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French Attack McCutcheon Gambit....

Please you opinion ChessMood coaches and players. I have faced this variati?on 2 or 3 times and the opponents don't accept the gambit !?. After 6...Bb4 they answer 7.Bb5+ (instead of 7.dxe6) and the position seems (at least to me) difficult to play for Black : which constructive plan to build to compensate the pawn minus ? After 7.Bb5 Stockfish 15 assess the position as equal.....but we are human and for the majority of us amateurs....

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Hi! Yeah that seems like an annoying move Bb5+, but usually in blitz people take dxe6 against me, then I think black has good play. After 7.Bb5+ I guess we need to go Bd7 8.Bxd7 Nxd7 9.dxe6 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qxe6 11.Qe2 Qxe2 12.Nxe2 0-0-0 with ideas Nb6,Rd6 with some play, though I dont like being pawn down in that endgame so instead of 9..Bxc3 maybe something else

Relaxing too early - another technique

In positions I'm winning, I find a couple of things that are useful to try: 1. What are my opponent's only chances - even if it looks impossible that they can achieve them. Pretty much all the examples in the section could be seen (although the hidden mate in the 'not an angel' section was hard to see) by doing this. Getting a queen trapped, a king being in a mating net etc are all visible if you are aware of the opponent's possibilities and you check before moving that they can't execute them. 2. If I was my opponent, what tricks (SLP) to save the position would I be trying. Remember tricks is plural, it's often easy to lock onto one idea and miss another. By evaluating as an opponent hopefully you'll see their ideas, and unless time is low, you'll have more time to do this as your own move should be 'easier' (though don't relax!), so it's about snuffing out all remaining counter-chances. Additionally, some opponents just don't resign, either to hope for such a trick, a blunder or just to annoy you. Just play as normal. While some describe playing on in a hopeless position bad manners, as well as 'wasting your time' having to finish them off, they're wasting their own time too which could be used to recover from the loss in prep for the next round. Of course this gets really annoying if you've got to go for a train(!) just don't let it phase you, otherwise a slip means the game will go on longer. If you don't act bothered they might resign, but if you get frustrated then they are right to continue. On a similar note it's worth practising basic finishes such as Q+KvsK, R+RvsK, RvsK,B+BvsK,B+NvsK,P+KvsK,P+RvsR,Q+KvsN+K,Q+KvsB+K and others like it whatever level you are. Often when you have to deliver these you might be under pressure and low time which is a recipe to slip. Don't be arrogant that your rating means such basic drills are beyond you.

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Good tips! Reverse psychology really helps not to relax, basically you have to kill all hope moves and ideas of opponent. When hope dies, they resign

One thing not mentioned but I find that works is stare at them like Kasparov if they are in a hopeless position as if to say How dare you play on.

NEW ARTICLE: Raise Your Rating by Cutting Your Losses

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I like your idea of having two accounts and using one to play casual games and the other to play serious games. But I saw that the Chess.com policies say "Do not open more than one account." https://www.chess.com/community

Other ideas I have are to play serious games on one chess website, and casual games on another chess website. Or, to play unrated games when you are tired. If you have trouble finding human opponents who want to play unrated games, you can always play unrated games against a computer opponent.

Last year I hadn't played for 6 years for health reasons but I wanted to go OTB again (notice that the 2 profiles trick doesn't apply OTB). In 7 months and 37 games I lost about 250 FIDE rating points. What I did? I stop playing because dropping material constantly u don't learn anything.

So what I did instead is reading chess books. Theory of the Opening, theory of the endgame, tactics, calculation, chess history!!! (is amazing the quantity of material we just ignore).

I don't know when I will go back OTB but as GM Hansen pointed out this time I will never give up again.

Llorenç Boldu

Thank you Avetik.

The next question arises is the following:

"How can I boost my mood and energy?"

Thank you GM Avetik!

It worked gor me and I crushed 2100 Elo on Chess.com just by not playing when I feel tired

The next question I have in mind is that in a classical chess tournament, where we can get real Ratings and Titles, We have to manage our Moods and Energies. Our body and mind must follow us when we need them!

Since you are a highly experienced chess professional, I thought may be you can share some techniques chess professionals apply to manage their mood and energy in real tournaments, where they have to play according to tournament schedules, not at will.

Thank you and best wishes for Chessmood

Sir,In Real Tournment Situation the Time is Fixed and At that Fixed Time Our Mood is Not good So What Should We Do Then?

I have two accounts and after 6 months, by reading your article I understand why my rating is different in the two accounts.

https://lichess.org/@/jyotisko06 - Real account where i play with right mode and energy.

https://lichess.org/@/jyotisko2006 - Second account where i play when at bad at night ( in sleepy mood just to enjoy).

I have one account in each platform but with the key advice from the articles I raised +69 blitz, +45 rapid in one week. Now I can crush players up to 2000 easily. I am 1860 - 1950 rapid and blitz, 1940 - 1990 bullet.

Dear Maestro Avetik,

I liked this article very much. I recognise myself in that I feel I have developed a very bad habit of playing too much online, i.e. also at times and in conditions when I shouldn't be playing (on a cellphone, while killing some time, or example). Particularly, when I lose a few games, I get extremely annoyed and playing on until I've won back my lost rating points can become a total obsession. As a result of that, my online blitz rating (almost 3-0 games exclusively) has been seesawing between 1900 and 2200. I will try to implement your golden rule of playing one session of 9 games max, and avoid playing when I feel tired or have distractions (such as my one-year-old daughter attention calls). 

I have a few questions I was hoping you might find the time to comment on:

1. Do you recommend playing nine 3-0 games, or three 10-0 games? 

2. Do you recommend analysing all online (blitz) games immediately after the session?

3. If so, what is your recommended approach to analysing such games?

 Thanks!

fantastic article

GM games in French Attack

Hello, Dear Champions, Being all my life a Sicilian player recently I have been playing the French attack in my streams and other events. However during my training games against 2850 GM. I used the opening and it turned out it practically works so well. I was enjoying great positions out of the openings. I have won all the games as black and below you can find the link. I love this French attack! https://www.chess.com/game/live/52503589393 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52502977865 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52502467721 https://www.chess.com/game/live/52501922833 P.S. This is not the only session against very high-level opponents, so I would say on the level below 2700 it's practically very interesting! Good luck and best wishes Champion! I would love to see your French-Attack masterpieces here so you are welcome to share your games!

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Wow instructive and crushing games in advanced var of the french, this rare Bd7 sure surprises even very strong players! ?

wow...4 different games after Bd7

Thank you for posting these GM French Attack games! Great stuff.

So although it says the French repertoire is for till about 2000 level you could also play it against much higher rated opponents? ?

Congratulation, nice games with Bd7 not so easy to play with white. I've checked and GM Shipov is often using as black if anybody need more games to reserach. I'm happy that there are at two opening for chessmood becasue then everybody could easier prepare and based on openings CM.

Searching forums

I noticed that the forum search function (the magnifying glass icon) only searches for thread subjects. What if I want to search the body text of a post in the forum? For example, I want to search and retrieve ALL posts in the forum that have the word "durian" in the body of the post. How do I go about this? Frankie "Durian Defense" Kam

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Hi Frankie, 

I will ask the tech team, but yes, at the moment the search is limited to the thread subject. ?

Durian? :) You mean that smelly fruit? :) 

Recommandation - Positional Chess

Hello, I started to play 20+ years ago, and easily ranked up to 2000 Fide Elo. Then I stopped to play , and now I can resume my chess career. I used to be agressive player and play for checkmating opponent asap in every game. Now, I understand that I need to be "multistyle" to perform. My goal is to reach 2300 elo. Do you have any recommandation to learn positional chess ? Do I need to work on my principal weakness, or is it better to work on my strenghts ? (tactical play, sharp positions ...) Thank you

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I think it was Jacob Aagaard who said that you should work on both your biggest strength and your biggest weakness. I guess the reason is that the former is how you gain points, and that the latter is how you lose points! There will always be times, particularly when playing black, when your opponent manages to direct the game into a quieter waters where solid positional play is essential. I think going through the 100 Classical Masterpieces course (https://chessmood.com/course/chess-classical-gamesis), at most one game per day so you can fully absorb it, is a nice way to improve positional play. There will be a certain amount of learning by osmosis by playing through 100 carefully selected classics, plus the annotations are first rate and contain lots of helpful advice for positional play. Happy Pieces is another course that I'm greatly enjoying. For additional material, the book reviews here are interesting: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2022/3/29/ep-272-posiitional-puzzle-book-championship-with-neal-bruce https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2021/8/24/episode-240-pawn-book-championship-special-episode-with-neal-bruce

Moodcoin

Hello chessmood family! I have around 100000 moodcoin which i do not know how to use/spend. It says i can buy courses but i dont see where. Thank you.

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Hello, Odysseus answered the question just here: https://chessmood.com/forum/main-channel/courses

Where did I go wrong??? Help!!!

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/52678760375 A viewer vs streamer game in which I followed the chessmood opening and after 12.Nec3 I got confused cause I think it is not covered in the course any suggestions on how to continue. I would be very much grateful if someone guides me.??? Regards Vedant

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Play ....Rb8 before ....Be6 that way Nd5 can always be met by b5. You could say that ...Rb8 is prophylaxis against Nd5. I hope that helps. Postscript: I didn't realize Nakamura played anything other than Nf3 e3 b3 in his streams, so at least you got him to deviate :D

~Goals 2022~

I just thought that it will be wonderful to know goals of chessmood family members. So share your goals!

~~ Good day ~~

~A~B~H~I~

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I think I'm playing at the 2000 level now, so the aim is to play consistently 2100 or 2150. A lot depends on how busy I am with work. Hopefully I believe I have enough to get off the sub-2000 plateau rating wise, but there is another one at 2200 and getting any opponents at that strength and beyond requires time out to play in longer tournaments which is incompatible with work and potentially Covid still.

Hello :)

I would like to:

- Be done with all the books I planned to read/work with.

- Work on my emotions (related to chess)

- Have a complete repertoire for White and Black (until now I mainly worked on middlegame and endgame and was not very serious with openings)

How are you all improving in chess?

~~Daily Study Updates~~ Restarted!!!

We all work daily on our chess skills and we do learn something new daily. In this post we will share what we learn daily. The point of this post is to motivate others  to work on skills. By hearing how experts are working daily will motivate me so much .

Post your answers like that:

Date: 

What you learnt:

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Date: 10th Nov 2020.

What I learnt?

Openings:

I worked on Jobava video again because it's not common at my level.

Middlegames: 

I studied maroczy's pawn str. today and completed 5th chapter (Based on white's Kingside Attacking plans in Maroczy such as f4-f5 or Re3-Rh3 shifts ) with my training partner.

I also worked on half game of Capablanca's Best Endings with my partner @Jay_Garrison

I analyzed two games of Tigran Petrosian from the book called Petrosian Move by Move with @Devansh_Shah

1. Uddenfeldt vs Petrosian Nice Olympiad 1974.

A lot ideas about how to outplay the opponent in symmetrical position we learnt from this game. Also the ending with rook against knight was instructive and we learnt new ideas.

2. Petrosian vs Visier Segovia Nice Olympiad 1974.

In this game I was stuck a bit because I am not super good in this KID pawn formations but with the help of my expert KID friend @Devansh_Shah we found almost all the nice ideas and grasped a lot attacking stuffs. Normally Petrosian do not like to attack but acc to Var Akobian (When Petrosian Attack it's Mate ). So this is what we saw in this game. When he attack it's mate. 

Well, I studied so little today because I am sick and unable to focus well. I hope I will be fine soon then my real work level will become alive again.

Date: 12th Nov 2020

What I learnt:

Chessmood Classical Commented Games:

(1) Avetik Grigoryan vs Hovhannisyan 2006

(2)  Johner vs Aron Nimzowitsch 1926

(3) Petrosian vs Bannik 1958 

Pawn Structures:

I studied rest three games of Grunfeld Structures from Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide 

(1) Holden Hernandez vs George Meier 2013

In this game white entered in grunfeld str. in wrong time and in the end black got control of the important c-file and later he won,

(2) M. Emilian Parligras vs Ian Nepomniachtchi 2011

In this game, I learnt the important attacking plan e5. White is both good and bad too. Good because e5 shuts down the bishop on g7 but bad because it gives up the d5 square and if black survives the attack then white will have to handle a long term endgame pressure. But in this game white got e5 and due to lack of black's Light squared bishop white won easily, 

(3) Yrri Vovk vs Andrei Volokitin 2012

In this game black first of all neutralized the white's e5 attack and in the end he won with an amazing breakthrough. Also this game showed importance of having outside passed pawns.

Now with this the chapter on Grunfeld Structure is over and I am trying to find new sources to learn this structure in depth.

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:

I finished chapter 10th today and I saw 23ply positions in the end of the chapter.

Analyzed Game 33 of Capablanca's Best Endings 

Note: Due to my mom's illness. I did not studied whole day. After evening I started to study.

Date: 13th Nov, 2020.

What I learnt?

Art of Attack:

Completed Chapter-7th Ranks, Files and Diagonals in the Attack on the Castled King.

Chessmood:

 ~~~Classical Commented Section~~~

1) Petrosian vs Schweber 1962.

2) Avetik Grigoryan vs Korobkov 2010

3) Akiba Rubinstein vs Schlechter 1912

~~~Happy Pieces~~~

Section- 5 Queen in the Attack lessons completed and watched!

~~~Webinar~~~~

Joined Benko Gambit Webinar and learnt a lot ideas from coach .

https://chessmood.com/event/webinar-benko-gambit-tournament-coverage

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course-2.

Finished the 11th chapter which consists of 16 puzzles on visualization. 17 more chapters left then this book will over!

Pawn Structures:

I started working on Najdorf  Type-1 

Studied Alexander Grischuk vs Zhang Zhong 2001.

Date: 14th Nov, 2020.

What I learnt?

Chessmood:

~~~Classical Commented Games~~~

1. Marco vs Schlechter 1904.

2. Akiba Rubinstein vs Takacs 1926.

Capablanca's Best Endings:

I analyzed game 34th with Jay Garrison. It was Capablanca vs Bogolyubov 1922.

Due to mom's illness, studied nothing in day time. So at night studied some chess. So less study but as we all knows, Something is better than nothing!

Date: 16th Nov, 2020.

What I learnt?

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games~~~

1) Karpov vs Kuzmin 1973

2) Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca 1914

3) Fleissig vs Schelchter 1893

Happy Pieces~~~

Sec-8  The Rook vs Weak Pawns.

Capablanca's Best Endings~~~

Analyzed game 36th Capablanca vs Tartakower New York 1924

I know I am studying a little now a days but soon I will work more on my skills.

Date: 17th Nov, 2020

What I learnt?

Chessmood

Classical Commented Games~~~

1) Lasker vs Capablanca 1914

2) Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe 1937

Happy Pieces~~~

 Sec- 9 The Happy Rook

Date: 18th Nov, 2020

What I learnt?

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games~~~

1) Ulf Andersson vs Franco 0. 1979

2) Cohn E vs Akiba Rubinstein 1909

3) Botvinnik vs Capablanca 1938 

Classical Attacking Games~~~

1) Paulsen vs Paul Morphy 1857

2) Bogoljubow vs Spielmann 1919.

Instructional Classical Endgames~~~

1) Roselli S vs Akiba Rubinstein 1925

2) Englisch B vs Steinitz 1883

Capablanca's Best Endings~~~

Analyzed Capablanca vs Yates New York 1924 with @Jay_Garrison and @Edwin_Walker

Date: 19th Nov, 2020.

What I learnt?

Completed a chapter (A Leap to d5) from Understanding Maroczy Structures .

Analyzed Lasker vs Capablanca 1924

20th Nov, 2020

Studied nothing today!

21st Nov, 2020

What I learnt:

Analyzed 3 games with @Devansh_Shah

1. Cardoso vs Petrosian 1975.

2. Petrosian vs Peters  1976.

3. Tisdall vs Petrosian 1977.

Analyzed 1 game of Capablanca with @Jay_Garrison

Capablanca vs Reti 1924.

That's all for today!

28th Nov, 2020

~~~Chessmood~~~

Classical Commented Games:

1.Najdorf vs Gligoric 1953.

2. Aron Nimzowitch vs Capablanca 1927.

Classical Attacking Games:

1. Euwe vs Flohr 1939.

Openings:

I went through section-1 of Caro Kann Exchange Variation

Endgame Strategy M.I. Shereshevsky:

I went through five positions from the chapter which I shared in bottom.

The Problem of Exchanging:

1. Kline vs Capablanca 1913 (Position)

2. Flohr vs Spielmann 1931 (Position)

3. Szabo vs Fischer 1970 (Position)

4. Mikhalevski vs Akopov 1977 (Position)

5. Najdorf vs Averbakh 1953 (Position )

Capablanca's Best Endings:

I went thought game number 42. Played between Nimzowitsch in 1927.

Timman's Triumphs:

I completed whole introduction games today.

That's all for today. I hope more people are jealous now and call me arrogant !

29th Nov, 2020..

Studied only one game so I did not consider it as study. I am making pgn of different lines. 

Conclusion. no study. 

Now smile, jealous people.

Note: I am saying not to all chessmood members, I wrote above statement only to those who calls me arrogant. Even though I always posted for chess and you guys never understand it.

1st Dec, 2020.

Day off from chess studies as @Jay_Garrison suggested to me!

2nd Dec, 2020.

No studies. Day off!

3rd Dec, 2020.

I anlyzed one game of Capablanca with Jay which he played against Alekhine.

That's all for today and from tomorrow my real training will begin again.

Date: 4th Dec, 2020.

The Art of Attack in Chess:

Pieces and Pawns in the Attack on Castled King

1. Rubinstein vs Teichmann,1908

2. Konig vs Weiss , 1919

3. Tolush vs Kotov, 1945

Chess Middlegame Strategies Ivan Sokolov 

Chapter-1 Unusual Rook Lift:

Final Game: G. Munkhgal vs  M. Al Modiahki 2016

Timman's Triumphs:

Laszlo Vadasz vs Jan Timman 1967

Beginners Chess Pattern Recognition:

1. Motylev Alexander vs Evgeny Bareev 2010.

2. Vassily Ivanchuk vs Levon Aronian 2013.

Love Chess and Love  Fischer!!!

Date:  6th Dec, 2020.

Mastering the Middlegames by Alexander Panchenko 

Studied some positions from 5th chapter ( Realizing an Advantage). Details is shared in bottom.

I studied it with my two training partner. One is Devansh and second on is Anonymous (like Blackhats heheeh)

1. Evegeny Bareev vs Alexy Shirov  1994.

2. Lev Psakhis  vs Oleg Romanishin 1981.

3.  Sergey Rublevsky vs Larry Christiansen 1997.

Now in exercises Positions for solving 

I went through first six positions.

Caro Kann Main Lines I studied from Chessmood.

Timman's Triumphs:

Analyzed Ernesto Palacious  de la Prada vs Jan Timman 1971.

7th December:

Not studied anything. I felt not connected.    

8th Dec, 2020

Merenyi  vs Capablanca 1928, Analyzed with @Jay_Garrison

Endgame Strategy Shereshevsky with @Devansh_Shah

Gufeld E vs Dolmatov 1978 ( Fragment)

Capablanca vs Alekhine 1924 ( Fragment)

Date: 9th Dec, 2020.

Capablanca's Best Endings with @Jay_Garrison

Analyzed Half game played between Steiner and Capablanca 1928

The Art of Attack in Chess:

I went though chapter 9th (The Attack on the Fianchettoed and Queenside  Castling Positions)

Games and fragments list in the bottom:

1. Richter vs Abramavicius 1930 (Fragment)

2. Szilagyi vs Szabo 1946 ( Fragment)

3. Alexander vs Pachman 1947 ( Fragment)

4. Two examples made by author himself.

5. Keres vs Reshevsky 1948 (fragment)

6. Rabinovich vs Romanovsky 1925 (Fragment)

7. Euwe vs Colle 1926 (Fragment)

8. Lasker vs Marshall 1914 (Full Game)

Ian Anderson's Visualization Book:

I completed the chapter 12th (sequence of Bxh7+ and Nxf7.

Studied so little today but something is better than nothing

Date:  10th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Capablanca vs Rubinstein 1928

2. Bobotsov vs Petrosian 1968

3. Portisch vs Kasparov 1989

Openings:

Completed main sections today and tomorrow will work on advanced sections.

https://chessmood.com/course/caro-kann-defence

The Art of Attack in Chess:

Started working on chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )

In the bottom I am sharing fragments:

1. Blackburne vs Schwarz 1881 ( Fragment)

2. Bogoljubow vs Reti 1923 ( Fragment)

3. Reshevsky vs Botvinnik 1946 ( Fragment)

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:

Completed CHAPTER 13th (THE SEQUENCE 1 BXH7+ KXH7 2 QH5+ KG8 3 QXF7+) 

This is one of the toughest chapter for me to solve. I faced so many issue in visualization. I wrote tough puzzles in my notepad so I will work on them again.

Capablanca's Best Endings:

Completed the analysis of 45th game which Capablanca played against Steiner with @Jay_Garrison

Chess Structures A Grandmaster Guide:

I started working on Benoni Pawn Structure and went through one game from the book.

Asymmetric Benoni

Vladimir Akopian vs Levan Pantsulaia 2013.

Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:

I completed chapter 2nd Queen in Trouble with @Devansh_Shah

That's all for today. It' better than yesterday I think!

Date:  12th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Tarrasch vs Teichmann 1912 

2. Petrosian vs Liublinsky 1949 

3. Petrosian vs Chukaev 1951

The Power of the Bishop Pair

Section-1 The Power of two Bishops.

Section-2 Two Bishops in the Endgame.

The Art of Attack in Chess:

Started working on chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )

In the bottom I am sharing fragments:

1. Yates vs Marco 1921 ( Full Game)

2. An educational Example.

3. Rosolimmo vs Pachman 1947 

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:

Completed Half CHAPTER 15th THE SEQUENCE 1 RXH7 KXH7 2 QXF7 

Pawn Structures:

Chess Structures A Grandmaster Guide:

I started working on Benoni Pawn Structure and went through one game from the book.

Asymmetric Benoni:

Nikita Vitiugov vs Ding Liren 2012

Capablanca's Best Endings:

I analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Bosch in 1929

Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:

Completed chapter 3rd ( Rook on the seventh Rank)

Date:  13th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Petrosian vs Mecking 1971

2. Spassky vs Petrosian 1966

3. Steinitz vs Sellmann 1885

Openings:

Completed All Caro Kann Sections except model games. Tomorrow gonna revise move orders and then I will work on model games pgn.

ChessMood team in Bundesliga

The Art of Attack in Chess:

Completed chapter 10th ( Defending against the Attack on the Castled King )

In the bottom I am sharing fragments:

1.Alekhine vs Botvinnik 1936

2. Kotov vs Keres 1950 

3. Marshall vs Burn 1900 

Capablanca's Best Endings:

I analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Havasi 1929

Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:

Completed chapter 4th and 5th 

Botvinnik’s fearsome bishop

Kasparov’s favourite

That's all for today!

14th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Chigorin vs Schiffers 1879

2. Capablanca vs Marshall 1909 

3. Steinitz vs Chirogin 1892 

Capablanca's Best Endings:

Analyzed one game of Capablanca which he played against Thomas in 1929-30 with @Jay_Garrison

15 th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Capablanca vs Janowski 1914 

2. Fischer vs Unzicker 1970

3, Rubinstein vs Techmann 1908

4. Alekhine vs Yates 1910

Stream:

Participated in the Stream with GM Gabuzyan 

https://chessmood.com/event/stream-with-gm-gabuzyan-4-755

The Art of Attack in Chess:

Started working on 11th Chapter ( The Phases of the Attack on the Castled King) 

In the bottom I am sharing game and fragments list:

1. Botvinnik vs Chekhover 1935 ( Fragment)

Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:

I went through 2 chapters:

1. Fischer’s knight

2. Opposites are not equal

That's little but I am okay with it. I am working on my cubing too so studying 5-6 hrs a day on chess not 10.

16th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Schlechter vs Wulff 1894

2. Stein vs Furman 1969

3. Fischer vs Cardoso 1957

Pawn Structures:

Carlsbad:

Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:

1.  Piket vs Timman 1996

2. Kramnik vs Timman 1995 

3. Karpov vs Andrei Kharitonov `988 

Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios:

Asymmetric Benoni: 

Games and Fragments List which I studied:

1. Mikhalevski – Guseinov, Novi Sad 2009 ( Fragment)

2. Pavel Eljanov vs Teimour Radjabov 2008 ( Full Game)

Capablanca's Best Endings:

I studied game 52nd Menchik vs Capablanca 1931

17th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Marshall vs Tarrasch 1905

2. Kann vs Capablanca 1936 

3. Alekhine vs Feldt M 1916

4. Marshal vs Capablanca 1909

Openings:

Caro Kann Model Games watched and made pgn files

Pawn Structures:

Carlsbad:

Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:

1. Larsen vs Geller 1983

2. Telljohann Sven vs Dautov Rustem 1996

Chess Structures a Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios:

Asymmetric Benoni: Completed today

Games and Fragments List which I studied:

Johan Hellsten vs Emilio Cordova 2006

Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners:

I went through 2 chapters

1. Cousins from a distance

2. IDP: isolated doubled pawn

Capablanca's Best Endings:

Studied the game between Kevitz and Capablanca 1931.

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:

I went through examples of chapter 15th and I already did exercises two days ago.

That's it!!!

18th Dec, 2020

Ian Anderson's Visualization Course:

I went through CHAPTER 16. THE SEQUENCE 1 BXH7+ KXH7 2 NG5+ KG8 3 QH5 

19th Dec, 2020

Chessmood:

Classical Commented Games:

1. Yates vs Alekhine 1921. 

2. Lasker vs Bauer 1889.

3. Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch 1914

4. Fischer vs Ibrahimoglu 1970

Openings:

I went through some variations of caro kann exchange using Move Trainer. I studied 70 lines out of 173 from my pgn files and I nailed them now.

Pawn Structures:

Carlsbad:

Studied some games on this structure and list is shared in bottom:

1. Jan Timman vs Boris Spassky 1979

2. Igor Sotnikov vs Pushkov Nikolai 1995

3. Korchnoi vs Spassky 1977 !1th Round

25th Dec, 2020

I studied four chapter of Ian Anderson's Visualization Course-2 .

Chapter 19th to 22nd

30th Dec, 2020

Only worked on pgn files of my online games.

8th Jan ,2021

Only studied some lines of Accelerated Dragon with @Jay_Garrison

Another good thing is that I am glad my brother is agreed to work on chess books with me. Soon I will share updates about it too. I am glad. If everything will works out well then I think by the end of Jan I will complete 7 books!!

Stopped Study    

@Abhi_yadav Why did you stop your study?

Maybe I restart it. It was always motivating to study more bec need to write a lot heheeh.

Task Restarted

18th August:

CALCULATION & VISUALISATION

GM Davorin Kuljasevic-Calculation Improvement

Candidates Move 2nd.

Pawn Structures:

Italian Game - January Workshop - Modern Chess Camp

Studied one video (Master the Italian Endgames - GM Grigor Grigorov)

Soon start Typing!

Finally I am going to write from today  ( 27th of Aug 2021)

So, today I did nothing special . 

1. Gained 50k points on Chessable and moving towards Tournament Able there by studying Endgames and by solving tactics of world class events!

You can also follow me on Chessable if you want too.

https://www.chessable.com/profile/InSane_AbHi/

2. Worked on 30 pages of kingwalks: paths of glory book by Yasser with my teammates.

3. Started (Fundamental Chess: Logical Decision Making) with my teammates and read 20 pages with them.

4. Completed ( Critical moments in chess by Adrian Mikhalchishin) with my teammate.

That's all for today. I am working so less but gonna improve myself more so I will work more.!!!

31st Aug

Finally completed  Kingwalks: Paths of Glory By Yasser Seirawan

2nd of August:

Complete Sicilian Sidelines Course only

Now a days I am working on positional chess only! I think I am quiet human hehehe. So, I chose positonal repo so I can spent more time on middlegames, tactics and endgames.

Petroff defense - 8...Be6

Hey CM folks, Had a blitz game like this in the Petroff: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Be6. The usual moves in the course are 8..Nd7/c6 intending Ne5 or Nc5, but this Be6 is played later in the lines. In the game I went 9.Nd4 but then Bd5 it was kinda messy and I misplayed badly and lost to a spectacular tactic ? https://www.chess.com/game/live/52760446263 My question is should we go 9.Bd3 intending to transpose to a later line with Nd7/c6 or is there something better to punish this early bishop deployment?

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Courses

Um where do I buy courses with mood coin I can't find a buy course button only become a Pro member that costs real money

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You can buy the courses with Moodcoins. Access the course page and just select “Get lifetime acces”, click the button. In the next screen you will see the different options for purchasing the course, one of them is MoodCoins. This is the way to do it ?. See the picture attached.

10-minute Racing to X games (instead of 5-minute)

Hi Chess Friends, One of the most instructive aspects of ChessMood for me is the "Racing from X to Y" series. I love seeing the openings we're using while listing to the reasoning behind the moves. I do wonder, however, if 10-minute games would be even more instructive. For example, I noticed on YouTube that GM Daniel Naroditsky has a similar series of videos called Sensei Speed Run (or something like that). He's not using our openings, of course, but he does play 10-minute and 15-minute games. This gives him a lot more time to explain every move and not get into time trouble. Could the ChessMood GM's try this approach for a few videos just to see if people find it even more helpful? Thanks, Richard

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PGN Files

Hello, I'm new on this page and I started to watch the courses. There is also the blog article which says to build own PGN-Files. So my question is: How to build this files? Is there any software or web service which I can usw?

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The best software to build your own files is Chessbase. But if you don't want to spend money, you can use Lichess studies which are really nice and free. ? The two articles: - https://chessmood.com/blog/the-most-effective-way-to-create-chess-pgn-files - https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-memorize-chess-openings-variations

Hello, You can use SCID vs PC, is a good & free replacement of ChessBase

endgame technique

Hi guys, I had this endgame in a classical game. This occured after alapin variation. Black is pawn up but I couldn't find a winning plan. Any suggestions on how could black win this position. Thank you so much.

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Is this really a winning endgame? The only plan I see is to get the king to the kingside and try to create a passed pawn there but you always have to be careful White cant get the knight to c6

Question for Avetik or Hovannes Gabuzyan...

Hi ChessMood coaches, I'd like to know which ratio time between study and practice you recommend for a player rated 1800-1900. Many thanks for your answer

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New success story: How Adam raised around 200 points with a slow and steady approach

Hello champions!?

Recently, we interviewed our family member – Adam Musson.

Despite spending only 1 hour on chess every day, Adam got out of a rating plateau and raised his rating by around 200 points! 

And in the interview, Adam talks about:

✔️ The 2 key things he focused on every day in training that helped him gain rating.

✔️ A detailed breakdown of the training method he uses to study openings

✔️ An advice he would give to anyone who has only 1 hour to spend on chess every day.

We also threw some rapid-fire questions at Adam and got some interesting answers.. ??

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

Check out the complete interview here ?

https://chessmood.com/feedback/adam-musson-story

On this forum thread, you can drop your questions and congratulatory messages to Adam!

Have a nice day! ❤️

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Great work Adam, keep it up! ???

Congratulations Adam. Yes, the Chessmood material is high quality chess education. I appreciate the commitment of GM Avetik and GM Gabuzyan, in creating good material. Is not only for the money, it's for the game :)

Congratulations !! Adam ??

Congratulations Adam! I found your story to be inspiring and, most importantly, appreciated all the practical advice on the details. I'm looking forward to any future advice from you!

Congrats Adam! Keep up the strong work.

How to name the new course?

ChessMood family, I need your fantasy!  

Soon we're publishing 2 courses about Attack!

1 - for advanced players. It'll be called "Attack like a Viking!" 

2- for beginners, below 1,500 players.

How to name it?

Any creative ideas?

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Fearless Attacker

"Attack Like a Tiger" (based on the book Chess for Tigers) or "Beginning Attacking Ideas" or "Attack Then Run Away" (based on my games)

The Path to Valhalla

TALanted Attacks Aggression Lesson Extensive offensive.

Avetik - Here are some ideas: - Attack like a Champion - Attacking Principles - Attack and Win - The first steps to play attacking chess

Avet Attack - reads in English have it attack.?

vienna game

GM Avetik do you have any cources on the Vienna Game

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No, we do not have any course regarding the Vienna game. Against e5 we play and teach the Scotch, very practical and fun to play at all levels. Check with out ….

Dumb Opening prep punisher

How to punish bad positional play in the opening. I know how to punish a piece blunder or a trapped piece but when someone wastes time with pawns but doesn't hang anything. I keep trying to develop my pieces in the opening but always find that there are no way to attack anything in my opponents position.

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Well, you should watch the opening principles course and I am sure that you will know what to do. At least you should watch the following video, showing exactly how to punish the excessive pawn moves in the opening.

https://chessmood.com/course/opening-principles/episode/3425

Happy learning!?