Jeremy Silman's "quiet" rage

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Avatar of floaterfan

So I have been a avid user of the lessons featured here on chess.com and there is some great content, but of all the lessons, Jeremy Silman delights in creating content that lambasts you for bad moves. Its not a necessity for learning and just makes me want to find him and give him a piece of my mind. What a waste of my mental energy to have feelings like this, while all the other content simply tells you something helpful about your bad move. Not sure this is a thing? Check out the content by Thomas Wolski in comparison, equal if not better content, without the programmed "ripping" on you as you learn. 

Anyways, if Jeremy Silman is perusing the feed I want to say "love your content, hate the attitude".  Maybe do some soul searching and figure out why you'd feel the need to do that, when none of your other fellow coachs do that. 

Take care,

Eric

Avatar of llama36

I remember seeing his content back when chess.com was still pretty new. I think he was trying to be funny. Also, I vaguely remember similar complaints.

Avatar of thomasgroendal

Interesting, he has a series I watched on kanopy and enjoyed immensely, but I could see how that would be unhelpful.

Avatar of Shredderchris

Can you please give me a link or something?
I would also like to see what specific example you are talking about.

Thanks a lot.

Avatar of floaterfan

I'm working through "world champions at their best" lessons from chess.com. I can't really send you a link, you are welcome to peruse the first 5 puzzles and try out some wrong moves and you'll get some great examples im sure. I dont really want to go back to previous lesson puzzles to give you a specific example (there are numerous examples) But... I will type out some stuff he says as I see them in his next puzzle/lessons i complete.  Thanks for your patience.