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I also get that vibe from him. He likes to hear himself talk. His videos are way too long. And I hate his accent and how he says "free" instead of three.

That said, it's hard to complain about any chess vidz on yt. It reminds me of when people complained about the free coffee where i worked. But still i usually shut his off after a couple minutes.

I think there are a couple guys who do videos on this channel the other guy is good if I remember correctly I'm just talking about the British dude

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11-13-2015 , 05:11 PM

#4752

coon74

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I have one problem with CE - he's a mental game whale, keeps obsessing over his past mistakes during the game (when he should be thinking about the current position and put the mistake analysis off for the postmortem). That's the opposite of what I'd like to strive for as a poker player.

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11-13-2015 , 11:34 PM

#4753

rooooktaker

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 273

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Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

John b is pretty much the goat. Chessexplained is really good.

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11-14-2015 , 12:01 AM

#4754

ChrisV

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I just watched the chessexplained video on refuting the Latvian Gambit, which I play on occasion as Black. Informative and well explained, but I can't imagine watching his videos for entertainment.

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11-14-2015 , 12:17 AM

#4755

A-Rod's Cousin

banned

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 37,130

I like MatoJelic. His videos are short, consistent, well-explained, and are sometimes funny. He doesnt go into deep analysis like others but he does a great job simply presenting the match.

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11-14-2015 , 01:20 AM

#4756

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

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I also get that vibe from him. He likes to hear himself talk. His videos are way too long. And I hate his accent and how he says "free" instead of three.

haha yep was going to post this.

for entertainment i haven't seen anything that comes close to chessnetwork. if i'm sitting down to eat dinner and there's a new 30 min bullet tourney to watch, i'm instantly a very happy person.

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11-14-2015 , 01:57 AM

#4757

Rei Ayanami

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A big portion of ChessNetwork's videos are unwatchable for me due to that insanely annoying mouse tic of his. John Bartolomew's live videos are the best on average -- he's engaging without being abrasive -- but ChessExplained's best is better. For some reason he seems to be a magnet for hilarious nonsense, and it's funny when he steams. I BLUNDERED THE BLOODY ROOK. *hits table* ChessExplained's instructional content is better, too, although his supertournament recaps are boring because they are too heavy in engine analysis.

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11-14-2015 , 03:24 AM

#4758

Judit Bowlgar

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 104

zippy's human greg shahade makes good videos imo. sometimes zippy himself will stop by and analyze the game.

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11-14-2015 , 06:09 AM

#4759

loafes

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 513

I thought thebackyard professor was the all round best, most instructive as well

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11-14-2015 , 09:07 AM

#4760

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

A big portion of ChessNetwork's videos are unwatchable for me due to that insanely annoying mouse tic of his.

i've watched hundreds of his videos and have no idea what this means

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11-14-2015 , 01:51 PM

#4761

Rei Ayanami

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_0ADb5FD4

There's a ton of it in the first minute of the video, starting at 0:25. I personally can't stand it at all.

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11-14-2015 , 06:31 PM

#4762

Gorgonian

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Typical KC annoying crap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comme...c_autopairing/

He comes up with a "brilliant idea" that literally destroys the entire concept of the ICC auto-pairing pools, calls it possibly totally revolutionary, insults the first legitimate criticizer of the idea by implying they are not a serious player, just etc etc. He does this crap all the time on reddit and elsewhere. Also of note was the "strawpoll" he posted in that thread with the three voting options of "Great idea," "Good idea," and "Bad idea."

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11-14-2015 , 07:22 PM

#4763

Rei Ayanami

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lol owned, that is such massive fail

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11-14-2015 , 07:37 PM

#4764

Yeti

Abominable

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_0ADb5FD4

There's a ton of it in the first minute of the video, starting at 0:25. I personally can't stand it at all.

ok so you just mean him waving the mouse around to show potential moves? that's a genuine question as i'm still not sure i'm totally getting it.

he does the right click arrow now on lichess quite a bit, which you may find more acceptable

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11-14-2015 , 07:56 PM

#4765

Rei Ayanami

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yes

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11-15-2015 , 07:29 AM

#4766

jalfrezi

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I like Jerry's videos, apart from when he does that goofy faux Cockney accent.

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12-05-2015 , 11:52 AM

#4767

rockfsh

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White (hero) to move
This game is from the Hawaii Warriors Invitational Round 1. Villain went on vacation giving me a lot of time to work out the line. The game is finished (I learned my lesson).

Spoiler:

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12-05-2015 , 02:53 PM

#4768

Mayo

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That is quite a nifty checkmate.

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12-07-2015 , 06:57 AM

#4769

YouKnowWho

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Made it to top-10 on lichess blitz, woot woot!

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12-07-2015 , 11:06 AM

#4770

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho

Made it to top-10 on lichess blitz, woot woot!

But what's your horde ranking?

(That's pretty sick)

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01-16-2016 , 04:41 PM

#4771

RoundTower

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14,563

Made it to top-10 in lichess Racing Kings! Much more impressive imo

Beat: the rating list doesn't seem to get updated in real time. Maybe it's daily? Looks like I should be comfortably #6 though.

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01-16-2016 , 05:17 PM

#4772

RoundTower

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It's updated every 15 minutes. Got to #2, 31 points to go to #1!

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01-16-2016 , 09:07 PM

#4773

RoundTower

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I got to #1 but then lost a game to give it back. Now someone else has raced 100 points clear to 2164, so it will be hard to get that back.

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01-18-2016 , 06:37 AM

#4774

Punker

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4NCL report:

Beat: playing a 2350 FM with black
Brag: fought back from a bad opening to generate an attack
Beat:after turning the attack maybe decisive, blundered badly
Brag: found a stunning rook sacrifice to force a perpetual
Beat: took the perpetual instead of playing a (maybe? haven't really checked with computer yet) winning line that was available
Variance: apparently he's on 2+2

Black to move. I played Rh2-Rh1-Rh2 for perpetual