THE VIDEO SHELF · chess fundamentals
Chess Fundamentals #1: Undefended Pieces
First video in John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals series, focused on spotting undefended pieces. He teaches habits for scanning your own and your opponent's position to avoid hanging pieces.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN chess improvers recommend Bartholomew's beginner playlist as a clear, approachable path to getting better.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- John Bartholomew
- Topic
- chess fundamentals
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you want to improve this chess, I recommend this playlist by International Master John Bartholomew: [VIDEO] I recommend [LINK] over chess.com for a far superior UI.
hellbanner on Hacker News · 2017-08
In Mental processes of chess masters revealed how people become experts (2016) [pdf]If you are just starting out, and you know the rules and played a few games, I'd recommend these youtube videos [1] by John Bartholomew. Youtube has a bunch of other good videos for beginners, e.g. chessnetwork, st louis chess club, etc. Also, I wouldn't …
newen on Hacker News · 2019-01
In How I Finally Hit 2000 on Lichess and Improved My Rating1) Learn how the pieces move 2) Play along with some beginner chess tutorials on sites like chess.com or Lichess 3) Watch this youtube series [VIDEO]
sb636 on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Thoughts on chess improvement, after gaining 600 points in 6 months
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