"LTR: 1.e4" by Anish Giri represents a flagship opening course on Chessable, designed to provide a complete repertoire for White starting with 1.e4. Unlike traditional database-heavy repertoires, Giri’s course is characterized by high-level conceptual explanations, practical choices, and the "Super-GM touch"—favoring positions that are theoretically sound but difficult for opponents to play against. The course is widely considered one of the most authoritative resources on the King's Pawn Opening available to the public. Against 2
Giri is one of the world's leading experts on the French Defense (having played it himself as Black). As White, his recommendations (often the Tarrasch or Advance Variation) are particularly venomous, teaching the user how to exploit the "bad light-squared bishop" concept and cramp Black’s position.