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Fide Online Arena

Hi chessmood family members 😊 Do any of you have experience with the fide online arena? https://chessarena.com/ Is it any good? Are the ratings or tournaments there any credible or is it just another site with a good marketing behind? It seems to me they are throwing with special titles like AGM (Arena GM's) just to make us feel beter about ourselfs. 😆 Happy Chessing, Michel

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Hello, I have used it. This is the website of the official Chess Federation (FIDE). If you meet the requirements and get ACM, AFM, AIM or AGM, you will have a title added to your FIDE profile. And you will see it in the chess-results.com website if you are playing a tournament which is updated there also. But, I would say there is not much use. It is not an important one but there are some prize money tournaments nowadays.

Years ago, the organization hosted a few of the world championship matches. They lost the bid/contract/partnership a few years ago but maintained the "ties" with FIDE that allows them to issue "arena/online" titles that get appended to your FIDE profile page. (Similar to how the USCF has online ratings of quick, blitz, and regular.) Recently, they have been revamping and remarketing (especially around their Armageddon chess series) and their focus now is around online events and their "soon-to-open" physical chess club/coffee house in Berlin.

I have tried it a year ago and I was a bit dissapointed. I even asked to refund my yearly membership without any success :) Maybe now something has changed. 1) It was lagging a lot. I made short video screenshot and sent it to the website owner showing that it is impossible to play blitz games, so much it was lagging. 2) It was very difficult to get opponents. Sometimes you had to wait for a very long time to get the opponent. Often in tournaments there were not enough players. 3) I really do not like their user experience and interface. Too awkward compared with lichess and even chess.com 4) The only reason to play there is a) official tournaments b) to gain official online title, but as mentioned in other posts, you should pay for it each year; a kind a waste of money (at least for me) Since then I believe they had some improvements. And sometimes they have official tournaments.

I have used it, and got a "title" just before the full migration; The interface is fairly laggy and has some bugs, a few of them are potentially breaking (I filed a report for some randomly triggered forfeits and never heard back 🙄) Two clarifications though; According to the FIDE handbook section for FOA titles (https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B11FOATitlesForLowerRatingBand) : 1) "If a player upgrades his FIDE Title of the lower rating band with a new one, then the difference of the fees between the two categories has to be paid." So you should never be asked to pay more than 50 euros *in total* for AGM, regardless of whether you take it directly or get all the intermediate titles first. 2) "An expired membership does not cancel an already acquired title nor the right of the player to use the title in over the board chess tournaments." So if you do not renew your membership, the title should *not* be removed/hidden. If this happens you should complain :) In fact mine had been removed a couple of times (reasons never clarified) but both times it was added back after some correspondence. Whether acquiring these titles or not is worth it is another topic, and comes down to how you view it yourself; it won't really add anything / not many people care about them, but if it would be a challenge for you to beat or something you would be proud of, you can by all means go for it (if the sub-par platform isn't too deterring 😛)

what is the best respawn agenst 1.D4

hello I don't feel comfortable when my opponent plays 1.d4 I did try dutch attack it's a good vs below 2000 rating player but I keep losing against 2200/2300 player

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Are blitz tourneys before main tourneys helpful?

Some larger tourneys have blitz tourneys before them. I've only looked at the results of a few of these tournaments and I've noticed that the person who wins the blitz, even if they are the strongest player in the tourney, doesn't win the main classical part of the tourney. Often, the person who wins the classical (main) section didn't play in the tourney. So, asking everyone, do those optional blitz sections before the main part starts helpful or not? Thanks!

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Thanks Paul

My improvement on Paul Morphy's Opera game (5-0 blitz)-thanks Paul! My 10 move mate against the Philidor defence ;-)

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ChessMood Simplified openings with White // Petroff // Continuation after 3...Nc6

Hello dear chess friends, I've been studying the chapter for playing against the Petroff but the fact is that most of the time, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 my opponents play 3...Nc6. It appears that this move isn't covered in the simplified ChessMood openings for White. Do you have any advice in order to fight the best way we can after this move ? I thought it was a transposition from the Scotch first, but not at all, because we still have our pawn on the d file... Help :) Thanks a lot !

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3...Nc6 is an unusual move and not a good one. Just play 4.Nxc6! and Black gets his pawn structure damaged unnecessarily, whether he plays bxc6 or dxc6. Then you continue 5.Nc3 to protect your e4-pawn and White not only has the better pawn structure, but also the better center

3...Nc6 in the Petroff is called "Stafford Gambit" . In the gambit section you can find this great course: https://chessmood.com/course/stafford-gambit-the-refutation Hope, it helps you.

Nc6 is the Stafford gambit, a love of Youtubers. It can be particularly dangerous if you don't know what you are doing, and easy points if you do and are tactically aware. Have a look at the Abracadabra gambits section, there is also a blog article on this.

Thanks a lot for your help ! This is very kind 😀

This is known as Stafford Gambit. In general this is not a good opening. You won't face it much OTB games in classical chess. However, online and in Blitz you can face it quite often just because some Youtubers are advertising it as good (dubious) opening. One of them is Eric Rosen. In ChessMood you can find it here: https://chessmood.com/course/stafford-gambit-the-refutation Even if you forget all line one thing you should remember: do not play Bc4 with white.

Dutch Vs the English?

Do we just use the same type of setup against queens gambit type positions or use the stonewall or something different? Thanks for your answers.

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😀Yes, as a general roule when the Bishop is fianchettoed as in the English, we normally will go StoneWall mode if we cannot play our usual setup with Bb3. It depends a bit but think about the general rule.  😅

2001+ Study Plan?

Hey, I just hit 2210 from 2189 USCF OTB and I am wondering when the plan will come out as I am trying to get IM by the time I graduate high school in 2.5 yrs.

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We cannot promise any date as we never do. We are working on it and when we finish, we will publish it. Stay tuned…😅

Bug in Wolf of the wall street course?

Hello guys, I am facing an issue in the course wolf of the wall street. Before the course had 1h+ of material and 3 sections but when I see it now it's material is only 24 mins and 1 section. Is this a bug or has chessmood removed the sections?

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They are re-recording some of the course to make it better so some stuff has been temporarily taken down. I think it was mentioned in a recent email.

New course: BlackMood Openings Model Games!

Champions,

Today is 16-July-2022. And as per our schedule, we’ve released the BlackMood Openings Model Games course!

Here, GM Gabuzyan has recorded real and instructive model games played with the BlackMood opening repertoire to help you:

  • Deepen your knowledge of BlackMood openings.
  • Discover the typical plans and middlegame positions arising from these openings.
  • Learn how to punish your opponent when they ‘forget’ theory and make dubious moves.
  • Remember the BlackMood opening variations better and so much more!

Start watching it now by clicking the link below

https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings-model-games

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I went through the following game which was excellent! https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings-model-games/episode/4601 An instructive attack. The Qxe5 followed by Qh8 was very cool. I'm going to have to remember that one!

Tired of the Benko, I decided to try the BlackMood openings and just finished the model games. I'm amazed by the spectacular games. How many training games did it take to produce these masterpieces?

Hello, In this 2nd game from the best game series of dutch attack against the london, At time 4.07, h5 schould win the bishop.

French Attack: Rozman-Rubinstein Attack playable?

hi, I just finished the French Attack part of t. BlackMood Openings &I love it yet I wonder, why not play always like in t. 4.Bb5 line shown? (vs tarrasch) avoiding - early e5 , which you don't always play (e.g. 4. Bb5 line) - early f6, which you don't always play (e.g. 4. Bb5 line) - early Nf6, which you don't always play (e.g. 4. c3 line) Levy Rozman always plays the same moves: 1) e4. e6 2) d4. d5 3) Nd2. dxE 4) NxE is forced. Nf6 5) Nx F6+ is best, it seems. gx F6 6) almost any move. NC6 7) almost any move. B6 8). any move. (RG8, BD6, QD7(QD5,QD6), 0-0-0, NE7, NF5..) so it kind of is an exchange variation with crippled pawns &good light bishop is it playable/advisable to play for an amateur? setup after 6. gx F6

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I don't really believe in this diagram for black, to be honest. I think black has trouble proving anything against simple development, e.g. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ gxf6 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 c3 b6 8 g3 (not only countering the bishop, but also closing the g-file) Bb7 9 Bg2 Qd7 10 O-O O-O-O 11 a4 h5 12 a5! Nxa5 13 b4 and white is first with a huge initiative, while ..h4 isn't even an actual threat (the broken structure kinda tells here) So, I assume that ChessMood wants to recommend better lines :D

😀We like this variation because it gives the chance to play unusual positions for White and has a big surprise value, and think that is a great choice and you will play different positions too. Of course, you can play any other variation that you like and go along the other line. We do not like to oversimplify either. In this case in particular I love the look in the face of a Tarrasch variation player when I go Nc6, I cannot refrain myself from having a very nice feeling at the moment… 😅

Also Aelya just proposed a very good reason to not play this Youtube line… 😀

Visualisation - For People Who Cant Visualise?

Hi there, This is something I thought maybe would make a good blog post (apologies if already covered, I did a search but couldn't bring anything directly relevant up). You hear often how important visualisation is as part of calculation. By that I mean the ability to see the board in your minds eye, as part of calculating potential moves and responses by the opponent. The above is a major issue for me. Reason being, I struggle to visualise. I have heard that certain people fall into particular types; those that are visual and think/talk in terms of pictures (and are often strong visualisers), those that are auditory (thinking/learning best by sound/spoken word), and those that are kinaesthetic (process thinkings mostly internally i.e. through felt or associated feelins/sensations). Of course, most do not fall entirely into just one of the above, but for most people one of the above is strongest. I myself fall into the kinaesthetic category. These types typically struggle to visualise pictures in their minds eye. I certainly find that the be the case myself. While I might be able to get a flash of an image in my mind, I find it very difficult to sustain. This makes visualising a sequence of moves very difficult. While I do my best to calculate, I tend to rely more on intuition, or my intuitive sense of a particular position in chess. Nonetheless, I cant help but think this is a pretty big weakness for me. As teachers of students, have you coached people with this challenge and if so are there any strategies you might recommend? Thanks a lot, Rich.

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Episode 82, with guest Aiden, on the Chess Journeys Podcast is well worth listening to. One of the points that Aiden makes is that visualisation is somewhat misnamed and might be better named conceptualisation. Apparently there a lot of variation regarding how people "visualise" a position, but most people certainly don't have a clear picture of the board in their mind. At least, not a picture in the traditional sense. A lot of it seems to come down to our mental model of the chess position, the relationships between the pieces, and the geometry of the board. The richer and more accurate our mental model is, the easier it is to "visualise" and calculate. That dude Aiden has a chess startup that is focused on visualisation. I sampled the free trial and it's fairly interesting stuff but I didn't join. It's actually quite similar to some of the stuff that GM Jonathan Tisdall talks about in his underrated book "Improve Your Chess Now".

As someone who struggles with this (I'm able to audiotorily hear music though), I think a fair bit of the problem is other parts of the brain being more dominant. When being tired I can visualise better. Some of it I think is turning off in the internal monologue and just doing the best you can. I don't think the real aim is to be able to visualise the position Queen's Gambit style, but to be able to understand where the pieces are and their relationships enough to judge the position or feel for tactics or danger, and then be able to start from that position and work on. Much of this will depend on how much changes in the position, how familiar you are with it, and the complications and branching factor. Also the better you are with the other skills, judgement/intuition, tactics, positional themes etc being ingrained the less you'll need to take up your conscious capacity with them affecting your visualisation capability.

One thing to try, if you haven't already, is playing out a simple endgame blindfold, for example KR vs K. Just use any mental technique that you can think of to get through it. It's fairly easy to try on lichess.

A couple of things that might help you that have helped me before: 1. Try playing a blindfold opening-say, a blindfold game for 10 moves. 2. When playing out a game in game analysis always try to visualize 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 moves ahead, and then move the pieces. Start with what works, and then move to more and more moves ahead. 3. Solve puzzles by setting it up on the board but not moving the pieces. Try to calculate all the variations you need and then check it after you have decided it in your head. In my opinion, you can train your visualization. One interesting psychological idea is to when solving puzzles chewing your favorite brand of gum (or something similar) and then when playing an OTB tourney chewing the same type of gum. This can help because you say that you think through association with feelings/sensations, and research has shown before that this can help. Just my ideas, hope that helps! :)

Hi all, Its been a busy week at work, didn't expect so many helpful responses - very much appreciated. I must admit I've never seriously tried blindfold chess, other than trying to visualse some opening variations I know - but certainly not games. I've had a look at the startup mentioned and signed up for the free introductory course. It sounds an like something that could be quite helpful, as does the book. Its good to know that I'm not the only one that finds this area challenging! On the topic of chess geometry, there's a course on another website I've had my eyes on for a while. Intuitively, it makes sense to me that improving my understanding of the geometric aspects of chess would help with visualisation. I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew when it comes to chess studies, so I'll stick with the 5 day free course and see how that goes, but working on geometry is on the list. No doubt aspects of the skill are inter-related anyway. Thanks again for the useful thoughts and pointers, especially Peter and David :)

ChessMood for iOS

Is there a version of ChessMood as an app for Apple devices? Or, any plan to create one?

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Currently there is no ChessMood app for iOS or Android. Just use the web browser.

No plans to create an app in the short future. It takes a lot of time and resources and it will not be reflected in a faster improvement for our students. 

Chesscom and lichess have app for iOS but I strongly suggest avoiding them depending on what your doing as they dont have as many features compare to using them through the web . Chesscom app for example is limited with max time setting . I play 90 min +30 sec games over there and you can only set 60 max with the app . Lichess studies are easier to manage for me with the web browser and the learning tab is more convenient also .

Opening fork tricks and "The Greatest Blitz Game Every Played in Chicago"

Here are a couple of fun fork-related traps in the openings. First, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nf3? cxd4 4.Nxd4?? e5! wins a piece. I have played this three or so times in blitz. Second, 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 Now almost any developing move is playable for White. Except one. 5.Bf4?? e5! NN-Pandolfini, New York 1967.https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250868 Just like the other one. In 1977, I won a really great blitz game. I gave odds of 3 minutes to my opponent's 5 minutes. Decades later, I put it on chessgames.com. Years later, I was surprised to learn that Mato Jelic did a video about it, in which he called it "The Greatest Blitz Game Every Played in Chicago." That is probably an exaggeration, but it IS a very cool game. Check it out. It's only 4 1/2 minutes long. Trust me, you won't regret it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl8s7rwsmSw It even has theoretical significance. The engines will tell you that 7...Bxc5!!, which I played in a blitz game the year before Boris Avrukh was born, is a big improvement on 7...Bg6, the move he recommends in his book "Beating 1.d4 Sidelines" (2012).

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Wow, beautiful game! Congratulations! I was thinking what if Qa4 instead of Queen takes knight but this was the nicer and better move. Nice!

opening

Dear sir, in the black mood opening you did not mention how to play against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3, not mention any single model game and opening theory please guide.

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If you play the blackmood opening lines you can answer 1.c4 or 1.Nf3 with 1...e6 and follow it up with 2...f5 (or you can play 1...c5 with various transpositions, e.g. into the Sicilian main CM-repertoire, if White plays 2.e4, or into the English CM-repertoire by Gabuzyan, if White plays c4)

Best Wishes To Avetik For A Speedy Recovery!

Just wanted to wish Chessmood founder Avetik best wishes and good energy to recover fast and completely after his unfortunate ski accident!☺️☺️ Hope CM players who read this will also send him well wishes!

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Dear Ovi,

Many thanks for your kind words!!😀

If you paste it here https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/new-article-dont-break-your-chess-back

he will read your message for sure, creating new threads will maybe take a while form him to read them…😅

Really sorry Avetik, I hope you recover quickly!

Good luck in your recovery Avetik. I'm a keen skier too and have had a couple of accidents on the piste - though thankfully nothing as painful as what you have now. Don't let it stop you skiing in the future - delete that app and just enjoy the mountains!

Dutch against London with NBd2

Hello, Does anyone have advice/ideas how to play Dutch attack against London system with Nbd2? I'm always in situation where opponent exchange that Knight with my Knight on e4 and then I'm having issues. thanks

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I think this is a really good question as it looks like Be7 or Bd6 are our options as a developing move is required if white gets Nbd2 in early ? Would be great for a steer on this variation from an expert which I am not!

I like Bd6 in many of these positions, this is my personal liking, but the Nbd2 if Ne4 is not played yet is nothing to be afraid of. There is not need to go Ne4 and change the plan, Avetik provided 3 different plans on the London line.
If Ne4 is played and your position will become worse after White exchanges your knight, then exchange it, and bring the other one to f6. 👍

It all depends on the exact position and move order. The Dutch is a very strategic opening and you need to adjust to the positions, the KS attack is not the only plan. 😀 Check this video again too> https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings/episode/4386

 

Depends on the variation of the dutch you're playing. Dutch attack general idea is to prevent white from playing e4, so black occupies it with the knight. another less desired option is occupying it with a well-protected pawn . playing with the setup of b6,Bb7 would exert proper pressure on the long light squares diagonal to support that purpose. another way to counter the london is via c6-Qb6 and you shall have a comfortable game with more or less equal-ish chances

Dear Matan,

 

I was trying to figure out exactly which positions are you asking about, can you please clarify posting move by move, or preferably with the image, so I can answer your question.

 

Thank you!

Scandinavian 2..Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 a6 line

Recently I'm having trouble playing against this line from practical point, especially in fast time controls: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 (CM recommended) a6 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 e6 7.dxe6 Qxe6 In most games I played 8.Qe2 but then black gained some serious compensation with bishop pair with the move 8..b5. Then I looked up in CM and 8.Ne2 is suggested, but they go Bd7 and 0-0-0 next and for me it's very hard position practically to play as black's pieces are so active + 2 bishops, I wouldn't want this position in classical OTB to be honest as white. So need advice how should white defend in this situation, thank you.

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For the moment I decided to switch after 3..Nbd7 to 4.Nf3 - healthy development and not be greedy with holding onto that pawn, usually what happens is 4..Nxd5 5.0-0 c6 6.Be2 with c4,Nc3,h3,Be3/f4 coming up with very nice position for white cause of space advantage. So I'm playing this mentioned line, until someone can prove how to hold CM position pawn up 😀

I asked the team to take a look at your position, we have some questions pending but they are very busy at the moment. We will get back to you for sure though.

Hi Paulius,
 

I find the positions after d3 playable for both sides. But if you want I can offer you to investigate the alternative with Nf3 instead of d3 move.

Scotch Game Shankland Line

Hello! I have a question in our spicy line with h4 with the Scotch Game. In the variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc6 bc 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 Nb6 11. Re3 and Shankland gives the move 11...f5, saying that white will lose a pawn either on c4 or h4. He ends the line there, claiming the White has to prove the compensation for the sacrificed pawn. My engine suggests to just go b3, give up the pawn, go Bb2, and a weird sequence of moves that leads to (according to the top line of my engine) an [about-equal] endgame where we having 2 rooks and 2 pawn versus Black's LSB, Knight, Rook, and one pawn. What does GMs Avetik and Gabuzyan think about this? Thanks, Ashwin

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And to keep in mind most of us and our opponents aren't 2700, so the question is how easy is it to find the right moves for both sides or have the line in your prep.

Ashwin, what book or course are you referring to?

Also, can you tell us what's your rating?😅

I checked this line and as you say b3 it is a good move since it threatens to play e6 or g3,  we can play Bb2 maybe Rh3 if Qxh4 and together with Bb2 we can put lots of preasure in the KS. 

Of course, if we follow engine lines to the end all games will end in a draw, but we never faced this line and if we do, normal moves like b3 and Bb2 are the first ones that come up. 

I am sure that you will be more prepared than the opponent because they will be very unfamiliar with these structures if they manage to remember the right moves. 

Hello A D,

The question you are asking is super deep and advanced. It's impossible to record and cover very deep engine lines, and if our students want very deep analysis we suggest them to work on that with the engines on their own.
The knowledge we provide in the courses is good enough to build a healthy foundation and understanding of the lines. But super deep engine line move-by-move preparations is not what we are aiming for, as it will be out of interests of 99% learning in Chessmood.

 

 

Thanks for understanding,
Good luck!

Accerated Dragon Section 3 9. Nc6

Hi, I was entering the opening moves into my repertoire with SF following along and to my surprise the recommended 9. Nc6 dc6 10. f3 Qc7 11. 0-0 Nh5? alters the assessment from -0.5 to +1.1 after the move 12. f4!! 11... b5 is the recommended move with the standard Q-side play.

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11...b5 does appear to be the best move, with as you said standard queenside play, but f4 only shows up as +0.51 compared to 0 for 11...b5. There should probably be explanation for the move in the course. This was on stockfish 15.1, i think lichess runs on 14 so thats why it shows +1.5

It makes sense that 12.f4 is a good response to Nh5, as black's ideas involve Be5 and/or Nf4 and pressure on the dark squares, and f4 counters all of that quite nicely. Black is not well placed to exploit the drawbacks of f4 (e.g. pressure on the e4-pawn or some sort of Ng4) So, it seems to me that it's fair to say that f4 refutes the Nh5 concept. Still a good course, but the general life advice applies - trust, but verify...

Hello Zee,

 

Thanks for the right note. Lots of updates are going on our website ( courses/recording) and we have planned to redo the accelerated dragon course with improved mistakes. ( Can't mention the exact days, as I said lots of new projects are in progress)

Have a great day!

Quiz issues and improvements

In the endgame roadmap course there are a number of positions that are repeated with opposite colours. I'm not sure that's useful, particularly in the same quiz, you just repeat the sequence previously you don't see anything else. There is at least one quiz (weak squares quiz 2) with multiple answers and move-orders even with the colours swapped it's not consistent. It's very frustrating to have to find the right move if your choice is a good one, and worse to learn the sequence and then have to find a different one with reverse colours. A suggestion there is to allow multiple soft moves (which I assume is possible already), but where there are clearly many moves or it's a move in a sequence which isn't force to either auto-play it with suitable pause or to instruct the user to play a move. In addition I think sometimes a textual problem would be better than just assume it's find the best move. This can give hints as well as give a little background on the puzzle. As mentioned elsewhere, hints and give-up should be possible after say 3 tries. Otherwise it ends up in guessing moves and getting frustrated.

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My biggest problem with quizzes is that they still don't work properly on mobile and tablets. It's why I don't use them at all.

I agree that some implementations you re suggesting could be an improvement . I do a lot of quizzes of my iPad Pro and I dont have problems usually . I did encountered some freezing the past 2 days thou when I tried the longer quiz before some section. Should the quiz improvement be a priority over adding new content , that I m not sure as I really appreciate everything I was able to discover so far !

Hey everyone! 
Thanks for all the suggestions, feedback and kind words. 

1. Flip board 

This is a technique that we used and will use it. 
You can learn more about it here: 
https://chessmood.com/blog/how-grandmasters-memorize-opening-variations 

We want our students to understand the ideas, and not blindly solve quizzes because of the short-term memory. 

It's especially useful for not advanced players. 
And advanced players should use this especially for their openings. Blindly memorizing moves and understanding are very different things. 

2. Multiple answers 

We try to keep our puzzles with only 1 answer. And whenever there are multiple ones, all correct moves should work. 
If there are ones, that doesn't go with this, please send us links. It'll be highly appreciated. 

Daily, our chess team creates about 500 quizzes. 
There is human factor. So help is highly appreciated. 

Also, in the Discord, where we will start soon, there will be a separate channel for puzzle fixing. 

3. Hints, 2 move clicks and other tech things. We'll make it. It will take time. 

4. Peter N, we get 100s of suggestions every day. 
We make our lists. Priority lists and go ahead. 
I didn't get positive emotions from your "nice" comments. 
You have no idea on whats going on here behind the scenes. 
How many hours our developers work. How many days off they have. How many fixes are happening every day. 
And to call it “uncompetence”, it wasn't the best comment on our forum. 

Yeah, there are many websites that our technically better than ours. 
But we do our best with our small team.  

I feel you're one of the few students who are always dissatisfied, I just can't understand why don't you cancel your membership? 
Just say “Oh, right,” and I'll personally ask our support team to cancel your membership, so you spend time only typing “Oh right.” 

5. Mobile and Laptop issues 

Daily at x our developers we push them. Which comes with lots of fixes. 
Can anyone confirm that they also have issues with tablet and mobile?  

Any screenshots, screen recordings will be highly-highly appreciated! 

6. 
Denis, thanks a lot! 
People like you are the ones, who gives us smile and helps us push forward. 
It's tough to push and push forward every day! Such words and positive feedback is what gives us mental fuel, energy and motivation to keep going forward. Thanks a lot, friend! 
Looking forward to our 1-1 call soon. I'll jump on it myself. 

7. Behind the scenes 

There are lots of things going on here. From 6 AM to 10 PM. Almost every day. 
Many technical improvements. Working on new features. Adding more courses, quizzes etc… 

99% of the things are behind the scenes. 

I want to assure everyone, that we all, want to do our best, to serve you in the most effective way. 
Not everything is perfect. I know. But we try to do our best. 

We don't need to satisfy our investors, like many companies. We don't need to push bullshit courses and hire copywriters in order to sell them. 

We have to satisfy our students and help you to grow in the most efficient way. 

I send surveys. Read them personally, one by one. Take notes. Have 1-1 calls.
Everything with 1 reason. To make ChessMood a better place and help you better. 

Thanks again! 

Right Mood! 
CoGro!  

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