Chess Fundamentals #1: Undefended Pieces
John Bartholomew3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2017-2021
1.5M views · 11 years ago · lecture · evergreen
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.
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3 comments from Hacker News
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
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
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.