Chess Opening Crash Course with GM Maxim Dlugy
Every club player wants to have a Grandmaster level chess opening preparation. However, once you start working on the openings you realize exactly how time-consuming that is.
You may spend days studying a single line, which you’ll probably never see in any of your games.
And that’s very disappointing…
The theory found in books is generally very advanced, with zillions of mainlines, sub-lines, sub-variations, off-beat lines… you name it.
To understand just a little bit of a single opening you need to go through dozens of variations, and unless you have a photographic memory that simply won’t work. Club players cannot spend months studying a single opening for black pieces!
We understand that!
How wonderful would be to spend just 2 hours of your time and to understand the main ideas and plans behind 20 different openings? Would you feel more confident playing your next game if you knew that there are no d4-lines out there that can catch you off-guard?
Well, here is your chance. GM Maxim Dlugy has compiled his 20 years of chess opening theory experience into a single crash course.
You won’t learn how to outplay Kasparov or Carlsen out of the opening. What you will learn is how to play high quality opening moves against any under 2200 rated opponent. That’s exactly what >95% of club players need!
About the Author:
Maxim Dlugy is a chess International Grandmaster originally born in Moscow, USSR. He moved to the United States with his family in 1977. He was only an average player for his age until his strength exploded in the early 1980s.
Always a strong speed chess player, Dlugy was formerly ranked number one in the world by the World Blitz Chess Association.
Besides winning many international events, and being the highest rated junior player in the world from ages 15 to 20, he has represented the U.S. chess teams in international team competitions, including the Chess Olympiad and has written articles and chess books on many different chess themes, including his own autobiographical book – ‘Grandmaster Insides’.
Recently he has proven that his practical strength is still formidable by winning two back to back Grandmaster Charity Blitz Championships in May of 2017 and 2018, ahead of more than a dozen grandmasters.
How is this course going to help me?
GM Maxim Dlugy has compiled his 20 years of opening theory experience into a single crash course.
This is NOT another “theoretical” chess opening course. This is pure practical advice teaching you the moves that win games. Even if you hate opening theory, this course is so simple and easy-to-understand; you’ll fall in love with it!
Here what you’ll learn:
- What are the most important principles that allow getting a playable position every single time?
- What is the number #1 most common mistake that club players make in the opening?
- What opening lines you should play, and which you should totally avoid?
- How to avoid the most common opening traps in d4-lines for both white and black?
- What to do after the opening?
- And much more!
In fact, GM Max Dlugy personally used some of the ideas and moves explained in this course to beat IMs and GMs! The video course contains 22 bite-sized lessons which are easy to understand.
GM Dlugy does an excellent job presenting the most important ideas of the openings so that you can start applying them right away.