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Amazing course this one! A lot of ideas to learn! A question: in the line 7.Nc6 9.Bd4 Qa5 10.f4 Rb8 11.Qd2 Nh6N, now 12.Nd1!? seems very critical to me. What do you think about it?

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I know the we need to create our own PGNs, but I've been using the ready made ones as starting points for memorization before deepening them. Has anyone noticed any wrong lines in these? One in particualar I've noticed is in  Attack Against Caro-Kann - the PGN has c3 played before Bd3.

I was thinking something that could be handy (for me at least) would be some group study, maybe something along the lines of each picking lines and taking time to really understand why the moves are played and the dangers of missing steps of moving in the wrong order, then we quiz each other on the bits we've learnt?

I appreciate the help with my issues. Chess mood has the best technical support! 

Hello, 

I have just started out here and have been watching the videos and recording opening lines into SCID vs MAC. Does a tool exist which will play one side of a line and tell me if i am responding correctly?

(I am on a mac and chessbase does not look like it works on macs)

Thanks, Tom

Do you think showing your rating matters? I mean showing that you are strong and others are dumb. Recently a man joined my club and asked me my rating and I said I am 1465. Then he laughed on me and said I am 2200. This sounds like showing ego to me. Like he is laughing on me and laughing that I am new in chess but I still created a community of 17.2k members. 

I call this kind of persons as egocentric or egomanical.

Yes rating matters only in tournaments and after tournaments who cares if you are GM or novice?

If you have students then they will know you like ok my mentor is GM but I really hate showing rating in front of anyone.

Whenever I write my ratings online and offline I always make note about potential. Rating shows your game level yes true but it can never show your potential.

What you guys think that showing rating and laughing is good?

For me I just call them nonsense. No matter they are GM or even world champ. Keep your rating to yourself or if you want to present it in front of anyone then be gentle with them even if they are new in chess or not playing events. For me I played only 3 rated events so I know I am underrated. I am not saying I am above 2000 but I know I can play like 1800 FIDE  In past when Magnus was young I hate his personality. He showed anger when he lost and also he threw a pen on Ivanchuk I think and also he sometimes did not came to conferences. But now as he is mature man he is more gentle and nice person and I love it.

I will be interested in knowing your views about this 

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Unexpected trip to Brazil . 

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Which setup you are going to recommend against e4 Nf6? So before the courses will publish I will study by my own.

Hi, amazing analysis also in the French course!

I have a question: How can we play in variation in wich Black keeps the tension in the centre, for example:

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Be7 followed by ...0-0, ...Nbc6, ...Qc7, ...Rd8 keeping the tension in the centre or

5...Nbd7 6.Ne2 Bd6 that I met in an online game.

Thanks!