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Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
I played last night as black against an NM and we played a mainline Accelerated Dragon with 8...Re8 and we got to the 12...Bb7 line.
In the video lessons the plan is to play 13...Qc7 and 14... c5 getting our light squared bishop more active and not letting white start his attack on the kingside, since exd5 isnt possible because at the end of the exchanges the white bishop on e3 will hang.
However, my opponent played 13. Bh6 first to trade the dark squared bishops and now Qc7 and c5 isnt working because the bishop isnt on e3 to hang. I ended up going with this plan anyway, sacing the d5 pawn (and a second on c4 after the c5 push) to get activity but was way worse in the endgame 2 pawns down. I did manage a little #SLP and he offered a draw while he was winning because I was making him work very hard to win and a draw gave him first place in the tournament, but I am wondering what a better plan would be after 13. Bh6.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Here is the game for any who are interested. I loaded it into chess.com so I could share it, but it was an over the board game at a time control of G90+5
https://www.chess.com/a/2qy4MnhHpZwLa
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Hey Jay.
Nice question.
After g4 good move would be Rd8. Both rooks are interesting.
You want to take de4 and also to play c5 and even e5 sometimes. If he plays g5, Than you go Nh5 and he has problems with f4 square! (he just changed the dark square bishop).
Rd8 is strong if played h4, instead of g4, too :) the Same idea.
Bh6 is a logical move, but the problem of that move, is that is going fight for the center, black wants to play c5 or e5, and with Bh6 white loses time.
Best Games of September and the Prizes
ChessMood Family!
Under this post, I invite you to post your best games that you will play in August
At the end of the month, we will vote to find the Winner who will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for FREE!
Let's go!
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Dont give your opponent time to breath!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4003091346
Starting off nicely with a nice checkmate with castling ! (5 min Blitz game on Chess.com)
Not perfect, but a fun game!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4014071605
[Event "Rated Bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/yi8JtC1u"]
[Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "-"]
[White "shalmaani"]
[Black "Hasul1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2019.09.16"]
[UTCTime "13:44:23"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+5"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Saragossa Opening"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. c3 { A00 Saragossa Opening } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 f5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. d5 e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. dxc6+ Be6 16. Qa4 a6 17. e3 b5 18. Qa5 g5 19. Nb3 h5 20. Nd4 h4 21. Rac1 hxg3 22. fxg3 Be5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxc7 Rf7 25. Qa5 Rh7 26. c7 Qh6 27. h3 Bxg3 28. Red1 g4 29. Qb6 gxh3 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qxa8 hxg2 { Black wins on time. } 0-1
Hello Everyone!) I want to show you my beautiful game against strong WGM
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4043578376
{Event Rated Bullet Game}
{Site"https.//Chess.com
{Date "18.09.2019"}
{White IrenaSLO}
{Black Davo_Hakhinyan}
1)e4-c5 2)Nf3-Nc6 3)d4-cd 4)Nd4-g6 5)c4-Nf6 6)Be3-d6 7)f3-Bg7 8)Nc3-o-o 9)Qd2-Nd4 10)Bd4-Be6 11)Be2-a5 12)b3-Nd7 13)o-o-Bd4 14)Qd4-Nc5 15)Nd5-Bd5 16)ed-Qb6 17)Qh4?? (17)Rae1)-Nb3 18)Kh1-Na1 19)Ra1-Qb2 20)Re1-Qa2 21)f4-Qd2 22)f5-a4 23)Qf2-a3 24)Ra1-a2 25)Qf1-Ra3 26)Bf3-Qb2 27)h4-Rc8 28)Be2-Rb3 29)fg-hg 30)Re1-Qb1 31)h5-Qe1 32)Qe1-Rb1 33)Bd1-a1-Q 34)hg-Rd1 35)gf-Kf7 0-1
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4051194896
My game against sicilian with sicilian Nc3 line....crushing kingside and checkmate.
I have not been playing well the last week or so, but this is a fun finish!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4060795102
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4077273949
The Champion of September and the Prizes
ChessMood Family!
The one who raises his rating most in this month will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for FREE!
It can be online and offline (but not the rating of tactics).
To participate you should screenshot your rating the moment you read this post and add it here.
At the end of the month, who raised his rating most - he wins!
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Lets raise those ratings again!
This is where I start Sept!
FIDE : 1894 (id= 4275330)
Lichess :
I think I will have to stop drinking Bourbon while playing blitz to win this one.?
Let's raise the Rating!!
Chess.com
Daily Rating: 1470
Blitz Rating:2007
Rapid: 2183
USCF: 2018
My Elo is 1550
My goal is 2600)
Hey Champions! Alex raised his rating with 130 points.
Do we have anyone who did more? :)
Reti opening
What is the most uncomfortable line against the Reti opening?
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I have played Reti as White and I feel that 1...c5 is the most uncomfortable line for White because most White players will not be prepared to play 2.e4 and transpose into the Open Sicilian. There is an excellent course on this for Black with Maroczy Bind Fianchetto Variation video course. However, the drawback of playing 1...c5, is that you have to prepare for the Sicilian if White plays 2.e4. The lines tend to transpose to the Symmetrical English which I personally prefer as Black.
Hi Loyd!
Against Nf3 you can also go 1...Nf6.
If 2.g3 then g6.
If white wants to achieve something, soon or lose it will be transposed to Maroczy Bind course.
Grand Prix Attack is alive!
Grand Prix Attack is alive!
www.chess.com/live/game/4075456298
www.chess.com/live/game/3821980496
www.chess.com/live/game/3669539048
www.chess.com/live/game/3588935148
www.chess.com/live/game/3428137005
You just need to know a few important novelties which you can find in our courses
Grand Prix attack - chessmood.com/course/sicilian-defence-part-1
Free Starter course (around 3 hours) - chessmood.com/course/1-starter-course-winning-with-white
Check out the results of our members or just go to the courses and learn all this stuff.
chessmood.com/feedback
Good luck!
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1...e5 or french???
Hi Champions!!,
What do people think about playing either french with after 3 nc3 nf6 4bg5 dxe4 nxe4 be7 bxn gxf6. The Morozevich line. or the archangel and 1...e5. which is sharper. I am a sharp tactical player. I have been told that and many many wins that way!! I lean towards 1...e5. other than guicco piano (I would play Nf6 not Bc5) and Scotch nf6 again only ruy confronts it head on. Then french is very stable and still gives counterplay. I like the space and no bad bishop with e5. Plus I like 1e5 as if morozevich line gives out not sure what to play? I would have tons of lines in 1e5 please advise.
Thanks,
Marc
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Marc, you are going around all the time, what openings to play.
Just start with something.
Watch the webinar "The best openings" please, finally. Everything will be clear to you.
Benko Gambit Accepted
I’m trying to learn the Benko Gambit but no one is accepting and I’m stuck trying to learn strange positions. Any one else having this problem?
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I'm having the same problem. These days, many of my opponents play 2.Nf3 or the London system after 1.d4. I'm looking forward to having these systems covered in the d4 sidelines course.
When I do get the Benko, my opponents often play 4.b3, resulting in fairly dull positions where I'm struggling to generate chances.
I'll complete the d4 sidelines, once I am back to home.
Before that just follow the streams, as I all the time comment on the games, how to play against sidelines, which opponents plays.
The Hero of September and the Prizes
ChessMood Family!
As we have a very tight-knit community, and many of you help each other, anytime you get help from someone, you can send nice words to that person here.
At the end of the month together we will vote to find the person who had the most impact on your success (you can't vote for our instructors ?
The Hero of the month will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for Free!
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Hello sir, May I know what are these and how does this works. are these about the games played on chess.com
This month I would like to nominate Kevin Hall Jr., Piort Urbanski and Bhabatosh Chowdhury for everything they did for me in St Louis. These amazing people are brothers to me and I can't wait till the next time we are all together!
2019 Illinois Open Chess Tournament
Just Completed my first FIDE rated tournament . And 12 years after my last USCF rated tournament .http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201909023492.1-13459254
Finished +2=3-1 , gained 30 USCF rating points , based on the rating estimators performance rating was 2224 , ruing the missed chances that resulted in draws. Copied the games , need to play lot more games than now , conversion seems to be big problem . Hopefully GM Avetik will see the games and give some feedback . In One Benko game I fought very hard and got winning position at the very end missed a tactic and threw the win to settle for draw. Last round again got very promising position with white ( against Marvin Dandridge ) but then took wrong decision and settle for draw , I knew I outplayed him in the opening but at crucial moment took wrong decision to settle for draw.
Got to know Kevin Ho as he was playing too.
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Hi Bhabatosh!
Sorry bro, just seen it.
I'll check them after I finish the tournament, is it fine?
Thank you for sharing!
Scotch advanced sections
Hello! Is there advanced videos on the 8...Qe6 9...Nb4 line or 8...f6 9. c4! for the Scotch Game?
I may be missing them, but in the normal videos it says they are in the advanced section :)
Thanks!
Matt
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Hey Matt!
Will add them in this week.
The following line also needs to be re-visited as it is a popular choice by strong players in recent tournament praxis:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6 9.g3 [9.Nd2!? is also worth investigating] d6!?
By the way in the line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6 9.g3 Nb4 I discovered that contrary to what has been published White can actually sacrifice the exchange with 10.Bh3!?N Qd5 11.0-0 Ba6 12.Qd1 Bxf1 13.Qxf1 Nxc2 [Better is 13...Qe4 but even so, after 14.Nc3! Qxc2 15.Bg5 is still very dangerous for Black, especially in over the board play.(15.Be3!? is also interesting) ] 14.Nc3 Qf3 15.Qc4 h5 [15...Nxa1?? 16.Bg4+- And the Queen is trapped] 16.Rb1 White's initiative more than compensates for the exchange. If this analysis holds up then 10.Bh3! is a powerful novelty waiting to be sprung on an unwary opponent.
I hope the Advanced Scotch section gets updated soon as promised.
Warmest Regards.
Daily Game 6: Grigoryan - Hovhannisyan Question
I was going through the Grigoryan - Hovhannisyan game again and I was wondering if there is a difference between Ra3 and Ra2.
In the game, Ra2 was played followed by Qa1-Ne5 limiting the c7-bishop.
Does playing Ra3 make any difference?
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HOI - Handling Opponent's Initiative
Hey Champions! So we have a new hashtag - #HOI
Every time we handled the opponent's initiative, we post the game here.
Study - https://lichess.org/study/q7esQ3Dk
Link of the video - https://chessmood.com/event/webinar-how-to-handle-opponents-initiative
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Its been a rough day of chess today, 0 out of 5 and losing in this one, but #HOI and my opponent forgot I had a threat!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4005746015
The WINNERS of August Challenge
It's high time to reveal the WINNERS of August Challenge!
Let's go!
?"The Best game of August" goes to Anastasis Koukas with his Qh6 amazing Queen sacrifice!
?"The Best game with ChessMood Openings" goes to Jay Garrison for his 3 nice games!
?"The Champion of August" goes to Kevin Ho who raised his rating most in August, 139 points!
?"The Heroes of August" are Brad Pevehouse and Matt Hammons for their contribution!
Congratulations to all the Winners!
Everyone gets 1-month Free Membership in ChessMood.
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Congratulations to the winners
The Champion of August and Prizes
ChessMood Family!
The one who raises his rating most in this month will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for FREE!
It can be online and offline (but not the rating of tactics).
To participate you should screenshot your rating the moment you read this post and add it here.
At the end of the month, who raised his rating most - he wins!
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Lets get the party started!
Chess.com
Daily Rating: 1470
Bullet Rating:1899
Blitz Rating:1868
Rapid: 2183
USCF: 2019
This time I'll be going for Lichess blitz . I'll try to get 2200+
Current rating is 2080.
Ok this is Chess Mood!
my rating in lichess
Here are my ratings
I will try to improve my bullet rating on chess com
https://i.imgur.com/FtjOu4u.png
I won't play OTB but my ELO is 1550
my blitz rating increase 120 points in lichess but I cant update the photo it is not pasting . my id is firearnav
It seems Kevin Ho is the champion of August
best game
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sir I cant reply in the august best games I want to post the game . why is it not coming
Hi Coach
Hi Coach is this the correct line?
https://lichess.org/nJHVvAcpD2dB
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Hi Bobby!
Nice checkmate :)
Instead of f4, I would go d4, and start exploiting the weak d6 square. In this lines, when black plays g6,Bg7 and then e6, they should be very careful with d4.
So in the sidelines course of GM Gabuzyan, you can notice, that he always puts his knights on d4, to prevent white to play d4.
The Hero of August and the Prize
ChessMood Family!
As we have a very tight-knit community, and many of you help each other, anytime you get help from someone, you can send nice words to that person here.
At the end of the month together we will vote to find the person who had the most impact on your success (you can't vote for our instructors ? )
The Hero of the month will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for Free!
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I give credits to Roger Rein :)
Lots of thanks to Abhi Yadav!
Brad, Jay, thanks!!
Hey Champions!
It's time to reveal the Hero of August.
If anyone helped you, please mention his name :)
I want to nominate Matt for setting up the Discord channel, and always being ready to help out! He also gave me some encouragement in the Accelerated Dragon when I was doubting my play in the opening,
I give credits to Matt and Brad one more time!
Matt Hammons.
Best Games of August and Prizes
ChessMood Family!
Under this post, I invite you to post your best games that you will play in August
At the end of the month, we will vote to find the Winner who will join our PRO Members team for 1 month for FREE!
Let's go!
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This is one of my most beautiful games that I have ever played with ChessMood Openings! :)
I added some variations to show some beautiful lines. The fireworks start on move 15.
[Event "2019 Cleveland Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Me"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "klhoc"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.22"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf4 Qd7 (11... Qc6 {Keeping control of the
a8-h1 diagonal} 12. a4 bxa4 13. Bd2 $16) 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O (13... Bxf4 14.
Qf3 Nc6 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ {White should force a draw because
Black can improve the knight with ...Nd4 which limits the dark-squared bishop.}
) 14. Qf3 {Preparing Bxg7} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nh5+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Be5 17. Qxa8)
14... Ra7 (14... Qc6 15. Qg4 g6 {White still has the attack in the position.})
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qxf4) 16. Nh5+ Kh6 (16... Kg6 17.
Qg4+ Kh6 18. Qg7+ Kxh5 19. g4+ Kh4 20. f4 Be7 21. Qxh7+ Kxg4 22. h3+ Kg3 23.
Qg7+ Kxh3 24. Rf3+ Kh4 25. Qh7+ Kg4 26. Qh3#) 17. Nf6 (17. Qf6+ $2 Kxh5 18. h3
Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd4+) 17... Be7 (17... Qe7 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6+) 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 1-0
https://www.chess.com/live#g=3933340309
OK, I made some mistakes, for instance 11.f5 seems way better than 11.Ng5. However it's a win against a titled player, 900 fide points above me. A miniature with the key idea of rook sacrifice and the typical development ideas of the repertoire (like the manouvre Qd1->Qe1->Qh4).
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/quart-de-poblet-2019/6/1/2
Here are 2 of my games:
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3942514968 here I got a really nice attack but missed some chances before I won
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3942537120 this one is a great endgame
https://www.chess.com/live?#g=3947079016
i have won with an IM in the ac dragon i just followed your line after within 3 moves he gave resign
[Event "Live Chess"]
Davo_Hakhinyan-alexsandyer 1-0
Chess.com:LiveChess
1)e4-c5 2)Nc3-e6 3)f4-d5 4)Nf3-d4 5)Bb5-Bd7 6)Bd7-Nd7 7)Ne2-Be7 8)d3-Bh4 9)Nh4-Qh4 10)g3-Qe7 11)o-o-Ngf6 12)f5-Ne5 13)Bf4-Neg4 14)h3-h5 15)hg4-hg4 16)Kg2-Rh3 17)Rh1-o-o-o 18)Rh3-gh 19)Kh3-Rh8 20)Kg2-Ng4 21)Nd4-Nh2 22)Nf3-ef 23)Nh2-fe 24)Qg4-Kd8 25)Qg7-Re8 26)Bg5
Punishing mistakes!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3956216753
David Hakhinyan vs Eduard Danielyan
1)e4-e5 2)Nf3-Nc6 3)d4-ed 4)Nd4-Qh4 5)Nb5-Qe4 6)Be2-Kd8 7)o-o-Bc5 8)N1c3-Qe8 9)Bf4-d6 10)Ncd5-Qd7 (10)...Bb6 11)Nb6-ab 12)Bd6+-) 11)Ndc7-Rb8 12)Nd6-Bd6 13)Bd6-Nf6 14)Nb5-Ra8 15)Re1-Re8 16)Bg4!! 1-0
This is my game against Khoi Pham (https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1054988, U14 Dutch Champion) which I played in the International Kangaroo Math Camp's (in Berlin) chess competition, this was a 15 minute game only. (I won the competition with one draw in 7 rounds, which was being flagged in King+Queen against King)
[Event "Kangaroo Math Camp Chess Competition (15 minute)"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Máté Jánosik"]
[Black "Khoi Pham"]
[Result "1-0"]
{We were the only ones with 4 points after 4 rounds. He and his teammate beat me
and my teammate, Józsi in the bughouse tournament with ccrushing attacks in both
games. After the game he told me that he was expecting to win the competition,
but he saw from our bughouse games that I'll be his biggest competitor} 1. e4 c5
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 g6 {He didn't really knew the opening
as a 2200, so Chessmood openings are great} 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. dxc5 Qa5 9.
O-O Qxc5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 {would have been better for him})
10. Be3 Qa5?? (10... Qc6 11. Nd5 {is pretty bad but at least doesn't lose
immediately}) (10... Qc4) (10... Qc7) 11. Nd5! {Here he thought a lot....} 11...
Nf6 {But couldn't find a defense against Bb6-Nc7} (11... Kf8 12. Bb6 Qb5 (12...
Qa4 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Ba7) 13. Nc7 Qxb6 14. Nxa8 Qd8 15. e5 {and my knight will
escape, this was what I calculated during the game, but he saw that it's
hopeless for him if I don't take the exchange but play i.e. 12. c4}) 12. Bb6 Qa4
13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Nxa8 {I'm just a rook up} 14... Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Qe2 e6 17.
Rad1 Nd5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd4 Kf7 21. Qc5 Qa4 (21... Qxc5 22. Bxc5
{and I'll win the endgame}) 22. Rxd5 exd5 {I missed here the quickest mate} 23.
Qe7+ (23. Re7+ Kf8 24. Rxd7+ {was what I didn't see} (24. Qxc8+ Kxe7 25. Qxh8
{was my calculation and I saw Qe7+ is better than this}) 24... Ke8 25. Qxc8#)
23... Kg8 24. Qxf6 d6 25. Bd4 {he resigned as it's mate in 2:} 25... Qd7 26.
Re8+ Qxe8 27. Qg7# 1-0
Here is a remarkable game I played after a 2nd move blunder (2.Nf3) against the Sicilian defence. This is a Daily game played on chess.com. I have left in lines I examined and made some commentary on the game. Hope you enjoy!
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sunny030192"]
[Black "tamben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[EndTime "9:07:08 PDT"]
[Termination "Sunny030192 won by checkmate"]
e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Re3 a6
15. Rfe1 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Ng5 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rce8 20. Qh3 h6 21. Nxe6+
Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Qf4 24. Rxg6+ Kh8 25. Rxh6+ Kg8 26. Rg6+ Kf7 27.
Qe6# 1-0
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3980633652
[Event "Rated Bullet game"]
[ [Site "https://lichess.org/cpFYil1a"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Hasul1"]
[Black "hestaxx321"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2019.08.28"]
[UTCTime "10:18:51"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+10"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-9"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e3 d5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d4 9. f4 dxe3 10. fxe5 Bg4 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxf6 Qd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. c3 Bb6 16. d4 Rfe8 17. Qe1 Qe6 18. Qh4 Rad8 19. Qh6 { Black resigns. } 1-0
Sac Sac Mate!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3991090612
My best game of August. Bd3 is the best ! I've played the Tarrasch for a long time, but this is just so much better.
Hey Champions!
It's time to reveal the best game in August.
The game that gets most likes will be the winner.
You can share it with your friends.
24 hour has left :)
The Best Game with ChessMood Openings and the Prize
Dear PRO Members!
This month we have a new nomination!
"The best game with ChessMood openings"
Please post here your games played online or offline when you win with our ChessMood Openings.
At the end of the month we will vote and find the winner, who will get another 1 month of Membership or "Right Mood - Right Move" t-shirt.
Let's go!
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Scotch Game slaughter!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3918043930
Here is my game!
Here is my game. I lost, but I tried... :( haha
https://lichess.org/study/C5azXncJ
Feeding the Dragon!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3927192712
I have 2 entries. Full disclosure, these are daily games and using a reference (like Chessmood and the chessbase database) is perfectly legit.
The first here is a total decimation of the Rossolimo variation. This game was given a 99.4% rating by the Chess.com engine
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/232420384
In the 2nd game my opponent tries to give me a dose of my own Chessmood medicine. Obviously he has not seen Crushing All the Sicilian's Sidelines
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/233117918
This is one of my most beautiful games that I have ever played with ChessMood Openings!
I added variations to highlight beautiful lines. The fireworks start at Move 15.
[Event "2019 Cleveland Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Me"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "klhoc"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.22"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf4 Qd7 (11... Qc6 {Keeping control of the
a8-h1 diagonal} 12. a4 bxa4 13. Bd2 $16) 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O (13... Bxf4 14.
Qf3 Nc6 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ {White should force a draw because
Black can improve the knight with ...Nd4 which limits the dark-squared bishop.}
) 14. Qf3 {Preparing Bxg7} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nh5+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Be5 17. Qxa8)
14... Ra7 (14... Qc6 15. Qg4 g6 {White still has the attack in the position.})
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qxf4) 16. Nh5+ Kh6 (16... Kg6 17.
Qg4+ Kh6 18. Qg7+ Kxh5 19. g4+ Kh4 20. f4 Be7 21. Qxh7+ Kxg4 22. h3+ Kg3 23.
Qg7+ Kxh3 24. Rf3+ Kh4 25. Qh7+ Kg4 26. Qh3#) 17. Nf6 (17. Qf6+ $2 Kxh5 18. h3
Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd4+) 17... Be7 (17... Qe7 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6+) 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 1-0
https://www.chess.com/live?#g=3947079016 i have won with an IM in the ac dragon i just followed your line after within 3 moves he gave resign
https://www.chess.com/live#g=3948106985
anti sicilian part 1 trap
Sicilian sidelines, thank you for the ideas GM Gabuzyan!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3956216753
Anti - Sicilian ambush!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3963899161
Almost everyone falls for this trap in the French!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3964092758
Following ChessMood Openings lead to an easy win! They fell for the French Trap with Be3 pin again! Haha.
https://www.chess.com/live#g=3967929893
Just to show that I do play games OTB. Here is a Scotch Game played on Lichess. Time control 30/30 inc. Although it is a Scotch Game it may be disqualified on the grounds that I forgot to play the critical h4 move during the game. Still, it is a well played game that should've ended in a draw. I think my opponent made a miscalculation in time pressure that cost him the game.
Here is another Scotch Game. Ended prematurely but it was still a good example!
https://lichess.org/study/jcNaZU0C
This is my game in Anti Sicilian
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3977430875
Entry 1
Benko Gambit.Big Thanks to GM Avetik and having so much fun playing this line.
https://lichess.org/yPLQi3Dq#54
Entry 2
Against CaroCann. Again I have to say the courses are very useful guys!
https://lichess.org/AbLRDHKc#12
Another Accelerated Dragon:
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3980390214
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/quart-de-poblet-2019/6/1/2
Chessmood surprise for my 2530 GM opponent!)
Probably one of the best games I have ever played!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3991090612
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Stockfish at lichess
Hi guys, does anyone use stockfish at lichess? It has 8 levels, I always win against 6 and lose to 7. Can this be somehow translated into playing strength?