Chess Lesson # 72: How To Prepare Any Opening

We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this YouTube channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇️

It is time to take our opening repertoire more seriously. In this lesson you will learn how to prepare any opening you would like to start playing. NM Robert Ramirez will teach you where to find all the theory for any opening and ways for you to store your lines and go back in order to memorize and review them. Hope you enjoy this class and that it helps you get closer to your goal in Chess.

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Learn how to play Chess the right way from beginner to master level. National Master Robert Ramirez will take you up the pyramid by following a proven Chess training program he has been improving and implementing for over 10 years.

Benefits of Playing Chess:
​- Promotes brain growth
- Increases problem-solving skills
- It exercises both sides of the brain
- Raises your IQ
- Sparks your creativity
- Teaches planning and foresight
- Teaches patience and concentration
- Optimizes memory improvement
- Improves recovery from stroke or disability
- Helps treat ADHD
Chess is an intellectual battle where players are exposed to numerous mental processes such as analysis, attention to detail, synthesis, concentration, planning and foresight. Psychological factors are also present on and off the board; playing Chess stimulates our imagination and creativity. Every single move a player makes is the result of a deep analysis based on the elements presented on the battlefield.

Chess in its essence teaches us psychological, sociological and even moral values. In a Chess game, both players start with the same amount of material and time. The fact that the white pieces move first is considered to be practically irrelevant —especially because a player typically plays one game as white and one game as black. Consequently, the final result of the battle solely depends on each player. It doesn’t matter if you win by taking advantage of your opponent’s mistakes or by simply avoiding mistakes yourself. Truth is that Chess is an extremely individual sport and our defeats can only be blamed on ourselves and no one else. And this, in the end, only benefits us because we learn to be and feel responsible for our actions and never come up with excuses to justify ourselves.

We also learn that when it comes to our victories on the board, our opponent's mistakes play a more significant role than our own skills. Let’s not forget that a Chess game without any mistakes would be a draw. This way, Chess provides us with another valuable life lesson: be humble at all times.

About National Master Robert Ramirez:

With an outstanding background as a professional Chess player and over 8 years of teaching experience, Robert Ramirez brings both his passion and his expertise to the board, helping you believe & achieve!

Robert Ramirez was introduced to the fascinating world of Chess when he was 5 years old and has participated in prestigious tournaments such as the World Open Chess Tournament and the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championships. Thanks to his performance, he has earned his National Master title from the United States Chess Federation.

Currently, NM Ramirez and his carefully selected team teach at several private schools in the counties of Miami-Dade and Broward and they also offer private lessons. He says the key to their success as Chess coaches is their ability to adapt to every student and to make lessons fun and interesting for students and even their family members.

[NMRobertRamirez]

We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this YouTube channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇

[goodmongo]

"I had to write it down in my notebook". That is why you got really good. Computers are great but the writing reinforced your memory. You couldn't just click on a move but had to play it on the board. Computers are great but in some ways they hurt chess and a person's development in chess. Writing, playing and repeating moves help to force memorization and more importantly pattern recognition.

[evlx]

I have my first "big" tournament in a month, this will help a lot (your lessons are very helpful). Thanks

[Placename]

Lot's of free books you can find online. Many of them are very good quality and what I prefer to use for prep

[carlosabreu]

After watching many chess videos online, I found yours. The way you teach, the patience to repeat and reinforce the moves show dedication and love for the game. Thank you for this information. I have been writing down my games and using the websites that you mentioned, but I never went beyond the learning tab. I also would like to thank you for the excellent videos you've posted online. They are really very good. It expanded my chess knowledge.

[raajeshchess]

Sir the database you showed on lichess is master or lichess one

[AmitKumar-zetv]

I really wanted to note down all the things somehow. Now you've shown the easy way... Thank you...😊

[winstonspencer]

Thank you, thank you very much. This is very helpful

[AnindyaBasu]

Thank you ! It has been years that I have been stuck at this and never really paid attention to creating my prep this way, result was obviously simply playing over and over again trying to remember, watching videos multiple times and still would forget; writing down moves would also make me lazy; as a result my progress has been very slow compared to the number of games and years that I have been playing at the amateur level. This will definitely help me! And now on to the Austrian attack video! Cheers love from India<3

[dakshmavi]

I lost my last school tournament and learnt that I had no opening prep or any positional ideas. Now that I have become stronger than before, now I need an opening prep to win my school's this year tournament. Thanks.

[gm]

"Lets say tomorrow you want to learn how to play the Scicillian defence."

Takes one look at the amount of variations, blunder pits and transitions. Thinks to self no-one would want to learn this.

[shubhamrohila]

Thank you so much for your video series Sir! Can you let us know how many videos you plan on making to complete the playlist. Or the time by which you will be done ? Thank you again!

[ernestogarcillan]

coach how can i create my own study, using mobile phone? i can't find how to add or create new

[kaankahveci]

Hi coach! Do you know anything about Silman's Complete Endgame Course book?

[DMS]

The storing option as studies in Lichess is a great tip. This gives me a good reason to revisit some of the previous lessons. Thanks!

[elnath]

Many people know about Lichess Study, it would had been more beneficial if you showed some real examples. How to structure chapters, when to draw arrows, how much to go in detail each chapter, write comments or not that sorta thing. Just some example to see how master would do that. Maybe part 2 to this video?

[dyepsychosegg]

I have a question for Lichess how do we delete a line when we play it by accident or was trying something out with stockfish.

[citizenofreality]

Thank you for that tip! I've played 5000+ games on lichess and didn't even know about the studies option. I'll look into it!

[garyhayden]

That Lichess resource is great. Thanks. For the recommendation.

[winstonspencer]

I'll be getting all the books too