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Scotch -8.h4

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qb4 9.Nd2 Be7 10.c4 Ba6 11.Qe4 Nb6 12.a3 Qa5 13 Rb1 0-0 14.Bd3 g6 15.b4 Bxb4 16.axb4 Qa2 17.Rb2 Qa1 18.0-0 Rfe8 19.Nb3 Qa3 20.Rb1 Qxb4 21.h5 d5 22.Qg4 Rxe5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bxg6 Qxc4 25.Be4 Kf8 26.Ba3 Ke8 27.Qg8 Kd7 28.Qxf7 Kc8 29.Qf8 1-0 Played in a tournament 90 min 40 moves, 30 min for the rest and 30 sec from start. Offline. Denmark. I was trying out Avetiks idea 8.h4 - today it went well.

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Nice game Erik!?

Next time please post it in one of the following threads accordingly, these are the threads to post our best games so everyone can learn from them and not have hundreds of individual posts.

Thanks!

https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/the-best-games-of-september-2022-and-the-prizes

 

https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/model-games-with-chessmood-openings-1513

recommended opening vs 1.Nf3 (2. g3, 3.Bg2...)

What is the recommended chessmood opening vs 1.Nf3. I understand that it can transpose to many different openings later on, so I guess we start with 1. .. Nf6 and if they continue with g3/Bg2 etc. J.

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I just copycat :)

https://chessmood.com/forum/pro-channel/1-nf3

1...Nf6 or 1...c5 would make the most sense.

I play 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 and I will transpose to a Fianchetto Grunfeld most of the times, but one where White has lost his critical options of cxd5 because I basically go dxc4 whenever I can. Im not sure how consistent that would be for a Benko player though


If speaking about Blackmood we are going to choose the 1…e6 or if about the main repertoire we are choosing c5 setups with different transpositions.

Where are the course PGNs?

I'm an essential - not pro - member. I'd like to download course PGNs, especially the ones for the new Endgames Roadmap course. But I can't seem to find them anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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Hey, Not all the Chessmood courses have PGN. Usually, they provide PGNs for openings. They give the main lines and you have to complete them once you watched the full course to see if you memorized/understood everything correctly ?.

We provide the course pgns normally when all the course is finished and all the sections have been uploaded, never in between. Although it is true that not all courses have pgns, some have the quizz only. ?

Promotion idea

Why not offer say a few 6 month memberships as prizes to tournaments. In return ask they announce the prize at least once, add on the entry form if not too late and/or on the online entry for prizes / sponsors / prize donations, and ideally will leave a number of flyers with the other upcoming tournament info if you mail them. The prize could be a grading, junior or rated section prize where it's more likely to benefit to an improver. The idea targets would be large national tournaments that don't already have a 'competing' sponsor such as Chessable. For example Hastings: https://hastingschess.com/

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Not a bad idea. It would take some time and involvement in local tourneys though.

The first order of business is survival. Everything else is in essence secondary, if the business is not making a profit and/or the cash burn is an issue against agreed drawing facilities. However, for a niche hobbyist education business like Chess Mood, the input costs are likely to be low and the operating costs not high. So the strategic imperative revolves around how best to grow the revenue without a parallel increase in operating costs ? That leads to two potential business models or at least two marketing strategies. Namely --either focus on growing the customer base through cost effective engagement with the defined target market or segmenting the product offering and charging different prices for different levels of membership ( say Bronze <> Sliver <> Gold ). These are not mutually exclusive. Yet making the primary focus (and workload) on increasing and enhancing the existing product offering at the same price point IMO only works medium term if 1) you already have a very profitable business where customer retention is therefore key 2) all these incremental product benefits you are organising, enable you to develop a more successful promotional campaign and grow the customer base more effectively &/or charge more in the future. Within the promotional mix your idea David seems to have merit and is worth exploring. My son tells me that even some savvy IM's are making six figures ( $$$$$$) per year from Chess on Twitch. Maybe a Twitch profile with some feedback loop to the Chess Mood website is another idea. Or maybe that is just a time sink that deviates from what Chess Mood have as their mission. But it is easy to spend other peoples time for them !! So presumably the CM leadership will be working through how they want to proceed.

Question on Closed Sicilian (Nc3 and g3)

Hi all, I recently played a rapid game with an WFM in the Closed Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.h3 e5 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bh6 f5 Then I faced a fast kingside attack. White exchanged the dark-squared bishops, castled long and pushed h4-h5-hxg6 and doubled rooks on the h-file. I played Rf7 to defend h7, later White made a mistake and in the end the game was drawn. Here's what I understand from comparing it to the course Sicilian Sidelines (Nc3 g3) No.9 (6.Be3). 1) I should have castled long or just play Kd7. I think my opponent was waiting for me to castle short first before launching the attack. 2) 6...e5 was wrong because White hasn't committed the knight yet and can play Nf3, although Ne2 was played in the game. If White plays f4 and keeps delaying moving the Ng1, Black should play e6 to make f5 hard to achieve. 3) 10...f5 was inaccurate, Qd7 was better not committing the king yet. Is this a fair understanding of what Black should do in such positions? Thanks, Alex

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Hi Alex, 

Not really Kd7, the center is not very closed and the king can be dangered, you did play well with e5, if you check out the course you will see there are very similar positions, I would recommend thinking about Nd4 to attacking on c2 and trying to distract the queen with that threats.

good luck!

Chess Books Reading Partner

Hi guys, I hope you all are wonderful. I am seeking chess training partners to read some books which I mentioned downwards. Interested players can comment or share it with other strong players so I will get serious teammate for study. Thanks. Books list: 1. Improve your Practical Play in the Middlegame by Alexey Dreev 2. Middlegames Dynamic and Subjective Features by M. Euwe & H. Kramer 3. Aagard Strategic Play. 4. Yusupov Series. 5. The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol-1&2 by Konstantin Sakaev & Konstantin Landa Note: Books are gonna be complex so I suggest players who are online 2200+ or FIDE 1500 or USCF 1500+ are welcome to join. In short only serious players can join the study with me. All study we can do using three platforms Skype, Google Meet, Zoom. Note: You guys can also suggest any good book too for reading. I do respect my teammate's opinions about books or courses. Thanks for reading my post. I hope to get some serious teammates.

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Maroczy bind

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2022/9/6/Game1776097625.html My computer is giving almost +1 in that line of the ACCELERATED DRAGON . i dont know where i could improve. Let me know if u have an idea. tx guys :)

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Black has an advantage in that position.

Hello Jonathan,

 

I am a bit surprised as playing for a long while that positions I always feel comfortable. As you might know in our courses the goal is to provide practically playable positions, where we explain the middlegame ideas and don't try to depend only on the engines as everyone can do. 

Secondly in the variation, you mentioned you missed the opportunity to transpose to the modern maroczy which is my personal preference. Either way both positions are Maroczy transpositions, and I recommend you to check that courses as well.

 

All the Best.

French Attack --- c4 ?!

Hi All -- As a long time French player I've morphed to the 'French Attack' lines. Most are fine but Bb5 against the knight on c6 can be troublesome in the Exchange Variation. However, a few players have played the Advanced with c4 and I've struggled, so would appreciate some ideas from the group. White seems to have all the play. e4 e6 : d4 d5 : e5 Bd7 : Nf3 a6 : c4 dxc4 : Bxc4 Bc6 : Nc3 Nd7 (?) : d5. Seems e6xd5 is forced then Nxd5 and it is difficult to unwind and develop. Recommendations welcome !!

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It seems like after 8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 the absolutely best move for black is 9...b5 according to the engine. White will respond either by retreating (10. Bb3 or 10. Be2), by attacking the queen (10. Bg5), or by attacking the c6 bishop (10. Nd4). Black's response will obviously depend on what white does there, and this has never been played in the lichess database so no idea which is more likely. White could also recapture with the bishop instead of knight, so a possible line would look like: 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 If you don't like 6...Bc6, there's always 6...Bb5 which the engine seems to prefer. I'm looking forward to the main French Attack course just for questions like this... there are a lot of unexplored sidelines.

Yep! After 9…b5 you can go, and if 10.Bb3 Nc5. 
The problem of 9…b5 is 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Nd4!! , which seems cheating. 
Or you play against a Grandmaster. The course is for below 2,000 players. 

Alternative of 7…Nd7 is 7…Ne7, and if you're opponent is a cheater, it's the only time when you'll get problems after 8.Ng5 with some engine style sacrifices :) 

Question on a position of the Attack like a viking course

Hi everyone! In the position below from the section "Expose the weak king", I considered a different order of pawn breaks, with the line going b4 cxb4 d4 exd4 and finally f4. In the video instead, we go f4 right away and only later b4 and d4. It's not clear to me what are the drawbacks of starting with b4, if any. Any input would be much appreciated! Thanks!

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Mistake (Rock 'n' Rolling with Black)

Hello ? Just to let you know that in Rock 'n' Rolling with Black -> 1.Accelerated Dragon -> Game 6 and Game 8 are the same. Sorry for the post but I can't comment in the Mistakes in the Chessmood videos because I am Essential member ^^

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Thanks Akiba?, dully noted and informed the tech team.

I will delete this tread in a couple of days.?

Best way to handle the Grob (1.g4)?

Hello friends, I recently faced the Grob (1.g4), I didn't really have anything prepared so replied with 1...e6 and just tried to play solid opening principles. What ensued was a lot of chaos. My question is what is the best Chessmood answer to 1.g4 and is there a way to keep our same 1...e6 first move and play a familiar Blackmood setup? Thanks for any replies and thoughts. Happy Chess to you! Leslie

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1...d5 is definitely the strongest move and gives black a clear advantage. You're immediately attacking the g4 pawn so already have the initiative and an advantage in the centre. White's idea is to sacrifice g4 and try to get into b7 by playing a quick c4 and Qb3, but it is simply good for black to sacrifice the b7 pawn and focus on quick development.

Dear Leslie,

1.g4 is very unhealthy and choosing central e5 or d5 moves will be the bet choice.
 

Sokolsky/Polish Opening ?

Hi-- what do you guys play against 1) b4 ? My default is e5 then take b4 if allowed then just get my pieces out. Is there a more Chess Mood thematic approach ?

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That's a great approach. So simple, and very sound.

Hi Keven,

1.b4 is not a sound move, you can play healthy central choice, your suggestion can be correct as well.

Good luck!

New success story: Vishnu Warrier: The champion nobody saw coming

Hello champions!

A few months ago, one of our ChessMood students participated in a tournament. His seeding was so low that he had little to no chances of winning. It was easy to write him off.
 

But he surprised everyone by becoming the tournament champion. 

What’s even more astonishing is that he did this while working a day job and taking care of his young family.
 

How did he pull off such an impressive feat?

He shares everything in today’s article, including:

✔️His journey of winning the tournament where he had little to no chances.

✔️The productivity hacks he used to make the most out of training.

✔️His ‘why’ behind improving his chess.

✔️The strategy he used to get out of losing positions in the tournament. 

…and much more!
 

Read the complete story here?

https://chessmood.com/feedback/vishnu-warrier

Enjoy❤️

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Excellent and inspiring story, well done Vishnu!

can u share ur games

Great Job Vishnu! Congratulations ?????? 2 requests if possible 1 could you share your excel tracker? 2 let me know please when your book will be released

Suggestion for Endgame Roadmap course

Hey everyone! Hope you're doing well. I have a quick suggestion for the Endgame Roadmap course I'm watching it now (even the basics because I want to improve as a coach and see if I'm missing something in my explanations), and I noticed that the exception to the square rule isn't mentioned. I'm not sure if this is on purpose to not confuse beginner players, but I wanted to double check haha My suggestion is to add a few seconds where you explain why the square rule doesn't apply in some positions (because the enemy king sometimes can't take the shortest path to the pawn) For example, in this position the black king is in the square, but doesn't catch the pawn because it can't go to the shortest path! :D

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Hi Sandro, ?

 

?Thanks for your feedback but as you said, this is on purpose to not confuse beginner players. It is very difficult to decide what to include and not in every course. In this course we teach the basics, there will be other courses with more advanced concepts too. ?

Any members here from Bangalore, India

Hi, I intend to form a group of chessmood members in Bangalore, who can catch up over weekends (in person), play games and generally talk about life, the universe and everything... any takers? Alternatively if something like this already exists, would love to be added in. Cheers.. Debasish

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Hi Debashish.
I'm from Pune, a little north of Bangalore. As far as I know, I don't think such a group exists. But it's a nice idea. You can take the initiative of forming a group. I'll be happy to join and catch up whenever I'm in Bangalore.

Thanks!

New course: Endgame Roadmap

 Hey everyone! 
 

The “Endgame Roadmap” is out! ?
The first sections are there, and the others are coming next week. 

It's not about theoretical endgames, and not subtle Grandmaster-level techniques. It’s about how to think in the endgames. 

After watching it, you’ll never be in the situation when it's endgame, and you just don’t know what to do, and from where start the thinking process. 

You’ll have kind of a compass in your hands, so you’re never lost in the endgames and always know the road ?

It’s a very unique course in its format, and we hope you’ll love it and take your endgame play to the next level. 
https://chessmood.com/course/chess-endgame-roadmap 

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Tricky order in Sicilian

Is this order covered in any of the courses: 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5? Thanks.

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This is a Rossolimo where White played Nc3 a bit earlier than usual. From what I remember, the position after 4...Bg7 5.0-0 d6 is discussed a bit in the course (but the trendy 6.e5 isn't).

Dear Pablo,

Here we continue with Bg7 and if white decides to take on c6, after dxc6 we are getting transposition to the course.

Good luck! ?

i need help

i want to be a member but i can t because of my country

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Dear Nader, 
Can you please be more specific? or better still: contact our client support directly and explain with all the details your situation. We always try to help if possible. Here is the link for contacting us privately: https://chessmood.com/contact

Thanks a lot!? 

Scotch 8...a5

Recently I faced a lot of a5 in my game. I actually get a lot of pressure on my c4 and e5 pawn. May I know what is the idea of white in this position with g3 and h4 and what is white plan in the rest of the game.

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8... a5 is covered in video 36 of the Scotch course if you have access to it.

The best games of August, 2022, and the prizes

Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions! 
Welcome to the "Best games of August, 2022" 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! 
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move 

P. S.
Here are the winners of July, 2022:

Aram Sevag
Regis H
John Fallon
Ayush Shirodkar
Jay Garrision

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My best august games so far (added more with each session): Sicilian GP CM style: https://www.chess.com/game/live/53107198031 https://www.chess.com/game/live/53801477013 vs GP https://www.chess.com/game/live/53104892003 quick KO vs pirc https://www.chess.com/game/live/53108346253 vs Rossolimo https://www.chess.com/game/live/53107828853 acc dragon https://www.chess.com/game/live/53371741295 (instructive attack in this var, though missed Nxe4) quick crush in From gambit ? https://www.chess.com/game/live/53374804279 benko vs f3 variation (sneaky piece win and conversion) https://www.chess.com/game/live/54033575373

Beautiful attack and checkmate! https://lichess.org/KGTTwhxb#61

LiChess says I am 10-0 in this line... I now wish everyone would play this against me hahahahahah!!!

In this game, I played the Scotch - my favorite attacking opening with white and had a beautiful checkmate combination with Qxc6+ Ke7 Nd5+ Kd8 Bg5+!! Qxg5 Qxc7+ Ke8 Nf6+!! gxf6 and Qd7#??? https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/53584809141?tab=report

Attack against the long-castled black king in the scotch https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/53745629019?tab=analysis

Here is my best game Salutes Chess Mood Team Here is my best game: https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/game/?p=/xgeWTpTuEcn9RsLbKwinpnW7/vf77dk11+deUfnY7G/XEKxECDIixi/7ktQ3jSN from R Raman with user id iraman [email protected]

Scotch early Qf6 e5! https://www.chess.com/live/game/53780961693

as GM Gabuzyan says, bring your pieces https://www.chess.com/live/game/53785749289

what a checkmate with sicilian grand prix attack. I love to attack like this. https://chess.com/live/game/53800216689

https://lichess.org/nHcS53XNIKxW Sac sac and mate!

https://lichess.org/study/A8Ob9G0z/lE54Khbg A Classic Endgame !! A Win with similar Bishops & equal Pawns !! ?? Just A Beauty !!!

https://www.chess.com/game/live/53951353407 Defeating a Fide Master With an Exchange up in the Endgame. :)

https://lichess.org/Sfba1wX8#31 This is my last game of a OTB tournament and got 5/9 after this win :)

Nxg7! https://www.chess.com/live/game/54046262567

Nxh2!? https://www.chess.com/live/game/54058298753

Finish him! FATALITY!

Two passed pawns against a knight https://chess.com/live/game/54324636043

Rf6 :) https://lichess.org/1CIKmeNyxYiQ

https://www.chess.com/game/live/54419392137

When I play the Scotch, I become a monster!

Everyone will die if I play the King's Indian Defense!!! ? This is the best and the most accurate game I've ever played in my life!!! https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/54529200229?tab=review

I played a smooth scotch game on chess.com https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/54524425099 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 c5 10. Qe3 Be6 11. e5 Qa5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxa2 15. b3 Qa3+ 16. Qb2 Qb4 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bd3 g5 22. Be5 f6 23. Bxf6 Qf7 24. Bxd8 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 c4 27. Qf6 h5 28. Qf8# 1-0

https://lichess.org/TS8zsFkK A great game against strong player !!! Amazing Attack on the Black King !!!

https://www.chess.com/game/live/54629918539

Hello ChessMood family, Here is my game for which I think it could be consider as one of the best games of August 2022. https://www.chess.com/game/live/54735919995 PGN: [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "?"] [White "igormilenkovic1979"] [Black "Eagles-man"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1337"] [BlackElo "1366"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [EndTime "5:11:40 PDT"] [Termination "igormilenkovic1979 won by resignation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be2 h5 7. c3 Ng4 8. d4 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 Qd6 10. dxc5 Qxc5+ 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Rf1 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Qxe4 14. Bc5 Bd7 15. Nd2 Qe5 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Bc4 Qg5 18. Bxf7+ Kd8 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. Bf6+ 1-0

Hello to all the members of ChessMood family. Today, I wanna show you a back-and-forth game that is full of blunders and mistakes. What I've learned from this game is that I have to learn more about practical endgames, because in this game, I was two pawns up, but I couldn't capitalize on my material advantage in this knight endgame. In the end, I was even losing in this kind of queen and pawn endgame because my opponent has already made a queen and my pawn was still on the 6th rank. But then he made a blunder and let my bishop pawn get to 7th rank. So this game ended up a draw. What a memorable game! I will forever remember this game! Thanks for reading!] And this is my game: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/54809745423?tab=review

Typical (?) French with a little combination Bxb2 to gain material https://www.chess.com/live/game/54916020317

https://www.chess.com/game/live/54923860055.

Quick https://www.chess.com/game/live/55011463721

https://www.chess.com/game/live/55008486047

https://www.chess.com/game/live/55076801907?username=dulger Win International master with caro kann exchange.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/55047929765?move=41&tab=review crushing opponent game with the french attack, one game having 2 brilliant moves !!!

Rf3! https://www.chess.com/game/live/55091726885

An interesting & nice win in accelerated dragon exchange variation : https://www.chess.com/live#g=55176681553

https://www.chess.com/game/live/55169389217

Hello to all members of ChessMood family! Today, I want to show you the best game I've ever played in my entire life. In this game, I was white playing against the French Defence. In the opening, my opponent made a slight inaccuracy so I took advantage of that. Little by little, I activated my pieces and put all my pieces in good squares, then unleashed a brilliant rook sacrifice Rc5!!. The point is that if they've taken the rook with the bishop, I will play Ng5 and white will have a big attack and gain a great advantage. My opponent didn't take the rook and returned back with the queen. Then I played h4 opening my king's breathing room and ready to play the move Ng5. In the end, I did blunder the move g4, but my opponent couldn't capitalize on my mistake and took the pawn. So I went Qg2 to trade my queen, but my opponent refused to trade and made another mistake. So I finished the game by playing Bc4 - double-pinning the bishop. Then I got the bishop and checkmate him in two moves. Wow, what a beautiful game with an unpredictable positional rook sacrifice! This game should be forever remembered by me??? Thanks for reading!!! This is my game: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/54894313551 And please be friends with me on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/member/themysticallion

https://lichess.org/X8CZwejd/black Awesome game with me saccing my queen

Attack! https://www.chess.com/game/live/55517396935

This was played on the chess.com website but I uploaded my commentary as a pgn file. It probably isn't the best game and I committed a bunch of errors including a missed mate in one! I did beat someone about 90 points higher than me while in serious time trouble. Most importantly, I used the grand prix attack for the first time since studying the course. Even though I have a great deal to learn about the nuances of the position, I felt it to be very playable and seemed to have the initiative most of the game. Thanks https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/41sUUXjPRY?tab=analysis [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Jean_Valjean1967"] [Black "mkl_ns"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1709"] [BlackElo "1771"] [TimeControl "600"] [EndTime "13:34:31 PDT"] [Termination "Jean_Valjean1967 won by checkmate"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {This is one of the first times I have played the grand prix attack against the sicilian after watching the chess mood course. I didn't get it right by a long shot but am glad to have implemented some of the broad suggestions.} 2... Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 {This is to stop Bb5 but I knew to go to Bc4 anyway since e6 had not been played closing the diagonal.} 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Qe1 {Moving my queen to go to the h4 square and help with the attack.} 8... Nge7 9. f5 {I know f5 is very thematic yet found it difficult to do knowing that would be sacrificing a pawn for the attack} 9... exf5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bg5 {This was a mistake. I thought about taking advantage of the pin on 37 ignoring that the Knight move is what was prescribed in the course. This move made things difficult} 11... Qd7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Qh4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rab8 15. Bh6 {Trying to get him to remove one of the defenders of his king} 15... Kh8 16. Ng5 Bd4+ {The check was not that important. He wanted to set up his queen as a defender of the h7 square} 17. Kh1 f6 18. Bxf8 {winning an exchange but dulling my attack} 18... Rxf8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nf3 Bxb2 {Going for the b2 pawn was a mistake. It opened the b file for my rook} 21. Rab1 Be5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 {This hurt his pawn structure} 23. Rb6 a5 24. Rfb1 g5 25. Qa4 Qd5 26. Qxc6 Qxa2 {I think this was a mistake of his. He may have won a pawn but removed his queen from the battle.} 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qe7 Qxc2 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. h3 {This was a silly mistake. I was so worried about the possibility of a back rank mate that I didn't take on g5. If I had done that then my queen would cover the c1 square. I missed that} 30... Qxd3 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rb7 Qg3 34. Qxf5 Rf8 {I was getting into time trouble and here missed the obvious mate in one on h7. Instead I decided to trade into a winning endgame} 35. Qg4+ Qxg4 36. hxg4 Ra8 37. R7b5 a4 38. Rxe5 a3 39. Ra1 a2 40. Re2 Kg7 41. Raxa2 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 Kg6 43. Kh2 {Better was rook a5 cutting off his king} 43... Kg5 44. Ra4 h5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. Rxg4+ Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Rf4 Kd5 49. Re4 Kc5 50. Ke3 {A much quicker mate could be to queen my g pawn but I wasn't thinking very quickly because of the time.} 50... Kd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Rd4 Kb5 53. Rc4 Kb6 54. Kd4 Kb5 55. Kd5 Kb6 56. Rc5 Kb7 57. Rc6 Kb8 58. Kd6 Kb7 59. Kc5 Kb8 60. Kb6 Ka8 61. Rc8# {With an entire second to spare.} 1-0

I played this in an online tournament. It was a pretty good Caro Kann defense. I was with the white pieces. My opponent and I both could have learned something from this game. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. c4 Bb5+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nc6 15. Be2 Ng7 16. Qc2 Kf7 17. g4 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Qa5 21. h5 Rag8 22. Qg6+ Ke7 23. cxd5 Nf5 24. d6+ Nxd6 25. Qd3 Qe5+ 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rg5 28. h6 Rg6 29. h7 Rg7 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Rhxh7 33. Rd1+ Ke8 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Rh1+ Kg6 38. Rg1+ Kh6 39. Rh1+ Kg6 1/2-1/2. We agreed to a draw.

Miniature in the Scotch! Now if I could only get all my opponents to play the Scotch...?

My first contribution :) French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation (thank you, chess.com), played on the feeling for French positions since I never studied this one. https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/55644603861?tab=review

Played a nice game against caro kann with chessmood recommendation against caro kann (with one brilliant move ) https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/55644628769?tab=review 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bd6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Be5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qe7 16. Qh6 f6 17. Re3 Kh8 18. Rxe6 Qc7 19. Rxd6 1-0

https://live.followchess.com/#!mpl-51st-national-u-19-2022/1916052036 One More Phenomenal Game played by Me!!! Scored a big Win against a strong IM with Black pieces in the recent 2022 Junior Nationals!!! This OTB game was Superb playing against Scotch with a very patience full end fight!!! Bh3!!!!?✨??

A good Symmetrical English game with Black. Powered through with the d-pawn. https://lichess.org/9aJx1yhWWfMe

Amazing Game! https://www.chess.com/game/live/55696522537

Wild Trompowski with black , otb game

Maroczy Bind with black

Inspired Benko after webinar ;)

English miniature 19 moves

Modern miniature 18 moves

My first executed grand prix attack && https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/55730611167?tab=analysis 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qe1+ Kf8 14. Qxa5 h5 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Bd2 h4 17. h3 Bxe5 18. Qxc5+ Kg8 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc3 Qg5 21. Rae1 Rh6 22. Qc7 Rg6 23. Qxf7+ Kh7 24. Rf2 Qg3 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Qh5+ Rh6 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Rf7+ 1-0

Nice Game! https://www.chess.com/game/live/55882442179

e6! https://www.chess.com/game/live/55886020527

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/55914878905?tab=review 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. c3 c5 5. 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 c4 9. Bc2 Bd6 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Ne5 Nxg3 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. hxg3 Qxc6 14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Bxh7 g6 16. Qg4 Kf8 17. Qh3 Kg7 18. Nd2 e5 19. Qh2 exd4 20. exd4 Bf5 21. Bxg6 Bxg6 22. O-O-O Rh8 23. Qg1 b4 24. Nb1 Qa4 25. Qe1 Qc2# 0-1

Hello champions!
 

Thank you for sharing your games. How are you all doing today? 

We enjoyed going through your games and seeing you score beautiful victories, keep it up! 

Moving on to the prizes for the best games of August 2022 now:

 

The first prize goes to Aayush Shirodkar – An excellent attacking game that shows how to punish opponents for ignoring their King safety. 

https://www.chess.com/game/live/55696522537

 

Vedant Garg takes the second prize. Great sacrifice with 15.Bg5 and 16.f4, and an even better finish with 26.g7 27.h7 28.h8=Q+. Well done! https://lichess.org/nHcS53XN#55

 

Rob Dzedzic takes the third prize for their crushing miniature victory after 10.Bxf7+!

https://lichess.org/1CIKmeNy#27

 

The fourth prize goes to Regis H. Nice game of building an attack. Eventually, 22.Nxg7 came out of nowhere and ended the game! https://www.chess.com/game/live/54046262567

 

The fifth prize goes to Paulius the Witcher. It looked like a smooth, effortless victory in the Accelerated Dragon! Well done!

https://www.chess.com/game/live/53371741295
 

Congratulations!

Once again, thank you everyone for sharing your games! 

Keep the CoGro!

See you for the next month’s contest. All the best!

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