Best Chess YouTubers and Learning Tools

Have you ever wondered, am I watching the right chess YouTubers? Am I really using the right learning tools? Well today I will tell you the most entertaining people to watch, the YouTubers that you learn the most from, and the tools that you need to boost your rating. I will list four YouTubers/websites in each section.

SECTION 1 - LEARNING TOOLS

1. Chessly - Paid

Chessly is a website designed by GothamChess (also known as Levy Rozman). It has many courses, all on different topics. It also has puzzles. I bought the Middlegames Masterclass and Intermediate chess. If you are planning on buying a course, wait until he has a sale on his website. That’s how I got mine a lot cheaper. GothamChess has also written a book which I highly recommend. It is called “How To Win At Chess.”

2. Chess.com Lessons - Free

When I first took a chess.com lesson, it helped me so much. I have learned so much from these lessons. They teach literally everything. Openings, tactics, endgames, and more. The best part is that it's completely free. I personally love their opening lessons. Grandmasters and strong players usually teach these courses.

3. Chessable - Paid

I have not really used this website much, but I have heard amazing things about it. It has a lot of courses by a bunch of different chess pros. Every single course has hours of content. It can keep you busy for a long time. This website has a lot more stuff than Chessly although it’s not as easy to navigate the site.

4. Lichess Puzzles - Free

Puzzles are amazing. They are such a good way to get better and to see checkmate patterns more easily. When you solve a certain type of puzzle (like a queen and king checkmate) a lot of times, you get better at seeing it in your games. Solving puzzles definitely helped me get better. Lichess is especially good for it. It probably has the best puzzles on the internet ever.

SECTION 2 - YOUTUBERS

1. GothamChess

GothamChess is so great. He is both an entertainer and a teacher. You can find videos about pretty much anything that has to do with chess. My favorite videos are the videos where he plays chess.com bots. I also enjoy his “How To Win At Chess” videos (not his book). Gotham is  also an entertaining commentator. His title is International Master.

2. Hikaru

Hikaru is another good one. He usually just shows his games, not usually teaching, but I will say that he is a very strong player. I have seen him in plenty of big tournaments along with other Grandmasters (he is a Grandmaster himself). He is a chill guy and has fun videos. Most people like his video where he plays MrBeast. It’s one of my favorites and one of his top videos.

3. Croissant

You might be thinking, Croissant doesn’t sound like a chess YouTube channel. Well it is and it’s a hilarious and entertaining channel. He is not a titled player but it can be fun to watch him boost his rating and play stupid versions of chess. Somehow he pushed his rating to 2000 in bullet. Croissant is not exactly a teacher but you can still learn things from his games. 

4. Chess.com

I’m not sure if this counts since it's really a website, but I mean this is a YouTube channel and it has chess content. Chess.com’s YouTube mainly features Daniel Rensch (International Master). It has all kinds of chess content including Chess.com announcements, interviews with players, and tournament recaps. Like some of the other channels, it doesn’t have teaching content but is still fun to watch.