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Hanging Pawns

Hanging Pawns' 1..e5

Pre-made chess opening repertoire for Black

Made for Chessbook by Hanging Pawns.

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About this repertoire

“If you want to be a strong player, you have to play e4 e5 with both colors”

I’ve had several people tell me this over the years. And it’s absolutely true. A repertoire based around 1…e5 will force you to understand wild, tactical, attacking positions, slow maneuvering ones, long endgames, a hundred different structures, thematic pawn breaks and piece maneuvers, and it will help you build a vast strategic knowledge.

This repertoire covers every major opening like the Spanish, Italian and the King’s Gambit, but it also goes over most weird things White could try to confuse the e5 player.

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Questions about pre-made repertoires

Is Hanging Pawns' 1..e5 free?

Yes. Every pre-made repertoire on Chessbook is free to add. The free Starter plan holds up to 200 moves across your repertoires; Chessbook Pro removes the limit.

What happens when I add it?

The lines are copied into your own repertoire, trimmed to the positions that actually occur at your rating. From there you can edit any move, add lines from other sources, and drill everything with spaced repetition.

Can I combine it with my own Black openings?

Yes. A Chessbook repertoire is one tree per colour, so a pre-made repertoire sits alongside anything you add yourself and the coverage report treats them as one.

Train it with spaced repetition

Add the repertoire, set your rating, and Chessbook schedules every move until you never forget it.

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