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Chess Videos for Kids - Beginners & Beyond
Chess Videos for Kids - Beginners & Beyond
Recommended Chess Apps for Kids & Adults
Recommended Chess Apps for Kids & Adults
What we like is that playing this app feels similar to playing a human (vs. a computer)
Also, by adjusting the age of Magnus, you can experience different levels
Fun games and interactive lessons that make chess easily available for beginners
It’s a great app to play with other players across the world – random or friends
We don’t like to play against the computer as much
Inspirational Movies About Chess
Inspirational Movies About Chess
Chess Lectures About Openings
Chess Lectures About Openings
▶️ Chess for Beginners with GM Alejandro Ramirez (Opening Ideas and Basic Principles)
Chess Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez presents a lecture for beginners over opening ideas at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
▶️ Opening Traps | Kids' Class - GM Alejandro Ramirez
Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez shows the kids some sharp traps in the Philidor, Ponziani, and the Italian Game. Fool your friends and pick up some rating points!
▶️ Don't Lose in Six like Anand; Know your Openings! - GM Alejandro Ramirez
Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez challenges the kids to name openings, then he shows them on the board. Ramirez shows Anand losing in six moves in a Petrov's Defense game. An original Fried Liver Attack game and one of Napoleon's romantic games are shown
▶️ Amateur Openings & Gambits | Play Like a Pro - IM Eric Rosen
International Master Eric Rosen shows openings which, although uncommon among professionals, are popular with amateurs. See the Goering, Milner-Barry, and Belgrade gambits
Modern Benoni Opening
Modern Benoni Opening
▶️ The Modern Benoni is No Baloney: Part 1 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz presents the first of three Modern Benoni lectures. The Benoni is a sharp 1. d4 opening. Part 1 focuses on the Taimanov Attack variation
▶️ The Modern Benoni is No Baloney: Part 2 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz explores the classical and modern main lines of the Modern Benoni in the second of a three part series. It all begins with 7. Nf3
▶️ The Modern Benoni is No Baloney: Part 3 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz completes the Benoni trilogy with this walkthrough of the Fianchetto and Knight's Tour Variations of the Modern Benoni.
Urusov Gambit
Urusov Gambit
▶️ The Unbeatable Urusov Gambit - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz lectures on the Urusov Gambit in the Bishop's Opening. Black had better be careful, or the white Queen and Bishop will be kicking him around.
English Opening
English Opening
▶️ The English Opening - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz explores the fourth most popular opening: the English. But what to do on move two? Learn several lines from three strong games. Join in the holiday cheer with Jonathan and 1. c4!
London Opening
London Opening
▶️ Beat Good Players with the London | Games to Know by Heart - IM Eric Rosen
International Master Eric Rosen hopes to inspire you to play the London Opening. Learn the "Ashwin Trap" and see a game that Eric played against (probably) Fabiano Caruana
Queens Gambit
Queens Gambit
▶️ Beginners' Openings and Tactics - GM Varuzhan Akobian
Chess Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian presents a lecture for beginners at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
Scotch Game
Scotch Game
▶️ The Scotch Game - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz teaches the Scotch Game, an underestimated opening that releases tension in the center early. Besides two notable games, the Goering gambit and the Dubois-Reti defense are also covered
Chess Lectures about Defenses
Chess Lectures about Defenses
▶️ Top 10 Most Popular Responses to 1. e4 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz counts down and identifies the most common black moves against white's King Pawn opening. Basic principles are explained for each response
#10 2:08 Owen's Defense
#9 10:42 Nimzowitsch Defense
#8 13:52 Alekhine's Defense
#7 20:50 Modern Defense
#6 24:04 Scandinavian Defense
#5 27:51 Pirc Defense
#4 33:28 Caro-Kann Defense
#3 37:17 French Defense
#2 42:44 Open Game
#1 47:26 Sicilian Defense
French Defense
French Defense
▶️ The Voracious Winawer: Part 1 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz begins to cover the Winawer Variation of the French Defense
▶️ The Voracious Winawer: Part 2 - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz finishes covering the Winawer Variation of the French Defense
▶️ The French Guimard: Secret Weapon to the Tarrasch - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz looks at a little-known line within the Tarrasch Variation of the French. Learn about the Guimard Variation and its nuances. See a game from Hikaru Nakamura that demonstrates its effective usage
Scandinavian Defense
Scandinavian Defense
▶️ The Scandinavian Defense: Solid, Sharp, or Suspect? - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz covers 1. e4 d5, the Scandinavian. Learn where to relocate the black Queen after the pawn trade. See Scandinavian games from the strongest players and consider whether the Defense really is as crazy as you thought
Sicilian Najdorf Defense
Sicilian Najdorf Defense
▶️ How to Play the Sicilian Najdorf - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz teaches how to play the "Cadillac" of openings, the Sicilian Najdorf. The English Attack is explored in-depth, but other variations are covered
Caro-Kahn Defense
Caro-Kahn Defense
▶️ Crush the Caro-Kann - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz shows how to play the classical line of the Caro-Kann Defense. See three games where white successfully crushed it. You'll never be confounded by 1. e4 c6 ever again
King's Indian Defense
King's Indian Defense
▶️ The Classical King's Indian Defense - Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz summons the new R.O.G. 5000 to select the perfect opening to cover. See two Nakamura games with a win for each side
Entertaining and Education Chess Videos by Magnus Carlsen
Entertaining and Education Chess Videos by Magnus Carlsen
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (1)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (2)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (3)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (4)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (5)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (6)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (7)
Banter Blitz with Magnus Carlsen (8)
Interesting Articles About Chess
Interesting Articles About Chess
The Argentinean Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf was one of the world's best players after the Second World War, name-giver of the most popular variation of the Sicilian, a great personality and a successful entrepreneur. Today is his 110th birthday
📰 Norwegian teenager to be crowned new chess king
Carlsen started playing chess as an 8-year-old mainly to beat his older sister, which he says took him “a few weeks.”
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