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checking chessmood games with stockfish

In model game 4 of the french attack I analyzed the game with stockfish.

I found that 18.Be2 was the decisive mistake and stockfish prefers 18.Re3(evaluation is near 0.00 after 18.Re3 and near +3 for black after 18.Be2 based on many minutes of analysis).  

I can understand 18.Re3 also from human point of view and white brings the rook to defend with the idea Rg3.  

14.h4 is mentioned as a mistake but I am not convinced that it is a mistake.  If you think that 14.h4 is a mistake from practical point of view(even if objectively it is not a mistake) then I think that you should explain which move is better for white from practical point of view and why.

Maybe it is not easy to find the correct defending moves for white but I also do not think that it is easy to find the correct attacking moves for black.

I thought about earning money by adding comments like this to courses so you can improve your courses but I am not sure that it is what you meant in the link at the end of this post(note that the idea is not to comment about every case the engine believes that a move is not accurate and I do not give importance to cases when the evaluation of the engine for the game move is 0.2 or 0.3 worse than the best move and there is no comment).

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Uri, we think you are taking a very wrong approach to learning and improving chess. 

Checking engines all the time will not make you stronger, but weaker. It will destroy your self steem and it will make it impossible for you to enjoy chess because the engines will find always better moves.
Please see this article: https://chessmood.com/blog/vishnu-prasanna-coach-of-gukesh

Also we do not see the utility in having the 5 min games from the streams, played live while teaching in the webinar and selected by GMs for their instructive value to be analyzed by an engine.

First, when we do the courses we check the important variations with cloud engines that cost lots of money every time, and we do that when we believe is needed based on our long experience as GMs, teachers and coaches.

We appreciate your intentions, but PLEASE refrain from doing this since it has no teaching value and of course it will provide no money or extra income as you were hoping for.

The affiliate program is a complete different topic. Please check below for all the info. 
https://chessmood.com/refer-a-friend

Thanks for your understanding.

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Thank you for your time and assistance!

Stephane

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Will there still be a monthly option for sign up?

Hello just wondering if there will still be a monthly option for sign up I am not seeing. Thanks

Happy holidays. 

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Yes, there is. 😃

You can find it here: https://chessmood.com/become-a-pro#pro-payment

If you look carefully , there is a tab for yearly and one for monthly in the upper part . You just have to click monthly to see the plan 

gambito escandinavo

me gustaria un estudio del gambito escandinavo e4-d5 2. exd5 -c6  saludos gran trabajo

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Hello, I don't speak Spanish or whatever is the language this post is on 😀, but as far as I understood you want a study on how to refute the Scandinavian gambit (e4 d5 exd5 c6). I recomend you to check out this course:

Whitemood openings simplified, Section 18: https://chessmood.com/course/whitemood-openings

If you are looking for a complete guide against the Scandinavian Gambit, I think there is not a main course on that.

Hope this helps

https://chessmood.com/chess-study-plans/for-advanced-players

This should help you!

What would be the best approach to paly against an engine?

While I play against a human opponent whether on the internet or over the board, I can assess him by his ratings and the moves he makes on the board. AND sometimes he may make a mistake or even a blunder that may result in a loss in the game. But the situation may be almost different if there is a computer to make moves against me because if the machine doesn't have any technological issue at hand, it will make no error that is quite a challenging situation because whatever the moves I make I can't win. I have to suffer paramount and no hope of winning remains there.

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You can usually change to level of the computer opponent. On chess.com, there is an entire collection of computer opponents (with estimated rating levels) and personalities (some are aggressive and want to attack, some are defensive). The computer bots can be “dumbed down” so that they are definitely beatable.

Mating Matador Quiz Question

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Does anyone know who played the game in puzzle 31 of the Mating Matador Quiz? Tip the game looks like it was reversed and it was played in 1938

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Koch vs Nowarra - 1938 the game goes slightly different the Queen is not taken on h5 and white forces the same Blackburne mate a few moves later.

Current special offer

Hello all,

I’m an “essential” member with my next yearly payment due in February.

Am i eligible for the “Holiday Special Offer?"

thx

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Hi Scott,

Instead of a public forum, regarding personal membership matters, please get in contact with our Customer Happiness Department and together we will find the best option for everyone. This is the best way: 

https://chessmood.com/contact

Thanks,😃

https://chessmood.com/course/crushing-d4-sidelines/episode/418 

Here you have the link to Trompovksy attack :) 
Right Mood - Right Move! 

The Sideline Course is still great. But I miss after the suggested 2. … d5 the answer 3. Nc3 (transposing to Veresov). It happens regulary and having no repertoire after move 2 is not funny.

Chessmood Membership start date

Im thinking of buying Chessmood Membership for a year, and my current yearly lasts untill Feb 23, and if I now buy the yearly, will it start now, or when my old one is up, the 23rd?

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Hi Armandas,

Regarding personal membership matters, please get in contact with our Customer Happiness Department and they will see what you can do and find the best way for everyone. This is the best way: 

https://chessmood.com/contact

Thanks,😃

How to buy a course?

How to buy a course with mood coins (that one that I get when solve the problem)?

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In some courses, Get lifetime access is shown.

Click on that and choose moodcoins as the mode of payment. If you have the required moodcoins, you can buy the course. 

Thank you!

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The biggest thing I liked in this article is his satisfied face when he was standing after winning the event. I wish him good luck for his future chess events!

Chessmood is superb website especially for adult improvers . Because adults have time issues so chessmood shares all the checked material in video form so even without books anyone can improve!

Super inspiring story ! I’m glad you got good  results while working with ChessMood . Congrats ! 

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Caro-Kann Main Line 7.Qd7-12.Bxf3

I have a doubt in the Exchange Caro-Kann variation where black plays main line 7.Qd7 and after some moves, black is playing 12.Bxf3 and after 13.Nxf3, the course does not include 13.Qc7. My opponent played this move and the plan of Ne5-Re3-Rh3 did not work as he simply traded knights and the attack failed. If you can suggest a remedy in this line, that would be great! Thank you

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Hi, have you tried looking into databases to see if this move has already been played?

I know very well the Caro Kann. Did you play the Caro Kann or just facing the Caro Kann?

Can you post all the moves just to be sure of the variation that you mean? 😅 Thanks!

In your given line the e6 move is missing. I guess you've meant the line

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 
9.Ngf3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rae1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qc7!?

I think objectively the position is equal but in practical terms white has an edge because black has to go for counterplay on the queenside with the minority attack (rooks to b/c file, pawns b5, a5, b4 ...)
while white plays against the black king due to the control of e5 square and the open lines for all his pieces on the kingside.

However if black finds the right moves there is no standard plan for white how to organize the attack.
Bxf3 followed by Qc7 are certainly good black moves. One white plan could be to get the white queen over to the kingside first, play Ne5 to exchange the knight and then try to open the kingside with the pawns.

For example

13.Qc2 Rab8 14.Ne5 Rfc8 15.Qe2 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7 17.f4 g6 18.h4 b4 19.h5

But again black has many options here to react in a different way and his counterplay on the queenside is also progressing.

This was covered

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