👸 Opening Week // Queen Pawn Openings - A Wacky Gambit - Guess the Move
We enter the wacky and sometimes violent world of QP gambits, where risk-taking is the name of the game. »
👸 Opening Week // Queen Pawn Openings - Odd Gambits
Within the realm of QP openings, some odd gambits exist and are frequently played. They are all probably unsound, but not that easy to meet over the board. »
👸 Opening Week // Queen Pawn Openings - Introduction
Queen pawn openings are a diverse bunch of systems for White. We shall present most of them in separate lessons, but here is an attempt to give you the big picture 📸 »
The King's Gambit - An Italian Master's Trap
Is White having all the fun in the King’s Gambit? Of course not! In today’s lesson on opening traps, you will be playing Black, getting a chance to checkmate your opponent in style. »
The King's Gambit - A Smothered Mate Finale
Turn into a chess berserk by burning the bridges right away in the King’s Gambit, sacrificing a rook and getting a chance to deliver a smothered mate to your opponent on move 13! »