Welcome to Birthday Party

Dear ChessMood Family. 
Today we became 1 year old! 
You are welcome to wish good things to us :) 
Thanks for all your support, especially those who grow and help others on their way.

P.S 
If you want to join our birthday party, let us know.  You can come with cake or without :D 

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Happy Birthday ChessMood! What a wonderful year it has been! I look forward to many more to come!

Happy birthday! Enjoy the party & cake ;-)

Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for times ahead.

When to exchange the queens and when not

The mistake that costs title Champion of Thailand

Today finished Thailand Championship.
A very tough fight was going between one of our ChessMood PRO Members Thanadon Kulpruethanon and Tupfah Khunokaew, a very talented and underrated guy.

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Tactics Challenge

Anyone want to participate in a tactics challenge? I was thinking % improvement on chesstempo over the course of 2 weeks? The goal being to promote working on tactics consistently.  I don't know what the reward would be for the winner, but I would be willing to buy a t-shirt or something if we can get 5+ people to participate. 

-Matt

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I am in!

Whoever joins I say we keep things uniform and use chesstempo, standard, medium difficulty.  If people want something different I am fine with that too. 

Jay how are the tactics coming? I'm stalled around 1650 standard. Lets give it one more week and see who is ahead? 

Matt

How’s it looking Jay? I made it up to 1704!

Matt

Must-know ideas in Maroczy structure

Black to move. How to play? 

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Bd4 to move the white king to the corner of the board.

1)Bd7 to bring the rooks on the half open b and c files, thus starting to put pressure on white's queenside. 

2) Bd4+ Kh1 Bd7 ... with the same idea.

3) ( not that good) f5 exf5 Bxf5, trying to bring the bishop on the active b1h7 diagonal and accelerating the developement of rooks. 

I remember the concept!

Forcing opponent's king to corner is always great in these kind of structures so he will have to lose a tempo in future king's activity.

In last stream about opening mistakes your student played Bd4+ and he missed that white can play Kf1 so there Bd4 was useless because of the f1 square.

Here in this position rook is on f1 so it's good idea to force him to go to corner first then Bd7. So the move is Bd4+ here.

Acclerated dragon

https://www.chess.com/live#g=4482911535

Sir, Many players are playing with 0-0-0 how to continue.Sir it is becoming very hard to play with black.Sir can you please give any suggestion.

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Yeah nice point friend. Frankly at a level of 2000 chess.com blitz I face so many Bc4 Re8 main lines and when Avetik sir played against 2000 players on chess.com no one play Bc4 Bb3 lines.

I rarely face maroczy setup so I am also interested to know what coach will suggest here.

Stopping varying results

Hi chessmood family! 

I'm a 2076 fide rated player and for the past 4 years I've been bouncing between 2000 and 2100. Every time I get to 2100 or close to, I start playing bad, for some months until I get all the way back to low 2000. 

Latest example is 2019. I started with 2001 rating, and after 6 months I had 2113, where every tournament I had a performance between 2150-2300, and the lower ones like 2150 I always played horrible in the last half of the tournament. Now I lose to 1900 and 2000 players, and my games are just bad. And I'm slowly going down again. 

Do you have any tips to stop getting in the wrong mood? I'm guessing that's the reason I can't get a steady rating. Please let me know if you want more information. 

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How to play against Philidor Defense? A step-by-step course is ready!

Another step-by-step course is uploaded ????
This time - how to play against Philidor defense.

Covered all the lines:
✅Main line with ed4
✅Larsen line with g6
✅Hanham Variation (old lines)
✅3...Nf6
✅Modern Philidor Defense
✅Gambits 

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GM Avetik, will the course be available in the courses section? 

Ideas issue in classic game 2

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Philidor Hanham Carlsen -Radjabov

Hi GM Avetik, I think there is an improvement in the move order for Black in Carlsen - Radjabov with 11...exd4 instead of 11...b4. The point is that after 12. Qxd4 b4 13. Nce2 bxa3 White no longer has the strong Re3 maneouver because after 14. Ra3 d5! 15. Re3 is met by Bc5. So he has to go back with 15. Ra1 (Rc3 seems risky) Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 and Black has 2 Bs, White's Kside is open, and Ne2 is pinned at the moment.

If 13. Nce2 bxa3 14.b3 or bxa3, then Nxg4 wins a pawn because of ...Bf6 threat.

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Hey Man! 
Yes, you are correct. In the next video, you may see that as the best move in the opening, I recommend going a4 for white. 
Carlsen- Radjabov was just a model game with this variation. 

Is igm Karen family of our founder

I read a story at chessbase About Karen griforyan, is hé family of our founder

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Nope, he is not :) 

3.Bc4?

Coach, which video section discusses this move order? 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb4 or some transposition? I know to play 3...e6 but then 4.Nc3 and I wasn't sure if we play 4...g6 or 4...Nf6 and how to handle it after 5.d4.  

Thank you! 

Matt

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Hey Matt! 
The best is what I have shown during the streams. e6 with Nf6 and d5. If white goes e5 attacking the f6 knight, anyway d5! Attacking his bishop on c4. 
I'll add in Sicilian sidelines course. 

Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov vs Garry Kasparov 1981

Truely I am impressed by how Kasparov played this game. I do not understand opening well it's like mixture of King's indian and Benko but I learnt the following things:

1. Power of bishop pair in an open position.

2. Compensation of two sacrificed pawns for activity.

3. Piece mobility and especially white's all pieces were in queenside so king was unsafe and black used this to create some attacking ideas.

4. The b5 new benko mixture was new for me.  I also never saw this Bg5 move in king's indian because I only saw two games in chessmood so I do not know what is best line against Bg5 .

During the analysis of game, author said it's not a good line for black

Still a lot I miss but it's fun to learn something drop by drop I can fill the glass.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069918

Let me know what you think guys? 

Any suggestions if I miss some concepts.

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Another typical concept I am learning is to sac one or two pawns but play with active pieces instead of passive ones so I also loved when he sacrificed the c5 pawn for activity.

Blog request

Coach kindly made a good article about what is chess?

The reason behind this request is as you know my grop @chesslectures. Most people are beginners and they think chess is a game of tricks, traps, luck. I tried my best to write an article about chess is a game based on strategy and there I wrote study plan fom beginners to 1600 level but I think if you make an article whenever u will find time in chessmood community then it will be like a boom for all beginners and they will listen your advice and give more value to it.

Even though I do study wiith WCM and I studied with my coach and I have a lot experience in how beginners and intermediate players make mistakes in their study but still rating matters. I am 1465, mmost people ignore my article even if I guide them right. They think hey man, you are 1465 , go learn first then teach. I think they are half right and half wrong. Half right is yes I need to learn a lot still but half wrong because they do not know my experience in the field of research. I done a lot analysis in past about how to improve in chess but issue is I done research late. It's because in past we had speed of 10kb/s.

Just hoping to help misguided beginners. I hope one day you will find time for article too.

Thanks for your support.

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The Best Games of January and the Prize

ChessMood Family! 
Under this post, we invite you to post your best games that you will play in January.
The Winner will get a 1-month PRO Membership in ChessMood.
Let's go! 

P.S The winner of December is Robert Piliposyan!  

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My first Scotch kill of the month  heheheh.

I win most of the time if anyone take on d4. Now with experience I understand that why this move is so so bad. So with the combination of chessmood's idea and my experience I crushed him like a melon.

Note- I use melon as cool way not as an insult.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4367717920?username=abhi_chess_gm

Here is a game I played from the 6th Annual Gulf Coast New Year's Open played in Estero, Florida-USA. This game gave me a plus score for the tournament, first time that's happened in a while, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss 

The opening is the Smith-Morra Gambit, which has not been covered in our opening courses. I played Diego back in October and was prepared for his Sicilian counter. During post-game analysis of the October game, I discovered 3. Nf6 as an improvement over the 3. Nc6 I played in that game. A testament to post-game analysis, pre-game preparation (reviewed the games of players in the tournament I had previously played), and the value of a good database for research.

https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=yaHRKLtOzco1zIdCud6w71AoCmeEBdixafMgqduNs/tWg3aNLUqQD+YC1nD/oVnc

demolished in caro-kann defence with a very tricky trap, even engine don't understand what's going on, it's worth investigating :)

https://lichess.org/vAUM7BeS9veO

A Benko bashing!

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/4383345231?tab=analysis

I like to attack with pawns!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4388631673

Hi.. all. I am Ratheesh, a chess enthusiast from India. my rating is FIDE1003 (i 've played only one tournament in my life). here I am posting one the games which I 've played in chess.com. I know that the game is not so good and have many mistakes. but I feel that I 've perfectly played the ending(B vs N) from an equal position. 

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4391017737

Hello chess lovers! Giorgos Kechahias here and I have a very interesting game for ypu, played on lichess.org with a rapid 10+0 time control. I made only one inaccuracy in this game, but this innacuracy is not inaccuracy, because it was my decision to go for king's gambit, and especially bishop's gambit, which is a very sharp line. I hope my game will be an example for players who want to learn this opening. I am playing white. Sorry for not being able to upload the file.

1.e4 e5  2.f4 exf4  3. Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1  5. d4 Bd6  6. Nf3 Qh5  7. Bxf4 Nf6  8. e5 Ne4  9. Qd3 d5  10. Bxd5 Bf5  11. Bxe4 Bxe4  12. Qxe4 O-O  13. Nc3 f5  14. Qxb7 Nd7  15. Qd5+ Rf7  16. e6

https://lichess.org/WavAA5jpU1rX

[Event "Rated Rapid game"][Site "https://lichess.org/fZiwT08F"][Date "2020.01.18"][Round "-"][White "Anann3333"][Black "nirunkn"][Result "1-0"][UTCDate "2020.01.18"][UTCTime "09:44:03"][WhiteElo "1919"][BlackElo "2149"][WhiteRatingDiff "+46"][BlackRatingDiff "-10"][Variant "Standard"][TimeControl "600+3"][ECO "D02"][Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System"][Termination "Normal"][Annotator "lichess.org"]1. d4 { [%clk 0:10:00] } Nf6 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 2. Bf4 { [%clk 0:10:02] } d5 { [%clk 0:09:59] } 3. Nf3 { [%clk 0:10:04] } { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: London System } e6 { [%clk 0:09:58] } 4. Nbd2 { [%clk 0:10:06] } c5 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 5. c3 { [%clk 0:10:08] } Nc6 { [%clk 0:10:01] } 6. e3 { [%clk 0:10:10] } Bd6 { [%clk 0:10:03] } 7. Bg3 { [%clk 0:10:10] } O-O { [%clk 0:10:05] } 8. Be2 { [%clk 0:10:04] } a6 { [%clk 0:10:07] } 9. a3 { [%clk 0:09:57] } b5 { [%clk 0:10:07] } 10. b4 { [%clk 0:09:57] } cxd4 { [%clk 0:09:48] } 11. cxd4 { [%clk 0:09:59] } Re8 { [%clk 0:09:44] } 12. Nb3 { [%clk 0:09:47] } e5 { [%clk 0:09:35] } 13. Nc5 { [%clk 0:09:44] } e4 { [%clk 0:09:26] } 14. Nd2 { [%clk 0:09:33] } Qe7 { [%clk 0:09:16] } 15. Bh4 { [%clk 0:08:58] } h6 { [%clk 0:08:53] } 16. Rc1 { [%clk 0:08:35] } Bd7 { [%clk 0:08:51] } 17. Qb3 { [%clk 0:07:57] } g5 { [%clk 0:08:18] } 18. Bg3 { [%clk 0:07:44] } h5 { [%clk 0:07:17] } 19. Bxh5 { [%clk 0:06:34] } Bxc5 { [%clk 0:06:17] } 20. Rxc5 { [%clk 0:06:14] } Nxh5 { [%clk 0:06:14] } 21. Qxd5 { [%clk 0:06:04] } Rac8 { [%clk 0:05:26] } 22. Bd6 { [%clk 0:05:17] } Be6 { [%clk 0:04:57] } 23. Qxg5+ { [%clk 0:04:43] } Qxg5 { [%clk 0:04:57] } 24. Rxg5+ { [%clk 0:04:44] } Ng7 { [%clk 0:04:58] } 25. Nxe4 { [%clk 0:04:12] } Kh8 { [%clk 0:04:50] } 26. O-O { [%clk 0:03:37] } Bc4 { [%clk 0:04:39] } 27. Rg4 { [%clk 0:03:09] } Rxe4 { [%clk 0:04:11] } 28. Rxe4 { [%clk 0:03:05] } Bxf1 { [%clk 0:04:09] } 29. Kxf1 { [%clk 0:02:55] } Kg8 { [%clk 0:03:57] } 30. d5 { [%clk 0:02:43] } Re8 { [%clk 0:03:28] } 31. Rxe8+ { [%clk 0:01:41] } Nxe8 { [%clk 0:03:29] } 32. Bc5 { [%clk 0:01:22] } Ne5 { [%clk 0:03:25] } 33. Ke2 { [%clk 0:01:12] } Nc4 { [%clk 0:03:21] } 34. e4 { [%clk 0:01:08] } Nxa3 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 35. f4 { [%clk 0:01:02] } Nc4 { [%clk 0:03:02] } 36. e5 { [%clk 0:01:00] } Nc7 { [%clk 0:02:41] } 37. d6 { [%clk 0:01:02] } Ne6 { [%clk 0:02:27] } 38. Kf3 { [%clk 0:00:44] } Nxc5 { [%clk 0:02:20] } 39. bxc5 { [%clk 0:00:46] } Kf8 { [%clk 0:02:09] } 40. Ke4 { [%clk 0:00:46] } Ke8 { [%clk 0:02:05] } 41. c6 { [%clk 0:00:41] } Na5 { [%clk 0:02:01] } 42. Kd5 { [%clk 0:00:20] } b4 { [%clk 0:01:58] } 43. c7 { [%clk 0:00:19] } Kd7 { [%clk 0:01:56] } 44. f5 { [%clk 0:00:21] } b3 { [%clk 0:01:26] } 45. e6+ { [%clk 0:00:23] } fxe6+ { [%clk 0:01:26] } 46. fxe6+ { [%clk 0:00:25] } Kc8 { [%clk 0:01:25] } 47. e7 { [%clk 0:00:17] } Kd7 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 48. e8=Q+ { [%clk 0:00:10] } Kxe8 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 49. c8=Q+ { [%clk 0:00:11] } Kf7 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 50. Qe6+ { [%clk 0:00:12] } Kg7 { [%clk 0:00:30] } 51. Qe7+ { [%clk 0:00:13] } Kg6 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 52. Qe4+ { [%clk 0:00:12] } Kg7 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 53. d7 { [%clk 0:00:08] } Kf6 { [%clk 0:00:33] } 54. d8=Q+ { [%clk 0:00:08] } Kf7 { [%clk 0:00:35] } 55. Qde7+ { [%clk 0:00:09] } Kg8 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 56. Qg6+ { [%clk 0:00:12] } Kh8 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 57. Qeh7# { [%clk 0:00:11] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

Did I ever tell you my family lineage is Scottish? Maybe that is why i love the Scotch so much!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4412929474

Here is my blitz game against Candidate Master from Saudi Arabia  Abdulrahman Masrahi

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4387601404

Though he blundered very bad I think I got fairly better position before the blunder, due to superior opening prep (chessmood's hyper accelerated dragon)

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020-armenian-womens-championship/04-Khachatryan_Anna-Ambarjyan_Tereza

My best game in Armenian Championship)) 

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4411511764?username=abhi_chess_gm

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4411501603?username=abhi_chess_gm

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4410743304?username=abhi_chess_gm

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4411511764?username=abhi_chess_gm

Some games above, Some mistakes but still fun!

Nighmare of Rosolimo. My opponent gave me so much chances.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4407488478

Attacking is fun!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4419081319

White {Khachatryan Mikayel}

Black{Hakhinyan David}

Tournament{10-th Andranik Margaryan Memorial}

1)d4-Nf6 2)c4-c5 3)d5-b5 4)cb-a6 5)ba-Ba6 6)Nc3-Bg7 7)e4-Bf1 8)Kf1-d6 9)g3-Bg7 10)Kg2-o-o 11)Nf3-Nbd7 12)h3-Qa5 13)Qe2-Rfb8 14)Nd2-Qa6 15)Qa6-Ra6 16)f4-Nb6 17)Rf1-Na4 18)Rf3-Nb2 19)a4-Rb4 20)a5-Rc4 21)Nc4-Rc4 22)e5-Ne8 23)Re3-de 24)fe-Rc3 25)Rc3-Bg7 26)Bd2-Bc3 27)Bc3-Nc7 28)Rb1-f6 29)Rb6-Ra8 30)Rc6-Nd5 31)Bd2-Kf7 32)Rc5-Ke6 33)Kf3-Kd6 34)Rc4-e5 35)g4-Rb8 36)Ra4-Rb3 37)Ke4??-f5 38)gf-Nf6# 0-1 

When the Dragon breathe's fire!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4441544359

A game i played on chessdemon against computer NigelTall. I am black

1.e4c6 2.d4d5 3.Nc3dxe4 4.Nxe4Bf5 5.Qf3e6 6.g4 TN  BxN a serious test as black gains multiple tempos. 7.QxBNf6 8.Qf4Bd6 9.Qg5Nbd7 10.Qxg7?!Rg8 

11.Qh6Rg6 thus far bringing the queen out so early only lead it to being harassed a lot. 12.Qh3Rxg4 13.Nf3Re4+ 14.Be3Qb6 (14...Nd5 15.Qxh7 oo) 15.0-0-0Nd5?16.Ng5Ndf6 17.NxRNxN 18.Qxh7Ndc3! 19.Qg8+Ke7 20.QxRNxa2+ 21.Kb1Nc3+ 22.Kc1Ba3!! 23.Bg5+NxB 24.bxa3?Nge4 renewing the threat. 25.Resign

https://lichess.org/Iwx6rSQw#10

fun blitz game, queen worth more than # in 2.

In 9 moves my opponent manages to hang both his Queen and his King!

she crushed me like a melon when i had black pieces and now when I got white pieces I crushed her like a melon with chessmood openings. I only remember ideas but still need to work on move orders and transpositions but still I think it's fun game to watch because I met her few years ago and that time she was WCM I think and was not super strong but now she is WFM and improved and I am still novice hehehe. The end of story is I won hehehe.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/4443173626

https://chess.com/analysis/game/live/4437345159

White{Manukyan Sargis}

Black{Hakhinyan David}

1)d4-Nf6 2)c4-c5 3)d5-e6 4)Nc3-ed 5)cd-d6 6)e4-g6 7)f4-Bg7 8)Bb5-Nfd7 9)Nf3-a6 10)Bd3-b5 11)o-o-o-o 12)a3-c4 13)Bc2-Nc5 14)f5-Nbd7 15)Bg5-Qb6 16)Kh1-Bb7 17)Qd2-a5 18)Qf4-f6 19)fg-fg 20)gh-Kh8 21)Qg5-Rae8 22)Rae1-Bf6 23)Qh5-Nd3 24)Bd3-cd 25)Nh4-Bh4 26)Qh4-b4 27)ab-d2 28)Rd1-ab 29)Nb1-Rf1 30)Rf1-Ba6 31)Rd1-Be2 32)Rd2-Rf8 33)h3-Rf1 34)Kh2-Qg1 35)Kg3-Rf3 36)Kg4-Qg2 37)Kh5-Rf5 38)Kh6-Qg7# 0-1

Calculation?

I am able to do well in positional moves or quiet moves but I am nnot able to calculate branches of variations. I find candidates moves well. During I analise games I find candidates but can't calculate precisely. I am analising games from two books .

1. 

Fundamental Chess: Logical Decision Making (doing alone)

2.

logical chess move by move by irving chernev (doing well with WCM Mary).

Any ideas?

I am also watching chessmood 3-4 games daily to grasp more ideas so positionally I am improving and also basic tactics are fine but have trouble in combinative vision.

I am 1465. Have few hrs daily because preparing for job too. But I am crazy about chess study.

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Hey Abhi! 
Tactic is easy to develop through puzzles.
Calculation - it's a very different story. 
There are many books about it, but calculation it's a very hard topic, to explain in book. 
There are so many calculation types. 
That's why you struggle. The best way and the fastest is if you can find an individual coach, who has lots of examples in his database and can show you how to calculate right. 

Met?

How many pro members including our mentors met bobby Fischer?

I miss him so so much.

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and how many of you wants to meet him if he will become alive again?

Nc3!? part 1

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Nge7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Na5 11. Be3 a6 12. Qe1 b5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Nf5 18. c3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Rd2 Qxb3 21. Be7 Rfe8 22. Bc5 h6 23. Rdf2 Rad8 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Nh4 Bd5 26. Qg4 Qd3 27. b4 Qe4 28. Qg3 Bc4 29. Rf4 Qd3 30. R4f3 Qd2 31. R3f2 Qg5 32. Ra1 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Ra8 34. Nf3 Bd5 35. Nh2 h5 36. g4 Bh6 37. Ra3 h4 38. Nf3 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Bc1 40. Rc3 Bf4 41. Ra3 a5 42. bxa5 b4 43. Rb3 Rxa5 44. Kg2 Rb5 45. Rc2 Rc7 46. Rcb2 Bxe5 47. Rxb4 Rbxc5 48. dxe5 Rxe5 49. f4 Re3 50. g5 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Rd2 Rcc3 53. Rf2 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 Rcg3+ 55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 h3 0-1

sir my opponent was a gm and he played 11...a6 with the idea of b5 and the engine is showing better for black.How should i continue after a6.

sir my another opponent was also gm he played 9...Na5 for that also how should i continue.

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How is it that you are playing so many grandmasters, what is your rank and rating?

Hi Varun. 
Who were your opponents? Please tell their names, the next time.
The game you have posted, I didn't get where engine shows an advantage for Black. 
Instead of Rad1 you should go Qh4 right away, creating threats. 

And don't believe engine blindly. 
After 5 years engine will show totally different assessment, as now they do comparing to 5 years ago, which means many positions engines were evaluating wrong.   

9...Na5 you can do same Nbd4 or even e5!? Check out the advanced course one more time and revise the ideas. 
Practically it's very tough for Black.  

Nc3!? e6 part 3

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6

Sir here if i play Bb5 he can play Nd4 OR If i play g3 then he can play d5

So how should I continue this line?

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Varun, Black has issues starting with this way. e5 is very interesting, and after Nd5, g3 with the idea after Nc3 to take dc3 and then Qe2. King goes to 0-0 or 0-0-0, you can keep it flexible. 

A Problematic Move-Order against our Pirc/Modern Weapon

The following move-order poses some tricky problems if we also intend to use the recommended Grand-Prix Attack setup against the Modern Defence with 2...g6. I couldn't find a good way around this move-order so White may have to come up with an additional attacking scheme vs The Modern.

What say you ChessMood Team, all  suggestions/ideas/antidotes are very welcome:

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You have transposed into Sicilian where we play Bb5. 

Kevin, you are absolutely correct! A few days ago one of my students also noticed it. 

Well, Grand Prix Setup is a very practical weapon against Pirc defense and modern Pirc and it works fantastic against 2400 below players.
But anyway, against Pirc, I'll show you how to play with Bf4 line, and then I'll show you also the problems of Modern Pirc, when white goes, Nf3,Bc4 and Qe2! 
All the courses are coming. 

Thanks for your patience and support. 
Regards,
Avetik 

I played a Rapid tournament game weeks ago and it happened to me too. I do not feel uncomfortable, since I studied that Bb5 line. It leads to equality if Black plays good, but it's a sicilian line, and few modern pirc players will know it. I saw that this quick 3...c5 it's recommended in the modern Tiger, so it's probably going to be played a lot anyway...

I also had issues yesterday with some gaps in the repertoire in a rapid tournament, I will adress those in a different thread.

Good to be back!

I know there is a ChessMood course on Crushing the Pirc but I havent time to look at it yet!

Actually, I have just started to play the Pirc/Modern  as Black against 1.e4 and I find it a refreshing alternative to playing the Sicilian and French (my main replies vs 1.e4 up to now). I fully feel it is good to know how to play every opening with both colours and so as well as learning it from the Black side I look forward to learning the White ide with the Chess Mood "Crush Pirc" repertoire!

So this has been an interesting post on Pirc! Thanks :-)

TV Concept: Rarely Discussed Topic in Chess

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Ha ha!

TV concept as mentioned in the midweek webinar (2000-2200?) and which I queried. I thought it stood for Tactical Vision? It may do?! It can be annoying when people stand in front of the TV & block your vision (or do the same in the cinema or theatre..).

Anyway I am pleased to have found the blog post that explains this concept well! Mamy thanks!

Right Mood Right Move..best wishes COGRO!

Hi GM Avetik,

The TV concept has helped me to get the initiative in the centre  especially in fianchetto variations. But I have still one question. When I am playing The king's indian defence with the black pieces: 1. d4 Nf6  2. c4 g6  3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6  5. Bd3 or Bd2 or Nf3  0-0 6. ... Is it better to open up my monster bishop on g7 by playing Nh5 with more active game viewing to a queenside advancement or Ne8, leading to closed position which require a lot of maneuvering, preparing Kh8, Nd7 and f5 advancemt? Nh5 is a bit dangerous I think because one wrong step and the knight gets trapped, also you have a demolished kingside and you have nearly to pile up all your pieces on F and G files. Waiting for your answers.