Chess Fundamentals #1: Undefended Pieces
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN chess improvers recommend Bartholomew's beginner playlist as a clear, approachable path to getting better.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2017 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends hellbanner · 2017-08 · on “Mental processes of chess masters revealed how people become experts (2016) [pdf]”
If you want to improve this chess, I recommend this playlist by International Master John Bartholomew: [this video] I recommend [LINK] over chess.com for a far superior UI.
Recommends newen · 2019-01 · on “How I Finally Hit 2000 on Lichess and Improved My Rating”
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 bother learning strategy until you get to like >1500 rating or so. If you get really good at tactics, you can get to 2000 without having much strategic understanding. [1] [this video]
Recommends sb636 · 2021-10 · on “Thoughts on chess improvement, after gaining 600 points in 6 months”
1) 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 [this video]