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Who is the world champion who joined us?
Avetik Sir, you told that a former world champ joined us.... now can you tell us who it is???
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Look there are 4 possibilities of former world chess champions: Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik and Anand.
It's a secret :)
Maybe Ruslan... Just a guess
Maybe Ruslan... Just a guess
Coach said on stream that we are thinking to narrowly, it could be a youth world champ, or a senior world champ. For all we know it could be a correspondence WC, or even a blitz WC, the possibilities are far greater then we thought!
100 Must-Know Classical Games
The first partnership with Ichess ????
✅100 commented classical games
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✅50% discount for the next 48 hours.
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Suggestion in Blogs
Hi, I was thinking it would be nice to have comments in a blog.
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Yeah true.
The chessmood app?
Hello everyone! This is my first ever topic in the forum!
I have been making an app yesterday on appsgeyser.com and I found that there is a option to turn a website into an app and its very cool! How good it would be to have our own app and publish it to play store! The website is absolutely free for making such apps. The app can be downloaded by anyone whom the creator sends the link of the app and it is free! But when you will be publishing it to the play store, it will cost 25 dollar.
Let's come to the conclusion:
Creating the app and sharing the link to download is free!
Publishing it to play store costs 25 dollars!
Give your feedbacks and suggestions on this plan and Avetik sir plz also reply sharing your view.
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Um normal app can be designed by any app builder website but I do not know how effective they are but in case of a normal programmed app .It will take minimum 3000 to 5000 usd and even more and its expensive too because I think every feature take time and money. For example coach wants a voting system during we play against him so making this kind of system in app is super expensive I am sure.
Once coach will get donations and have enough budget then he will def do best for us. He shares best knowledge so the quality of his app will be tremendous too. He won't compromise in quality!
Hey Jyotisko!
Thanks for your nice words and for the idea.
I didn't know about that websites.
App - is of course a great idea. Soon or less, we'll have it.
Everything - one by one :)
How to play against 1.e4 Nf6
How to play against 1.e4 Nf6
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I don't know which line is chessmood proposing, but I prefer theres two:
• 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Alekhine defence 4 pawn's attack dxe5 6. fxe5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O
• 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6
These lines can occur in 1600-2000 levels quite many times, although Alekhine's defence is a rare opening. Correct me if I am wrong somewhere.
Accelerated Dragon vs Rossolimo (Movement order)
Hi!, how black should play against Rossolimo variation with this order of movements?
A) 1. e4 c5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bb5 g6, 4.Bxc6 dxc6, 5.0-0 and now?!
B) 1.e4 c5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bb5 g6, 4.Bxc6 dxc6, 5.d3 Bg7, 6.0-0 and now?
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I had the variation A a couple of times, I like to play 5…Bg7,
d3, Nf6, h3, Nd7, Nc3, e5 (a few strong GM’s have played like that)
Arturo, great question.
I'll cover in the upcoming webinar for PRO Members.
French 3. Bd3 Nf6
I have two questions about this line:
(1). What should White do if Black chose 4. ... Ne4 rather than Nfd7
(2) What should White do if Black chose an early ...f6 (or even ...f5, which I have faced in some other variations), say, instead of 7. ...Qb6, so 7. ...f6?
Can White gain an advantage anywhere here?
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Okay first of all against Ne4 you have few nice options such as Qe2 and Ne2 etc. I like Qe2 because it activates the queen on a decent square with tempo and put black's knight into question. Let me show you a game in the bottom and you will see why white is better okay.
Game 1
[Event "Valencia Preferente"]
[Site "Valencia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mora Martinez, Luis"]
[Black "Monmeneu Chulia, Vicente Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "abhic"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
{check sample line one too} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 ({tarrash variation} 3.
Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 {
Black's main plan is to target the d4 pawn and play on the semi open f file
and at some point even sac on f3 to ruin white's pawn formation. Black can
also put more pressure by playing e5 and bother white with active pieces and
passed pawn d5.. Black can also activate his light squared bishop with
Bd7-e8-h5 to further increase the pressure on d4 pawn. Plans for white White
can use the weakness on e6. Dark squares in black's camp are weak that's why
if you trade daek square bishop here then it favours white because then you
will use e5 and c5 with your knight.}) 3... Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 {this move
forced f5 because if you dance with Ng5 then h4 traps the dancing knight} (5.
Qe2 Ng5 6. h4) 5... f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng5 {prepares the
move f4 by targetting the weak pawns.} Re8 (9... h6 10. Nxe6) 10. f4 Bd7 11. c3
c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 {Here we have same king of structure like I
shared in the sample line but issue is white have excellent grip in the center
and black's pieces are cramped} 14. Nc3 a6 15. Kh1 b5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4
18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Nxa6 20. Qxa6 Qb8 21. Bc1 h6 22. Nh3 Rc8 23. Ng1 Rc4 24.
Nge2 Bc7 25. f5 e5 26. Nxd5 Bb5 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qe6+ 1-0
can you show move orders of f6 and Qb6 lines so I can try to search something for it?
I am not able to make pgn files I do not know why
Hey Ramon!
The 1st question - 4...Ne4? is a bad move, he'll be in a big trouble.
Right now if we play 5.f3 Black has Qh4.
But simple move like 5.Ne2 with a threat f3, gives white a big advantage.
2nd question.
f6 we meet always with f4, as you see in the streams. f5 is a bad move as well. You can push b4, getting space adv. in the queenside as well. In future the winning play will be with g4.
Black pieces are staying horrible.
The World Champion joined us! :)
I was proud that in ChessMood, among our students there are even 2600+ Grandmasters.
Today a former world champion joined us????
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Say it it's Magnus. I am so excited to hear the name.. Leave the suspense please
Pretty certain he/she is excited to see new analysed material and build on it.The Coach is certainly keeping the suspense on.
It's a secret guys :)
course “secrets of the middlegame” downloadable in pgn-format?
Are the games from the course “secrets of the middlegame”
also downloadable in pgn-format?
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The commented Classical games will be. Also it will come with a quiz!
Karpov's legendary moves
Hey champions!
How well do you know classics?
In both positions is White to move.
What to play?
Here are the links of the games (for PRO Members), but please, first think about the positions and then watch the games.
https://chessmood.com/course/chess-classical-games/episode/1472
https://chessmood.com/course/chess-classical-games/episode/1473
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I'm not a pro member (yet) and therefore have no access to the given links - but I remember the game in the first position, W played the somewhat surprising retreat Nb1, as Nc3 was totally out of the game and had no moves forward. After Rxd2 W would have brought his N back into the game with Nxd2 and otherwise, W could get his N back into the game later after removing Rd2 with e.g. Nd2/Nb3.
I don't know the 2nd game, but the situation looks similar - W probably played again Nb1, as Nc3 was totally out of the game and had no moves forward and W could later bring his N back into the game via Nd2 and later maybe to f3.
Caro Kann with early ...e6 Passive play
Maestro, in this section in the video course, in your
second illustrative game where Black does a better version (i.e. 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6, not allowing an early f4!), your game continued 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qe2 0-0, 10. Nbd2 At this point, instead of 10…a6, can
Black actually play 10….Nd7 with the idea of (1) preventing Ne5 and (2) play a
quick ...e5 himself? What would you recommend against this line of play?
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Hey Ramon!
The problem of Nf6, is that he's going far from h7 and weakening his King.
You can go, 0-0, Rae1 and Ne5 anyway.
The point is whenever he goes with e5, after de5 he'll have a d5 isolated pawn.
Happy Independence day & I'm back!
Hi everyone!
On this auspicious independence day, I have returned & so I am officially back!
Have a great day & I look forward to good times for the next 6 months here & to smash my goals and make GM Avetik proud! Let's go...Right Mood Right Move COGRO & NO HOODIE BLUNDERS! ;-)
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Welcome back Richard!
Let's do that!!
French Bd3 5. ...Nbd7 (15. ...Nf5!?=)
Dear maestro Avetik,
In the line 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Nbd7 6. Ne2 e5 7. 0-0 e4 8. Ng3 exf3 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nf5 Ng8 11. Rxe7+ Nxe7 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Bh6 Kg8 14. Qxf3 Nf8 you suggest 15. Nh5 saying that Black's best is to go back with ...Nd7. However, my engine wants to play, instead of Nh5, the move Qf6 and shows that after Nh5 black can actually defend against Nf6mate with 15. ...Nf5!? evaluating the position as equal.
I would much appreciate it if you could comment on this line of play. Cheers!
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Hey Ramon! You're absolutely correct.
15, Qf6!! is winning.
FIDE Rating System- Curse or Boom?
Is it tough to become Grandmaster now or it was tough to become Grandmaster in 90s?
Another question is do you guys like the K- factor thing in fide rating system .I seriously hate it. For example a guy of below 18 have huge advantage to improve and become GM on the other hand if a guy crossed 18 then K factor makes the task super complex.
Coach how you guys handle this terrible rating system. I know talent matters and you can achieve goals but this is also truth we are not lucky to win all open events and achieve GM title in easy way. For me all I can do is work hard and as coach suggested play events and analise your games with strong players but what to do against this rating system?
Take a look at the article in the bottom and see a guy got 2500 from 2000 and he was below 18. I know he is talented so he deserve it but don't you guys think that this rating system helped him a lot. On the other hand if a guy who is same talented is above 18 then his rating graph won't climb up like it does in this case.
https://chessbase.in/news/vardaan-nagpal-reaches-2501/
Your ideas will be useful.
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My opinion is FIDE must give equal chances to players of all age so we will see equal ratings at some point and a lot people who are stuck at 2000 can atleast get 2300 with K 40. Here I am 1465 and like all players I do have goals to become GM. I never give up and I am happy with chessmood but I seriously hate this rating system.
Dear Abhi,
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!
Fide 2000
Fide 2200 CM
Fide 2300 FM
Fide 2400 IM
Fide 2500 GM
Reachimg each of them requires different strategies, and preparations.
You may reach FM and think about other aspects of life ...
I have GM and IM friends that stopped playing chess as a pro, because it requires time and energy. They were frustrated and tired. Their ELO dropped 100-200 points and they stopped...
We are human beings, everything moves and evolves in our mind. Flexibility is intelligence my Chessmood friend.
Go step by step
That's true and don't worry I am also gonna start working on computer and job skills once my normal training is over and I live in present not in future. Who knows I will find love or not and from past 7 years I only loved chess. rubic cubes, meeting besties from US in call and that's it. I am not a kind of person who feel attracted to a lot things. I don't even like to go out for fun. For me chess is fun and when i feel bored I watch chess movies or call of duty games. I know life is based on what you suggested but man I am super dedicated loser you ever found online. From 7 years of my chess journey I always lost and lost and after I found chessmood family my hope to become a GM is alive again. I know it's not gonna be simple but I will give my 100% on my game.
Find Love as your motivation, not Hatery my Chessmood friend, then everything you do is right (Dharma)
This poem I want to share with you:
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Emily Dickinson
Best Combinations
In this post I want all ChessMood Family to post the best chess combinations ever which you ever solved or saw in any game.
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As you all know I am a big fan of Bobby Fischer and whenever I feel sad he is the only guy who motivate me even though he is not alive but his games and his movies and pictures everything makes me super motivated. About my fav. player read this post.
https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/your-favourite-player
So now let's move on to the topic. I wanna choose the position from a well known game of him called " The Game of Century" here in this position White just played Bg5 and better was to play Be2 and castles but see he not only lost a tempo by playing Bf4 to g5 but also violated an opening principle " Never Move the Same Piece Twice in the Opening without any good reason" now it was Fischer's move and his next move turned the tables and he went on to win the game. Let's see who can paste the whole lines without using computers and books.
The Scotch Game - The Beginners Mind - Part 02
Ok guys we continue where we left off last time examining the ramifications of 4...Nxd4 against the Scotch Game, and we concluded that the commonly played 5.Qxd4 c5? or 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Nc3 c5? is just too weakening for Black, yes he dislodges the Queen temporarily but the price was too high as explained in Part 1.
So then is 4...Nxd4 just plain bad, or is the premature c5 the cause of all Black's problems or is it a bit of both. For sure if we can't do something soon about White's dominating Queen on d4 Black's position will quickly become more passive and more difficult to play, in another game played against Coach Avetik in his from 1600 - 2400 series his opponent tried to solve his difficulties with 5.Qxd4 Qf6 challenging the Queen with tempo without compromising his Pawn structure and should White exchange Queens on f6 it would actually be Black that has taken over the lead in development. All good right, not quite, White being a strong player will not co-operate so easily and rather than exchange Queens a mini battle will now be waged over the fight for a lead in development and control of the Centre, the result of which will decide the outcome of the opening. 6.e5 was played and black continued 6...Qb6 again offering the Queen exchange seemingly without a loss of time, and should White meekly move away without making a threat Black once again would overtake the lead in development and the worse would probably be behind him.
There is a difference however between offering the Queen exchange on f6 and offering it on b6, on f6 Black could have recaptured with a piece speeding up his development and keeping his pawn structure intact but on b6 he is forced to recapture with a pawn damaging his structure and leading to an unpleasant endgame, sometimes the half open a-file in such positions offers sufficient counterplay to maintain the balance but I don't think that is the case here. White also need not exchange Queens here as 7.Be3 is an attractive alternative, allowing black to exchange Queens and avoid a damaged pawn structure but in return White will retain a lead in development and the Bishop takes up a dominant position on d4 cramping Black and making his position very uncomfortable to handle. We can stop here and conclude that White has won the opening battle and that 5...Qf6 while ingenious does not solve all of Black's problems.
In the next instalment we will continue to drill down after 4...Nxd4, so far we have seen what Black should not do, let's see whether that knowledge can be used to figure out what he should try instead.
See you next time.
Part 1 here: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/the-scotch-game-the-beginners-mind-part-01
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Nice series you are doing on this topic. In fact it is really funny because I met this move many times in the last month. Maybe someone made a video on Youtube about "how to beat the scotch with NxNd4" "The unexpected move, making worthless all white preparation in the Scotch". It is a nice selling speech... Who knows... Anyways, nice work, I appreciate it! Best!
Wow!!! Kevin!!
Amazing.
Thanks for sharing so much value with others.
One thing. After 6...Qb6 I think 7.Qb6 is a strong move too. After 7...ab6 we play 8.Nc3 and then Blach has issues with Nb5.
Another thing, that is very strong too, is 6.Be3!
Hey Kevin,
Thanks for all these. These will help me in my future so I am copying and pasting them in Word so that I did not lose all the values you have given. Very well written English and inspiring tone. Thanks for all this. Thanks for your time.
@Kevin_D after Qxb6 I only see two long term advantage. One is space with e5 pawn then second is weakmess on c7 and after Nc3 c6 d6 will also become a target. Sorry I mainly focus on those lines which gives me a lot problems. The variation you chose is educational true but I never had any trouble in this line so I never dive deeper in this position. I play anything in rapid and blitz and win.
The Scotch Game - The Beginners Mind - Part 01
I decided to start this short series after watching one of the ChessMood streams and observing that in game after game the 1200 - 1700 level players kept choosing 4...Nxd4 against the Scotch, and I asked myself what was the attraction to this move at that level . I came to the conclusion after watching the games that it could be one of three things or some combination of these:
· To avoid getting double pawns
· To draw the White Queen to the Centre in order to attack it
· With no idea at all other than to exchange a piece and see what happens
Let's consider the above motivations one by one:
Avoiding unnecessary doubled pawns: All things being equal it is generally good strategy in the opening. Here it does lose a bit of time in an open position but it does achieve the goal of drawing the queen to the centre where it is vulnerable to attack and most of us are taught as beginners not to develop the Queen too early in the game as it can be chased around by our opponent. Books will tell you develop your minor pieces first, get castled quickly etc. which is fine. Ponder the following and tell me your thoughts, in the position being under consideration is avoiding doubled pawns and luring the opponents Queen to the Middle more important or equal to developing another minor piece instead.
Drawing the Queen to the centre: A question to ask ourselves after 5.Qxd4 is, is the White Queen really so badly placed in the Centre and if so can we favorably exploit it, if yes then 4...Nxd4 was a sound decision if not then avoiding the doubled pawns and losing time may not have been worth it. Now in the games I saw all the 1200 - 1700 players immediately or soon after lunged at the Queen with c5 which is well intentioned, after all you are attacking the opponents strongest piece with your weakest one so what could be more logical than that. In fact c5 is a very bad idea in this position, the reason is this, pawns do not move backwards and after White moves his queen you have not improved your development or position but rather permanently weakened your d5 square for free and left the backward d6 pawn forever weak as it is unlikely that White will ever allow you to play d5 in the future. Chances are you will lose such positions against a strong opponent 99% of the time without a fight and that's a good thing, so long as you learn from the experience and use that gained knowledge to exploit similar mistakes by future opponents. The take away here is you don't have to lose a piece or a pawn to have a lost position or conversely you don't have to be a piece or pawn up to have a winning one.
With no idea at all other than to exchange a piece: This is the worse sin that a 1200 - 1700 can commit in chess, that is to make a move or to exchange something with no idea whatsoever in mind, it is much better to have a bad idea in chess than no idea. No idea = No improvement or to be clear you will never improve, bad ideas can be corrected no ideas cannot. Drifting from move to move hoping something will turn up, or your opponent will leave something hanging for you to grab will leave you stuck at the same playing level forever, avoid such a scenario at all cost.
In part two we will explore the position after 4...Nxd4 a bit more. The following position was taken from one of the streams and I would love to hear your thoughts on it, in particular what would you play on move seven for White and why. Till next time ChessMood Family, stay safe and be well:
See Part 2 Here: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/the-scotch-game-the-beginners-mind-part-02
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Well as you already explained everything so well about Nxd4 so I have no words to include in it. Well done!
In case of plans after d6. I have one decent plan which I love to play. It is to play Bd2- 0-0-0 and then f3-g4-h4 or f4-Rg1-g4 for attacking. Another approach is positional to play against the pwn on d6 and use d5 square as an amazing outpost. That's the two plans I always chose to play against this setup
Kevin, what a great job you're doing!
I am still not sure that you are not a secret Grandmaster :)
If so, please message me privately, I'll keep your secret and offer you to join us in our ChessMood Blog :)
Anyway, thank you very-very much for sharing all these value with others!
My first thoughts on this position is to gain firm control of the d5 square. I believe the best way to do this is by 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nc3 and d5 is mine. My plan going forward would consist of Queen somewhere, Bf4 and O-O-O to put pressure on d6.
I rarely see this move online at 2000 level but whenever I faced it I almost won all time and if I lost then it's by my own mistake. Take a look at this game I played in the morning and he was crushed positional and also in tactical way. I know coach suggested to play 3-2 but I play 3-0 only to see my openings prep not middlegame and endgames. because I am not master yet in openings so my first priority is openings and tactics and after that I love to study middlegames.
https://lichess.org/MrbgCXWeB9HR
@Kevin_D yeah I know that a6 s to control the b5 and if direct e5 then Bb5 is deadly positional move. I studied the basics of Najdorf 2 years ago. I am not a big fan of this opening because I do not think my tactics and calculation can handle this super sharp opening so I love accelerated dragon because I seriously love to place my bishop on g7!
The Best Games of June and the Prizes
Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions!
Welcome to the best games of the June contest.
Under this post, we invite you to post your best games that you will play in June.
The Prize fund is 450K Moodcoins which is equal to 450$.
The 1st prize - 150K
The 2nd prize - 100K
The 3rd prize- 50K
The 4th Prize- 30k
The 5th Prize- 20k
#blacklifematters
This month there will be a new Prize for the best game played by Black pieces! :)
The winner will get 100K!
Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood!
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move
P.S
Here are the winners of May:
1st place - Hayk Khachikyan
2nd place- Arman Shahzamani
3rd place - Abhi Yadav
4th place- Jeffrey Cobb
5th places - Aayush Shirodkar, Jyotisko Sengupta and TK.
The Best Tactic- Fahad Rahman
The Guardian - Tanmoy Mitra
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Need to work more in my personal english opening analysis. I think it would have been better to transpose in reversed chinese dragon with a3, Rb1, b4 instead of going for reversed Sicilian Kan variation structure. Also I lost a tactic I realises it later (also winning). I should fix my blitz blunder score with avrage 1 blunder per game.
some strategys,some tactics.
win with ChessMood Caro-Kann at Asain Junior Chess Championship (online) 2020.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4950489838
I am now feel comfortable against Sicilian with 2. Nc3
I have just started the course against Philidor . In move 34 first I was going to play Bc4, but I thought
there was a discover check Rg2+ and lost my bishop. So I played Bd5 and just after the move I realised that my opponent also lost his rook.
In the end my opponent blundered and I took the chance to fork his King and Rook.
Saving a lost engame when trying the closed, drawish variations of Ruy Lopez. Tactics: use of passed pawns and piece sacrifice for promotion. 2 mistakes but still fun.
Rook sacrifice for initiative
Game of patzer opening on the theme queenless middlegame, bad bishop and prophylaxis.
I was in attacking mood and a Grand pix style attack.
My plan is to work on Sicilian accelerated dragon and side lines in the next week. Again I was exchanged down, but keep cool himself and in the end come back win.
My opponent mistake in the opening in Petroff and I had one pawn advantage. Next opposite side castle plan, it is now my favorite plan. I was always feel irritated against Petroff defense in earlier days. Now I am much confident. Although much work needed.
win against Grandmaster in French Defense.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4956585818
win against Grandmaster with black.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4956731122
saving a complete lost position with black
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4956978236
I have blundered my advantage. In one stage it is completely drawn by perceptual check . At this stage I offered draw two times for save my time, but my opponent rejected and in the end he blundered.
P.S. My opponent nick name is 'virus' .
My Opponent Kept His King In Centre And I Took Advantage Of it
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4961152852
Our strong repertoire against french!
https://lichess.org/9o5pYBIE/white#53
Defeated an FM at yesterday's chessmood tournament with our powerful Nc3 against Sicilian!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4966759392
P.S. I dont play on chess.com except the tournament
Need to work on Anti sicilian part 3 2. ... e6 line. Also have to recall rook end games. I missed the opportunity in the early stage of end game.
Grand prix style attack again
The d4 side lines I have only once seen. I can not remember the lines yet, but some ideas are in my mind. Also I remember the ideas of Benko Gambit and Marcozy Bind.
Clean Game!
17Moves!!!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4970764702
Crushing attack with chessmood attacking mindset.
A smooth win in the Caro Kann exchange!(Advance Line)
1. Sicilian Accelerated Dragon. Opening was ok but middlegame was terrible.
https://lichess.org/Nt5UOcCwUVC7
2. Power of AD again.
https://lichess.org/7eU2dHM0xbEs
3. Crushing with Caro Kann Exchange, a 2200 player!
https://lichess.org/lQuVTvcJMChN
4. Normal dragon and win.
https://lichess.org/yyNZQgk4vaL7
5. Ugly pawn formation ever but still won.
https://lichess.org/YfOZRrGSN0vE
6. Worse but found a mating net.
https://lichess.org/AP0IYlMuUCBE
7. Passive g3 destroyed.
https://lichess.org/AA8l9KBmvcCg
8. No calculation only intuition.
https://lichess.org/bV8hO2x5bQyA
9. Win with Accelerated Dragon.
https://lichess.org/yNRLShRkopv5
10. Power of Bishop Pair.
https://lichess.org/IHuC80mnb84r
11. Passive french against Bd3.
https://lichess.org/U7rBJJZ3CMYL
12. Not a good middlegame but ending pattern was cool.
https://lichess.org/ncJwSkFRvSEZ
13.
Crush your opponents with the Halloween gambit !
https://lichess.org/adkRLFnI
Setting up a trap in the end, and opponent falls for it!
1. Closed Sicilian. Ups and Downs.
https://lichess.org/@/abhi1997
2. Dream benko. A bit mess up but still good game.
https://lichess.org/VmpWTWTqdsIs
3. Funny but dream accelerated Dragon.
https://lichess.org/Z8ogwetB7env
4. Passive play in d6? Punishment!!! Chessmood's concept no cat and mouse.
https://lichess.org/MDZztcoePJsY
5. White played passive positional alapin so got punishment.
https://lichess.org/sauiMr9loATn
6. Crushing with Scotch!
https://lichess.org/vOwrpXu0ArbD
I Beat an FM!!!!!!! (My First Titled Player who I Beat )
in 90+30 game!!!!!!!!!!
Among My Best Game Ever!!
I have no word left
https://www.chess.com/live#g=4980576245
https://www.chess.com/live#g=4985547102
Very Clean Game And Winning Game..... But... I Messed Up
and drew the game(still nice endgame!)
Kill me, I messed up opening but what is good point about your Scotch course is that even though I messed up lines but I got super amazing time edge against a 2000 elo player and then in complications he collapsed.
https://lichess.org/aOUYOl38hX1D
Beating a GM with small tactics!
Misplayed a good position against Akehine but still I won by making his knight trapped in his own camp
https://lichess.org/pVQRdbdxO95B
Wild Scotch
https://lichess.org/Cq7coqtReqQD
Yes, I lost this game but glad I did well in opening
https://lichess.org/6ttmoGdBQ17c
Having enjoy by punishing youtube move 2. b4
I messed up lines, but in the end my opponent blundered. Need to work again with French.
Now I am not afraid to make exchange sacrifice. Thanks to ChessMood for making my mindset brave.
I blundered in opening. But my opponent did not see. Then a crushing attack. I benefit from the ideas of Benko Gambit.
Beaten Smith-Morra Gambit.
Perfect Game!!
Positional + Attacking +Defence!!!
https://www.chess.com/live?#g=4990591241
Dream benko. I missed early win may be but it was blitz. I only made one blunder with Rh8 but then I thought of chessmood's article and I hoped that he wont take and in pressure he forgot to take on h8 hehehe.
https://lichess.org/BPpXkONG4xNp
https://lichess.org/zQO2etp5/white#32
missed mate on 17 qf8! but then finally won with some fine sacs
win with Black. white king on black king's position at the end.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4994944367
Scotch give me most rating points in previous month and its continue
Probably my first win with Maroczy Bind structure. All the other games in past with this system, I gained good initiative in the opening, but in the end loose. But not this time.
I messed the Caro Kann lines. But keep attacking.
I play White
https://www.chess.com/live/game/4996021812
"You must PUNISH your opponents mistakes!" These words were said to me in my one on one with coach when I first joined ChessMood!
Crushing c4 as black
https://lichess.org/v31oeeoKf6S5
Crushing again c4 with I think Botwinik pawn formation as black. I know basics of this pawn formations so sometimes i love to play this. I think I did well
https://lichess.org/TaQVQUuv12i6
Blunder after amazing opening but never give up attitude so I drew the game.
https://lichess.org/18r4HMK5r9f0
Weirdo Scandi as black so punished 2200 well.
https://lichess.org/puNyWTCgvX60
Reckless play with black and won
https://lichess.org/v31oeeoKf6S5
After a long time I have won with Benko Gambit.
Winning with accelerated dragon
Again Scotch and again win. This time I have sacrificed rook for bishop and gain initiative.
Some mistakes, still fun & picturesque checkmate ( although I missed Rxh2 faster #)
Crushing d4 again.
https://lichess.org/O1qC4ht9
A nice win against youtube opening ( ! ) with a knight checkmate
an exchange sacrifice followed by attack in spirit of Mikhail Tal
https://www.chess.com/live#g=5006566623
My opponent didnt seem to realize what I was doing... then I won a piece with a tactic I am not sure I would of seen a few weeks ago. Moral of the story? Get wrekked!
Crushed a 2200+ played with ChessMood's Anti-Sicilians. An amazing 14 move miniature in which he got no play.
https://lichess.org/PbKTadA1Hi94
Manage to save a completely lost position
Another opponent feel in same line. He also played worse with e6. Now it's a 12 move encounter with Anti-Sicilians.
https://lichess.org/vX9chK79R1BS
Crushing Sicilian Sidelines with amazing play. Yes, he blundered by giving up the knight on d4 but still he tried to press up but I won
https://lichess.org/XiKrXOEY71R7
Very Nice Game!!
I Was Winning The Ending Against A FM!!..... But.....I Messed Up Due To Time Pressure!
And Drew The Game!!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5000295417
Thanks to Gabuzhyan sir for his sicilian side lines course.
Benko Gambit Masterpiece from my side. I never played a benko gambit game like this. yes at some point I missed Nd3 but I did thought of it during the game
https://lichess.org/RL6WAi2Uw3Pv
Caro Kann Exchange Total Domination
https://lichess.org/G0hwRuhXfvB0
Positive this would have won a game of the day. I sacrificed a room for the initiative and was in control the entire game but it wasnt a miniature as there was ways to go wrong till the final combination.
Scotch gets another cool win.
Got tricked during time trouble.. but still very happy to play such a strong player...
love this game xd, my queen found its purpose on h2!
https://lichess.org/daflzUOT/white
I havent been playing much on chess..com but when you play a game that hits all the positional points Coach has been trying to teach us in the Anit-Sicilian, then you need to share it!
It was all about the c-pawn, then activating my pieces around controlling c5. And then he gave me a nice tactic to finish him off! I hope you enjoy as much as I did!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5023480203
What is the actual plan for black after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 . I am faced many times this line. Please tell me the best way I can handle this.
Played against the maroczy bind and got a bad bishop vs good knight endgame which i pushed slowly and converted to a win
https://lichess.org/jFg5iL29#88
A Fine Win by exploiting the weak pawns in queen side
https://lichess.org/EoNC5OzK#93
Simply And A Clean Game!
Clear Development Advantage!
And Just Crushed!
https://www.chess.com/live#g=5030421194
https://lichess.org/18A3lRal/white#61
I started to play the benko and that had helped me to get rid of the fear of sacrificing a pawn. I sac a pwn and gain his knight for 3 pwn. at the end i offered draw as it was quite drawing and we dont have much time. But i am happy that i get rid of the fear.
https://lichess.org/18A3lRal/white#61
I started to play the benko and that had helped me to get rid of the fear of sacrificing a pawn. I sac a pwn and gain his knight for 3 pwn. at the end i offered draw as it was quite drawing and we dont have much time. But i am happy that i get rid of the fear.
An interesting 3+0 attacking game against 1...b6!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5032576759
As a +1400 rated player, I beated a NM using Acc Dragon as black.
The Most Cleanest And Slow Game!!!
The Game Went For Around 3Hr
And I Not Gave A Single Chance
Complete Positional Game!
and Slowly Improved My Piece And Position and Slowly I Won The Game!
https://www.chess.com/live#g=5035284195
Made two mistakes but I dominated the whole board with white pieces. Reminds me french advance position in which black play f6 and after exf6 Rxf6 g5 he sac on f3 and then Nf5 and play with compensation.
https://lichess.org/TdmgmOGqSndP
Another Anti Sicilian rocks
https://lichess.org/Lox6scwfngRX
d6 my old line
https://lichess.org/sLLx96XIKTrx
Crushing 2000 elo player with Anti Sicilian with no queenside play for black
https://lichess.org/845Mp06UZGZN
Chessmood French Line against a WFM!
Win against an NM , Chessmood Caro Kann lines ....!
Closed Sicilian..The Chessmood way..!
I play White. 5 minutes game
https://lichess.org/ga261x1qeGyC
I should have won this but messed up by passive play in the end but good thing was that I did not gave up and I managed to drew on time in losing position. My best game ever. Almost crushing a 2500 player on lichess
Crushed with Anti Sicilian
https://lichess.org/u2blwUsHJ9pM
Crushed the London System
https://lichess.org/wAT4MeEs0ch9
Best Clean & Positional Game Ever!
My Game "%" In Chess.com is
97.5!!!!
Among Fav Game!!!
https://www.chess.com/live#g=5045101621
This month I am playing quite less games as I have my exams from 29th June.
https://lichess.org/jpefoqsK/black#145
Double bishop advantage & transformation.
I might have missed a quick win in the endgame due to time pressure, but a great game.
https://lichess.org/5CMjmCdrPlCi
Wonderful sacrifice for mating
My opponent need to understand that don't play on the side where you are weaker - Rule in chess.
https://lichess.org/VSeW4KPcIG3M
May be i messed up opening but I thought to play Bb5 with the idea of attack in kingside like i remembered the games which coach showed us. So I thought I do not need LSB. good thing is look at the final position and timing in 3 min game. I thought he was 2000 but after the game I found he was 2167 heheheh.
[Event "Daily Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/M4KsStPX"] [Date "2020.05.20"] [Round "-"] [White "amitnew"] [Black "neftali_mena"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.20"] [UTCTime "18:40:34"] [WhiteElo "1493"] [BlackElo "1829"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A85"] [Opening "Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 { A85 Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation } g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Qe8 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. c5 Ng4 14. Rc1 f4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Nce4 Qb2 19. Nd6 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 f3 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Ndf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "Daily Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QchQwJWT"] [Date "2020.05.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Vhdl"] [Black "amitnew"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.05.11"] [UTCTime "18:13:27"] [WhiteElo "1568"] [BlackElo "1450"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Classical Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 { C42 Russian Game: Classical Attack } d5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Ne2 Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf4 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qd6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. c4 b6 22. b4 Qd7 23. c5 Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qg4 27. f3 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd3 29. Qa5 { White resigns. } 0-1
[Event "Rated Rapid tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/3ey7uH0S"] [Site "https://lichess.org/mUsP0Q34"] [Date "2020.05.10"] [Round "-"] [White "CNTRN"] [Black "amitnew"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.05.10"] [UTCTime "19:51:49"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1446"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 { C46 Four Knights Game: Italian Variation } Na5 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ke8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxg5 9. d3 Qxg2 10. Rf1 g6 11. h4 d6 12. Bg5 Bh3 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. O-O-O b6 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Qh2 18. Rf1 Qxh4 19. f4 Rf8 20. Re1 Bh6 21. Qe4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. b3 Rf2+ 25. Kb2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Ke7 27. d4 Qg4 28. Re1 Qxd4+ 29. Kb1 Qxd5 { White resigns. } 0-1
Sorry chessmood, by mistake shared games played on may month.
https://lichess.org/iLf102DjFVwm
few blunders such as allowing Qd3 by playing Qc8 instead of Qe4 and playing d6 missing Nd5 from his side but again won on time hehejhe.
Blundered by giving up bishop pair and it hurt me a lot
active rook in the equal endgame gave me full point.
In the end queen endgame but I knew winning for me hehehe
https://lichess.org/Vi2SVMv9zjhW
Blundered a piece in speed but still tricked him by bothering him in queenside and won
https://lichess.org/tnb4cbxSpeFh
Have some fun by punishing such youtube moves.
Played game as amitnew on lichess in june month:
https://lichess.org/B3AVr0rmgoLn
https://lichess.org/T1I678gTBusE
https://lichess.org/fSqASHcfRrJB
Caro kann exchange. Tried to apply concept of playing against his pawn formation in the kingside. During the game coach's words were in my mind. I mean in the recent stream coach played against this structure in scotch in which black's king was on b8 and then after the game he showed us this caro kann structure kingside attack same ideas so I tried to apply it and I pushed hard and finally I breakthrough and his knights became so passive and I won
Final and amazing point about this game was the knight maneuver from Nb1-d2-b3-c1-d3 .This is well known I know but it's always amazing whenever I get the chance to play this one. I know this from classic game of Kasparov which Chessmood showed me and also from my work on knowing Carlsbad structure
https://lichess.org/F36CUf0C0u9N
Again lucky escape with Black pieces against 2300+ player with Black pieces. I can say lucky but it was me who saved his time and never gave up and he took a lot time making moves and I had better time management. I also played fine with knight against rook but yeah kingside pawns were goner but tried my best for SLP
https://lichess.org/ATnYYtrec4Xp
Before going to bed I played this game. All same plans with pawn storming but still fun to play.
https://lichess.org/BfEqqZDT10WU
https://lichess.org/NhjUIQBBTMC6
Crushing a 2700 in 17 moves!
Finishing in style!
I won both match against higher rated player but also made mistakes.I will try to fix these mistakes.
Won with black pieces
https://chess24.com/en/game/EyqZsafTTSaLguxWmU_rVg
Won a good game
https://chess24.com/en/game/s-1TFQmwS5Kfh9sGxSEKPA
Won a game with black pieces
https://chess24.com/en/game/TLGhqtI1Ttm4a4ipFpmiyA
h6 h6? missed a nice pattern which I could have found in petroff but still ending checkmate combination was cool
https://lichess.org/OOyaCihw/white#45
Nice Attacking Game!
18th Move... My Opponent Promoted his 2ndQueen (Ofcource It Was All In My Plan)
https://www.chess.com/live#g=5064835168
Interesting draw with black pieces at end. Both players playing “wait & watch” approach.
Won interesting game with white pieces
Forgot theory of London System but played endgame well
https://lichess.org/gls3f6Zo4ij8
Messed up opening but played well in endgame and dominated his knight in whole game. Reminds me basics of endgames. Open board and pawns on both flanks then bishop is better.
https://lichess.org/O0CyrGgiVHC2
Crushed London System and this time I think I remembered some ideas such as Nf4
https://lichess.org/Hh3DadGy25Uc
Yeah I messed up theory again but I loved this game very much because today I saw a lecture on classics and saw the weakness of f5 square and the funny this is that in that game bishop was also on h7 square and black gave bishop for knight on f5 and in my game I had same position and same idea and funny thing is Bxh6 was so so so cool
https://lichess.org/y7pmirw3QERF
I play white: 5 minutes game
https://lichess.org/AIj9PuM2CUiL
I play white. 5 minutes game
https://lichess.org/xfMsCLQeUpdC
I play white
It was a 5 minutes game
I was in time trouble after move 28: I had a few seconds to win he game ...
https://lichess.org/KZCWd6mtTGFZ
French Nf6 and win
https://lichess.org/drgBgHLFGQwQ
Won with Black. Had stable and fixed pawn formation so I thought to give him the h pawn for amazing play on the h file and he fell into it and later that h file gave me full point.
https://lichess.org/SXjlzn6q9U0k
I am not a sac kind of guy. I am learning just basics but I saw in courses that in this positions you can even sac on b6 so I thought to give it a shot and this man became passive by not giving the pawn on b2 and later I slowly converted position into win.
https://lichess.org/XaxNEc7Qf7wy
A nice game
A completely dominated game.
Draw the game with black pieces. Made a mistake in opening although came back later in match but in last again I made mistake & got stalemate
Quick draw with white pieces against chess24 engine (rated 1921) actually I surprised opponent ‘s offer & accepted.
https://chess24.com/en/game/19GqGAN0Sgix0RfPjKELXQ
Won with white pieces against high rated player (2094-chess24).Opponent failed to reconnect in time but I played well some extent.
https://chess24.com/en/game/nKTNIk2vR-GlO6v7NzGXvg
Nice win with white pieces.
Quick knockout. Even though it transposed into some sort of Kan of Taimanav may be but as a beginner I studied some kan games and one whole night I played this h5 ideas with my friends so I knew g5 works here. Anyways quick knockout.
https://lichess.org/blNmryDvEov6
15 move knockout with Black pieces missed Qa4 instead of b5 but still okay game.
https://lichess.org/LzLeomADGRir
I missed mate in 2 one moment. Still winning an easy game.
Nice win with black pieces.
https://chess24.com/en/game/HMqcJRuaTp2-MgaYH40JMw
Nice win with white pieces
https://chess24.com/en/game/1EI24rpDT9qfCqNoOpdh5w
Another cool game against sicilian Alapin
Hello all,
This was a game I played in chess.com
Link-https://www.chess.com/daily/game/264748010
This was very interesting game where I sacrificed my knight to get a mating net set and I pulled up a pawn storm which was too much and he couldn't survive,
Actually I am new to chessmood and don't know how to post so I replied instead.
Hello all
This is another game which i played-
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5009627291
It was a good grind and at last I won
Hello all,
This is a gam where i was loosing but somehow managed to escape with draw-
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/259852476
This is another game-
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/264748004
He was attacking very badly and i couldn't resist.But I found a diaganol combination and that ended the game with a fascinating tactic by me to encounter back
Lost with white against higher rated opponent but gave him good fight.
Nice win with black pieces
Good win with white pieces
https://chess24.com/en/game/c4jTb4P3QA2ZqxJDhJedlg
Good win with white pieces against opponent higher rated than me (140+)
Sacrifice after piece down!
Check out this #chess game: franqesko1 vs Nywolf - https://chess.com/live/game/5058751172
Queen transfer to h1!! Positional to attack.
Check out this #chess game: Nywolf vs franqesko1 - https://chess.com/live/game/5058734583
Faced a completely new opening when trying to play Scotch. Played with common sense. Finished with a combination!
Check out this #chess game: Nywolf vs MINDFREAKfrmINDIA - https://chess.com/live/game/5078666048
From me another Anti-Sicilian 2. Nc3 which leads to completely crushed opponent:
https://www.chess.com/live/game/5081588068
Here is my entry for June. This was a daily game on Chess.com. The fun thing about daily games is that you can use a database, like in correspondence chess. I doubt I could have ever come up with this without the help of deGleria, F vs. Malinaroli, M
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/268608472
I play white
5 minutes game
https://lichess.org/Igt8N0jXqRD4
https://lichess.org/2pjn8SxgOwfF
Hello ChessMood Family, hello champions!
This month we got 250+ games and it was very cool to see your growth.
There were posted many games by Sriram, Arnav, Giorgos, Jotisko, Aayush, Tanmoy, Abhi and Kourush. It was impressive to see your growth.
We've also noticed how much you work on the courses, and the results we all see!
Super job!
The 1st prize - best game of June, goes to Keok Woltek, for his very nice combination.
Koek played other nice games as well, including his nice Qh3, Qh2 maneuver.
The 2nd prize goes to Abhi Yadav. Among his many nice attacks, the game where he crushed french, with 3.Bd3, was a masterpiece. 11.Ne5!! was brilliant.
The 3rd prize goes to Jeffrey Cobb, for his queen sacrifice.
The 4th prize goes to Arman Shahzamani, for a nice game, crushing "Youtube opening" :D
The 5th prize goes to Kourush, for his nice attack with English opening.
The best game with Black pieces goes to Fahad Rahman, for his nice win against a Grandmaster.
Fahad also played another impressive game crushing with our Caro-Kann exchange variation.
The best opening for the month goes to Scotch Game :)
Scotch Game destroyed the opponents this month :)
Thanks for all the participants.
Keep the good job and COGRO (Constant Growth),
and see you in the contest of July.
Chess title?
Let's discuss in this forum topic about chess title and ratings.
Motto of this topic is to engage chessmood forums and to know our family in better way and I hope all members of our family will participate in this topic.
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Maybe we'll have ChessMood title for ourselves?
@Kevin_D, @Nicolo_Pasini and @Kim_Skaanning-Pedersen would get ChessMood GM title right away :)
sorry i not understood anything
I think I am an expert at the analysis board... Now to translate that to when I am playing haha!
Just play
I want to join play chessmood.com
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What do you mean, plz explain the question :)
