The Beginner's 1. d4 Repertoire

🏆 Shortlisted for Best Opening Course for White 2022 🏆

A Compact yet Comprehensive Repertoire to Grow Your Chess

The queen’s pawn openings are full of rich, exciting potential - but also the potential to get lost in endless lines of theory…

Not with this course!

The Beginner’s 1.d4 Repertoire introduces you to the wonderful world of 1.d4 by teaching you the core lines and strategic ideas you need to confidently face any legitimate opening as White - in a fraction of the time of your typical repertoire. Without cutting corners.

Using the same winning approach he used in his highly acclaimed 1.e4 repertoire, International Master Andras Toth equips you with the skills you need to think for yourself and handle any situation dynamically and aggressively, utilizing solid chess principles.

Why is this course so effective for players just starting out with 1.d4? For starters, you will:

♛ Cut down on memorization and focus on ideas. With no more than 15 lines to memorize per opening, you’ll instead focus on the strategic ideas in each opening and what to play for, no matter how Black plays. You’ll also see the ideas played out in model games for each opening, where top pros show you how they used those ideas to win their games

♛ Sidestep Black’s trickiest defenses, and bring heat to the remainders. IM Toth carefully selected the lines to avoid nettlesome openings like the Budapest Gambit and Nimzo-Indian. Instead, you’ll put full steam into ambitious, attacking ways to combat all of Black’s major defenses, such as the Queen’s Gambit, Slav, King’s Indian Defense, Benoni, and more

♛ Show the sideliners and gambiteers who’s boss. Take the hammer to annoying sidelines like the Englund Gambit (1…e5), Owen’s Defense (1…b6), and other oddballs with principled, no-nonsense play

The 2021 Chessable Author of the Year Strikes Again

With one of Chessable’s most respected authors in your corner, rest assured you will learn strong chess that will set you up for years of opening success. Despite being a “beginner’s repertoire”, you can easily play this repertoire until master level.

That’s because IM Toth’s focus on fundamental chess principles will teach you how to adapt your play to whatever shows up over the board - even if it’s not covered in the course. This emphasis on basics is what made his Beginner’s 1.e4 Repertoire an instant hit - and so many of his other courses long-time user favorites.

So if you’re ready to dive into the rich, strategic world of 1.d4 and grow your chess ability doing it, IM Andras Toth has your back - get The Beginner’s 1.d4 Repertoire today.

Prefer a king's pawn (1.e4) repertoire instead? Check out
The Beginner’s 1.e4 Repertoire

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Course stats

For: white pieces

Recommended for: Beginner players Intermediate players Advanced players

Language: English

Instruction: 36,050 words

Paid video: 10 hours and 50 minutes

Free video: 1 hour and 13 minutes

Quickstart variations: 21

Trainable variations: 175

Alternative variations: 11

Informational variations: 36

Avg. line depth: 16.41

Released on: Jun 20, 2022

Support level: High

Section: 🎓 Titled player

The Beginner's 1. d4 Repertoire

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Variation Details

1 x Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

21 x Quickstarter Guide (12.71 avg depth)

15 x 1) Queen's Gambit Accepted (12.53 avg depth)

2 x 1.1) Queen's Gambit Accepted - Model Games (33.50 avg depth)

15 x 2) Queen's Gambit Declined (12.73 avg depth)

3 x 2.1) Queen's Gambit Declined - Model Games (28.33 avg depth)

15 x 3) Slav Defense (12.07 avg depth)

2 x 3.1) Slav Defense - Model Games (24.50 avg depth)

15 x 4) Semi-Slav Defense (13.73 avg depth)

3 x 4.1) Semi-Slav Defense - Model Games (58.67 avg depth)

12 x 5) Dutch Defense (13.00 avg depth)

3 x 5.1) Dutch Defense - Model Games (50.33 avg depth)

5 x 6) Englund Gambit (6.80 avg depth)

1 x 6.1) Englund Gambit - Model Games (31.00 avg depth)

9 x 7) Grünfeld Defense (14.56 avg depth)

3 x 7.1) Grünfeld Defense - Model Games (32.00 avg depth)

9 x 8) King's Indian Defense (13.22 avg depth)

3 x 8.1) King's Indian Defense - Model Games (36.33 avg depth)

8 x 9) Tarrasch Defense (14.38 avg depth)

2 x 9.1) Tarrasch Defense - Model Games (43.00 avg depth)

17 x 10) Benoni Defense (15.06 avg depth)

3 x 10.1) Benoni Defense - Model Games (39.33 avg depth)

11 x 11) Benko Gambit (12.64 avg depth)

2 x 11.1) Benko Gambit - Model Games (48.00 avg depth)

6 x 12) Ragozin Defense (14.33 avg depth)

1 x 12.1) Ragozin Defense - Model Games (34.00 avg depth)

6 x 13) Bogo-Indian Defense (14.67 avg depth)

2 x 13.1) Bogo-Indian Defense - Model Games (42.00 avg depth)

11 x 14) Old Benoni Defense (9.64 avg depth)

1 x 14.1) Old Benoni Defense - Model Games (41.00 avg depth)

4 x 15) Old Indian Defense (11.75 avg depth)

1 x 15.1) Old Indian Defense - Model Games (27.00 avg depth)

13 x 16) Queen's Indian Defense (14.77 avg depth)

3 x 16.1) Queen's Indian Defense - Model Games (43.67 avg depth)

15 x 17) Odds and Ends (6.87 avg depth)

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