Fritz Trainer: Basic Opening Strategy w/Robert Ris

Fritz Trainer: Basic Opening Strategy w/Robert RisThe Opening Principles Every Chess Player Must Know. With 50 Exercises to Prove It. IM Robert Ris delivers a complete introduction to chess opening strategy covering the essential principles that guide every good opening, illustrated with clear examples and reinforced with 50 practical exercises. What This Course Covers (4h 17min): Scholar's Mate the most famous chess trap, and how to defend against it The Golden Rules of the Opening development,

The Opening Principles Every Chess Player Must Know. With 50 Exercises to Prove It.

IM Robert Ris delivers a complete introduction to chess opening strategy — covering the essential principles that guide every good opening, illustrated with clear examples and reinforced with 50 practical exercises.

What This Course Covers (4h 17min):

• Scholar's Mate — the most famous chess trap, and how to defend against it
• The Golden Rules of the Opening — development, centre control, and king safety
• The importance of the centre — what happens when you neglect it
• Why bringing the queen out early is usually wrong — and how to punish it
• The f-pawn as the Achilles heel — why moving it can lead to immediate catastrophe
• The bishop pin on the knight — how to exploit it and how to handle it
• What to do after applying opening principles — transitioning into the middlegame
• 50 exercises — practice applying the rules, with critical thinking required

A Fritz Trainer video course — ideal for beginners, improving players, and anyone who wants to build a solid opening foundation.

Learn the opening rules. Apply them. Win more games from the very first moves.