Middlegame roadmap

Can you please make course on middlegame roadmap because I always got stuck in middlegame and don't know what to do and also I am very bad at middle game so tell me what should I need to do. Give me best plan and roadmap.

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Check out 7Q questions in rating booster section

Chess Beginner

I am a chess beginner. I know basic chess moves. My Chess.com rating for rapid games is 850. Can “Rise of Champion” course help in crossing 1000 rating mark? And can I start with WhiteMood and Blookmood starter opening course, given that I know basic opening principles?

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Hey, Krishna

Openings arent that important and Rise Of Champions also has a section for openings just go through rise of champions finish it and then work through.

Use this studyplan created by GM Avetik -

Study Plan Below 1000

Ruy Lopez vs Scotch Game

I am 2000 ELO rapid on chess.com, and I am thinking about choosing between the Ruy Lopez mainline and the Scotch Game repertoire here on chessmood. Which would be better for not only my chess win rate but also my chess growth?

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Hi Mr Park,

Yes Ruy Lopez is best!  But, do you have the time, are you young, and do you really want to study?  The scotch is good but as our friend Avo says it violates principles as it moves the night twice.  The ruy Lopez you develop and the main principal is pressure on e5.  The Ruy Lopez is a lot.  You have to know the schleimann, the Moller and Archangel and the open ruy.  Now there is a great book by Neil McDonald on the Ruy Lopez by Everyman but it's 300 to 400 pages.  Avo already made a full course on scot h for you.  You could learn both!  So if have time and are under 20 learn both.  If over 20 and have played some open positions try Ruy Lopez.  If over 40 stick to Scotch!  Note 6.d3 is a way to side step a lot of theory say 1.e4 e5 2.nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6.d3. Or you can play it on move 5 too.  But it's up to you.  Also buy Mastering the Ruy Lopez if you choose it as it will teach you pawn structure and where pieces should go!  That doesn't change just the variations.  good luck,

Marc
 

Nonone can reply you :) . It depands on many factors - your style, your age, time you have, your goals, what materials you already have (and how much money you can spent) etc.

For 2000 ELO I would go with scotch, more dynamic and opened positions. More direct, concrete play. Sometimes thou a bit messy, complicated (for both sides). Players with black could be less prepared against Scotch, as this is not the main stream opening nowadays, espacially, with h4. Thou if they are very well prepared there are some lines black can equalise easier, but then player should be really well prepared. 

It also depands on your playing style. I would say Ruy Lopez is more strategical and positional (not always) compared to Scotch. 

Thou Ruy Lopez is good for general chess understanding, manouvering, but it requires huge knowledge. There are typical Ruy Lopez structures with knight manouvres, however, there are also non-typical like Schleimann or some early d6 moves, or g6 from black. Additionally there are some Nge7 in different scenarios. So in general you have to study more. Your opponents would be prepared, because Ruy Lopez is more popular in all levels. If you have a) time b) you are young or you have a lot of time c) you have already bought some book / video courses  on Ruy Lopez or you have coach who is exper in this opening, you can also go with Ruy Lopez.

If you go with Ruy Lopez I really suggest start with 5.d3 or 7.d3 first as Marc Sicina has already suggested.

Dude, just follow chessmood openings when I started with chessmood I was also 2000 rapid chess.com and after 2 months of white and black openings I reached 2300.

Is that it?..

Today I reached 2000 rating in puzzles, i worked hard for it, to get better at them so i can implement them in real games. I just realized my number's 3. chess.com allows me to play only 3 puzzles a day and i could get them easily. Is it possible for me to get better at the actual games by just playing 2-4 games a day?…..

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In most cases everyone is focusing on playing games. Because we like playing, don't we? :) If we speak honestly, many of us are playing 10ths of blitz games every day without analysing games. We do, because we want. Not because it is usefull for our chess.

As it is mentioned here in articles and videos, you have to analyse your games. If you play 2-4 games a day and analyse them, it is very good and it is definately enough. I would rather go to play 7-9 games every 2nd day (to match tournament's format because in most tournaments you have 7-9 games). And spent other time on somethign else (videos, books on endgames, middles games etc.). But it very depands on your level. Higher your level become, you have to spent more time on doing something else, not playing.

Btw, Chess.com is not the only website with puzzles - you can use lichess.org, chesstempo.com where you can solve puzzles unlimited. 

Hi! After seeing your post I went to check my puzzle rating on chess.com and from what i remember it was 3300 which dropped to 3100 but when i checked it showed that i am 2300 when in puzzle history it shows that i havent done puzzles for long time…. Did chess.com lower everyone's rating or what? Can anyone clarify?

Hey, Zaheem

I suggest you buy CT-Art 6 I bought it and use it and it has really good tactics and GM Avetik also recommends only 20 dollars but worth so much more and you can also do tactic ninja quizzes even though 2000 in puzzles is great improving all areas is important and doing a bit of tactics each day to keep sharp.

Thank you,

Question to Anti Sicilian d6 Course

Hi everyone, 

I have a question in this following variation of the anti sicilian with d6. 

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1 e6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be3

After white plays Ne8 you recommended the move Be3, but as far as i can see this is losing a piece after d5. If I analyse with engine it says i should give the bishop and take the c5 pawn. Although it says the position is roughly equal I cant see my compensation for giving the bishop for just a pawn( and maybe exchange if i take the rook on f8). 

In view of that, i am asking if it is better to play Bb5 right away after Ne8, so d5 doesnt come with tempo and after that to play Be3

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Hey, Alex

The correct move is bb5 and there is a video in the advanced section of the course with more information on the move - 10.Bb5! - here the link

Benko 5.e3 line..

Hi,

in the advance section it is mentioned white needs to play 12. Bxb5 after 8..Bb7 9.e4 e6 10.Bc4 exd5 11.exd5 axb5 but what about 12….Nxb5!

what makes me worry about, it is saying Re8 is a mistake in the line 12.Bxb5 Re8..

Engines first move after 12. Nxb5 is Re8 with nearly +1 for white..

Is there a line i am missing or is this a hole in the 5.e3 advanced line? Looks like black needs to know exactly what to do not loosing after some more moves. 

Thank you for help.

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Dear Fred,

I was trying to compare your question with the course to understand which position you are asking about. Could you please post it, or send a link to the video for the timing, so I can better advise?

Thanks!

VEDIO

The videos are playing in fast forward mode

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Hey Madison,

Does your issue still exist?
Just in case, I have redirected your inquiry to our technical team.

Hi Madison, thanks for letting us know!

It sounds like the playback speed might have accidentally been set to a higher speed. On the video player, you should see a settings icon (usually a gear or sliders). If you click that, you can change the speed back to 'Normal'.

Sometimes the player remembers the last speed used. If you change it to 'Normal' but the next video still plays at 2x speed, try this trick:

Change the speed to 1.5x.

Then change it back to 'Normal'.

That usually resets it for all future videos. Let us know if that works!

Playing simplified blackmood french against b3 Bb2

I have been playing the blackmood openings and have been really enjoying them so thank you. 

I wanted to ask about the b3 Bb2 reply for white. I have actually faced this reply more than any other reply in over the board games at my local club (1400 -1600 classical ECF) . It would be really useful to understand the ideas / plans arising after this.

Thanks

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Did you check section 20 of Blackmood openings?
 https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings/episode/6177

Oopsie poopsie

I completely admit this was luck, but it was worth not rage quitting and hitting the resign button haha

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ChessMood videos on multiple computers in house?

I just re-joined ChessMood. 

Will the ChessMood website allow me to also get the training videos, etc on my ThinkPad laptop as well as my PC?

Thanks.

Brian 

“It is easier to fool the people than to convince the people they have been fooled.”  -M Twain

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Yes, most chess training websites, including ChessMood, offer their content in a way that's accessible across multiple devices. You should be able to access the training videos and other resources on both your ThinkPad laptop and your PC, as long as you can log in with your account credentials on each device.

MoodCoin

Hi ChessMood family!

I have a question about the ‘Moodcoin’. The MoodCoin page says “You can earn MoodCoins and spend them on buying courses”, but I don't see any options to spend them on course pages or my dashboard.​ Do I need Pro membership, or is it in a specific section? How exactly do I redeem them? 

Thanks!

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Hi Jioh, thank you for being part of the ChessMood family!

You've actually spotted a great detail. The reason you don't see the option to buy courses with MoodCoins is likely because you already have an active subscription (or gift membership) that gives you access to all the courses.

When you have access, the 'Buy with MoodCoins' button disappears because you don't need to buy what you already have! If your access ever expires, that button will reappear, and you'll be able to use your MoodCoins then.

Hope that clarifies it!

New success story: Through War and Struggle to World Amateur Champion!

Imagine living through war with missile strikes all around you.

Yet, you find the time to study chess and become the World Amateur Champion in your category.

This isn’t a movie — it’s a true story of our student surviving a war and overcoming unthinkable situations!

Read her full story here:
https://chessmood.com/success-stories/anastasiia-osadchuk

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Blessings to Anastasiia and all her fellow Ukrainians. To survive in such brutal wartime conditions is commendable, but to thrive is absolutely amazing and inspiring. 

Hallelujah! Thank you for sharing this inspiring story. Thank you Anastasila for being an example of life. I hope that the best part of the year that is ending is the worst part of the year that is beginning. Many blessings from Córdoba, Argentina. 

Алілуя! Дякуємо, що поділилися цією надихаючою історією. Дякую Анастасіло за приклад життя. Я сподіваюся, що найпрекрасніше в році, який закінчується, це найгірше в році, який починається. Багато благословень із Кордови, Аргентина.

Strong story… huge congratulations to you Anastasiia. Wishing you to keep good mood and strong will to endure to final victories.

Opened my eyes to the harsh reality of war. To live through such harsh times and still be a champion is truly inspiring! Congratulations Anastasiia. I hope there's peace soon.

Wow! I can't even improve my chess when I have so many opportunities! 

What an inspiration - well done Anastasiia.  And may all your projects be just as successful - you are showing us all how to keep going in adversity and never stop pushing forwards.  An attitude that will be helping with your chess moves of course as well !  I wish you all the very best in everything that you do.

Well done Anastasiia! A really inspirational story!

Good luck for all your future tournaments!

PS I've been to Rhodes too, it's a really nice place

Hi from my (privileged 69 years old) retirement cross country skiing vacation in the dolomites. 

Started to play chess again some 6 years ago with being close to retirement. Found luckily chessmood some 3 years ago and  also a lifetime membership.   Well in addition to finding everything so great with chessmood, i read your inspiring story. Of course, being antiwar since my youth in Hamburg Germany I feel with all those suffering ridiculous open and hidden wars all around the planet .. and well being kind of powerless,  at least chessmood give a global united family feeling and an idealistic hope for ending all wars. I wish you all the best and peace .. michael  

Congratulations1

NEW ARTICLE: The Most Effective Way to Create Chess PGN Files

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Nice article, I am glad I always like to make pgn files of my own. That's why in the first 15 days of chessmood pro membership I made my all pgn files but due to time issues I started learning them in march hehehe. I like to learn ideas and then variations and then play!!!

Thanks for the lessons. No matter you or anyone give me pgn files of whole comments but I wont remember it but when i make my own files I remember most of the ideas!. This is what I did always and I will do hehehe. My thoughts are simple about it. When we write our brain eyes hand works at the same time. On the other hand when we see a new pgn by others then only our hand and eyes work and brain thinks like oh I have it and I can check it anytime and focus flew away!

Great article and I have bookmarked it also.

To be honest when studying opening theory before (mainly from a book) I didnt do anything like this process.

Since joining chessmood I have taken the approach you outlined and worked out my own lines in pgn. I think its important to do this as often at lower levels you face some random moves. You can add them to the pgn (if not obvious outright blunders) and continue with the main plans you outlined.

I haven't got through all of the scotch (my first course) but the lines i have put into pgn and then practiced. I actually remember them almost exactly and if I dont quite (wrong move order or something) then the plan is clear to me still.

Nice article. I tend to write my ideas and plans for each openings I'm studying. Now I know why I forget some important lines.

Μy Antisicilian pgn files are separated in the 5 sections whereas in my Scotch pgn file I cover even the advanced lines vartiation per variation, and I also have to scroll down twice (or even 3 times in Scotch) as much as the material which appears in the beginning. So, I think they are maybe even a little bigger that the usual in my 1800 online level. I learned a lot from this article on the whole.

I love it! I have started to make the pgn file on my own, starting a week ago, and the reason is ChessMood article Memorizing Variations! Thanks Grandmaster Avetik a lot for helping me, I will never forget it! 

P/S: Are there anyway to buy PRO without money?

Thank you maestro for this one.

This reminds me of some discussion among fellow pro-members regarding the use of chessable, the platform that advertises the use of spaced learning software designed to reinforce move/lines memorization. I used chessable for some time, but not anymore. Not because I think it's bad, but because I think it (1) essentially fosters laziness, one of the chess student's worst habits, and (2) its effectivess depends on the quality of the author's instruction and the lines that he gives anyway.

So, thank you for reminding us of your approach which I believe is just spot on: there are no real shortcuts, and every chess student has to put in his or her own effort.  

To be honest, I really struggle to follow the advise.

When creating my pgn-files I do not wish to memorize the lines as good and effective as possible only. Also, I want to create a reference that I can use to check my games and to prepare for my opponents. Therefore, I need to make sure, that the relevant content of the course is transferred correctly into the pdf.

Or to put it in other words: I do not take the risk to omit relevant lines or the note them incorrectly. 

Another reason, I do not completely follow the advise, is that with my limited amount of study time, I wanted to gain a first and general understanding of the lines/ideas or to be more precise of all openings of the ChessMood repertoire. The reason is that watching our coaches use these openings is more effective after having got this basic understanding from the courses.

That is why I accept that after completing a section/an opening I sometimes have to confess that I hardly got a good understanding (and consequently did not memorize the lines very well). On the other hand, ideas/lines do come up when I see the line in practice.

This post elucidates how much data that players at every level should store.

Over the years I've summed it up as, "The most important chess opening book you will ever read is the one you write."

I'm going to recommend that every Chess Openings Wizard user read this post.

 - Mike

Let's say I have a great pgn file I've been making from the white mood Scotch pgn file (let's call this the Scotch Repertoire file) . Now let's say I've played 10 Scotch games online and I downloaded them and have the pgn for those games. How can I compare my games to the Scotch Repertoire file to see where I made mistakes (or to add new variations to the Scotch Repertoire file). I hope my question makes sense. Thank you!

Hello chess mood community

What Sites shall we use to create the pgn files ?

Hello, what is the application you are using? 🙂

Disappointingly this forum has no answers to people's questions so is not active.

Blergh. I'm tilted. Hard to get that stupid Kasparov quote outta my head right now.

I'm a circus puppet and should stick to having children, according to him.

Is there some way I can send him a poo in the post lol

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New article: How to get better at chess: The 3-step formula and the secret sauce

How to get better at chess? 

It’s the most important question. And if you answer it right getting a plan from experts, you’ll have the right direction during your chess journey. 

In today's article, GM Avetik shares his proven 3-step formula and the secret sauce, which you can use to speed your growth and have more fun on your journey. 

And most importantly, you can use it not only in chess but in any area of your life. 
 

Click here to read the article 👇
https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-get-better-at-chess

Share your thoughts below.

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Heineken's ketchup? How refreshing! Think you might mean Heinz and be in need of a beer after writing it all. Good article though.

Nice article as always 🙃 Time for us to read all of the articles listed (for the first time or again) and make a strong study plan for 2023 😁

thank you 😀👍

Before chess.com banned me from playing titled players and staff members :(( I had a friend, FM Countofmontecristo and we chat a lot about chess. He is a belgian senior and I remember many things he said. Related with this article I would mention two: a) Everything is playable b) I remember all the theory I learnt at the 80s but from the actual theory I remember nothing. So as Spassky quoted I go OTB with an empty head :)

Study (Tactic Ninja) Practice (Puzzles) Fix yeah, recently I have been practicing this with the puzzle rush as well. I used to just play and not look back at the puzzles I solved incorrectly. (trying to break the records) But after spending time checking the mistakes, I improved the score. :D

Thank you so much, Avetik.

Actually, the article took me way more than 11 minutes ;-)  Something like 40 minutes,

during which I took notes and forgot everything around me.

I'll keep you updated how it works. I have (soon had, hopefully) a great tendency to eat too much

without digesting.  

Wonderful to fund ChessMood from GM Noël's email.
Happy to get a free trial due to World Chess Day.
Love the part about showing how to use the 3-step formula and the secret sauce and "eat & digest".
Let's grow up!

thx

Superb courses.

I haven't seen this wonderful course before.

nice path to become a strong player.

This is wonderful platform to learn chess perfectly.

I wish to become a GM soon by following this courses and formulas.

Thank you chessmood for this wonderful courses.

A big thanks to GM Avetik.

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The 3 step formula is absolutely great i realized just by fixing my problems I improved a lot 

Thank you Avetik

Thanks, a lot.
It's an amazing and useful article.

New member here! This is the first thread I found exciting to read! Bookmarked the article. Will read and follow the guide for sure!

Thank You GM Avetik actually it took me 2 intervals to read the article but its amazing.
Thanks for the information and really it was very good and I think u could have added some other things perhaps.

From 1600 to 1718 only after reading your articles — Thanks to ChessMood’s Mindset Advice

I just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you to everyone at ChessMood.

I went from 1600 to 1718 rapid on Chess.com — not because I studied openings or tactics but because I applied the psychological concepts I learned from ChessMood’s amazing articles.

What helped me the most are : The Snowball Effect : Keep playing while you're winning, stop at 4 -2 games when you lose It helped ride my momentum, and more importantly, avoid tilt Game Session Rule: Limiting each session to 4 rapid games and taking breaks in between changed everything. I stopped fearing rating drops and played with a clear, calm mind.  “Smile and Straighten Your Back”: When I misplayed a position during a game or letting my opponent off the hook or getting boring position, instead of getting frustrated  I followed the advice — deep breath, smile and straighten your back — and mentally reset. It made me resilient and kept me sharp under pressure.

These small mindset shifts had a massive impact on my results, confidence, and enjoyment of the game.

Thank you, ChessMood, for reminding me that psychology is as important as moves on the board

 Excellent article as usual, congrats and many thanks to all the Chessmood team!! I could finally play blitz games decently (I thought I never gonna do it) and I grew about 100 points in this modality in chess.com and besides I'm enjoying playing and not fearing of rating looses any more, and I only read (and practice) from 4 to 10 articles by now! I remember “play e4!” or “e4 repertoire” (not shure the exact name of the articles, sorry), the concept or warming up before playing (tha makes a huge difference!), the making and use of the “CoGrowth files” and after a long year without reading (neither your articles) I found this jewel…I realized I forgot working on studing to keep improving, just amazing! Keep going like this guys! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

This one article has helped me a lot, even though I first read it yesterday. It feels as if I'm developing healthier study habits. I thank this article for that. I have already shared this website and the article with some of my fellow team members. Thank you 

Thanks. I kept thinking while reading the article “I've got lots to digest, I study my openings, but it's difficult to get to the same positions in my actual games beyond the first 10 moves… So I guess I cannot really digest them very fast.”

Reflections on My One-Year Competitive Chess Journey

Over the past year, I have been playing chess with focus and seriousness. After considerable frustration and multiple setbacks, I reached a peak blitz rating of 1774 last month. However, since then, I have been experiencing recurring losing streaks. Even on days when I am composed and not tilted, my performance continues to drop, and I often lose to players significantly lower rated than me.

At times, I also have days where I win consistently and perform at a much higher level, but the inconsistency has now become a pattern. Despite a full year of committed effort, I feel I am unable to break past the 1700 mark, which raises concerns about whether my progress is moving in the right direction.

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Blackmood openings

Dear chessmood family I am studying blackmood openings what to play against e4 e6 d4 d5 nc3 nf6 e5 ng8 a3

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We have a event coming up where coach will answer all French attack questions just post it here https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/french-attack-advanced

French Attack vs The Alapin Gambit

Could anyone explain the details of the Alapin Gambit against the French Attack?  Maybe I missed this in the courses, and maybe it isn't frequent enough to discuss… But I am interested in understanding the rationale behind the moves.

For example after:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3

4. …Nh6 Is this best as the engine I'm using says is best?

4. …Nf6 Is this best as it seems to be what everyone is playing?

If Nh6 is best, why?  What is the comparison to Nf6.  

In my humble opinion, this should be discussed as the YouTube Videos on people playing this Alapin Gambit are crushing their opponents who have no idea on how best to respond… And this goes for players with ratings approaching 2,000.

One video goes like this:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3 Nf6 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. Bf2 Bd6 9. Qf3

White ends up with a substantial advantage… Considerable development advantage and readily available attack after a queen's side castle.

Please help!

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Hey, Kevin 

In this position the reason nh6 is better because it gives the knight more possibilities compared to nf6 where it only defends the pawn but knight on h6 not only can come in the game at some point through nf5 it can also potentially put big problems to the bishop and it coordinates really well with the queen.

New success story: Over 500 points in 1 year - The adult chess improver looking to do the improbable!

Hello champions!?

Recently, we interviewed an adult chess improver from our family who raised 500 points in 1 year!

He’s one of our earliest Pro members and you might have heard of him. His name – Jay Garrison.
During our conversation, Jay generously shared the approach and strategies that helped him raise over 500 rating points!
He talks about:

✅The different parts of the game he focussed on to build his core chess strength.

✅A secret hack he uses to keep the right mood!

✅An advice he would give to someone who has limited time to study.

As a bonus, we also threw some rapid-fire questions at Jay and got some interesting answers…?? 

Hopefully through his story, you’ll pick up some useful ideas to implement in your chess improvement journey!

You can check out the complete interview here ?

https://chessmood.com/feedback/jay-garrison-adult-chess-improver

Here on this forum thread, you can drop your questions and congraluatory messages to Jay!

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Congratulations Jay.

Hi from Italy, conratulation Jay, it's amazing! I must ask you a couple of questions. 1) Why you new account started from 1641 and not from 1500? 2) You was 1641 Blitz Lichess sept 30 2020 and only 16 day after (Oct 16 2020) you reached 1905! Great! That is the bigger part of your growth, since now you are 1955. From october 2020 to april 2021 you remained about at 1900 and from feb to april 2021 you made another growth (to 2033). In the third period (from April 2021 to in september 2021) your rating arised not so fast but constantly and you reached your maximum, 2088 (sept 24 2021). May you tell us anything about your training during this 3 periods of your amazing growth? Thank you! Giulio pet 24 2021)

Hi Jay, I'm Alessio. Congratulations for your success! I would ask you a couple of questions because I'm following the road of improvement and I would know your perspective about some topic. 1-How many hours spend on chess weekly? Because I spend 8 hours of chess weekly and I feel that the improvement is very slow..but I think it's normal relate to my chess programme. (I'm following the instructions of chessmood coach so the quality is very good) 2-how do you manage breaks from chess? Do you feel sometimes tired because you work a lot during a week? What do you do? This is my main problem because in my job I use always my mind and Sometimes I don't have energy to manage a chess workout! I need to divide the hours and set priorities. Thank for your future feedbacks!!

Good stuff Jay! I'm glad your hard work is paying off. One thing I was wondering is how often are you having sessions with your coach? cheers, Peter

Wow Jay, you really are a dedicated adult improver! I am humbled by your single minded dedication to achieving your chess aims , and I wish you good luck. Can you let us know how you use the chessmood materials (apart from creating your opening pgn files). For instance do you join the events, repeat study materials such as classic games/tactics etc? Or are you now concentrating more on homework from your coach?

Great job Jay???

Jay, Congrats on your progress/success so far. Keep up the consistent effective work!!! I will be following your journey. What are you doing non-chess? Especially books. Bret

Hi Jay, Yours is a very inspirational success story for us adult improvers just starting out on a serious path of chess improvement! Please let me pick your brain a bit about the details of your pgn mangement: what tools do you use to create/edit them, how do you review/drill the openings (personal chessable course made from your pgns, chess tempo opening trainer, flashcards, something else?), how do you organize the pgns themselves (one massive file for white & one for black, or per opening? Do you use pgn tools to merge/split them in order to create chessable courses?) If you could give an overview of all the tools you're found the most helpful, that would be great!

Some of the advice is gold:

 ‘You just got to get 1% better every day. Trust the process.’

 Thanks for the interview!

Hi Jay, if you're still around in the forums, I'm curious: did you use the Blackmood or advanced openings?

Czech opening

When I was playing against my friend 1e4,c6

            2d4,d6

           3Nc3,Nbd7

After my opponent played Nbd7 I played f4 and I kept having problems as white

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Dear Telp Muah,

Please clarify the question, maybe provide details, or show an image of the position from our repertoire, for me to better understand your problem, and be able to provide a good recommendation.