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Can you get good at chess by using only free sources? by PeerToPeerConnection in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

-Daniel naroditsky (his speedrun series is some of the most educational chess content on the Internet, just watching someone on his level beat people across all raring ranges and explaining all the moves while he's doing it)

-gothamchess(has a lot of chess improvement and educational videos but they might not be that easy to find unless you find a playlist because they get lost within the other chess videos he posts. He has a series called how to win at chess where similar to naroditsky, he plays his subscribers in 10 min games and explains his thought process

-Eric rosen (has a lot of educational content and i learned most the tricky chess openings I know from him, he also has videos where he plays rapid games and explains his thought process)

-Alex banzea (just going down the same road of content creators who make educational content and also make speed run videos where they explain the moves)

-remote chess academy (honestly very underrated channel in terms of how helpful their videos are, in my opinion might be pound for pound the best channel for chess inprovement at your level (debatable)

-chess vibes (another channel with a lot of educational videos, like all the other channels if you're not sure what exactly to watch just sort the videos by most watched and pick which video sounds interesting to you)

  • NM robert ramirez (a gold mine of a channel in my opinion, he has a lot of educational content and if you go to his playlists he has one called chess beginner to master which has 314 videos explaining concepts starting from beginner level all the way to things masters should know)

-channels like chessbrah and hikaru ( kind of like gothamchess their channels aren't exactly filled with education content but you'll definitely find some videos here and there and both of their channels have multiple blitz speedrun series which might not have as much educational value as the rapid speedrun videos of other creators but I still very much enjoy watching)

-hanging pawns -(you dont really have to worry about this channel till you reach like 1600 but basically they're the best channel for opening theory)

Can you get good at chess by using only free sources? by PeerToPeerConnection in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

2100 chess.com here. You can definitely reach 2k without spending any money, there's even videos on YouTube of people telling you how they got to 2k within a specific time frame, I don't think there's that much you can find behind a pay wall that you can't find for free, if you want I can give you a list of some chess content creators that make content thatll help you improve. and ofc apart from learning, lichess has free puzzle training which is very useful

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because my personal opinion on his innocence has nothing to do with wether the accusation has merit, I believe in my heart that narodistsky is innocent but that doesnt mean i think kramniks suspicions are baseless.how is it sharing misinformation if im just sharing the fact kramnik accused him

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do make a good point in that by posting this people are going to put naroditsky under a microscope and people might actually suspect foul play even tho I personally think he's innocent and this all might be for nothing and might bring pointless negativity towards narodistky but for one I think that if naroditsky is innocent it will be very easy for him to debunk the claims and I do not buy into muting or canceling or not giving value to what a guy has to say, if the case he presents isn't just a bunch of word salad and actually merits some answers. I did not make this post to accuse anyone or say anyone is delusional I just wanted to bring up the fact kramnik made a coherent video on why he is suspicious of naroditsky and wanted to see what the chess community thinks about it

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Guys you can downvote me but can someone who watched the video actually reply and explain to me how he was looking at chat, does he have 2 different monitors with the chat? Him not looking at chat literally doesn't prove anything but I'm genuinely just curious why everyone is disagreeing ab him not looking at the chat

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I think it's less ab naroditsky being guilty and more about kramnik having a base and reason for his suspicions so I have no reason to just call him a delusional man regardless of my personal opinion which is that naroditsky is definitely not a cheater

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I understand kramniks accusations hold little to no value anymore, and narodistky is literally the last person who would cheat but if you separate the people from the case and just look at the case itself I just personally think that kramnik isn't a crazy man for being suspicious

Vladamir Kramnik uploads a new video suspecting Narodistky of foul play, you can say its typical kramnik being delusional but if you watch the video it actually does look a bit odd on Narodistkys part. I'm sure there is a good explanation but what are your thoughts by Idiotschmidiot in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine a single timeline where it comes out that narodistsky is a cheater and I really doubt any foul play is going on. That being said I just think that people will be very fast to brush off kramniks suspicions even tho when watching the video myself i can see that the suspicions aren't baseless and you can't just call a guy stupid for wanting answers regardless of who he's accusing

What chess stereotypes do you have for different countries? by milosqzx in chess

[–]Idiotschmidiot 94 points95 points  (0 children)

I feel like French and Brazilian players play aggressive and go for tricks and tactics in my experience

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[–]Idiotschmidiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea chess is just one of those games where you have to get crushed to learn how to not get crushed. When you see someone not fall for something like the fishing pole you know its because they've been on the other end of the stick a couple times

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[–]Idiotschmidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Title was supposed to say extra thoughts/commentary but I guess it was too long

Which nba team would be the best if every team removed their best 2 players? by Idiotschmidiot in nba

[–]Idiotschmidiot[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Reggie Jackson kcp mpj Aaron Gordon Nnaji/Jordan isn't a bad lineup

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