Saturday, April 30, 2016

One of the Best Chess Channels on YouTube

For you chess players out there, Daniel King’s “Power Play Chess” is an absolutely fabulous channel. King is a FIDE Grandmaster, rated over 2500, so he knows what he’s talking about, and he’s been a journalist and chess columnist for years.

When there’s a major tournament going on, his YouTube channel features almost daily commentaries on the best games; when there are no tournaments, lately he’s been walking through the games of former world champions like Mikhail Tal and others.

Here’s today’s video – featuring a game from the current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, who incidentally, won the tournament by winning this game. (Sorry for the spoiler!)


6 comments:

  1. Magnus is amazing. Planning to name a dog after him haha.

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    1. He played pretty badly in Round 8 and lost, but he ended up winning the tournament anyway.

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    2. Yeah, I watched the games live on chessbomb.

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  2. Are there any good channels for beginners? I know the rules of chess, but I'm pretty terrible at strategy.


    Vaughn / Mathetes

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    1. This is one that I found: https://youtu.be/xW3XHAlOHj4

      Check out www.chessbase.com - they have several beginner programs as well.

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  3. And here is one the best chess short story every written. http://www.wtharvey.com/lastrd.html

    It's fiction, but it's based on this real game. Load up the game and the story side-by-side so you can step through the moves of the game as you read the story.

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