If you’re looking to master your openings with flare, FIDE Master Kamil Plichta is the perfect instructor for you.
“The Polish Powerhouse” is an opening theoretician and blitz specialist. No matter what the opening, it seems FM Plichta can come up with original, aggressive lines that are sure to challenge opponents with ferocious piece activity and square control.
His opening knowledge is battle-tested and proven, too. While he has scored over 100 tournament victories in his native Poland, he has also engaged in international battles with the best in blitz - even scoring multiple wins against all-time greats such as Hikaru Nakamura and Vladislav Artemiev.
But perhaps his biggest tournament achievement came in 2017 at the Vasylyshyn Memorial in Lviv, where he beat Polish chess legend Wlodzimierz Schmidt with superior opening preparation, scoring an IM norm in the process.
With a repertoire like that, it’s perhaps no surprise then that his Chessable opening courses get rave reviews. His popular Lifetime Repertoires: King’s Indian Attack is a complete guide to playing 1.Nf3 in an original, dynamic style. But if you’re looking to shake things up with the Trompowsky Attack or crush Anti-Sicilians mercilessly, he’s got a course for you, too. Check out his many courses below and sharpen your own opening repertoire: