game.

One of the most solid answers to the Queen's Gambit: Black supports d5 with 2...c6. Covers the pure Slav with 4...dxc4 against 5.a4, 5.e4 and 5.e3, the Exchange Variation, and the Semi-Slav with 4...e6 against 5.Bg5, 5.Bf4 and 5.e3.