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How to embed games?

How to embed games? I always see on best games thread, some games are embedded, without a link. How do you do this?

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You must create a .pgn file externally first.

Save it on your computer.

Then click on the symbol left next to the smiley and upload your file via this.

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New article: Legal cheating and my top secret

Hey friends! 

I was afraid to talk about this. 
I’m still afraid. 
But I drank lion’s milk today. 

Many will not understand. 

Many will laugh. 
Hopefully, not you. 

This is my biggest secret of productivity, high focus and achievements.
I use this when I’m low. When I need creativity. When I need to win. 
When I need to perform my A-game.  

Whenever I’m stuck, I do this. 
I cheat.   

I cheat at GYM, at chess, I rob airlines. And I do it E.V.E.R.Y D.A.Y. 

LEGALLY! 

Call the police or click the link below: 
chessmood.com/blog/legal-cheating 

For your growth and fun life, 
Always honest with you, 
Avetik “cheater” Grigoryan 

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The art of visualizing an outcome or situation is excellent sports psychology. Back when I was running competitively at university, our coach would have us close our eyes and "run" the course in our brains before the race. We knew the turns, hills, straightaways, and more inside and out so that when we were "visualizing," we would dream/see ourselves performing with the best possible outcomes. The art of "visualizing" is way more than "fake it till you make it"... it is a tried and true method of preparing our mindsets for positive outcomes with confidence and focus.

Great read. I hear your voice alot when contemplating moves. I find the timing of this article ironic, just this morning I was thinking of your motto of constant growth and my own thoughts invaded with "If youre not improving youre regressing " I think this is true of alot of things, especially chess. Anyway I starting thinking of approaching and overcoming plateaus while working to improve and a Naval quote came mind. Something along the lines of success or improvement being related to scaling a mountain and getting 2/3 of the way up only to find youre on a dead end path and you must go back down and find a new path to the top. I thought Avetik would enjoy Navals thoughts, no surprise you talk to him regularly! Anyway thanks for the article and all you and your teams hardwork. Keep it up!

What a wonderful, creative use of imagination! This is very inspiring and I'll play with this in my own thinking. Thanks so much for writing this beautiful article, Coach Avetik!

Great article! It was rather an unexpected reading for me because, believe me or not, I do the same in chess, but with your voice. It doesn't matter whether I play on Lichess or OTB, I start commenting and thinking in English (even though it's my 3rd language) with your accent intonation and phrases. It's funny and helpful at the same time! I showed Chessmood to some of my friends, and now when I play against them and they make a mistake, I immediately start mocking them by saying "and this was a BLUNDER. Black's position is COLLAPSING now!" Also when they a bad piece (e. g. a knight in the corner of the board), I say (in English and with your intonation) "look at this knight! It is very UNHAPPY!" Or when I get a really strong bishop, I say "now the bishop on g7 is a MONSTER!" All of that irritates them so much and helps me to win 😀 (sorry, I'm a bad friend) And I also speak with Gabuzyan's voice in my head (in my 3rd language, once again) when I calculate complex lines, and it helps me as well! Or sometimes when I get tired of translating the thoughts in my head to English, I imagine I'm my favourite chess caster GM Sergey Shipov and just start calculating and estimating the position like he does I don't know how it works, I thought there's something wrong with me and I should visit a doctor, but now after reading this, I'm calm already 😀 Thank you for the article once again!

This is extremely powerful! You're literally giving away life secrets 😀

Respected GM It is true!. Once I read the book called" Art of Chess by Madison"', and felt as if he was teaching me the opening lines and won a territory Championship in 2008. Kudos R Raman

Hello GM Avetik . I found very interesting this article ( like all the others ) . I was doing an inferior version of it , a little bit unconsciously but now I will try it more seriously to see if I can use it to perform better . I did call the French bishop a monster after the c4 dxc4 variation recently in a post analysis online .. I will try with you and GM Gabuzyan as a start ! I have otb tournaments coming up and I m not fully prepared as learning new material take some time to digest but with my 2 new GM friends in my head , I can only do well ! 🤫

Awesome. Thanks for sharing Avetik, appreciate it!

Nice blog

I do this. I let the ‘reptile’ in me take over when playing blitz. I have learned the hard way that if the blue insularis viper in me doesn't want to play…there will be tilt.

Best Game Ending Ever

Hello!

I would like to share the ending to a recent online rapid game. The game link is https://www.chess.com/game/live/107040710937, but realize I was dominated most of the game. 

In the pictured position, completely winning for black, my opponent blundered with 40…bxa6??  I'll pose this as a puzzle for the reader: What is the best continuation for White, to save an otherwise lost game?

The next two moves were some of the happiest I have ever played on a computer in my life. These sort of ‘once in a lifetime' combinations makes one appreciate all of the stalemate themes in the CM daily puzzles.

Enjoy!
Jake

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Nice one, yes, this is a perfect position to appear in any book for endings. Congrats!😀

Just on my way out so will comment later but for anybody else trying to follow the link - remove the comma :-)

Coach for my child

Hi ChessMood fam!  

I'm looking for a coach for my 8-year-old son.  His Lichess rapid rating is 1437, his USCF is 725, and his chess.com puzzle rating is 4204 (thanks Tactics Ninja!)  Basically, he's all over the place!  We've had a ChessMood membership for him for quite some time, but now he's really gotten into it.  He's recently completed Tactics Ninja and Mating Matador and is halfway done with 7Qs.  He's even created his customized PGNs for the White and Blackmood openings.  He's decided to get behind your lessons 100% and I'd like to support his investment with a coach, if possible.  He will spend 15 hours per week on chess games and study (bulk of games and analysis, as you've recommended).

We've connected him with a not-so-great coach from a great coach's school (a coach even ChessMood holds in high regard), and that didn't work out – camera off, hard silent 30-min tactics without much interaction, etc.

We've read great things about coach Edo Tokyo in your improvement case studies – does he work with mature/disciplined kids?  If not, is there any other coaches that you recommend?  If there are several, it would be great to have a chance to meet them each to assess vibes.

Warm regards, and thank you!

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Thanks Joshua for reaching out, we understand your request and we will contact you privately to see if we can help you in this matter. :-)

Frenck attack: Main line with 3.Nc3 and 4.e5

Hi everyone. Just wanted to tell you about a mistake I made in a recent game to prevent this to happen to anyone of you.

In the blackmood repertoire, the suggested moves for the classical line are as follows:

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Here, CH recommends …Ng8 (moving back the knight to its initial position, and continue with the typical plan for black with c5-Nc6-Qb6, since the white knight is wrongly positioned in c3 and cannot mantain the pawn chain.

My game continued with 5.Nf3 c5 (started the attack on the queen side).

And here it comes my mistake:

To 6.Bg5 I repplied with …Ne7??

With my knight on e7 the pawn on c5 in now hanging, so white can capture it with 7.dxc5. But it's still stronger for white 7.Nb5 with the idea of 8.Nd6+ and 9.Nxf7 double attack to the queen and rook.

Luckily, my opponent didn't see this line and just took my free pawn on c5.

The best move after 6.Bg5 I think is Qc7, controlling the b5 square and avoiding the attack with the knight. Any other suggestions?

So be warned and don't make the same mistake I did.

P.S. If you want to know, I switched to SLP mode and managed to win the game. 

PSS: I know 5…c5 is the continuation recommended by CH. But wouldn't it be better to delay the attack on the queen side and start with 5…Ne7 (to avoid 6.Bg5 attacking the queen) and then 6…c5?

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Sorry, in PSS I meant 5…Ne7 / 6…Nf5 and 7…c5 Obviously, we cannot make c5 with our knight still on e7 covering the bishop defense on the pawn

Good to note on this, if it was a real game i would probably play Qb6 instead of Qc7, just looks more natural to me😅
The Ne7-Nf5 plan might work, but i'm worried that they might play something like Ne2, then c3, making the white french pawn chain. While if you play c5 directly, you instantly pressure the d4 pawn ( i guess this is why Qc7 is the better move, cuz after the d4 pawn is gone, the queen pressures the lonely e5 pawn)

Simplified Sicilian and Benko??

Will there be simplified versions of the main black opening courses? Reading from your email list, I know that the advanced french and dutch will be releasing round this year, and has left me wondering if there would be simplified sicilian and benko - even if the release date is around 2030, I don’t mind! It might be good for new people coming to chessmood😁

Or are they simply too positional and advanced to be recommended for beginners?🤔

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I believe that they will have a hard time simplifying them. They are sort of theoretical openings.

As far as I gathered, CM prefers the French and Dutch, and will likely focus more on those. But the main ones will still get updates. I personally find them amazing, especially the Benko! I would recommend to all 1700+ students.

I hope this helps!

Hi Cate,

As Armandas said, we will not offer simplified versions of the Benko and the Accelerated Dragon.

😀We will update these courses, but not simplify them.😀
By the way Cate, by 2030 you will have had to improve and to learn all the advanced courses since you will have improved a lot! I'm sure of it! 😍 

Starting with chessmood - change openings

Hi dear chess mood family,

i am just starting here - read a lot and watched a lot on the homepage. I am about 1900-2000 fide - my aim is to get up to cm or fm title if possible (as i am old with 43 years),

at the moment i am not sure what to do with my openings. For white i think i can switch to e4 as i thought a lot about this change in the past and had good results. The CM repertoire looks fun for white.

for black benko looks amazing and is fun to play. I am used to semi slav and play same structures against 1.c4 and 1.sf3

 Accelerated dragon i am not sure if its my cup of coffee - i play classical sici and like the french (the french attack looks fun).

can i stay with french for black or is it mandatory to switch all openings to cm openings?  not sure if french is passive to get up to 2300-i like the structures and plans a lot.

i hope to get a feedback here from the gms and experienced players at the lvl i would like to reach.

best wishes to all

Manfred

p.s i really love the blitz games - it helps so much ro get a feel for the positions

pps - hope the questions are right here in this section

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Hi Manfred! 
Welcome to the family! 😀
I hope that you will enjoy it and stay many time with us! 
The first thing would be to have the 1 on 1 call with a GM, which is part of the benefits of being a promember. There you will be guided in your particular case, in how to make the best use of Chessmood according to your needs.
Still this question, is pretty easy to answer. Go for e4 and keep the French. 
There is nothing mandatory in Chessmood, but we all play e4 with the advanced course variations mostly, and with very good results. The games of the streams are also very important for learning the repertoire. 
As for the French, Avetik will record in the near future an advanced course on the French, his lifetime opening and it will be very good. There is no need to change it, you can add some variations of the Blackmood repertoire though if you want a bit of variety.
Since it takes time, you may start by White and then progressively change lines for Black. Benko is really fun and we will also update it, but it's up to you to do the change.

Anyway, schedule your 1 on 1 and let's Chessmood! 😁
pps. The questions are more than right here, it is the place for the questions! 😆

Semi SLP type situation

Not sure it counts. I was up a rook but missing any bishops and my opponent had two!

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/640411533?tab=review&move=92

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New success story - The Power of Focused Learning: 400 points in 1 year

This adult improver raised 400 points in a year while working a day job in IT!
It’s incredible where focused learning and consistency can take you! 
From his journey, you’ll discover:

🟢The power of focused learning

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🟢How he found time for chess even on busy days & more.

Read their full story👇
https://chessmood.com/success-stories/debasish-bhattacharjee
 

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Great job!!!👏👏👏👏

Darun sir 👍👍.

😍

I wanna too -  such a like big success :) My congratulations Sir :) 

Congratulations! Thank you for the inspiration! Keep going strong! God bless you!

Congratulations on your success. This is a truly inspirational story. I also agree this is a great place to learn and understand chess. Wishing you continued progress!

Great article Debashish! 

And well done!!

1.e4

If I face 1.e4 from black, I feel that the french goes into positions that are not my style..can anyone reccomend be a solid opening which is not very complex..

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Tell us your style! There's so many openings that may fit the criteria on black openings. Do you like closed or open games more?? Do you like more solid openings or more tactical ones? Do you enjoy fighting for the center or do you like giving the center, then fighting for it? if you can think of more details, please share them as maybe they can help.

The french wasn't “my style” as well, but now I understand the positions and I love it.

You can also play the Sicilian:
https://chessmood.com/course/sicilian-defence-accelerated-dragon
😀

Are there particular lines in the French that you're having trouble with?  Perhaps a few tips could make all the difference.  Or one or two alternative variations in the French .

What is your approximate level?  Part of improving at chess is learning how to play different types of positions.  French type positions pop up in various openings, so it's very useful to build some familiarity with them if you can manage.

The other ChessMood opening, the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon, is very good but if anything it is going to be more complex than the French.

If you are determined to change you opening against 1.e4, and want to prioritise simplicity and getting a solid position then I would recommend one of the following:

• 1…e5 and playing the Petrov Defence. 
• The Caro-Kann

Try whitemood openings I am sure you would be more confident about playing the French Defence then. You can also check out the course for Sicilian defence some lines, don't try to learn all systems but start that will give you confidence. If you still don't think French does not work go for Sicilian I think that's best

Maybe try scandinavian (e4 d5) there are a lot of variations to choose from and its also not as complex…considering the fact that u don't like the resulting positions from french,scandinavian should be a definite try for you.

Also, specifying the type of positions/opening/variation that you want in detail, would not only simplify your search, but also increase the efficiency of the solutions you'll be getting. 

Sounds like the classic Caro-Kann Defense vs French Attack (Defense) debate. 
I initially didn't like French that much myself, but after watching the GMs here play it, it changed my mind completely. Now I love to play French “Attack”. 

How to recover from losses?

Hello All.

I am playing a classical tournament and in 2 rounds i consecutively lost aginst lower rated players. I am really upset. Could there be any solution to this and play better next round and suppose if I lose the next round again?

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I would recommend you to read this article written by Gabuzyan. https://chessmood.com/blog/the-tournament-is-not-over-until-it-is-over
Also do not make the mistake of thinking about lower rated players, there are no lower rated players anymore! After Corona people still did not play enough OTB and many people have low rating but their playing strenght is much higher.
💪The only think that I can suggest is to try to play a good game of chess and not think about the rating! That's why amateurs play chess to enjoy it! Not to win rating, it will follow you if you play with good mood. Forget about the lost games and concentrate on the next one! 😁

The power of Tactics Ninja

Fans of Tactics Ninja might be interested to know that yesterday in the Candidates there was a perfect example of the “Lifeline” tactic.  Firouzja vs Gukesh, Round 7.

https://www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/07/Firouzja_Alireza-Gukesh_D

After 30… Bc5, White's knight looks lost.  But thanks to the Tactics Ninja course, I found the game move for White within 15 seconds (!)  I am only a 1500-1600 rated player, but the techniques in the course were so clear:  see if the “lost” piece can throw a lifeline to another piece, to support an attack on a more valuable opposing piece.   This made it so simple to find the candidate moves, and therefore the solution.  Chess.com even gives the move a double-exclam.

Thank you Avetik and all ChessMood - I find this stuff very inspiring!

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Very nice of you to point this out, thanks!! And well done finding it!😁

Help with classical chess

Hello all, I played in a rapid tournament in October and won it with 4 wins and finished unbeaten.  Today i played my fist classical tournament in years and managed to only get one draw. I barely used half my time. Any suggestions on how to use more time and train my brain to think differently in a classic al chess game with longer time controls. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

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Please Henry, watch the webinars related to time trouble in the following post:
https://chessmood.com/forum/pro-channel/time-management
Also, if you did not play Classical games and only played fast online, you need to adjust, try to play 60 min game online, find a training partner to play longer games. You need to think in the critical positions, but you can only do it by actually doing it! 
💪Practice, practice…😀

Anti-Sicilian Part 3 question. 3....Nc6.

Hi Coach!

I recently faced the following line on chess.com

e4 c5

Nc3 e6

f4 Nc6?! 

I wasn't able to find this 3... Nc6 move in the material, it seems like a combination of several of the other lines. Can you (or anyone in the community) please confirm what to play against this?

Thanks!

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After 4.Sf3 it should transpose to something known. 4...d5 or4...d6 we can play Bb5. And after 4...a6, 5.g3.  

I've watched only 1 and 2 parts of Antisicilians, I will try to answer after watching others too. I think somehow it should be transposed one of the positions. 

I didn't watch it yet, but I guess it has to be transpose.

Hi Benjamin!

You can be playing with 4.Nf3 as @Mogens_Nielsen mentioned it will be a transposition.

Reminds me of another move order trick:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 (French?) c5 (nope, sicilian) and now you've committed to d4.

which you can decide to play an Open Sicilian (Nf3), Benoni type position (d5) or c3 Sicilian / French Tarrasch IQP (c3 / Nd2) - none of which are in the repertoire, but the c3 Sicilian / French Tarrasch is played similar to the c5 lines in the Schlecter French where the cost of c3 is no worse than the cost of Bd3 and scores well at club level - you could probably transpose it though Bb5+ is likely to be more useful than Bd3.

We talked about this too during our GMs meeting and of course, there are many possible transpositions to our opening and some move orders can be strange to meet the first time. That said we always try to stir the situation towards a familiar battlefield. Our piece deployment should be consistent and we must be comfortable with the positions that we will reach. I just put together some initial moves where you can see that we always aim for the same and there are many possibilities that you should try and investigate by yourselves too. Find the position that you have more feeling for...

Hello, i got yesterday on the board, the following game. and it went to the line here (previous post, variation with 4. Bb5) :

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ng3 f5 11. Ng5 d6 12. Qh5 h6 13. Be3 Bf6 14. c3 hxg5 15. fxg5

losing the knight and the game. but i was not sure what to play at move 4. 

and what to play after the strange 3…Nge7: 

french exchange with 4.nc3

whats the setup here??? usually, i play c6, and then i try to trade off my light squared bishop so that i may play my knight to a6, where it is veryyyy useless. any tips?

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You will find your answer in this post: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/french-exchange-after-5-nc3-3467 😃

In a streaming game, I once saw Gabo playing 4…c6. Actually, I think it was Gabo, but I'm not entirely sure. I've tried to find the game to send you a link, but without success. I only have some moves (sorry, no the entire game) I annotated on my pgn that I hope can be of any help. The idea is to stick to the plan with Bd6, offer to exchane the lightsquare bishops on f5, and attack on the king side. I personally think that 7…Bg4 would be a better move, to provoke h3, and then Bf5, but this is not how the game was. Anyway, these are the moves I have annotated

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4  c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Bf5 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bf5  8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Ng6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Ne6 21. Kf1 Kf7

French Attack exchange variation question

I have a question about the French Attack exchange variation that I haven't been able to find covered in the BlackMood Openings starter course. After the initial exchange leaving pawns on d4 and d5, how should we handle our f8 bishop if white's next move is Nc3? The recommended position for this bishop is d6, but of course this will block the queen from protecting the d5 pawn which is now under attack. Trying to add protection to the d5 pawn and then move the bishop to d6 seems to interfere with the overall setup recommended in the course in various ways:

1) Moving Nf6 blocks the f7 pawn, and GM Avetik repeatedly recommends against putting the knight in this position during the course
2) Moving Ne7 puts the knight in the recommended position but blocks the f8 bishop from going to d6
3) Moving the pawn to c6 blocks the b8 knight from its recommended position

So is there a good adaptation for the aggressive setup recommended in the course for this scenario? I'm never quite sure how to play this and I see it fairly often at my level.

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with nc3, we play bb4 instead of bishop on d6. for more info look at this thread :

https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/french-exchange-after-5-nc3-3467

Hi, very interesting point. I had exactly the same problem in one of my otb games. Silly cate suggests playing Bb4 pinning the c3 knight. But this line comes after the sequence:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4

If I am not wrong, Dave is asking for the reply against 4.Nc3, on the 4th move, not on the 5th. That is:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3

During a streaming game, I saw Gabo made the move 4…c6, which protects the d5 pawn and allow us to play Bd6 on our next move, and continue with Ne7-Bg5, etc. I guess this is the right sequence to play. (Obviously, we cannot play c6 if we already have our knight on c6, so c6 is valid only against 4.Nc3 and not against 4.Nf3 followed by 5.Nc3, for which we have to switch to the plan with 5…Bb4)

By the way, I read in previous forum messages that a French attack main course is programmed in the future. Anyone has an idea on when can we expect to have this step-by-step course? I've been using the simplified French attack with Blacks, and I'm now in a point in which I have to decide if I keep playing French or if I should move to the main reccommendation for Black and play Accelerated Dragon against 1.e4

The Power of Self-Belief in Chess

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Inspiring and motivating...thanks so much for sharing...most of these stories are unheard but they carry more weight and value that should steer the chess world in the right direction...we are privileged to have a team of quality support emotionally and realistically...thank you so much

90% of my failures belong to this problem...Thanks a lot for choosing such common and important themes and of course for your motivation! 

2.0 begins

Rapid time management and focus woes!

Hi everyone,

I know many of you hereon Chessmood are much higher rated than me, but I'm hoping to get some advice from anyone who's battled similar challenges at the lower ELO levels. I've been stuck around 600 ELO for a few months now, bouncing between 600 and 550, with occasional dips down to 520. I primarily play rapid games with a 15/10 time control.

Here's the problem: My gameplay consistency suffers due to time management issues. If my opponent plays blitz-style, I feel pressured to respond quickly, which often leads to blunders. Conversely, if the game progresses slowly with both of us using the full time, I find myself losing focus and making careless mistakes late in the game due to fatigue.

An additional twist:  While I find middlegame tactics interesting, I confess to having a particular fascination with queenless endgames.  Perhaps this is affecting my overall approach to the game.

Looking for advice:

How can I improve my time management skills in rapid games? Are there specific strategies for handling opponents who play blitz or slow down the pace?
Do you recommend any training exercises for maintaining focus throughout a longer game, especially considering my fondness for queenless endgames (which can be quite tricky!)?
Any general tips for breaking through a rating plateau around the 600 ELO mark, while also incorporating my interest in improving queenless endgame technique?
Thanks in advance for your insights!

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Hello,
Although i may not be able to answer all of your questions, i can try and give you suggestions on some certain topics.
First of all, when your opponent plays bullet/blitz style, don't be tempted to play a move! Control your impulses, and unless the move is in theory, try to look for anything that could be possibly wrong with that move. I suggest refraining from blitz games for this, try to develop the discipline to not impulsively play a move (this topic is covered in blunderproof course, section 10.)
Don't try to overthink each position/move, they might cause you possible time trouble. 
I don't have a specific strategy maintain focus on longer games, other than just playing more and more games. For the first time, it will be hard, but it will be more natural to you the more you play and focus longer.
To break through 600 elo mark, i suggest reading the study plans for beginners: https://chessmood.com/chess-study-plans/for-beginners
If you wan't to play queenless endgames, try to play some set positions on queenless endgames (either you create one or find a drawish position) with a training partner. You can find one in the forums if don't have one. Alternatively, you can play these positions against some bots. (for me, its the maia bot)
Hope i helped you with something!
 

Dear Csaba,

We just checked the courses that you worked on and we realised that you just started Tactic Ninja. Please concentrate solely on this course, do one section each day, learn the patterns. 
Read and follow the study plan since it is created for you, one step at a time. https://chessmood.com/chess-study-plans/for-beginners
💪Then everything will be easier, but do them in the order layed out in the program. Tactic Ninja is the course that will impact more your progress. May the Chessmood force be with you! 😃

Lifetime plans

Dear ChessMood members,

this is my first post - so i hope its in the right section (sorry - if not). 

I am about 2000 Fide and want to get serious with my chess - so i follow the forum a lot and all the activities from chess mood. My aim is to reach CM or FM title - which is a big dream (i know - i know).

I decided to apply for a lifetime pro membership and filled in the form (i hope it was sent - but i think so). I guess i will get my answer in the next week (and fine so - its sunday :)) - but i am not sure, what to do now. The lifetime accounts will get up in price and i am not sure if i have done everything correct. 

Could you give me some tipp - should i just wait or buy the not pro lifetime and hope to upgrade. I understand its a great obligingness from the founders and investors of chess mood to give such an opportunity.

So i hope you understand my question as its meant - in a polite way.

best wishes and hope to see you at the board

Manfred

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Hi Manfred!

🤗 Welcome to the forum!

Yes, we received your application and you will be contacted by our happyness department.

Thanks!

The hero bishop video

    I recently watched one of the chessmood videos on YouTube called “the hero bishop” about Nepo's win against Mamedyarov. In many classical and blitz games, my opponent plays a bad move but I don't know how to punish it. My question in the initial position after bishop to f1. Why can't Mamedyarov play Rb4 applying pressure to the b2 pawn and keeping an eye on e4. I don't know if I'm being stupid and the rook is getting trapped, but I feel like Rb4 would be really annoying for white, and I pretty sure Rb4 is a bad move but those are the types of positions I freeze in because I don't know how to deal with “annoying moves”.

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