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New article: How to get better at chess: The 3-step formula and the secret sauce

How to get better at chess? 

It’s the most important question. And if you answer it right getting a plan from experts, you’ll have the right direction during your chess journey. 

In today's article, GM Avetik shares his proven 3-step formula and the secret sauce, which you can use to speed your growth and have more fun on your journey. 

And most importantly, you can use it not only in chess but in any area of your life. 
 

Click here to read the article 👇
https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-get-better-at-chess

Share your thoughts below.

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Heineken's ketchup? How refreshing! Think you might mean Heinz and be in need of a beer after writing it all. Good article though.

Nice article as always 🙃 Time for us to read all of the articles listed (for the first time or again) and make a strong study plan for 2023 😁

thank you 😀👍

Before chess.com banned me from playing titled players and staff members :(( I had a friend, FM Countofmontecristo and we chat a lot about chess. He is a belgian senior and I remember many things he said. Related with this article I would mention two: a) Everything is playable b) I remember all the theory I learnt at the 80s but from the actual theory I remember nothing. So as Spassky quoted I go OTB with an empty head :)

Study (Tactic Ninja) Practice (Puzzles) Fix yeah, recently I have been practicing this with the puzzle rush as well. I used to just play and not look back at the puzzles I solved incorrectly. (trying to break the records) But after spending time checking the mistakes, I improved the score. :D

Thank you so much, Avetik.

Actually, the article took me way more than 11 minutes ;-)  Something like 40 minutes,

during which I took notes and forgot everything around me.

I'll keep you updated how it works. I have (soon had, hopefully) a great tendency to eat too much

without digesting.  

Wonderful to fund ChessMood from GM Noël's email.
Happy to get a free trial due to World Chess Day.
Love the part about showing how to use the 3-step formula and the secret sauce and "eat & digest".
Let's grow up!

thx

Superb courses.

I haven't seen this wonderful course before.

nice path to become a strong player.

This is wonderful platform to learn chess perfectly.

I wish to become a GM soon by following this courses and formulas.

Thank you chessmood for this wonderful courses.

A big thanks to GM Avetik.

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The 3 step formula is absolutely great i realized just by fixing my problems I improved a lot 

Thank you Avetik

Thanks, a lot.
It's an amazing and useful article.

New member here! This is the first thread I found exciting to read! Bookmarked the article. Will read and follow the guide for sure!

Thank You GM Avetik actually it took me 2 intervals to read the article but its amazing.
Thanks for the information and really it was very good and I think u could have added some other things perhaps.

From 1600 to 1718 only after reading your articles — Thanks to ChessMood’s Mindset Advice

I just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you to everyone at ChessMood.

I went from 1600 to 1718 rapid on Chess.com — not because I studied openings or tactics but because I applied the psychological concepts I learned from ChessMood’s amazing articles.

What helped me the most are : The Snowball Effect : Keep playing while you're winning, stop at 4 -2 games when you lose It helped ride my momentum, and more importantly, avoid tilt Game Session Rule: Limiting each session to 4 rapid games and taking breaks in between changed everything. I stopped fearing rating drops and played with a clear, calm mind.  “Smile and Straighten Your Back”: When I misplayed a position during a game or letting my opponent off the hook or getting boring position, instead of getting frustrated  I followed the advice — deep breath, smile and straighten your back — and mentally reset. It made me resilient and kept me sharp under pressure.

These small mindset shifts had a massive impact on my results, confidence, and enjoyment of the game.

Thank you, ChessMood, for reminding me that psychology is as important as moves on the board

 Excellent article as usual, congrats and many thanks to all the Chessmood team!! I could finally play blitz games decently (I thought I never gonna do it) and I grew about 100 points in this modality in chess.com and besides I'm enjoying playing and not fearing of rating looses any more, and I only read (and practice) from 4 to 10 articles by now! I remember “play e4!” or “e4 repertoire” (not shure the exact name of the articles, sorry), the concept or warming up before playing (tha makes a huge difference!), the making and use of the “CoGrowth files” and after a long year without reading (neither your articles) I found this jewel…I realized I forgot working on studing to keep improving, just amazing! Keep going like this guys! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

This one article has helped me a lot, even though I first read it yesterday. It feels as if I'm developing healthier study habits. I thank this article for that. I have already shared this website and the article with some of my fellow team members. Thank you 

Thanks. I kept thinking while reading the article “I've got lots to digest, I study my openings, but it's difficult to get to the same positions in my actual games beyond the first 10 moves… So I guess I cannot really digest them very fast.”

Reflections on My One-Year Competitive Chess Journey

Over the past year, I have been playing chess with focus and seriousness. After considerable frustration and multiple setbacks, I reached a peak blitz rating of 1774 last month. However, since then, I have been experiencing recurring losing streaks. Even on days when I am composed and not tilted, my performance continues to drop, and I often lose to players significantly lower rated than me.

At times, I also have days where I win consistently and perform at a much higher level, but the inconsistency has now become a pattern. Despite a full year of committed effort, I feel I am unable to break past the 1700 mark, which raises concerns about whether my progress is moving in the right direction.

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Blackmood openings

Dear chessmood family I am studying blackmood openings what to play against e4 e6 d4 d5 nc3 nf6 e5 ng8 a3

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We have a event coming up where coach will answer all French attack questions just post it here https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/french-attack-advanced

French Attack vs The Alapin Gambit

Could anyone explain the details of the Alapin Gambit against the French Attack?  Maybe I missed this in the courses, and maybe it isn't frequent enough to discuss… But I am interested in understanding the rationale behind the moves.

For example after:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3

4. …Nh6 Is this best as the engine I'm using says is best?

4. …Nf6 Is this best as it seems to be what everyone is playing?

If Nh6 is best, why?  What is the comparison to Nf6.  

In my humble opinion, this should be discussed as the YouTube Videos on people playing this Alapin Gambit are crushing their opponents who have no idea on how best to respond… And this goes for players with ratings approaching 2,000.

One video goes like this:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3 Nf6 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. Bf2 Bd6 9. Qf3

White ends up with a substantial advantage… Considerable development advantage and readily available attack after a queen's side castle.

Please help!

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Hey, Kevin 

In this position the reason nh6 is better because it gives the knight more possibilities compared to nf6 where it only defends the pawn but knight on h6 not only can come in the game at some point through nf5 it can also potentially put big problems to the bishop and it coordinates really well with the queen.

New success story: Over 500 points in 1 year - The adult chess improver looking to do the improbable!

Hello champions!?

Recently, we interviewed an adult chess improver from our family who raised 500 points in 1 year!

He’s one of our earliest Pro members and you might have heard of him. His name – Jay Garrison.
During our conversation, Jay generously shared the approach and strategies that helped him raise over 500 rating points!
He talks about:

✅The different parts of the game he focussed on to build his core chess strength.

✅A secret hack he uses to keep the right mood!

✅An advice he would give to someone who has limited time to study.

As a bonus, we also threw some rapid-fire questions at Jay and got some interesting answers…?? 

Hopefully through his story, you’ll pick up some useful ideas to implement in your chess improvement journey!

You can check out the complete interview here ?

https://chessmood.com/feedback/jay-garrison-adult-chess-improver

Here on this forum thread, you can drop your questions and congraluatory messages to Jay!

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Congratulations Jay.

Hi from Italy, conratulation Jay, it's amazing! I must ask you a couple of questions. 1) Why you new account started from 1641 and not from 1500? 2) You was 1641 Blitz Lichess sept 30 2020 and only 16 day after (Oct 16 2020) you reached 1905! Great! That is the bigger part of your growth, since now you are 1955. From october 2020 to april 2021 you remained about at 1900 and from feb to april 2021 you made another growth (to 2033). In the third period (from April 2021 to in september 2021) your rating arised not so fast but constantly and you reached your maximum, 2088 (sept 24 2021). May you tell us anything about your training during this 3 periods of your amazing growth? Thank you! Giulio pet 24 2021)

Hi Jay, I'm Alessio. Congratulations for your success! I would ask you a couple of questions because I'm following the road of improvement and I would know your perspective about some topic. 1-How many hours spend on chess weekly? Because I spend 8 hours of chess weekly and I feel that the improvement is very slow..but I think it's normal relate to my chess programme. (I'm following the instructions of chessmood coach so the quality is very good) 2-how do you manage breaks from chess? Do you feel sometimes tired because you work a lot during a week? What do you do? This is my main problem because in my job I use always my mind and Sometimes I don't have energy to manage a chess workout! I need to divide the hours and set priorities. Thank for your future feedbacks!!

Good stuff Jay! I'm glad your hard work is paying off. One thing I was wondering is how often are you having sessions with your coach? cheers, Peter

Wow Jay, you really are a dedicated adult improver! I am humbled by your single minded dedication to achieving your chess aims , and I wish you good luck. Can you let us know how you use the chessmood materials (apart from creating your opening pgn files). For instance do you join the events, repeat study materials such as classic games/tactics etc? Or are you now concentrating more on homework from your coach?

Great job Jay???

Jay, Congrats on your progress/success so far. Keep up the consistent effective work!!! I will be following your journey. What are you doing non-chess? Especially books. Bret

Hi Jay, Yours is a very inspirational success story for us adult improvers just starting out on a serious path of chess improvement! Please let me pick your brain a bit about the details of your pgn mangement: what tools do you use to create/edit them, how do you review/drill the openings (personal chessable course made from your pgns, chess tempo opening trainer, flashcards, something else?), how do you organize the pgns themselves (one massive file for white & one for black, or per opening? Do you use pgn tools to merge/split them in order to create chessable courses?) If you could give an overview of all the tools you're found the most helpful, that would be great!

Some of the advice is gold:

 ‘You just got to get 1% better every day. Trust the process.’

 Thanks for the interview!

Hi Jay, if you're still around in the forums, I'm curious: did you use the Blackmood or advanced openings?

Czech opening

When I was playing against my friend 1e4,c6

            2d4,d6

           3Nc3,Nbd7

After my opponent played Nbd7 I played f4 and I kept having problems as white

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Dear Telp Muah,

Please clarify the question, maybe provide details, or show an image of the position from our repertoire, for me to better understand your problem, and be able to provide a good recommendation.

English Opening

😁

What to play after 

1c4,c5

2Nc6,g6

3g3,Bg7

4Bg2,Nc6

5Nf3,O-O

6O-O,d6

7d3,E5

8Nd2

How should I continue after Nd2

6

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Hey there,

The move sequence written is incorrect, as 5… 0-0 is impossible, as the Black Knight is still on g8.
I assume you are referring to the position on the image.

Black can castle there, and if White plays Re1 with an idea of Nf1-Ne3, we can play Be6 and d5!
 

2 Questions in Benko

GM Gabuzyan, thank you for your great course Benko Gambit.

Two question:
1) What about 4.h4 bc4 5.h5 Now we can't play g6 anymore.
2) what do we play if 4.Na3? Bc4 or b4?

Also, I would love to see some model games, when we play e6 at some point. 

Thank you! 
Cheers from Scotland! 

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Hi Eoin,

Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate it.

h4 is such a line that I have never ever faced - and I checked it. The thing is, White doesn't fight properly in the center, and my suggestion is to play with 5…e6 with a fight in the middle. Black has a decent position there.

If 4.Na3, I would advise playing with 4…b4, and the logic will be the same as in the case of 4.Nc3 - b4 lines/

We don't have e6 move model games, because this move we usually play as an exception, and it's rare.
That's why we focused on the main structures.

Let me know if you have any further questions :-) 

Sicilian Sidelines Bc4

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/YWz2Lo9Pt/analysis

In this position after pawn takes in the course it covers ne2 move but what do we do in nd1. Facing it a lot. Please, explain the next moves and plans and ideas.

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Hi Pawn Bishop,

This line overall with f4 after Nc6 is a practical way of playing at the U2000 level; however, if you want to know more theory, you can check these lines at the step-by-step repertoire, where we play with 3.Bb5

Grand Prix Doubt

Hello everyone, I had one question about the Grand Prix systems for White.

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nb5 a6.

I came across this while preparing for my tournament and need help on this line. What is the best way to continue for White?

Thanks in advance.

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Hey there,

After a6, you need to capture on d4 as the Knight is hanging.

If you have question, somewhere else please let me know.

 

scotch problem

what to do after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 0-0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a5 10.a4 Nd4 11.Qd3 Nxb3 12.cxb3 c6 13.0-0-0 d5 14.Qc2!N Be6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rxd5 Qxf2 19.Bc4 Be3+ 20.Kb1 Qxc2+ 21.Kxc2 b6 22.b4! when black simply doesn't take the pawn and reroutes their bishop to attack it forcing us to take or push the pawn. If we take the pawn, then black simply plays Bb4 and it is still a draw.

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this was not covered in the advanced section of the course

Hi Eli,

This exact line is not just advanced, but is super, super advanced, and I have faced it once, only against a 2650 FIDE-rated GM.
If the opponent knows so far and knows ideas deeply, probably they are on this super GM level, so against them, you might need a repertoire accordingly. 

This position is still practically playable for White with a little edge.

New article: What Champions Search for (and Where)

Ever caught yourself studying what’s easy… instead of what’s needed?

That’s the “streetlight effect.”
And it might be the biggest reason your chess (and life) growth slows down.

New read: What Champions Search For (and Where)
https://chessmood.com/blog/what-champions-search-for

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good stuff

🙂

nice article

Great article

Funny article . Let me search over here in the light even though my keys are elsewhere in the dark . Good one and thanks for the encouragement 

Dear Avetik,

I want to become a teacher, just like you. However, I don't see myself as a chess coach, rather as a maths teacher (I love maths and I have the passion of explaining things to people). The problem is, I don't know where to start. I started studying economics this year (I'm 18) and I discovored that I loved Algebra and Analysis. Where can I start teaching things to people? How did you do it as a chess coach? What was the first (maybe risky ?) step you took?

Please give me your honest advice, 

with best wishes, Vincent

😁

Dear Avo 

I've been living in the dark for a long time now and I'm always searching for what I need to know...especially in chess.

Cheers …Greetings to Gabu 

I am not afraid of the dark, go there often, but keep forgetting my lamp, so I hit my head all the time.

Usually hurts a lot. 🤕

I have a passion for chess and ChessMood but I much prefer study to live games. In live games, I still struggle sometimes to keep the chess mood when I lose and I also struggle when I win but my opponent is obviously troubled. 
 

Dynamic positions where everything is hanging, and where the answer is not “flashy”… that's my kryptonite! Trying to calculate lines that don't have forcing moves in them too

I'm still a beginner and for some reason I just have a constant rating of a 1000 in rapid lichess without any improvement. Every time I make that mark I just go down, but it gets worse in chess.com as I'm rated there 400. Both my account names are Yesmar7

In light I forged my key
for doors I dreamed but never knew,
to find what darkness kept.

The dark place I will go next is in positional chess

NEW ARTICLE: To Succeed at Chess, Start with WHY

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Nice article on the dreaded (but ever so important) why question!

(Does size matter so much? How big is yours [your why] may not be as valid as the quality of intent of yours? Have you ever seen a "mustard" seed [or any seed] grow into a full size plant? Why does that happen? Does one seed have a greater burning desire than its other fellow seeds? We all want to reach our full potential, but conditions are not always right for some to do so unfortunately.)

Still, this why question, is the bane of all parents at some stage with young children.

When it comes with (or goes with) love though, it is indeed very powerful. Give them roots & give them wings & they will grow up to do great things! I can testify to & verify that to be true. It even applies to chess coaches and chess students!

I am not a good chess player, but as I change my mindset on this & play more I will improve (& my "why" is my own and special), but I was a good sportsman (especially at Squash rackets) in my youth. My son is a very good chess player,  as he learnt good chess by simply playing good chess as a junior (age 8-16yrs). I fondly remember one of my friends, who was a good squash payer, playing many games with me, as squash training & being competitive and encouraging to improve my play & we both had good fun with this and I improved. Later, I took professional coaching, but this was never the same and not as much fun, so even though it was useful, it was quite different.

It would be nice to replicate this "serious, yet fun" mode with some other good chess players for my chess training too, but so far I have found nothing as good, but this site helps! Maybe one day here I may find a kindred spirit to share chess play &  improvement with. I have just started enjoying interacting with one particular good chess player on his Twitch chess stream & I am learning to improve from this which is excellent!

Well, may we all aim for & reach the stars & fulfill our dreams & goals with our own unique special "why", but remember, chess is a game, which we are very blessed to play and study with these fine resources.

Right Mood, Right Move..

COGRO ChessMood family...best wishes and much love to you all  :-)

I started play chess when i am at grade 6. Nobody teach me how to play it..i just watch my grand father when playing..im not talented like other's but i felt fun playing it..one day there's a tournament in our town, i want to participate but my uncle wont allow me because he though im not good at it..that's the start i took a chalenge, i watch every game of some elite chess player in our town and study it before i sleep and after some weeks i defeated those some of the elite and also i defeat my uncle..im now 35 i want to be the number of my town but there is one that i cant defeat badly..it turns that were even or sometimes i have lost to him..when this pandemic come this chess mood appear in my wall, free for 7 days...i only watch some of the video because i dont have computer, i only rent in the computer shop..but in that little time i crush my opponents 10-0...im so happy but after that he study my moves with the computer and i cannot defeat him like the other day because some of the line i did not watch it...and i cant proceed to pro because i dont have any paypal or credit card... My goal is to become number 1 in the city and become a GM someday.. and i want to prove to my family that i will fulfill my dreams without there support.. for now i only solve those puzzle everyday but i cant solve it in the first attemp... Thank you chess mood...someday i will become pro member..thank you so much..sorry for my grammar..

A good teacher teaches and a great teacher inspires!

Thank you Avetik sir for this wonderful article.

Waiting for the next article:)

Amazing article! Start with why and find your why by Simon sinek best books I have ever read.

I liked this article and some of the other articles you have released on lichess and chessmood. I can't afford a coach so this for me helps to work on my chess psychology and just the way I view life in general

The link sends me to 404…

That was a great article! It helped me really understand the mindset I should have not only in chess improvement but in every goal I have in my life. Everyone must ask this question to himself in everything he tries to accomplish in his life.

I am new to this platform and I found it by luck, by a blog posted on lichess about the 10 days where all courses were unlocked. I said to give it a try for these ten days as I have not the money to afford any expenses about chess. It was one of my best decisions in my chess journey. I stayed even after the end of the offer. I have not watched many courses as I can't buy them at the moment but your articles keep me motivated and helped me understand not only the right way to study and improve my chess, but also the reason why I want to do this, the mindset I should have. I hope that one day I will manage to buy a course through mood coins. Thank you for all your help. Keep up the great work!! 

I want and must be an FM with a rating of 2290 by the age of 18 because otherwise I will enlist in the IDF and there for three years I will not have access to chess and I will never fulfill my destiny of playing chess and learning it every day with other chess players [By the way, 2290 because if you get this rating you get an outstanding player]

my why is that I want to show that it is possible to become a GM before college in a Gen Alpha world and that Skibidi toilet is not brainrot.

Boxing/MMA/Muay Thai will always have these very heartwarming stories on the fights and the fighters themselves. They definitely will have a warm place at my heart. Guess you could say the same about chess, but you're not… y'know beating each other up (at least physically).
This and the Patterson/Johansson blog has been my favorite blogs so far that i've literally made it as bases for essays and speeches in school.
Really looking forward to these fight-based blogs Mr. Avetik! if you can write another one in the future, can you pleaswe make it basaed on an MMA story? 😀 There are really good stories there, but since this is a chess based blog, some may be irrelevant, so i understand.

I want to become a WIM, cuz I I want to prove to my coach that I will do it before him, and become a chess player that even stronger than him!

I want to become a grandmaster .because our country don't have that title i want to be a one who represents that title to my country and also want to become  a inspiration for my youth

I hope that your website help me to achieve my goal 

also hope for a reply soon

I want to become a national master chess to strengthen my discipline and focus, proving to myself that I can dedicate myself to something challenging, while also enjoying the journey and the game itself.

Where is 9Dh3 en 2Kc3 Kc6 3Bb5?

Antisicilians for black

Where is the advanced section with 9Qh3? Anti sicilians (for black) Section 5 Video chessmood againt chessmood line. Gabuzyan mentions that the advanced section deals with 9Qh3. 

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same, I couldn’t find it. Just heard Coach say it a lot of times during streams and remembered the line well.

Hey there,

I will try to explain in a few words here.
That position arises for both White and Black sides in our repertoire, and we are eventually getting playable positions for both sides.

After 9.Qh3 Ne7 10.Bb2 Be5 - White plays f4 - now capturing is bad due to Rxf4 and super strong compensation, so Black needs to play Bd4+, and after Kh1 - we continue with b6 or b5 leading to an interesting and playable position for both sides.

 

French Advanced question

hi! I had a recent game as black that went 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bd7 4 f4. 

Now I was a bit unsure if I should continue with the ..a6 and ..Bb5 plan or instead switch to ..Nh6, c5, Nc6?

In the game I combined both ideas but maybe this is flawed.

 For example, If I continued 4..Nh6 5 Nf3 a6 6 Bd3 Bb5 7 Bxb5 axb5 8 0-0 am I perhaps a bit worse as white has played f4 and a rook behind it, perhaps a future f5 id s threat.

I was ondering if this is not ideal for black and so maybe forget the ..a6 and ..Bb5 idea and just go for ..Nh6, c5, Nc5, Nf5 etc?

What would you recommend?

Thanks

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Hey, Paul

When I used to play these lines as black, I heard coach correcting me that we choose the plan with c5, nh6, and some point of time nf5 if opponent goes f4.

 Problem - The problem with the exchange bad bishop line with a6-bb5 is that opponent can go be3 and then prevent our c5 move which is crucial.

Something Like this (How you should continue) -

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/55VrtUnuq8/analysis

Dear Paul,

Against f4, the idea becomes to quickly attack on d4, as White loses time with that move, and also weakens the control over the c1-h6 diagonal, which allows Nh6 ideas.

This is the link to yesterday's event, where I got that position a few times - you can check for better understanding https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-1511-2000-1

Daily Puzzle Repeated

I am sure of my memory that I have done this Daily Puzzle before. (Maybe a month or 2 ago)

I did that from Chess Mood only. I remember spending a lot of time on it.

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Hi Manish,
That’s okay, it can happen 🙂
Sometimes puzzles repeat after a while, especially if they’re among the most instructive ones.

Repeated daily puzzles help train your mind and attention, and for everyday tasks, it is worth considering reliable local services such as    plumber etobicoke, which provides information about professional plumbers in Etobicoke, a list of services, costs, and the possibility of quick dispatch to solve any problems.

Funny Comments

Recently I've been learning the WhiteMood Openings.

I import the PGN Homework into Chessbase, then annotate and add lines.

Then I import into Chesstempo for Spaced Repetition. 

However, I've been noticing some ridiculously funny comments that were definitely not written by me, but are showing up in the Chesstempo as I practice the lines, but it shows 0 Comments which means it is a private comment. This means the comment came with the PGN Import into Chesstempo.

However when I go back to Chessbase, I can't find those comments anymore, this is so funny! Maybe a ChessMood Editor threw them in somewhere??

Here are some examples:

1.e4 1...c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 d6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Qd3! a6 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf5! g6 

Ahahahahahahhahaha!

1.e4 1...c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 d6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Qd3! a6 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf5! Bxf5 11.exf5 h6 12.f4! 12...Be7 13.Bd2 O-O Time to Aaataaack!

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opening cours

can you make opening course about roylobz and etalian game full cours and all varation for high level it will attract lot of chess players 

and creat all french  for black 

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Hello Ibrahim, Chess mood doesn't offer these openings but the openings they have are the most aggressive and best scotch over Italian/Ruy Lopez any day I would pick scotch and there is a French course for U-2000 and they're working on the 2000+.

Calculation or strategy first ?

I have a question, what is more importante for someone 700 rating , calculation course or strategy course ?

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Neither. At your level, tactics are above all. All you need to do to win more games is stop hanging your pieces, and take the pieces that your opponent hangs. Openings and strategy are irrelevant. Calculation? Maybe, but all you really need in that area is to be able to see your opponents threats. As for endgames, you need to be able to mate with Q, RR, and R, and you should know the most basic K&P endgames. Good luck!

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Dutch attack against f3

hi, I recently played an OTB game and was faced by f3 against our Dutch attack (see picture) achieved after 1 d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 Bb4 5 Bd3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 b6 7 Ne2 Bb7 8 f3 0-0 9 0-0. 

I did not find anything about his variation in the courses. I had difficulties finding a good plan in this position. Does someone has suggestions about how to play?

Thanks a lot !

Cheers,

Julien

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Hey Julien,

In this position, attacking is no longer convenient because the pawn on f3 blocks the diagonal. However, the absence of the Knight on f3 weakens White's control over the central squares. Here, I suggest the strategy of playing d6-Nb7 with the goal of preparing e5, possibly followed by Qe7 and Rae8.

If the pawn on f5 is hanging, it’s safe to play g6 before e5, as Black isn’t concerned about weakening the a1-h8 diagonal due to White's doubled pawns on c3 and c4, which block their dark-squared bishop.