BlackMood - Model Games

Course 56 episodes
(7 hours 8 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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We hope you’re enjoying the strong, unique and fun BlackMood repertoire! Now it’s time to deepen your understanding of these openings!
You’ll notice the ideas covered in BlackMood openings are relatively new and unexplored. Because of this, it’s hard to find games in a database that covers these lines.

So we created this video course collecting instructive model games with the BlackMood openings and then recording each game from scratch, adding useful tips and commentary...

It will help you:

✅ Become more familiar with the unexplored ideas here.
✅ Remember the opening variations better.
✅ Improve your feel for the positions from these openings.

You’ll also see how to make practical decisions, convert winning positions, save losing ones and more!

Now you might wonder – from where did we gather all these games?

? Some were played by our GMs, either during a live stream or private sessions.
? Some were shared by students just like you!

You can share your games via this forum link. We might record and add it to the course.
Now get ready to deepen your understanding of the BlackMood openings!

Let’s begin!

What you'll learn

Deepen your knowledge of BlackMood openings by watching real, instructive games.
Discover the typical plans and middlegame positions arising from these openings.
Remember the BlackMood opening variations better.
Learn how to punish your opponent when they ‘forget’ theory and make dubious moves.
See how to convert slightly better and winning positions.
Since the lines in BlackMood openings are relatively unexplored, these games will help you feel more comfortable in these openings.

Lesson Plan

56 episode(s) 7 hours 8 min

Course overview