Wingfooted wrote:
What's this guy's rating, can't find anything online
He doesn't want you to know.
Kevin from the Chess Website
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Kevin is an excellent teacher. He also used to make math videos...
Hearing that voice talk about math and not chess... feel like I'm in bizarro world
Nov 13, 2019
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Pilchuck wrote:
"Its age is irrelevant."
I complain at restaurants if the wine they serve is too old. Gotta be fresh off the vine, baby!
Stick to beer, then. Wine is not for you.
Ziryab escreveu:
I've watched enough of his videos to know that he's too weak as a player to offer any value to me.
he is a great teacher, rated over 2000. Respect the man who was one of the pioneers to create quality chess content on YouTube.
Aug 22, 2020
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Kevin Butler is 2000+, and he is a pretty decent chess player too. I got destroyed by him in an OTB tournament and I got destroyed. I'd say his videos are very instructive.
Aug 22, 2020
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Oliver_Prescott wrote:
Kevin Butler is 2000+, and he is a pretty decent chess player too. I got destroyed by him in an OTB tournament and I got destroyed. I'd say his videos are very instructive.
I work from evidence. There is no Kevin Butler who is USCF rated with a rating above 1500. This accords with my observations when I’ve watched the videos—something I stopped doing because there are far better videos available.
That Kevin may have been an innovator getting chess content on the web before many others I can acknowledge.
I know of another man who was early onto the web, has a prodigious output, is a verifiable strong expert, has also written many books, but whose content is so full of errors that it is worse than useless. It is damaging. That person is also a genuinely nice guy from all I can gather, and has been helpful to others.
Aug 22, 2020
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#48
There is a 70 year old FIDE rated Kevin Butler who is over 2000, however. The guy in the math video does not look any where near that age.
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2501538
Mar 25, 2021
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#49
FWIW, Kevin, on his website says he has a 1950 rating. Doesn't matter to me anyway. As a low rated player his videos are some of the best for me and I find his voice, manner, and the visual aspect of the site pleasing.
There are a number of masters with their own channels now for better players to watch. My favorite is gothamchess.
Mar 25, 2021
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robertbrandywine wrote:
FWIW, Kevin, on his website says he has a 1950 rating. Doesn't matter to me anyway. As a low rated player his videos are some of the best for me and I find his voice, manner, and the visual aspect of the site pleasing.
There are a number of masters with their own channels now for better players to watch. My favorite is gothamchess.
It’s neither a FIDE rating, nor a USCF. If it is not a lie, it is his peak online rating. Mine is 2400.
I think Kevin’s videos are okay. They are best when it sounds like he is paraphrasing a book by a strong GM.
his videos are OK for people new to chess.
Guys this is a six year old thread Lmao. How is it still getting post.
Mar 25, 2021
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I watched many of his videos when I made my account two years ago. I found him pretty good and always looked for his opening videos because they were straight to the point. Not like the St. Louis chess videos that take 50 minutes to explain things and more than half is filled with fluff.
Mar 25, 2021
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#55
When I was still learning from YouTube I only watched Kevin’s videos, and hanging pawns only occasionally if I had to.
Mar 25, 2021
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#56
This thread was made when Obama was president. It wants to take out its 401k and live out the rest of its days in peace. Lol.
Mar 25, 2021
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#57
B1ZMARK wrote:
I watched many of his videos when I made my account two years ago. I found him pretty good and always looked for his opening videos because they were straight to the point. Not like the St. Louis chess videos that take 50 minutes to explain things and more than half is filled with fluff.
The key differences in the St. Louis Chess Club videos are that the speakers are titled players, they have proven themselves as competitors and teachers, and they are speaking to a live audience while the recording is made.
Mar 25, 2021
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#58
Ziryab hat geschrieben:
B1ZMARK wrote:
I watched many of his videos when I made my account two years ago. I found him pretty good and always looked for his opening videos because they were straight to the point. Not like the St. Louis chess videos that take 50 minutes to explain things and more than half is filled with fluff.
The key differences in the St. Louis Chess Club videos are that the speakers are titled players, they have proven themselves as competitors and teachers, and they are speaking to a live audience while the recording is made.
I know. But at the level of around 1200-1500 I don’t really need titles players. I need good information.
Mar 25, 2021
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B1ZMARK wrote:
Ziryab hat geschrieben:
B1ZMARK wrote:
I watched many of his videos when I made my account two years ago. I found him pretty good and always looked for his opening videos because they were straight to the point. Not like the St. Louis chess videos that take 50 minutes to explain things and more than half is filled with fluff.
The key differences in the St. Louis Chess Club videos are that the speakers are titled players, they have proven themselves as competitors and teachers, and they are speaking to a live audience while the recording is made.
I know. But at the level of around 1200-1500 I don’t really need titles players. I need good information.
At that level you don't need to prioritize openings either. You need endgames, tactics, more tactics, some endgames, a few opening principles, tactics, and endgames. In short, you need the program laid out in J.R. Capablanca, Chess Fundamentals (1921)--get the 1994 Everyman edition-- and A Chess Primer (1935)--again Everyman has an algebraic edition.
Whats this Guys rating, can't find anything online