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Chess Openings 24/7: Complete Opening Theory in One Place

CHOPIN aka Chess Openings 24/7 is a website entirely dedicated to modern opening theory. Besides the many updated opening lines, CHOPIN features the only complete up-to-date opening reference guide, whose depth and quality of the regularly updated content stand high above all other commercially available opening encyclopedias, has to offer now:

It’s all-comprehensive and ultra-reliable – all evaluations have been double-checked by engines & GMs:

• More than 2,800,000 deeply analyzed positions from human, engine & correspondence games
• Almost 100,000 theoretically relevant top-level game fragments (average rating: 2600+)

Full PGN download of latest versions of all published opening lines and articles:

• 500 opening lines and 255 articles published so far
• Daily opening line updates (Monday – Saturday)
• New article or extensive article updates published weekly (every Sunday)

Here’s what you can expect from us:

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• Fresh ideas and recommendations at every turn

Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh Grünfeld Defense, Improved Nadanian Attack [Key game: A. Tari – M. Vachier-Lagrave, Caleta 2016

Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh
Grünfeld Defense, Improved Nadanian Attack [Key game: A. Tari – M. Vachier-Lagrave, Caleta 2016]

  • Extensive analyses that you can trust
Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević Caro-Kann Defense, Advanced Variation [Key game: Hou Yifan – D. Navara, Wijk aan Zee 2016]

Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
Caro-Kann Defense, Advanced Variation [Key game: Hou Yifan – D. Navara, Wijk aan Zee 2016]

  • Plenty of choices for all strength levels, ranging from beginners to international level competition
Updated Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation with 4... b6 [Key game: I. Lysyj – A. Morozevich, Poikovsky 2015]

Updated Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation with 4… b6 [Key game: I. Lysyj – A. Morozevich, Poikovsky 2015]

  • Clever choice of forgotten (dusted off) opening lines with completely new flavor
Updated Opening Line by GM Dragan Paunović Trompowsky Attack with 2... Ne4 [Key game: H. Nakamura – J. Hawkins, London (rapid) 2014]

Updated Opening Line by GM Dragan Paunović
Trompowsky Attack with 2… Ne4 [Key game: H. Nakamura – J. Hawkins, London (rapid) 2014]

  • Playing openings on equal footing with the best even if you’re an up-and-coming or amateur player
Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh The Anglo-Grünfeld, Stein Attack [Key game: E. Bacrot – V. Ivanchuk, Ashdod (rapid) 2015]

Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh
The Anglo-Grünfeld, Stein Attack [Key game: E. Bacrot – V. Ivanchuk, Ashdod (rapid) 2015]

  • Plenty of diagrams to use as tactical or positional exercises

Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević The Paulsen Sicilian: Bastrikov Variation [Key game: A. Morozevich – I. Bukavshin, Moscow (rapid) 2015]

Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
The Paulsen Sicilian: Bastrikov Variation [Key game: A. Morozevich – I. Bukavshin, Moscow (rapid) 2015]

The new era of chess opening preparation has just begun and CHOPIN saves your time and money:

  • Don’t spend endless hours gathering information all over the Internet;
  • Stop wasting time analyzing each move with chess engines;
  • Save money on expensive coaching sessions.

CHOPIN has already done your homework, and the rest is up to you: with Chess Openings 24/7 you will always be only a few clicks away from your daily dose of top-notch opening theory.

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