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A error in the courses
Hi chessmood , today i was looking at the caro - kann course and i found “This is how to play the london" keeps coming and the videos are not in autoplay.Can anyone check it?
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is anybody else facing this issue or is it just me
Seems to be bugging as well - Tactic Ninja also doesn't work
Hi all!
Sorry for the bug! Our tech team is working on it! 😅
Thanks for reporting it!
Hey everyone, 👋🏻
The issue is fixed now 😁
A doubt in the courses
Is the 100 strategic masterpieces and 100 classical games the same course because i can only find the strategic and not the classical one?Please anybody clarify my doubt
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Yes, they both are the same courses as you can also see the word "Commented Classical Games" in the background image i think they just changed the title of the course
question about a blog
I've read in How GMs Memorize Chess Opening Variations - GM Avetik Grigoryan (chessmood.com) that when you have a space advantage, you need to try to keep the pieces on the board. does the word board here means your side of the 4 ranks ?what can happen if you don't follow this principle? also i really liked that article.
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By "keeping pieces on the board" applies to the entire chessboard, not just your side of the four ranks. The reason why we retreat some pieces in our first four ranks, is because generally, thier pieces are too far to attack us. By following to this principle, you aim to:
Maximize Mobility and Coordination: Your pieces have greater mobility and can coordinate attacks more effectively.
Restrict Opponent’s Pieces: Your opponent's pieces are more restricted, limiting their activity and options.
Maintain Pressure: More pieces on the board allow you to maintain and increase pressure on your opponent's position, leading to tactical opportunities and weaknesses in their camp.
Failure to follow this principle can result in:
Loss of Advantage: Exchanging pieces a lot can lead to the loss of your space advantage as the board becomes less crowded.
Reduced Attacking Potential: Fewer pieces mean fewer attackers, making it harder to launch a successful offensive.
Easier Defense for Opponent: With fewer pieces, your opponent's defensive task becomes simpler, and they can regroup their pieces more effectively.
sign in
my friend can't sign in ches mood because of “score threshold not meet”.
what does mean this message
thank you
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Please tell your friend to contact support and see what we can do.
Please tell him to explain what is happening in the link below:
Thanks.😀
Chess mood events
For some reason when I try to watch a past event/stream the video always says unavailable. Can anyone help?
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Hi Samuel,
Do you have some kind of Youtube blocker? Or is Youtube blocked with your internet connection?
Because the events are kept recorded on Youtube and there should be no problem to access them…
Can you verify this first?
Thanks a lot!😊
Just following up on this. 😃
Where you able to solve it on your part? 🤔
Need Help
I started playing chess in November of 2023 and I'm rated 973. Everyone I play says I'm super underrated. If I don't know my playing strength, what/how do I study?
also, does anyone know how I can find out my playing strength?
-Sarah :)
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Sarah,
If you are 973 now, this means that sometimes you may play like a 1500 sometimes like a 500… That's why everyone think that they are underrated. The elo is the average of your last performances. It does not matter how much knowledge you have or acquire if you keep blundering pieces in one move (typical of 500), which is normally the issue in your level.
What we would suggest you from Chessmood is to follow closely the study plan for your level: https://chessmood.com/chess-study-plans See if you understand the concepts and you apply them in your games.
Also we are going to release soon another course that will include more fundamentals geared towards players below your level that it may reinforce some concepts.
But at the moment, please check out the study plan, follow it and improvement will follow soon…
I hope this makes sense…
Where to continue after WhiteMood and BlackMood Openings?
Dear ChessMood Players
I have now worked through the simplified WhiteMood and BlackMood Openings
which helped me a lot to improve my openings and get into a good middlegame. I definitely win more chess games :-)
Which course would you recommend me to step into next?
best regards
Joachim
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Did you read the https://chessmood.com/chess-study-plans study plan according to your level?
There you have all the info according to your rating…
Please check it out😄
Quizzes and Training
Is it just me or are these functions not working tonight?
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Bro quizzes and training are working fine, just restart your laptop and check again
There seems to be a problem on trying to access quizzes and pgns. Both in the blog and in the forum too.
Sorry! There was a glitch in the system but it was restored pretty fast!
😅Still sorry for the trouble and we believe that it should not happen again, (at least this bug, something else may happen… who knows…)😅
Blundered my rook but applied some SLP skills
I stayed cautious and positional and when I saw an opening I dropped everything and went for the king…it worked
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/109380595707?tab=review&move=73
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Nice game
New article: 5 Game-Changing Boosters to Speed Up Your Chess Growth
⚠️ Warning: Missing this article might keep you stuck on the sidelines of success…
How did Thailand shape the future of their chess and get their 1st International Master?
Who were the heroes and what were the 5 game-changing boosters behind the success?
Why are these 5 boosters universal, with every champion having them in common, including Magnus Carlsen?
How can you develop these boosters, or compensate for their absence?
What’s the ONE booster that is in your hands and how can you use it to speed up your growth?
Discover in our new article here👇
https://chessmood.com/blog/5-boosters
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You might not want to brag about Prin playing in Russia in 2024 and playing Karjakin, who supports the war of aggression. Imagine you were from Georgia instead of Armenia. Perhaps compassion could be a “booster”.
How is federation supposed to be a booster, any and every federation will support a player who is performing great
What to play as black against the Bird -f4?
Hello everyone,
I am sorry but I cannot find it in the courses, what/how do we play as black when white opens with f4 the Bird opening?
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Hi Henry,
😀This is explained in section 22 of the Blackmood repertoire, please check it out. 💪
https://chessmood.com/course/blackmood-openings/episode/6182
Anti Sicilian 3.f4 d5 ...
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4. Nf3 de4 5.Ne4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxd7 Bxc6 9.f5! according our coach Bxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12 d4 cd4 White must fight for draw!
What I miss here?
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💪Please, try to evaluate the resulting position without an engine and let's see what conclusions we reach, because I would take White with my eyes closed. Very equal but with clear plans for White… 😅
problem in the exchange caro kann
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Hello Chessmood Family !!!
I have used Whitemood reperoires quite successfully for some time now. however, in the Exchange Caro Kann I stumbled upon a " PROBLEM MOVE" [not problematic but dunno how to get Winning chances as White ]
the line as follows
1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.exd5 cxd5
4.Bd3 Nc6
5 c3 Qc7
6 Ne2 Bg4
7 O-O Nf6
8 Qe1 e6
9 f3 Bh5
10 Qh4 Rg8!!
“ PROBLEM MOVE ”
PLEASE HELP
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I'm not sure what the repertoire recommends, but I belive Bxh7 is just a free pawn.
11. Bxh7 Nxh7 12. Qxh5
Position looks a bit uncomfortable but you are just up a pawn. Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Pengcheng
Hi Addheet!
All this is explained in the advanced section, dreev line of the https://chessmood.com/course/caro-kann-defence
Good luck in your games!😀
Struggling to Analyze My Games
Hey everyone, I've been playing chess seriously for about a year now, and I feel like I'm hitting a wall in my improvement. After every game, I try to analyze what went wrong and what I could have done better, but I constantly find myself relying on the engine to tell me what moves were best. I feel like I'm not really understanding the why behind the moves, and it's frustrating. When I try to analyze on my own, I get stuck and unsure about my evaluations. The engine shows me where I made mistakes, but I don't always understand why the engine's move is better than mine. I end up just memorizing the engine's suggestions without really learning anything. Has anyone else dealt with this? How can I improve my analysis skills and actually understand the positions better? Thanks in advance for any advice!
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You might want to read this:
https://chessmood.com/blog/analyze-blitz-chess-games
The title might say blitz games, but the principles can be applied to normal games.
Here’s a structured approach that might help:
Identify Key Moments: Break down your game into key moments (opening, middlegame, endgame). Focus on pivotal points where the game’s evaluation changed significantly. The Keyword here is KEY Moments, so don't try to look at every move.
For each key moment, ask yourself questions like:
Why did I choose this move?
What other moves did I consider?
What was my plan?
What did I miss?
When the engine give you a move, try to explain the engine's suggested moves in your own words. This helps solidify your understanding. If you can't explain it, look up the concept behind the move.
Also look for recurring themes in your games. Are you consistently weak in certain types of positions or tactics? Target these areas in your practice.
I haven't been playing very long either. What I do is:
- 1. I review every game, win or lose (I still make errors in the games that I win!!) and make some notes: date, player, result, Elo for me and opponent, overall assessment, number and description of blunders, & notes re 2 below.
- 2. I only focus on moves that shift the engine evaluation by 1 or more (I'm not interested in fractional differences)
- 3. I disregard engine evaluations that entail some bizarre many-move sequence (I'm never going to remember it and there are better things to focus on!)
- 4. If the engine suggests what seems to be a straightforward response but I don't understand it - I ask here on the forum! Like this: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/puzzled-by-stockfish-recommendations
- 5. When I finished my first 100 games I did an overall summary and identified key things to work on (I've now started my 2nd 100 games and hope to see some improvement when it finishes!) : https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/first-100-games-a-review
Perhaps post a recent pgn and see if you can get others to comment on it and see if their comments tally with your own …
Also, another option that you could consider is to hire a coach to analyze the games together, that makes a huge different in chess improvement normally.
At least you will have good quality analysis and understand the reasons if the coach is good.😀
Price Raise
Hi to the chessmood family.
It says that prices will be raised from the the current price of around 600$ a year for the essential plan. The discounted price right now is about 400$ a year after taxes. What I'm confused about is whether or not chessmood plans to raise the price of the plans even higher than they currently are, or are they just going to revert back to the original price of 600$ and 900$ a year. If they are raising it, I probably going to buy the lifetime plan right now.
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😀Hi Pencheng!
Please contact Lily at our Customer Happiness Department since you have an active membership already. Better talk directly about your membership details privately, a public forum is not the right place.
Thanks a lot, chessmood teachers!
Dear chessmood family,
I would like to say thanks to the outstanding chessmood teachers. Yesterday and today I've been playing an OTB tournament (rapid games 25+10), I played 5 games, and won 3 of them. Not bad, taking into account the level of my opponents was way higher than mine. But I was very confortable all the time playing the whitemood and blackmood openings (two dutch attack and one french attack as black, and a closed sicilian and Schlechter as white)… And somehow I managed to avoid big blunders in all 5 games!!!
Thank you very much. This would haven't been possible without the boost of confidence after watching your courses!
T H A N K S !!!
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Thanks Xesc! Moltes gracies a tu! Messages likes this one makes us very happy!
Keep it on and may the Chessmood Force Be With You!
😀
Ole, ole, ole!!!
Muchas Gracias, Amigo, for sharing this!
As, Odysseus mentioned, such messages are like fuel into our motivation.
Thanks, for adding!
quizzes change too fast
It is frustrating when quizzes zip by too fast. It would be much better for learning if we had time to reflect on the results. I would much prefer to linger and be sure I got it right rather than moving on so fast. I think forcing us to finish the quiz right up to the last move would ensure we took the time to get it right. A better solution is to stay on a quiz until we click on next button. That way the user chooses when he he/she has taken the time to master it Chessable gives the user the choice of moving on right away or hitting next button. That way the user can control the pace they are comfortable with. I often have to say wait did I see all that I should have seen and that lingering doubt forces me to go back to almost every quiz. I know there are benefits to speed but not everyone works at the same speed. Very frustrating when it jumps to the next quiz so fast.
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Thanks 🙏 for your input Brian. We will see if we can implement this in the future.
As a coach though I would suggest that you only move, after you saw all the line in your mind. Improving your visualization and have a clear understanding (evaluation) of the resulting position after a combination is paramount. You must work on seeing this before you move, not evaluate after the combination has been done. It's much difficult but it is the right way to work with the positions.
Happy 😊 learning Brian!!
daily puzle error?
In yesterday's daily puzzle i believe that there was a mistake : instead of Nh5 Ne2 was also winning.? Am i right?
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It has been replied here:
https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/11-5-2024-daily-puzzle-answer
How can you get courses using moodcoins?
Hi. I'm new to the chessmood platform and apparently there is something called moodcoins. It says you can use them to buy courses but I'm not really sure how exactly we can do that..
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Hi there,
Try this:
- Go to the Courses page and pick your course
- Select the option “Or get lifetime access”
- Select the option “Buy the course”
- 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
😀
You can reply in forums and post your games in best game of the month contest to quickly earn moodcoins
You can earn MoodCoins in ChessMood and spend them on buying courses.
$1 = 1,000 MoodCoin.
Tournaments
I have many questions about preparations for tournaments.
1- What should I do before tournaments
2- How to handle the pressure of time control
3- What's the suitable way to review the preparations
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Hi Ramez,
I would suggest that you start here: https://chessmood.com/blog/category/tournament-preparation
💪😀
