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Opening Principles - The fundamentals and beyond in detail
GM Avetik Grigoryan5.0600 - 18001h 51m36 episodes
Opening Principles
36 episodes1h 50m 57s
Course overview1m 54s
1The ultimate goal in chess52s
2Story of my friend2m 10s
3What are the best squares for the pieces3m 28s
4The center and the downtown4m 31s
53 best setups6m 6s
6Example 19m 46s
7Example 27m 30s
8The two principles31s
9Don't bring your Queen out early3m 39s
10The exception3m 18s
11Don’t move the pieces twice4m 48s
12Just follow the principles7m 4s
13Egoistic development1m 48s
14Senseless moves with pawns2m 18s
15What we've learned so far36s
16The unequal value of pawns1m 10s
17The philosophies of the openings5m 41s
18The ideas of gambits2m 26s
19Why "Castle early" is bad advice41s
20Castling1m 21s
21A trick for winning a tempo5m 15s
22When to castle opposite side1m 32s
23Don't castle just for castling3m 31s
24The King in the center2m 53s
25The takeaways32s
26The worst move1m 40s
27The Knight sacrifice on move 3!8m 32s
28A common mistake beginners make2m 6s
29What about f4 move?2m 6s
30f2 and f7 weaknesses4m 13s
31c2 and c7 weaknesses2m 24s
32Summary1m 8s
33Congratulations!1m 2s
34Your next move1m 56s
35See you soon? :)29s
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Student reviews
Lalit Agarwalla
Very concise and well structured material.
angelo almeida
Tank you for this amazing course! I am already a expericed player, but coming back to the roots help me a lot to remember old concepts and stick the ideas bether to brain!, than you Avetik to this amazing curse!
Jim Burden
Awesome video even if it was a refresher for me. You explained that very succinctly and in an easy way to digest. Much better than what I remember from Fred Reinfeld's books.
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