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FIDE Online Olympiad Gazprom brilliancy prize
Alexei Shirov won Gazprom Brilliancy Prize
Enjoy;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxJqBz7FT5E
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Calculation
I think many players joined chessmood but may be some of you missed this post by coach about calculation. I suggest you to take a look and then comment in the bottom about your thoughts about calculation
https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/is-it-fine-to-spend-1-hour-on-calculation-1000
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Notation Memorization Help.
I find myself lost and cutting squares often when trying to follow notation and record my own games.
does anyone have any suggestions to help speed up my “Notation Location” knowledge?
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Save, record your chess moves notation to PGN files. We can organize this easy next.
Thanks.
Chess.com has a feature about that.You can use it.
Next world champion
Who do you think will be the next world chess champion?
In my opinion, Magnus will stay in his place for a long time, but if he loses as a proud Armenian, I hope he loses to Levon Aronian :)
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I want it to be Levon. I don't like Caruana. I like Levon from 2017 when he started making h4 as trend at top level. Super ideas with h4. I also remembered how creative he played in the year 2017. So I miss his form and I wish he will come back soon like he was in past.
Take a look at this game. I was watching live this game but yeah if I check the commentary now then I understand more ideas in depth but that time it was so amazing to learn from this game.
It’s early to talk about that :D
Alireza Firouzja
Magnus will stay in his place for a long time, and will loose to Alireza eventually.
How do you like it ? 2 Games with CHESSMOOD OPENINGS
Hey Champs! How are you doing today?
I was playing knockout system rapid tournament yesterday and managed to win 2 very exciting games in our CHESSMOOD openings against 2550 GM!
Here are the links: https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=49fR2dg/ivp+y6l1+VG1RAykWk4pu+4pTceqwZNNZjzJhKS6LQQ8AHKhCbRlG3pw
You are welcome to leave your thoughts and share comments guys!
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Fantastic!
In the Benko, you explained all the ideas of b4 setup! :)
@GM_Hovhannes_Gabuzyan, in your words, how can you explain WHY did you exchange the queens in the Scotch game? 21.Qb5
It seems a very instructive moment.
Dear friends,
I've recorded and added the Benko game in our courses.
Check it out, if you're a PRO Member here:
https://chessmood.com/course/benko-gambit/episode/1885
Anti-Benoni/Benko (Kasparov's Gambit) vs Maroczy for Black
Hi GM Avetik, GM Gabuzyan, and Chessmood friends,
Some White players avoid Benoni/Benko with Cf3: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3
We can reach the same position via 1.c4, 1.d4 or 1.Cf3.
QUESTIONS:
A) Which of the following systems is better for Black? and Why? :
1- Anti-Benoni/Benko Gambit with 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5
2- Maroczy
The first line (Kasparov's Gambit) is very dynamic, and sharper than Maroczy. I am wondering why we go for Maroczy in Chessmood's Black repertoire? Is there any problem with Kasparov's Gambit? If yes, what is it? What is the main reason we accept passive Maroczy over dynamic Kasparov's Gambit as Black?
B) If I play as White against Anti-Benoni/Benko (Kasparov's Gambit), what would be the best plan for me to get the most out of opening? 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5, what would be the best continuation for Whit? :
7.N5c3
7.e3
7.d6
7.g3
Thank you
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Kourosh, the gambit is very complicated and with correct play White gets advantage in a few ways.
Why don't you keep with Maroczy.
About 1.Nf3 and 1.c4 we'll upload a course this month.
I would say, cause it is easier, as you also play maroczy vs 1.e4
The Kasparov Gambit seems more or less sound, if you like dynamic play, go for it, no one will know how to handle it
Study Partner!
. I am currently working on 3 classics book with 2 training partner and I am glad they are super serious about learning and improving their skills to the next level and everyday they are thirsty to learn something new and grasp new ideas. I want to work on books which I shared in the bottom of For improving positional skills and Endgame If you have burning desire and are serious about learning something new from classics analysis then don't miss to join my study training. But I hate excuses, yeah if they are genuine then it's ok. I don't wanna lazy partner. Only serious and strong players can contact me. The reason behind joining strong player so that I can also learn from them. Another thing is that I just started working on analysis of classics so I need supportive partner who can help me to see the lines well.
About me:
I am Abhishek Yadav. I am an Indian. I have 1465 FIDE rating and online is around 2100 on lichess new account and old account had 2180. I have burning desire to learn something that's why I am here to learn from Chessmood Family. Hope to see you soon!
Right now I am working on:
1) Morphy Move by Move book with Devansh
2) Petrosian Move by Move with Devansh.
3) Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings” by Irving Chernev with Jay Garrison
For improving positional skills and Endgame
Rubinstein’s Chess Masterpieces: 100 Selected Games” by Hans Kmoch
Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson’s Positional Masterpieces”by Jurgen Kaufeld and Guido Kern
Anatoly Karpov’s Best Games by Anatoly Karpov
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Benko Gambit Main Line
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5452841427
Where I made mistake? I could not figure it out.I think I almost played opening correctly and even the plans. Can anyone help me out?
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I didn’t look at the whole game but 39 . . . c4 looks like you just blundered the pawn. Maybe Rc8 first and then c4. Rooks belong behind passed pawns! :-)
I think 16.... not Ne5 because the knight very important for black maybe 16... c4 idea Nc5 andthen black have idea to play Nd3
I agree with Sengon. c4 Nc5 looks good!
Mainly in Benko's position, if after c4 White can't play Nd4 with Nc6, c4 with idea Nc5 becomes strong.
Later in the endgame, starting from move 22, the typical move is f5! - weakening the d5 pawn or e4.
Caruana joined ChessMood
Yesterday Caruana played 5.g4! - Pasini variation - a very rare one, which we recently added in the Modern Pirc course.
https://chessmood.com/course/modern-pirc
He did all the ideas in the game, shown in the course...
Now I'm thinking, is he a secret PRO Member of ChessMood? :) Are any of his coaches secret ChessMood PRO Members? :)
Or is it just a coincidence?
What do you think? :)
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I think it's possible he could be a member, or more likely one of his seconds. Whatever the truth is one thing is for certain, Caruana's adoption of our g4 plan confirms how powerful the variation is, as even by elite standards Caruana is considered a monster theoretician.
Very cool indeed.
Partner to play Scotch
Good Morning
I just learned Scotch repertoire and look for a training partner.
I am 1500 FIDE, about 1800 Lichess Classic, living in Uruguay (UTC-3).
If somebody is interesed, let me know.
Best Regards
Marc
keep COGRO !!!
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add me for better conversation and training
Hey i just learnt scotch also
Buffyslayer_openings on lichess. Add me to practice training
Crazy KID
As you know guys I am working on KID pawn formations so today my training partner Devansh Shah showed me this game for fun and I was like what? Super complex KID.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1800188
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sicilian najdorf tips
any tips for black in sicilian najdorf?
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e3 Benko question. (5. ...e6 seems to have some problems)
I really wanted to try 5. ...e6 against the e3 Benko line but I ran into some issues due to the same e4 ideas as the ones Avetik presented in the Blumenfeld countergambit comparison. Could you please take a look at the pgn below and let me know what you think?
[Event "Black opening prep: Chapter 1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/WOCjf67D/JSlcLMLX"]
[Result "*"]
[UTCDate "2020.09.15"]
[UTCTime "20:36:33"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit Accepted, Modern Variation"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/liszt85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nc3 (7. Nf3 d5 8. Nc3 Bd6 { What Avetik played in his blitz game. } 9. Be2 { was the move played in the blitz game that Avetik played but } (9. e4 { is far more challenging. So 8. ...Bd6 is likely to be wrong. } 9... dxe4 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Be3 $16 { [%cal Gf1c4] }) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. bxa6 (11. a4 { Bhakti, Kulkarni - Holm, Kristian Stuvik, 1-0, Budapest FS05 IM, 2011, https://lichess.org/SEvmD3FI } 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 { and white is more than comfortable here. } { [%csl Gd6] } 12... Be7 13. b3 { [%cal Gc1b2] }) 11... Nxa6 { Kazakovskiy, Valeriy - Kovalev, Vl, 0-1, 84th ch-BLR 2018, https://lichess.org/KiGZLIWY } { This was also how Avetik's game went. }) 7... d5 8. Nf3 *
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Hey Vishnu!
Good question. This problem was posted by our PRO Member Nicolo.
As we said earlier in the posts, now we're re-recording the Benko Gambit course.
Beginner French questions
Hello,
I am a low intermediate player, not sure my otb rating at this point tend to be around 1500 online.
I like playing the French defense, but I frequently get opponents that play slightly unusual or inaccurate move orders.
The one if face most often is 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 which usually goes into exchange French
and another is 1. e4 e6 2. e5 which usually transposes into advance variation. I was wondering if there is anything to do against these weird move orders to spice things up a bit.
I get tired of playing the exchange so I could transpose into a Sicilian in the first example but don’t play that opening, so I’m not sure what variation that would be called.
Thanks
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If you want to play the French and play for a win, you need to deal with the Exchange Variation. After all, white can play it on move 3 no matter what.
Yeah, i see that the exchange variation is drawish.But if our opponent wants a draw, they will fight for a draw so they won't play aggressive move.If you want to win, there are some rules
-Castle in the opposite side of the white king
-Try to exchange their light square bishop via f5
-Play f6 to cover e5, then follow with g5,h5 and a pawn storm
I would buy giris french course, it is super sound and covers more or less everything
How to practice CHESS STRATEGY?
How to practice CHESS STRATEGY in best way?
Thank's a lot.
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Daily Puzzle link in page footer
The daily puzzle links to an old puzzle - https://chessmood.com/daily-puzzle/17.09.2020
It'd be great if you'd fix it so I could get my daily fix with just one click! By the way, I finally solved one today.
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Doubt
will all the courses which are only for PRO would be eligible to be bought by Moodcoins in the Near future?
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Yes, it is!
Can We Buy Membership With Mood Coins
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how to play against caro cann
how to play against caro cann defense ?
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There is a course for white against the Caro kann with exchange variation
It's a very reliable and practical way to gain the upper hand
Yes @Devansh_Shah is right. But I also suggest that after watching the course then try to work on Carlsbad pawn formation. White gets better Carlsbad in this Caro Kann Exchange Variation. So I strongly suggest to learn Carlsbad ideas if you wanna master caro exchange ideas in depth!!!
If you are a pro member tou can access the course or if not I suggest you to buy it with moodcoins. I have completed the course and now I am playing 2 result games against the Carro Kan.
I definitely recommend the Advance Variation with Shirov’s g4! I believe it is perfect for dynamic and modern chess player.If you wanted to learn this variation, I will give you some tips and typical ideas, but it is a bit long to write everything here.You can email me at banhgiahuy2009@gmail.com or message me in chess.com(my account is banhgiahuy2606.Skype is possible with that email, too
Tactics from day 2 of FIDE olympiad 2020
Yesterday I have posted tactics from day 1 olympiad.
Here you will get tactics from day 2 of fide olympiad - https://bit.ly/32fX3Bt
if you haven't checked day 1 yet - https://bit.ly/3aRDrHR
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Thanks!
Today 11/8/2020 Puzzle
after 1.Bf5 h1Q 2.c8R+ Bc8 3.Be4+ Qe4 Stalemate or after Bb7 Bh8 and then wrong side rook passed pawn so it should be a draw but after 2.c8R the position shows wrong to me but in the 2nd time after 2.c8Q it shows me correct,but both are drawing.
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I totally agree!!!
https://imgur.com/a/7roDnGq
Where are my Moodcoins!!!
Haha :)))
Are you serious guys? :)
You want us to spend time on development, so you don't trick the system, or we concentrate on producing more courses.
We created this puzzles to help you to keep your head fresh, and not try to find bugs in the system.
I hope this was just a joke)))
