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Lifestyle Gaming Chess

A fun lovers Guide to the Major Chess Openings

Find chess openings that are right for your personality, goals and interests and chess improvement needs generally
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Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (20 ratings)
251 students
Created by Tryfon Gavriel
Last updated 2/2021
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What you'll learn

  • The ability to use guiding rules and principles to play any opening to a good standard and follow art of war philosphy
  • The ability to experience the personality and style of different openings from important instructive examples
  • The ability to get familiarised with the basic plans of many different named openings and variations
  • The ability to see connections and transpositions between openings more easily
  • The ability to experiment more with different openings knowing some of the personality of an opening
  • The ability to be aware of some major traps to facilitate experimentation more with openings
  • The ability to know some of the basic pros and cons of each opening from both sides
  • The ability to use Opening names as a starting point for further investigation and example finding
  • The ability to play or not fall into key Opening traps
  • The ability to recognise key variation names within Major Openings
  • The ability to see an illustrative game on each named Opening or variation that generally tries to weave a positive advert over a negative advert
  • The ability to know what an opening is e.g. the "Caro-Kann", the "Scandinavian"
  • The ability to play some of the funniest named variations in chess and boost your social media through sharing those games!
  • The ability to enjoy your chess much more by finding openings really suitable to you like tailored clothing

Requirements

  • Be familiar with the basic rules of chess and how the chess pieces move

Description

A Guide to the Major Openings of Chess

This course provides an instructive tour and overview of the major named openings of Chess. It also provides where appropriate value-added insights from FIDE CM Kingscrusher for the potential plans and ups and downs of each opening. It also creates a 3 tier framework for these openings and in particular separates out entertainment value, chess improvement value tactically, positional improvement value.

The major named openings of Chess that this course goes over with example games include:

Alapin's Opening

Amar Opening aka Ammonia Opening

Albin Counter-Gambit

Anderssen's Opening

Alekhine's Defence

Balogh Defence

Baltic Defence aka Grau Defense aka Sahovic Defense

Barnes Opening

Benko Gambit

Benko's Opening aka King's Fianchetto Opening, Hungarian Opening, Barca, Bilek

Benoni Defence

Bird's Opening

Bishop's Opening

Bogo-Indian Defence

Budapest Gambit

Caro-Kann Defence

Catalan Opening

Center Game

Clementz Opening

Colle System

Ware Opening aka Meadow Hay aka Corn Stalk Defence

Danish Gambit

Desperez Opening

Dunst aka Reverse Tango, Baltic, Van Geet, Romanian, Queen's Knight Attack

Dutch Defence

Elephant Gambit

English Opening

Evan's Gambit

Four Knight's Game

French Defence

Giuoco Piano

Grob's Attack

Grünfeld Defence aka Gruenfeld defence

Hippopotamus Defence

Italian Game

King's Gambit

King's Indian Attack

King's Indian Defence

King's Indian Defence - notes

King's Pawn Game

King's Pawn Game - notes

Larsen's Opening aka Nimzo-Larsen Attack aka Queen's Fianchetto Opening

Latvian Gambit

London System

Mieses Opening

Modern Defence

Nimzowitsch Defence aka Tango

Old Indian Defence

Owen's Defence

Nimzo Indian Defence

Petrov Defence

Philidor defence

Pirc Defence

Queen's Gambit

Queen's Indian Defence

Queen's Pawn Game

Réti Opening

Richter-Veresov Attack

Richter-Veresov Attack - notes

Ruy Lopez

Saragossa Opening

Scandinavian Defence aka Center Counter

Scotch Game

Sicilian Defence

Sicilian Defence:

Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation: 5...a6

Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation: 5...g6

Sicilian Defence: Classical Variation: 5...Nc6

Sicilian Defence: Scheveningen Variation: 5...e6

Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e5

Sicilian Defence: Accelerated Dragon: 4...g6

Sicilian Defence: Kalashnikov Variation: 4...e5 5.Nb5 d6

Sicilian Defence: Taimanov Variation

Sicilian Defence: Kan (Paulsen) Variation: 4...a6

Sicilian Defence: Four Knights Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Sicilian Defence: Pin Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4

Sicilian Defence: Alapin Variation (2.c3)

Sicilian Defence: Smith-Morra Gambit

Slav Defence

Sodium Attack

Sokolsky Opening aka Orang Utan

St George Defence

Stonewall Attack System

Tarrasch Defence

Tennison Gambit

Torre Attack

Two Knight's defence

Van't Kruijs Opening

Vienna Game

Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation

Wade Defence

Ware Opening

Zukertort Opening


It puts these named Openings into various Tiers of importance

It identifies key named variations and key plans for each opening.

It provides example games to illustrate the major themes and ideas of a particular opening or variation

Example games are used dynamically - more to show the importance of key variations within Major Openings and less for less obscure openings. The ups and downsides of an opening can also be demonstrated with pro and con example games.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner to Intermediate chess players curious about Chess Openings

Featured review

Manuel Tanger
Manuel Tanger
43 courses
7 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a month ago
KingsCrusher is the best!! (Hope I wrote it correctly :) ) It’s the second course I follow from his library and it is extremely insightful, based on exercises you can do yourself and spend time thinking about so ultimately really learning about chess! Also, you can see and feel his passion for the game. Very empathic and likeable, you want to have 5’oclock tea with KingsCrusher :)

Course content

12 sections • 253 lectures • 31h 40m total length

  • Preview04:20
  • Preview04:20
  • Why a fun lovers perspective?
    06:36
  • Preview03:23
  • Beginners steer towards: Systems and Gambits and focus on tactics as priority
    09:39
  • The Alignment concept and how it relates to this course
    05:58
  • Tradeoff theory - how it relates to Gambits and Dynamic pawn structures
    06:31
  • Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are "fun lovers" playing outrageous openings
    03:56
  • Spicy bits as part of this framework - traps and immortals :)
    03:54
  • Time flies when you are having goal focused fun! Gambit coverage games
    03:50

  • Preview05:14
  • RULE #1 DON'T break the "rules" unless justified - Paul Morphy vs Hart
    09:54
  • RULE#2 DO The most important rule: DEVELOP your pieces! - Paul Morphy Opera Game
    10:52
  • RULE #3 Maximise Flexibility - Options Open for yourself - Closed for opponent
    13:10
  • RULE#4 DO: Central square battle - Short vs Speelman
    08:50
  • #5 DON'T Don't bring queen out early - Bird vs Lasker example
    04:55
  • #6 DON'T start attacks until development finished - Meek vs Morphy
    09:34
  • #7 DON'T do too many pawn moves - Summerscale vs Basman
    08:47
  • #8 DON'T deprive pieces of key development squares - Paulsen vs Morphy 1857
    08:37
  • #9 DON'T move same piece or pawn twice in general - Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine
    09:11
  • #10 DO Castle early to avoid horrid tactics - e.g. Reti vs Tartakower
    07:55
  • #11 - DONT have pieces unprotected in general - Karpov disaster
    03:38

  • Dunst aka Reverse Tango "System" , Baltic, Van Geet, Romanian, Q Knight Attack
    12:40
  • Dunst aka Reverse Tango Illustrated game : Van Geet vs Guyt
    10:44
  • English Opening: Botvinnik System (aka Pawn formation) - Botvinnik vs Sherbakov
    09:55
  • English Opening - "Wet lettuce system" - Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhailovich Liberzon
    09:09
  • Hedgehog Defence (Pawn formation/ System)
    08:45
  • London System
    07:30
  • London System - Illustrative game - Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
    12:07
  • Benko's Opening (System) aka King's Fianchetto, Hungarian Opening, Barca, Bilek
    05:07
  • Barry Attack (System) aka London System with Nc3 - Illustrative Game
    06:27
  • Benko's Opening (System) - Illustrative game vs Bobby Fischer
    06:39
  • Colle System
    05:13
  • Colle System - Illustrative game - Edgar Colle vs Victor Berger
    09:31
  • Hodgson System aka Trompowsky Attack or Levitsky Attack or Queen's Bishop attack
    06:09
  • King's Indian Attack (System)
    06:45
  • King's Indian Attack (System) - Bobby Fischer vs Borislav Ivkov
    10:10
  • Torre Attack (a kind of System)
    06:49

  • Bird's Opening (System)
    02:58
  • Bird's Opening - illustrative game - Just vs Ushakova
    08:30
  • Four Knight's Game - Glek System - Glek vs Kroeze
    08:29
  • Stonewall Attack System
    06:16
  • Stonewall Attack System - Frank Parr vs Mar Baxter - 1962
    06:24

  • Brazilian Defence (System) AKA Camara Defence Defense or Gunderam Defense
    07:44
  • Hippopotamus Defence (Pawn formation / System)
    05:07
  • Hippopotamus Defence (Pawn formation / System) - John Emms vs Simon Williams
    07:21

  • Caro-Kann Defence: Caveman variation - Illustrative Game
    08:22
  • Bishop's Opening
    02:53
  • BIshop's Opening - White win example
    09:02
  • Bogo-Indian Defence
    05:56
  • Bogo-Indian Defence - Illustrative game - Walter Browne vs Vasily Smyslov - 1982
    07:03
  • Caro-Kann Defence
    09:23
  • Caro-Kann Defence - Classical variation Example game
    05:05
  • Caro-Kann defence - Bronstein Larsen Variation
    09:31
  • Caro-Kann Defence - Korchnoi Variation
    08:25
  • Catalan Opening
    02:38
  • Catalan Illustrative game - Leela Neural Network vs Stockfish
    09:38
  • Dutch Defence
    05:30
  • Dutch Defence Stonewall Illustrative game
    09:09
  • English Defence
    07:47
  • English Opening
    08:56
  • Four Knight's Game
    05:14
  • French Defence
    09:33
  • French Defence: Winawer variation - Downsides for White Emphasised
    08:31
  • French Defence: Tarrasch variation - Downsides of White emphasised
    08:21
  • French Defence: Winawer: Fingerslip variation (Gambit) - Argument for White
    10:38
  • Two Knights Defence: Fried Liver Attack
    08:14
  • Grünfeld Defence aka Gruenfeld defence
    06:16
  • Grünfeld defence - Alexander Alekhine vs Ernst Grünfeld
    09:50
  • Horwitz Defence
    02:48
  • Italian Game
    01:45
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
    03:07
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano - c3 - Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben
    10:24
  • Italian Game: Hungarian Defence - Lipnitsky vs Petrosian illustrative game
    08:32
  • Keres Defence aka Kangaroo Defence or Franco-Indian Defence
    04:40
  • King's Indian Defence
    08:42
  • King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line - Korchnoi vs Kasparov
    07:14
  • King's Knight Opening
    02:59
  • King's Pawn Game
    02:29
  • Konstantinopolsky Opening
    09:04
  • Larsen's Opening aka Nimzo-Larsen Attack aka Queen's Fianchetto Opening
    07:35
  • Larsen's Opening on a bad day - Spassky vs Larsen disaster game
    10:41
  • Larsen's Opening on a good day: Larsen vs Pappa
    06:00
  • Modern Defence
    04:36
  • Modern Defence: North Sea Variation
    10:37
  • Modern Defence: Monkey's Bum
    10:16
  • Neo-Indian Attack aka Yasser Seirawan Attack
    09:19
  • Nimzowitsch Defence aka Tango
    06:45
  • Nimzowitsch Defence - Classic light square play - Spielmann vs Nimzovich
    06:38
  • Old Indian Defence
    04:21
  • Owen's Defence
    09:59
  • Owens Defence - Paul Morphy vs John Owen
    11:19
  • Nimzo-Indian Defence
    12:21
  • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Doubled pawns and restraint - Mattison vs Nimzovich
    07:13
  • Petrov's Defence
    07:57
  • Petrov's Defence - Peter Leko vs Vladimir Kramnik
    08:21
  • Philidor defence
    09:18
  • Philidor defence - NN vs Philidor - 1749
    07:29
  • Philidor defence - a crushing Paul Morphy example
    06:01
  • Pirc Defence
    08:10
  • Pirc Defence - on a good day for Black - Povah vs Nunn
    07:49
  • Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack - Bobby Fischer vs Pal Benko - 1963
    06:27
  • Ponziani Opening - Chigorin vs Gossip - 1889
    07:06
  • Queen's Indian Defence
    09:39
  • Queen's Indian Defence - Saemisch vs Nimzovich - 1923
    08:30
  • Queen's Pawn Game
    09:07
  • Réti Opening
    05:56
  • Reti Opening - Famous Game - Reti vs Capablanca
    13:07
  • Richter-Veresov Attack
    05:44
  • Richter-Veresov Attack - Richter vs Baratz illustrative game example
    08:32
  • Ruy Lopez
    17:40
  • Ruy Lopez Closed variation - Mikhail Tal vs Hjartarson - 1987
    12:10
  • Ruy Lopez: Exchange variation - Lasker vs Capablanca - 1914
    10:38
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy defence
    08:24
  • Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence
    07:55
  • Scandinavian Defence aka Center Counter
    08:33
  • Scandinavian Defence: Eric Lobron (AKA Yardbird!) vs Ian Rogers
    05:58
  • Scotch Game
    05:47
  • Scotch Game - Garry Kasparov vs Wesley So
    08:32
  • Sicilian Defence Named Variation Overview
    20:30
  • Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation: 5...a6
    15:38
  • Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation: 6.Bg5 classic line: Poisoned Pawn Variation
    09:47
  • Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation: 5...g6
    09:04
  • Sicilian Defence: Classical Variation: 5...Nc6 - Richter Rauzer Attack - Anand
    04:06
  • Sicilian Defence: Scheveningen Variation: 5...e6 - Keres Attack
    08:37
  • Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
    12:04
  • Sicilian Defence: Accelerated Dragon: 4...g6
    10:44
  • Sicilian Defence: Kalashnikov Variation: 4...e5 5.Nb5 d6
    07:28
  • Sicilian Defence: Kan (Paulsen) (Taimanov transposable) Variation: 4...a6
    06:58
  • Sicilian Defence: Pin Variation: 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4
    06:27
  • Slav Defence
    08:33
  • Slav Defence: Alapin variation: Czech variation Bf5: Bled Attack
    07:11
  • Slav Defence: Alapin variation: Czech variation Bf5: Krause Attack
    05:49
  • Slav Defence: Semi-Slav: Meran variation - Gruenfeld vs Rubinstein 1924
    10:25
  • Slav Defence: Semi-Slav: 5.Bg5 - Anti-Moscow Gambit after - Carlsen vs Groenn
    07:04
  • Slav Defence: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik Variation
    08:37
  • Three Knights Game (* Has a natural trap) - Louis Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen
    06:28
  • Two Knight's defence
    04:23
  • Vienna Game
    10:01
  • Vienna game - * Black falls into a trap - Mackenzie vs Loverin - 1879
    05:01
  • Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
    06:56
  • Wade Defence
    02:41
  • Wade Defence - Veselin Topalov vs Michael Adams
    06:43

  • Alekhine's Defence
    08:39
  • Alekhine's Defence - Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer
    09:45
  • Alekhine's Defence - Nigel short chess immortal vs Jan Timman
    08:43
  • Anderssen's Opening
    03:23
  • Anderssen's Opening - Adolf Anderssen vs Paul Morphy - 1858
    07:22
  • Baltic Defence aka Grau Defense aka Sahovic Defense
    06:06
  • Baltic Defence - Vladimir Kramnik vs Alexei Shirov
    10:52
  • Benoni Defence
    06:00
  • Benoni: Modern Benoni - Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer
    07:28
  • Benoni: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Attack aka Flick-Knife Attack - Kasparov vs Nunn
    07:51
  • Center Game
    07:58
  • Center Game - Illustrative game - Alexander Morozevich vs Mark Hebden
    11:47
  • Grob Attack - 1.g4
    07:48
  • Grob Attack - Michael John Basman vs John Nunn example game
    12:15
  • Lopez Opening aka MacLeod Attack
    10:53
  • Mieses Opening
    02:34
  • Polish Defence - on a good day - Wells vs Hodgson
    08:36
  • Saragossa Opening
    04:16
  • Sodium Attack aka Durkin Opening
    06:12
  • Sokolsky Opening aka Orangutan
    06:37
  • St George Defence
    04:15
  • St George Defence - Example game - Karpov vs Miles
    09:47
  • Van't Kruijs Opening - 1.e3
    06:56
  • Zukertort Opening
    04:43

  • Alapin's Opening
    03:48
  • Alapin's Opening - a trap to avoid - NN vs Esteban Canal
    02:20
  • Amar Opening aka Ammonia Opening
    06:43
  • Amar Opening - fun example - Magnus Carlsen vs Alexey Dreev
    07:27
  • Balogh Defence
    05:11
  • Balogh defence on a bad day - Max Euwe ve Henri Weenink
    05:36
  • Barnes Opening
    02:48
  • Barnes Opening with 2.Kf2 AKA Fried Fox Attack - Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
    09:41
  • Barnes Defence - Paul Morphy v s Thomas Wilson Barnes
    07:31
  • Bongcloud aka Bongcloud Attack on a good day - Vlad Dobrov vs Hikaru Nakamura
    06:38
  • Bongloud example - Hikaru Nakamura vs Jefferey Xiong
    11:30
  • Clemenz Opening - 1.h3
    08:34
  • Clemenz Opening - Michael Basman vs Jonathon Rogers -1991
    10:25
  • Damiano Defence (contains a naughty trap!)
    09:13
  • Danvers Opening aka Kentucky Opening, Patzer Opening, Parham attack
    06:43
  • Danvers Opening - Boris Becker (Yes Tennis Legend!) vs Garry Kasparov
    06:42
  • Desperez Opening - 1.h4 aka Kadas Opening, Anti-Borg, Samurai, Harry's Opening
    01:53
  • Desperez aka Kadas Opening on a good day - Gabor Kadas vs Leon Pliester - 1985
    08:11
  • Napoleon Opening - Napoleon vs The Turk Automation (Johann Allgaier)
    09:36
  • Ware Opening aka Meadow Hay aka Corn Stalk Defence
    04:16
  • Ware Opening - Magnus Carlsen vs Teimor Radjabov - 2012 World Blitz
    08:33

  • Albin Counter Gambit
    04:15
  • Albin Counter Gambit - Cecotka vs Spal - Correspondence 1993
    07:29
  • Albin Counter Gambit - Ivan Sokolov vs Alexander Morozevich - Corus A 2005
    06:44
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (System as well!)
    06:45
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - Emil Joseph Diemer vs Markwardt
    06:35
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - Emil Joseph Diemer vs Heinz Gerhart Gunderam
    08:22
  • Benoni Defence: Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
    07:28
  • BullFrog Gambit aka Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit aka Bronstein Gambit
    07:22
  • Benko Gambit
    02:53
  • Benko Gambit - Andrew Jonathon Whitely vs Michael Wilder
    07:54
  • Benko Gambit - Vlastimil Hort vs Lev Alburt
    06:52
  • Danish Gambit
    02:25
  • Danish Gambit - Rudolf Rezso Charousek vs Jakob Wollner
    06:38
  • Danish Gambit - Henry Edward Bird vs Emanuel Lasker (blitz!)
    02:51
  • French Defence: Milner Barry Gambit - Hector example
    08:07
  • Giuoco Piano : Evans Gambit
    04:14
  • Giuoco Piano : Evans Gambit - Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine
    06:18
  • King's Gambit
    08:41
  • King's Gambit: Kieseritzky Gambit - Spassky vs Fischer - 1960
    11:39
  • King's Gambit: Fischer Defence - Alexander Morozevich vs Garry Kasparov
    07:33
  • Kings Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit
    07:18
  • King's Gambit: McDonnell Gambit
    06:52
  • King's Gambit: Muzio Gambit aka Polerio Gambit
    07:29
  • Lisitsin Gambit (Deferred - like version 2.0!)
    07:59
  • Queen's Gambit
    09:28
  • Queen's Gambit Declined (good day for White): Alekhine vs Lasker - 1934
    08:16
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defence
    03:27
  • Ruy Lopez: Marshall Gambit - Judit Polgar vs Michael Adams
    09:50
  • Sicilian Defence: Smith-Morra Gambit - Esserman vs Martirosov
    05:58
  • Sicilian Defence: Smith-Morra Gambit - Esserman vs Loek van Wely
    07:56
  • Sicilian Defence: Smith-Morra Gambit - Mikhail Tal vs Neibult
    05:04
  • Sicilian Defence: Wing Gambit - Rudolf Spielmann vs Hans Gebhardt
    07:17
  • Sicilian Defence: Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Stodie
    04:58
  • Sicilian Defence: Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Heinemann
    09:48
  • Sicilian Defence: Wing Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Sussman
    07:02
  • French Defence: Wing Gambit - Kabanov vs Ivanov - 2007
    03:53
  • Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit - Richard Reti vs Max Euwe
    08:44
  • Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit - Frank James Marshall vs Mikhail Chigorin
    09:48
  • Slav Defence: Geller's Gambit
    06:44
  • Slav Defence: Semi-Slav: Marshall Gambit
    09:21
  • Tennison Gambit
    08:37
  • Tennison Gambit - Paul Keres vs Leo Luck
    07:23
  • Trompowsky (or London System): Vaganian Gambit
    10:51
  • Two Knight's defence - d5 countergambit - Knorre - Nezhmetdinov example
    06:18

  • Budapest Gambit
    06:29
  • Budapest Gambit - Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar
    08:05
  • Budapest Gambit - Toldsepp vs Paul Keres
    03:57
  • Caro Kann: Hillbilly Attack (Gambit)
    08:30
  • Elephant Gambit
    05:44
  • Elephant Gambit - David Tebb vs Jonathon Rogers
    07:49
  • Four Knights Opening: Halloween Gambit
    08:31
  • French Defence: Reti Gambit
    06:46
  • Italian Game: Blackburne Shilling Gambit - on a very good day - Trap employed
    02:40
  • Italian Game: Blackburne Shilling Gambit - on a bad day - Davidson vs Doehren
    08:51
  • Petrov Defence: Stafford Gambit (Very trap rich!)
    09:45
  • Petrov defence: Cochrane Gambit
    09:05
  • English Opening: Reversed Smith-Morra Gambit
    06:14

Instructor

Tryfon Gavriel
FIDE Chess Candidate Master
Tryfon Gavriel
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 588 Reviews
  • 2,949 Students
  • 7 Courses

Tryfon Gavriel, also known as "Kingscrusher" on the Internet. I am a FIDE Candidate Master (CM), British Regional Chess Master, and run a popular Youtube channel for many years with over 100k+ Subs as of 2020 and a Silver Button Award.

I also do shows on commercial chess servers. I am also the Webmaster of the correspondence style chess server Chessworld.


Playing experience

Over 35 years of playing activity both online and offline. Peak ICC blitz rating of 2625 (18-Jun-1999). Peak ICC 5 min autopairing of 2383 (29-Jun 2012). ECF Grading peak classical: 212 (A) ECF. Peak Rapid rating: 217 (C). Lichess marathon top 10 finisher in 3 marathons so far. In the other two, top 50 finisher. Won quite a few tournaments at lichess

One of my earliest Over-the-board achievements in Chess was winning the Lloyds Under 18 national UK tournament in 1989. My trophy was awarded to me by Grandmaster and PHD Mathematician Dr John Nunn.

Teaching experience

Currently doing shows on 3 commercial servers on a weekly basis and have several Lichess students on a regular basis.

Other experiences

Played twice in main British Chess championship. Many of my Youtube viewers claim big rating increases after watching my videos.

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I will try and give you greater enthusiasm for the game and in particular the dynamic aggressive aspects of playing chess. My favourite heros are Fischer, Kasparov and Tal. if you want to be a dynamic aggressive player, I may be able to encourage you and find you relevant resources on that path.

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