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Greaseflake
Sep 20, 2022
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What are good chess videos for beginners? Everyone keeps telling me to watch Gotham chess or the St Louis chess club, but their "beginner" videos just talk really fast about a hundred different things and I have no idea what they are talking about. I need videos that step slowly through each and every move, without going off on tangents.
I agree that GothamChess presents at machine gun pace.
Many chess videos are presented at a fast pace in order to squeeze as much instruction as possible within the allotted time. A recommended approach for the viewer is therefore to frequently pause the video, proceeding only after thinking about and understanding what has just been conveyed.
You might also check out the following chess channels.....hopefully the speed of presentation will be more comfortable...
'Jim's Chess Channel'...
https://www.youtube.com/c/JimsChessChannel
'Hanging Pawns'....
https://www.youtube.com/c/HangingPawns
otherwise, you might check out some of the YouTube channels cited here...
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Sep 21, 2022
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#3
John Bartholomew.
His beginner videos are great. They are well paced and he's a great speaker. And he's got LOADS of em. He was doing "Speedruns" years before anyone else even dreamed up the term "speedrun". Watch his "Standard Chess" videos if you want to really understand the thought process of a very strong player. Just listening to him for the first few times helped my game. He's improved considerably since those videos, and does twitch streams and other stuff now even though he's not that active on YT.
I would recommend 3 playlists to start:
Chess Fundamentals.
Climbing the Rating Ladder
Standard Chess (15 minute games)
https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnBartholomewChess/playlists
Sep 21, 2022
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#4
A very good series is by NM Ramirez. He has almost 200 lessons which starts right at the beginning for players who know absolutely nothing about chess, and then gradually works up to master level.
For someone who is 900 rated, start somewhere around lesson 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQvR_fLkNKo&list=PLQKBpQZcRycrvUUxLdVmlfMChJS0S5Zw0
Sep 21, 2022
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#5
Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
Send me one of your games and I'll be happy to analyze the game for free on my YouTube channel on Sunday livestream from 1-2PM PST. Ask me questions in real time!
This is a great way to improve!
I love to make videos for beginner chess players, so I hope you find my videos to be helpful!
A good book is worth 200 h of videos.
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Sep 23, 2022
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#8
Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
Send me one of your games and I'll be happy to analyze the game for free on my YouTube channel on Sunday livestream from 1-2PM PST. Ask me questions in real time!
I create a lot of beginner chess videos! I'm sure you will find the videos to be helpful!