In every chess game one of the main principles of the chess opening is to control the center. We control the center because every piece is the strongest in the center as it gives it the maximum  number of squares it can move and maximum versatility. The Slav Defense is one of the most popular chess openings. This is for two reasons. The first is that it is one of the most solid lines to play against the Queens Gambit and with the Queens Gambit being a regular chess opening at high level play, many top players have become fans of this opening. The SlAV DEFENSE also allows for lots of different variations so those players that like to be creative and don’t like to play the same  chess variation every game will really enjoy the Slav Defense because it offers just that. IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL LEARN: 1. How to get a solid chess position after few moves. 2. How to equalize your chess game with black. 3. How to surprise your opponent and leave them confused in the chess opening. 4. How to save time on the clock when playing a chess blitz game. Watch the video above to see an explanation of the Slav Defense.

Hey guys, this is Grandmaster Mesgen Amanov! I am excited to present you with my new video course on Chess Openings . In this particular course I will teach you all openings that happen after 1.e4. This course is for Beginners and Intermediate players . In order to fully benefit from this course you just need to know how the pieces move and some basic rules. I've been teaching chess for more than 15 years and I know exactly what you need to know in order to get good positions out of the opening. I recommend the best lines to play for white and black. In this course I recorded 20 Chess Openings that will help you understand which Opening is right for you. If you play 1.e4, this course will help you obtain better positions in the middlegame and you will understand what your plan is. When you play with black pieces you must know how to play against 1.e4, so this course will teach you how to deal with it as well. You won't have to memorize much as we will not go too deep. All lessons are very easy to follow and for your convenience I am adding a PGN file for all the openings that we will go over.  Thank you so much for your attention! Enjoy!

Chess is notoriously difficult to master. It has been estimated that with serious study and very hard work, the average player can improve their ELO rating by only about 100 points per year. If you follow everything that is taught in this course, YOUR RATING WILL INCREASE BY AT LEAST 100 ELO POINTS almost immediately! I have taken over two decades of serious chess training and study and condensed it into bite-sized tips and training advice that will immediately boost your chess skills. Join the course, and start dominating your opponents today!

This course is about Chess Traps! Sometimes there are moves that appear to be following good principles but which are bad for specific tactical reasons. You make ordinary developing moves, but then you find out that you are trapped and your opponent gets advantage. In this course I show a few traps that you should know not to be trapped! Of course, it's not possible to demonstrate all the possible opening mistakes here, but I tried to list the most popular ones. However, there are a number mistakes commonly made by beginners and novices in the opening stages of the game and I will show how to react to them. This course consists of 15 lectures. In every lecture I cover a certain trap. Some traps are good and you can apply them during your games, other are bad and I demonstrate them for you only to learn how not to get trapped, if your opponent tries to outwit you. I designed this course for beginners and club players with FIDE rating from 1200 to 1700. But if you don’t have FIDE rating, this is not a problem and it shouldn’t stop you from taking this course. Learn them from this course! After finishing this course, you will learn some of the traps and may apply them during your games. I believe you will improve your performance! With this course you also get: unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs all future additional lectures, game examples never any questions asked full 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee Sincerely,  Viktor

"Omg this was freakin amazing. Whoever you are who worked together to put this together, you have my immense gratitude. This is so perfect for what I needed right now to help me create a professional chess related app for iPad and iPhone. I have a modest amount of programming experience (just enough to get by for supporting my day job which is not as a programmer) and never heard of xcode before now. I'm amazed what a nice experience you designed for someone like me to even create something that looks like a chessboard on an iPhone in one video lesson. Thanks so much, I'm excited to continue on." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chris Balcom, Modesto California Do you want to make apps? Do you want to learn to code? This course is for you! In this course you will learn how to make a Chess Game in iOS 10. This course requires you to have basic knowledge of Xcode and programming. If you are a complete beginner, this course isn't for you. This course is the result of a very successful Kickstarter! "I really enjoyed this course. I have no knowledge of chess game engines but this was a very good introduction to them. Keep 'em coming." One of the best features is that you can watch the courses at any speed you want. This means you can speed up the or slow down the video if you want to. This course is project based so you will not be learning a bunch of useless coding practices. At the end of this course you will have real world apps to use in your portfolio. We feel that project based training content is the best way to get from A to B. Taking this course means that you learn practical, employable skills immediately. You can use the projects you build in this course to add to your LinkedIn profile. Give your portfolio fuel to take your career to the next level. Learning how to code is a great way to jump in a new career or enhance your current career. Coding is the new math and learning how to code will propel you forward for any situation. Learn it today and get a head start for tomorrow. People who can master technology will rule the future. You will get full lifetime access to this course for a single one off fee. John Bura has created many games, apps and training courses so he is extremely qualified to teach you how to master technology. This is an instructor that does not only teach, he produces apps. This means you get the most relevant information on how to code. Most courses do not show you practical skills and real world examples. What makes you a good teacher? I have released over 40 games and apps that have done very well in the app store. I run a company called Mammoth Interactive so I am actively in the field building apps and making money I have been teaching since 2002 I personally love learning online and my life is much better because I have learned online rather than a classroom I am one of the top 10 highest grossing Udemy teachers I have been a Udemy instructor since 2011. I make sure people learn how to make money from their creations. I have over 150k students worldwide Who is this class for? People who want to improve their technical skills Complete beginners People who want to make money. I show people the tools on how to make money through various methods of passive income People who want to get ahead of the pack by learning online. How you will make money by learning new skills Learn practical skills Learn about how leverage your new skills to greater wealth Learn through practical examples Why should you learn online? There is an online education revolution taking place. You may have heard about it in the news or heard it from a friend. Either-way, education is going to be changed forever. In this short course I talk about how Online Education has Motivated me Helped my career Helped me as a teacher Impacted several lives around the planet I promise that this course will be better and more effective than reading books. I show how to master technology through the use of video. This course will give you everything you need to thrive in our technological society.

If you have never played the game, this is your chance to learn the basics of this royal game. After you complete the course you will be skilled enough to beat everyone around you and watch others in amazement as you deliver checkmate. GENIUS! They would scream. But it's just a couple of hours of fun learning. The benefits of chess transcend the game and will spill into other aspects of your life - Problem Solving skills, better memory, more focus, creativity, risk assessment, cognitive growth and we can go on and on.

Imagine you have come to a shop to purchase a mobile phone. The shopkeeper gives you a phone with 10 books on how it works and how to use it. The same process is followed in chess learning. There’s a huge difference between knowledge and skill. For example, you can read thousands of books about martial arts, but it doesn’t mean that you’ll become a great fighter. Apart from information, you need to train and acquire necessary practical skills. This is true just as much for chess. That is why, in these seminars, GM Smirnov provides you with a very small user’s manual that has several items you can follow, one by one, to understand chess clearly. Course Content: The seminar covers four major lectures with practical suggestion. In each lecture, GM Igor Smirnov answers all students' questions and provides additional tips to implement in their games. 1. Time to Win 2. Right thinking in chess 3. Smirnov Gambit 4. Art of Planning The course contains around 100 minutes of video lessons and a PDF summery for every seminar topic.

The course ‘Your top chess questions, Answered’ contains detailed answers to the questions posed by RCA students after reading the book A promoted pawn: my chess journey . The course is designed in such a way that even those who have not read the book can easily understand it. Apart from answering questions, GM Igor Smirnov explains how you can implement key ideas in your games, with hand-picked examples from top games. He also explains how he faced certain situations when he was at the beginner stage. Some of the key points you will learn in this course: 1. How to get maximum benefit when training with a computer? 2. What is the universal approach and how to utilize it in your game? 3. Opening skill development process 4. The very powerful technique to train your attacking and anti-blunder skills 5. How to progress in chess when you are an adult? 6. How to open the opponent’s position? 7. Psychological barriers in chess; how to overcome them? Lectures: The course contains eight video lessons and three text lessons . In each lesson, GM Igor Smirnov answers one question from an RCA student. The course also contains interesting examples, tips, and recommendations on various topics, which you can implement in your own games right after completing it.

If you want to become a strong player, it’s very important to know the strategy how to play with or against an isolated pawn. The importance of this topic is related to the fact that isolated pawn can arise from a huge number of openings: Queen’s Gambit, Queen’s Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, French Defense, Caro-Kann Defense (Panov Attack) and even Sicilian Defense. This course covers all possible plans how to play the positions with an isolated pawn. There are 4 strategies how to play against isolated pawn: Obstruct enemy pieces Pass the game into the endgame Simplify the position Turn an isolated pawn into a pair And there are also 4 strategies for players who like to play with isolated pawn: Make a breakout Hold the enemy weak pawn Start the attack on the kingside Use c-file Every strategy is explained by example of real game between 2 grandmasters. And finally I prepared a quizz for you to practice at the end the course. With this course you also get: unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs all future additional lectures, game examples never any questions asked full 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee I look forward to seeing you in class! Sincerely, Viktor

Hi, Welcome to my new course on King's Gambit - Bishop's Gambit. With the little-explored third move Bc4, white players can pose different challenges for the black players to solve. Since in this line(3.Bc4), very few games are played by Grandmasters and other players around the world, most of the games in this series are played either against computers with human input (or) myself playing someone in online chess server. In recent times, Computer evaluation came under heavy pressure after the crushing defeat of Stockfish at the hands of Alpha zero(NeuralNetwork based Engine). After Alpha zero, with the arrival of its replica Leela zero(NeuralNetwork based Engine), soon traditional computer-based evaluation will be challenged. However, it should be noted every AI engine resembles closely to humans. So it is vital to reevaluate chess positions and Bishop's King's gambit is one of the perfect candidates.