Hi, I’m an under 1200 player and want to learn chess and have fun playing chess. I want to know if anyone else thinks that both the Video lectures and Chess Mentor are just continuations of Tactics Trainer and not real teaching aids to learn chess from, but another form of training? Don’t get me wrong training is important and useful, but only after your have learned a skill, not to learn a skill. For me, I’m finding the real value of Chess.com is in Community, playing Live Chess, and Tactics Trainer not so much in Video Lectures and Chess Mentor. So is a Diamond Membership really better then a Gold Membership for someone at my skill lever?

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Hello diagonal. I think the Diamond membership would be valuable for you as the Chess Mentor program and instructional video levels are created for all levels, really from beginner to expert level. As you utilize the more basic Chess Mentor courses and lessons along with the more simplified instructional video lessons you will learn and start to understand the correct fundamentals to take you to the next level.