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daily puzzle (24 Sep): correct solution not accepted

In today’s puzzle I entered Ke7 as the 2nd moved and it was deemed incorrect, with only Kf7 accepted. Checking with the engine it seems both work (and Ke7 is actually faster if we care about delaying-the-inevitable lines).

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Same question…couldn't understand why Ke7 was wrong 

Hey there, guys!

This answer is also correct, thanks for noticing :-) 

Daily puzzle Sep 24

For today's daily puzzle, I found the first move is to promote pawn to queen. The second move I tried is King e7, but the correct answer in the system is King f7. I think both works. Did i missing anything?

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Hey there,

You are absolutely right - thanks for mentioning!

Dutch vs London WhiteMood below 1200

Hello,

I followed the plan outlined in the PDFs, but I ended up in a terrible position. When am I supposed to push g5, because it seems I was a bit late, even though the PDF plan stated otherwise?

Ignore the hanging of the rook, I was very sleepy this game, however I am confused about the opening part.

https://www.chess.com/game/live/143503284668

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Dear Ivaylo,

Following the PDF in general is a good idea; however, not always will White play the same way - same setups, and like in your game, White tried to attack the pawn. During our events, we are playing Chessmood openings, and very often get different situations where in the middlegames we adjust our ideas based on the opponent's action.
 

So I would advise watching the model games - that we cut from the streams, and attending the events will help you to better understand different situations.

Thank you Chessmood! (And a little question)

Hey Grandmaster Gabuzyan and Grigoryan, and the whole chessmood team:

Thanks so much!! I just finished the tactic ninja, and yes, you can see how many rating points I raised over past 20 days.

A little question though. In the introduction of the mating matador course, GM Grigoryan said do at most 1 section a day. But metador section is short, while I have like 3-4 hours dedicated to chess these days. should I also study other chessmood courses on endgame / openings as well, or only one course at a time?

looking forward to your response,

Kevin

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Hi, Dear Kevin,

Thanks for the kind words! 
It's totally ok to open a few courses during the day. Did you ever take a 1-1 call? If not, and you have that option, during the call, we usually discuss detailed actions, on what students need to do, and how much time to spend on the courses.

Please let me know!

Just a mohawked thug who thinks with her adrenal glands...

This game isn't impressive, but the timestamps are haha. Very proud of pulling out those machine-gun premoves while down to no time. 

I actually lost a friendship over blitz and bullet once. She said I was…basically the above…and that I wasted her free chess advice flagging it up in the 3|0 arenas instead of playing Proper Serious Chess. 

Sometimes it haunts me, then I play a crazy blitz game and feel glad I made the right choice. 

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This was a very nice SLP

Look how messy the eval bar is!

Game: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/143249392564

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No bad feelings but that is not SLP but just your opponent blundering some kind of checkmate which you seemed to have seen but u just missed 3. Nxe5 after 2…f6 in 1.e4 1…e5 so I think it is not SLP but rather u and ur opponent not playing accurate chess.

Query about step by step opening repetoire for Black Sicilian course

Dear chessmood members , 

I am rated 1600 fide .I am thinking to start the Sicilian course with black but I am confused whether to do the advanced sections or not .So my question remains is it enough if I just do the main course to face below 2200 fide players or do I need to do the advanced sections.? 

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You definetly do not need the advanced sections at 1600 FIDE.

I am 2000 FIDE, and still have not watched (most) of the advanced sections.

If you end up repeadedtly encountering a line in the advanced sections, then watch the videos to better understand it.

I would reccomend to go for the step by step opening repertoire for black French defense as they have not covered an interesting move in the theory that poses lot of practical problems for black with Qd3 instead of Qd2 in the main line so would recommend to wait for it and do the French defense first

Hi AR RAY , can u be my training partner my fide rating is 1500 but I have beaten many 17,1800's in tournaments . My lichess ID is https://lichess.org/@/Chessdude123456098

Question to Gm Avetik

GM can I copy and paste some of the best writings in the site?

I am asking because there is copy rights and I make screenshots and I copy and paste and send some articles to some chess players and non chess players?

Is it allowed?

Please if you know the answer tell me or ask chessmood team or ask the investors.

Thank you very much Gm

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Hi Ahmad. Can you please send your question to our Support at [email protected]?

PROBLEM OPENING VIDEO

CANNOT OPEN NIMZOVICH DEFENCE UNDER WHITEMOOD MODELGAMES

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Dear Mohad,

I redirected your inquiry to our technical team.

 

Dear Mohd,

The thing is, because that variation is very rare, we don't often get games in it at our events, and there are no model games yet in that specific variation. 

Appropriate situations for playing ...c5 in the Dutch Attack

In the Dutch Attack (except the Stonewall system), I understand that the main plan is generally to launch an attack on the kingside. However, as I’ve played more games, I’ve realized that the central break with …c5 can also be very effective.

Could you please explain the typical conditions, guidelines, or key points for when …c5 is the right plan to pursue?

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Dear Yuya,

This question is super general - I will need some more concrete details, as if following our repertoire, we are always trying to attack.
One situation where we think about c5 is when White sometimes plays with f3 ideas, blocking the Bishop on the long diagonal and preventing the attack, but often, there we also play with e5 ideas in the center. 

1. e4 . d6 2. d4 . e5

What do you recommend in this position, because in my area a ton of 2000+ USCF rated players are playing this and I would like to know what the recommendation is.

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3.Nf3 reaches the Philidor.

Dear Paul,

If you play with 3.Nf3 as Chess Player mentioned below, you will get the Philidor position covered in this course https://chessmood.com/course/philidor-defense/episode/1110

Reset Course Progress

Is there a way to reset:

• All Progress in a course or
• Only the the quizzes or
• Only the training or
• Only the videos

And by ‘reset' I mean ‘untick’ the videos, and ‘undo’ the quizzes and trainings.

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And if there isn't a way to do that yet, I request this as a new feature. 

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Grand Prix Attack

I am studying the starter courses and had a game in the Grand Prix Attack and lost horribly, I reviewed the content again, checked my file, “fixed” the issue.

I jumped into another game, and to my surprise, it was another Grand Prix Attack opportunity! This time, I smashed my opponent with 2x “brilliant” moves. 

Thought I'd share, haha! Thank you! 

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/143419111404/review?move=28&move=28&tab=review&classification=greatfind&autorun=true 

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Tactics Ninja (2000-2500)

Hello, Coach Gabuzyan

In the tactic ninja course in (2000-2500) introduction Avetik said to go to the end of each section until 23 and do tactics and test, but can’t find it for all sections. So I just did the Training level 1-2 things. Is it fine how I am doing it or anything to change. Thank you so much!
 

Sincerely, Pawnbishop

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Dear Pawn Bishop,

If I got your question correctly, here is what you need to do: solve all the examples provided in the sections, and at the end, there is a test for the entire course that you will need to solve as well.

chess

how to play when my all of the pieces are active and opponents pieces aren't.

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Hey Arjun,

 

Dear friend, this question is a little to generic - more details would have helped. In the 7Q method, GM Avetik explains how to find a plan where there is nothing to do, so usually, with the right questions, you can identify on which part of the board you need to play!

Is it possible if you can give me an estimate when the Advanced openings with french-Dutch Attack are going to be out?

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Is it possible if you could give me an estimate?

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Hi Eli,

I noticed you asked a similar question in another thread, and GM Gabuzyan already replied there. 
To repeat his point — we are planning to have a more advanced course on those topics, but we can’t provide an exact date or estimate.

We’re working on many courses in parallel, and timelines sometimes shift, so we prefer to announce only when it’s confirmed.

Thanks a lot for your understanding 🙂 

trainingspartner

Hello everyone on chessmood, I am looking for a trainingspartner for
learning / practice the Scotch game and French Attack. My rating on lichess is classical 1500. I am located in Germany, MEZ timzone. If anybody is interested, lichessname ronalting. Thanks for replay 

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Challenge me to a daily with you as white and play the Scotch, or you as black and play the French. My username is piedraven.

Hi ronalting, I'm also interested in practicing the Scotch Game and French Attack! I'm in the MEZ timezone as well, and my Lichess rating is around 1400Sprunki Game. Feel free to send me a challenge anytime, looking forward to learning together!

Hey in case you didn't see my answer, I'm on Lichess as well as chesscom, my name there is Adrenalectomy - sorry I'm a dumbass and forgot you said Lichess!

Mindset shift

Today I have been competing in a tournament where I managed to lead a drawn or slightly better knight endgame into a loss. It was not about lack of my knowledge or strength of my opponent, but about my mindset. The issue is that I exaggerated the amount of  advantage on my side which led to an incorrect assesment of the position. Is there any technique of evaluating an endgame position the right way and then playing according to what the position demands?

P.S. The aforementioned endgame occured on move 26 of the pgn, moves made before may not be what i actually played because i dont exactly remember the moves and i havent annotated the game. Thanks in advance. 

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. c3 Re8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Bg3 Qc6 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nh5 17. Ned4 Qg6 18. Qf3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Re4 21. Qf5 Rae8 22. Kf1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Ke2 (27. Ne6+! Ke7) 27... Ke7 28. Kd3 Nf6 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd4 Kd6 31. f3 Nh5 32. Ne2 *

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Dear Andrew,

Depending on the level, you can watch the Endgame Roadmap for the U2000 level.
As well, we have 100 commented endgames - where we explain the endgame masterpieces, trying to share the way of thinking and analyzing the thoughts of great players.
For theoretical endgames, you can watch MET, and advanced ones are in the Endgame Mastery section.

The method of thinking you can learn in the Roadmap. And more deeply technical ideas, ways of thinking from commented games.

Can you please add french attack to your Step by step 2000+ courses?

😀

Can you please add it?

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Hey there,

Previously, I mentioned that we are planning to have a more advanced course on those topics, but can't mention the exact days.
We are producing different courses/content, and while sharing the upcoming plans, we can't provide dates or estimations. 

Thanks for understanding :-) 

Simplified Scotch Game

Hi friends and I have a question; in the Simplified ChessMood Openings from the Scotch Game (2nd section) at the 7th video in 3:00, what happens if Black plays Nh5 but there is a Bishop on e7? The dark-squared bishop for White cannot be traded, moving the f4 bishop away results in a loss of tempo after Bf6. Also Black can go for a Bg5 approach to trade the dark-squared bishops as the f4 square is also guarded by the knight? Is this natural and we can go for the kingside attack anyway, or a different solution?

I am really confused.. I might go to the f3 then Be3 approach but I am not sure if it's really that recommended.

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You can go first f3 and then Be3 but there is nothing to fear about Nh5. 

If he follows it with Be7-f6 then you can (after retreating the queen) attack the knight with Bf1-e2 which forces black to give up his bishop to save his knight. 

If he instead plays Be6-g5 then you can just ignore it and go for the tipical plan as he wasted a lot of time just to exchange one piece.