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In GrandMaster's mind
I loved to be in GM Avetik Grigoryan
mind! good content.
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What opening to do you think I should play?
Hello Chessmood PRO members! I am going to ask you guys a question. Recently, I've been losing a lot of rating(like a 200 points on chess.com), and I have been looking over my openings. Against 1.e4, I really just know 1 opening really good - the Sicilian Najdorf( I know, but I have a good memory), and also I played the French Attack a handful of times, but have a good score (+7, -5, =1 in the French Attack, and +234, -266, =49 in the Sicilian). So, what should I play? I know the Sicilian better by far, but I am not playing very good nowadays, and I have not really had any experience with the French Attack, but the times I try it, it is pretty good. I would like to hear your answer.
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Why not play both? If you have the time for the required study, it's nice to have two options vs 1.e4.
The Najdorf is a good opening and you have developed some expertise in it so it would be a shame to let that go to waste. And you're off to a good start with the French so why not see where that leads.
Study partner for KID
I'm a 2000 rated chess.com player and ive been facing a lot of d4 in my otb tournaments and would like to practice KID and is looking for someone who mainly plays d4 and is around 2000 rating on chess com.
Thanks
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Hello
There is already a topic about finding a study partner. Ask there as it is also pinned and it is more likely that you will get an answer. If you can't find it this is the link.
https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/studysparring-partner-1362
Thanks
Modern pirc
I have a problem facing the modern pirc where they play 1.e4g6 2.Nc3Bg7 3.Bc4c5 4.h4h5 5.Qf3Nh6 6.d4 and they just ignore and play castle and get initiative whenever I take on c5. What’s should I play against it?
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I have checked that position with an engine. It's true what you say, black has a pretty high winrate. The engine likes 7.Qg3 the most with the threat of bxh6 bxh6 Qxg6! because the pawn is pinned. If he sees the threat and blocks with e6 d5 and the engine loves your position. Of course these lines are still complicated, so you could learn another line against it, like just playing 2. d4.
Personally, I just play the Grand Prix attack against any Pircs
which course is strategy in chessmood?
which course is strategy in chessmood?
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https://chessmood.com/course/scale-method https://chessmood.com/course/chess-planning-7q-method https://chessmood.com/course/daily-lessons-with-gm
How to do submit game
Hi
I played a French game that maybe interesting to share with all of you. This follow the following course principles, activate your bad pieces, make exchanges because of lack of space, make complication to blunder, bring your pieces toward opponent king and cease inititive
thanks.
Also, can you post images on the forum
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Hi Steve,
if it’s an online game , juste paste the link of it ! If it s not , you can use lichess and open the analysis board to enter your game ( best is to do it in a study that you can create ) and simply copy the url here . you have the topics : best game of the month or model game , but you can also just add it here in your post .
You can put image in the forum by using the orange rectangle icon just left on the smile emoji.
Is bullet good for improving?
Hello,
Recently I've been playing a lot of bullet but I don't know if it can help me actually improve. Can you share your thoughts please?
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Bullet is forbidden if you are looking for improvement ! But if you just want to have fun , doing it a limited amount of games occasionally is ok . There is some excellent articles on the blog on this .
Well, bullet chess is great only if you want to play for fun. If you actually want to improve and get better you must never play bullet! I used to do so for a period, before listening about this advice and I found myself playing fast and only by intuition when playing blitz or rapid. It was then when I played the worst chess of my life. I didn't improve at all, but at the same time, I got worse! All the work I had put in my calculation and positional skills, and even on the endgames, got cancelled, as I continued not to think, and eventually I had to start from the begining. So, if you actually want to get better at chess bullet is forbiden because it encourages a great deal of bad habits wich every serious chess player tries to fight (impatience, not thinking while playin etc).
This topic is also covered in the blog of the site as @Dennis Page pointed, so if you want the opinion of a real chess coach take a look at this articles
https://chessmood.com/blog/does-bullet-chess-make-you-better, the advice of coach avetic on bullet
Also check out this one if you want to find out wich time control is best for you if you want to actually improve.
https://chessmood.com/blog/what-chess-time-control-to-choose
when will three new courses come out?
calculation,positional chess and middlegame roadmap
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Hey there,
I can't mention the exact days as we are working on so much content at the time :-)
We are planning to have them in a near future, please stay tuned for updates!
good luck!
Why am I losing otb tournaments?
I was playing in British chess championships 2023 and I came 1st in one of the sections. I won 5.5 out of 6 even though I should have won the drawn game. I played at my very best and gained about 200 points fide. Then when I played my next tournaments I suddenly started losing very badly. And played horrible. I realized I was overthinking it but when I tried to play like I played in my last tournament I started losing badly with blunders and stupid mistakes. Does anyone have the same thing happening to them? I wish to discuss it and try to find the true meaning why I am losing the games without any reason. This is some side note but while I was playing another tournament where I came 2nd, I was playing very strong players. These players were much more better than the section where I came 1st. But still I did pretty well and came second. What really surprised me is that, I was playing a whole new different opening and I still won with the scotch. As avitek said in one of his articles he didn't care about the results and he played with his heart or something like that. I think that's what I did unconsciously, I can't seem to replicate it.
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I guess it must have been one of your first tournaments in order to win 200 FIDE ELO points out of 5,5 games… In this tournament you played at your best.
In the second one you played horrible. and we do not know the result.
Then there was another tournament where you played second.
In order to get some help, you should tell us your age, rating, tournaments, post the games, etc. the more data the better, but for what you are writing, you were not in the mood at all in the second tournament and after some defeat you just went down, it happens to all of us. Also you cannot win always…
In your case though, it looks like you would benefit a lot from a private coach that could have the time to go through your games and work together with you to fix your mistakes.
😅
daily-puzzle
Good morning
Interesting problems on 04 and 05 October.
Same idea in inverted formats and they are from 2 different authors.
Keep up the good work and fantastic page.
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💪Thank you for your kind words!!! Trying to do our best!😅
How a Grandmaster thinks after a move in chess?
How a Grandmaster Thinks after a move in chess?in middlegame
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This is very easy Happy Rabbit😀! At the moment, you have 5 GMs in our site explaining their thoughts in the “In a Grandmaster's Mind” series:
You can choose any of them and you will know and learn how they think…
Check it out… 😜
Quick question on Grand Prix opening setup
Hi ChessMood family. I am just finishing off my PGN file for the Whitemood Grand Prix opening. I am also looking to include refutations to some less optimal play in these PGNs. In the following line, 1.e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6?! , I am trying to work out where to put the light square bishop. Bc4 is available , but it could get kicked, or e6 may come, meaning it is misplaced. Would this be a fair assessment? I am assuming therefore that we should shift to the g3, Bg2 setup at this point, the plans after which are covered in the course. I'd be grateful for any advice!
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Yes, as you say g3, Bg2 should be the way the go in this case. 😀
Events calendar
I m a bit confused about when and which event take place as sometimes on the website we see something and it’s changing at the last minute and not always the same on discord . Like now , if if check discord , the stream of racing from 1500 is still annonce to be held in 1 minute . But I just participated in a simultaneous match that I saw by luck 5 minutes before the start ! Usually i work on Tuesday , so I m trying to get the Saturday event as often as possible .
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Hi Denis,
You can always check the events calendar on the website and we don't make any last minute changes.
However if you experienced any issues, please provide as much information as possible to our client support team through the email.
We will check and let you know.
Thank you!
Hi Denis,
The events that we schedule as Gabu said rarely change, there might have been some change in the past but we usually send an email informing about it.
That said, the streams for PROmembers are the ones with more educational value and are always posted in the Events page, where you can access directly to the events, but when we stream on Twitch the events are not so serious, more promotional, even Lily participates sometimes 😁😆…
Still, feel free to send us an email if you had any problem and we'll check this out.😀
Owen's defense
Do we have a CM recommendation against Owen's defense, after 1. e4 b6?
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Last time this was brought up, I believe the course is still a WIP. Hopefully Coach Avetik & Friends can finally wade through the billions of simultaneous tasks on hand and present to us a wonderful way to answer 1.e4 b6.
Hi Yair,
Right now there is no concrete course against this and here is why. It's a super sideline. Black in the opening gives away a center and goes for passive setup. White can go with d4 - Bd3 and if there is further pressure on the e4 pawn with Bb7 and Kf6 play Qe2. Because of a health center and space white is much better in this line.
We may add some lines here, but for now, just follow this recommendation. Use the center and get a great space!
777 Tactics Elo level in Tactic Ninja Course
I would like to know the rating level for 777 Tactics in the Tactic Ninja course.
I reached number 30 and they are relatively very easy for me.
Do they become harder? or the level stays the same?
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Does it matter? Just do them all. If they are all easy you'll finish fast with few mistakes. Good practice anyway.
NEW ARTICLE: Transitioning to a Favorable Pawn Endgame
We have this topic in our Blog:
https://chessmood.com/blog/transitioning-to-a-favorable-pawn-endgame
If you have any questions, comments or you just liked it, feel free to share your thoughts here.
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White wins certainly.
Good article and yes, White will win. If the Black King goes and captures a5, by that time White will play d5! followed by f5 and e6, creating a passed pawn. The Black king cannot get into the square of the e-pawn.
I think White will win after Qd3
Very instructive article & Qd3+leads to win
White Wins. For example:
1.Qd3+ Qxd3 2.cxd3 Kc6 3.d4 Kb5 (3...Kd5 4.Kc3 Ke4 5.Kc4 Kxf4 6.Kb5 Ke4 7.Ka6 Kxd4 8.Kxa7 Kxe5 9.Kb6 f5 10.a6 f4 11.a7 f3 12.a8=Q f2 13.Qa1+ White Wins) 4.d5 exd5 5.f5 Kc6 (5...Kc5 6.f6 d4 7.e6 Kd6 8.exf7 White Wins) 6.Kc3 Kd7 7.Kd4 Kc6 8.f6 a6 (8...Kd7 9.Kxd5 a6 10.Kc5 Kc7 11.e6 White Wins) 9.e6 White Wins.
(4...Kc5 5.d6 Kc6 6.Kc3 Kd7 7.Kb4 Kc6 8.Kc4 Kd7 9.Kc5 Kd8 10.Kb5 Kc8 11.Ka6 Kb8 12.d7 Kc7 13.Kxa7 White Wins)
French Schlechter Variation
Hello all;
I have been watching French Blackmood games and Blackmood Opening courses and I have the following questions:
1. There are no games with 3. Bd3 as black at all neither under section “Best Games” no under section “Best Games from Stream”
2. Chessmood doesn't provide a way of playing against 3.Bd3 except as 3…Nc6 (under section 6 of Blackmood opening section only for 10 minutes) which is refuted under Chessmood's course under “The Tricky Schlechter Variation against the French Defense” with at least 2 hours course.
Any advice? Am I missing something?
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That's a very good post. There were no games played with the Bd3 variation in the streams, this proves that it's pretty rare and we will know more than Black for sure.
Again even if White knows how to play with Bd3 (for example a Chessmood student) and you play with …Nc6, you can check the White course, the lines are very advanced and difficult to follow for both, still you get playable positions for both. One thing to consider is that with more than 3000 games played on our streams we never faced this variation.
I didn't face it neither, not online, not OTB and I can promise you that I will use the lines from the White advanced repertoire to play as Black, I am sure that White will not remember the lines and if they do I will have made a new Chessmood friend. No one else will be able to play these lines… :-)
So for your peace of mind, just check the White repertoire lines and see the plans and try to remember the moves, but maybe you will never need it… We should ask the members to post if anyone has some games played in this variation… Don't you 🤔 think?
The best games of September, 2023, and the prizes
Hello ChessMood family, hello champions and future champions!
Welcome to the "Best games of September, 2023" competition.
Under this post, we invite you to post the best games that you will play this month.
The Prize fund is 350K MoodCoins which is equal to 350$.
The 1st prize - 150K
The 2nd prize - 100K
The 3rd prize- 50K
The 4th prize- 30k
The 5th prize- 20k
Good luck with your games and keep the Right Mood!
#ChessMood
#Right Mood - Right Move
P. S.
Here are the winners of August, 2023:
Mohamad KK
Mateo Jackson
Chess Forever
Shubhi Gupta
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i think you mean the winners of august ,2023 ! And the new competition is for September games
OMG, OMG, OMG!!!
I can't believe you chose my game!
This means a lot to me.
Thanks, ChessMood family ♥♥
https://lichess.org/66XkiLPf One of my good games against French defense.
Nice miniature in accelerated Dragon
https://www.chess.com/live/game/87417051097
Positional game in CM Antisicilian
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87362500461?tab=review
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Black "cpjain60"]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentPosition "1k6/1p2P3/p1pn1N2/3pQ1P1/1q5r/1P3B2/1PP5/1K1R4 b - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "C45"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Scotch-Game-Classical-Potter-Variation-5...Bb6-6.Nc3-d6-7.Qe2"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.03"]
[UTCTime "11:48:50"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won on time"]
[StartTime "11:48:50"]
[EndDate "2023.09.03"]
[EndTime "12:22:26"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/87480719031"]
[WhiteUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[WhiteCountry "137"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "69"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 h6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe7 12. g4 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 g5 14. h4 O-O-O
15. Bb5 Kb8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Ne5 18. Qe3 a6 19. Be2 Nh7 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nd5
Qd7 22. Rxh7 $3 Rxh7 23. Nf6 Qe7 24. Nxh7 d5 25. e5 c6 26. Nf6 Rh8 27. g5 Rh4 28.
f5 Nf4 29. Bg4 Qb4 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Ng6 32. Bf3 Ne7 33. Kb1 Nf5 34. Qe5+ Nd6
35. e7 {<br /><br />Game may have continued...} (35. e7 Ka7 36. g6 Qf4 37. Qxf4
Rxf4 38. g7 Rxf6 39. g8=Q {+6.65}) 1-0
quite good scotch, Brilliant!
A very nice win in french defense
https://lichess.org/MeMyB00GzNzv
win in SLP mode
https://lichess.org/hTCEf6npX9UH
https://lichess.org/uYFZz9Iq1gzE My game In Li chess
https://lichess.org/jrTMFgsjXdc4 simple plus from opening after Bxc6 then later simple conversion!
A good game in Grand Prix Attack. In the middle sacrifice the rook is nice. :-)
https://lichess.org/O9vQ95fa
The final attack in CM Antisicilian was very enjoyable for me :)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87613890415?tab=review
https://lichess.org/Mt09PesQRxFU Nf6 mistake then it was gg
Philidor, not so subtle attack
https://www.chess.com/live/game/87676343017
Good evening,
I played very nice and clean game in classical dutch as black.
https://lichess.org/study/xejALumO Please enjoy!! Petrosian64
The opposite King runs a marathon all over the board….probably out of breath and exhausted…best to take a siesta before another round:)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87681125205?tab=details-tab
I played a very accurate (for my level of course) game as black.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/87635439559?username=redlion43
This might be the best positional game I have played. Using more active pieces, open files and outposts to dominate the opponent and beating him in the endgame with piece activity.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87736832909?tab=review&move=88
How do you win an IM in 16 moves? Pasini variation…
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87791539855?tab=review
An OTB classical game. Definitely not a perfect game, but very interesting regardless!
https://lichess.org/study/eNMHE7iS/vfXtJoKC
My opponent gets swallowed by a Dragon!
A queen sacrifice - Larsen opening:)
https://lichess.org/aZiUkqP3
Probably my cleanest win against the london, I got an early advantage and I was able to convert it without any problem.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87917364187?tab=review
😍
PERFECT initiation of S.L.P.
https://lichess.org/DxtOY9Gx/black#0
Great SLP after blundering the queen that shows why you should never resign and always have a fighting spirit.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87931807641?tab=review&move=73
Advanced Benko, even GM at club played this line against me
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87966595271?tab=review
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88042784849?tab=review&move=45
french advance with f4 after Be3 in the swap bishop variation . After a later b3 , I went for Ba3 . It’s the second time lately I m able to get the bishop in b2 and it gave me an edge every time . Is it a good strategy ( they could have play to avoid it ) or my recent success are taking me into a wrong strategic path ? On move 22 , I got a brillant move mention but it’s only a basic tactic (threat of a royal fork ) to get a pawn … the chesscom engine is easy to impress..
I won quite nice game in French Schlechter. My opponent (rated about 2250) went for this dubious endgame with 6. … cxd4?!. It was a classical game OTB and this win gave my team a very important victory.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. N1d2 Bb8 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Rfe1
Ke7 15. Na5 Rd8 16. Ndb3 Ne8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd6 20. b3 Nd5
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Nb5 23. Rd2 Nc3 24. a4 Nb1 25. Rd3 Na3 26. c3 Kf6 27.
Rd6+ Ke7 28. Rb6 Kd8 29. Ncxb7+ Bxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Nxb7+ Kc7 32. Nc5 Kb6
33. Ne4 f5 34. Nd2 Nc2 35. Kf1 1-0
Let me introduce you the Cucca Variation of the Italian Game. It starts with the theoretical novelty 6.b5 🤓
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88099155109?tab=review&move=22
after 10.Ba3+ my opponents usually plays 10…d6 which i answer with Qf7#. This time my opponent played Ke6 and i knew there was mate but i failed to see mate in one, instead i saw mate in two :D
But i am really tired, today i did Intermediate Moves section on the Tactic Ninja course. I shouldn't have started the game but lucky for me, my opponent gave me a chance to play a line that i know quite well.
I won a game pretty nicely:
It was a rapid over the board game and was the most important game of the tournament ( last round)
Although my opponent blundered mate, he was clearly losing.
1.d4 Nf6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rf3 Nf6 16. Raf1 Rac8 17. Qd1 cxd4 18. exd4 a6 19. Qe1 b5 20. Qh4 Ne4
21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Re3 Rfd8 24. Kf2 b4 25. Nb3 Bd5 26. Rc1 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxd4 28. c4 Bc5 29. Ke1 Rd6 30. Re2 Rcd8 31. R1c2? (maybe ??) 32. Rd1#
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88183313007?tab=review&move=32
Alekhine with the f4 gambit accepted but after Nf3 Nd5 I forgot the ChessMood line ( Bc4) and followed with c4 .. I was in attacking mood so I went all in after that ! It seem my aggressiveness made him play weaker moves as he resigned after 17 moves !
https://lichess.org/2oDG8gcT0JZE Funny game with the Bishop's Opening
https://lichess.org/JsjoQqBRTpQ8
white resigned after 10 moves ! A 1950 blitz player with 21,000 games ! I have to say it was on lichess…a little mistake in the French swap bishop variation make him lose a pawn then a rook then the game ( queen was next ) !
Could be a model game, perfect play not even a single inaccuracy in CM Antisicilian ;)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88231737581?tab=review
King's Indian Attack vs Sicilian 💪
https://www.chess.com/game/live/88258298589
Scotch game
https://lichess.org/mti5NYSs
Fast queenside attack against Sicilian Closed. My opponent broke down while under pressure.
https://lichess.org/44L9DzpXxpEu
I really like rooks exchanges :)
transposing the winning endgame :)
Good game and a nice tactic.
Just want to say if you have a chance to keep your dark square bishop, especially when you play f5, that's very important for white.
Good exchange on d3 :)
You got a winning imbalance position :)
A nice win for black in a French 2 f4 against a higher rated opponent. White got a space advantage so I used the knowledge I have gained in the exchanges course to make some key exchanges and then had some nice tactical shots to go up an exchange and “bring home the bacon”.
Can you please tell me what you miss by playing 11…Ne4?
Wow , after winning your queen , he demonstrated that being greedy and trying to hold on everything was a losing strategy! he looked tilted whenever you moved a knight around … he lost his 2 rooks without compensation choosing the worse move every time … the ending with your 2 rooks was complicated and winning or at least drawing , after all his blunders , I would have bet a lot on you at the end ! I always keep playing in losing position too and sometimes , miracles happen ! And if not , I still enjoy trying !
https://lichess.org/VNsKbUdq
https://lichess.org/1XE7xvLA7P0U I do not remember lines just tried to play simple chess
https://lichess.org/mKwpYdNk/black perfect conversion of advantage
Rapid on Chess.com (10+0"). Reversed Stonewall. I play White.
Missed cool checkmate in 2 in the end, but still nice attack in Benko
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88475388919?tab=review
quick easy KO vs GP 2…a6 https://lichess.org/X2dcmqbnOVBR
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "TraderZen"]
[Black "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "r3k2r/3pp1bp/b4np1/6N1/Q1p2P2/8/PP1P1nPP/RNB3RK w - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B30"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Sicilian-Defense-Old-Sicilian-Variation-3.Bc4"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.15"]
[UTCTime "15:03:25"]
[WhiteElo "1100"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[TimeControl "300"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "15:03:25"]
[EndDate "2023.09.15"]
[EndTime "15:09:55"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/88529036183"]
[WhiteUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[WhiteCountry "52"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "137"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e5 $6 b5 5. Bd5 Bb7 6. c4 Qc7 7. cxb5 axb5 8.
Bxf7+ $4 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 $1 10. Qf3 $6 Nxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh3 Nf6 13. O-O Bg7 14.
f4 Neg4 15. Qb3 c4 16. Qxb5 Ba6 17. Qa4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 $2 Nh3+ 20. Kh1
Qg1+ $3 21. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1
Exciting smothered mate
nice Q win in rossolimo https://lichess.org/S2dhdmejTciy
crazy Rf1 finish tactic ninja style https://lichess.org/4dmSB7A9rsrq
Bh7+ Ninja style…
https://www.chess.com/live/game/88537430127
I don't see the Tromp very often, but I love it when I do see it! haha
Fun king hunt without queens … After white move 24 Kf4 there's a mate in 5 i didn't find, will you :))
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88572619383?tab=review
This was a Vienna Gambit. I pushed my h-pawn to build up a stunning attack and then finished the game off with a spectacular queen sacrifice.
https://lichess.org/YkSHEujM A nice novelty in my favorite variation of the Caro-Kann.
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "MR_TRILOKI"]
[Black "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "2r5/p1r1pk1p/5bp1/8/8/P7/1P2KPbP/R2R4 w - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B34"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Sicilian-Defense-Open-Accelerated-Dragon-Exchange-Variation-5...bxc6-6.Qd4-Nf6-7.e5"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.17"]
[UTCTime "10:08:15"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won by resignation"]
[StartTime "10:08:15"]
[EndDate "2023.09.17"]
[EndTime "10:15:01"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/88684291347"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/41129832.f44628e4.50x50o.aad9477bb4fd.jpg"]
[WhiteCountry "69"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "137"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nh5 8.
e6 Bg7 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Bc4+ d5 $1 11. Bxd5+ Qxd5 12. Qxd5+ cxd5 13. O-O Bf5 14.
c3 Rab8 15. Nd2 d4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nc4 Rhc8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rd2
Rb7 21. a3 Rbc7 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxc1 25. Nd5 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Bxd5
27. Kxe2 Bxg2 {<br /><br />Game may have continued...} (27... Bxg2 28. Rd2 Bg5
29. Rad1 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc1 31. Ke3 Re1+ {-8.02}) 0-1
pretty sicilian
main submission: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88716036995?tab=analysis&move=41 if we're allowed to submit multiple games, I'd also like to submit this: https://lichess.org/zH74OzJw/black#0 Benko with a cute queen sac to finish: https://www.chess.com/live/game/88690380259
Instructional advanced Benko CM line, maybe will be useful for someone
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88741849453?tab=review
nice endgame from scotch opening https://lichess.org/I5uLTR21A5LN
Sicilian GP, punished the violation of opening principles
https://lichess.org/NCNtHxcfBseT
https://lichess.org/7lOKbpbR/black#32
french exchange , i went for the bishop sac on h3 and my opponent has not been able to resist my attack
https://lichess.org/study/UzAucvhQ/NjHOiod7
https://lichess.org/El0wdnTH/black#88
https://lichess.org/PybNnaGn/black#70
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gogonshirish"]
[Black "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "8/p5kp/4p1p1/5p2/4Q1K1/1P4P1/Pbr4r/8 w - f6"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "A31"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/English-Opening-Symmetrical-Anti-Benoni-Variation...6.g3-O-O-7.Bg2-Nc6"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.19"]
[UTCTime "08:22:18"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
[BlackElo "1249"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won by resignation"]
[StartTime "08:22:18"]
[EndDate "2023.09.19"]
[EndTime "08:29:33"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/88850538057"]
[WhiteUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[WhiteCountry "177"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "137"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 $6 bxc6 $6 9. O-O Ba6 10. b3 $6 d5 11. cxd5 $2 cxd5 $9 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rb1 $9 e6 $9
14. Re1 Qa5 15. e4 $2 dxe4 $9 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 $2 Rfd8 $1 18. Qf3 Bxb2 19. Bb7
Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Qd2 21. Red1 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kg2 Rc2 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qf4
Rdd2 26. Kh3 Rxf2 27. Qe4 Rxh2+ 28. Kg4 f5+ {<br /><br />Game may have
continued...} (28... f5+ 29. Kf3 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Bf6 31. Ke3 g5 32. Ke4 Rc3 33.
g4 Re2# {-M5}) 0-1
Lovely
pressuring until he breaks
https://www.chess.com/live/game/88855944695
https://lichess.org/2W7kLrKv/black#0
https://lichess.org/SZfA1kqJGbnc
How often do you give a smothered mate ;)?
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88917054597?tab=review
Short miniature in CM antisicilian
https://lichess.org/ko7bI5fd/white#27
CM Petrov Nf7 sacrific!
https://lichess.org/oJZoXpVB/white#65
https://lichess.org/gEfcIMOh5PbO Not super cool but still decent attacking chess
Crushing someone with the Scotch! https://lichess.org/eYVB65Q3
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89077848603
punishing wrong opening choice ! my opponent played 7 pawns moves for his first 9 moves … after developing most of my pieces , opening the center gave me opportunities and after winning a piece , i went for trading to simplify and won easily
A solid game in French Defence / Shlechter Variation.
https://lichess.org/Zq8coeSA/white#0
A second good game in a row (I was on fire 😜). Playing against isolated pawn in The French Attack!
https://lichess.org/gszyRGZ6/black#0.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89165401239
a win in 10 moves against the alekhine , did not play the best moves but set a trap and it worked !
black win by checkmate in 16 moves with the Dutch , maybe my best and shorter win with it !
https://lichess.org/ajckl34V/black#60 intuitive rook sac
A good game in Caro-Kahn Defense.
https://lichess.org/qfBtK5PN/white#0.
Perfect play against The London System.
https://lichess.org/1CBzDdDU/black#0.
I tried but I couldn't prevent myself from adding this game. It was very short against Sicilian.
https://lichess.org/fOH7mgXz/white#0.
Not at all a flawless game, but very short and looks good ;)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89250594129?tab=review
And another entertaining game in CM Antisicilian
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89256603457?tab=review
Funny hook mate in CM Caro
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89260198699?tab=review
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Black "Shahtoosh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentPosition "6rk/pp1b4/1qnbp2Q/3p3N/1P1P4/PN2P3/6PP/5RK1 b - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B00"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Nimzowitsch-Defense-2.d4-e6"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.24"]
[UTCTime "13:06:16"]
[WhiteElo "1334"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "13:06:16"]
[EndDate "2023.09.24"]
[EndTime "13:11:43"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/89299807503"]
[WhiteUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[WhiteCountry "137"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/88977330.e88487e5.50x50o.54bcf1514f6b.jpeg"]
[BlackCountry "17"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Be7 $6 5. Bd3 Na5 6. Ne2 c5 7. a3 $6 cxd4 $6 8.
cxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. b4 Qb6 $6 11. Be3 f6 $6 12. exf6 $2 Nxf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3
Ng4 $6 15. Ng3 $2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bd6 $2 17. Qh5 $1 g6 $6 18. Bxg6 $3 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8
20. Nh5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rg8 $6 22. Qh6# 1-0
Got to french then brilliancy!
Against Caro-Kann:
Complete demolition in Benko
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89335173887?tab=review
Middle Game Attack
https://lichess.org/64hK6haqVK4g
Sicilian closed. I don't know why but I felt really proud after that game!
https://lichess.org/Q3IpfApP/white#0.
And another great game against Sicilian.
https://lichess.org/GKVKGUJr/white#0.
Not the most accurate game, but still I feel I played pretty good.
https://lichess.org/cxHC1oWQ5XZD
Elephant safari
https://www.chess.com/live/game/89381424267
Accelerated dragon, powerful bishops!!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/89392875107
Very nice game in the French Attack (Exchange variation) https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89406108747?tab=review !
😀 😀 😀
I just played my first graded OTB game of the season for my club. I spent the last month working on Chessmood openings, and the last week in particular on the Grand Prix attack. I followed Avetik's advice and I've written a whole PGN of my own on it, using Whitemood lessons, model games, and some extra research. So I certainly was pleased to see 1…c5 on the board ! 😀
I was happy with the way the game went, I felt my pieces had so much energy, and it was easier to manage the time on the clock than normal, because the plans are known to us. Thank you Avetik and Chessmood family !
https://lichess.org/study/oLUgXvvR/XUP7mcyx
Hi Chessmood,
Here is my entry for the best game in September 2023.
I play an unconventional opening as White which quickly develops into a swashbuckling attack. My opponent resigned on move 19 as he was getting mated on the next move.
Enjoy:
https://lichess.org/aFpf5lz9j9XV
Made a big opening mistake but of course this gives me a chance to refine my SLP Skills! Enjoy! I think after the blunder i played a decent game and was able to put enough pressure on my opponent to crumble his position!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89458766721
It's rare for me to make a good game in The French Shleichter Variation (I still haven't took the mane course). Here it happened.
https://lichess.org/hTTyHSn3/white#0.
A big thanks to GM Gabuzyan. Perfect play during an English.
https://lichess.org/tJWMB3E1/black#0.
Short but fun game :-) https://lichess.org/tzfoVsoL
Hello chessmood,
I recently found a critical bug in chessmood.com and I want to report it. Please tell me where I can report it so your developer team can fix it because it's very dangerous (it allows a bad guy to take over any member account).
https://lichess.org/ni70CaCYhojM
Queen sacrifice, missed checkmate in one ;)) but good thing it still was winning…
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/89521828655?tab=review
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89538049949
My opponent played the opening wrong and got punished!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89538643059
A disastrous opening for me but managed to trap his Queen in a beautiful and unsuspecting manner!
Destroying The Stafford!
https://lichess.org/o5Ch3H6N/white#0.
French Attack! Exchange variation.
https://lichess.org/U1kz5Mv4/black#0.
experimenting with advanced caro https://lichess.org/I8bdEaHVGzwM
Brilliant sacrifice in Fried Liver Attack!! www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/87232184421
A smooth Benko.
https://lichess.org/edJpbIWo/black#0.
crushing Caro-Kann!
https://lichess.org/gac1HDtK/white#32
https://lichess.org/study/fdyQFzPd/C1u1e2gy Positional play in Closed Sicilian, but with one tactical mistake… Very high accuracy. Classical game 1h+30sec
A nice win in Benko Gambit
https://lichess.org/8RKYtzZDGCm9
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.09.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rogiere"]
[Black "NarutoUzumaki509"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "5rk1/4p2p/3p2P1/2pPb1N1/2P3P1/8/5q2/5q1K w - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "A57"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Benko-Gambit"]
[UTCDate "2023.09.28"]
[UTCTime "21:47:13"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "NarutoUzumaki509 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "21:47:13"]
[EndDate "2023.09.28"]
[EndTime "21:54:24"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/89676612583"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/30952112.30bb1929.50x50o.312de94d52a3.jpeg"]
[WhiteCountry "101"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "137"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Nb1 a5 6. Nf3 a4 $6 7. e3 $6 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 $6 O-O 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Ne1 $6 Ne5 $2 13. f4 Neg4 14. Ndf3 $4
Nxe4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Rb1 $6 Ng3 17. Rf2 Nfe4 18. Be3 Nxf2 19. Bxf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2
Bf5 21. Nd3 b3 22. axb3 axb3 23. g4 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb6 25. f5 Ra2 26. fxg6 fxg6
27. Ng5 $6 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. h4 Be5 30. h5 b2 31. Kg2 b1=Q 32. Qh3 Qc2 33.
hxg6 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qbxf1# 0-1
Dangerously accurate Benko!
The effect of tactic ninja !!
No inaccuracies no mistakes and no blunders !
https://lichess.org/nXb2oxfi/white
This is the last and a very crucial round of National Junior Championship in which I won the gold medal:-
[Event "National U-19 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.09.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bhagyashree, Patil"]
[Black "Shubhi, Gupta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.09.29"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Be7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Bh4+ 8. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 9. Kf1 Ne7 10. Qe1 Qf6 11. Qf2 O-O 12. Nc3 Na6 13. d3 Nb4 14. Bf3 Re8 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Ne4 Qe5 17. d4 Qc7 18. c4 Ba6 19. b3 Nf5 20. Kg1 Nde3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. Qe2 Nxd4 23. Qxe3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qe5 25. Nc3 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 Re3 27. Qxc6 Rae8 28. Nd5 Qxa1+ 29. Kf2 Qb2+ 0-1
This is also from National Juniors, there is a small nice tactics with Nxf7 to finish the game
[Event "National U-19 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shubhi, Gupta"]
[Black "Sneha, Halder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.09.29"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O e6 14. Rfe1 O-O-O 15. c4 Bb4 16. c5 Qa5 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Nd2 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Rxd4 22. Qe2 Rhd8 23. Nf3 Rc4 24. Ne5 Rc2 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. Rad1 Nd5 27. Qf3 Rc3 28. Rd3 Qxa3 29. Nxf7 Qxc5 30. Ne4 Rxd3 31. Nfd6+ Kc7 32. Qxf8 Qd4 33. Qc8+ Kb6 34. Qxb7+ Ka5 35. Nc4+ Ka4 36. Nb2+ 1-0
French Defense / Schlechter Variation.
https://lichess.org/s73bcoA5/white#0.
This is the round where I defeated the top seed of the tournament in just 26 moves
[Event "National U-19 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shubhi, Gupta"]
[Black "Kheerthi, Ganta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.09.25"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.25"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 g6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Bb5 Na7 20. Bd7 Rxc1 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Qxc1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Bd7 h6 25. e6+ Kh7 26. Qc7 1-0
The Tricky Schlechter Variation against the French Defense
https://lichess.org/8JfwwQqKxoW4
Not a flashy game but high accuracy, I played against IQP with dominating B vs N endgame and not allowing counterplay.
https://lichess.org/GORO0r9UoVt5
Checkmating with the French Attack!
https://lichess.org/DG0FNZUDTtes
Checkmating with the Dutch Attack!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89755846231
Checkmating with the Grand Prix setup against Modern defense!
https://www.chess.com/game/live/89756425465
This is my lichess study in which I have put my games which I sent yesterday:-
https://lichess.org/study/W6CzuG8T
A short Benko / Benoni.
https://lichess.org/uDjSHMJJ/black#0.
https://lichess.org/w7vK8Tdn9HYY This is my game in Li chess
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/564415017 Came down to a thrilling finale!
Against Scandinavian Defense.
https://lichess.org/xwmaSldb/white#0.
Benko Gambit.
https://lichess.org/MVf6HfMF/black#0.
My last game for this month. A French Attack with some mistakes.
https://lichess.org/FAzUD1d3/black#0.
Anti Sicilian Queen sac and mate in 2 two
https://lichess.org/jzC1NK3DQCaW
Can it be a model in in alapin?
😀
Beautiful sacrifice in the French!!
Pure strength of the Benko
https://lichess.org/C6l2jMPW/black
The only game where i've got not 99 but 100% of accuracy, that shows how how good this trap in CM Antisicilian ;)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88474131625?tab=review
From my Chess. com account 😀
Check out this #chess game: Gus4400 vs LebidA - https://www.chess.com/live/game/89932200781
Hello champions!
How are you all doing?
Thank you for sharing your games! It was our pleasure to go through them and see you apply the things you learned.
Moving on to the prizes now:
Vladimir Bugayev takes home the first prize. You showed a good understanding of the Maroczy Bind, kept control of the position while improving it at the same time. And the final smothered mate was a treat to the eyes! Great game!
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/88917054597?tab=analysis&move=65
The second prize goes to Chess Forever for their fantastic attacking game. Your plan with h4-h5-h6 was very interesting. The final checkmating combination starting with a Queen sacrifice, was beautiful. Loved it! Well done!
https://lichess.org/p99c8znI#15
The third prize goes to Vishrutha T.M. You used your initiative well and took your chance (with 23…Bxh3 sacrifice). The move Re5 to get all your pieces into the attack before finishing off the game says a lot about your understanding of attack. Well done!
https://lichess.org/lybRxqv2#48
Paulius the Witcher grabs the 4th prize. Your game shows how to punish when one side ignores opening principles by taking over the initiative. 15…Qd6 was a great decision, and the finish with 18…Rf1+!! won our hearts! Good job!
https://lichess.org/4dmSB7A9/black#31
Ilias Belhadj takes the 5th prize. You showed how to punish the opponent when they carelessly push pawns in front of their King. Also, after you had a winning position, you did a great job of stopping counterplay and patiently converting it into a win. Good attack. Great WWP!
https://lichess.org/U1kz5Mv4/black
Congratulations! Thanks once again, everybody for sharing your games.
Let’s keep focusing on growth and improving every day!
See you in the next month’s contest.
Adv Black.. 1.f4 and 1.g4
In the advanced black reprietore what to play against 1.f4 and 1.g4??
Replies
Against the Grob (1.g4) Avetik's suggestion in the BlackMood course is d5 followed by c6. I think this is a great suggestion for any level! Very simple and easy to play, but still gives black a solid advantage.
If you play the Sicilian like in the advanced repertoire, then responding to 1.f4 with 1…c5 seems sensible. If they play 2.e4 then it has transposed to the Sicilian and we have 2…d5!
I did a bit of searching on some of the ChessMood accounts and found one with 1.f4 and c5 was the response:
https://www.chess.com/game/live/47752885279?username=chessmood_racer_2800
Chess brain re-wiring?
started teaching my 6 y/o nephew on the spectrum, how to play chess… now he's off the spectrum, seems to be functioning close to normally, and his thinking and language articulation is drastically improved. All this in a span of about a month or so. Curious if anyone else has had a similar experience of drastic brain enhancement from chess related thinking exercises. Side note, i have a psychology background, my online chess rating is only around 1250 but my teaching methods are unique and specifically developed for children.
