1 year Diamond membership vs Reading several good books

     I think that the videos on chess.com are worth more than $99 of chess books.  The video library is quite large and getting bigger every month. 

     That's my two cents as a diamond member.....

Diamond Membership. Tactics Trainer alone is worth it. Then all of the lessons and as Skinny mentioned the videos.... I've been a paid member for awhile now and I have never regretted it. 

 I'm considering diamond membership for the videos, but aren't they just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge selection, including dozen-video-courses, free on YouTube?

And if you do some searching, you'll find a lot of reasons why chesstempo.com's free tactics (or $20 or $35 versions) are superior to those here. For example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/2ki3oo/how_much_better_is_chesstempo_than_chesscom/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/2tvjz6/chesscom_tactics_vs_chesstempo_tactics/

exactly, can someone with diamond state how many videos are actually available?   can you access a list of titles?  (or can staff post one)??

thats a lot of vids. for sure.

other people will charge you easily 10-30$ per vid or even per vid hour.

are these videos mostly by danny?

oh yeah, and he's fun too.

do you have a fav?  this is my favorite Gm and my favorite opening- but I detest theory.  I hate trying to memorize any of it.

I like Anna Rudolf's endgame videos. Her "aeroplanes and minefields" is the best King and Pawn video I've seen.

No there are many authors. I counted 46 just now

Depends how lazy u r. If u want to watch videos sitting comfortably then purchase diamond membership.If you like the Live board and have a study partner then use books

It depends. If you're a 6 year old kid who is just starting out with chess aiming to be a very strong player in the future then obviously books are the best option for you. But if you're over 20, just hoping to be 1500-1900, then the diamond membership here might be the best option.

I believe almost all of the videos are "worth watching". Some may be more suited to certain players than others but I have yet to see a video that I thought flat our sucked. I think the upgrades made to the Tactics Trainer have improved its effectiveness greatly. Aside from the teaching aides Diamond membership gives many other benefits. No ads are one.... unlimited tournaments both entering and starting... etc.  I love my membership here.   

the chess mentor lessons are useful as well, they are an interactive form of learning as opposed to the videos and depending on the lesson will give nice explanations/feedback after each of your moves

There is no substitute for a book, board, and real pieces.  

Actually I'm attempting "both".....I'm close to buying more time on this forum,but truly enjoy reading and analyzing from books as well.....I'm pretty much just going at my pace with no hurried rush to acquire a higher rating at all.My emphasis is basically to have a better understanding of chess and improve from there.....Best regards to all-

     Just off the top of my head, GM Melik Khachiyan has a lot of good videos IMHO.  He had one series of 9 videos titled "Becoming An Expert" that I liked a lot.  He has a 9 part series on former World Champion Tigran Petrosian; he also has videos on good and bad Knights and good and bad bishops.  The principle of "two weaknesses."

    GM Simon Williams has several good videos as does IM Daniel Rensch. 

   GM Alex Lenderman has an 8 part series about playing with a space advantage. 

   GM Sam Shankland has some insightful videos about playing Black against annoying Queen Pawn openings.  There were some new ideas there that I had never thought about.

   This could start you out!  Just thinking.....

Watch lots of free videos/streams, use lots of free tactics trainers, read lots of good books.

    St. Louis Chess Club videos better than GM Melik Khachiyan?  Better than GM Sam Shankland?  (Shankland won a gold medal at the last chess Olympiad - I think the dude knows a thing or two about chess) .  Better than GM Kaidanov? 

     Not IMHO.  Just thinking.....

Danny rensch's live sessions are pretty entertaining to watch. They are also educational if you attempt to analyze the position and see if you come to the same conclusions as him during the video.

Didn't catch the Live sessions, but saw some of his videos. St.Louis's videos seems better overall (as posted on #24 by Skinnyhorse).