The Catalan - Online Chess Opening For Beginner

The d4 madness over a chessboard !!

What you'll learn

One of the most solid opening systems available and one which World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen and India's No-1 Vidit Gujrathi uses in his classical games.

Positional themes which can be applied more generally to your games and improve even your middlegame and endgames.

Ability to know key variations of how Black can react.

Understand how to implement the tactical method from "Catalan Opening" course in real games.

Discover typical ideas for ALL the openings moves to be played "Catalan Opening" as white against black.

Be able to see plenty of examples of the most important chess tactics which will win you many games and enable you to see the true beauty of chess.

Be able to appreciate strong middlegame processes which prioritise forcing moves and enable you to calculate potentially many moves ahead.

Be able to get a complete overview of the key fundamentals of chess in terms of the Catalan Opening

Ability to set the opponent early problems and traps without compromising one's position, so quite often an effective quick points scorer.

An easy to play system which doesn't require tonnes of memorisation of sharp opening variations.

Ability to play with optimal setups against the common black setups.

Catalan system widely considered the highest cost/benefit in terms of learning investment time and energy and game results.

Requirements

You should know how chess pieces work

You would benefit the most if you understand basic ideas/moves of chess openings and tactics

The chess player should have 1000 rating on lichess or chesscom.

Description

One of the most solid opening systems available and one which World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen and India's No-1 Vidit Gujrathi uses in his classical games.Positional themes which can be applied more generally to your games and improve even your middlegame and endgames.Ability to know key variations of how Black can react.Understand how to implement the tactical method from "Catalan Opening" course in real games.Discover typical ideas for ALL the openings moves to be played "Catalan Opening" as white against black.Be able to see plenty of examples of the most important chess tactics which will win you many games and enable you to see the true beauty of chess.Be able to appreciate strong middlegame processes which prioritise forcing moves and enable you to calculate potentially many moves ahead.Be able to get a complete overview of the key fundamentals of chess in terms of the Catalan Opening,Ability to set the opponent early problems and traps without compromising one's position, so quite often an effective quick points scorer.An easy to play system which doesn't require tonnes of memorisation of sharp opening variations.Ability to play with optimal setups against the common black setups.Catalan system widely considered the highest cost/benefit in terms of learning investment time and energy and game results.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Episode - 1 | Introduction To Catalan

Lecture 3 Episode - 2 | Catalan Opening with be7 variation

Lecture 4 Episode - 3 | Catalan Opening with b5 variation

Lecture 5 Episode - 4 | Catalan Opening with c5 variation

Lecture 6 Episode - 5 | Catalan Opening with a6 variation

If you're a beginner and want to learn to play chess confidently and with the best foundations, this course is ideal for you.,Beginner to intermediate chess players looking for an interesting chess opening to surprise Opponents Featured review