It would be great if Chessable allowed us to use our private repertoires for this instead of a published one.

thank you very much for this enlightening list ! As an adult hobby player I would like (of course) get a bit better step by step, but I am still in the lower level. Here I would like to ask you about two books if you know and could perhaps recommend them: - Richard Reti: Masters of the chessboard - Fred Reinfeld: The immortal games of Capablanca

Thanks!

Good stuff!

Nice selection of books! My favorite type of chess books are 1) instructional and 2) game collections. However, I have a bit of an issue with what I call "feel good" chess books which are similar to those "move by move" books. The problem is that many of the examples in "move by move" books might be in opening systems that the reader will never play so the structures that arise might be irrelevant. The other issue is that those "move by move" books might teach us a few things but if I, for example, have a knowledge deficit in pawn structures I should read a book that covers a good range of structures that we should be familiar with. If I struggle with calculation I feel that I should find books that deal with calculation. Reading a "move by move" book might feel good but it won't give us comprehensive instruction on how to deal with an array of positions related to specific chess topics. Since I have limited time for chess I generally avoid those type of books. EDIT: I should add that I'm far from a beginner, more like advance/expert) so my opinion might be biased and not apply to everyone.

Is there a limit as to how many chapters you could add to your course?

I still don’t understand the purpose of not being able to put a king in check. Is it just to make it harder to win? It’s like you give your opponent the opportunity to undo all their mistakes.

Is there support email or chat? I have Qs. The RESIGN flag doesn't work. My opp has a TAKEBACK function but I can't find it on my laptop. Where is it?

5 years late lol

All i wanted was how to play against the computer. It is asking me to input the FEN. I dont know what it is. This video is not for beginners.

Steps that I gathered from this: = Always focus on the WHYs = 10m | 0s - 15m | 10s Games ----- Self-analyze with yourself, peers, coach after the game. --------- Note reasons for moves/plans before consulting the engine --------- Identify concepts within the game, usually from mistakes, and consumeone video/article total about them AND DON’T BINGE. ------------ Free recall what you remember about the time consumed. ----- Recall what you learned when you nearly forget it, usually deepening your knowledge with it. = Use Puzzle Rush until you can quickly identify the fundamental patterns like mate in ones, twos, king and pawn endgames, mate with king and queen, ladder mate with 2 rooks/queen/rook+queen, etc. ----- Then move on to Puzzle Rush: Survival, not spending time when you can’t come up with a way to solve it in like 5-10 serious minutes of thinking. It’s too hard for you, but analyze WHY. Instead spend time when you feel like there might be something there to calculate and solve, not longer than 15± minutes.

Things to go forward with if you're really into Chess Improvement: - The WHYs of what you're doing/what you did/what you should do are always important from master games, to your games, to what the engine recommends to you. - Always self-analyze these games after, if possible, compare and contrast your thoughts on moves with peers/a coach, and if that isn't possible, reflect on your moves with reasons that you came up with then compare them against the engine's moves to see what you may have missed. ------ Don't spend that time after not referring with a better player/engine because the feedback is really helpful. - If you come across something you can identify as a concept you were not familiar with in the analysis, consider watching a video on/reading about it (opening/middlegame/endgame concepts like rook endgames, plans in your opening, etc.) ------- DON'T BINGE VIDEOS, see what you can recall from what you've watched, reflect, and go back if you missed something. Consider coming back to the topic at a later time as well, when you feel like you've forgotten about it, this allows you to strengthen your recall for it. - Consider playing longer games as a beginner/intermediate to avoid mistakes due to time trouble/give you to time to think through moves. But playing Blitz isn't horrible, it allows you to see more opening variation, still dedicate more time to longer games though (?!) - Online Puzzle Rush is okay as a beginner but when you feel like you're no longer being challenged by the difficulty of the puzzle, you aren't improving your calculation but instead pattern recognition, that's fine but it depends on what you want to do with your time. Methods like the Woodpecker Method are better randomized, and then progressively spaced out longer and longer to the next time you go for a cycle of solving the puzzles.

Words are printed on the board covering the moves and hence could not follow the last moves .

the books aren't in the description

This is a fascinating video. Please make more showing step by step how you input your variations etc and text to create an instructive and interactive course

Thank you SO much! I was raging bc I couldn't understand why my games against bots kept coming out as draws! At first this seems annoying but I can understand it because it would make it easier to win if stalemate was alowed, and it requires higher intelligence choices to win!

At 9:44 isn't d×e4 winning for black

Hello, thank you very much for your great presentation of Lichess. Would you know if it is possible to play with a friend o/s on a different timeline ? Many thanks

A tournament where I need to bring my own chess pieces or clock? No thanks. I won't play in such nonsense tournament.

My remarks: 1. The most significant result in the psychology of human chess performance is from a study by Adriaan de Groot in his book "Memory and Perception in Chess." This states that the critical difference between good players and very good players is that the weaker players do not even consider the correct move in critical positions. This has profound implications to teaching and improvement. Many teaching and improvement methods simply give away the best move, thereby confirming the stated opinion in the video that using computers or reading analysis books may be suboptimal. Similarly, this refutes books that profess to teach thinking strategies. The book "Move First, Think Later" by Willy Hendriks follows up on de Groot's principle. I am surprised and disappointed that Benjamin Keep did not cite this result or de Groot's book. 2. Human beings are generally terrible at understanding what they do. This also holds for experts. In my opinion, introspection about thinking process is generally doomed to failure, thereby refuting all the thinking books written by grandmasters. 3. Regarding blindfold chess: Note that despite excellent visualisation, Bobby Fischer always carried a portable chess set when studying chess. This confirms the utility of using a live board when studying. 4. Regarding speed chess: In my experience, speed chess improves your technique but makes you stale (no creativity). Playing speed chess for money is helpful, as losses truly count. 5. In my opinion, this obsession by amateur players to improve is a self-deception. From my superficial observation, a reason that amateur players do not improve is that that they concentrate on what they enjoy studying, in particular, openings. The reason is that openings have a social context, you can copy your chess heroes similarly to wearing the jersey of your favorite sports star. 6. In my opinion, amateur chess players should concentrate on improving their knowledge and understanding, as opposed to supposed improvement. In particular, compare to scientific publications where the goal is to absorb knowledge as opposed to be a practitioner. 7. I was suprised by Benjamin Keep's response to puzzle solving, since he claims to be a Go player. It is universally accepted in Go that the most important method of improvement is to solve life and death problems. In particular, the ultimate test of Go prowess is solving the classical collection of problems Igo Hatsuyōron from 1713. 8. As opposed to Benjamin Keep, I dislike playing Go on an actual board and have played less than a dozen games IRL, and I don't even know how to place the pieces. In online Go, I got to 2 dan (on the Korean servers Tygem Baduk and Cyberoro).

bro your gonna show it to me after i buy the book

All adds! For me at 600 was losing fear of premoves, so I did a bunch of bullets. Now I don’t loose on time winning positions. There is an really interesting article about 1% improvings in the cycling world.

Thanks alot

A3 sac the pawn and Rc3 u win a queen ( i might be wrong i just 400 elo)

I have never created a chessable course. To me this video was perfect and very instructive. Kind regards!

Very nice and informative video. I also use forward chess. I would like to know if you can recommend some good books for openings, middle-game, and endgame. For example which book do you use in this video to set up your opening, please? Greetings from Germany! And keep up on good work!

If anyone disagrees with Simple Chess, they're wrong. Absolute gem of a book.

And Qf8+ in the third

In that first example, you had a fork:Qh8+!?

Very helpful, thank you.

This was wonderful!! More on chess books, please!!

Thank you for teaching me what the difference checkmate&stalemate

Stalemate are definitely a win in most cultures of chess and who says it's a draw he's a daddy loser

Not bad

Nice video.... that is very informative... thank you sie

Me gusta como va explicando el como esta razonando mientras juega

Muy interesante gracias por el aporte

How many checkmates are supposed to be done to win the game

I think this rule was envented this way. 1p-i traped your king you got nowher else to run gg 2p-nah man its a draw totaly, havent you checked the rules if i lose...i mean if its not the check its a draw.....yeah a totaly legitimate and fair rule.....im totaly not imagining it on the spot not to lose. 1p-(flips the table) im tired of you bulshiet!!! What next if your king dies you can just reborn it untill you have pices left!!!

I leanred so little

i bought the book but I did not know how to read it

This is the best lesson I have seen for beginners like me! Thank You! Best Wishes from a new subscriber!

Nice,,,explanation ,,👍

He is my idol, I plan to become champion. but with this new genration im in, its so hard.

Shocking this doesn’t have more views!

Am sooo dedicated to beating this app chess bot 😂😂😂😂😂😂 damn

The 'Move by Move' player games series of books by Everyman Chess are well worth looking at. Annotated games are punctuated with questions, challenging the reader to find the combinations, or why the player didn't play a certain move.

Stalemate was definitely invented by a sore loser 🤦‍♂️

*Promo sm*

I’ve known this young Man since he was 4 and it’s been a privilege to watch him elevate. 🙏🏾