Fritz Trainer: Basic Opening Strategy w/Robert Ris

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.