GM Smirnov is best for learning.
Just look at this video for 1-2 minutes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-k2fRVYeFg&t=51s
Just look at this video for 1-2 minutes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-k2fRVYeFg&t=51s
It is a really nice post
Chessnetwork "beginner to master" series is awesome, it taught me a lot
Chesscoach Andras
Daniel Naroditsky
There's too many to list them all.
You just need to check out all of them to see which ones are suited to your rating range and learning style. One that's good for you this year might not be the best for you next year. Keep an open mind and you can learn a little from all of them.
Daniel Naroditsky
There's too many to list them all.
You just need to check out all of them to see which ones are suited to your rating range and learning style. One that's good for you this year might not be the best for you next year. Keep an open mind and you can learn a little from all of them.
Daniel Naroditsky is good, his speedrun is very instructive + he has videos if you're looking to dive deeper regarding the endgame. Hikaru's "slowkaru" speedrun is good but the rest of his content I wouldn't say is especially educational. I have to mention ChessNetwork because his videos taught me many endgame techniques (lucena, philidor, bishop+knight mate, bishop+bishop mate) and his other videos are also good if you want to watch some master games and learn a thing or two.
"Hanging Pawns". He is not a titled player, but his videos are really good.
Latest one as example
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzXrv2kjqCM
Latest one as example
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzXrv2kjqCM
chesskid or hanging pawn or chessnetwork
It depends on your level, what you like and want to learn and how. Styles can vary a lot.
My personal favorites are Hanging Pawns, Ben Finegold, Chess Giant and Bad Bishop. I like Gotham but there's no instructional content anymore. I also like Chess Boot Camp because he plays a similar style to mine.
My personal favorites are Hanging Pawns, Ben Finegold, Chess Giant and Bad Bishop. I like Gotham but there's no instructional content anymore. I also like Chess Boot Camp because he plays a similar style to mine.
It depends what you want to achieve:
a) getting better in chess? --> see above video from GM Smirnov. Afterwards go and watch his "breaking stereotypes" series. Really, others might protest, but what do they know? GM Smirnov's video directly influence you and you will get better thanks to him, no doubt about it. His tips are just sooo valuable.
b) getting better in time management? --> if you are the kind of player who is occasionally in time trouble, maybe the best cure is to go and watch Anna Cramling playing real OTB games. When you start to shout at her, write in the fan comments "can someone tell her to watch her time?" etc. then you are on your way to be cured from time trouble. Anna makes you indirectly think about better time management, and the tips you want to tell her - but of course you cant, she cant hear you, its in the past, she had already lost on time once more again - these tips are heard by yourself. You wont repeat her time trouble mistakes, and thus you wont repeat them in your own games. Its a magic cure, and nobody can be so bad that he (or in Anna's case "she") can not serve at least as a bad example.
c) want to be entertained? Gotham chess is ok, or any game the indian reporter Saga is commenting on. But truth is, I might not know a good answer to that point c.
a) getting better in chess? --> see above video from GM Smirnov. Afterwards go and watch his "breaking stereotypes" series. Really, others might protest, but what do they know? GM Smirnov's video directly influence you and you will get better thanks to him, no doubt about it. His tips are just sooo valuable.
b) getting better in time management? --> if you are the kind of player who is occasionally in time trouble, maybe the best cure is to go and watch Anna Cramling playing real OTB games. When you start to shout at her, write in the fan comments "can someone tell her to watch her time?" etc. then you are on your way to be cured from time trouble. Anna makes you indirectly think about better time management, and the tips you want to tell her - but of course you cant, she cant hear you, its in the past, she had already lost on time once more again - these tips are heard by yourself. You wont repeat her time trouble mistakes, and thus you wont repeat them in your own games. Its a magic cure, and nobody can be so bad that he (or in Anna's case "she") can not serve at least as a bad example.
c) want to be entertained? Gotham chess is ok, or any game the indian reporter Saga is commenting on. But truth is, I might not know a good answer to that point c.
Please check out this channel if you are wanting to learn: www.youtube.com/@ThinkSquareChessAcademy
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