Openings built for memory
Learn practical repertoires move by move. Then lock them in with spaced practice.
Browse openings
All openings
London System
A full White repertoire with the London pyramid. Meet ...d5, ...c5, ...Bf5, King's Indian, Dutch, and the common sidelines through typical middlegame plans.
Jobava London
A sharp London cousin: 1.d4, early Nc3, Bf4, Nb5 ideas, and opposite-side castling plans.
Queen's Gambit
A practical White 1.d4 repertoire after 2.c4. QGD, Exchange, QGA, and Slav essentials.
Italian Game
A practical White repertoire after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4. Quiet Italian structures, Giuoco Piano, and Two Knights essentials.
Fried Liver Attack
A tactical White course in the Two Knights: Ng5, the Fried Liver sacrifice, ...Na5 main line, and Traxler awareness.
Ruy Lopez Essentials
A practical White repertoire after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. Morphy Closed Spanish, Exchange, and key sidelines.
Scotch Game
A full White Scotch repertoire. Classical 4...Nf6, Mieses, ...Bc5, the sharp sidelines, and the Scotch Gambit, taken into typical middlegames.
Vienna Gambit
A sharp White weapon after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3: the Vienna Gambit with f4, plus quieter Bc4 ideas.
Evans & Smith-Morra
Two practical White gambits: the Evans vs 1...e5 and the Smith-Morra vs the Sicilian, including Declined lines.
Alapin Sicilian
A practical Anti-Sicilian for White: 2.c3, big centre with d4, vs ...Nf6 and ...d5.
Scotch Defence
Meet the Scotch as Black: Classical, Mieses, Gambit, and key sidelines at full depth.
Classical 1...e5
A broader Black open-game repertoire vs 1.e4: Italian, Spanish, Four Knights, and key sidelines. Complements Scotch Defence.
Caro-Kann Defence
A complete Black repertoire vs 1.e4: Classical, Advance, Exchange, Panov, Two Knights, and Fantasy.
French Defence
A solid Black repertoire vs 1.e4: Advance, Exchange, Classical, Winawer, and Tarrasch essentials.
Sicilian Kan
A practical Black Sicilian starter: 1...c5, 2...e6, and the flexible Kan with ...a6 and ...Qc7. One branch, not Najdorf.
Scandinavian Defence
A fast beginner-friendly Black answer to 1.e4: Mieses ...Qa5, Modern ...Nf6, and key sidelines.
King's Indian Defence
A dynamic Black repertoire vs 1.d4: Classical ...e5, Fianchetto, Samisch, and practical sidelines.