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Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Intermediate Openings For Black

Half of your chess games will be played with the Black pieces, so you must know these too!

We will not only analyze the Scandinavian, Caro-Kann, and Queen's Gambit Declined, but also setup openings such as the Pirc, King's Indian, and Dutch.

At the end, as a bonus, I included my victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura in a Caro-Kann.

Start

Study 1: The Scandinavian Defense

Drill 1: The Scandinavian Defense

Study 2: The Caro-Kann - Advance Variation

Drill 2: The Caro-Kann Defense Advance Variation (with 4. c3 and 5. Nf3)

Drill 3: The Caro-Kann Defense Advance Variation (with 4. dxc5 and 5. Nf3)

Drill 4: The Caro-Kann Defense Advance Variation (with 4. dxc5 and 5. Be3)

Study 3: The Caro-Kann Defense - The Exchange Variation and Classical Variation

Drill 5: The Caro-Kann Defense Exchange Variation

Drill 6: The Caro-Kann Defense Classical Variation

Study 4: The Queen's Gambit Declined

Drill 7: The Queen's Gambit Declined - 4. Nf3 and 5. Bf4