New Opening Trends: Free video samples

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3/23/2025 – Anyone seriously interested in openings cannot ignore the opening encyclopaedia. With over 1,500 professional articles and 100 video contributions from renowned grandmasters. Take a look at a free video example on opening trends......

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The new Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 - Your easy access to opening theory

Opening Encyclopaedia 2025

YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.

The new Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 contains information on all established openings and is therefore particularly valuable for building up a complete and powerful repertoire. The Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 is the complete presentation of all opening areas in one textbook and therefore the ideal introduction to opening training.

Free video samples

Italian Game

Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco presents opening trends in world-class chess. You can look forward to a total of 9 videos on the French, Sicilian, Najdorf, Ruy Lopez, Italian, Petroff, English, Queen’s Gambit Declined, from the entire year 2024 to spring 2025.

GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: 1.e4 c5 2.a4

Rustam Kasimdzhanov, former FIDE World Champion and long-time second to Vishy Anand and Fabiano Caruana, is known for his solid and well-founded opening ideas. This article is about a creative approach against the Sicilian. With 2.a4 White leaves the otherwise so analysed main lines. Take a look!

The new comprehensive opening trend guide by GM Dorian Rogozenco

  • 1,524 special theoretical databases – analyses with annotated games & ideas by Grandmasters
  • Over 40,000 illustrative games
  • 7,850 opening surveys, 300 new or updated
  • 100 opening videos. Total duration: over 35 hours
  • Grandmaster Lectures : Dorian Rogozenco: The latest trends (9 Videos)

GM Dorian Rogozenco: “The Opening Encyclopedia  is the best product around in the field of opening theory”

The Opening Encyclopedia offers an ample and unique overview about the opening theory. In multiple videos and theoretical articles highly qualified trainers analyze and explain different opening variations and present them in a compact and easy-to-learn formats.

Literally everyone, from beginners to Grandmasters, can find many ideas to expand their opening repertoire. Whether you want to surprise your opponents with unexpected moves right from the beginning of the game, learn a complex theoretical variation, or understand the newest developments of the modern chess theory – the Opening Encyclopedia provides you with everything you need for that.

It is my deepest conviction that the Opening Encyclopedia  is the best product around in the field of opening theory, improving your knowledge about the openings and helping you to become considerably stronger in practice.


Opening Encyclopaedia 2025

YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.

Update Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 – from version 2024: 79,90 €


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