| General Chess Discussion - Learn chess from YouTube videos or books? @Kemith2013 said [^] > Quick Tip when getting a coach - > Group classes are very bad. > Just do individual. Group classes are fine if you have several in-person courses at a club where you know everyo… | FM DerReelle |
| General Chess Discussion - Learn chess from YouTube videos or books? @Mindgames2026 said [^] > The personal experience that I want to relate is from trying to negotiate with title name xy. I don't think it makes sense to mention specific trainers here. The only person … | FM DerReelle |
| General Chess Discussion - Learn chess from YouTube videos or books? @fallboss007 said [^] > > @fallboss007 Why pay for a coach who is going to teach you a certain way to do something. Learn on your through books, YT (but not for how to do something), and just doing. O… | FM DerReelle |
| General Chess Discussion - Learn chess from YouTube videos or books? I would put it this way, but that is not 100% absolute in all cases ofc: if you learn from a book, you study the game. If you watch a video, you are consuming content. In theory you could stop the vid… | FM DerReelle |
| Community Blog Discussions - My Problem with the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings contains cross references. If you are in same code, it says for exampe: "3... d5 - 2. f4." Or if you are for example in C00 with the line 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cd5 ed5 4… | FM DerReelle |
| Community Blog Discussions - My Problem with the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings I'd like to preface this by saying that my coach used these systems in practice for me in the past and I know other players who did as well. This is because, back then, a powerful home computer wasn't… | FM DerReelle |
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