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We all work daily on our chess skills and we do learn something new daily. In this post we will share what we learn daily. The point of this post is to motivate others to work on skills. By hearing how experts are working daily will motivate me so much .
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Date: 10th Nov 2020.
What I learnt?
Openings:
I worked on Jobava video again because it's not common at my level.
Middlegames:
I studied maroczy's pawn str. today and completed 5th chapter (Based on white's Kingside Attacking plans in Maroczy such as f4-f5 or Re3-Rh3 shifts ) with my training partner.
I also worked on half game of Capablanca's Best Endings with my partner @Jay_Garrison
I analyzed two games of Tigran Petrosian from the book called Petrosian Move by Move with @Devansh_Shah
1. Uddenfeldt vs Petrosian Nice Olympiad 1974.
A lot ideas about how to outplay the opponent in symmetrical position we learnt from this game. Also the ending with rook against knight was instructive and we learnt new ideas.
2. Petrosian vs Visier Segovia Nice Olympiad 1974.
In this game I was stuck a bit because I am not super good in this KID pawn formations but with the help of my expert KID friend @Devansh_Shah we found almost all the nice ideas and grasped a lot attacking stuffs. Normally Petrosian do not like to attack but acc to Var Akobian (When Petrosian Attack it's Mate ). So this is what we saw in this game. When he attack it's mate.
Well, I studied so little today because I am sick and unable to focus well. I hope I will be fine soon then my real work level will become alive again.
I learnt two theoretical Endings:
Date: 12th Nov 2020
What I learnt:
Chessmood Classical Commented Games:
(1) Avetik Grigoryan vs Hovhannisyan 2006
(2) Johner vs Aron Nimzowitsch 1926
(3) Petrosian vs Bannik 1958
Pawn Structures:
I studied rest three games of Grunfeld Structures from Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide
(1) Holden Hernandez vs George Meier 2013
In this game white entered in grunfeld str. in wrong time and in the end black got control of the important c-file and later he won,
(2) M. Emilian Parligras vs Ian Nepomniachtchi 2011
In this game, I learnt the important attacking plan e5. White is both good and bad too. Good because e5 shuts down the bishop on g7 but bad because it gives up the d5 square and if black survives the attack then white will have to handle a long term endgame pressure. But in this game white got e5 and due to lack of black's Light squared bishop white won easily,
(3) Yrri Vovk vs Andrei Volokitin 2012
In this game black first of all neutralized the white's e5 attack and in the end he won with an amazing breakthrough. Also this game showed importance of having outside passed pawns.
Now with this the chapter on Grunfeld Structure is over and I am trying to find new sources to learn this structure in depth.
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:
I finished chapter 10th today and I saw 23ply positions in the end of the chapter.
Analyzed Game 33 of Capablanca's Best Endings
Note: Due to my mom's illness. I did not studied whole day. After evening I started to study.
Date: 13th Nov, 2020.
What I learnt?
Art of Attack:
Completed Chapter-7th Ranks, Files and Diagonals in the Attack on the Castled King.
Chessmood:
~~~Classical Commented Section~~~
1) Petrosian vs Schweber 1962.
2) Avetik Grigoryan vs Korobkov 2010
3) Akiba Rubinstein vs Schlechter 1912
~~~Happy Pieces~~~
Section- 5 Queen in the Attack lessons completed and watched!
~~~Webinar~~~~
Joined Benko Gambit Webinar and learnt a lot ideas from coach .
https://chessmood.com/event/webinar-benko-gambit-tournament-coverage
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course-2.
Finished the 11th chapter which consists of 16 puzzles on visualization. 17 more chapters left then this book will over!
Pawn Structures:
I started working on Najdorf Type-1
Studied Alexander Grischuk vs Zhang Zhong 2001.
Date: 14th Nov, 2020.
What I learnt?
Chessmood:
~~~Classical Commented Games~~~
1. Marco vs Schlechter 1904.
2. Akiba Rubinstein vs Takacs 1926.
Capablanca's Best Endings:
I analyzed game 34th with Jay Garrison. It was Capablanca vs Bogolyubov 1922.
Due to mom's illness, studied nothing in day time. So at night studied some chess. So less study but as we all knows, Something is better than nothing!
Date: 16th Nov, 2020.
What I learnt?
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games~~~
1) Karpov vs Kuzmin 1973
2) Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca 1914
3) Fleissig vs Schelchter 1893
Happy Pieces~~~
Sec-8 The Rook vs Weak Pawns.
Capablanca's Best Endings~~~
Analyzed game 36th Capablanca vs Tartakower New York 1924
I know I am studying a little now a days but soon I will work more on my skills.
Date: 17th Nov, 2020
What I learnt?
Chessmood
Classical Commented Games~~~
1) Lasker vs Capablanca 1914
2) Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe 1937
Happy Pieces~~~
Sec- 9 The Happy Rook
Date: 18th Nov, 2020
What I learnt?
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games~~~
1) Ulf Andersson vs Franco 0. 1979
2) Cohn E vs Akiba Rubinstein 1909
3) Botvinnik vs Capablanca 1938
Classical Attacking Games~~~
1) Paulsen vs Paul Morphy 1857
2) Bogoljubow vs Spielmann 1919.
Instructional Classical Endgames~~~
1) Roselli S vs Akiba Rubinstein 1925
2) Englisch B vs Steinitz 1883
Capablanca's Best Endings~~~
Analyzed Capablanca vs Yates New York 1924 with @Jay_Garrison and @Edwin_Walker
Date: 19th Nov, 2020.
What I learnt?
Completed a chapter (A Leap to d5) from Understanding Maroczy Structures .
Analyzed Lasker vs Capablanca 1924
20th Nov, 2020
Studied nothing today!
21st Nov, 2020
What I learnt:
Analyzed 3 games with @Devansh_Shah
1. Cardoso vs Petrosian 1975.
2. Petrosian vs Peters 1976.
3. Tisdall vs Petrosian 1977.
Analyzed 1 game of Capablanca with @Jay_Garrison
Capablanca vs Reti 1924.
That's all for today!
28th Nov, 2020
~~~Chessmood~~~
Classical Commented Games:
1.Najdorf vs Gligoric 1953.
2. Aron Nimzowitch vs Capablanca 1927.
Classical Attacking Games:
1. Euwe vs Flohr 1939.
Openings:
I went through section-1 of Caro Kann Exchange Variation
Endgame Strategy M.I. Shereshevsky:
I went through five positions from the chapter which I shared in bottom.
The Problem of Exchanging:
1. Kline vs Capablanca 1913 (Position)
2. Flohr vs Spielmann 1931 (Position)
3. Szabo vs Fischer 1970 (Position)
4. Mikhalevski vs Akopov 1977 (Position)
5. Najdorf vs Averbakh 1953 (Position )
Capablanca's Best Endings:
I went thought game number 42. Played between Nimzowitsch in 1927.
Timman's Triumphs:
I completed whole introduction games today.
That's all for today. I hope more people are jealous now and call me arrogant !
29th Nov, 2020..
Studied only one game so I did not consider it as study. I am making pgn of different lines.
Conclusion. no study.
Now smile, jealous people.
Note: I am saying not to all chessmood members, I wrote above statement only to those who calls me arrogant. Even though I always posted for chess and you guys never understand it.
1st Dec, 2020.
Day off from chess studies as @Jay_Garrison suggested to me!
2nd Dec, 2020.
No studies. Day off!
3rd Dec, 2020.
I anlyzed one game of Capablanca with Jay which he played against Alekhine.
That's all for today and from tomorrow my real training will begin again.
Date: 4th Dec, 2020.
The Art of Attack in Chess:
Pieces and Pawns in the Attack on Castled King
1. Rubinstein vs Teichmann,1908
2. Konig vs Weiss , 1919
3. Tolush vs Kotov, 1945
Chess Middlegame Strategies Ivan Sokolov
Chapter-1 Unusual Rook Lift:
Final Game: G. Munkhgal vs M. Al Modiahki 2016
Timman's Triumphs:
Laszlo Vadasz vs Jan Timman 1967
Beginners Chess Pattern Recognition:
1. Motylev Alexander vs Evgeny Bareev 2010.
2. Vassily Ivanchuk vs Levon Aronian 2013.
Love Chess and Love Fischer!!!
Date: 6th Dec, 2020.
Mastering the Middlegames by Alexander Panchenko
Studied some positions from 5th chapter ( Realizing an Advantage). Details is shared in bottom.
I studied it with my two training partner. One is Devansh and second on is Anonymous (like Blackhats heheeh)
1. Evegeny Bareev vs Alexy Shirov 1994.
2. Lev Psakhis vs Oleg Romanishin 1981.
3. Sergey Rublevsky vs Larry Christiansen 1997.
Now in exercises Positions for solving
I went through first six positions.
Caro Kann Main Lines I studied from Chessmood.
Timman's Triumphs:
Analyzed Ernesto Palacious de la Prada vs Jan Timman 1971.
7th December:
Not studied anything. I felt not connected.
8th Dec, 2020
Merenyi vs Capablanca 1928, Analyzed with @Jay_Garrison
Endgame Strategy Shereshevsky with @Devansh_Shah
Gufeld E vs Dolmatov 1978 ( Fragment)
Capablanca vs Alekhine 1924 ( Fragment)
Date: 9th Dec, 2020.
Capablanca's Best Endings with @Jay_Garrison
Analyzed Half game played between Steiner and Capablanca 1928
The Art of Attack in Chess:
I went though chapter 9th (The Attack on the Fianchettoed and Queenside Castling Positions)
Games and fragments list in the bottom:
1. Richter vs Abramavicius 1930 (Fragment)
2. Szilagyi vs Szabo 1946 ( Fragment)
3. Alexander vs Pachman 1947 ( Fragment)
4. Two examples made by author himself.
5. Keres vs Reshevsky 1948 (fragment)
6. Rabinovich vs Romanovsky 1925 (Fragment)
7. Euwe vs Colle 1926 (Fragment)
8. Lasker vs Marshall 1914 (Full Game)
Ian Anderson's Visualization Book:
I completed the chapter 12th (sequence of Bxh7+ and Nxf7.
Studied so little today but something is better than nothing
Date: 10th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Capablanca vs Rubinstein 1928
2. Bobotsov vs Petrosian 1968
3. Portisch vs Kasparov 1989
Openings:
Completed main sections today and tomorrow will work on advanced sections.
https://chessmood.com/course/caro-kann-defence
The Art of Attack in Chess:
Started working on chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )
In the bottom I am sharing fragments:
1. Blackburne vs Schwarz 1881 ( Fragment)
2. Bogoljubow vs Reti 1923 ( Fragment)
3. Reshevsky vs Botvinnik 1946 ( Fragment)
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:
Completed CHAPTER 13th (THE SEQUENCE 1 BXH7+ KXH7 2 QH5+ KG8 3 QXF7+)
This is one of the toughest chapter for me to solve. I faced so many issue in visualization. I wrote tough puzzles in my notepad so I will work on them again.
Capablanca's Best Endings:
Completed the analysis of 45th game which Capablanca played against Steiner with @Jay_Garrison
Chess Structures A Grandmaster Guide:
I started working on Benoni Pawn Structure and went through one game from the book.
Asymmetric Benoni
Vladimir Akopian vs Levan Pantsulaia 2013.
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:
I completed chapter 2nd Queen in Trouble with @Devansh_Shah
That's all for today. It' better than yesterday I think!
Date: 12th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Tarrasch vs Teichmann 1912
2. Petrosian vs Liublinsky 1949
3. Petrosian vs Chukaev 1951
The Power of the Bishop Pair
Section-1 The Power of two Bishops.
Section-2 Two Bishops in the Endgame.
The Art of Attack in Chess:
Started working on chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )
In the bottom I am sharing fragments:
1. Yates vs Marco 1921 ( Full Game)
2. An educational Example.
3. Rosolimmo vs Pachman 1947
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:
Completed Half CHAPTER 15th THE SEQUENCE 1 RXH7 KXH7 2 QXF7
Pawn Structures:
Chess Structures A Grandmaster Guide:
I started working on Benoni Pawn Structure and went through one game from the book.
Asymmetric Benoni:
Nikita Vitiugov vs Ding Liren 2012
Capablanca's Best Endings:
I analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Bosch in 1929
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:
Completed chapter 3rd ( Rook on the seventh Rank)
Date: 13th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Petrosian vs Mecking 1971
2. Spassky vs Petrosian 1966
3. Steinitz vs Sellmann 1885
Openings:
Completed All Caro Kann Sections except model games. Tomorrow gonna revise move orders and then I will work on model games pgn.
ChessMood team in Bundesliga
The Art of Attack in Chess:
Completed chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )
In the bottom I am sharing fragments:
1.Alekhine vs Botvinnik 1936
2. Kotov vs Keres 1950
3. Marshall vs Burn 1900
Capablanca's Best Endings:
I analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Havasi 1929
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:
Completed chapter 4th and 5th
Botvinnik’s fearsome bishop
Kasparov’s favourite
That's all for today!
14th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Chigorin vs Schiffers 1879
2. Capablanca vs Marshall 1909
3. Steinitz vs Chirogin 1892
Capablanca's Best Endings:
Analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Thomas in 1929-30 with @Jay_Garrison
15 th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Capablanca vs Janowski 1914
2. Fischer vs Unzicker 1970
3, Rubinstein vs Techmann 1908
4. Alekhine vs Yates 1910
Stream:
Participated in the Stream with GM Gabuzyan
https://chessmood.com/event/stream-with-gm-gabuzyan-4-755
The Art of Attack in Chess:
Started working on 11th Chapter ( The Phases of the Attack on the Castled King)
In the bottom I am sharing game and fragments list:
1. Botvinnik vs Chekhover 1935 ( Fragment)
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:
I went through 2 chapters:
1. Fischer’s knight
2. Opposites are not equal
That's little but I am okay with it. I am working on my cubing too so studying 5-6 hrs a day on chess not 10.
16th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Schlechter vs Wulff 1894
2. Stein vs Furman 1969
3. Fischer vs Cardoso 1957
Pawn Structures:
Carlsbad:
Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:
1. Piket vs Timman 1996
2. Kramnik vs Timman 1995
3. Karpov vs Andrei Kharitonov `988
Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios:
Asymmetric Benoni:
Games and Fragments List which I studied:
1. Mikhalevski – Guseinov, Novi Sad 2009 ( Fragment)
2. Pavel Eljanov vs Teimour Radjabov 2008 ( Full Game)
Capablanca's Best Endings:
I studied game 52nd Menchik vs Capablanca 1931
17th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Marshall vs Tarrasch 1905
2. Kann vs Capablanca 1936
3. Alekhine vs Feldt M 1916
4. Marshal vs Capablanca 1909
Openings:
Caro Kann Model Games watched and made pgn files
Pawn Structures:
Carlsbad:
Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:
1. Larsen vs Geller 1983
2. Telljohann Sven vs Dautov Rustem 1996
Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios:
Asymmetric Benoni: Completed today
Games and Fragments List which I studied:
Johan Hellsten vs Emilio Cordova 2006
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:
I went through 2 chapters
1. Cousins from a distance
2. IDP: isolated doubled pawn
Capablanca's Best Endings:
Studied the game between Kevitz and Capablanca 1931.
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:
I went through examples of chapter 15th and I already did exercises two days ago.
That's it!!!
18th Dec, 2020
Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:
I went through CHAPTER 16. THE SEQUENCE 1 BXH7+ KXH7 2 NG5+ KG8 3 QH5
19th Dec, 2020
Chessmood:
Classical Commented Games:
1. Yates vs Alekhine 1921.
2. Lasker vs Bauer 1889.
3. Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch 1914
4. Fischer vs Ibrahimoglu 1970
Openings:
I went through some variations of caro kann exchange using Move Trainer. I studied 70 lines out of 173 from my pgn files and I nailed them now.
Pawn Structures:
Carlsbad:
Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:
1. Jan Timman vs Boris Spassky 1979
2. Igor Sotnikov vs Pushkov Nikolai 1995
3. Korchnoi vs Spassky 1977 !1th Round
25th Dec, 2020
I studied four chapter of Ian Anderson's Visualization Course-2 .
Chapter 19th to 22nd
30th Dec, 2020
Only worked on pgn files of my online games.
8th Jan ,2021
Only studied some lines of Accelerated Dragon with @Jay_Garrison
Another good thing is that I am glad my brother is agreed to work on chess books with me. Soon I will share updates about it too. I am glad. If everything will works out well then I think by the end of Jan I will complete 7 books!!
Stopped Study
@Abhi_yadav Why did you stop your study?
Maybe I restart it. It was always motivating to study more bec need to write a lot heheeh.
Task Restarted
18th August:
CALCULATION & VISUALISATION
GM Davorin Kuljasevic-Calculation Improvement
Candidates Move 2nd.
Pawn Structures:
Italian Game - January Workshop - Modern Chess Camp
Studied one video (Master the Italian Endgames - GM Grigor Grigorov)
Soon start Typing!
Finally I am going to write from today ( 27th of Aug 2021)
So, today I did nothing special .
1. Gained 50k points on Chessable and moving towards Tournament Able there by studying Endgames and by solving tactics of world class events!
You can also follow me on Chessable if you want too.
https://www.chessable.com/profile/InSane_AbHi/
2. Worked on 30 pages of kingwalks: paths of glory book by Yasser with my teammates.
3. Started (Fundamental Chess: Logical Decision Making) with my teammates and read 20 pages with them.
4. Completed ( Critical moments in chess by Adrian Mikhalchishin) with my teammate.
That's all for today. I am working so less but gonna improve myself more so I will work more.!!!
31st Aug
Finally completed Kingwalks: Paths of Glory By Yasser Seirawan
2nd of August:
Complete Sicilian Sidelines Course only
Now a days I am working on positional chess only! I think I am quiet human hehehe. So, I chose positonal repo so I can spent more time on middlegames, tactics and endgames.
Petroff defense - 8...Be6
Hey CM folks, Had a blitz game like this in the Petroff: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Be6. The usual moves in the course are 8..Nd7/c6 intending Ne5 or Nc5, but this Be6 is played later in the lines. In the game I went 9.Nd4 but then Bd5 it was kinda messy and I misplayed badly and lost to a spectacular tactic ? https://www.chess.com/game/live/52760446263 My question is should we go 9.Bd3 intending to transpose to a later line with Nd7/c6 or is there something better to punish this early bishop deployment?
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Courses
Um where do I buy courses with mood coin I can't find a buy course button only become a Pro member that costs real money
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You can buy the courses with Moodcoins. Access the course page and just select “Get lifetime acces”, click the button. In the next screen you will see the different options for purchasing the course, one of them is MoodCoins. This is the way to do it ?. See the picture attached.
10-minute Racing to X games (instead of 5-minute)
Hi Chess Friends, One of the most instructive aspects of ChessMood for me is the "Racing from X to Y" series. I love seeing the openings we're using while listing to the reasoning behind the moves. I do wonder, however, if 10-minute games would be even more instructive. For example, I noticed on YouTube that GM Daniel Naroditsky has a similar series of videos called Sensei Speed Run (or something like that). He's not using our openings, of course, but he does play 10-minute and 15-minute games. This gives him a lot more time to explain every move and not get into time trouble. Could the ChessMood GM's try this approach for a few videos just to see if people find it even more helpful? Thanks, Richard
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PGN Files
Hello, I'm new on this page and I started to watch the courses. There is also the blog article which says to build own PGN-Files. So my question is: How to build this files? Is there any software or web service which I can usw?
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The best software to build your own files is Chessbase. But if you don't want to spend money, you can use Lichess studies which are really nice and free. ? The two articles: - https://chessmood.com/blog/the-most-effective-way-to-create-chess-pgn-files - https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-memorize-chess-openings-variations
Hello, You can use SCID vs PC, is a good & free replacement of ChessBase
endgame technique
Hi guys, I had this endgame in a classical game. This occured after alapin variation. Black is pawn up but I couldn't find a winning plan. Any suggestions on how could black win this position. Thank you so much.
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Is this really a winning endgame? The only plan I see is to get the king to the kingside and try to create a passed pawn there but you always have to be careful White cant get the knight to c6
Question for Avetik or Hovannes Gabuzyan...
Hi ChessMood coaches, I'd like to know which ratio time between study and practice you recommend for a player rated 1800-1900. Many thanks for your answer
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New success story: How Adam raised around 200 points with a slow and steady approach
Hello champions!?
Recently, we interviewed our family member – Adam Musson.
Despite spending only 1 hour on chess every day, Adam got out of a rating plateau and raised his rating by around 200 points!
And in the interview, Adam talks about:
✔️ The 2 key things he focused on every day in training that helped him gain rating.
✔️ A detailed breakdown of the training method he uses to study openings
✔️ An advice he would give to anyone who has only 1 hour to spend on chess every day.
We also threw some rapid-fire questions at Adam and got some interesting answers.. ??
Hopefully, you’ll pick up some useful ideas to implement in your chess improvement journey!
Check out the complete interview here ?
https://chessmood.com/feedback/adam-musson-story
On this forum thread, you can drop your questions and congratulatory messages to Adam!
Have a nice day! ❤️
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Great work Adam, keep it up! ???
Congratulations Adam. Yes, the Chessmood material is high quality chess education. I appreciate the commitment of GM Avetik and GM Gabuzyan, in creating good material. Is not only for the money, it's for the game :)
Congratulations !! Adam ??
Congratulations Adam! I found your story to be inspiring and, most importantly, appreciated all the practical advice on the details. I'm looking forward to any future advice from you!
Congrats Adam! Keep up the strong work.
How to name the new course?
ChessMood family, I need your fantasy!
Soon we're publishing 2 courses about Attack!
1 - for advanced players. It'll be called "Attack like a Viking!"
2- for beginners, below 1,500 players.
How to name it?
Any creative ideas?
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Fearless Attacker
"Attack Like a Tiger" (based on the book Chess for Tigers) or "Beginning Attacking Ideas" or "Attack Then Run Away" (based on my games)
The Path to Valhalla
TALanted Attacks Aggression Lesson Extensive offensive.
Avetik - Here are some ideas: - Attack like a Champion - Attacking Principles - Attack and Win - The first steps to play attacking chess
Avet Attack - reads in English have it attack.?
vienna game
GM Avetik do you have any cources on the Vienna Game
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No, we do not have any course regarding the Vienna game. Against e5 we play and teach the Scotch, very practical and fun to play at all levels. Check with out ….
Dumb Opening prep punisher
How to punish bad positional play in the opening. I know how to punish a piece blunder or a trapped piece but when someone wastes time with pawns but doesn't hang anything. I keep trying to develop my pieces in the opening but always find that there are no way to attack anything in my opponents position.
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Well, you should watch the opening principles course and I am sure that you will know what to do. At least you should watch the following video, showing exactly how to punish the excessive pawn moves in the opening.
https://chessmood.com/course/opening-principles/episode/3425
Happy learning!?
Sicilian sidelines after 2.Nf3 Nc6
Is there a course where sidelines after 2. Nf3 Nc6 are covered? E.g: 3.c3, 3.b4, etc. Thanks
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2.Nf3/3.c3 transposes to 2.c3, hence see the Alapin course. 3.b4 was discussed here: https://chessmood.com/forum/pro-channel/delayed-wing-gambit
English opening vs Dutch attack
is it applicable to play with the dutch attack against english opening, c4 Nc3 g3 system?
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Yes, it is a good option too. It will transpose to the other Dutch lines in most cases. Please chech this post too>
Yeah I believe the Dutch is pretty resilient to 1. c4 move-order tricks
Scotch 4 Bc5 6 Qf6?
I had played the Scotch with 5. Nb3 in a tournament long before I knew about your courses and my opponent played 5 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6? I played 7. Qe2 and he played a combination of d6, Ne7, O-O, Bxe3 after my Be3 and Be6 followed by Bxb3 when I castled queenside, I understand maybe its not so good but I lost that game because Black was faster in his attack, maybe you could cover this interesting 6 Qf6 move a bit? Its also quite natural if Black doesnt know the theory because its also a move in other Scotch lines and Black can think Qe2 is bad for us
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These should help: https://chessmood.com/course/scotch-game/episode/1964 https://chessmood.com/course/rock-n-rolling-with-white/episode/4082
Think like a Grandmaster
Hey, champions!
We're going to have a webinar with one of the best coaches - GM Avrukh Boris, on the topic “How Grandmasters think.”
It's gonna be an interactive event.
You can post the questions here, and I'll try to ask him during the event.
For more info and for taking a seat, click the link below.
https://chessmood.com/event/think-like-gm-boris-avrukh
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Keeping it on the subject, the main question I have would be is how to train to be able to think that [whatever he's demonstrating]. Often when you look back on something you've mastered you think well if only I'd tried that and done that first, then I'd have got there a lot quicker and sometimes these insights are not always forthcoming in lectures unless you ask. The suggestion might need to be considered from different viewpoints: for those who have an hour a day, and those who are putting lots more time in.
1.What is the best training method to improve calculation for 2150+ elo players up to FM level? - solving random tactics, workbooks on deep calculation (Volokitin, Ramesh), where's the secret? 2.What's your favourite thing or course from chessmood that gives most benefit for an improving player? 3. Tips on breaking plateau (stuck on the same 2100 level for many years)? 4. Tips on winning against lower rated opponents? Thank you.
A couple of questions for Grandmaster Avrukh: 1) Do Grandmasters always consciously make a list of candidate moves before starting to analyse? 2) How much variation is there between grandmasters in terms of their thinking process? Thanks!
Friends, later we'll also invite him for a general Masterclass.
This one is about Grandmaster thinking. What're the differences? Etc…
Would be good if your questions are related to it.
Excellent discussion Avetik, it was really cool to listen to. Among other things it makes me realize how far I have yet to go with my chess progression...I am just grateful I have ChessMood to help me along the way!
Improving calculation / visualisation
Hi everybody, I believe I have found the perfect website for training calculation skills. Continue reading to find out more... I am rated ELO 2060 currently and preparing for my next tournament that starts on Monday. Before the tournament I have set up a goal to improve my calculation skills. I imagined one needs to practice a lot. But how to practice, that is not so easy to figure it out. There are many books, websites tools, etc. After some research I realized that solving tactics is the way to go, but they should be at the right level (just a bit above my level) so I can push myself to improve. If they are too easy I will not improve if they are too hard I will get discouraged. I tried the popular chess websites (lichess, chessdotcom and chessbase) but somehow the tactics there are a bit too random for me, even though I like chessbase tactics the most. I am also a chess teacher using the famous Dutch chess curriculum called "The Steps Method". I went to their website looking for updates on the programme and stumbled upon a free feature they call puzzles. Every week on Monday they upload 48 puzzles. (6x8 Mon-Sat). Each day starts with the puzzle at level 1 and ends with a puzzle at level 8. For those who do not know the Steps Method the levels correspond to: Level 1: ELO 0 - 800 Level 2: ELO 801 - 1400 Level 3: ELO 1401 - 1600 Level 4: ELO 1601 - 1750 Level 5: ELO 1751 - 1900 Level 6: ELO 1901 - 2100 Level 7: ELO 2100 - ???? Level 8: ELO ???? - ???? So everybody can participate. My experience so far: - It's good to start from level 1 not matter your strength as a warm up and get a good feeling to solve some tactics before it gets harder - There is a real difficulty increase from one level to another - Puzzles are well chosen and from real OTB games with instructive content - So far I have never solved all levels on the same day without an error. Today maybe will be the first time. I have solved 1-7 correctly and I am readying for level 8. - Levels 1-4 I solve on the screen, levels 5-8 I setup on the board - It usually starts to get difficult for me at level 6, sometimes at level 5, but for sure at level 7 and 8. - So you can see that it quite corresponds to my ELO strength. Give it a try: https://www.stappenmethode.nl/en/puzzle-monday.php Enjoy!
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Interesting set of exercises thanks. Based on these eight, I agree they are the sort of positions that occur in games quite frequently. Nice range of difficulties too. I wish the board could be made larger, and I would prefer if the board was flipped when it is black to move, but neither issue was a huge deal. I managed to solve all eight, but I will freely admit that I got a little lucky on the last one. I saw the overall idea well enough, and calculated some sensible variations, but overlooked one defensive idea. Somehow I had chosen the correct square for the rook to defend against that idea. Could have been the magic of intuition, or more likely just dumb luck :-) For calculation training, I try to focus on: - Seeing the full solution right through to the end. - Seeing all the defensive tries. I think that was advice from RB Ramesh, and probably others too. I also find my level of confidence my solution is a useful thing to monitor. How to train this stuff, including the different types of training material and what they are good for, is an interesting topic.
Awesome recommendation! Thank you
king's Indian
How to win in for black strategies
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Hi, could you be more specific please?
I think you should try to break open whites center with pawn breaks.
Live with NM Robert Ramirez on his YouTube channel
GM Avetik, Thank you for the invitation to listen to your interview this morning. It was enjoyable to listen to but mostly it made me feel very grateful to have found Chessmood! For both the amazing content as well as the fantastic community to be a part of. I really hope your outreach efforts are able to be heard and felt across the chess world. More people need Chessmood! Thank you for putting together such a great resource. Leslie
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Thank you Leslie!!
You are always supporting us, not only with good words but with your presence in the streams too. It is very much appreciated.
By the way, Hovhannes said that you played very good against him last day. Very nice! Keep the good mood and the good work!!
Thanks a lot, Leslie brother!
Why some opening courses disappears
I have noticed some opening courses disappeared. For example, Alapin variation disappeared in "Sicilian' sidelines" courses although it is acceptable due to a new alapin course. Nevertheless, the new course deal with some different set-ups from the older course in some variation so that we cannot re-watch these older variation in the older course. In addition, in the accelerated dragon course, "craziest variation" section (I don't remember exact name) disappeared in the advanced section, which, I believe, deal with 7. Be2 d5. I think these disappearances are for some modification of the courses and it's very welcoming. But it's confusing for me because some of the variations I use disappears in the course without notice (as far as I know). Let us know which sections are changed or modified and why if your work does not become too much hard. I really appreciate your hard work on ChessMood!!
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Hello Enju-san,
Regarding the Dragon course, I believe that you are confused with the “Scotch course”, there we have the “craziest variation” section in the advanced course, but we never had any advanced section for the Be2 variation. It is a line that happens a lot in the streams but we never had an advanced section. The course was published in 2019 and remains unchanged.
As for the Alapin, yes, there are basically 3 lines that changed a bit and since Gabuzyan recorded the course on the Alapin again we did not want to confuse our members. If we keep 2 different repertoires it would be confusing. If you watch the Alapin course you will see very fast what is the minimal difference if you have the old lines. I know that it may be troublesome for you and we apologize for it, but it will be much easier to adapt to the new setup, you will not see much change, I promise. ?
By the way, are you going to Chennai too?
Course request: Color Complexes
Hey ChessMood Genius GMs, I remember watching a course on ChessMood about weak squares, and I think it touched on color complexes. Then the other day I noticed a 9-hour video course elsewhere that is entirely about color complexes. A sample video showed a position in which a pair of rooks shouldn't be traded because White loses the ability to control the light squares after that. I found it very instructional! Is there any chance such a course is on the horizon at ChessMood? This is a topic that players usually don't fully understand until they are at least class A players. Thanks! Richard
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Have you started going thru the Classical Masterpieces? There's a good amount of comments about this subject in there.
