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Starter Course - WhiteMood Openings

Starter Course - WhiteMood Openings

Course 168 episodes
(7 hours 37 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

"ChessMood openings are very cool! Recently I checked and found that 80% of the time I had a winning position out of the opening. Also, I have raised +350 Fide rating and +400 online points since joining ChessMood." - Prin Laohawirapap, Thailand
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‘How do I start the game with the White pieces?’
‘Which openings should I play?’

If you’re just learning chess, these are the 2 questions about openings you’ll most likely have.

And while choosing, you want openings that are sound, easy to learn, grow your chess skills and also allow you to have fun! ...

That’s exactly how this chess opening repertoire for White is designed. You’ll learn openings that are solid, aggressive and full of life which were used by the world's greatest chess players like Fischer and Kasparov.

At the same time, you don't have to memorize a lot of opening theory here.

Our Grandmaster team has simplified the openings and presented only what's most essential for anyone to start playing them.

Once you finish, you’ll find dedicated courses on our website that dive deep into each opening you’re about to learn here.

But for now, let’s focus on building a foundation and having fun!

And because this course is designed for players with up to 2000 online rating, there’s very little theory to remember!

Ready to go?

Let’s begin!

What you'll learn

Full of life openings which the world’s greatest chess players like Fischer and Kasparov used during their prime.
Why you should start the game with 1.e4! GM Avetik shares an interesting piece of a conversation he had with one of the top-10 GMs in the world on this.
The first moves, plans and ideas of the opening that’s deep enough to give you a decent understanding to start playing it.
A simplified version of ChessMood openings with White pieces.

Lesson Plan

168 episode(s) 7 hours 37 min

Course overview

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2. How to work with the course

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3. When can you start playing 1.e4?

1. Introduction

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2. The strategy of the Scotch game

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3. The common mistake many beginners make - 4...Nd4

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4. Why 5...c5 is a bad move

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5. How to continue after 5...Qf6

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6. How we punish Black's 5...Nf6

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8. Summarizing 4...Nd4

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9. Our plans against passive moves

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10. What if they castle long?

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12. How to punish 4...d5

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13. How we punish the earlier d5

14. 4...Bc5 - the main move

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15. 4...Nf6 - How to react

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16. The romantic variation

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17. 4...Qh4 - The YouTube variation

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18. How we should react after 4...Qf6

19. The unintentional 3...Nf6

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20. 3...d6 - The transposition

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1. Introduction

2. 3...ed4 and our plans

4. 3...Nd7 - Hanham variation

5. How do we win against 4...Ngf6

6. How do we win after 4...Be7

7. Black's best try - 4...c6

8. The summary of the Hanham variation

9. Why 3...Bg4 is bad

1. Introduction

2. The trap after 3...Ne4

3. We choose the romantic one

4. The Knight sacrifice!

1. Introduction

2. The upsides and downsides of the Sicilian Defense

3. The Grand Prix Attack

4. The Queen joins the attack!

5. My skeptical friend

9. The main plans of the Grand Prix attack

10. Sicilian with 3...e6

11. Our plans after 4...d4

12. What's our plan after 4...de4

13. How we play against passive setup

14. A common mistake many beginners make

1. Introduction

2. Black's idea

3. The Grand Prix attack vs Pirc

4. The important nuance

6. The Black Lion

1. Introduction

2. Black's ideas

3. Robert the genius

4. We don't show our cards!

5. Why 3...e5 is a logical but a bad move

7. 3...Nc6 - Black showed the cards!

8. How we trick opponents after 3...Bg4

9. Apiece of advice

10. The great move

11. Oh, those checks․․․

12. Summarizing the 3-Nf3! move

13. 2...Nf6 - The Portuguese variation

1. Introduction

2. The ideas of French Defense

3. How I was crushed

4. The ideas of our tricky 3.Bd3 move

5. Challenging the French Bishop after 3...de4

6. How we play against 3...Nf6

8. The important move

9. Trapping the Queen on 6th move!

10. The Queen sacrifice!

11. The nice tactic after 4...cd4

12. Summarizing 3...c5

13. What's our next move

1. Introduction

2. Black's ideas

3. The first upside

4. The questions of the Bishops

5. Everything for the monster Bishop

6. How we play after 5...e5

7. The ultimatum

8. Our attacking plans

9. To show our cards or not to show - That's the question

10. Can they castle long?

11. The three things to remember

1. Introduction

2. Black's idea

3. ChessMood Gambit

4. Illustrative variations

5. All you need to remember

1. Introduction

2. Black's idea

3. Just transpositions after 2.Nf3!

1. Introduction

2. Black's ideas

3. The best setup against Owen Defense

4. The Queen sacrifice after 3...f5

5. How we limit the Bishop after 3...c5

6. The subtle move after 3...e6

7. All you need to remember

1. Introduction

2. Black's ideas

3. How to crush the Hyppo defense

1. Introduction

2. Which one is the Stafford Gambit

3. Black's idea

4. The refutation of Stafford Gambit

5. All you need to remember

1. Introduction

2. The refutation of Latvian Gambit

3. The key move

4. What if they take the pawn with the Queen?

1. Introduction

2. The ideas of the Elephant Gambit

3. Targeting the f7

4. The refutation of 4...Qd4

5. The refutation of 4...Qg5

6. The strong intermediate move

7. The refutation of the Elephant Gambit

1. Introduction

2. Black's idea

3. How I was crushed

4. The refutation

1. Introduction

2. Black's idea

3. The practical reaction

4. The 2nd option

1. Introduction

2. Black's ideas

3. The refutation

1. Introduction

2. The refutation

1. Introduction

2. The right mindset

3. The best setup

4. The Golden Question

5. When Black plays f6

1. Congratulation!

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Course 168 episodes (7 hours 37 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

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