A Chess Opening Course

Bogo-Indian Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+

Many strong positional players appreciate the importance of the system's strategic themes - solid and positionally sound. There's really no need to memorize the long move sequences of alternative sharp defenses. These two main reasons appealed to them greatly! 

Considered to be the little brother of the Queen's Indian (3...b6), with many identical strategic themes and possible transpositions. It is also conceptually related to the Nimzo-Indian (3.Nc3 Bb4), as the strategic ideas of black in Nimzo and Bogo are pretty similar. 

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Recommendation: The game A.Khalifman - M.Adams, Groningen 1990 is a classic illustration of the solidity and thematic queenside plan for Black. An instructive game that a Bogo-indian fan should not miss studying.

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Best Opening Course

What should the best chess opening course contain?

My answer is simple – chess opening course "by a specialist" that will teach me the secrets of the opening system.

Similarly, i'd like the opening tutorials to not only help me understand and digest the knowledge enclosed but also teaches how to train better, more efficiently and productively.

The Seven Standards (a best chess opening course should contain...)
1. Brief history and introduction about the opening to tackle.

2. Strategic themes to gain an overview of the opening and explain general plans and ideas.

3. Recommended lines (suggested & practiced by the author) with good general explanations supported by just enough concrete variations.

4. Illustrative games with good commentaries and less detail on variations.

5. Top-notch tips on proper move-order, transpositions, and untested but interesting ideas.

6. Tactical themes section to sharpen the reader's awareness of common tactical motifs.

7. Test positions (taken from practice) to help train skills in finding typical ideas for one side or both Black and White in the opening labyrinth.

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