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Middlegame Mastery
I'm 1900 chesscom rapid.. ik only Scotch (simplified version).. don't like learning openings… So anyone tell me like how to focus on middlegame and practice or crush opponents in midgame… like any tactics book , course , Yt video's, to improve midgame
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Practical Endgames
Hi Coach, I have just crossed the 2100 rating on chess.com, but the main issue is I have finished the endgame roadmap with full honesty and dedication, completed the quiz as well, but still I want to ask a single question that
How to plan in the practical endgame if lets say i know some principles 1. Queen wanted 2. Passed pawn 3.Attack the weak pawns 4. Create weak square, etc
Still, how to approach the positions with the gained knowledge
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Dear Shreyash,
The next level is to watch 100 commented endgames, which will definitely help you to enhance your understanding.
Best Ways to Study Classics/Top Games
Hi coach,
For mainly ChessMood Classical Games, In GM Mind Games, or for Model Games of the opening I play, is it most effective to just watch the video immediately, pause whenever needed to think, and digest the information that way? Or is it better to do something like what GM Avetik says in his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Tw1iNDfas? What are the upsides/downsides of both methods, and which one would you prefer for the best results compared to the amount of time spent?
Thanks
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Dear Chess Lover,
It also depends on your preferences, on how you feel that learning works better.
I personally like a lot the method of pausing and thinking, and then understanding the explanations, which allows you to make the learning more interactive.
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6
Hi chessmood!
I see old events and train alot ideas from them.
Great explanations and thank you.
I wonder from this move 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 i can not find this in the course?
It seems like white have different setup 5 Bb5 or 5 e5 or 5 g3 It seems you do not have it in your course? I wonder what you think about
What is chessmoods recomendation. I play 5 Bb5 i saw in a stream when GM Gabuzyan played 5 e5 in a 3min blitz game. 35 min in the video.
Racing from 2004 to 2700, Part 1
It seems like it can transpose to a line of Alekhine line 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 Nc3 e6 4 Nxd5 exd5 5 d4 d6 6 f4 c5 7 Nf3 Nc6
In this cause 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 e5 Nd5 6 Nxd5 exd5 7 d4 d6
Same position?
Can you explain little more about 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 you said that we dont play 5 Bb5 cause of Nd4 ?
Is 6 e5 good not good for white cause of Nd5 7 Nxd4 cxd4 8 Nxd5 exd5 9 0-0 with a good game for white.
5 Bb5 Nd4 6 e5 Nxb5 7 Nxb5 Nd5 8 c4 (Nxf4?! 9 0-0 it seems like white get great compensation for the pawn with better development and good attack. Check black knight move around so many times.)
8 Nb4 9 d4 a6 10 Nd6+ Bxd6 11 exd6 cxd4 12 a3 Nc6 13 0-0 i like white of course not forced,
Can you explain little more about this please? With different option for white.
It is very intresting positions.
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Dear Erick,
There are 2 practical options: 1 - is the mentioned e5.
Another one is to play with g3-Bg2 setups that also lead to very playable positions on both sides.
against French opening as white
how to play against this variation as white 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 and in this variation as white 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Be7
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Hi Arjun!
With Be7, this should be pretty similar
https://chessmood.com/course/french-defence/episode/3396
Course offline
Hello
can we have access to the courses offline when traveling (download)?
thanks
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opening
sir how to play against carokann with white in this variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 and in this variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 and in this variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 .
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2. Avetik_ChessMood - DonRodrigue
Attacking problem
I have a HUGE problem with making/planning attacks, despite watching the attack like a Viking course. The thing is my attacks are very rash, and I don’t exactly bring all my pieces. Here is a link to an OTB game that I played yesterday: https://lichess.org/study/3Vm1xfKp/fcCSGxCn . I would be grateful for some commentary/advice on the my attack, and also how to improve my attacking skills in general. Thanks in advance!
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Dear Vedant,
This is not a type of support we can provide here, as we have thousands of students, and analyzing the games is a coaching approach.
However, my big advice is to watch commented attacking games, which would support a lot!
Scillian opening
hi sir how to play against this variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ne2 d3 and this 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 a6
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Hi Arjun!
Scotch opening
sir how to play against malaniuk variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+
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Hi Arjun!
Attack with Scotch Game - A GM Repertoire for White
IMAGE 8th Anniversary
Has anyone actually taken a good look at the 8th Anniversary image yet?
The eight is correct, but everything else?
The board is 7 x 9!
No knights, two queens (or maybe two kings)?
Please, stop using AI. It degrades an otherwise excellent site with even more excellent courses.
Anyways, lots of gratitude for the 8 free days.
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i agree! thanks for this comment
also the timer is not the same for me , there are two timers
well Pawn Bishop they can def hire a designer to work for em like they did for developers
@Pawn Bishop
I can completely understand that this isn't important to you, and probably not to many others. But there's a growing group of people who are bothered by these AI images.
And even those who aren't bothered by them are subconsciously starting to associate these images with the slob that floods all our social media.
All I'm trying to say is that if you use AI images for a promotion trying to attract new customers, the effect can be quite disappointing.
Honestly, if you'd never heard of ChessMood and didn't know that their courses were simply excellent, would you click on an image for a chess course with NINE pieces in a row?
I honestly believe ChessMood deserves better!
Blackmood VS Nimzo-larsen (nf3 b3)
I have recently encountered a tricky move order.
- Nf3 e6 2. b3
In the course GM Avetik recommends 1.b3 d5 and then 2 Bb2 Bg4 and forming stonewall but in this move order our bishop is blocked by the e6 pawn. How should we continue?
Regards
Ansh
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Here you can switch to normal Dutch as well, which is always playable.
With f5-b6-Bb7.
Thank you
Hello the team, Hello Hovhannes
I watched several Hovhannes Gabuzyan cours for the 8th Anniversary.
Each course was a piece of pizza : generous, crunchy, and full of details. As a beginner at chess, these courses are really precious.
I really want to thank you very much for the free access during 6 days.
Have a nice day.
Isabelle
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ChessMood turn 8 today!
Months ago, after not sleeping two nights in a row, I went to my wise 75-year-old coach.
He carefully listened to all my troubles, inner conflicts, and angry thoughts. Then he dropped a golden nugget on me:
"Avo, it doesn't matter if you 'fail' or 'win.' What matters is who you become during the journey, and how big your heart is at the end of it."
Today is the 8th Anniversary of ChessMood...
I can't be objective about my own heart, but I have a strong feeling it's become a much better one.
I want to THANK each and every one of you who, in any way, big or small, had a contribution.
In ChessMood and in me.
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Or you might have done big things, and you know.
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And 8 years is just the beginning. Many, many more to come.
Happy Birthday to ChessMood, and an elephant-sized THANK YOU again
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Happy Anniversary ChessMood! Congrats Coach Avo and team.
Happy birthday Chessmood! 🎂
Congratulations !
we love you too avo
I am improving in chess all thanks to chess mood. I was stuck for 10 years and couldn't find anything which was very effective. Chess mood is a game changer
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHESSMOOD!
omg I love ChessMood so much it has helped me grow from 1200 to 1500 lichess when I was really stuck. I should have found this earlier
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHESSMOOD BTW
Happy birthday Chessmood!!!🎂
Thanks for all your efforts so far! You created something special! Congrats and wish all of you much success for the future!
Question for Black against London system
Hello everybody
in the symplified openings section
“Playing against London system / Attacking the London system”
Avo stresses the fact that my Black Knight from f6 has always to move Ne4,
but all all the times there is no White Knight on d2.
How to go on when White has played Nd2 and I move Ne4, should I do that?
best regards
Joachim
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Hello Joachim,
As far as I can remember, the course recommends striving for e5 with a knight on c6 most of the time, which comes up also in positions when the knight is on d2. In this case you can achieve e5 much more easily so that the knight doesn't have to jump to e4. Also if White has already played c3 as in your picture then Ne4 wouldn't make sense anyway even if it were possible as Ne4 relies on the b2-pawn being undefended. At first glance I see no reason that it shouldn't work, as Nc6 will probably transpose somewhere in the course. It's a great course.
yakshit
do any body need help
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French defense - Blackmood
Hi everyone. In the video https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings/episode/3899 , after Bxb5, axb5, coach Avetik says there is no hope for c4 or a4 after Nd7 and Nb6. In my games, my opponents usually try playing some b3, qd3, nd2, and c5. While this kind of maneuver is slow, I find it very annoying once he plays c5, and I have difficulty stopping this idea. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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In that case, after so much effort, even if White plays c4, after many trades, they are being left with the bad pawns on d4 and a2.
During the stream games, we have had such a structure several times, and it's almost always totally good for Black.
Effective Addition to Opening Courses
Dear, Chessmood Team and Coach Gabu
When I look at the U-2000 opening they have puzzles after every video to train the line they just learnt. It would be really nice if we could do the same for the 2000+ openings because I feel like it is more useful in the 2000+ to refine the line after watching the video and also pretty cool for reviewing. Thank you!
Sincerely, Pawn
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Hey Pawn Bishop,
We might have such a training one day as well, advanced courses are much more complicated and bigger, and it may take hundreds of hours just to create this type of training.
BlackMood
What are some lines that will be covered in Advanced French and Dutch courses that are not in the Black mood course ? Just so I can self-study as now that I have crossed 2000 this is more important.
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Experiment with Rating Range on French/Dutch
Would it be possible to test a series for a new rating range? I prefer the French/Dutch openings (and I heard Avo say the same thing) and was wondering if we try a rating range of say 1800-2300. I would like to see how ‘experts’ and weak master handle our systems since I am on the cutoff cusp at 2000 rating myself.
Worth a try?
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Hey there,
The idea is interesting - we might give it a try, need to discuss :-)
Thanks!
I am very disappointed in the decision not to at least extend the 1500-2000 openings to just 2-3 extra sessions to reach 2300 (even 2200) with the French/Dutch opening repertoire. Not even as an experiment? (The new event starting in a few days is 1500-2000 again).
I want to see how these openings hold up against stronger opposition. I do not think they do, at least not with the lines suggested.
I will be moving on from the openings suggested here, though I do think the rest of the site is worth the price of admission.
It is difficult to sit on the cusp of 2000 with my opening indecision being the reason I came to this site many years ago. I am not a fan of defending the Marcozy as black with a fianchetto. In the Benko, there are too many lines for white (many sites show these) that are basically forcing black to play with e6. This does not give us that Benko luxury ride of endgame pressure down the a+b files.
