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Byyk
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On January 05 2015 15:42 don_kyuhote wrote: Absolutely tactics and endgame first (and thought process) As for free resources, there are many youtube channels on chess, but my favorite is the St.Louis Chess Club. http://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub/videos Lectures done by Ben Finegold and Varuzhan Akobian seemed best for me. Finegold's lectures are on many different topic, while Akobian's are more going over his own games types. Chess.com has a study plan that could be helpful http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory I didn't know chess.com had free videos because it kept asking me to get premium haha. Looks like a lot of good study material. Thanks! | ||
don_kyuhote
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On January 05 2015 21:34 infinity21 wrote: I didn't know chess.com had free videos because it kept asking me to get premium haha. Looks like a lot of good study material. Thanks! As for the videos on Chess.com, I think in order to view them fully, you have to get premium membership. Non-members only get like a 3 minute preview of what otherwise would be 30min videos, which is nothing. | ||
infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On January 06 2015 10:56 don_kyuhote wrote: As for the videos on Chess.com, I think in order to view them fully, you have to get premium membership. Non-members only get like a 3 minute preview of what otherwise would be 30min videos, which is nothing. Looking at it a bit further, you're right. Only one series (Everything you need to know..) seems to be available entirely. Still good reading material in there | ||
Silvanel
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mdb
Bulgaria4058 Posts
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Silvanel
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Silvanel
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Sassback
United States718 Posts
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Silvanel
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kwizach
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marvellosity
United Kingdom35817 Posts
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Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
On January 13 2015 04:31 Sassback wrote: can anyone post the link that was streaming today's games? I always use https://chess24.com/ nowadays, great interface for the games, and live stream I especially love Jan Gustafsson and Lawrence Trent as commentators, like the Tastosis of chess. Too bad they are not commentating Tata Steel | ||
Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
Upside: he is now analyzing live here: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tataSteelMasters2015/10/1/4 Really cool! | ||
Kentredenite
United States220 Posts
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don_kyuhote
3004 Posts
On January 28 2015 09:13 Kentredenite wrote: Chess.com TL tournament ended with a whimper, unfortunately. Yes, a downside to a correspondence tournament I guess. It takes so long to finish that it's hard to pay attention to it once you are out early. And games being decided by timing out is unfortunate part of the correspondence that also takes some "seriousness" out of the competition. But this tourney was never meant to be anything super competitive anyway. And indeed the 6 month tournament came to an end at last. Congrats to Tenna for 1st place! I hope the top 3 finishers like the custom trophies! | ||
RevTiberius
Canada353 Posts
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sharkie
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don_kyuhote
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On December 05 2012 13:15 jkillashark wrote: 41. Rh3 Rg8+ (Extremely funny moment here. O'Flaherty has less than 5 minutes on his clock. I didn't say check very loud so he plays Rxh7 thinking it was checkmate. It's illegal since his king is still in check.) 42. Kf1 Rf8+ 43. Ke1 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Rcxh7+ Kg8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. R3h7+ Kg6 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. R6h7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 You know according to touchmove rule, jkillashark could have (or should have?) made his opponent block the check with his rook, giving him a free rook and a win! | ||
RevTiberius
Canada353 Posts
On February 03 2015 17:56 sharkie wrote: 2200 online or 2200 offline? Because 2200 is pretty sick o.O Offline... but that was way back when I was in high school and had lots of time... Now I'm just playing blitz and bullet online, coach chess, and blog about it. | ||
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