Chess Opening Links

Chess Opening Repertoire and Opening Concepts Resources

BOOKS (Free)

Chess Opening Fundamentals By GM Igor Smirnov - 46 Page PDF

Four opening systems to start with . A repertoire for young players from 8 to 80. - 50 page PDF Dr. David Regis. Exeter Chess Club.

Fundamental Chess Openings Paul van der Sterren - 480 Page PDF  (Internet Chess Archive)

Chess Kids Opening Manual  - 110 Page (Ton of openings and there ideas explained )

Winning Quickly at Chess: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening – Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9 - 160 Page PDF

How to Win in the Openings by I A Horowitz - 194 page PDF

Chess Repertoire Articles

Repertoire suggestions -  IM Andrew Martin (four possible repertoires here, based on my coaching experience with different types of player:)
Repertoire suggestions - GM Niglel Davies (Openings Based on style of player)

Chess Opening Fundamentals Videos

How To Analyze Your Chess Games 32 Min IM Levy Rozman

How To Learn A New Chess Opening 📘👀 - 23 Min NM Nelson Lopez

How to Choose a Chess Opening | Tactical/Positional Chess Openings Theory Explained | Opening Ideas - 12 Min NM Nelson Lopez

How to Study Openings in 2022 - 17 Min ( GM Kraai breaks down how to best study openings in 2022. For all levels.)

How to Learn ANY Opening | Part 1: 0-1200 - 12 Min IM Kostya Kavutskiy provides advice for players rated 0-1200 on how to learn openings.

How to Learn ANY Opening | Part 2: 1200-1800 - 16 Min IM Kostya Kavutskiy provides advice for players rated 1200-1800 on how to learn openings.

How to Learn ANY Opening | Part 3: 1800+ - 13 Min IM Kostya Kavutskiy provides advice for players

rated 1800+ on how to learn openings.

St Louis Chess Club

Don't Memorize Moves! Understand your Openings | Road to 2000 - 52 Min

Trends in Opening Prep | Grandmaster's Choice - GM Robert Hungaski - 67 Min

Winning Quickly with Basic Principles | Chess Openings Explained - NM Caleb Denby - 59 Min

Opening Pitfalls - Beginner Breakdown - 2014.12.23 - 47 Min

Chess Articles

Chess Cafe Archives - Hundreds, maybe thousands of articles, lessons and stories. From Chess masters from all over. (Susan Polgar, Nigel Davies, Tony Miles, Yassir Sierawan and many others)

Larry Evans Teaches Chess - 75+ Chess articles from Chess Life from 1978-2007

Chess Visualization Training

Here is a pretty simple program to help you practice and test your board knowledge in your head.
There is a link on the page to download the program or just start the Java version.

Chess Trainer

Also at ChessVideos.tv they have a Chess Visualization training page as well with three training methods. Knight moves speed quiz, Color square speed quiz and a Find the best move method.

Chess Visualization Training

Chess Endgame Videos

CHESS ENDGAME VIDEO RESOURCES

How To Study Chess Endgames 
-  17 Min GM Max Dlugy Video at bottom of page.
Every Endgame Book You Need to Master Chess - 12 Min

CHESSABLE FREE ENDGAME COURSES

Chessable - Free Endgame Courses - You really cant beat these for Free. With the Move trainer built in  You can practice each and every one.  
16 FREE Courses Here.

CHESS ENDGAME VIDEO PLAYLISTS

Endgame Course - 17 Video Playlist  (From Chess Vibes)
Chess Endgames - 38 Video Playlist (From Hanging Pawns)
Complete Chess Endgame Course - 30 Video Playlist (ChessDiagnostic)
Online endgame chess course - 101 Video Playlist (Chess School)
End Game Principals  - 11 Video Playlist (GM Naroditsky)
Chess Endgames  - 19 Video Playlist - (Chess.com)
Online endgame chess course - 101 Video Playlist (Chess School)
End Game Principals  - 11 Video Playlist (GM Naroditsky)
Chess Endgames  - 19 Video Playlist - (Chess.com)
Improve your endgame with IM Sagar Shah - 15 Video Playlist  (Each video 1.5hr Long)
Chess Endgames  - 8 Video Playlist  - IM John Bartholomew
Chess Endgames - The Easy Way  - 20 Video Playlist  - NM Robert Ramirez
Chess Endgames  - 39 Video Playlist - GM Igor Smirnov
Silman's Endgame Recognition  - 17 Video Playlist  - Palm Beach Chess

Silman's Complete Endgame Course  -  27 Video Playlist  - Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta  ( 50+ Hours of Video here)

100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Giri | Chessable - 45 Min
100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Ian Nepomniachtchi | Chessable - 80 Min
100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Harikrishna | Chessable - 98 Min
100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Ding Liren | Chessable - 90 Min
100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Liem Quang Le | Chessable - 96 Min

100 Endgames You Must Know | GM Sam Shankland | Chessable - 58 Min

Here is another page of recent games from top players and the different Endgames that resulted. Endgame Lessons  

1) King and Pawn Endgames

   a) Foundational King and Pawn Endgame Positions

• EASY CHESS ENDGAMES: King & Pawns 21 min IM Rozman
  
  
• Basic Endgames for Everyone Under 2000 - NM Julian Proleiko - 54 Min -  teaches king & pawn endgames
• King & Pawn Endgames Crash Course 20 Min NM Nelson Lopez

      Key Squares in King and Pawn Endgames-part1  15 min IM Astraneh

      Key Squares in King and Pawn Endgames | Part 2 13 Min IM Astraneh

      Key Squares in King and Pawn Endgames | Part 3  22 Min IM Astraneh

      Introduction to Pawn Endgames | Principles of Chess Endgames | GM Naroditsky - 30 Min

      

     b) Intermediate Pawn Endgame Ideas

        The 3 most important Endgame Principles in King and Pawn Endgames 14 Min IM Astraneh
        Chess Endgames: Converting the Extra Pawn - 7 Min GM Naroditski
        Chess Endgames: The Reti Idea  7 Min  IM Cruze
        King and Pawn Endgames - 47Min GM Ben Finegold
        Pawn Majority - winning practical endgames  - 17 Min

     c) More Complicated Pawn Endings

        Difficult King & Pawn Endings | Endgame Exclam!!  - 45 Min GM Ben Finegold
        INSANELY Instructive Pawn Endgame | Distant Opposition  - 8 Min
        Unbelievable and illogical pawn endgame!  - 20 Min

     d) Pawn Breakthroughs

        Pawn Breakthroughs | Chess Middlegames  - 21 Min
        How to Endgame #2 | Pawn Breakthroughs - 17 Min
        6 INSTRUCTIVE & TRICKY PAWN BREAKTHROUGHS - 13 Min

2) Rook and Pawn Endgames    

 a) Fundamental Rook Endgames

         Rook Endgames Crash Course - Rook & Pawn Endings - 24 Min NM Lopez

         Top Four Instructive Rook Endgames Everyone Should Know - 30 Min IM Kavutskiy

         GM Alex Ipatov   Rook Endgame Lessons

•          Learn the Philidor Position | Fundamental Rook Endgames - 8 Min 
•          Learn the Lucena Position | Fundamental Rook Endgames - 5 Min
•          The Long Side/Short Side Principle in Rook Endgames - 12 Min 
•          Don't miss this important Rook Endgame Technique - 7 Min 
•          How the Skewer can decide your Rook Endgame - 8 Min 
•          Know your Rook Endgame Technique | Basic Rook Endings - 9 Min 
•          Improve your Endgame Play with this instructive Mastergame - 9 Min 
•          How to play the Rook Endgame with Doubled Pawns - 9 Min 
•          Forcing your Opponent to a draw with the Vancura Position 7 Min 
•          Remember the Cheron Position in Rook and Pawn Endgames 10 Min 
•          Important Cheron Positions in Rook and Pawn Endgames | - 13 Min
•          Attack both Flanks at the same Time! | Important Rook Endgame Principles - 11 Min
•          Activate your King to win the Endgame - 4 Min
•          Bring your Rook behind the passed Pawn - 7 Min

             

     b) Other Rook Endgames

         Capablanca’s Endgame Rule | Chess  Endings - 22 Min - NM Ramirez

         Rooks: Don't be a Tempo Behind  - 58 Min  - GM Moridiabadi

         Akiba Rubinstein's Rook Endgames | Insane in the Endgame - 65 Min - GM Dariusz

         Rook Endgames - GM Josh Friedel 48 Min

         Rook & Passed Pawn Endgames - 24 Min

3) Minor Piece Chess Endgames

         Minor Piece Endgames, with GM Ben Finegold - 46 Min
         Rules of Knight Endgames and Bishop Endgames  -  58 Min GM Moridiabadi
    

   a) Bishop Endings  

         Bishop Endgames - GM Varuzhan Akobian  - 54 Min

         Force that Bishop to the Short Diagonal! - 24 Min GM Akobian

        The Bishops Bounty: Bishop Endings:A Comprehensive Guide for Chess Players
        (Dedicated page with Articles, LiChess Studies and Organized Videos)

   b) Opposite Color Bishop Endings

         The Opposite Color Bishops | Endgame Class - 58 Min NM Caleb Denby

         Opposite Color Bishops: Know the Rules - - 60 Min GM Josh Friedel

        The Bishops Bounty: Bishop Endings:A Comprehensive Guide for Chess Players
       (Dedicated page with Articles, LiChess Studies and Organized Videos)

   c) Knight Endings

            Knight Endgames Explained | Endgame Class - 54 Min NM Denby

   

   d) Mixed Piece Endings

            Rook & Bishop vs. Rook & Knight | Endgame Exclam! - 55 Min GM  Chirila

            How Bishops & Knights fight each other - 50 Min NM Caleb Denby

4) Queen Endgames

            Queen and Pawn vs. Queen Endgame - GM Yasser Seirawan - 53 Min

            Queen Endgames Crash Course - Tips On How To Use Queens In The Endgame - 13 Min
        

         a) Queen and King  vs  Rook and King

             Queen vs Rook Endgame – How to win and how to fight for a draw. -  19 Min

             Chess Endgame: Queen + King vs Rook + King (Philidor) - 12 Min
       

         b) More Complicated Queen Endings             

             Advanced Chess Endgame - 2 (Queen Endgame Drawing Zone) - 10 Min

5) Other Endgames with material imbalance

         Chess Endings: Rook vs Minor Pieces - 60 Min

         Rook and Minor Piece Endgames, with NM Spencer Finegold - 55 Min

      a) Rook vs Bishop

          Rook vs. Bishop Chess Endgames | Endgame Class - 59 Min NM Denby
          How to Defend Bishop vs. Rook  - 8 Min GM Huschenbeth
          Rook vs Bishop Endgame: learn and practice it the right way  27 Min NM Lopez

      b Rook vs  Knight       

          Chess Endgame: King + Rook vs King + Knight - 8 Min NM Lopez
          How to Defend Knight vs. Rook | Chess Endgame Basics - 11 Min GM Huschenbeth

          

6) General Endgame Topics

        

         GM Neiksans Boot Camp #30 - Essential Endgames - 3.5 Hrs

       

        The BEST KEPT Secrets Of Endgame Strategy!  - 18 Min GM Max Dlugy
        How to THINK in the Endgame - 59 Min GM Hungaski
       THINK in the Endgame 2: Now It's Personal - 64 Min GM Hungaski
        Principles of Chess Endgames | King Activity - 30 Min GM Naroditski
        The Most Common Chess Mistakes: Missing Endgame Tactics - 12 Min GM Naroditski
        Important Endgames that People Mess Up | Endgame Exclam!! - 51 Min IM Rosen
        Practical Endgame Advice - FM Kostya Kavutskiy - 44 Min
        Complex Endgames with MANY Pieces! (Part 1)  - 58 Min GM Swiercz
        Complex Endgames with MANY Pieces! (Part 2)  - 58 Min GM Swiercz
        The Beautiful Geometry of Corresponding Squares | Endgame Class - 58 Min NM Denby
        Corresponding Squares 3 | Endgame Class - 59 Min NM Denby
        GM Johan Hellsten: Endgame Lessons | U.S. Chess School -  68 Min
        

7) Chess Endgame Studies 

     Bishops Bounty Endgame Study Page  
       Dedicated Page to Websites, Lichess Studies, and Videos on Endgame Studies

       Endgame Studies for Beginners 52 Min GM Akobian
       Vladimir Kramnik: Chess endgame studies give joy and happiness - 30 Min GM Polgar
       IM Kostya Kavutskiy: Endgame Studies | U.S. Chess School  - 35 Min
       Lecture with GM Varuzhan Akobian (Endgame Studies) - 55 Min