▲ 165 ▼ When it's meant to be (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Semi-serious answer: yes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aww. That sounds like work. Where should I start? My local library is actively getting rid of their paper media, including the chess manuals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MikeOxlong@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used YouTube tutorial to learn a few basic openings. GothamChess has a bunch of videos on different openings, where he goes through the main moves as well as a few variations. He’s definitely not for everyone though - he’s very much primarily a YouTuber/streamer and a chess teacher secondarily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! Appreciate the insight into his style, I probably need a vid that goes slowly, like "explain as if I were 5 and this is public television" style. Although....my boi Bob Ross was on public tv and he raced through teaching a brush technique. You better have your palette of colors ready. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aww. That sounds like work. Where should I start? My local library is actively getting rid of their paper media, including the chess manuals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MikeOxlong@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used YouTube tutorial to learn a few basic openings. GothamChess has a bunch of videos on different openings, where he goes through the main moves as well as a few variations. He’s definitely not for everyone though - he’s very much primarily a YouTuber/streamer and a chess teacher secondarily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! Appreciate the insight into his style, I probably need a vid that goes slowly, like "explain as if I were 5 and this is public television" style. Although....my boi Bob Ross was on public tv and he raced through teaching a brush technique. You better have your palette of colors ready. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MikeOxlong@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used YouTube tutorial to learn a few basic openings. GothamChess has a bunch of videos on different openings, where he goes through the main moves as well as a few variations. He’s definitely not for everyone though - he’s very much primarily a YouTuber/streamer and a chess teacher secondarily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! Appreciate the insight into his style, I probably need a vid that goes slowly, like "explain as if I were 5 and this is public television" style. Although....my boi Bob Ross was on public tv and he raced through teaching a brush technique. You better have your palette of colors ready. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! Appreciate the insight into his style, I probably need a vid that goes slowly, like "explain as if I were 5 and this is public television" style. Although....my boi Bob Ross was on public tv and he raced through teaching a brush technique. You better have your palette of colors ready. permalink fedilink source parent
