BlackMood - Model Games

Course

122 EPISODES (15h 34m)

Creator

GM Avetik Grigoryan 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!

Below are the positions from the course:

BlackMood - Model Games

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.

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Lesson Plan 122 episode(s)

Course overview

Unlocked 1m 15s

1. French Attack with Advanced 3.e5 by ChessMood student

Unlocked 10m 23s

2. Advanced 3.e5 - Common mistake 5.Bg5

Unlocked 7m 42s

3. Advanced 3.e5 - Impulsive 4.c4

4. Classic 3.Nc3 - 5.Nf3

5. 3.Nc3 - MacCutcheon variation - Pawn sacrifice

6. Classical 3.Nc3 - 5.f4

7. Tarrasch variation 3.Nd2 - 4.c3

8. Tarrasch variation 3.Nd2- 4.Nf3

9. Tarrasch variation 3.Nd2 - 5.e5

10. French Attack - 2.f4

11. French Attack Passive 2.d3

12. French Attack - Rare 2.Qe2

Game 1. French 2.Bc4

Game 2. French 2.Bc4

Game 3. French 2.Bc4

Game 4. 2.Bc4

Game 5. French 2.b3

Game 6. French 2.b3

Game 7. French 2.f4

Game 8. French 2.f4

Game 9. French 2.f4

Game 10. French 2.f4

Game 11. French 2.f4

Game 12. French 2.f4

Game 13. French 2.c4 - 4.Qb3

Game 14. French 2.d3

Game 15. French 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3

Game 16. French 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3

Game 17. French 2.Nf3 3.exd5

Game 18. French 2.c4

Game 19. French 3.e5

Game 20. French 3.e5

Game 21. French 3.e5

Game 22. French 3.e5

Game 23. French 3.e5

Game 24. French 3.e5

Game 25. French 3.e5

Game 26. French 3.e5

Game 27. French 3.e5

Game 28. French 3.e5 c4

Game 29. French 3.e5

Game 30. French 3.e5

Game 31. French 3.e5

Game 32. French 3.e5

Game 33. French 3.e5

Game 34. French 3.e5 (Kd7 idea)

Game 35. French 3.e5 with Kd7 idea

Game 36. French 3.e5 (Kd7 idea)

Game 37. French 3.e5

Game 38. French 3.e5

Game 39. French 3.e5

Game 40. French 3.e5 with f4

Game 41. French 3.e5 with f4

Game 42. French 3.e5 with f4

Game 43. French 3.e5 with c4

Game 44. French 3.e5 with Nc3

Game 45. 2.Nf3 transpose to e5

Game 46. French 3.ed

Game 47. French 3.ed

Game 48. French 3.ed

Game 49. French 3.ed

Game 50. French 3.ed

Game 51. French 3.ed ed 4.c4

Game 52. French 3.ed

Game 53. French 3.exd5

Game 54. French 3.exd5

Game 55. French 3.exd5

Game 56. French 3.exd5

Game 57. French 3.exd5

Game 58. French 3.exd5

Game 59. French 3.exd5

Game 60. French 3.exd5

Game 61. French 3.exd5

Game 62. French 3.exd5

Game 63. French 3.exd5

Game 64. French 3.Bd3

Game 65. French 3.Bd3

Game 66. French 3.Bd3

Game 67. French 3.Nd2

Game 68. French 3.Nd2

Gmae 69. French 3.Nd2 with c3

Game 70. French 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5

Game 71. French 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5

Game 72. French 3.Nc3

Game 73. 3.Nc3 McCutcheon gambit

1. London system

2. Another London system

3. Bb4 idea against 2 Knight development

4. 2 Knights with 5.Bg5

5. Preventing doubled pawns with Bd2 - Bxc3

6. 3. a3 to prevent Bb4

7. Colle system

8. Colle system - Another idea of Black

9. Stonewall system - Our strategy and ideas

10. Fantastic outcome of the attack

11. Closed pawn structure

12. White plays b3 - looking for Ba3

1. Dutch - London system. 2.Bf4

2. Dutch - London system. 2.Bf4

3. Dutch - Classical system with. Bf4

4. Dutch. with Bf4

5 Dutch. 2.b3

6. Dutch. with b3

7. Dutch. with e3

8. Dutch. with Bg5

9. Dutch. with Bg5

10. Dutch. 4.Bg5

11. Dutch. with Bg5

12. Dutch. with Bg5

13. Dutch. without c4

14. e4 gambit

15. Stonewall. with Bf4

16. Stonewall. with Nd2

17. Stonewall. with Nd2

18. Stonewall. with e3 - Ne2

19. Stonewall. with b3

20. 3.a3

21. Stonewall. with e3

22. Stonewall. with c5

23. Stonewall. with c3

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