| 01 - Mastering Opening Strategy, The Nature Of Development.mp4 | 9 MB | ||
| 02 - Mastering Opening Strategy, The King And Other Weak Points.mp4 | 55.8 MB | ||
| 03 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Pawn Advances.mp4 | 50 MB | ||
| 04 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Causes Of Delayed Development.mp4 | 49.7 MB | ||
| 05 - Mastering Opening Strategy, The Development Factor After Mutual Castling.mp4 | 53 MB | ||
| 06 - Mastering Opening Strategy, A Defender's Perspective.mp4 | 57 MB | ||
| 07 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Crime And Punishment.mp4 | 4.9 MB | ||
| 08 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Early Pawn Grabbing.mp4 | 32.1 MB | ||
| 09 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Early Queen Raids.mp4 | 29.4 MB | ||
| 10 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Multiple Moves With The Same Piece.mp4 | 48.8 MB | ||
| 11 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Exposure Of The King.mp4 | 34.4 MB | ||
| 12 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Premature Attacks.mp4 | 35.4 MB | ||
| 13 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Extravagance.mp4 | 38.6 MB | ||
| 14 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Ignorance And Indifference.mp4 | 58.7 MB | ||
| 15 - Mastering Opening Strategy, The Battle For The Centre.mp4 | 3.1 MB | ||
| 16 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Pawn Centre.mp4 | 53.1 MB | ||
| 17 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Centre Controlled By A Piece.mp4 | 79 MB | ||
| 18 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Centre Controlled At Distance.mp4 | 89.3 MB | ||
| 19 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Pawn Breaks.mp4 | 36.7 MB | ||
| 20 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Flank Advances.mp4 | 44 MB | ||
| 21 - Mastering Opening Strategy, The Role Of The Centre.mp4 | 53.2 MB | ||
| 22 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Restriction.mp4 | 2.4 MB | ||
| 23 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Restriction Of Castling.mp4 | 41.5 MB | ||
| 24 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Restriction Of Specific Pieces.mp4 | 57.9 MB | ||
| 25 - Mastering Opening Strategy, More Restriction Methods.mp4 | 49.1 MB | ||
| 26 - Mastering Opening Strategy, Restriction Of Plans.mp4 | 61.2 MB | ||
| 27 - Mastering Opening Strategy, A Few Words On Opening Preparation.mp4 | 29.1 MB | ||
| Mastering Opening Strategy - GM Johan Hellsten.pdf | 9.4 MB | ||
| Mastering Opening Strategy - GM Johan Hellsten.pgn | 809.6 KB | ||
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Strategy course by GM Johan Hellsten
Includes book, video and PGN
Language: English
Lectures: 27
Total Running Time: 15 hours 37 minutes
From the course:
Don’t Play the Opening on Autopilot - Fight for Advantage from Move 1
Develop your pieces, they say - but how can you develop them with purpose and threats?
Control the center, they say - but how can you truly fight for the center and dominate it, when your opponent is doing the same?
Get your king safe, they say - but how can you punish your opponent when they’re clearly ignoring the safety of their monarch?
Though everyone knows the basic opening principles, successfully implementing an opening strategy is a different story! But with Grandmaster Johan Hellsten’s Mastering Opening Strategy, you’ll learn and practice how to build an opening advantage that sets you up for middlegame success in any tournament opening.
Learn Efficiently from the Strategy Guru
If the name Johan Hellsten sounds familiar, that’s because this strategy expert has already published one of his other brilliant strategy courses on Chessable: Mastering Chess Strategy. Now, the former Swedish Chess Champion and pro chess coach shifts his focus from the middlegame to the opening in this must-read sequel.
The course is structured with the optimal blend of lecture and application. Through well-annotated master games, GM Hellsten shows you how the strongest chess players in the world actually implement chess principles - and punish opponents who don’t.
Then, by breaking down the game into smaller, trainable sequences, you’ll practice reconstructing those same moves, building a library of strategic concepts and tactics in your brain that you can call upon in your own opening battles.
But to really make sure you can apply what you’ve learned in any scenario, GM Hellsten includes dozens of practical exercises at the end of each chapter. This long-time coach knows what it takes to make sure the knowledge sticks!
What’s Covered in the Course?
In Mastering Opening Strategy, you’ll learn how to successfully apply the following skills in any opening:
♟Capitalize on an advantage in development through pawn advances and sacrifices
♟Learn how to get back in the game when you’re the one behind in development
♟Restrict your opponent’s pieces from reaching their best squares
♟Punish early pawn grabbing, premature attacks, and other opening crimes
♟Launch an early strike on your opponent’s exposed king
♟Build a strong center and undermine your opponent’s center
♟And much more
With the skills learned in this course, you’ll learn how to build a strong foundation that will set you up for success in the middlegame and beyond - and in some cases, serve your opponent a beating before the middlegame even begins!
Don’t play the opening on autopilot - learn to build advantages from move 1 with Mastering Opening Strategy.
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