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Help with 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5+ as black

After 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5 check what does chessmood recommend as black? what are the ideas we should go for? My opponent tonight plays 3.Bb5 check and its not in the course. He likes to take on c6 if ...Nc6 is played or exchange the bishop if ,,,,Bd7 is played

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5 Nc6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 spoiling pawn structure or

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.d3 and if 5...dxe4 he is happy to go into an endgame with 6.dxe4 and 6...Qxd1

thank you

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Hello, Kayode,

very interesting question. I had no clue there is such an early check in the position too, it is such a rare move, but you have nice game, Larsen - Zu Chen (1998) in the database, where the legendary GM won with beatiful king attack. If I can advice you, play 3....Bd7 and go into the endgame, black should not be worse in any case:

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7

(3... Nc6 4. Bxc6+ (4.exd5! Qxd5 5. Nf3) 4... bxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qb6 8. Qf3 g6 9. Nge2 Bg4 10. Qf2 Bg7 11. O-O c4)

4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6 8. Nf3

(8. c3 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10.Kc2 e5!}

Nf6 9. Nc3

(9. e5 Nd5 10. Ke2 e6 11. Bd2 O-O-O)

9... O-O-O+ 10. Bd2 e5! and black is OK.

Hi Kayode,

Thanks for your interesting query regarding: 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5+!?

we can expect to see a lot more of this rare line since it is the recommendation of a recent Chessable Course aptly named The Accelerated Rossolimo by Ukranian FM Yuriy Krykun: https://www.chessable.com/the-accelerated-rossolimo/course/35117/

Krykun has a lot of fresh ideas backed up by engine analysis that await further practical test. I used to think that the ending after 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.d3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 was trivial for Black, but Krykun's analysis convinced me that things may not be as simple as I previously thought.

Check out the link I provided and report back what you think.

Regards,

Kevin D

Hello. Nice Question. I will try to recommend a position that I would prefer, as in general black is not gonna be worse after BB5+ . I think black should play with 3... Bd7 4.Bd7+ Qd7 5. D3 Nc6 6. Nf3 E6 and then play with 0-0-0, as there is no light-squared bishop on c8, it's easier to make a long castle, and develop bishop on D6 and Knight on E7.

AGM Title

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Congratulations to your son and your whole family for this wonderful achievement!

Congratulations!!!!

It Is Great !!!!!

All The Best For Your Future!

That's amazing! Very glad to hear that!!!
Your success is our success, guys!

Comment your Fav. Chess Players

I decided to make this topic so we can talk more in our community. Not only about studying chess but also about legends too.

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Player= Bobby Fischer.

Fav. Game= Game of the century.

A Suggestion

I think that you should create a server on chessmood like chessmood's private servers where you can play games Instead of using chess.com or some other website you can play games when you stream and also chessmood members can play against each other!

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This is a bit difficult but, you guys are truly amazing and can do it!

Yes, nice idea but it's also expensive to handle make this kind of playing website. But soon I am sure they will do it for us.

Of course, it's a good idea.
If you have developers, who will do it for us, go ahead :)
Otherwise it's very expensive.

Daily Puzzle 5 June

I think yesterday's puzzle (R vs B+P) has 2 solutions.

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No I think there was only one solution, and the one given was incorrect since Black could have under-promoted to a rook thwarting the stalemate and leaving the result in doubt. Kf6 instead of Kh6 had to be correct.

Thanks Kevin

Nightmare for Rossolimo

Hi everyone Happy evening. I have a small doubt in rossolimo course in section 2 c3

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0-0 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3- immediately attacking the c5 pawn and this move has been recently played by anand and caruana in tata steel 2020

What to do against 9.Be3 guys?

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Avinash, Be3 is comparingly a new move, doesn't give much.
Dubov showed in his games how to play.

But anyway, we will add it in the advanced section.

Attack the Carokann

Hello! I started with Chessmood few weeks ago and managed to go trough some of the opening analysis. I am impressed by the excellent work of our GM-s but naturally, I have also some questions. So lets start with the CK: One of my friends, very strong Fide Master and notorious adherent of CK defence, played me last weekend in quick games an interesting line: 1.e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 e6, leaving Bc8 at home. I reacted logicaly 7.Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 Ne7 10.Nd2 Bd7, and here I tryed it either with 11.f4 or 11.Qc2, following our model plans, but with some sensible defence ( 0-0, sometimes f6 and e5, sometimes f5 and transfer of the knight to e4) black allways succeded to hold his symbolically worse position. Later I had a look to my database with engine on, but I did not find any serious way to endanger black position. Is this just a limit of this line or do you have any idea to keep the initiative for white side? Thx for your kind reactions!

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Excellent question Martin, I have been wondering this myself and started a thread about a month ago to bring it to the attention of the ChessMood Team [Thread Here: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/caro-kann-advance-section]. To be honest I haven't checked back on this line for awhile, White has more space but black is very solid with no weaknesses, and it is hard for White to make any meaningful progress. Perhaps white should try to probe the queenside at some point with a4, or even slowly prepare to advance on both wings, the danger though is in becoming too ambitious and overextending your position.

Lets hope the combined ChessMood team can eventually find some more promising ideas and concrete lines to combat Black's resilient setup. I'm curious where your FM friend found this idea, as thankfully to date this setup is still quite rare at Master level in comparison to some other more dynamic approaches.

Thank you, Kevin, we will see. :) I hope they will find something soon... We keep in touch! ;)

Very nice discussion!!
Yeah, with this line we had troubles. White has clear advantage, but it's very unclear how to develop it.
Black also should wait passively... Very strange position. We tried different ideas, but we are still trying.
One of our coaches recently got access to a super computer. Hopefully, he will find something.

how is the situation for chessmood in Corona times

I like chessmood very much and i think the founders deserve a good business..

My question is: are the founder businesslike satisfied

Keep up the good job and stay healthy

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Hey Franck!
Thank you very much for asking.
It means a lot to us.

It's very tough to run all these without investors and cover all the expenses ourselves.
But ChessMood stays on his legs and we do our best to push forward.
Luckily we have very cool members, a very cool community, who help us a lot: By referring to their friends, sharing Chessmood content, even helping with development.

We just need to have more members, so it'll be easier to hire more people, more Grandmasters and produce more courses and learning material.

All will be good!
Thanks a lot!

question about the anti sicilian course for black

i think i have asked this earlier, but when will you in the course the anti sicilian for black give advise for black in the e4-c5 2 nc3-nc6 3 Bb5 variation

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You want Avetik to give you a line as White and how to beat it as Black, are you serious :D

Studying the content carefully in the White Course if you are clever gives plenty clues on how one should play as Black, or you could try some reverse engineering ;)

In any case, I think the following line offers black sufficient counterplay where all three results are possible, that's the best your'e going to get: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.0-0 a6 6.Bd3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Qc7 8.b3 Bd6. I'm getting a Deja vu feeling as I'm typing this, like I responded to this question before with the same line and same sample games, ohh well, no harm no foul:

Franck, we are going to re-record the sidelines course, and offer 2...Nc6 instead of 2...d6.

Best games of May - The results!

Hey Champions, Hello ChessMood Family!

It was very cool to see so many attacking and nice games.
It was very cool to see your growth.
Especially Aayush Shirodkar, Jyotsko Sengupta, Abhi Yadav and Tanmoy Mitra, we see how much work you do at home. Keep it going!

It was cool to see you started to make draws and even win against GMs!
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It was cool so many ChessMood members and PRO Members learning and practicing our variations.
There is no way not to raise rating with this good work.

Now, let's go to prizes.
It's tough to find 5 winners out of 100+ games.
Hopefully, if anyone of you will not be in the list, you'll not get upset and will continue working on chess and hitting your goals.

Here we go!

The 1st Prize goes to Hayk Khachikyan, for his crushing the Scandinavian with his brilliant Qh8 move!
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The 2nd Prize goes to Arman Shahzamani, for his crushing attack in Anti-Sicilian with 2.Nc3!

The 3rd Prize goes to Abhi Yadav, for crushing the Ufimcev with Grand Prix attack.

The 4rd Prize goes Jeffrey Cobb, for his Grand Prix attack and 98% accuracy ????

The 5th Prize... There were a few nice attacks by Aayush Shirodkar, Jyotsko Sengupta and TK.

We were not sure whom to give the 5th Prize, so we decided to give all of them. And not to share the Prize but to all of them give 75k MoodCoins.

Bonuses:

Fahad Rahman gets a prize- Best Tactic of May! ???? His 1...Nf4 and 1.Rd5 were very nice!

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Congratulations to all the winners!
See you in June's best games.

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Thanks a lot coach for your amazing lessons. Without your support I never thought to crush 2000+ players a lot. Thanks you.

Congrats to all champions and I wish all the chessmood members will rock in their upcoming events.

I did not win sadly. but I played such good games with such good attack and also analyzed it sooo well !

Hello Sir,

Thanks So Much, Sir for your Awesome lessons.

I Have Small I Doubt how can I claim The Coins?

p.s I am New Over moodcoins

Congratulations to all the winners. Nice job

Thank you Avetik sir and all chessmood GMs.when I first joined chessmood my ratings were near 2000+ but now 2200+ in blitz. I am happy to raise 200 points within two months.I hope to cross 2300 by the end of this year.

Hard work, patience and chesmood:)

Thanks a lot sir. I can not believe that I won a prize here. This is motivated me very much. All the progress of me for your lesson and all lose is for my own mistake.

Hey sir!I had a message that I'am an awesome member and gave me 20k moodcoins.Is this my award or an another gift?

Sir I got only 20K moodcoins. Maybe their is a problem. Plz check. Thank you..

wow

i won second prize , that's fantastic

Thanks coach , that makes me more motivated !

I also got 50k instead of 120 k

Maybe confused with the rewards of June?

Thanks for the recognition. I'm not as active as I'd like to be. A guy has to earn a dollar (euro, yen, whatever) but I come to the Chessmood site all the time. You guys are the best

Sorry guys, there was a mistake.
We'll fix it now, and the missing part of the prizes.

Congrats to all the winners!

PROs vs GM

Hey champions!
It was a very interesting game.
I checked it out and added a few comments.
See you next time :)

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The best chess book you have ever read

ChessMood Family!
What is the best chess book you have ever read?

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Positional Decision Making in Chess by Boris Gelfand

'' My System '' Aron Nimtzowitch

Oh wow, I have a ton of favorites!

I guess the one that helped me the most when I started was "How to reasses your chess" by Jeremy Silman.

I went from 1400 to 1600 elo after reading that one

All books I read are the best!

Pump up ur rating with axel smith

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson

Shereshevsky - Endgame Strategy

I am in the middle of this book currently! I am sure it will be my number 1 when I am done :)

My System by Aron Nimzovitch is, by far, the book that was most influential to making me a reasonably good player.

Hello !

Which Zurich 53 ? (Bronstein/Veinstein) or Najdorf ?

https://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-106-zurich-1953-by-najdorf

"Understanding Chess Move by Move" By John Nunn

"Chess Structures: A Grandmasters Guide" By Mauricio Flores Rios

These are my two favorites :)

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein

The complete end game course by Silman

How to Reassess Your Chess: Chess Mastery Through Chess Imbalances 4th Edition

I am working on Amateur's Mind

Τhe live endgames of Mikhail Tal

Positional play by Dvoretsky and Yusupov

Logical chess move by move by irving chernev which was recommended to me .. its a good book..

Grandmaster Preparation by Jacob Aagaard, specialy attack and deffence + strategic play,

Sir is it ok if my account were register abroad?i dnt have paypal or credit cards..i only ask my frnd abroad if he will register me in your pro section...ty sir...

how to reassess your chess by Jeremy Silman,Pump your rating by Axel Smith and Under the surface by Jan Markos

Best solving chessbooks for professional players (part - 1)

Hi ,

I am FM Nikhil Dixit from India .My current Fide rating is 2358 This is my first blog ever . in this blog i will help you with best books for professional players specially for 2000 and above .I have attached links so you can see preview or you can buy . so lets begin

1 . Perfect Your Chess by Andrei Volotikin and Vladimir Grabinksy

This is my personal favorite chess book . In this book There are 3 chapters namely make a move , find a win , answer a question and in each chapter there are 100 puzzle . first 40 are dedicated to Fide master level . from 41 to 80 are dedicated to International master level and last 20 are dedicated to grand master level . what i particularly like about this book is in answers volotikin gives practical example which relates in life .

http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/Perfect_Your_Chess.html

2. Recognizing Your opponent resources by Mark Dvoretsky

As we all know mark dvoretsky is best chess author ever . he have written various books on opening middle game and endgame . in this books he distributed content in 4 chapters namely

a. Pay attention to your opponents resources

b. the process of elimination

c. traps

d. prophylactic thinking

after solving this book you will learn how to find opponent resources . the book covers more than 500 problems with solutions . The first chapter of this book is difficult so my suggestion is start from last chapter otherwise you will get frustrated!

https://www.newinchess.com/recognizing-your-opponent-s-resources

3. Grandmaster preparation calculation by jacob aagaard

this is one of the bestsellers . Jacob aagaard is well known coach in world . in every book he brings excellent stuff . In this book he have given 10 chapters . in each chapters initially there where introduction and examples with solutions provided . after that there are so many practical problems given for each chapter or on each theme . this book is best for those who want to become complete master in middlegame . 10th chapter which name as difficult problems are like impossible for me . but definitely if you solve that problems your confidence level will take a boost .

https://www.amazon.in/Calculation-Grandmaster-Preparation-Jacob-Aagaard/dp/1907982302

this is my honest reviews about this 3 books

if you want more this type of blogs or if you have any suggestion let me know in the comment .

if you want to read part 2 of this blog , i have attached link below

https://www.chess.com/blog/baslyabaslya/best-solving-chess-books-for-professional-players-part-2

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Nice!

Nice. I read it already in past from your blogs. Thanks anyways. It will be in my future list of solving books. Right now I am doing basic one!!!

Problem

Hello. l want to play as promembre with GM avetik but I don t now what I can do. The link it's not able

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Become a pro member and you will be able to play against him and learn from all the courses and webinars!

For more info, kindly click the link in the bottom and you will find the benefits of becoming a Pro Member!

https://chessmood.com/become-a-pro

Any Changes in my Study Plan?

Coach as you know due to lock down I have too much time for chess prep so I am concerned about my prep and hoping to improve my game to the next level. In the bottom I am sharing my current study plan.

1. 2 hr chessmood opening prep plus an hr revision of the previous day studied opening lines.

2. I am going to start a book called "woodpecker method" for tactics and pattern practice.

3. I am doing revision of all chessmood classical games and I watch 5 games daily and after that I am going to work on old streams which I missed.

4. I am also doing a chess book called "Amateur's Mind " by Jeremy Silman.

That's all I am doing coach so kindly tell me if there is something more I need to add in my study plan so I will reach my 2000 first milestone. I am right now only 1465 FIDE rated. I will start playing more events whenever events will start in my country. I will not only play rated events but also I will play more club games so my board practice will be more better.

If you think there is something wrong in my approach then let me know. Yes my dream is to become a Grandmaster and I do know that it's not so simple task and I know it's complex but I won't give up and I will do everything so I can achieve my goals. Yes I lose and I cry, yes I work and fail and I cry but I know failure is essential for future success so I will not gonna give up on anything. I am 23 right now and upcoming 8 months I am fully free so if in this mean time I can achieve even 1700 FIDE elo then my family will start trusting me more and more so it will be easier for me to work more without limitations.

Thanks again sir!!!

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Hi Abhi, that a great plan. The woodpecker method is great. Used it all last year and I'm happy with the results. Keep up the COGRO!

BTW, whats your name on lichess? Ill send you a message....

I would advise you not to leave everything for chess... Kotov says the same in his book "Think like a GM". He was an engineer and studied chess on his free time. I know many people who quit everything and never managed to become top level players.

If you are talented you can do that on your free time, and you will get there, it will just take you a bit longer.

So, yeah, for the next 8 months sounds like a good plan ;)

Another last point is the importance of burning desire. I have that, Yes I feel down sometimes but it does not mean I quit. This is what coach told me when i met him. Abhi, if you have burning desire and you work in proper way then you can achieve your goals. That time my goal was to reach 2000 elo because I was so tired of losing games so I thought to give chessmood a try. In the end chessmood changed my life and game level so I changed my dream to become a GM and first milestone is to get 200 elo.

Yes, money matters and I will work on my skills and work on cracking job exams too.

"Amateur's Mind " by Jeremy Silman.

I've almost finished this, it's a great book!

Since you are a higher level player , you might benefit from his more advanced book , "How to reassess your chess". I've heard very good things, and I have it here, and I will read it after I've read the relevant chapters in his complete endgame course book.

Tomboy Web yes I will def. read that book too. I know that book but I never studied it. Now I am only focused on one book and later I will add more.

I like silman's books, Arthur Yusupov books, Devoretsky's books( right now it's a bit complex for me), Aagard books( complex for me), I love all those books which @chessmood recommends. Especially the book on Ulf Anderson.

My daily schedule now a days is:

2 hr on woodpecker method book and I solve around 30 positions of intermediate level .

3 hr 30 mins on middlegame using saint louis videos by Vazubian Akobian because I love how he explains positional play so I am analising daily 3 games of him and I try to answer his questions whenever he ask in video. Sometimes i fail sometimes i pass.

80 lessons i have by him and I planned to finish them in 25 days.

In openings I am on revision mode and going to revise 6 courses in next 9 days.

Benko Gambit, Anti Sicilians, d4 sidelines, Crush the Scandi, Accelerated Dragon and Maroczy Bind,

The Best Games of May and the Prizes

Hello ChessMood Family!
Welcome to the Best Games of May contest.
Under this post, we invite you to post your best games that you will play in May.

The Prize fund is 650K Moodcoins which is equal to 650$.

The 1st prize - 200k
The 2nd prize -150k
The 3rd prize- 120k
The 4th prize - 100k
The 5th prize - 75k

The winners of April's contest are:

1st place - Keok Woltek
2nd place- Dark Lord
3rd place - Abhi Yadav
4rd place- Fahad Rahman
5th place - Sriram M

Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood!
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move

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Just won a cool game by using the concept of initiative. French pawn grabber man and destroyed by my forces.

https://lichess.org/8AlnUOqm8Lr2

In this game white played my fav. sideline Alapin but messed up his opening and fell into weak d3 square and later punished by my forces.

https://lichess.org/gLuRTvtJoPF9

i want to play

First game of Scotch in May:

1. Rook Sac.

2. Exploited lack of co-ordination.

3. Final blow I saw before i sacrificed and Ne7!!!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4804607635

Here is a game in which I used the Petroff's defence trap and checkmated in 10.

Coach my games are in a different post because this wasn't up yet! lol

Won the queen then lost my own queen then pawn checkmate in the end heheh

https://lichess.org/2HisalG8UD1j

Tried to apply the concept of Game 1 Capablanca structure but failed a bit but still fun game and in the end mating net with king was cool.

https://lichess.org/KYAzAUR5chCp

French IQP turned into Alapin Pawn formation dxc5 lines so I was so familiar with the pawn formation so I played well.

https://lichess.org/kYOJ9wpmuyIW

Grand Prix setup against Philidor

https://lichess.org/cKlYD92hgZgP

g6 petroff crushed without studying lines

https://lichess.org/oXxYon0kcl70

I missed an early win in Abra- Ka- Dabra- Gambit but in the end I won by nice piece maneuvering. I hope people will stop posting these gambits online so people will never be misguided.

https://lichess.org/KGHTlXgDcoqZ

Dream position of Accelerated Dragon. Monster bishop on g7

https://lichess.org/45jCt3fQ60wu

f5 really?

Good knight bad bishop slow maneuvering but won

https://lichess.org/01N4T9RpRlFF

https://lichess.org/4mp1jIpxrnwV

Opening Gambit --- 14 Move Game Over(Quick Game)

https://lichess.org/M2M6SU66#27

Opening Queen Trap (Pawn Sac)

https://lichess.org/mwzc0w4t#30

Crushing Kingside Attack !!

https://lichess.org/exUvOWakIysp

Qh4 line so Morphy's idea of giving up g2 and play for activity.

https://lichess.org/1Zp94JZiEsuY

Full Aggression From Opening

Ended With Knight Mate!

https://www.chess.com/live#g=4813719686

Another cool blitz game won with bird opening. I am an aggresive player and use my opponent's mistakes to punish them quickly. Made only 1 inaccuracy according to Stockfish 9, which I use to analyse my games. Blitz rating on lichess.org : 1863

I am playing against the advance variation of french defence taking advantage of a horrible blunder.

I haven't studied the chessmood lines against Philidor setup bec I am working on scotch and sicilians. but I played the line in that I loved in past. Not a super cool piece sac but loved it.

Note: Learning initiative and improving skillls of finding opponent's resources

https://lichess.org/qeVpDWSM8gDU

Here I played a Benko Gambit against an FM in a charity stream. Almost won! But lost on time... :( I still think I played well.

You dont often get to use this trap in the Acc. Dragon, but it is always fun when you do!

https://www.chess.com/a/6sEpJNxvZwLa

LONDON SYSTEM

https://lichess.org/UQfJYqNW1a6a

Development Advantage! From The Opening

I Love The Move 13.e6!!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4827056633

Kept The Pressure From The Starting

No Hurry!!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4827035778

I Don't Think It Is A Good Game But...

A Game To Been Shown

I Miss A Tactics In The Opening And I Am a Rook Down But I "Never Resign"

So I Played With Right Mood

And End I Won The Game!!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4827020483

Trade-Trade-Trade and lost.

https://lichess.org/x1MX35rctaay

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4830779534

Middlegame light square complex used for attacking

Crushing a +2350 player on lichess with the line that i recently learned from GM Avetik !

Grandprix attack against the sicilian

Enjoy !

https://lichess.org/BJP9xCFFNUCO

Beating IM with Tactics.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4831278356

A small and simple win of a novice player.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4831790063

A small trap Nxf2 I allowed then mate hehehe.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4832306342

won by luck

https://lichess.org/5p10H9bdDINl

Win with Scotch. Before this course I always try to get Ruy Lopez position. But when not get Ruy Lopez then can not understand how should I approach. But Scotch is more flexible to handle.

I am really happy and I wanted to share this with you all:

My first draw against a GM in a lichess tournament, the GM is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Oms_Pallise

And the game is : https://lichess.org/OnHmHQEruLVT

Let's keep cogrowing!

https://lichess.org/rsixQeNW/white

complete domination in endgame!B vs N

He attacked then I counterattacked. My king was weak but i saved

https://lichess.org/KskDcTYjoyks

A nice game on one of the main line of owen defense!

Beautiful checkmate in 17 moves. Anti-Sicilian is also good for black.

https://lichess.org/3OMrRlXFz79j

The clash between chessmood members. I made a horrible mouse slip Qd2. But then got sufficient lead in development and eventually win.

https://lichess.org/2AGXtE0K/black#0

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4815933683

I played tiger and mouse with my opponent!!

A good game with a tactical pattern I remembered from many tactics training that everyone should know!

https://www.chess.com/a/37ZFfkAUWZwLa

Mouse slip d5 but queen trap

https://lichess.org/jG2DJ8xv

https://lichess.org/8nxAaaftpassive opening center open crushed

I blundered in the middle and also missed win in the middle. It is almost lost . In previous days I would have resigned. But now I keep cool my mind try to play till the end. Then win. It is not my best game although my mindset is much better than 1 month before.

https://lichess.org/NrZ1jSFyweak light square complexes

I do not know theoretically I played it okay with c5 or not but still fine attacking game. Love rook lifts whenever I can!!

https://lichess.org/yim7KtcuYgZJ

Beating IM & Smith Morra gambit.

https://lichess.org/5oh8knFp/black#65

Beating FM. I am happy that I see move 33.Re7 with the idea Re5 and Rg5 mate.

Likely the only time I'll ever beat a GM in any time control or any circumstance

Crushing attack with 2. Nc3 against Sicilian

one miss by allowing Qxc2 counterplay but overall fine space win game. I haven't studied the theory of Philidor but I remembered what coach said in stream that Aronian said g3 is better and bec of last session of typical opening mistakes and my past knowledge of Adams attack I outplayed him.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4857238370

I had forgotten the lines after 6. ... Ne7 before playing ... d6, how to punish. But remembered that is advantage for me. And again Scotch get victory for me.

https://lichess.org/Yjd4YLpUnar0

just lucky game. I became passive and he messed up

https://lichess.org/0tnHR4JAu6sP

Winning again with Scotch. I fall in love with this opening.

I have just learn the h4 novelty today ! In this weak I am working with Scotch and win every game with Scotch in this weak.

I won't say it's a very good game by me but still okay. I am learning about imbalances from Silman's Amateur mind and on chapter two. Which covers how to play when u have center. So I tried to apply the concept in this game. Yeah at some point I messed up but it's a part of learning I know.

Now what's great about this game is my king's maneuver and he forgot his queen will be trapped on a4 hehehe.

https://lichess.org/yEbNhJgKirdB

I know opening was terrible from my side but I applied concepts from three sources.

One from chessmood's bishop interactive session.

Second Silman's book "Amateur's Mind"

Third Lessons on space that when you have space on one side of board then try to open it and here I got space on both sides but I was able to open queenside so I did and he also blunded in the middlegame but still fun closed game for me.

https://lichess.org/Ie3dMpKQEDQn

https://www.chess.com/daily/game/263941958

Chessmood AD Rocks. His move was new Nd5 but Nxd2!

French crush!

I crushed the caro-kann with a good attack.Also my opponent never got a counterplay.

Passive play. King exposed so punishment.

https://lichess.org/cCglXofjpeY0

Yes I need to work on openings but I messed up ideas and won by luck.

https://lichess.org/eZPNOTDfwF86

Started in April but ended in MAY.

https://www.chess.com/daily/game/260619924

I have blundered the advantage but again keep cool my mind and in the end another cracking.

Correspondance game against chessmood FM.

https://lichess.org/vPiHh9WzIZz4

Some mistakes but still ok game.

https://lichess.org/zQe3S2vtz0pa

https://lichess.org/e0R81rNYwAXU

He blunded the piece. Most players below 2000 or even at 2000 level do not know about d6 and pawn down queenside pressure line. all goes for Bg7 and face e5 Bf4 ideas.

I am so happy that I am moving towards 2100 on lichess. On chess.com my best win is against 2461 and today on lichess I got my best win against 2142.

First of all he was confused by ChessMood openings and then he made a huge positional blunder by playing Be6 which gave me free pawn by double attack. Yes I may be missed early win but I like to do slow winning if I am winning.

Note: What I learnt in past one month that if you have a winning position then there is no need to complicate things but just slowly improve position and you will soon get win.

https://lichess.org/NMNalUvVqNq0

I was behind in development but I am glad I luckily allowed to castle hehehe.

https://lichess.org/n5nB8cfl#45

A fine win with a nice tactic in the end

i can say mate of the day for me

https://lichess.org/sFYCM0up

Happily I can say its mate of the day for me.

This kind of game motivate me. yeah engine can may be find defense after my sac on g5 but I just love to apply the concepts that i studied in past

learning bjt still fun

https://lichess.org/nUAMEw49

Nxe4 trick

https://lichess.org/fmQ9GK0C

fighting spirit chessmood concept. Won on time in a lost position.

https://lichess.org/RY6s6gHw

Symmetrical English

Dream Benko

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4882840069

Beating FM with a counterattack.Also game ended by a queen sacrifice!

Here is a grand prix attack that I would have never played (exposing the king like this). After watching the Chessmood video on crushing Sicilian Sidelines, however, and a few GM game analyses I decided to try. Thanks Chessmood!

https://www.chess.com/live#g=4891985026

Very Nice I Not Allow The Knight On B8 To Come In Th Game!

Better Pieces!

this is my game :

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4847975825

Many blunders but still fun game n the end

https://lichess.org/seoyR1kH#47

Survived a wild attack..

Some tactics.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4895859889

btw I am really excited for your new courses!

Beating positionally and slowly.

https://www.chesskid.com/fastchess/game/24921637

My real name is Jaylen Lenear. This game was none stop forward chess even tho that wasn't my intention those were just the best moves in my opinion

Just a lucky game.

https://lichess.org/OmsvhuwmG11E

I manage to save a loosing game.

Won by luck .

https://lichess.org/qrTtaA37p0Wj

Attack,tactic,strategy,endgame,Won.

A game where all my pieces are hanging at move 12. FM got crushed quickly. Beautiful sacrifices and more. consider watching.

https://lichess.org/f7es3eUT/black

This one was fun! I am sure you will enjoy the finish as much as I did!

Not a big fan of 3/2, but tried a few games in Chessmood tournament. No fun getting roughed up by guys 700 points stronger than me, but here's one that went my way.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/4901708653

Rivaling @GMAvetik for computer scoring

I wont say it's a perfect game but I played today this bullet. I am not a big fan of bullet but I played it.

Final mating net was so cool.

https://lichess.org/wilF1oYy?fbclid=IwAR0nDZS8zQ7PEk4B_FTOcFsuq7-4j-ABiB2g-Hw1vlK-ny60lQr9DmoIeiE#33

Another entry and another pretty good accuracy score

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/4906083303

Never let your opponent breathe!

Here is one of my games using chessmood opening that makes a BIG difference!

https://lichess.org/rO89rbtc#0

Thanks Avetik!

Opening Advantage!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4891985026

I play Black

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4896204001

I play Black

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4912749237

I feel not super great whenever I beat my bestie I have two besties now. But still chess is so cruel sometimes and we all pllay for win. Here is my 23 move encounter in which I gave her no chance to play . Still I love her game. She is 55 and hoping to become an NM but due to her age hard for her to work like young guys like me or others are doing.

https://www.chess.com/daily/game/258915816?fbclid=IwAR3jBzpA_5E7RXBLgnRljH9YZ9AiyQlZYI2EubEceYtVRgV-6f1X22OCEJE

https://www.chess.com/live?#g=4913952151

An all-out attacking game against the Czech Pirc (and I haven't even seen the course yet)!

https://www.chess.com/live?#g=4913952151

Only 16 moves!

Pretty Funny Game !

1st I was Losing Then Winning Then I Blunder The Queen(Losing) I Fight Till End I Was Finally Winning(Queen Down) Then.......I Lost On Time!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4914390395

I Took Advantage Of My Opponent's UnDevelop Piece!

I Like The 18th Move Re5!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4914459818

Hi friends,

I am a new Pro member.

I wish you like the following game that I've played with white.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4915597313

comeback win

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2020.05.27"]

[Round "-"]

[White "kangaroomath1"]

[Black "lumunba"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D10"]

[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Slav-Defense-Exchange-Variation-3...cxd5-4.Nc3"]

[CurrentPosition "3k4/5K2/4P3/8/8/8/8/8 b - -"]

[Timezone "UTC"]

[UTCDate "2020.05.27"]

[UTCTime "19:14:59"]

[WhiteElo "1276"]

[BlackElo "1212"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

[Termination "kangaroomath1 won by resignation"]

[StartTime "19:14:59"]

[EndDate "2020.05.27"]

[EndTime "19:41:38"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/4916144280"]

1. d4 {[%clk 0:15:08.2]} 1... d5 {[%clk 0:15:08.8]} 2. c4 {[%clk 0:15:12.1]}

2... c6 {[%clk 0:15:06.1]} 3. cxd5 {[%clk 0:15:16.1]} 3... cxd5 {[%clk

0:15:10.7]} 4. Nc3 {[%clk 0:15:20.8]} 4... e6 {[%clk 0:15:18.2]} 5. Bf4 {[%clk

0:15:27.7]} 5... Nc6 {[%clk 0:15:23.8]} 6. Nf3 {[%clk 0:15:33.4]} 6... Bb4

{[%clk 0:15:27]} 7. h3 {[%clk 0:15:38.8]} 7... Nf6 {[%clk 0:15:33.4]} 8. e3

{[%clk 0:15:46.7]} 8... Ne4 {[%clk 0:15:40.3]} 9. Qc2 {[%clk 0:15:53.5]} 9...

Bxc3+ {[%clk 0:15:48.5]} 10. bxc3 {[%clk 0:15:56.2]} 10... O-O {[%clk

0:15:55.1]} 11. Bd3 {[%clk 0:16:04.1]} 11... f5 {[%clk 0:15:56.9]} 12. Ne5

{[%clk 0:16:07.8]} 12... Nxe5 {[%clk 0:16:03.4]} 13. Bxe5 {[%clk 0:16:16.2]}

13... Ng5 {[%clk 0:16:05.3]} 14. f4 {[%clk 0:15:03.8]} 14... Nf7 {[%clk

0:15:53.8]} 15. Qf2 {[%clk 0:15:07.8]} 15... Qa5 {[%clk 0:15:45.5]} 16. Qb2

{[%clk 0:14:42.8]} 16... a6 {[%clk 0:15:11]} 17. Qb4 {[%clk 0:14:09.6]} 17...

Qd8 {[%clk 0:15:02.8]} 18. O-O {[%clk 0:14:06.1]} 18... b5 {[%clk 0:14:54.5]}

19. Qc5 {[%clk 0:14:13]} 19... Bd7 {[%clk 0:14:54.9]} 20. Qc7 {[%clk 0:14:14.4]}

20... Qe8 {[%clk 0:14:56.2]} 21. Bd6 {[%clk 0:14:08.9]} 21... Rc8 {[%clk

0:15:00.5]} 22. Qb6 {[%clk 0:14:06.2]} 22... Nxd6 {[%clk 0:15:01.5]} 23. Qxd6

{[%clk 0:14:05.4]} 23... Rxc3 {[%clk 0:15:07.2]} 24. Rfd1 {[%clk 0:13:51.1]}

24... Rc6 {[%clk 0:14:56.5]} 25. Qb4 {[%clk 0:13:31.8]} 25... Qc8 {[%clk

0:14:20.3]} 26. Qb2 {[%clk 0:12:43.1]} 26... Be8 {[%clk 0:14:14.4]} 27. Rac1

{[%clk 0:12:50]} 27... Rxc1 {[%clk 0:14:17.3]} 28. Rxc1 {[%clk 0:12:55.8]} 28...

Qb8 {[%clk 0:14:25.5]} 29. Qc3 {[%clk 0:12:07.9]} 29... Bd7 {[%clk 0:14:29.3]}

30. Qc7 {[%clk 0:12:01.5]} 30... Qxc7 {[%clk 0:14:32.9]} 31. Rxc7 {[%clk

0:11:49.5]} 31... Rd8 {[%clk 0:14:36.8]} 32. g4 {[%clk 0:11:26.9]} 32... fxg4

{[%clk 0:14:33.4]} 33. hxg4 {[%clk 0:11:34.6]} 33... e5 {[%clk 0:14:35.9]} 34.

g5 {[%clk 0:11:34.6]} 34... e4 {[%clk 0:14:43.1]} 35. Bc2 {[%clk 0:11:30.8]}

35... g6 {[%clk 0:14:45.1]} 36. Bb3 {[%clk 0:11:30.5]} 36... Be6 {[%clk

0:14:42.6]} 37. Rc6 {[%clk 0:10:58.8]} 37... Bf7 {[%clk 0:14:47]} 38. Rxa6

{[%clk 0:11:04.4]} 38... Rc8 {[%clk 0:14:53.5]} 39. Rb6 {[%clk 0:10:51.8]} 39...

Rc3 {[%clk 0:15:00]} 40. Kf2 {[%clk 0:10:51.1]} 40... Rd3 {[%clk 0:14:59.9]} 41.

Rxb5 {[%clk 0:10:50]} 41... Rd2+ {[%clk 0:15:06.3]} 42. Ke1 {[%clk 0:10:56.9]}

42... Rh2 {[%clk 0:15:07.5]} 43. a4 {[%clk 0:10:55.2]} 43... h6 {[%clk

0:15:08.6]} 44. gxh6 {[%clk 0:10:28.4]} 44... Rxh6 {[%clk 0:15:01.2]} 45. Bxd5

{[%clk 0:10:13.5]} 45... Bxd5 {[%clk 0:14:59.7]} 46. Rxd5 {[%clk 0:10:18.9]}

46... Rh7 {[%clk 0:15:06.2]} 47. a5 {[%clk 0:10:18.1]} 47... Ra7 {[%clk

0:15:05.4]} 48. f5 {[%clk 0:10:15.7]} 48... g5 {[%clk 0:15:11.7]} 49. Kf2 {[%clk

0:10:20.7]} 49... Kg7 {[%clk 0:15:19.4]} 50. Kg3 {[%clk 0:10:26.3]} 50... Kh6

{[%clk 0:15:27.3]} 51. Kg4 {[%clk 0:10:24.5]} 51... Rb7 {[%clk 0:15:27.2]} 52.

a6 {[%clk 0:10:15.8]} 52... Ra7 {[%clk 0:15:25.8]} 53. Rd6+ {[%clk 0:10:18.6]}

53... Kh7 {[%clk 0:15:31.3]} 54. Kxg5 {[%clk 0:10:23.6]} 54... Ra8 {[%clk

0:15:32]} 55. Kf4 {[%clk 0:10:28.8]} 55... Re8 {[%clk 0:15:38.1]} 56. a7 {[%clk

0:10:35.8]} 56... Kg8 {[%clk 0:15:41.9]} 57. Ra6 {[%clk 0:10:39.2]} 57... Ra8

{[%clk 0:15:47.6]} 58. f6 {[%clk 0:10:44.2]} 58... Kf8 {[%clk 0:15:53.5]} 59.

Kxe4 {[%clk 0:10:51.3]} 59... Kf7 {[%clk 0:15:56.3]} 60. Kf5 {[%clk 0:10:55.8]}

60... Kf8 {[%clk 0:15:58.7]} 61. Kg6 {[%clk 0:11:02.9]} 61... Kg8 {[%clk

0:16:06.3]} 62. f7+ {[%clk 0:11:08.8]} 62... Kf8 {[%clk 0:16:14.8]} 63. Kf6

{[%clk 0:11:13.3]} 63... Rxa7 {[%clk 0:16:15.4]} 64. Re6 {[%clk 0:11:02.6]}

64... Rxf7+ {[%clk 0:16:18.3]} 65. Ke5 {[%clk 0:11:09.7]} 65... Rf1 {[%clk

0:16:23.9]} 66. e4 {[%clk 0:11:16.8]} 66... Kf7 {[%clk 0:16:20.3]} 67. d5 {[%clk

0:11:22.5]} 67... Rf3 {[%clk 0:16:15.9]} 68. Kd6 {[%clk 0:11:30]} 68... Ra3

{[%clk 0:16:14.2]} 69. e5 {[%clk 0:11:30.1]} 69... Ra6+ {[%clk 0:16:20.3]} 70.

Kd7 {[%clk 0:11:37.5]} 70... Ra7+ {[%clk 0:16:27.8]} 71. Kc6 {[%clk 0:11:45]}

71... Ra6+ {[%clk 0:16:35.1]} 72. Kc5 {[%clk 0:11:45.2]} 72... Rxe6 {[%clk

0:16:43.3]} 73. dxe6+ {[%clk 0:11:51.7]} 73... Kxe6 {[%clk 0:16:51.9]} 74. Kd4

{[%clk 0:12:00.1]} 74... Ke7 {[%clk 0:17:00.4]} 75. Kd5 {[%clk 0:12:07.6]} 75...

Kd7 {[%clk 0:17:07.5]} 76. e6+ {[%clk 0:12:15.2]} 76... Ke7 {[%clk 0:17:16.4]}

77. Ke5 {[%clk 0:12:23.9]} 77... Ke8 {[%clk 0:17:25.2]} 78. Kf6 {[%clk

0:12:32.5]} 78... Kd8 {[%clk 0:17:33.8]} 79. Kf7 {[%clk 0:12:40.1]} 1-0