Who Teaches the Way I Learn?
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Oct 2, 2023
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Jill_St_James wrote:
This is all chess coaches and youtube videos. ...
That has been my experience.
Oct 2, 2023
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AtaChess68 wrote:
John Bartholomew, the ‘chess fundamentals’ serie is wonderful.
Bedankt. I'll check him out right away.
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Watched him explain two games and was positively impressed. He speaks more slowly and is a native English speaker. He does assume instant square identification, which left me behind at times. He doesn't assume that I can see everything that he sees ... most of the time. And he mainly stays on topic. All in all, I'm going to watch more of his videos. Again, bedankt.
Any other candidates?
Oct 2, 2023
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#5
Checked all three out and feel that Bartholomew is better attuned to a raw beginner than the others. I will keep them in mind, if or when, I progress. Thanks.
Oct 3, 2023
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I have been watching Finegold. He has some very good points and ideas; however, there is an enormous number of diversions in his content. And the subjects of his videos may or may not have much to do with the content. Would others agree?
Oct 5, 2023
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#8
YouTube search for chessbrah extra. Playlist "building habits". Series created for chess beginners. Grandmaster Aman Hambleton explains every thought. Each video is long but fun to watch. Start with video 1 (approx 400 rating). Even if you think you are better than that. Everything builds on the first video.
As a beginner I try to watch videos to build my learning curve. It hasn't proven fruitful. Why? Because:
1. The instructor talks way too fast.
2. The instructor speaks English with an accent I find difficult to understand.
3. The instructor assumes that I can identify all of the squares instantaneously.
4. The instructor assumes I see things I don't. He refers to various threats, legal moves, possible tactics, and such. I just don't see them before he rolls on to the next item.
5. The instructor can't stay on topic, often branching off into areas that have nothing to do with the supposed topic being discussed. When I hear, "This is interesting", "Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky used a variation in his 1923 match in Addis Abba against Maria Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo", or "As we can see.....", I know I'm about to get lost.
6. When not talking too fast, the instructor talks faster.
Can you recommend an instructors, preferably on YouTube, who speaks beginner? Because many of the beginner instructors really aren't. It seems they really don't understand that a beginner is actually a beginner.