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BasicChess22
Feb 23, 2018
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MetalRatel wrote:

I've watched a number of John Bartholomew's videos and I like his style of presentation. He's one of the few YouTube channels to do over-the-board presentations and I have been experimenting with this style myself. Anyone else like this format?

Yeah the over the board stuff really helps me visualize playing on the board. Most of what I do is online and everytime I get in front of a board I feel like I'm at a disadvantage. That and also over the board just feels more real. It's hard not to like it

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Psychamok
Feb 23, 2018
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#22
SiddheshThosar wrote:
EzioAuditore96 wrote:
SiddheshThosar wrote:

GJ chess

No.

Why

The whole thing has always seemed a little bit false to me, for example his dirty chess tricks videos. Now I'm not saying that they don't work, they do, however in nearly every video he shows them in he claims they're from one of his games. I just find it hard to believe that all of these lines are lines he's personally played. Seems like a shortcut way of looking at chess that doesn't allow for real improvement in the long run. I could be wrong about the GJ chess channel though, not sure what others think of it but no one else has recommended it so far.

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Chesserroo2
Feb 23, 2018
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#23

I watched Magnus Carlsen plays the MC App. It is instructional. Not on one topic, but several different mentions as they pop up.

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cfour_explosive
Feb 23, 2018
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#24

most educational and nicest teacher is easily John Bartholomew. funniest is by far Simon Williams aka GingerGm.

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RoobieRoo
Feb 23, 2018
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#25
h4_explosive wrote:

most educational and nicest teacher is easily John Bartholomew. funniest is by far Simon Williams aka GingerGm.

Bartholomew is lame man, real lame, even the BYP is more educational than him.  Williams is equally as useless.  Only decent channel is NM Rob King and the Metrowest chess club, but its not for the spoonfed. wink.png

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eulers_knot
Feb 23, 2018
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#26

I'll second ChessNetwork's channel.   Chess and Scholastic Center of St. Louis has some good, some bad videos; I like Seirawan's videos there. 

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RoobieRoo
Feb 23, 2018
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#27

the rookfellows were also legend but not for mamas boys.

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EndgameEnthusiast2357
Feb 23, 2018
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#28

SUREN, the chesswebsite, Kingschrusher, and Kausm are the best youtube chess videos

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ichiro_bloodmoon
Feb 24, 2018
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#29

captaintugwash wrote:

For interesting and informative annotations of historical games, try @agadmator.

I'm subscribed to his channel as well. 😎

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JNJClapton
Feb 24, 2018
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#30

What about Ben Finegold from the St. Louis Chess Club? I kinda like him too

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eulers_knot
Feb 24, 2018
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#31
JNJClapton wrote:

What about Ben Finegold from the St. Louis Chess Club? I kinda like him too

I have watched quite a few of Finegold's St. Louis videos.  They made me laugh; quite a bit, actually.  But ultimately I did not find them that useful for improving my chess.  He's got the Finegold rules, such as "Never play f3" or "Always play Kb1".  "Never Trade".  "Always Repeat".  Are these useful?

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cfour_explosive
Feb 25, 2018
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#32
robbie_1969 wrote:
h4_explosive wrote:

most educational and nicest teacher is easily John Bartholomew. funniest is by far Simon Williams aka GingerGm.

Bartholomew is lame man, real lame, even the BYP is more educational than him.  Williams is equally as useless.  Only decent channel is NM Rob King and the Metrowest chess club, but its not for the spoonfed.

hahaha. what a ridiculous  posting.

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RoobieRoo
Feb 25, 2018
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#33

You know its true, cite a single idea that you learned from Bartholomew or any of those other lamebos and actually managed to apply in a game. NM Rob King is where you wanna go to learn ideas.  Metrowest Chess Club, free master lessons from someone who knows how to teach.

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ValleyGirlPoo
Feb 25, 2018
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#34

Seems like a lack of shows or something. It's the weekend, where is everyone?

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jdroli1070
Feb 25, 2018
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#35

for the love of God, don't watch GJchess. His videos are for much higher rated players. They can be quite entertaining for lower rated players, though! Knight to E5...bam!

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85_PorsheTurbo
Feb 25, 2018
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#36

I would be unfair If I wouldn't mention "chessaudiobooks" yt here, A black brother bringing some games with great play, mental ease and emphasizing ability. We are talking here about learning. This guy has whole games. Got passion, and holds no secrets. He has minimal reach of 300 +/- per vid. Definitely, deserve to have more.

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Piperose
Feb 25, 2018
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#37
rdmccarthy wrote:
ChessNetwork is incredible, check out his standard games. For some high level calculation check Kingscrusher

Good picks, Chess Network is definitely helpful!

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bobdaniel1234567
Apr 4, 2019
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#38

A friend of mine (Fide Master) and I run a Youtube channel. Not that big yet, but with 230 videos we are growing day-by-day. Check us out here and let us know what you want to see!
https://www.youtube.com/c/Chessitup

 

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NM BlakeyBChess
Apr 4, 2019
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#39

Please check out my website - https://chesspathways.com

I’d love to get your feedback now on the videos on our Videos page!

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ValoreMax
Apr 4, 2019
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#40

I am still searching for a youtube channel where pieces are 3D. On youtube and on streams all is 2D, i hate it xD.