Course publication request

In chessmood we have 2 repetoires e4 and sicilian/e6. Firstly can a course be published for advanced e6 with d5 and f5, because they are very strong and simple. As GM Avetik mentioned, there is always a line we play for both black and white-Can a course be published like ‘cross openings with e6’ and ‘cross openings with c5’ or something. A course which highlights the best lines which give equal fighting chances where the better player will win, like strong attack vs strong defense, for e6 and c5.

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Your second idea dosent need a seperate course:

Just look in the main courses where the lines intersect, they talk about it there.

balance coins

how do you get balance coins and how do you spent them?

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mood coins

how do you spend mood coins?

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Hi Leo,

You can use Moodcoins to purchase individual courses on the platform.

Conversion Rate: 1,000 Moodcoins = $1

Step 1: Navigate to the specific course you want to purchase.

Step 2: Click the "Buy this course" link on the right side of the page.

Step 3: On the checkout page, select Moodcoins as your payment method.

Hi Leo,

You can use Moodcoins to purchase individual courses on the platform.

but you can't buy pro

Conversion Rate: 1,000 Moodcoins = $1

Step 1: take the course that you want to purchase.

Step 2: Click the "Buy this course" link on the right side of the page.

Step 3: On the checkout page, select Moodcoins as your payment method.

puzzle error

3. Bring the pieces!
in this puzzle Rd6 should count as a valide moove.. it's even the best move according to the engine 

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maybe its a error by chessmood

Hi Anis,
Thanks for letting us know.

This quiz comes right after a video explained by a GM. In some positions, there might be other good moves, but the idea is to apply the concept that was just taught and play the move from the lesson.

Hope that makes sense 🙂 

NEW ARTICLE: Chess Time Controls: Which is Best Suited to You?

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coach loved it. I will make a new account on lichess so i will play only training games like this and for the main account I keep my ratings. I am a player who wanna keep both ratings and game. so I will use new account for training 5 min + 3 sec increment time control and old account is just for rating and rare games. Another point is that I can't play freely when i play with my normal account. I feel worried about rating and losing so for that Dummy Account is best and useful for my chess skills.

thanks for the lesson. 

I prefer 15+10

yes, i like g5/3 as you recommended in the article much better than g3.

Can we change chessmood Sunday tournaments from g3 to g5/3? 

Before reading this article, I had no idea which time control suited to me. I used to play mostly blitz and rapid 3 to 15 minutes but without increment. Now I will switch to 3+2, 5+3, and 15+10. 

Thanks for sharing excellent article !!.I learned a lot.  

Very helpful article, thank you coach. The most important part was Dr. Grigoryan's advice, "concentrate on becoming a better chess player, and your rating will follow". It sets the focus on the right thing.

(As for me, I play 15+10, but even that's fast for me.)

Before reading this article I preferred 10+0 time control. Now I am going to try 5+3. I am more concerned about improving my game than I am about just having fun 

I like 5+3 too! 

Can we have this time on our Sunday tournaments?

Okay, it seems many want 5+3 control on Sunday tournaments. 
Let us think about it :) 

Hi Maestro, great article. I've been playing some 5+3 games as you recommend, and I will keep doing that, especially for practicing the chessmood openings. That said, I also quite like 10+0, which I've always believed might help me in OTB rapid tournaments, of which there used to be a lot in my region (i.e. before the coronavirus), usually 30+0, so no increment, meaning that time management becomes more important. What do you think of online 10+0 games? OK or too slow?

Following GM Avetik advice, I have stopped playing 10+0 and 30+0 games. Now I play 5+3 for blitz games and 15+10 for rapid games. I am happy with the change as it allows me to train and improve in winning "winning position" as he recommends

Sir, if our purpose is both improving your game and practicing the new opening reportoire, is it good to play 60+0. 

Is there just one suitable one time control?

I can't play faster than 5 0 and I lose a number of games with 0 inc, so 5 3 is about as slow as I like to play. If people didn't play nonsense at 1 0 I'd play that just to get through a lot of opening lines. Blitz I'm generally looking to practice openings rather than anything too serious and fills odd moments. I will blunder quite a bit at this speed as I'm relying on instant judgements and not always aware of lurking problems. I think Chessmood puts far too much emphasis on blitz.

15 0 is a good speed to practice a bit of thinking, but the game itself doesn't last too long so it can be played once a day (when time allows).

30 0 I don't play online, but is good over the board for a tournament that lasts one day.

45 15, 60 15 are good online time controls for long play

My preference for over the board chess though is 40 moves in 2 hrs, 1 hr finish. I think league speed of 35 moves in 1 hr 15, 15 minutes finish, or 60 10 means players become weak in their endgames.

Hi! 5+3 is not one of the default time controls available on chess.com, so should I switch to 3+2? Or maybe 5+5?

Hi there! Here's my preferred time controls Online play - chess_com or lichess If have 1-1.5 hour for playing session, then I usually go for one 15+10 game to warm up and train my calculation and then the rest 3+2 for opening improvement and just for fun. I analyse after each game what I did wrong in the opening and mostly run built in analysis of chess_com for blunder check. I don't like bullet (completely agree that it harms improvement) and games without increment as it's really annoying to lose on time in completely winning positions (I'm not a fast player :)) and also when low on time it turns into premove scramble which I dont like as well For live OTB play I like both classical 1h30mins+30s with or without added 30mins after 40moves and also rapid play (12+5, 10+5). Though I prefer classical for improvement purpose.

Is 3+0 a good substitute to 5+3 if I don't have much time to spare?It is because I would usually play 10+0 when I have time.

As always, very helpful article. Thank you, Avetik!

Thanks to this article, I learned new things and saw some of my own ideas confirmed. I have been using Classical tempo and I think I will continue this way for a long time from now on. Maybe when I get a little stronger I'll switch to Rapid, but I think it's too early.

I love playing classical, with the time to think and make calculations (and, of course, I still lose! ) But the suggestion of playing lots of blitz/rapid games with the aim of e.g. practising new openings, not worrying about the end result or ratings, is a very good idea. I'll try it!

I don't even know what 5+3 or 3+2 means. Is it 3 minutes for the whole game, plus 2 minutes per move , or what?

And why do the recommended time controls seem to be so fast? I'm used to 40 moves per 2 hours myself.

I want to improve my middlegame, tactics, and stop blundering. I still don''t know what the best time control to play is.

😃

i thouhot online 15+5 no 5+3

😀

I like playing rapid 10+0 the most.

Because my rating is already 1760.

Thanks to Chessmood

I prefer 15=10 but I'll try. 15+5 now hanks to chessmood

My favorite time control is 3+2 for blitz and 15+10 for rapid and 90+30 for classical

scotch tournement on lichess

hey folks, there is a scotch tournement in lichess Scotch Game SuperBlitz Arena #i652MYqC • lichess.org it's the perfect occasion to practice your openings guys

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for some reason chessmood courses are unlocked

i mean i dont have a pro membership or anything but for me all courses are unlocked 

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It's chessmoods 8th anniversary so all courses are unlocked for everyone

Its the 8th anniversary of chess and they have all the courses for 8 days

t's the 8th anniversary of chessmood so they have unlocked all the courses for 8 days and when there is any special event example birthday then they will unlock every course 

HELP ME

How to checkmate the black king with only one move

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d5xe6 ep

2ways

1. 1-Rxf7 Kh8 2-Qf6 Bg7 3- QxBg7#
2.  1-Nh5 Kh8 2- Qf6 Bg7 3 - QxBg7#

Dxe6 en passant and their f pawn is pinned so they cant play f6

the answer is dxe6#

I think the answer is 1. Rff7+ Kh8 2. Rh7#

All the best, Kingston.

1.dxe6# 

Cool and Tricky one!

It took me a few minutes to see en passant. En Passant Checkmate!!! 😎

dxe6# en passant checkmate 

en passant is a checkmate

answer is dxe6

I also don't know!

It's dxe6 - as Black's last move is pawn e7-e5 - it's a trick puzzle :-)

Absolutely beautiful!!

amazing!

The opponent's last move was e5, something the graphic seems to exclude. With that context in mind, the solution seems to be dxe6#.

answer is dxe6

Sicillian opening

How to play against this variation as white 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ne5 Qd8 8. Ne2 f6

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Hi Arjun!

4. 5...Bd7

I can not find f6 move either. Cause it seems not a natural move and it weakens the kings position. In the video Avetik say Bd6 is best move for black around 3min.

after 8 f6 9 Nf3 only played 3 games on chessbase. I think 9 Nd3 TN with idea of Nf2 and d3 is intresting for white

9 Nd3 c4 10 Nf2 d3 11 cxd3 cxd3 12 Nc3 Nc6 13 Qh5+ g6 14 Qf3 Bc5 15 0-0 should be okey for white with idea of B3 Bb2.

9 Nf3 d3 10 Nc3 Nc6 11 0-0 Qd7 12 cxd3 ( if 12.. Qxd3? Qb3 and a Doubleattack on e6 and b7 so 13.. Qd7 and white can play d3 with a better game )  0-0-0 13 a3 Qxd3 14 Ne1 Qa6 15 d3 with idea of Be3 it seems like a playable position for white but not easy to find this move cause it are Engine moves and it is many other moves to check to understand the positions.

Lets see what Avetik or Gabuzyan say what the most practical way. I guess the best is that you make a “deep position analyse” on your engine.

I think you need the machine to spend  many hours on that position for better assessment.

Often is Avetik telling do not go to deep. This position maybe its important but remember it is a rare line.

I checked the position, and I think Nd3 is the best move - c4 isn't dangerous as we go Nf2 and then d3.
Often, White will try to play with 0-0 and c3 - depending on what Black does.

Request to provide the "RACING FROM 2000 TO 2700 " STREAM LINK IN THE PRO MEMBERS FORUM

Hello I just became a pro member yesterday .can I get the live events of “RACING FROM 2000 TO 2700” PART 1 TO 12.If someone can provide me.with the links it will be really helpful.or at least tell me.where I can get the links .

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You can find the links on the Events page but here they are anyway.

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-2

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-3

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-4

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-5

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-6

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-7

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-8

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-9

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-10

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-11

https://chessmood.com/event/racing-from-2000-2700-12

https://chessmood.com/events

In this page you can find all the previous events, just scroll down to the bottom to access older pages filled with the past events.😀

www.lichess.org

YouTube

Questions about French attack(Blackmood)

Sir, I faced this line in french attack and it was very confusing please help me-

it is  - 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. Bc4 *

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Hello chessmood lover,

it seems to be an engine line.

just exchange on d5 and castle.

French Attack advanced 1800 to 2600

Hallo everyone, I wonder, if there is no advanced Version of French Attack,

like for the Scotch Game from 1800 to 2600?

Tanks for answers

Ron

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Hello Ron, not yet but it s coming:

please check as an “amuse-gueule” this link https://chessmood.com/event/french-attack-advanced

how to suggest a puzzle?

i see below daily puzzle the names of their authors. are they chessmood members? 

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Happy pieces course doubt

Hello everyone

I had a doubt if the course happy pieces had only information on queens and rooks or there is more. I think it was released long back and yet I didn't see any new section. Pls correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks in advance

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😀Yes, this is Avetik's course, hopefully he will restart with the rest of the pieces, but you know… Artists do art when they are inspired and now he focused his inspiration in other courses, but I'm sure that he will come back to this course because it's one of the most appreciated ones… And he knows it… Thanks Pranav for asking… 😅

Middlegame Mastery

I'm 1900 chesscom rapid.. ik only Scotch (simplified version).. don't like learning openings… So anyone tell me like how to focus on middlegame and practice or crush opponents in midgame… like any tactics book , course , Yt video's, to improve midgame

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Practical Endgames

Hi Coach, I have just crossed the 2100 rating on chess.com, but the main issue is I have finished the endgame roadmap with full honesty and dedication, completed the quiz as well, but still I want to ask a single question that

How to plan in the practical endgame if lets say i know some principles 1. Queen wanted 2. Passed pawn 3.Attack the weak pawns 4. Create weak square, etc

Still, how to approach the positions with the gained knowledge

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Dear Shreyash,

The next level is to watch 100 commented endgames, which will definitely help you to enhance your understanding.

Best Ways to Study Classics/Top Games

Hi coach, 

For mainly ChessMood Classical Games, In GM Mind Games, or for Model Games of the opening I play, is it most effective to just watch the video immediately, pause whenever needed to think, and digest the information that way? Or is it better to do something like what GM Avetik says in his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Tw1iNDfas? What are the upsides/downsides of both methods, and which one would you prefer for the best results compared to the amount of time spent?

Thanks

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Dear Chess Lover,

It also depends on your preferences, on how you feel that learning works better.
I personally like a lot the method of pausing and thinking, and then understanding the explanations, which allows you to make the learning more interactive.

1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6

Hi chessmood!

I see old events and train alot ideas from them.

Great explanations and thank you.

I wonder from this move 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 i can not find this in the course?

It seems like white have different setup 5 Bb5 or 5 e5 or 5 g3 It seems you do not have it in your course? I wonder what you think about 

What is chessmoods recomendation. I play 5 Bb5 i saw in a stream when GM Gabuzyan played 5 e5 in a 3min blitz game. 35 min in the video.

Racing from 2004 to 2700, Part 1

It seems like it can transpose to a line of Alekhine line 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 Nc3 e6 4 Nxd5 exd5 5 d4 d6 6 f4 c5 7 Nf3 Nc6

In this cause 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 e5 Nd5 6 Nxd5 exd5 7 d4 d6

Same position?

Can you explain little more about 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 you said that we dont play 5 Bb5 cause of Nd4 ?

Is  6 e5 good  not good for white cause of Nd5  7 Nxd4 cxd4 8 Nxd5 exd5 9 0-0 with a good game for white.

5 Bb5 Nd4 6 e5 Nxb5 7 Nxb5 Nd5 8 c4 (Nxf4?! 9 0-0 it seems like white get great compensation for the pawn with better development and good attack. Check black knight move around so many times.)

8 Nb4 9 d4 a6 10 Nd6+ Bxd6 11 exd6 cxd4 12 a3 Nc6 13 0-0 i like white of course not forced,

Can you explain little more about this please? With different option for white.

It is very intresting positions.

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Dear Erick,

There are 2 practical options: 1 - is the mentioned e5.

Another one is to play with g3-Bg2 setups that also lead to very playable positions on both sides.

against French opening as white

how to play against this variation as white 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 and in this variation as white 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Be7

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Hi Arjun!

7...Nd5?!

With Be7, this should be pretty similar 
https://chessmood.com/course/french-defence/episode/3396