Resources For Improvers

I am looking for youtubers rated 2000+ who show annotated games [games their actually qualified to analyze, I don't like looking at videos of NM-IMs looking at games of world champions for example]

Also if anyone 2200+ is offering free game analysis that'd be great too !

Why 2200+ in particular?

I am a 2000 player and I exactly do that in my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sccchessteam

I am always eager to help people learn, so if someone anytime is interested in a free coaching session, send me a message and we can set at time for it. It can be about analysing a concrete opening, about some concrete middlegame concepts, or about some endgame.

Thanks for the offer. Which openings do you play?

How generous of you! I'm interested in learning more about the Accelerated Dragon Sicilian. I've already learned some of the theory and basic opening plans, but I've found that, even so, I still lose more games than I win with this opening. A session with Classroom would be wonderful, but if that's not doable, then that's perfectly fine with me.

I'm also wanted to learn the Smith-Morra Gambit; I've learned a few of the opening ideas and traps already, but I'm wanting to learn more theory behind the opening.

Thanks so much!

I have played multiple openings through the years, now I play the Italian with white the sicilian with black, I have a bit of preparation and knowledge to any opening, but of course I am more experienced with certain ones: With white: the italian, the open sicilian, against carokann and I have a venomous gambit against the French.

With black: I know Kings Indian defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, against e4 I played e5 for a long time and I gained a lot of experience against a lot of openings, and I have been studying the sicilian for a long time now and I am currently getting experience with it

Sounds like you're the perfect player to help me! I'll send you a message letting you know when I'm available, if you're still up to help me, of course. Thanks again!

Of course, tell me when you're available and we set up a time for it

I have made a video in how to play against CaroKann, it is a really nice line, that will surprise your opponents and get you into a really comfortable position. It has helped me win some really nice games.

https://youtu.be/WauxVO90hwg

I send this message again for any people that is interested: I am always eager to help people learn, so if someone anytime is interested in a free coaching session, send me a message and we can set a time for it. It can be about analysing a concrete opening, about some concrete middlegame concepts, or about some endgame.

to respond a question that made a lot of sense to ask, which was: which are my openings?

 have played multiple openings through the years, now I play the Italian with white the sicilian with black, I have a bit of preparation and knowledge to any opening, but of course I am more experienced with certain ones: With white: the italian, the open sicilian, against carokann and I have a venomous gambit against the French.

With black: I know Kings Indian defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, against e4 I played e5 for a long time and I gained a lot of experience against a lot of openings, and I have been studying the sicilian for a long time now and I am currently getting experience with it

There is a thread burrowed about openings you can reply to otherwise openings are discussed a lot in the ask the community/coach thread. If you don't have a specific resource that helped you improve that you want you want to discuss that is.

Thanks, I thought this was to all type of things, like for opening lines, tips to improve, to study endgames. If it is just for specific resources I will post the opening lines just in the forums you told me.

But I don't know if you were responding to my Carokann post, or to my offering of a coaching session, because you just saw the openings part. I am offering a coaching session for free for the players that are interested, because the advice of some players helped me a lot, and I said my openings because the last time I offered this they asked for my openings to see if they were interested in one of those I play

I wasn't trying to talk about openings with that post, and I just put the CaroKann line, because it has gotten me great results in OTB

I see. I just saw in the notes that you would talk about openings somewhere and didn't know you are coaching as well.

ok thanks

While we're on the topic of playing against the caro-kann I thought I'd share my favorite line...

We also have official daily tournaments starting every week for U600 and other rating categories, you can find it at https://www.chess.com/tournaments/all?filter=official

https://www.chess.com/blog/QQQ1M/your-ultimate-teen-chess-handbook

what do you think?