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French or Dutch attack ?

What should i play here as black?

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2. f5 we play the Dutch attack here if you are playing the simplified chessmood openings 

Tactic Ninja Puzzle

Section 15, quizz at the end, puzzle nr 3, can not be right, because you get a back rank mate. 

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I checked it. The bishop on f5 protects the c8 square, so you can take back the rook to c8 after Ra8+. That's the other purpose of the first move.

white stonewall setup

how can we play as a black if white played stonewall setup? recommend a chessmood setup  or chessmood opening

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I don't know for the openings courses, but you might find interresting the first game in the 100 strategic masterpieces course, Schlechter vs John: there is interresting principles analized about playing against a stonewall structure. 

Best OTB tournament for me , 2/45 u1800

i participated in the ACO world senior chess championship in crete ( Greece) and I got second place in the group D ( 1800-1600) . It took place in a all included 5* resort from 1-10 oct 2024 . There were 3 GM available for free analysis after each games ( Daniel King , Zigurd Lanka and Spyridon Skembris ) . We had 4 lectures , 3 blitz tournaments and 1 simul as sides activities . 
I regrouped my games in a lichess study if any of you are interested to take a look at it . Few comments were added in French , I did not checked with engine most of them . I got lucky in some games as i blundered occasionally and got away with it some times but also scrapped some winning games too ! Being leader  in the last rounds , i tried to manage stress but it was not easy and sleep got disturbed … it was a very nice trip ! 
https://lichess.org/study/RYrWM5Bv/0ZKJper6

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Congratulations Denis.  That is excellent! 😎

I'll be sure to take a look at your Lichess study.

Congratulations! Got any interesting stories from the tournament? Did you get your games analyzed by the GMs? I want to hear more about this amazing lifetime experience, if you're willing to share more.

Castling into a queen & rook skewer was the best move!

Hey all,

Just doing a post-game review and this made me laugh.

I'm white and it's my move.  My pieces are developed and my king is a little exposed so I figure now is a good time to castle.  I opted to castle queenside because I wanted a rook on the semi-open d-file.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/122652865819?tab=analysis&move=17

Did you spot what I failed to see?  After I castle, my opponent can (and did!) move his bishop to g4 and skewer my queen and rook!!

I was annoyed with myself for not seeing this but consoled myself with the fact that I was planning a fork move that I had seen - Nf5 would hit black's queen on e7 and defend the g7 square for my queen if black decided to castle.  

Well, the Chess Gods must have been smiling on me because black did castle!

What made me laugh was that in the game analysis my castling ‘error’ was actually considered to be the best move!  Chess is a funny game 😆

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Being completely winning despite giving up a full piece with check is insane. And the computer says no mistakes. You should definitely submit this in the game of the month form. Very well played!

Oh man, I looked at the computer analysis and they are some crazy crazy lines there!
I probably wouldn't have castled long because of the skewer and because I'm human, but seeing position and knowing it's the best move, it make some sense to me, thoses things happens when you have such a huge development advantage over your opponent. After castling and loosing the exchange because of the skewer, you have all your pieces developped, while your opponent stil has the entire queenside still undevelopped. The computer want to explode the center quickly to capitalize on the development advantage and is willing to sacrifice the exchange to do it as quickly as possible, not letting the opponent time to castle or develop. That's the power of quick development. Well played!

Chessmoods coach usernamnes from different chess sites!

Can we make a base with chessmood users in test games with chessmood openings? 

Otherwise, for a start, it might be enough with different usernames that our trainers have? Then we can use https://www.openingtree.com/

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Dear Erik,

I am little bit unsure about your request - can you please clarify, so I can provide a convenient answer?

Thank you :-)

coach

Hi. what do I need to do to get one of your coaches to coach me?

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Hi Eliya,

Please send a message to our client support team [email protected]

and they will provide you the information 🙂

Alapin Bc4/Nf3 without d4 variation

Hi All,

played today a game in our league.

I felt very good preped and had good confidence.

But here in the game after i played fast Be6 my opponent took some time and i had the chance to think, what actually happens after Re1 or even Ng5. In the game opponent took Be6 and it lead to known territory from video course.

But what would be the suggestion after mentioned Re1 or Ng5? I funnily asked Stockfish on depth 40 about Ng5 but his variation actually looses in the end for black if im not wrong. xD

Thank you for your help!

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Dear Fred,

I checked the position and have 2 suggestions.
Instead of 11…h6 I like more Rd8 move - as next moves of white like f4 - are bit unusual.

As well if you are playing on very high levels, and need super engine Prep - instead of Be6 you can try Bf5 move - which leads to complicated engine lines with equality.

 

Rossolimo Doubt

https://lichess.org/O3Y9Pezr/black#11

. This game was Exchange Rossolimo with 4.Bxc6 dxc6 and here my opponent confused me with 5.Re1. I realised that if I go Nf6-Nd7-Nf8 manuever, he will quickly play e5-e6 and then crush my pawn structure so I was feeling a bit annoyed and then I played Bg7-.e5 and then manuevered by knight via Nh6-f6-Nf7-0-0 and then launched an attack with f5. My opponent gained an advantage in the opening and it was a bit uncomfortable to make a lot of pawn moves, though I somehow generated counterplay. Can you suggest a remedy to this line. Thank yu

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Hey AK Chess,

After 5.Re1 e5 - followed by Qe7 and developing the Knight to f6 - should be the best way in my opinion.

calcman

Is there a quiz to the calcman course because in the last video of the course GM gabuzyan said that there is a quiz but i don't see it. Also on one of the videos he said that there is a link to play a blindfolded online game, but i don't know where it is so can you send the link?

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The quizzes are within the various sections in-between the videos - enjoy the course, it is a great one!

Dear Eliya,

I checked about your question - here is the missing link https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer/

which will also be added to the course.

As well we have now quiz examples in between of the sections, and we might upload more training positions soon - not sure about the exact dates.

Thanks for being focused and working hard!
Good luck :-)

Why is there no dutch pgn file?

Why is there no dutch pgn file?

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Hi there!
I have just tried and it works :) 

Can you please check one more time?
Here is the link: https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings

 

Blogs

Why are there no more blogs?

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Hey Random Guy,

We are doing different uploads - courses, podcasts, trainings, blogs as well - we have couple of hundreds articles - and if you read them all, will ask you to be patient and wait as for sure we will have more!

Thanks for being committed and putting a great effort 🙂

Alapin 12.Re1 feels uncomfortable

Hi All,

following game (https://lichess.org/gRWt9qml/black#23) i played after funnily watched today whole alapin course.

My opponent played 12Re1 and after 12..Qd7 i got somehow in trouble.. felt uncomfortable getting a kngiht to e5 and what i played was even worse.. i checked afterwards and all 3 mastergames played Qd5. what would you recommend here? i think this Re1 idea after Na3 i couldnt find in the videos.

Thank you for the help in advance. :)

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How to Spend MoodCoins?

I have some mood coins but how do I spend them on courses?

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On the page of a video, you should find an option in the top right that says "Get lifetime access". If you click on it, there should be several options regarding your payment method, one of which should be using moodcoins. (This is a quote from Peter M. that I am kindly copy and pasting, Thanks Peter!)

Thanks, but when I went to the BlunderProof Course, I didn't find any button that says " Get Lifetime Access".

You can spend mood coins like this: First go to your profile, then go to courses and there you go !!! 😀

Hi!  

I have some Information for you:

1. Go to the Courses page and pick your course
2. Select the option “Or get lifetime access”
3. Select the option “Buy the course”
4. In the right-hand section titled “Choose your payment method” the last option will be MoodCoin.

Remember that $1 = 1,000 MoodCoin.  So, if the course costs $300 that is 300,000 MoodCoin.

Need to earn some more?  Details are here: https://chessmood.com/moodcoin

Can you use mood coins for a premium membership?

Feature suggestion: Fixmood for custom repertoires

Hi!

Great job on the latest site updates! Fixmood looks very cool!

One thing though - I do not play the Chessmood openings, so I wondered if you would consider making support for custom repertoires in Fixmood? 

Uploading PGN with the repertoire would work great. Preferably with support for multiple files, so the files do not get so big, and I can change out parts of the repertoire more easily. Even more awesome, though obviously not straightforward, would be the ability to create/edit the repertoire directly on the this site.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Harald

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Try chessbook.com. You can import your repertoire by pgn and then link an account and it will tell you where you deviated from your repertoire. The only issue with this is it only let's you practice some moves before it asks for a subscription, but a useful tool nonetheless.

Hope this helps, Samuel

Dear Harald,

I did send your request to our technical team, and once they have the answer, you will get the information!

Thank you 😊

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Anti-Sicilian 2... Nc6

I found out that in the line 4… e6 and 5… a6 after b3, which is the recommendation, i see often g5 instead of d6, which always crushes me, how to counter that? I saw few lines in the database: After b3, g5, Bb2, Bg7, Na4, Bxb2, Nxb2, g4, Ne1, h5 engine says its pretty equal but seems like black is attacking.

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Anti-sicilian Nc6 line

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.0-0 a6 6.Bd3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Qc7

What to do as white in this line. I have been losing some games here.

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Dear Rahul, 

In the given position White plays with ideas of 8.b3 Bd6 9.Qh3 - followed by Bb2 - sometimes f4.

There is a concrete line if 9…Ne7 10.Bb2 Be5 11.f4! and if Black accepts with 11…Bxf4 12.Rxf4 Qxf4 13.Rf1! and White have a big advantage - I would recommend to check the last position with the engine for better understanding.

If after 11.f4 Bd4+ 12.Kh1 - often White traded Bishop on d4 with Na4 or Nd1 - that position is interesting and playable for both sides.

MacCutcheon Gambit

Dear CM coaches, it would be interesting to have model games from this line. by the way the rating of the simplified chessmood openings (800 -2000 elo) are FIDE like or online ? (anyway by using them i got good results even against 2200 Fide rated players)

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There are model games Marius:

https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings-model-games/episode/4602

They are chess.com online blitz ratings. The equivalents to other rating systems can be found in the study plan. Check it out.😀