Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions! 
Welcome to the "Best games of June 2021" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post your best games that you will play this month. 

The Prize fund is 350K Moodcoins which is equal to 350$.  

The 1st prize  - 150K
The 2nd prize - 100K
The 3rd prize-  50K
The 4th Prize- 30k
The 5th Prize- 20k

Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood! 
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P.S
Here are the winners of May:

Vladimir Bugayev
Green Keo
Devansh Shah
Robert J
Abhi Yadav

Hello ChessMood Family! 
Now I'm adding model games in each section of our course, so you have a better understanding of the positions. Some of them, I'll also add in the book, that I'm writing now (later about that.) 

Why did I write this post? :) 
If you played nice and instructive games with our ChessMood openings - please post here. 
I would be happy to add them as well. 

P.S 
The first course, where I'm going to add model games, gonna be the Scotch game. If you want to make a research in your games, start from the Scotch :) 

Hello, champions. 
Here you can find sparring partners. 
You can write, for example, 

"Hey guys, my name is Bob, I'm from the USA, my rating is 2000 I'm looking for a sparring partner." 

Or even more specific like "I just finished the Caro-Kann course and I'm looking someone to play a friendly sparring games". 

Good luck! 
Hopefully, you'll find good friends too. 

Hello champions and welcome to the ChessMood team! 
We all are from different countries, different ages, have different professions... But one thing bounds us - the passion for chess.

Champions, we'll grow together and keep a warm relationship in our team. 
Please tell a bit about yourself in this post. 

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Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions! 
Happy New Year and welcome to the "Best games of March 2021" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post your best games that you will play this month. 

The Prize fund is 350K Moodcoins which is equal to 350$.  

The 1st prize  - 150K
The 2nd prize - 100K
The 3rd prize-  50K
The 4th Prize- 30k
The 5th Prize- 20k

Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood! 
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move 

P.S
Here are the winners of February: 

1st Arman Shahzamani
2nd Vladimir Bugayev
3rd Abhi Yadav
4th Sean Raasch
5th Vibhush Pusapadi

I thought I am winning as white. But share your evaluation and also the reason.

Hello ????!!!

I really enjoy ☺️ solving the daily puzzles! They are very difficult but fun ???? I want more like ???? the daily puzzles!!! So, where does ChessMood get the daily puzzles from? I would love to solve more similar puzzles ???? ???? 

Thank you!

This Ba3 move looks very dangerous.

Hi Coach!  In the course, the recommendation is Qxb6 but I am not sure about that if black does not play e5.  But in the section "model games - the endgame" Na3 is preferred.  But even there, it seems to me that black does not need to drop the N back passively but can play Nc4.  What line should we use?

My record at Rapid with the Chess mood White repertoire is rather good. For example Grand Prix attack 7 wins 1 loss. It was particularly good with the Scotch game but with some scary open 'knife fight ' type games. However, I've just lost a couple of games where my h&g pawn  push from the f3 spring got blocked and my opponent crashed through on the queens side after his own pawn push.

For example :-- e4 e5 : Nf3 Nc6 : d4 exd  ; Nxd4 Nxd4 ( happens so often ) : Qxd4 c5 ? : Qe3 a6 : Nc3 b5 : Bd2 Bb7 : 0--0--0 Ne7 ?  I saw but refrained from Qxc5 as it would open the c file and he had Rc8 and the black bishop was going to jump out as well . I tried to push on the K-side with f4 as f3 g4 etc seemed slow now. He played Nc6 and and he fianchettoed his bishop  to g7 and the Q came to b6 etc . His knight anchored on d4 and he was having all the fun !! 

So with the Queen on e3 blocking the d2 bishop and the f1 bishop not doing much and so many moves to pawn roll on the K-side it seems Black is doing well ? I need some ideas, as my confidence in this Qe3 and quick queen side development has been hit..................... 

In the main section, after 7...Qb6 the course analyses quite deeply 8.h3 with Na3 following - white gets a good position after 10...e5.  But instead of 10...e5 it seems to me that Kd7 is absolutely fine, and a game I just played went this way with no advantage for white.  In the model games section, however, Coach says he prefers 8.Na3 to h3 so I am trying to decide whether I change my Chessable database line.  In that model game, though, Coach says that black cannot go 11...Na5 because of 12.b4, but I see nothing wrong with 12.b4 Nc4.  Also, in this line, instead of 10...Be7 it seems to me that 10...Bh5 is better.   What should be the ChessMood repertoire line be after 8...Qc6?

Coach, any plans to expand the Alekhine course to cover 4...dxe5?   Hope so!  I have a friend who plays it against me and it is quite a tough line to crack!

Guys, you're not gonna believe this! ChessMood openings rock!!!! I just played a simul  against Vishy Anand on chess24, 30 + 30, scotch opening, definitely lots of bad mistakes from me and I missed loads of stuff (12.Ra3 was poor), but the opening just gave such a huge attack!  I think Anand was having difficulty with his connection and the Chess24 interface, and he said afterwards that he was struggling to concentrate.   This was the game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 f6 9.c4 Ba6 10.Rh3 fxe5 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Ra3 Bb7 13.Rb3 0-0-0 14.Nc3 Qe6 15.Rd1 Bc5 16.Na4 Qe7 17.Qd2 Bb6 18.c5 Bxc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Be3 Qd5 21.Qb4 c5 22.Qa4 Qc6 23.Bb5 Qe6 24.Bxc5 a6 25.Bd6 axb5 26.Qxb5 Qxb3 27.Qxb3 cxd6 28.Rxd6 Bc6 29.Qb6 Ne8 30.Rd3 Nc7 31.Rb3 1-0

In this position, the video commentary (4:30) mentions a big advantage and a plan of d4 Rf3, Rxe3.

Unfortunately both my own analysis and computer analysis / matches puts this into doubt and perhaps this is one reason the Nb5 line doesn't appear as a widely considered option.

The position is R + 2P (3 if the e3 pawn can be captured without any loss) vs 2B. The problem is the concrete nature of this position, lack of open lines for White's rooks, lack of easily accessible targets (aside from e3) for White, the power of Black's 2B working together, and the fact Black has an extra piece of wood (ignoring the pawns) taking away any ideas of sacrificing back an exchange say.

Meanwhile both Black's single rook and queen and Bs do have open lines and targets (a4, b2, f4 [if g3 , then h3]).

The computer gives this position slightly (varying up to half a pawn) in Black's favour (though closer to equal with more chances for Black, but some too for White, is my own feeling). Black's plan is Kg8 and then Rc8 or f8. If White plays Rf3, then Bh6 attacks f4.


There are some different moves playable earlier, which might give White a very small edge and therefore keep the line alive in practical terms over the board, but again the computers make a lot of draws.

I'm not sure until this is resolved that the theory can be claimed to have been changed. Even if 12... a6 might not be found (not that it's not an obvious candidate), it only needs one game of yours to get in a database and this line will be found by the next person prepping a defence against you.

Is there any concrete analysis to support the claim of a 'big advantage'?

This has just been announced in the Facebook Messenger  "PRO Members" chat group.

To join that group it seems to be easiest to send an email to [email protected] 

I know it's so early to ask you guys about your goals of 2022. But is it still possible for you to write your long term goals? I will share my goals soon.

In the video course for Pirc when I went to download PGN it was the wrong one (Scandinavian).  Can you guys correct it please?

In the standard Bc5 line . Hence Nb3 Bb6 : Nc3 Nf6 : Qe2 ---- my opponent played the surprising Qe7 instead of d6 or 0--0. I'm conditioned for Be3 with d6 and Bg5 with 0--0. I'm presuming an early Bg5 is right here not f3? Appreciate confirmation --- or otherwise !  

Inspired by Abhi's Idea, I am also making a pgn of most critical moments (tests) of this tournament

Will be posted by 18 June!!

I have a doubt in the benko gambit.. In the session e4 we attack the e4 pawn with f5 pawn after exchanging queens. But no Gms recommended to support e4 pawn with f3.. What if white doesnt capture f5 wid e4 so that it doesnt isolate d5 pawn.. 

What would be the recommendation for White from ChessMood? Nigel Davies, in his Grunfeld book recommends to 1.Nf3, 1...g6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5.

Thanks in Advance!