30 Best Chess Openings for Club Players - Learn the Lines & Variations with the Opening Coach

Want to improve your opening play? And then never get in trouble after the first few moves of the game?

This course is designed to help you grasp the opening basics for the top most popular 30 chess openings with white and black pieces. It is suitable for beginners and intermediate players alike.

Whether you'd like to learn how to play Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Reti Opening, or the Sicilian Defense, this training has something for you.

The training is a 3-step process. First, you review the moves. Then, you'll learn the theory using the chess Opening Coach. And finally, you'll repeat what you've learned to really cement the lines into your long-term memory.

Ready to start? Pick the opening you'd like to learn below and jump straight in! Last step... Don't forget to use those moves to win your games!

Ruy Lopez Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
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Sicilian Defense
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
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Semi Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6
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Reti Opening
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4
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Queens Gambit Declined
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
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Petroff Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
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Nimzo-Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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English Opening
1. c4
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Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
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Catalan Opening
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.g3
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Modern Defense
1.e4 g6
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Pirc Defense
1.e4 d6
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Queen´s Gambit Accepted
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
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Queen´s Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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Scandinavian
1.e4 d5
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Scotch Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
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Tarrasch Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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Torre Attack
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5
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Trompowsky
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
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Vienna Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
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London System
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4
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King´s Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4
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King Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
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King´s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3
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Colle System
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3
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Grand Prix Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4
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Benoni Modern
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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Benko Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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Alekhine Defence
1.e4 Nf6
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Caro-Kann-Defense
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
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