Opening drills
Pick an opening and play its book moves. The opponent varies its replies, favouring the lines you have not met yet, and lines you stumble on come back for review.
Openings for White
Openings for Black
- Sicilian Defense Fight for d4 from the side and play for an unbalanced game.
- French Defense Build a solid chain with ...d5 and strike back with ...c5.
- Caro-Kann Defense Prepare ...d5 with the light-squared bishop still free.
- Scandinavian Defense Challenge e4 at once and recapture with the queen.
- Slav Defense Support d5 with a pawn and keep the bishop's diagonal open.
- King's Indian Defense Let White build a centre, then attack it with ...e5 or ...c5.