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The Legal Doping in Chess
Hey Champions!
We have an interesting article on our Blog.
https://chessmood.com/blog/the-legal-doping
If you have any questions, comments or you just liked it, feel free to share your thoughts here :)
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thats smart
Yes, I am 61 and in pills, so after 2h of play OTB I begin to sense tiredness and energy slipping through my fingers. After 3h of play I am so tired I can't even calculate two moves ahead. So I invented my own legal doping. Before the game I go and buy a big bottle of Coke. I like it and has caffeine. Some players do the same with coffee or tea. I carry the bottle in my bag and when I begin to sense tiredness I drink it in small sipps. 😅
It helped a lot but getting that “mood” is hard.
I have pain which can be very distracting, but have found meditating does help - another reason to meditate a little before a game. I do play better when I'm in the moment and not fretting about anything, including results. Just hard to get there - I suppose, like everything, consistency is the key.
GM Gabuzyan playing Aimchess Rapid
https://www.chess.com/events/2023-champions-chess-tour-aimchess-rapid-division-3/results
If anyone wants to join me cheering him on :)
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Help Finding Content
Hello!
I'm having difficulty locating certain topics in the main courses. In the basic Whitemood and Blackmood opening courses, it's mentioned that there are main courses which have sample games of each of the openings. I am having trouble finding the sample games as well as at least one of the main course openings.
Specifically, I am having trouble locating the main course for the French Attack from Black's perspective. There are quite a few Sicilian variations as Black, but I am wanting to see more content on the French Attack as Black beyond the basic course and look over some sample games. Has the French Attack been replaced by the Sicilian as the recommended opening against e4? If not, can you help me locate the main course for the French Attack as Black?
Thank you!
Joel Gargus
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The Blackmood openings is the latest course on openings. First we only had the Sicilian but we decided to add the French for a starter repertoire. We are working on a complete advanced repertoire and it will be published in the near future but no dates available yet.
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asking questions here?
Hi
I study Ninja tactics right now. I have questions, observations - where do I place them?
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😀Well, you can create a post for each question in order to make it simple. Put the name of the course and a good description and we will try to help. Since you are a PRO member, post it in the PRO channel please. 😃
Question in Rosseli - Rubinstein, 1st game in Classical Endgames course
In this position, …Rxh4 is given, but it seems White can just reply Bf4, thus isn't …g3 a better move?
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Hi Inguh,
As long as my tactical vision doesn't betray me after Bf4 there is g3 move cutting the connection of Bishop and Knight and most probably winning a piece. To see this Kind of ideas better I highly recommend working on Tactic Ninja course, here is the link https://chessmood.com/course/tactic-ninja
Good luck.
Won a game using Endgame Roadmap
Hi guys! Well, I know I am probably the weakest player here, but even so, I am improving. Here's a game I won applying principles from the Endgame Roadmap. I apologise if the notation is scruffy or confusing, I'm partially sighted, so editing is hard. However, as you can see, the endgame course informed my choices in the middle game - I realised if I could build up a pawn majority I could use it later. And the I was able to make strategic choices about how to proceed when he offered an exchange, and knew to push in the actual endgame. After I did my analysis I looked at it with a computer and didn't understand a thing, so again, sorry. I feel like a kid offering a stick drawing, but still - I am proud of it, so here I am, putting it on the fridge.
[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/acAaop8u"]
[Date "2023.07.06"]
[White "Runner5"]
[Black "pshsebass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1197"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[TimeControl "1800+0"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[UTCDate "2023.07.07"]
[UTCTime "09:28:32"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor Defense"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Runner5"]
1. e4 { [%clk 0:30:00] } 1... e5 { [%clk 0:30:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:29:58] } 2... d6 { [%clk 0:29:51] } 3. d4 { [%clk 0:29:35] } 3... Nc6 { Here I want to keep the tension in the middle instead of exchanging everything off or pushing the pawn. } { [%clk 0:29:36] } 4. Bb5 { I wanted, ideally, to damage his pawn structure on the queen side. But the main point of the pin was to prevent him from taking the d pawn thus relieving the tension in the centre of the board. He could have taken with his e pawn } { [%clk 0:28:48] } 4... Bd7 { [%clk 0:29:30] } 5. Bxc6 { [%clk 0:28:18] } 5... Bxc6 { [%clk 0:29:27] } 6. Nc3 { Again, trying to keep the tension in the middle of the board. I don't want to push and allow him the diagonal. That would lock the centre but prevent OO. and slow down development. } { [%clk 0:28:13] } 6... Nf6 { He's looking to unblock the centre another way, and I want castle before things get messy. } { [%clk 0:29:21] } 7. O-O { [%clk 0:24:30] } 7... Nxe4 { [%clk 0:28:50] } 8. Nxe4 { [%clk 0:24:24] } 8... Bxe4 { [%clk 0:28:44] } 9. Re1 { Here I want to push him to exchange bishop for knight so he doesn't retain the advantage of the Bishop pair. He can't take the d pawn yet, because if the pin on his bishop. He needs to take my knight as otherwise he loses the Bishop to the rook for no compensation. } { [%clk 0:24:09] } 9... Bxf3 { [%clk 0:28:29] } 10. Qxf3 { [%clk 0:24:03] } 10... Be7 { [%clk 0:28:19] } 11. dxe5 { [%clk 0:22:09] } 11... dxe5 { [%clk 0:28:17] } 12. Rd1 { I considered Rxe5, but attacking his queen was more aggressive and slows down his attempt at castling. } { [%clk 0:22:00] } 12... Bd6 { [%clk 0:27:42] } 13. Qxb7 { THIS is where The Endgame Roadmap came to my rescue. I was a little worried that I was being materialistic and pawn grabbing, but thought if I could get a pawn side majority it would help in the end game. } { [%clk 0:16:41] } 13... O-O { [%clk 0:27:33] } 14. b3 { Decided to fianchetto and put pressure on e5, hoping to move my queen to that diagonal putting pressure on the king. } { [%clk 0:14:24] } 14... Rb8 { [%clk 0:27:13] } 15. Qxa7 { Another free pawn, again helping me build a queenside pawn majority. } { [%clk 0:13:58] } 15... e4 { He saw the threat to his pawn and pushed it. } { [%clk 0:26:10] } 16. Bb2 { I continue with the plan anyway, as Queen d4 still puts pressure on his e pawn and points a bishop queen battery at his king. The d file is also good for my queen and rook to control. Edited to add: The computer suggested Qa4 is better. If he had chased me with his rook I would have picked up the d pawn. Anything else? } { [%clk 0:13:24] } 16... Ra8 { [%clk 0:24:36] } 17. Qd4 { [%clk 0:13:12] } 17... f6 { Preventing mate in one, but weakening his castle. } { [%clk 0:24:12] } 18. Qxe4 { I'm now two pawns up with a queen side majority, so simplifying is in my favour. } { [%clk 0:12:45] } 18... Qe7 { And now I have an endgame plan: trade off so my two pawn advantage becomes more powerful, infiltrate to his side and pick up any pieces - and whenever possible just push my extra pawns. } { [%clk 0:23:07] } 19. Qxe7 { [%clk 0:11:33] } 19... Bxe7 { [%clk 0:23:05] } 20. Rd7 { Infiltration and threatening to win an extra pawn. } { [%clk 0:11:08] } 20... Bd6 { Pawn and bishop protect each other, so I can take neither, but my plan is clear - run a pawn down to queen her. } { [%clk 0:22:42] } 21. a4 { [%clk 0:11:03] } 21... Rfd8 { [%clk 0:22:34] } 22. Rxd8+ { Again, don't worry about exchanging pieces: simplify when possible and push. } { [%clk 0:10:42] } 22... Rxd8 { [%clk 0:22:34] } 23. g3 { Creating luft for my king. I pushed g3 rather than another flight square, because it gives me g2 as an exit point and access to the black squares, so his bishop can't see me. } { [%clk 0:10:10] } 23... Be5 { [%clk 0:22:27] } 24. Bxe5 { Again, more than happy to simplify. } { [%clk 0:09:36] } 24... fxe5 { [%clk 0:22:27] } 25. a5 { [%clk 0:09:24] } 25... Rd2 { He's obviously trying to infiltrate, but he should have activated his king. I am not worried about his rook on the second rank as he has nobody to back him up. I am just going to run with my protected a pawn. Promotion is now unstoppable. } { [%clk 0:22:25] } 26. a6 { [%clk 0:09:20] } 26... Rxc2 { [%clk 0:22:22] } 27. a7 { [%clk 0:09:19] } 27... e4 { [%clk 0:22:05] } 28. a8=Q+ { [%clk 0:09:16] } 28... Kf7 { [%clk 0:22:04] } 29. Qxe4 { 1-0 Black resigns. } { [%clk 0:09:04] } 1-0
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Sorry, I just got i could share the link instead. https://lichess.org/study/Jwo2GW8n
Transposition to Sicilian
Dear all,
My question is regarding the best way to play after the following as white player:
1-e4 e6 2-d4 c5 which transposes to a Sicilian where we already have pushed our d-pawn, and hence can't play the thought anti-sicilian from the course. Should we still continue with the anti-sicilian idea of Nc3 from the whitemood courses? I would appreciate your help here.
Thanks in advanced and best regards,
Armin
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Please Armin, check the following thread:
https://chessmood.com/forum/pro-channel/against-french-1-e4-e6-2-d4-c5
You should play d5 in this position. It transposes to some Benoni structures, but favourable for white and difficult to play with black.
You cannot play Nc3 ideas here, but if you play Nf3 you are into Open Sicilians.
How to play in time trouble??
Recently in a tournament, I had a very long game which went for 4.5 hrs, in India we don't get extra time after move 40 so playing in time trouble was inevitable hence how to play in such situations where the game is super long and we are in time trouble and avoid blunders as it is the prime zone for blunders.
Always appreciate the reply
(P.S. I won that game on a blunder)
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The first rule is don't get in time trouble…
But better to listen to the master: 😁
https://chessmood.com/event/webinar-time-management Check the old events, several of them are on this topic, like: https://chessmood.com/event/stream-how-to-spend-time-wisely-3 https://chessmood.com/event/stream-how-to-spend-time-wisely-2
Blackmood
I heard some rumours about the advanced blackmood openings.
Are they true( if it is true pls tell me when will it be released? Or I heard some wrong news and
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Of course, we will do the Advanced Blackmood Openings, we already said this several times, still we will not provide a date because we work on what we believe is better for improvement. We like to think that we provide what you need… 😀
Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack
Hello everyone!
I am playing a tournament on classical chess and my next game is tomorrow (Saturday, 8th of July), I know my opponent and I managed to find his lichess account (Ziryanov_Viacheslav). I found out that he plays Russian Game all the time, so I decided to prepare for him using ChessMood courses, and it turned out that he plays here 9. …d5 (1st attached PGN), which is considered as an inaccuracy by the engine and it recommends to play 10. c4 with a good advantage (+1). However, it is not covered in the course, so there is also an option of playing 10. h4, transposing to the variation which is covered in the course (10. …Nd7 11. Kb1 Nc5 12. c4 Ne4 13. Qc1) (2nd attached PGN).
I have 2 options (considering that it is almost 100% probability he will go to one of those 2 paths): the 1st one is to play the strongest move c4 on move 10, getting a decent advantage, but without knowing the theory deeper, and the 2nd one is to play 10. h4 in order to get the position which is covered in the course.
So, dear comrades, I want to ask you to help me with the choice and I will really appreciate it if you could share with your thoughts on either of the positions (or even on both of them): what your evaluation of the position is, what weaknesses black has, which plan should I choose once I pick one of the 2 options and generally my upsides and how to play the position.
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That is a nice choice. Both are perfectly playable and personally I would go for c4 but both are fine, it depends on who you are, c4 will give you a more positional advantage, the other line will probably give you a more direct attack to the king.. Your choice, try to play against the computer a bit with these lines, see what he plays, and how you react and decide. 😀
Question about chess books
*I posted this at facebook chat, but more appropriate here 😀
Towards the end of Dvoretsky's endgame manual, he mentions a number of books and says some of them are recommended, good, mediocre, or poor etc..
A couple of questions:
Do you really think there are real differences in value you get in reading a 'good' versus 'poor' chess book?
If there is, to discover which books are 'good' - reckon it's perhaps better to follow advice about chess books, or try to figure it out yourself through trial and error?
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Depends why it's bad. If it's wrong or inappropriate for your needs it can hurt your development. A good one can also help you improve. Often subjective which is good and bad depending on one's own needs and style. It's hard though to work out what is one's needs or what is appropriate or what is plain wrong on your own though without a lot of time, possibly polluting your mind with bad habits and wrong ideas.
It's impossible to read all the chess books so it makes sense to seek guidance from others if you are considering what to read.
Anti Sicilian part 2 when black refuses to take Bb4
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "druveonecanobe"]
[Black "vikasdeepyadav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[EndTime "8:42:29 PDT"]
[Termination "vikasdeepyadav won by checkmate"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6
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I believe Avetik covered but cant find in course.
Any suggestions please
https://chessmood.com/course/sicilian-defence-part-2/episode/338
Thanks guys…i knew it was there … could not figure it out
Blackmood Opening Concerns
Hello,
I am writing this because I am confused regarding some of the Blackmood opening repertoire. I have only just started studying the black openings and am already confused by how to handle some of the French lines. Specifically, the Exchange and the Nd2 lines.
The reason I'm confused is because in both of those lines, a white move is skipped which would significantly impact black's plans. Before black can play Bg4 in the Exchange variation and before black can play f6 in the Nd2 variation, Stockfish recommends white moves for each of those lines that address the threats made by the previous black move. However, the lesson is structured as a “this is the general plan for black” by making several moves in a row which are stopped by h3 in the Exchange and Nb3 in the Nd2 line. Has this been discussed anywhere? I am only bringing up these two because they're the only ones I've encountered so far. If there are more, I may add to this post.
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Dear Joel,
We would need some specific variations but h3 is a move that we want on the Exchange variation and it is not a good move for White, please check some of the games played on the section 2 of Blackmood course model games https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings-model-games where the typical attack is demonstrated. h3 will create a hook and a permanent weakness in White's Kingside.
In the line after Nd2 if Nb3, taking on e4 gives Black a good position. Please explain exactly the moves that you are referring too. Please let us know also your level if you do not mind… Thanks!!!!
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Two lines in the Caro-Kann with Kd7
I've been having some trouble recently with two lines in the Caro-Kann that aren't covered in the courses, but that are very popular, at least in the ccom blitz 2100-2200 range.
The first one arises after 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Na3 e6 11. Nb5 Kd7!?
The course covers why 10.. e5 is bad, but doesn't seem to give any answers when the more non-forcing 10.. e6 is played. Black just seems so solid here and it feels pretty difficult to find a plan with White. The pawns on the b-file are isolated and weak, but there doesn't seem to be any proper way to attack them and black's half-open a-file seems to be quite decent compensation.
The second one looks a bit more ridiculous, but equally difficult to play against: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Bb5+ Bd7!? 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7
This obviously looks dangerous (if White had two tempi in a row it would probably be over), but I analyzed this on my own and with the engine for quite some time and after every move with White, it feels like Black is always just in time to find some resource to prevent him from collapsing. And somehow, everyone online who plays 5.. e5 seems to always go into this line with Bd7-Kd7 with very good preparation. Some of the lines are also very sharp and a slight mistake from White can turn decisive really fast.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
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I'd be very interested in the first line, too. Especially, since I found at least one game of MVL playing it with black.
Thank you.
For the first one, I will recommend to you seeing this PGN game-
[Event "Johor op-A 7th"]
[Site "Johor"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laohawirapap, Prin"]
[Black "Kwan, Nam Seng Eddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Na3 e6 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Ne2 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nc1 Ne4 15. Nd3 f6 16. O-O g5 17. Bh2 Nd6 18. a4 Be7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Rhc8 21. Rae1 Nd8 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Nh5 Bf8 24. Re3 e5 25. Bxe5 Rxa4 26. Bg3 Rc6 27. Rf5 Ra5 28. b4 Rb5 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. Ng6 Ne6 31. Nxf8+ Nxf8 32. Bxd6 Kxd6 33. Kf2 Ne6 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. g4 g6 36. Rf3 1-0
And that for the second one I recommend you to see these 2 games-
[Event "Riga Tech op 7th"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Qb5+ Kc7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Nd2 a6 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Nf3 Qe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nxg5 Rg8 19. Nh3 Rxg2 20. Nhf4 Rg4 21. h3 Rg5 22. Rg1 Rf5 23. Rd1 Bh6 24. Ng2 Rf3 25. Rh1 Nd7 26. Nd4 Rf6 27. Ke2 Ne5 28. b3 Nd3 29. Rdf1 Nf4+ 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. Rhg1 Rg6 32. Rg4 Rxg4 33. hxg4 Rg8 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Bg5 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Re5 Bd2 38. Ke4 Kb6 39. Kd3 Bc1 40. Kc2 Ba3 41. Rf5 Rg8 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. b4+ Kd5 44. Kb3 Bc1 45. Rxf7 Rxg4 46. Rxh7 b5 47. Rd7+ Ke4 48. Rd6 Rg2 49. Nc2 Bd2 50. Rxa6 Rg1 51. Na3 Bf4 52. Rb6 Be5 53. Rxb5 1-0
and
[Event "Novi Sad CC Dame"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2017.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Be3 Nc4 11. Nd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Re8 13. O-O-O Kc8 14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. Qf4+ Qc7 16. Ngf3 Nf6 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Qf3 Be5 19. h3 Bxd4 20. exd4 Re6 21. Rhe1 Rhe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Rf1 Kc8 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Qe7 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ne4 28. Qxf7 Nxg5 29. Qf5 Kc7 30. Qxd5 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kc2 Qe7 33. a4 Nf7 34. Ne4 Nd8 35. Kd3 Nc6 36. Qf5 b6 37. d5 Ne5+ 38. Kd4 Nf7 39. Qf4+ Kd7 40. Qb8 Qh4 41. Qxa7+ Ke8 42. Qxb6 g5 43. Qb8+ 1-0
Now about the plans-
- In the first position, it is an endgame with doubled pawns for black and Black will sooner or later have to play Bg6 which will be lot of weaknesses in his position. Nc1-d3 maneouvre was very nice in the game I attached followed by a well timed f4 move. It is actually not so easy for Black to play these positions and White has a risk free game. Basically in both positions, it is a 2 result game, White wins or draws. If you are a good endgame player, you can squeeze your opponent out in those positions.
- In the second position, you can follow the plan used in third attached game (Savic.M vs Jovic.S) if you like to attack. And use plan from Nabaty.T vs Lei.T game where White was higher rated and slowly put pressure on his opponent and Black finally made some mistakes and White was able to punish him.
It is not possible to cover everything in course and whenever possible look for games, especially when you have doubt in moves like Kd7 and that even in 2 positions and see by filter “White=highest rated” and choose the plan he chose.
Cheers!
Sicilian 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7
Dear Chessmood Family
I’m facing this line reasonably often in blitz.
I tried 4.Nd5, 4.Nf3, 4.d3 and even taking. I’m not quite sure how to continue, any good suggestion? (I did not see this in the course...)
thank you!
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Hello Regis
I made a note in this line - maybe from a streaming - 4.Nge2, a6 5.Bxc6, Qxc6 (dxc6 6.f4) 6.d4, cxd4 7.Nxd4
I also stuck what to reply after the Sicilian… 2.Nc6 3.Qc7 4.g6.
French de when opponent deviates from course
druveonecanobe"]
[Black "checkmate2371"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[EndTime "13:20:11 PDT"]
[Termination "Game drawn by repetition"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Nb6
15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Rd2 Nc4 18. Rd5 Be6 19. Rc5 Bb6 20. Rb5 Rfd8 21.
b3 Na3 22. Rxe5 Nxc2 23. Nf4 Nd4 24. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Re8
hey guys any idea what to do like in this case when Bd6
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Dear Druva,
Please find below 2 threads that deal with this move order:
You have 2 options perfectly good one with the knight going Nd2 Nc4, the other going to Ng3. Both are very interesting.
😀Check the posts and decide which one you like the best, or better learn both and try them out to see which one you like the most…😀
Happy learning my friend!! 😁
https://chessmood.com/forum/pro-channel/french-3-dxe4-5-bd6-2025
3.Bd3 French - 5...Bd6!?
IM Krykun just released a new French course on Chessable. There he advocates the next line versus our 3.Bd3 French Repertoire: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 Bd6 aiming for e6-e5 instead of c7-c5. I don't think this is mentioned in the Chessmood course. ? Although he does mention a GM Gabuzyan game in one variation. ?
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The same position is reached via different move orders. IM Krykun's move order: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 Bd6 6.Ne2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 Chessmood's move order: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 Nbd7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.0-0 Bd6 (https://chessmood.com/course/french-defence/episode/1368) IM Krykun only covers 8.c4 and 8.Nbc3. He doesn't mention Chessmood's 8.Ng3!
By the way, rechecking this post and as a side note, we have all the games played online by Gabuzyan and we could not find the game that Krykun was mentioning, he had several ones with different move orders (blitz games) but not the position that he showed in the course…🤑
Which Sicilian?
Hi Chessmood! I'm currently looking to switch from the Dragon (because of the Yugoslav) to some other Sicilian. The 2 that I had in mind were the Najdorf and the Taimanov. Both openings end up in a middlegame which I like, and I would like your advice on whether I should study more to play a Najdorf or choose a more solid and positional Sicilian in the Taimanov. For reference, other openings I play right now are the Grunfeld and the Catalan.
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That also depends on your level, goals, age, time to study, etc… Here in Chessmood we offer and teach the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon, where you will never face the Yugoslav attack… Why don't you try it out? 😊
Hello Eka, in chessmood there is also a course for maroczy bind, but no problem if you want to continue with your old repertoire. I would recommend Taimanov or Paulsen variations, they were on my old repertoire and still, after learning the chessmood openings, I keep them as a solid alternative, even for higher rated players than me. On the othr hand, as your playing style is quite positional, I thnik that Najdorf would not fit your other opening choices as well as Taimanov.
My suggestion (short version):
Accelerated Dragon
Taimanov
Najdorf with trendy h5
BUT I think the crucial thing for any choice is to have good course, book or guidance from GM…
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Long version:
I used to play E4 E5 for black and I also play Marocy with white with good results. However, now I have started to practice Acc Dragon and it seems very fine. If you study Marocy lines it is not so difficult. The bind is not so Bind if you trade some pieces. But if white wants to make a draw probably they would be able (if we speak of good level of both players). And it is very positional.
Otherwise from white perspective Taimanov for me seems very tricky, it is robust (I am playing Open Sicilian and I like very concrete play, so I do not like Taimanov with white).
Najdorf sometimes seem very difficult from both sides, somehow it could be compared to Dragon - one incorrect move from any of sides can make a lot of difference. There are a lot of lines to remember (at least from white perspective if white goes to long castle that is the most principal way). But there is one trendy line with early h5 and it is more positional, I feel White's long castle is not so dangerous there for black. There is not so much theory compared to other line. GMs also played this. It goes 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5. Or h5 can be played after Be7.
And black are usually short castling and have nice play on both queen and king side. I do not like this from White's perspective, I have bad results even after studying these lines. Of course engine evaluation is not the main thing you have to look but still engine likes this for black…
My OTB rating is 2000, chess.com 2200.
The best games of June, 2023, and the prizes
Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions!
Welcome to the "Best games of June, 2023" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post the 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, 2023:
Benjamin Eppel
Ink Kaula
Uma Prasanna
Thomas H.
Angelo Sifaleras
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Hi ChessMood team, thank you so much. An honor!
Thank you Chessmood team for selecting my game for the prize 🙏
Thank you Chessmood! We regularly see several interesting middlegame plans through the educational events / streams and It is very nice to apply these ideas to our own games! Thank you everyone in Chessmood family!
Classical Sicilian attack https://www.chess.com/game/live/79490981547
Sicilian attack #2 with two brilliant moves https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/79491603717?tab=review
https://lichess.org/BbAk1qqA/black One of my best games.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/79407138333 Miniature of 16 moves with one brilliant :-).
https://www.chess.com/game/live/79239760979 I beated one sided to FM
https://lichess.org/gKhN5FoJ2PjM
1. e4 c6 { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bxc2 15. Qc1 Rac8 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxf4 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Qe1 Bd3 20. Nf3 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qc2 22. Qa6 Re8 23. Qxa7 Qxb2 24. Re1 g5 25. a4 Qc3 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qd3 28. Rb7 Qg6 29. a5 Rc3 30. a6 Kg8 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. a7 Qe4 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qb7+ Kf6 35. Qa8 Qxf3+ 36. Kf1 Rc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0 -1 my game as black
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/79699330877?tab=review I played black
https://www.chess.com/game/live/79741324597 I played White
Beated NM today with right mood https://www.chess.com/game/live/79755680363
another NM busted https://www.chess.com/game/live/79758611625
https://www.chess.com/game/live/79818807135 Thanks chessmood family I am beating FMs like anything with the help of our repetoire.
My game against Prin, although on his alternate account - https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/79844472199?tab=review Nice SLP by me there after he outplayed me badly.
My june games will be here: antilondon benko/blumenfeld style https://lichess.org/rKRee4Bwthxw nice blitz OTB in da club https://www.chess.com/a/23X7Mk3gaZT2S?tab=analysis
winning 2450 rated player with a great tactic https://lichess.org/Q0gmNVrE/white#47 all thank's go to the tactic ninja course
Hi chessmood! Thanks to your courses Scandinavian i lern a variation that trap blacks Queen. An IM player from Armenia was falling in this trap. Many other player had also fall in this trap. This was just a blitz game 3min game. https://lichess.org/LolQrjMr
https://www.chess.com/game/live/79998072185
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80037087183
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80093503081?tab=review - Caro-Kann: Refutation of the dubious 7...Qb6?! And the losing 10...e5?
This game is in the Stonewall Dutch where I sacrificed a pawn to bring another attacker.
I have a bad record against the sicilian. This is by no means a perfect game but I think at long last I'm getting the mood right. https://lichess.org/mwixjiUj
This is a surprise mate ...to save the mate white would have had to give up almost all their pieces... https://lichess.org/IzaeykczfDSk
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80212813249
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80216375601
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80224204777
From a county team U2050 semi-final. Overlooked Nf4, a resource that I've won quickly with before, but still demonstrates White's edge in the Nf6 Schlecter
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80335835227?tab=review - A demonstration of a smooth GP Attack!
Attack in Pirc, breaking the king shelter 0 https://www.chess.com/game/live/80357495399
Demonstration of a great kingside attack followed by a knight and rook sacrifice. https://lichess.org/KuD4kji2bnvD
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80424204873 - (almost) Flawless demonstration in the Schlechter French, showing that the passive play option doesn't work if you are not an engine.
Played this in an OTB blitz tournament today. This was a fun game against a player rated 200 elo higher than me https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/3Su7Hs3LXG?tab=analysis
https://lichess.org/RcZ8F7R7/white#67 Played against a CM sparring partner. Good example of the bind White gets with Bb5xc6 and c2-c4 in the 2.Nc3 Nc6 Sicilian.
Fun Alekhine, destroying king shelter https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80541033389?tab=review
Caro Fantasy for black, destroying king shelter 2 https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80280044183?tab=review
Forgive me for being a bit technically challenged. I haven't learned how to post a game here so I'm doing so as a reply. I blundered, but kept fighting. My opponent should have made the draw, but I got lucky. It's a good game only if you're looking for fighting spirit. [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.06.15"] [White "Pawnskewer1"] [Black "SanAnselmo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1277"] [TimeControl "15+10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O $6 9. O-O-O Bxe3+ 10. Qxe3 d6 $6 11. f3 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Rdf1 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Qf2 Ne5 18. Ne2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 c5 20. h4 f6 21. Rh3 N7g6 22. Qd1 Rad8 23. Nc1 Nc4 24. Qd5+ Rf7 25. Qxc4 Ne5 26. Qe2 d5 27. Rd1 d4 28. Qf2 Nc4 29. Nd3 Qd6 30. f4 Ne3 31. Rd2 Re8 $6 32. e5 fxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Qf3 Re8 35. f5 g6 36. Qe2 Qe7 37. c3 Nd5 38. Qg2 Qe1+ 39. Kc2 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. cxd4 Nb4+ 42. Kb3 Na6 43. dxc5 Nxc5+ 44. Kc3 Rxg4 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. h5 Ne4+ 47. Kb3 Rg3+ 48. Rxg3 Nxg3 49. fxg6 hxg6 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Rg8+ Rg7 52. Rxg7+ $6 Kxg7 53. Kb4 Ne4 $2 54. Kb5 $1 Nd2 55. a4 Nb3 56. Ka6 Nc5+ 57. Kxa7 Nxa4 58. b3 b5 59. Ka6 Nc3 60. Ka5 Kf6 61. Kb4 Ke6 62. Kxc3 Kd6 63. Kd4 Kc6 64. b4 Kb6 65. Kd5 Kc7 66. Kc5 Kb7 67. Kxb5 Kb8 68. Kb6 Ka8 69. Kc7 Ka7 70. b5 Ka8 71. Kb6 Kb8 72. Ka6 Ka8 73. b6 Kb8 74. b7 Kc7 75. Ka7 {Pawnskewer1 won by resignation} 1-0
Scotch game! Im finally getting the hang of most of the ideas in the Scotch and this was my best attempt so far :) https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80637644423
Not chessmood opening, but still. OTB game. With black pieces. https://lichess.org/VRt74wjl#33
very clean and a positional crush recent otb game in maharasthra gm open a category with a 2100 elo fide
https://lichess.org/qJWsx3lJJdKL I'm White in a Sicilian closed game. Stockfish doesn't like as best move the quality sacrifice at move 17, but I think it allows me to keep the things simple with an advantage
https://lichess.org/Regw1szDIJ8o I'm Black in a French Advance Variation game. The dubious development of White leads to a game in total control.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/80746243213 Opponent played some weird d4 lines and I tried to convert it into the Benko🤔 TacticNinja course helped me to find some very cool tactics to finish the game!!😁😎
Here is a game I played in a rapid tournament. I was white and my opponent was about 1850.
Heres a blitz game i played on chess.com https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80786446167?tab=review
Here is one of my best game vs a NM [Site "Montreal"] [Date "2023.6.11"] [Round "?"] [White "2030"] [Black "2225] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. a5 Bf5 (9... Nbd7) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 Qe7 13. Bd3 Bc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bc4 Bg7 17. d6 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Re1 g5 (19... Qf4 20. Ra4) 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Bd3 Qxd6 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Nh2 O-O (23... h5 24. Be4 (24. Nf1)) 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Qc2 h5 26. Bc4 (26. Ngh6+) 26... Qe8 27. Ngh6+ Bxh6 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Qf5 f6 (29... Qe7 30. Nxf7+ (30. Bd3 f6 31. Qg6) 30... Kg7 31. Bd3 Rxf7 (31... Qxf7 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Re3) 32. Qh7+ Kf6 (32... Kf8 33. Qh8#) 33. Qh6#) 30. Bd3 Rf7 (30... Qe7 31. Qg6) 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qg6 Qxg6 33. Bxg6 Nf8 34. Bxh5 Be6 35. Red1 (35. Bf3 Rb8 36. Rac1 (36. Red1) 36... c4 37. Red1) 35... Kg7 36. Bf3 Rb8 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Rc1 c4 39. Rb6 Nd7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Bxb7 Nc5 42. Bc8 Bd5 43. Rd1 Bc6 44. Rd6 Bb5 45. Rb6 Na4 46. Bxa6 Nxb6 47. Bxb5 c3 48. bxc3 Nc8 49. Bd7 Na7 50. g3 Ke7 51. Ba4 Kd6 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kc5 54. h5 Nc8 55. h6 Nd6 56. Bb3 *
I had fun in this one! https://lichess.org/H9YTd0aU
[Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Date "2023.06.18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.06.18"] [UTCTime "07:58:26"] [WhiteElo "2013"] [BlackElo "2042"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation } 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. g4 h6 11. h4 c5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. gxh6 Nxf4 15. hxg7 Nh3 16. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 d5 19. Qxd5 c4 20. Rg3+ Bg7 21. Qg5 Qg6 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Rxg6 Kh7 24. Rgd6 a6 25. Rd7 Kh8 26. Rxb7 a5 27. Na4 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. Nc5 Rxh4 30. f4 Bh6 31. Ne6 a4 32. Kd1 Rh3 33. f5 Rh2 34. Nf4 Bg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. e5 Rh4 38. e6+ Kf8 39. c3 a3 40. bxa3 Rh3 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kd1 Rh3 43. Ke2 Rh2+ 44. Rf2 Rh3 45. f6 Rh7 46. f7 Rh2 47. e7+ Kg7 48. f8=Q+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qf6+ Kh5 51. Nf4+ Kg4 52. Qg6+ Kh4 53. Rxh2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0 in this game I forgot theory aigenst the Philidor but it gone well at the end
Here is a game that i played. I am Epitaph. There was no inaccuracy, mistake and blunder in my game. It was a short game. https://lichess.org/ggXUK6Te
My favorite French Attack ! https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/80854241113?tab=review
CM French attack in breaking the king shelter 3 https://www.chess.com/game/live/80881340463
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation } Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh5 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qd3 Be5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bf4 15. g4 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Nf6 17. h4 Re8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bd3 Nxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd5 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 c6 23. Qxf7 d5 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rhf1 d4 26. f4 Qe2 27. f5 d3 28. cxd3 Rad8 29. f6 gxf6 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Rc1 Qxd3+ 34. Ka1 Qd2 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. g5 Re2 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. g6 Qd7 40. h5 a5 41. h6 Rh2 42. h7+ Rxh7 43. gxh7+ Kxh7 44. Rh1+ Kg8 45. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0 a game in the scotch where Played Qd3? but after that a created a second chance and I won the game with a nice attack with pawns
Fast win in the Benko Gambit with precise play! [Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MFbNDOhF"] [Date "2023.06.15"] [White "Shlomo133"] [Black "GiorgosKehagias509"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.06.15"] [UTCTime "11:27:57"] [WhiteElo "1980"] [BlackElo "2004"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A58"] [Opening "Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5?! { (0.16 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (2... e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4) 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 { A58 Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation } Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 Ra6 12. a4 Qa8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. b3 Rb8?! { (0.47 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (14... e6 15. dxe6) 15. Rb1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nb5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Nc7?? { (1.32 → -4.91) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } (19. Qe2 Rab6 20. Rhc1 Qa6 21. Be1 Nd7 22. Rc2 h6 23. Ra2 R6b7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Bf2 Nd7) 19... Nxf3 20. Nxa8 Nxd2 21. Rb2?! { (-5.54 → -8.39) Inaccuracy. Nc7 was best. } (21. Nc7 Ra5 22. Nb5 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Rbxb5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. f4 Rb8 26. g4 Bd4 27. g5 c4) 21... Raxa8?! { (-8.39 → -5.73) Inaccuracy. Bxb2 was best. } (21... Bxb2 22. Nc7 Ra5 23. Re1 Nxb3 24. Re2 Nd4 25. Re1 Ra7 26. Nb5 Rxa4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Re2) 22. Rxd2 Rxb3 { White resigns. } 0-1
Saving a completely lost position, where I lost my queen! (white) [Event "Live Chess - chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.06.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Giorgos_Kechagias"] [Black "greendt"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "600"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1702"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6 6. e5 Qc6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. O-O c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd6 Bxg4 13. Bg5 Bxd6 14. Rfe1+ Ne7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. a3 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. b4 Bxf2 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Rxf7+ Ke8 23. Re2+ Be3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3+ Kd8 26. Ree7 h5 27. Na4 Re8 28. Rxb7 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Rf8# 1-0
This was a very key game in my World Cadet Chess Championship 2022, my opponent was having a half point lead in the tournament. [Event "World Cadet Chess Championship 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Mgeladze Kesaria"] [Black "Shubhi Gupta"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. h3 c6 15. g4 b5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 b4 18. Nb1 Ng6 19. Bd3 c5 20. Qg3 Nb6 21. N3d2 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. h4 c4 24. h5 Nf8 25. c3 Ne6 26. axb4 axb4 27. cxb4 Qa7 28. h6 Nd4 29. Rh2 Ra1 30. hxg7 c3 31. Qh3 cxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Nc4+ 33. Kc1 Ne2+ 34. Rxe2 Qa2 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Qc2 Rxb1+ 37. Qxb1 Na3+ 38. Qc2 Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2 Qb1+ 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 { B10 Caro-Kann Defense } 3. e5 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. f4 h5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. a3 b5 12. Be3 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh2 d4 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc1 cxd3 17. cxd3 Nc5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Bxc6 Rc8 20. Bf3 Bc2 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Qe1 Nxa1 23. g5 g6 24. Ng3 d3 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Nb3 27. Qh4 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Bb1 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 Rxc1+ 31. Nf1 Rfc8 32. Qh6 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Qxg6+ fxg6 37. f5 gxf5 38. Kf4 Rg1 39. Ke3 d2 40. Rxd2 Nxd2 41. Kxd2 Rg6 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kf4 Rxf6 44. exf6 Kxf6 45. h4 e5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Bg6 48. h5 Bxh5+ 49. Kxh5 f3 50. Kg4 f2 51. Kf3 f1=Q+ 52. Ke4 Qf4+ 53. Kd5 Qd4+ 54. Kc6 Qc4+ 55. Kb6 Qd5 56. Kxa5 b4+ 57. Kxb4 Ke6 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. b4 e4 60. a4 e3 61. b5 e2 62. b6 e1=Q+ 63. Kc2 Qc4+ 64. Kb2 Qee2+ 65. Ka3 Qc3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1 this is a game where me and my opponent where both attacking but at last I won
Positional squeeze in CM Sicilian https://www.chess.com/game/live/81061259855
Good game.
You successfully used weaknesses in your opponent's camp.
But I couldn't understand the idea of 5.a4 :)
Nice game, especially a great finish! 💪👍
But I think would be hard to play if your opponent plays 19…f5.
Hello, this was a Scotch game (15m+10sec) with 4 .. Bc5 .. I believe that I followed more or less the suggested attacking pawn storm and was faster! 😀
Coincidentally I played this game right after watching Coach Gabuzyan's Commented Classical Game(Portisch-Botvinnik) called “Unexpected Attack”. Proof that Chessmood's teachings work!
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81148333003?tab=review - Perfect game by me in the GP with Black! My opponent made a mistake in the opening and there was no coming back. 3300 Est. ELO!!!
Here is what I believe to be one of my best games. I had been doing some research on some books before the tournament and played a fantastic game with an interesting idea in the French Defense. My opponent was a well-known FM in Mexico and fell for the whole idea. I played very energetically. Hope you like it.
https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/game/?p=gEbjYOts7Qtgg4pn7STlALi857lA/DIYkIQBvAHR2PwVeAh0K8IHrNUnSAxlaVo4
This game is a crazy attacking game in the Old Indian Defense where we both had chances but in the end, the position collapsed for my opponent. Here is the game, https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/2BD9QjZRTt?tab=analysis. Hope you Enjoy!
Here I played a beautiful idea By playing 29.A6 weaking the light sqaures near King the And By playing 30.Ra4-c4! And later converted it
PS: I aslo Played 24.Qg4! provoking H5 shutting down the Black's Kingside Counterplay
https://www.chess.com/game/live/81286307945 mate in 20 moves with black, French, exchange variation
Sicilian attack - breaking the king shelter 4
https://www.chess.com/game/live/81294669401
Nice Anti-Sicilian w/ 2950 est. ELO! - https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81303046419?tab=review
What a fun game in CM Scotch, breaking the king shelter 5
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81311534531?tab=review
I truly enjoy when I play CM Pasini variation, breaking the king shelter 6
https://www.chess.com/game/live/81317533697
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack } e6 4. Bc4 a6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a4 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 f5 10. e5 b6 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. g4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 Nf5 14. Nh4 Ncd4 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Nxc2 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Rf7 21. Bh6 Qf8 22. Nxg7 Rxg7 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Rf4 Ne3 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Rxf5+ Ke7 29. Rg7+ Kd8 30. Rf8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0
I did not revise the Sicilian so I did not know if 6. a4 was correct and I also doubted if gxf5 was correct, but I managed to win against the Sicilian!
https://lichess.org/DcZKC4TfUUaj Sac Sac Mate!!
Give me a Scotch, on the rocks.
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack } d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. d3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Qh4 d5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Ne2 Na5 12. g4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14. Qh3 Nb4 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. exf5 f6 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. Rg1 Qxf5 20. Qg2 Rf7 21. Bh6 Qd7 22. Nf4 Kh8 23. Nh5 Bxh6 24. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
One more game in the Sicilian where I won because of a beautiful attack by activating all my pieces and then finish him of with a nice pin.
Lets make that Scotch a double!
https://lichess1.org/game/export/gif/white/G8drfXdd.gif?theme=brown&piece=alpha
Its a good day for chess. Wait… Every day is a good day for chess!
https://lichess.org/EjAJEjbf/black#70
my first French attack against c4-c5 in the exchange variation with b6-b4-a5 !
https://lichess.org/k0DFehnj A tense KID.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81638787393?tab=review - Model game (not in our openings) that shows how to attack when having 4 vs 3 on the kingside. 3250 Estimated ELO!!
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81639916651?tab=review - Not the best game, but it was aesthetically pleasing to see the domination of the dark squares.
https://lichess.org/X3AXJLIM/black#0 - English Opening with black - our toxic line from the course
https://lichess.org/hJ915YkR/black#22 from the course Countering All the Sicilian Sidelines
Breaking the king shelter 7 in CM Sicilian
https://lichess.org/eiaPokaE/white#47
Mating Matador style play. Lots to be learned form the course!
https://lichess.org/BJCmSnXqf4OM
Scotch Game with CM 8.h4 move and how 8..g6 runs into trouble ! https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/81802498551?tab=analysis
I beat Eric Rosen in Las Vegas here's the game: Chess Analysis Board and PGN Editor - Chess.com
Hello champions!
How are you?
Thank you for sharing your best games! There were some absolute beauties in there and we are proud of the chess you’re playing. Keep it up!
Moving on to the prizes for the best games of June 2023 now:
The 1st prize goes to Vedant Garg for this fantastic attacking game. Extremely well-executed attack in the Trompowsky (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5). Can be a model game for Black in the same line. Well done!
https://lichess.org/DcZKC4Tf/black
The 2nd prize goes to Ink Kaula. Fischer once said, ‘Tactics flow from a superior position’. This game is a great example of that - from how to build a superior position, execute an attack, and suddenly tactics appear (Ng4!) to finish off the game. Well done!
https://lichess.org/VRt74wjl
Chess Forever grabs the 3rd prize. The sac with 17.Nxe6 was quite interesting, and then patiently bringing all your pieces into the attack (with 19.f5) was really nice to see. And of course, Rxh7 was the killer! Great job!
https://lichess.org/KuD4kji2
Sriram M takes the 4th prize. It looked like the attack came out of nowhere, but the moves like Ne5, Rd3, c5 made a huge difference. And then the classy finish after Bxh6 was really great to watch. Great game!
https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=C+wnzHYn7zOnyZCT7nCQQWIUSANiZ9hfseIVJFjTJoxZ4OGkDIrbVZSpd6SCpqq4
The 5th prize goes to Vladimir Bugayev. The game you played would make it as a chess classic! The way you caged Black’s queenside by dominating the dark squares, brought your King up the board and finished the game with a pawn fork is worth learning a lot from. Nicely done!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/81061259855
Congratulations to all of you. And thanks once again to everyone for sharing your games.
Also, we’re halfway through 2023. Make sure to celebrate your wins for this year, refocus on the priorities you’ve set and keep doing your best.
See you in the next month’s contest.
Alapin Question
How should I play against 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cd 5.cd d6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.e6
I saw I have some options- fe or Bb5(after which Qh5 is coming and I have Qc7 or Qc8, leading to complex lines)
Request to GM Gabuzyan to add this in the course, as this has become the most popular reply in that position. Attaching position screenshot below-
Replies
Hi Nishant,
I would reccomend playing 8…fxe6 9.Bd3 g6 10.h4 Bc6 and if 11.h5 Bg7 with an idea to give the g6 pawn and put the King on d7 with active pieces and dynamical ideas. White can have many replies, but since positions are very fine to play for black. You can analyze the lines with the engine on your own and get deeper preparation.
But if I remember correctly from the last event, your rating was about 1600 fide and 2050 online, and at this level such a deep preparations may be not the best time investment, and you can try to improve other parts of your game through our courses.
Good luck!
