Sample a Simple & Strong Repertoire for Improving Players
The long, cutting-edge lines of many opening courses can be impractical for improving players who never see them over the board.
Angelika Valkova and
Grandmaster Gyula Pap offer an alternative with a simple, strong, and practical repertoire for beginners and intermediates:
1.d4 for Ambitious Chess Improvers.
These two experienced chess coaches have teamed up to give you a solid repertoire where you have a game plan against every legitimate defense Black can try, you won’t be seeing many sharp, trappy, theoretical lines here.
Instead, you’ll focus on
principled development, sensible positional strategies, and complete
understanding of your openings for total chess improvement.
In this
free version of the course, you’ll get a sample of Valkova and Pap’s
thorough and club player-friendly explanations, as well as their smart and effective lines against a variety of openings.
You’ll get a primer on how to take on the:
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Queen’s Gambit Accepted and
Declined♛
Tarrasch and
Semi-Tarrasch♛
Slav Defense♛
Nimzo-Indian♛
Grunfeld Defense♛
Benoni♛
Dutch♛
King’s Indian DefenseAnd more. Designed to teach you the ideas behind all the moves and openings, this course is an excellent introduction to 1.d4, or the perfect start to developing your first opening repertoire. Get
Short & Sweet: Valkova & Pap’s 1.d4 today.
Like the teaching style in this course and want to get the full course, which tackles every opening in depth? Check out 1.d4 for Ambitious Chess Improvers