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King´s Indian Attack. How to play with black!?
Hello GM Avetik!, could you explain in your course "Crsushing all Sicilian's sidelines" how to play against King's Indian Attack please!, and also cover this line in the variation Alapin which is very common:
1.e4 c5, 2.c3 Nf6, 3.e5 Nd5, 4.Nf3 Nc6, 5.d4 cxd4, 6.cxd4 d6, 7.exd6 Qxd6 and then?
Greetings!
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Ηello Arturo, against the king's indian attack I prefer to play something which resembles a reversed catalan system with d5 and c5 and fianchettoed bishop and king's indian pawn stucture on the kingside. Against the king's indian attack I also play a "reinforced centre variation: 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 Be4 7. Nc3 or any other move O-O and Be6.
Against that Alapin variation you have mentioned the arising positions are almost equal: In particular, after 8. Nc3 you should reply 8. ... Bf5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. O-O Be7. If your opponent chooses 8. Bc4 then 8. ... Bg4 is good, and then 9. O-O e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 O-O and you have a very playable position. And finally about 8. h3 a rare move which I came across you go for a king's indian structure 8. ... g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Nxc3.
All of them are very playable positions, and I think these all were helpful for you. Ask me if you have any questions.
Using landmarks, deduction, generalities and exceptions to find our way in chess
A walk in a country park reminded me of something relevant to learning chess. On the way back from a walk in one direction, I knew that the correct path had been taken because of landmarks I recognised, even though I wasn't paying so much attention to some of them. Why did I remember the landmarks (exist) more than say the exact path, and couldn't I remember anything about what the field next to it looked like, or the not so remarkable trees. Why can't (assuming no predictable pattern) can we not remember what we ate for dinner last Tuesday, yet we can remember 15 moves of say the Sicilian Dragon in one mainline, yet fail to recall what the right move was in a variation of it we saw a few times a while back?
Perhaps the answer is we are built for survival and being able to find our way would be the difference between getting home to our village, or being lost in the wilderness and being eaten by wild beasts. I've seen the power of this first hand. Many years ago (long before Google Maps!) I entered the Blackpool tournament while at university. Some of the chess club members rented a house in which to stay for the weekend. On Friday night I walked to the seafront where the tournament was being held. After a reasonably long game, I was told to meet the other members at a pub nearby. Unfortunately that pub was closed (it was out of tourist season), so on not being able to find the others, I managed to find my way back, despite not having the address and not paying specific attention on the way there. Yet somehow logic of which road it must have been, landmarks and the property itself, I returned without getting lost.
So what does this mean for learning chess?
Thinking about this, I think we're good at the following:
. Things that stand out - landmarks. Taken the Qe1 idea in the Caro-Cann. That stands out. Even if I can't remember the moves to get there, I probably could reconstruct the position deduce what moves to play to get there.
. Things that can be logically deduced as must being the case. Take the move order in the English. If you know White's knight manouever and other tricks, it's possible to correctly determine the moves to play. Without thinking about what White attempting to do, would this be so easy?
. Things that are 'always' or 'never' true or can be simplified behind rules/mnenomics - for example Bb3 in d6 Grand Prix in response to e6 when d5 is threatened. Or capture on c6 as soon as the knight is no longer pinned.
On the other hand we're terrible at things that may or may not be the case, such as whether to play a certain move if that move appears in some lines and not others, or specific move orders where there is no logical order (not to say whether there is a correct one or not). More than likely there we will make mistakes. So why doesn't a GM (oh they do, watch the streams) or at least fewer bad errors. I think there are 'heat maps' of positions. This is the comment about intuition and developing it I was trying to get at. Strong players get a feel for whether something is right or not, because certain patterns trigger certainty, even if the position itself is novel. For a lower rated player, moves such as h4, g3, f4 in front of a castled king would feel suspect, even without the considering if the opponent can exploit the holes, because they have never seen strong players use such a combo. The danger is of just looking at weakly played games (including a diet of our own), is that the 'heat maps' that form aren't necessarily the ones that make good chess, and we have to relearn what is natural and what is not by looking at model games, positions and strategies. That way even if we don't know what's right, we get a feeling of familiarity of having seen a move before, vs one we haven't. This then allows us to select candidate moves.
By knowing which strategy we'll need (and whether we'll need a strategy at all and just find our way over the board), has to be a key to remembering opening material, endgames and middle-game strategies.
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Nice example in a chess book of what I mean by recognition/intuition of something via a 'heat map'.
In this case it's word recognition rather than intuition or chess itself.
In Philidor's book, the 1790 edition, he starts the book with what we'd call an author's note or conventions (used in the book) where he explains his use of grammar and the symbols used. However, the word he uses is one that we wouldn't use now: advertisement. In modern times that word means to almost everyone something noting, recommending or introducing a product or service to make someone aware of, or to persuade to buy it. Here it's been used in a more archaic way as 'notice' - an advert is a notice after all, and it's etymology is just that, a statement calling notice to something.
Now that I've told you this meaning (aside from the fact I'm putting this idea inside your head!), when someone talks about an advertisement, are you going to think they mean marketing a product or instead that it's just drawing your attention to some information? I suspect it's the former still. The 'heat map' which the neurons in your brain 'implement' via connection strength will strongly give you the first meaning, and only rarely any other, because almost every time you've heard the word it's been the modern usage. We get the strongest association, and for any others we usually need to consciously scratch our heads (using associations to bring them back, or wait for it to pop out of the subconscious.
So what I'm saying is that by learning chess from good quality sources, the intuition, or first thing that pops into your mind will be often usually correct one (based on the examples you trained it with), then you need to scratch your head a bit (via calculation and looking around the board, recalling games, etc) to work out if it's really right here, or whether there are other things you are not aware of straight away.
Ps.
This is perhaps the reason too much bullet alone isn't good for you as a developing player, because the associations made by constant bullet games will help you play bullet games, but many of those patterns are refuted in blitz or classical since confusing opponents (with simple choice), time-wasting, defeating premoves, spite checks and so on, aren't usually useful strategies there, yet given the board, pieces and rules are the same, so will be the 'heat map' that is built up and your longer time control chess suffers.
How to analyze a serious game? (I would like if coach also answers the question)
Hello ChessMood Family, I have a question. How should we analyze our serious games? Like 60 + 30 games? What all things Should we consider? How should we analyze the endgame? How we should analyze middlegame? Should we use a help of engine?
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I think that this should be topic of a blog article. It is a very broad subject and you can write a book about it. I will ask Avetik's opinion @Sidharth_Sreekumar
Hi Sidharth,
As mentioned previously it's a very large topic but I will try to share my experience.
Mostly I was analyzing my games with my coaches, and they were revealing em the mistakes.
Working alone is a little more difficult, sometimes you should just take a look at your moves and think:
Was it logical? What was the purpose of it? Did I locate my pieces in good spots? Did I activate all of them?
The engine may help you to reveal bad moves but will be hard to hear the explanation, so may be tricky.
Attack with Scotch game
Dear GM Avetik sir,
I have a question in the following variation.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4 !?
In this formation I try so many different options as White, but I am not able to build a strong attack on Black.
Please guide... How to continue?
Regards,
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Nd2, Qf3 or Qd4 are all reasonable ways to continue, with the main idea to pull ahead in development with the unsecured knight on e4.
Hello Jay, as Valdemar pointed out, there are several ways. I asked Gabuzyan or Avetik to reply to your post, they will get back to you soon.
Hello Jay!
My preference is to go to the 7.Nd2 move. White is having space advantage in a center and if we just trad of this knight let's say after 7...Nxd2 8.Bxd2 white will have a better position. Bishops will be placed on c3 and d3 aiming for black's kingside, as well due to more space it's a very easy to game.
If after 7.Nd2 Nc5 8.Nb3 is a good one with the same ideas, as well if here black at some point captures on b3 with axb3 move we will open our rook on a1.
Scotch Game h4 Line -- A Surprise ?!
Hi --- I've been doing very well with the Scotch but today was surprised by a move. In 5min Chess I'd rather not be surprised !! So the normal e4:e5 Nf3:Nc6 ; d4 exd : Nxd4 Nf6 : Nxc6 b/c6 : e5 Qe7 : Qe2 Nd5 : h4 a5 : g3 Ba6 : c4 Qb4 + ouch !! I tried 11. Nd2 and then he played Bc5 I tried a3 but the queen dropped back to form a battery and I felt he had a edge . He played quickly and soon re-routed the d5 knight to f5 via e7 and I just didn't seem to have anything. It looked good for Black.
Any ideas I haven't seen this before and it threw me --which is in many ways a good thing for my opponent in quick play . He won ................
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Erm isn't his knight hanging on d5 with the moves you gave?
Playing g3 does not necessarily always translate to playing Bg2 in the future. (for instance, in some f6 variation, when black plays Rg8 attacking the g2 pawn, we will move the pawn up 1 square to defend it) Therefore, after his Bc5 move, maybe we can already attempt to unpin the queen with Qe4!?. Additionally, whenever the bishop is on a6 loafing off, we can already play Rh3 and give black some headaches with interesting rook maneuvers (for instance, Rh3->g3 or b3 or a3)
P.S. In today's weekly Gabuzyan stream, this c4 Qb4 occurred in one of the games. Maybe worth checking it out sometime later.
Hi Keven,
I never faced this on my own but found an interesting idea.
After 11...Bc5 12.Qh5!
The idea is that knight on d5 is hanging now, and as well we don't waste time on a3 move since the queen is not doing much on b4.
After 12...Ne7 13.Bd3 which is preventing 0-0 due to the mate on h7.
and after 13...Qb6 trying to make reversed battery just 14.0-0 this case white is much better, will be trying to play Ne4 soon with solid advantage.
How to study?
I personally have a hate of the word study. Not because it brings images of hard work, or sometimes long hours up against a deadline, but because it's so vague. As a child I was given the equivalent of a Rubiks cube in the form of a globe and my nan suggested that I study it. Study what and how exactly? What was the goal. As an adult I can grasp the idea was to have vague notion of where places were and what countries looked like in order to use that knowledge when the right time came (or just to sound worldly and erudite), but as a child without context what did that mean exactly?
So to chess, you study master games as part of your training, and it's well documented as a major component of improving. Certainly the classical games course here is very good. The problem with 'study games' is it's quite vague. For example, the are two extremes, both of which are probably good in certain circumstances, yet, for an improving player rather than a professional, quite idiotic as they will unlikely be successful long term and a waste of time: 1> Learn all the moves by heart of a few games 2> Flick quickly through as many games as possible and hope for some kind of osmosis. Neither of which mentions anything about selecting those games, managing time, how to ensure lessons are learned (or which), and how to recall it all in 6 months from now.
At one point I was given a rule of thumb for a player looking to reach 2300. When you learn an opening, select 10 master games to study. This raises a lot of question even if the advice was well meaning in some context. The questions I had were:
. What the goal is
. Why 10, and is that for a whole opening system, or a variation?
. How to select those 10 (in some cases there might be less than 10 (decent) games in a line I play or a major tabiya, and other times thousands)?
. What to do with those 10 games - what is the goal, how to go about it, how to know when it's done and move on, how to maintain it
. How to spend the time, what to focus on / is important, what not to focus on / can be skimmed over, and roughly how long
. Visualise from book, over a board, on a computer?
. Notes or positions to take, and how in order to be effective?
. How does studying games fit with being able to play those lines/similar positions (in particularly move and position learning) and how to apply the study to actual play?
. How to keep the memories fresh so it doesn't need repeating every few months (or that which does is easily done with little time spent) - repeating the whole exercise for every opening for a non-professional is not viable.
I'll stop writing at this point and see what the suggestions are, in particular from the Chessmood GMs
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Yeah! These are good questions in my view. I would also like to get answers from GMs.
Thanks for pointing out this post, I may have missed it with the latest technical problems which are almost solved. My bad!
Lots of things to comment on, I will check with the team and see how we can answer this, I think that it would be best with a nice detailed blog article, because there can be many opinions here too...
Hi David,
I really like the word "study".
Why?
Well, I think that this is the only way that "old" men like us can improve.
I came back to chess after high school, an apprenticeship in a bank, and studying law.
So my only advantage to the talented kids is - knowing how to study! (There was a very instructive book called "how to study" that I read after high school).
Or to put into other words - how to learn.
Having twins (born in 2012), I, even more, got interested in the art of learning/teaching (one of our twins came to be really gifted).
So, coming back to your question - how to study chess?
I started doing it the way I did with law. Taking a really old book to get the basics - Lasker's manual. Followed by Capablanca's chess fundamentals. I also tried the Kasparov series. But that was way too much detail in the analysis for me.
At the same time, I went for some very "easy" material - the steps method. When studying law, most students pay a lot of money for a "Repetitor" (revision course). The idea is to do certain patterns of legal arguments again and again - like chess tactics.
But if you asked me what was really fun studying law (and chess) - it is the development of ideas.
Or the philosophy of law or chess.
That is why it is very important for me to have the historical context of openings.
And this is why I very much would appreciate having a brief course on "Chess Philosophy" on ChessMood.
I am unable to download the PGN file for the Sicilian Defense
Hello,
When I click the attachment under the PGN file the page only refreshes, nothing downloads. This has happened for both the Sicilian Dragon and Nightmare of Rossolimo.
Please advise, thank you!
Leslie Smith
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I have the same problem, e.g. accelerated dragon:
When you want to download the link is
https://chessmood.com/course/download/pgn/60/55
But this is not a pgn-file.
Sorry guys, we had technical issues.
Now it solved.
forum software test ==pro channel
Sorry if you are seeing this thread , this was created to ensure forum section is up and running .
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Hi Bhabatosh,
The forum has been going down each evening this week (I'm guessing for maintenance). Is it possible to have downtime announced in advance (assuming it's not possible to split production and dev). While it's not a major pain for me, it might be for members in other parts of the world.
Where to find updated variations?e Variation?
Hello, I can tell by the update icon on a quote that a quote has been updated. How do I know which opening variant has been updated? In the courses I only find references to unlocked.
Christoph
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It's something they'd like to correct in the new website, but no guarantees.
Normally you get an email and/or message to say what's been added.
Which course are you referring to, maybe we can help.
I think that the Advanced Section was updated if I am not mistaken. The Caruana variant and the another advanced line I believe.
I had the chance to check it with Avetik and this was a mistake, no variations were updated this time in the Modern Maroczy course. That is why no email was sent regarding this but your post made me realize that I had not seen the advanced section (which I already did now) and I found it very good and interesting. Highly recommended for 2200+ players...
Doubt in a game I analyzed (Just wanted to know your opinion about the evaluation of the position)
Here Paul Keres says (it's a game of Paul Keres with Black) it's equal but it doesn't seem to me it's equal. Position below:
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It's White to Move here.
Thanks in advance!
PGN download...
this bug exists for almost a week now and i really dont get why its not fixed yet... i really need the pgn's to study my moves with Fritz 17. for now the courses are kinda useless for me. I hope this gets resolved asap.
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pls try now...pgn download should work
What opening against Spanish opening
Hello everybody,
Happy weekend and I hope you are doing fine.
I have a question.. I know ChessMood recommand to play e5 on e4. What to play meeting Spanish opening? I have played this variation before. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 . However I found it very comfortable playing with the white pieces and I am searching for something more dynamic. Is 3 - a6 4 Ba4 Bc5 ( Mölller) something to play. Thanks for your feedback and experinces here.
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Hello @Susanna_Berg_Laachiri , I think that you are confused because Chessmood recommends to play c5 against e4, playing the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon as a main weapon. That said, against the Spanish I have been always in love with the Marshall Gambit for Black, many hours spent there although most of the times my opponents chose other variations. Why don't you try to play c5, and then the Spanish will be called "Rossolimo"... ?
Yes, the Breyer is a very good option, it was my choice too if the opponent did not allow the Marshall and I had to choose a closed variation.
Cloud Engines
Quick question is it possible to use some cloud engines for free and if so how to initiate it?
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OTB Chess is back! Lets play some chess!
I will be playing in the National Open in Las Vegas June 16-20 as well as the US Open in Cherry Hill New Jersey July 31-Aug 8. Is anyone else planning on attending one or both of these tournaments? I would love to have a ChessMood get together!
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I am very happy to see that you will play soon OTB but I am even happier to see one of your posts. We missed you very much!! Hey, hey!!!
Hello,
It's nice that you're playing OTB tournaments. I wish you good luck in those tournaments and keep the Right Mood! Also, could you give me the links to the tournament websites so I can(maybe) register?
It's gonna be superb event for you. I miss studying with you a lot. Soon we will work and rock!
Modern Pirc 2... c6 without Bg7
For example:
1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5
g6, c6, d5 and leaving playing Bg7 for now is a pet line of one our of league players (~1900). Have a look at the games of dw333 on lichess.
How to adjust to play against this, given that aside from allowing castling Bg7 didn't seem to help Black much due to biting on granite of e5 d4, so omitting it for now gives Black another tempo.
The strongest game in the database I could find was Grischuk - Minasian 1999
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I like to play the Grand Prix Attack against the Pirc and
against the Modern – then a good way to play is 1.e4, g6, 2.Nc3, c6, 3.Bc4,
Bg7, 4.Bb3, d6, 5.f4, Nf6, 6.Nf3, O-O, 7.O-O, c5, 8.d3 or 7…b5, 8.e5
Training Partners!
I hope you all read the three articles of having chess training partner is boom for our life. If you haven't checked them then I suggest you to check the links in the bottom.
Part-1
https://chessmood.com/blog/the-importance-of-having-a-training-partner-part-1
Part-2
https://chessmood.com/blog/how-you-can-find-the-perfect-training-sparring-partner-part-2
Part-3
https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-practice-with-your-training-sparring-partner-part-3
I wrote today all this because after joining chessmood I found an amazing team of chess players. They all are eager to become a Grandmaster one day. Good thing is that I am the lower rated team mate so I am able to learn a lot from their experience. Now due to cm contents and my team I am improving well.
Moral is- Try to find an amazing team mate. Even one team mate can change your life.
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Agree with you.
Sorry for temporary technical issues in Chessmood
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Ok. We are waiting for new improvements.
Hello GM Avetik Sir!
I received a mail stating that I have joined pro membership
I once joined pro membership many months back and I would resume it after my academic studies are over in 1.5 months approx. Since that time, I haven't subscribed to pro
Hello GM Avetik ,
I received a mail stating, subject-event reminder, Your "Stream: From 1600 to 2400 on chess.com, Part 2" event will start in 25 Jun, 15:00.
It seems something is wrong.
Elephant Gambit 3... Nf6
Seems this move was annoying my opponents:
e.g.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 - looking at Stockfish 4. exd5 seems to be the right way, as d4 Nxe4 gives Black the pawn back and it's around equal.
A couple of sample lines: 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. b3 O-O Bb2
4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 - I don't believe the computer at 1.5 pawns since the extra pawn isn't worth so much as it's doubled
4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Be6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. O-O - looks a better try, though I've not really explored much more than this.
Anything better, Chessmood team? Happy hunting.
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Well. White could transpose Into very well known Petroff lines with d4 or just win with exd5 (difficult to calcultate in 5+3). Jobava tried this a couple of times with Black (from Petroff) and lost. But White should play d4/Nc3 instead of Qe2.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5? 3. Nxe5 Nf6!? 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3
But this was was an interesting transposition of the Elephant into an rare Petroff line.
Hi David,
As we already know from Elephant's gambit coverage the best option is to play 4.exd5.
Petroff line 1.e4 e5 2.nf3 nf6 3.ne5 ne4?!
Hi coach, today I was faced with the move ne4 against ne5 and all this time I was thinking that it is a mistake but the engine says it is just equal can u please suggest a way to play?
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video 2 in the course :)
Ofcourse i know it is in the course but after de5 black plays nc6 and if bb5 bd7 and if bf4 he has some g5 and f5 lines,
The best games of March 2021 and the prizes
Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions!
Happy New Year and welcome to the "Best games of March 2021" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post your 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 February:
1st Arman Shahzamani
2nd Vladimir Bugayev
3rd Abhi Yadav
4th Sean Raasch
5th Vibhush Pusapadi
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There are several ideas which I applied in this game. First is from cm classics games of petrosian in KID structures to limit the bishop and use the f4 square, same is mentioned by lami in his caro course , now I forgot from how many courses or content I applied the concepts and won this game. Only one mistake was allowing Qg4 which stopped mate.
Moral I can say is simple but nice positional game.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8416471627?username=abhi_chess_gm
Learning also Magnus Variation and getting playable nice positions because people do not know main lines .
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8418807911
I do love Accelerated Dragon but my feeling of caro is amazing so I am using it also. Here is some sharpness in caro.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8432697285
I thought this game was cool https://www.chess.com/live/game/8389396157
Crushed the Modern with ...c6: going to the Austrian setup (with f4) looks like the solution!
The Chessmood Repertoire takes another scalp!
I really liked this game. There are no tactics in it, but I got an overwhelming position and didn't lose a single pawn!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8375636997
https://lichess.org/BjnUmoiSaQYK
https://lichess.org/fGkgbleY/black#54
Attack!
Beating the Scandinavian (...Nf6) with 3.Bb5+.
A pawn sacrifice opens the road to the Black king in the centre.
CARO- SHarpness
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8507688707
Aggresive Benko with sacrifice. I love 19...Bxc4
https://lichess.org/OqBA16YmOCHR
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8373950201
https://lichess.org/3JSzBhz5xRkV
Antisicilian squeezing and attack
Scandi Q Trap
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8594740401
Power of initiative
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8593024467
Playing After Very Very Long Time
https://www.chess.com/game/live/8610397035
As Coach has said in the courses, c7 can be very weak in the Scotch. Punishing 4...Qh4
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/8703952211
20.Rxd7!
https://lichess.org/XQpMYiy0/white#0
Strong Initiative
https://lichess.org/O45fq1my/black#178
The game was equal but then I got in time troubles so I decided to play Rxa8 to simplified the position so, I decided to SLP with black knight & rook vs two rook. At some point I was winning but then I blundered and the game ended in a draw.
https://lichess.org/sZTgIaz0/white
Game played by me (against Caro-Kann)
Power of Monster Bishop.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/8768731043
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/U3UJCQPG/black#5
Crush the Scandi in 14 moves! ChessMood for the win again!
https://lichess.org/KgVjX6gYpX6Y
Few sacrifices in a row, finishing in style! Definitely want to share this game)
Defence wins u championships XD
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
https://lichess.org/h64IA8AE/black#5
Philidor Defense
https://lichess.org/QIMxxm8O/white#7
Wild game in AntiSicilian against strong IM
SLP after blundering the bishop
Never Give Up!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/9013585887
Caro-Kann Defense
https://lichess.org/7Gv08LtT/white#4
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
https://lichess.org/GbGCDft6/black#0
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/9037001327
Nice endgame
https://www.chess.com/live/game/9032786319
https://www.chess.com/live/game/9033429131
https://www.chess.com/game/live/9038255291
Crushing with space advantage and happy pieces.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/9038839153?tab=report
First win against a GM with happy knight
https://lichess.org/KwKXUueZ
https://lichess.org/6hRwgmrp
https://lichess.org/acA8nobb
Three days ago, I watched daily lesson #61 in which Avetic presented Nh3 in the Anti-Sicilian when Black plays e6 and a6 before Nc6. I had finished my initial study of the course in October last year and had not memorized this setup. Today, I was able to implement it in a 5+3 game. It was amazing. The moves came almost instantly and it felt completely natural. And according to lichess, I played without any mistake nor blunder (the first time!). So, thank you again, Avetic, for the daily lesson. And even more important - the advice to play 5+3 and to play in good mood, only. PS. My opponent had about 100 rating points more than me.
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/UpPmMK3I/white#2
French Defense
https://lichess.org/M8XYj769/white#3
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/olkywIHG/black#3
A nice win
https://lichess.org/wC0NaBL1xsZz
Alekhine Defense
https://lichess.org/835rj7Vk/white#4
Passive play by white and squares weaknesses gave me nice point in caro.
https://lichess.org/VDgeLtnZPfY8
GP super win. e5 and lost
https://lichess.org/esuYTE8FH9sZ
nice miniature
https://www.chess.com/live/game/9359739593
Lovely Game!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/9395809355
Dark square domination in AntiSicilian only 3 inaccuracies
Benko turned Maroczy Bind perfect miniature for black
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
https://lichess.org/grBvni0f/black#3
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/2M1JdPy9/white#0
Full on Attack!!!
&
99.4 % Accuracy
https://www.chess.com/game/live/9476780875
Positional win in 16 moves: https://lichess.org/bVqi2RiL/white#31
Against French defense
https://lichess.org/19lJxHHqSoZS
Bishop sacrifice and mate in Accelerated Dragon
https://lichess.org/09Vg2Lun4nIk
https://lichess.org/wMZg1aWa
https://lichess.org/1uJmpQiNmWod
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/9Fved7Hk/black#2
https://lichess.org/lZrkVtIY#41
I sacrificed an exchange for dark square attack and I succeed.
The most perfect game I have played on Lichess
https://lichess.org/sOxKmrXG#74
Blundered a Rook in the opening, but didn't lose hope and I won !!!
Won a 2 vs 3 pawn with Rook Endgame against a 2300+ rated player.
https://lichess.org/Js6wrRa1#99
Perfect attacking game
https://lichess.org/pgK4pr3K/white#25
Two Rooks vs Rook, Bishop and Knight
https://lichess.org/eH7Mowva/black#0
English Opening from the White side
Attack, Attack, Attack with Black!
Scandinavian Defense
https://lichess.org/8FHYMPQ6/white#4
This game comes with a big "Thank You!". When I joined ChessMood in October last year, the course on the Benko Gambit was the first one I watched (binge-watched to be honest, without taking notes). I remembered Judit Polgar mentioning this as one of her very early weapons. And since I played the Grunfeld when I was young, this was a perfect fit. A bit later a started learning the ChessMood openings in a more systematic way, starting with the courses for White (I am almost done, only the Alekhine is left). In my Blitz games, I kept playing my currant repertoire for Black which is the QGD. However, after learning the English for last week's closed tournament and using it in Blitz immediately I decided to play the Benko, too. And voila - I nice win yesterday was the reward - trapping White's Bishop on a2. In my post mortem I found out that our repertoire is to play 5. ... e6 after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3. However, 5. ... g6 seems not to be an error and gave me a more Benko-like position. Compared to QGD, Benko is really more fun in Blitz.
How fast 2400 IM can get in trouble in Scotch...
A good win
https://lichess.org/6lhI88UppcTv
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/zMy79mzR/white#5
English Opening
https://lichess.org/0nmuDrRr/black#5
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/o1BiJ589/white#3
COUNTER ATTACK !!!
https://lichess.org/MRQEmeJR/black#94
Playing the Kings Indian Defence !!!
https://lichess.org/3sqTCn94/black#80
Kings Indian Defense ... My favorite opening !!!
https://www.chess.com/live#g=9983499875
Final checkmate !!
Perfect Benko
SLP mode after blundering in AntiSicilian
Knight Ending and more!
https://lichess.org/fF4UpbKdsnO0
One mistake in AntiSicilian can lead to a quick disaster
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/fXiVMdNv/black#3
Queen's Pawn Game
https://lichess.org/2CDArCe9/black#0
Queen's Gambit
https://lichess.org/WhhOzbdo/black#0
https://lichess.org/V52dkcET/black#77
Attack, defense and attack again !!!
https://lichess.org/CWFGGBE8#53
Attack meets counter attack !!!
Attacking with caro. mate was cool.
https://lichess.org/FICRV6YU0tG3
Nice Game
https://www.chess.com/game/live/10165382981
https://lichess.org/lEBVUcQw#57
Good use of minor pieces
https://lichess.org/0COtDQ8j/black
Bishop sacrifice for mate in 1
https://lichess.org/jzJZSUeNC4QG
Two knight checkmate in middle game
https://lichess.org/Qn36zv2aEaut
https://lichess.org/9u2WSMRHCoxG
https://lichess.org/oscnjR1mw6nl
The happy knight
https://lichess.org/grTOHQN6fj1Q
Idea from chess mood daily lesson- Knight & Queen
https://lichess.org/XnrLRTwA/white
Game with analysis
Cool Game!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/10255435829
A short and sweet game against 2400 GM when black does not capture on d4 appropriately.
Opening advantage in the French leads to a blunder. But Where did Black go wrong before?
Accepting a broken structure to go all attack
https://lichess.org/yi8a2Dci/black#73
Tactical Move ... 22 Nxd4
14 move checkmate miniature in AntiSicilian
SLP French game against 2400 player after blundering pawn in the opening
If only I could play like this all the time! Queen Sac leading to Morphy-ish mate :)
https://lichess.org/50AclaUvunY4
Nice attack with Black
Won a drawn end game
Caro-Kann Defense
https://lichess.org/QnmQ3ue8/white#0
Sicilian Defense
https://lichess.org/VEVvLHyh/black#0
What happens when your opponent plays strange f3 opening
Playing against Pirc
SLP after queen blunder in Scotch
SLP after queen blunder 2 in English
Scandinavian against FM 1
Scandinavian against FM 2
https://lichess.org/L5CVBpX0KZwu
Philidor Defense:
https://lichess.org/X8xNmS6C/white#0
Scandinavian Defense
https://lichess.org/vsYaJfVX/white#0
https://lichess.org/XPDbNGza
Gp nice win.
https://lichess.org/uFXeocFvdC8F
There was also a possibility of even queen sac. I considered ity but it was blitz so i went for normal line. Qc8 move I saw in game but but in blitz hard to evalute
Lost this match but it was interesting & roller coaster type match.
https://lichess.org/1sowfTp6AzT5
https://lichess.org/x5HPcMIOpWMw
Scotch Game
https://lichess.org/CeTQbkno/white#0
Grand Prix.
https://lichess.org/Orwk65G6M4i3
Grand Prix another win using Qb4N
https://lichess.org/q7q1noLRutwC
English Opening I not studied it yet. Only studied webinars.
https://lichess.org/U3j3I9D8h6Ea
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/10187537615
Interesting opposite castle battle. After 24...Bxc3, white is lost if he takes with rook, if he takes with pawn or even if he does not take and threats mate in 2.
I really hope Im not to late to enter this since its still march. I played 2 great games this month.
https://chessmicrobase.com/g/u2ktpvmo
Burning the Bird alive.
https://chessmicrobase.com/g/91bh08b2
The Opera Games Cousins (The Warehouse idk lol)
Do they all have to be sacrificial games ? If not heres a positional beat down of the caro.
https://chessmicrobase.com/g/4gqymeum
Unfortunately I could not win this slightly better endgame after an interesting opening...
Win with caro against new user but 2300 elo player.
https://lichess.org/73RAZdk7X4YA
Another caro win against 2200 player
https://lichess.org/u2VJjPrt/white#47
23 move grand prix win
https://lichess.org/rwvS56OqRbzI
Slav Indian
https://lichess.org/WmxRo35k/black#0
French Defense
https://lichess.org/VV3wUCjA/white#0
Power of pawns in chess
https://lichess.org/ZcDN9Vnb1Bdb
GP win over 2300+ player
https://lichess.org/Tyi0A2faMEjD
Champions, this was incredible.....
We never had a month, when with our team, we didn't know whom to give the 1st prize :)
It was absolutely amazing to see such growth and so many good games...
So, the 1-5 places shared:
Avinash https://lichess.org/fGkgbleY/black#0
Keok Woltek (The game is on the 2nd page)
Mateus Damaceno (https://www.chess.com/live/game/8389396157 Qh8!! )
Karl
Strohmaier (https://lichess.org/50AclaUv#49 Qf7!! )
Valdemar
Rasmussen (The game is on the 6th page)
So, everyone gets 70k Moodcoins.
Bonus prizes get:
Derek Simpson (https://lichess.org/BjnUmoiSaQYK )
Jaylen Lenear ( https://chessmicrobase.com/microbases/14623/games/1149309 )
Vladimir Bugayev and Sergio Carrera (The games are on the 6th page)
Each 25k Moodcoins.
Thanks, everyone, for participating, see you in the next month!
@Aayush Shirodkar the account is banned brother, because in the game which won him the best game award, he had 0 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes, 0 blunders and only 8 average centipawn loss. So definitely banned.
