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The best games of July, 2022, and the prizes
Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions!
Welcome to the "Best games of July, 2022" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post the best games that you will play this month.
The Prize fund is 350K MoodCoins which is equal to 350$.
The 1st prize - 150K
The 2nd prize - 100K
The 3rd prize- 50K
The 4th prize- 30k
The 5th prize- 20k
Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood!
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move
P. S.
Here are the winners of June, 2022:
Mike Waddington
Buzzer
Paulius Juknis
Regis H
Vedant Garg
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Minor Piece Domination https://www.chess.com/game/live/50861980359
No spectacular moves but a typical attack in an exchange Caro Kann https://www.chess.com/live/game/50861961481
Hello! This is my first forum post. "A miniature in the Scandinavian defense" https://lichess.org/swxelEoZVVUX ?
Sometimes you win with out needing to think when you know your openings ?
My cool july games vs scandinavian (knowing CM theory helps) https://www.chess.com/game/live/50945504889 vs caro https://www.chess.com/game/live/50947765153 https://www.chess.com/game/live/51295236155 (Rh8 + Nf7 trick many are caught) https://www.chess.com/game/live/51466178305 grinding in maroczy as black https://www.chess.com/game/live/51033552359 https://www.chess.com/game/live/51290422049 vs alapin https://www.chess.com/game/live/52503583757 GP fun https://www.chess.com/game/live/51204667577 https://www.chess.com/game/live/51207596881 https://www.chess.com/game/live/51898156043 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52503078789 whiskey and scotch https://www.chess.com/game/live/51294623205 botvinnik setup https://www.chess.com/game/live/51463888979 https://www.chess.com/game/live/51467408817 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52761566199 weird benko https://www.chess.com/game/live/52505371859 not quite a Passini attack https://www.chess.com/game/live/52761022265
My Best July Games: vs Philidor Defense https://www.chess.com/game/live/50938168939 vs Italian Game https://www.chess.com/game/live/48949145955 ?
If there is a special prize for funny games: First time I quadruple heavy pieces on a file (after 33rd move) :-) https://www.chess.com/live/game/51377961853
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/51586159279 Dutch crushing the London. Opponent resigns in 13 moves!
Mating attack after Rf7 https://www.chess.com/live/game/51620444001
French attack-advanced variation with 5 c4. Not a perfect game; I tried 11 Bb4 to pin the knight and so indirectly protect d5, but it's a mistake (as I suspected, since I know we usually place the bishop on e7...) and it's better to just play a5. That's the move I thought of immediately during the game, but then as I thought about it I grew concerned (wrongly) about leaving the b5 square to the white knight (which it could be kicked away from easily anyway...).
Queen sac with lot of mistakes in stone wall dutch. https://chess.com/live/game/51653464485
BlackMood - French Attack with 3. e5 https://lichess.org/71ew5iICQcPt
Dark square domination using the Anti Sicilian repertoire https://lichess.org/TcviQZyq9NwJ
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/52169429087 Dutch game (15/10 Rapid) 91.8% accuracy (though there were some mistakes) Amazing Rook sacrifice that led to a 10 move forced mate! I am very proud that I was able to calculate this out and not only find the sacrifice but also to calculate it out to the mate. I knew that even if I had missed something I would at least draw.
Can I send the moves of a classical tournament game I played?
https://lichess.org/oGxsASRq#52 How to fight fire ? PLAY WITH THE FIRE!!!! 26..Rxh2!! And soon won :)?
French Bd3 https://www.chess.com/live/game/52255796111
Bg3! Closing the box https://www.chess.com/live/game/52394438677
fun finish!
Here is one of my games from the World Open a couple of weeks ago.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/52295413739 I sacrificed my knight and the rook for a mating attack
I love our Scotch! And the opening too... :)
French attack, dream variation. I missed a stronger continuation at a certain point but still not too bad
Quite proud of this double rook exchange sacrifice :))
My opponent thought he/she was facing the Dutch defense. They soon found out it was the Dutch Attack!
As all courses are unlocked, I just learnt French Attack (until section 2 only) this morning and won a game in the afternoon. I played 12 times before but without deep knowledge into it. Definitely will sign up a plan and increase my ratings. ?
https://www.chess.com/game/live/524616
Scotch. Missed exchanging the knight for black better bishop...but at least I saw 21 Nd5 with the idea Qxd2 Nxe7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1#
I was black in all the games.
Very nice checkmate! https://lichess.org/kUy5CNopLCpJ
https://lichess.org/5gKcRDlkADH2 playing the scotch
https://lichess.org/t8aboVVzP9CR
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/4bV1DbqPoL nice ending -Underpromotion i am white btw
https://lichess.org/zi7zjajG#0
Attack!
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/52461654799?tab=review I think this is the best game I've ever played in my life!!!
Hello Champions!
Thanks for sharing your best games! It brings us great joy when you apply the ideas you learn to win your games! And there were amazing ideas in the games you all have played this month. Keep it up!
Moving on to the prizes for the best games of July 2022:
The first prize goes to Aram Sevag. 12…Rxa6 was an interesting exchange sac, and what followed after that was a beautiful attack! Well done Aram!
Regis H grabs the second prize for playing a model game in the Anti-Sicilian with the White pieces, demonstrating important ideas. And 23.Rf7!! was a killer! Nicely done Regis!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/51620444001
We say ‘Dutch Attack’! John Fallon takes the third prize for this attacking game in the Dutch – right from building an attack to a simple but elegant finish with a Queen sac! Great job John!
The 4th prize goes to Ayush Shirodkar. What a beautiful way to mass the pieces minor pieces on the enemy King and finish the game with a checkmate. Well done Ayush!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/50861980359
The 5th prize goes to Jay Garrision, who played a fantastic miniature in his beloved opening – Scotch Game! It shows the consequences of playing the dubious move 6…Nd5, instead of the main move 6…Qe7.
Congratulation, and thanks again, everyone for sharing your games! Keep the Cogro!
Good luck for the August month’s contest!
Would the partnership between Chessmood and Chessdojo happen?
Hello! :) I was a PRO Member in the past (before the new prices) but I couldn't renew my membership at the same price because of technical issues. With this new offer, I'm pretty tempted to return to Chessmood. However, I've read a partnership could happen between ChessMood and ChessDojo which will give all the Chessmood courses for free to the Dojo members. Before renewing my Chessmood subscription with this one-time offer, would it be possible to have more information about how will work this future partnership? Thank you! ?
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Are you a Dojo member?
First and last up (as the offer is terminated in 15 hours) ?
Both site have their pro and cons currently i m in the dojo training program saw some videos during the free testing period lot of nice things inside. Currently focusing more on one things don t like to divide my attention too much did it a lot already in the past (purshase lot of chessable course without finishing half of them...). But what i saw from the video seems really interresting. Read lot of blog post lot of interresting things their too. Hope the partnership goes trough and we get a nice training plan which incorporate the best of both site. Thanks for the free preview (I divide my attention again but was worth it ?)
ChessMood + ChessDojo = ChessMojo?
Greymood
Hello all! Ive been playing a bit (along with studying) for about two years and just found this great website. Im starting to work my way through the courses such as mating matador and tactics, etc, which is all topics Ive been exposed to but enjoy the presentation and review from chessmood. Alongside these courses I decided I would invest the time to follow and learn chessmood recommended openings and watched the blackmood course, as there were only two openings to learn from black and i dont want to focus too much on this aspect of the game at my modest level, per what seems to be the conventional wisdom.. At the end of the course description, they said there would be courses on using the black openings for white; however, these courses arent yet available. If i wanted to use this approach so I didnt have to devote any more time to opening study over other topics (there is considerably more work on the white side than the black side), would opening white with 1. e3 be valid, and then following with either 2.d4 or 2.f4 as appropriate to emulate a reversed Dutch/French? Again, I am interested in this so that I can minimize my study of openings and devote effort to the other aspects of the game, and so thought this is perhaps a reasonable streamlined approach to a workable repertoire for both colors for the price of 1, so to speak...especially since the course description alludes to the idea of using blackmood for the white side. Thanks so much for any feedback. Cheers!
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sparring partner
hello people I'm looking for a sparring partner to play chessmood openings with, I'm 1700 fide.
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Hi Lucio,
Please use the following thread to post your message. https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/studysparring-partner-1362
This is the official thread for looking for a sparring partner.
Please let me know when you did it in order to delete this thread.
Thanks in advance and good luck in finding a partner!?
4 things required to become an expert
https://youtu.be/5eW6Eagr9XA Chess related for those interested in watching. The TLDR summary is that to improve your chess you will have to do a lot of work. The good news is that with Chessmood the quality inputs are provided here for us. The rewatchability of the classic games and various courses is significant. There is too much to gleen from just one viewing. Happy studies everyone.
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I think one major quality that sets a good player apart is that he / she doesn't fall apart when he / she falls behind in material or when in a losing position. Hikaru calls it tilting, right? The psychological aspect cannot be ignored. Not easy to attain such a focused state in a real game regardless of the evaluation bar, but can be done.
When will the blackmood openings course will cover the dutch vs everything else?
Hello, in the week where you Opened all your courses I did watch almost all the Dutch course and I enjoyed it a lot. I am probably going to buy the discounted yearly plan as a result since I believe there are many courses here that can help me improve. My question is when will the Dutch course will cover all the other starter moves similar to the black main course (about the Sicilian and the symmetrical English)
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We will add it soon! also, till you become a decent player play this Dutch and keep improving once your are a decent player then start learning and playing the Benko Gambit given in our courses! and also we will surely do about dutch soon
French - Schlechter variation main line deviation with 6.. Be7
I very rarely get the main, main line with 3. Bd3. Instead, I get all kinds of deviations where I feel it's quite unclear if white has any advantage. For example, I just got this: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Be7, and black later took on d4 and pushed e6-e5. Any ideas against this?
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The french is rarely played and ChessMood's Variation even more rarely. After the sequence of moves you give you get as White a majority on the Qside against Black's on the Kside. (The engines assess the position as equal.) One way to play that position is possibly (?) to take account of theses strategical imbalances ?
I think it's covered maybe in advance section by GM Avetik. 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. d5! GM Onischuk idea d:e 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Nec3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nf3+ 12.Qf3 Be6 13. 0-0-0 If not take 8..e5 9. 0-0 Ne8 10. g4! Nd6 11. Ng3 but very advance.
Twitch streamer from Malaysia
Hi there. My name is Frankie. 54 years old. Married, gamer dad, IT Manager from a country that has no GM. I stream chess at twitch.tv/durian_defense .... just wanted to ask if anyone else here streams on Twitch? If yes, great! If no, that's no problem. Just curious. I bit the bullet and signed up for the yearly Pro Plan during the 72 hour offer period. I am looking forward to being a productive and useful member of the Chessmood community. Just want to share an interesting t-shirt I saw a motorcyclist wearing the other day. His shirt read the words: "Good food is good mood". So a useful piece of the puzzle to playing chess in a good mood is ... good food! Eat well, eh? Regards Frankie "Durian Defense" Kam Malaysia Chess com Blitz rating 2050.
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Welcome Frankie! I'm not a streamer, but probably some other members are.
French Attack McCutcheon Gambit....
Please you opinion ChessMood coaches and players. I have faced this variati?on 2 or 3 times and the opponents don't accept the gambit !?. After 6...Bb4 they answer 7.Bb5+ (instead of 7.dxe6) and the position seems (at least to me) difficult to play for Black : which constructive plan to build to compensate the pawn minus ? After 7.Bb5 Stockfish 15 assess the position as equal.....but we are human and for the majority of us amateurs....
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Hi! Yeah that seems like an annoying move Bb5+, but usually in blitz people take dxe6 against me, then I think black has good play. After 7.Bb5+ I guess we need to go Bd7 8.Bxd7 Nxd7 9.dxe6 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qxe6 11.Qe2 Qxe2 12.Nxe2 0-0-0 with ideas Nb6,Rd6 with some play, though I dont like being pawn down in that endgame so instead of 9..Bxc3 maybe something else
Relaxing too early - another technique
In positions I'm winning, I find a couple of things that are useful to try: 1. What are my opponent's only chances - even if it looks impossible that they can achieve them. Pretty much all the examples in the section could be seen (although the hidden mate in the 'not an angel' section was hard to see) by doing this. Getting a queen trapped, a king being in a mating net etc are all visible if you are aware of the opponent's possibilities and you check before moving that they can't execute them. 2. If I was my opponent, what tricks (SLP) to save the position would I be trying. Remember tricks is plural, it's often easy to lock onto one idea and miss another. By evaluating as an opponent hopefully you'll see their ideas, and unless time is low, you'll have more time to do this as your own move should be 'easier' (though don't relax!), so it's about snuffing out all remaining counter-chances. Additionally, some opponents just don't resign, either to hope for such a trick, a blunder or just to annoy you. Just play as normal. While some describe playing on in a hopeless position bad manners, as well as 'wasting your time' having to finish them off, they're wasting their own time too which could be used to recover from the loss in prep for the next round. Of course this gets really annoying if you've got to go for a train(!) just don't let it phase you, otherwise a slip means the game will go on longer. If you don't act bothered they might resign, but if you get frustrated then they are right to continue. On a similar note it's worth practising basic finishes such as Q+KvsK, R+RvsK, RvsK,B+BvsK,B+NvsK,P+KvsK,P+RvsR,Q+KvsN+K,Q+KvsB+K and others like it whatever level you are. Often when you have to deliver these you might be under pressure and low time which is a recipe to slip. Don't be arrogant that your rating means such basic drills are beyond you.
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Good tips! Reverse psychology really helps not to relax, basically you have to kill all hope moves and ideas of opponent. When hope dies, they resign
One thing not mentioned but I find that works is stare at them like Kasparov if they are in a hopeless position as if to say How dare you play on.
NEW ARTICLE: Raise Your Rating by Cutting Your Losses
We have this topic in our Blog.
https://chessmood.com/blog/raise-your-chess-rating-by-cutting-your-losses
If you have any questions, comments or you just liked it, feel free to share your thoughts here.
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I like your idea of having two accounts and using one to play casual games and the other to play serious games. But I saw that the Chess.com policies say "Do not open more than one account." https://www.chess.com/community
Other ideas I have are to play serious games on one chess website, and casual games on another chess website. Or, to play unrated games when you are tired. If you have trouble finding human opponents who want to play unrated games, you can always play unrated games against a computer opponent.
Last year I hadn't played for 6 years for health reasons but I wanted to go OTB again (notice that the 2 profiles trick doesn't apply OTB). In 7 months and 37 games I lost about 250 FIDE rating points. What I did? I stop playing because dropping material constantly u don't learn anything.
So what I did instead is reading chess books. Theory of the Opening, theory of the endgame, tactics, calculation, chess history!!! (is amazing the quantity of material we just ignore).
I don't know when I will go back OTB but as GM Hansen pointed out this time I will never give up again.
Llorenç Boldu
Thank you Avetik.
The next question arises is the following:
"How can I boost my mood and energy?"
Thank you GM Avetik!
It worked gor me and I crushed 2100 Elo on Chess.com just by not playing when I feel tired
The next question I have in mind is that in a classical chess tournament, where we can get real Ratings and Titles, We have to manage our Moods and Energies. Our body and mind must follow us when we need them!
Since you are a highly experienced chess professional, I thought may be you can share some techniques chess professionals apply to manage their mood and energy in real tournaments, where they have to play according to tournament schedules, not at will.
Thank you and best wishes for Chessmood
Sir,In Real Tournment Situation the Time is Fixed and At that Fixed Time Our Mood is Not good So What Should We Do Then?
I have two accounts and after 6 months, by reading your article I understand why my rating is different in the two accounts.
https://lichess.org/@/jyotisko06 - Real account where i play with right mode and energy.
https://lichess.org/@/jyotisko2006 - Second account where i play when at bad at night ( in sleepy mood just to enjoy).
I have one account in each platform but with the key advice from the articles I raised +69 blitz, +45 rapid in one week. Now I can crush players up to 2000 easily. I am 1860 - 1950 rapid and blitz, 1940 - 1990 bullet.
Dear Maestro Avetik,
I liked this article very much. I recognise myself in that I feel I have developed a very bad habit of playing too much online, i.e. also at times and in conditions when I shouldn't be playing (on a cellphone, while killing some time, or example). Particularly, when I lose a few games, I get extremely annoyed and playing on until I've won back my lost rating points can become a total obsession. As a result of that, my online blitz rating (almost 3-0 games exclusively) has been seesawing between 1900 and 2200. I will try to implement your golden rule of playing one session of 9 games max, and avoid playing when I feel tired or have distractions (such as my one-year-old daughter attention calls).
I have a few questions I was hoping you might find the time to comment on:
1. Do you recommend playing nine 3-0 games, or three 10-0 games?
2. Do you recommend analysing all online (blitz) games immediately after the session?
3. If so, what is your recommended approach to analysing such games?
Thanks!
fantastic article
GM games in French Attack
Hello, Dear Champions, Being all my life a Sicilian player recently I have been playing the French attack in my streams and other events. However during my training games against 2850 GM. I used the opening and it turned out it practically works so well. I was enjoying great positions out of the openings. I have won all the games as black and below you can find the link. I love this French attack! https://www.chess.com/game/live/52503589393 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52502977865 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52502467721 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52501922833 P.S. This is not the only session against very high-level opponents, so I would say on the level below 2700 it's practically very interesting! Good luck and best wishes Champion! I would love to see your French-Attack masterpieces here so you are welcome to share your games!
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Wow instructive and crushing games in advanced var of the french, this rare Bd7 sure surprises even very strong players! ?
wow...4 different games after Bd7
Thank you for posting these GM French Attack games! Great stuff.
So although it says the French repertoire is for till about 2000 level you could also play it against much higher rated opponents? ?
Congratulation, nice games with Bd7 not so easy to play with white. I've checked and GM Shipov is often using as black if anybody need more games to reserach. I'm happy that there are at two opening for chessmood becasue then everybody could easier prepare and based on openings CM.
Searching forums
I noticed that the forum search function (the magnifying glass icon) only searches for thread subjects. What if I want to search the body text of a post in the forum? For example, I want to search and retrieve ALL posts in the forum that have the word "durian" in the body of the post. How do I go about this? Frankie "Durian Defense" Kam
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Hi Frankie,
I will ask the tech team, but yes, at the moment the search is limited to the thread subject. ?
Durian? :) You mean that smelly fruit? :)
Recommandation - Positional Chess
Hello, I started to play 20+ years ago, and easily ranked up to 2000 Fide Elo. Then I stopped to play , and now I can resume my chess career. I used to be agressive player and play for checkmating opponent asap in every game. Now, I understand that I need to be "multistyle" to perform. My goal is to reach 2300 elo. Do you have any recommandation to learn positional chess ? Do I need to work on my principal weakness, or is it better to work on my strenghts ? (tactical play, sharp positions ...) Thank you
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I think it was Jacob Aagaard who said that you should work on both your biggest strength and your biggest weakness. I guess the reason is that the former is how you gain points, and that the latter is how you lose points! There will always be times, particularly when playing black, when your opponent manages to direct the game into a quieter waters where solid positional play is essential. I think going through the 100 Classical Masterpieces course (https://chessmood.com/course/chess-classical-gamesis), at most one game per day so you can fully absorb it, is a nice way to improve positional play. There will be a certain amount of learning by osmosis by playing through 100 carefully selected classics, plus the annotations are first rate and contain lots of helpful advice for positional play. Happy Pieces is another course that I'm greatly enjoying. For additional material, the book reviews here are interesting: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2022/3/29/ep-272-posiitional-puzzle-book-championship-with-neal-bruce https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2021/8/24/episode-240-pawn-book-championship-special-episode-with-neal-bruce
Moodcoin
Hello chessmood family! I have around 100000 moodcoin which i do not know how to use/spend. It says i can buy courses but i dont see where. Thank you.
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Hello, Odysseus answered the question just here: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/courses
Where did I go wrong??? Help!!!
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/52678760375 A viewer vs streamer game in which I followed the chessmood opening and after 12.Nec3 I got confused cause I think it is not covered in the course any suggestions on how to continue. I would be very much grateful if someone guides me.??? Regards Vedant
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Play ....Rb8 before ....Be6 that way Nd5 can always be met by b5. You could say that ...Rb8 is prophylaxis against Nd5. I hope that helps. Postscript: I didn't realize Nakamura played anything other than Nf3 e3 b3 in his streams, so at least you got him to deviate :D
~Goals 2022~
I just thought that it will be wonderful to know goals of chessmood family members. So share your goals!
~~ Good day ~~
~A~B~H~I~
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I think I'm playing at the 2000 level now, so the aim is to play consistently 2100 or 2150. A lot depends on how busy I am with work. Hopefully I believe I have enough to get off the sub-2000 plateau rating wise, but there is another one at 2200 and getting any opponents at that strength and beyond requires time out to play in longer tournaments which is incompatible with work and potentially Covid still.
Hello :)
I would like to:
- Be done with all the books I planned to read/work with.
- Work on my emotions (related to chess)
- Have a complete repertoire for White and Black (until now I mainly worked on middlegame and endgame and was not very serious with openings)
How are you all improving in chess?
~~Daily Study Updates~~ Restarted!!!
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 .
Post your answers like that:
Date:
What you learnt:
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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.
