I discovered the channel through Mike Kummer. He still has a special place in my heart however it is now GM Akobian. I think his teaching style is the most instructive. Ben Finegold is ok but his constant need to make a joke a minute is annoying and Yassers tone sends me to sleep. What about you?
Ben Finegold by far. One of a gifted few who can make a chess lecture fun & entertaining. Love the sarcasm, but he can drop some difficult chess knowledge like it's hot. He can cite any game from memory since the early 1800's. He will do game analysis of good players that are unknown to most people.
Yassir Seriwan is also good. Very calm demeanor & very good at explaining very difficult positions without making you feel stupid.
I also like many lectures by Jonathan Schrantz... very knowledgeable, has a lot of videos covering virtually every opening.
One of my favorite funny moments (followed closely by chess trash talk):
youtu.be/0fqm85Dc4EE?t=7m15s
Yassir Seriwan is also good. Very calm demeanor & very good at explaining very difficult positions without making you feel stupid.
I also like many lectures by Jonathan Schrantz... very knowledgeable, has a lot of videos covering virtually every opening.
One of my favorite funny moments (followed closely by chess trash talk):
youtu.be/0fqm85Dc4EE?t=7m15s
Yasser Seirawan, a gentleman truly dedicated to chess, a narrator of anecdotes, the creator of S-Chess (which is really funky, by the way). Maybe Lichess can include it in the future as a chess variant. One should also be able to teach it to Stockfish quite easily.
And Ben Finegold, who else? The renegade who stole the rule 'Never play f6!' from an unfortunate, less prominent member of the chess club. (I think it was Mike Kummer.)
I like the lectures of Varuzhan Akobian but him as a person no longer that much (since he pulled the scribble stunt with Wesley So).
Jonathan Schrantz is underappreciated, definitely.
I also would recommend the lectures by Eric Rosen, Bryan Smith, and Joshua Friedel.
Aviv Friedman gives me the creeps.
And Ben Finegold, who else? The renegade who stole the rule 'Never play f6!' from an unfortunate, less prominent member of the chess club. (I think it was Mike Kummer.)
I like the lectures of Varuzhan Akobian but him as a person no longer that much (since he pulled the scribble stunt with Wesley So).
Jonathan Schrantz is underappreciated, definitely.
I also would recommend the lectures by Eric Rosen, Bryan Smith, and Joshua Friedel.
Aviv Friedman gives me the creeps.
I would say Finegold is my favorite, followed by Yasser, Akobian, and the Hars-Zvi(kinda sad he moved back to Israel).
Schrantz is also great, and Mike Kummer is good for a laugh.
Schrantz is also great, and Mike Kummer is good for a laugh.
Caleb Denby @TheLlamaLord is easily #1 lecturer.
Other than that, Ben Finegold and Yasser Sierewan are both great.
Other than that, Ben Finegold and Yasser Sierewan are both great.
Yasser by far, he is on a different level in understanding and strikes a great balance in depth and accessibility.
Next I guess GMs Hansen, Smith and Krush. Akobian is good but I find his lectures somewhat slow and 'teacherly'.
Finegold for me is hard to listen too. I rarely find him funny and it seems to me he makes the lame same 'jokes' all the time.
Next I guess GMs Hansen, Smith and Krush. Akobian is good but I find his lectures somewhat slow and 'teacherly'.
Finegold for me is hard to listen too. I rarely find him funny and it seems to me he makes the lame same 'jokes' all the time.
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