Climbing the Rating Ladder: Up to 1000

Why HN readers recommended it

Strongly recommended as a way to improve at chess, since it explains the basics and common mistakes at each rating level.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

John Bartholomew

Topic

chess improvement

Format

tutorial

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2023

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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• I've not used chessable yet, but one of my favorite youtubers, John Bartholomew, is behind it and I'd recommend his videos wholeheartedly. He did a series of videos that is particularly worth checking out called "Climbing the Ratings Ladder" where he plays opponents at different …

• I found John Bartholowmew's[1] videos extremely helpful when I was playing a lot of chess. Definitely saw a huge improvement. [VIDEO]

• I have improved my chess quite a bit by going through John Bartholomew's youtube content. * Start with climbing the rating ladder. He explains the basics and mistakes players at each level makes and how to avoid them [VIDEO] * Watch his games (ideally with …