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Good chess YouTubers for beginners?
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May 4, 2021
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Even though chess has gotten popular during covid-19, the same openings are being played from the 1500's. Youtube channels from 2015 are fine.
I personally like John Bartholomew.
The best YouTube are post mortem game analyses by top grandmasters e.g. from the Yekaterinenburg Candidates Tournament.
May 5, 2021
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#6
1) Hanging Pawns has some terrific lessons for all levels of play--especially for beginners.
2) John Bartholomew also has wonderful lessons, including a series he calls "Climbing the Ratings Ladder" where he plays 5 minute games against everyone from raw beginners to experts and comments while he's playing.
3) Gotham Chess is coming up fast with a lot of videos on how to play, how to open, tactics you need to know, etc. He's pretty eclectic, and his videos run from about 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Always entertaining.
4) Agadmator is one of the most popular YouTubers out there, and he puts out videos every day--sometimes twice--and he concentrates on playing over and analyzing GM games, both from the past century and from current tournaments. Always entertaining and informative. (Be sure to check out his dog sleeping on the couch in the background). 
May 5, 2021
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#7
All of the above. Add Dan Heisman to the list. Not as flashy, but he’s a solid coach.
Ben Finegold. But keep in mind that the best way to improve is to actually play chess. I have watched many chess youtubers (mainly because I enjoy their content) but I can't tell how much of an impact they had on my improvement. The best advice to a complete beginner from me (1600 blitz player on this website) is that you make sure to look for all the checks and captures your opponent will have after you make a move. Do that before you make every single move in the game. Also, look for all the checks and captures that you have in the position. Pay special attention as to not give away pieces for free. If you have undefended pieces, see whether your opponent is attacking them. Before you move a piece see if your opponent can capture it when you move it.
I know that you have probably heard this advice a million times already, but looking at all the checks and captures that your opponent will have in the next move as well as looking at all the checks and captures that you have is something that will immediately improve your rating by couple of hundreds of points. I can't stress enough how helpful this is to beginners.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Gotham Chess is a very good youtuber you should watch him, he give good tips on how to play chess games, he is pretty funny, and he also reviews some really cool games too.
May 6, 2021
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#14
speedrun_for_fun wrote:
Ben Finegold. But keep in mind that the best way to improve is to actually play chess. I have watched many chess youtubers (mainly because I enjoy their content) but I can't tell how much of an impact they had on my improvement. The best advice to a complete beginner from me (1600 blitz player on this website) is that you make sure to look for all the checks and captures your opponent will have after you make a move. Do that before you make every single move in the game. Also, look for all the checks and captures that you have in the position. Pay special attention as to not give away pieces for free. If you have undefended pieces, see whether your opponent is attacking them. Before you move a piece see if your opponent can capture it when you move it.
https://clips.twitch.tv/TriumphantFitShieldWow
Truth hurts. He's right though. For 99% of the players on this site (including me!), the most important thing is to make fewer catastrophic blunders. So play a couple thousand blitz games, then once your rating plateaus you can start looking more closely at Youtubers.
narro chess
May 6, 2021
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#17
25GSchatz22 wrote:
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Hikaru is somewhat debatable educationally.
May 6, 2021
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#18
Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess coach based in California: www.ChessByLauren.com I have a YouTube channel for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
I upload a video every Wednesday. If you have any suggestions for a video, please let me know!
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I hope that this helps!
I would say (in 2023):
1. Gothamchess
2. Chess Talk
3. GMHikaru
I think this article gives a good insight of the best YouTube chess channel nowadays:
What are some good chess based YouTube channels that would be good for a complete beginner to watch? I've tried searching for this and I can only find an answer from 2015/16. With chess' big boom in popularity online, I'm guessing that more chess channels have popped up and that the list I found is probably no longer up-to-date. What YouTubers do you enjoy and would recommend?