The Classical Bird for Club Players PGN Only Chessable

Take Black out of ‘Book’ and into the Battlefield from Move 1!

Few openings can offer you a practical advantage as well as 1.f4. And with this course dedicated to club players, it doesn’t get much more practical than this!

Author George L Smyth returns to Chessable with another finely crafted opening course, with the same thorough yet down-to-earth instruction found in his hit course The Caro-Kann for Club Players.

No obscure computer-generated variations here. You’re focusing on what’s played in real games at club level, and fighting those moves with the best-scoring, most practical lines available.

Meticulously combing the database and focusing only on the moves that actually show up at beginner and intermediate level, your author brings you a compact yet comprehensive opening repertoire for White based on the Classical Bird.

Setup of the Classical bird – f4, e3, Nf3

Here’s what you’ll get with The Classical Bird for Club Players:

♞ Answers to all of Black’s critical responses, including 1…d5, From’s Gambit (1…e5), 1…e6, and more – keep memorization light and efficient with lines no longer than 10 moves

♞ Dedicated chapters to thematic tactics, keeping you sharp in the opening and early middlegame

♞ Review chapters to check your understanding

♞ Dozens of example games showing you how the Classical Bird is played in practice

Smyth’s thorough, virtually move-by-move instruction has been praised by the Chessable community – just check the reviews on his Caro-Kann course! But his decades-long experience with the rare and rowdy 1.f4 brings this course to another level.