How to Get Good at Chess, Fast

Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by birken on Sunday November 24, 2013 @09:16PM (#6792162)

And for those that are interested in building their interest in chess in a way that is more entertainment than education, I highly recommend watching "live commentaries", IE chess players playing against other people online while commentating it live.

My personal favorite is IM Greg Shahade (aka curtains), who has hundreds of these videos online [1]. There are also a bunch on youtube from other sources, but in my opinion curtains is the most entertaining (he is also quite good, the 49th ranked player in the US).

[1]: http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-video-search.php?q=curtains+...

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by grosen on Sunday November 24, 2013 @09:32PM (#6792207)

IM Jerry who runs Chess Network is my favorite. Check him out if you haven't here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChessNetwork

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by hsuresh on Sunday November 24, 2013 @11:57PM (#6792559)

I really like Daniel King's game reviews. You can find them here: http://www.youtube.com/user/PowerPlayChess

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by ximeng on Sunday November 24, 2013 @09:34PM (#6792212)

I like Mato Jelic's videos - short and regularly released with his own style.

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by izietto on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:07AM (#6793152)

I strongly recommend Mato: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMxK1FKAbmj2N-faTWLwNig

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by nih on Monday November 25, 2013 @01:50PM (#6796026)

I've developed a better 'feel' for the game by watching Andrew Martins lectures @ http://www.youtube.com/user/YMChessMaster/videos

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by dfan on Monday November 25, 2013 @08:11AM (#6793834)

Greg Shahade's videos are great. I particularly enjoy his solitaire chess games, where he attempts to guess the moves of existing games by great players of the past and present.

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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by kriro on Monday November 25, 2013 @12:04PM (#6795252)

Not as exciting as watching the brown trouts swim but close enough.

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