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This sounds like a good idea for folks looking for a more social side of chess learning & playing.

Although the initial poster's account is now closed, it's very strange reading his post because I have felt the same frustrations on many occasions trying to acquire some skill in this game. Tactics a…

They need to add the Easy Medium Hard options back...sometimes I don't want to do all hard ones, and these are all hard so far. Where did the mating pattern puzzles go?

Although the best are already covered with John Bartholomew, ChessNetwork and Simon WIlliams, there are a few other channels that can be instructional and sometimes entertaining (Astaneh, Danny Rensch…

Hmmm...Good idea, but it might be stepping on the toes of Chessable.com.

Does the edit button disappear after a certain amount of time after posting?

I haven't been following the games live, but after watching a few of the press conference videos, I can't say I'm enjoying Magnus' personality. Seems like he needs a good dose of humility. I also feel…

I have had some luck with chessable.com. There are a bunch of free repertoires that you can try, they include comments and some are quite in depth (20+ moves). John Bartholomew has a 1.d4 repertoire f…

I totally agree that a coach would accelerate the learning process, though I don't think I'm yet at a point where I could justify the cost. I'm still feeling my way through the early stages of this ne…

Didn't want to start a new post, so I'm bumping this one. Still looking for someone to play slow-paced friendly games and maybe analyze them afterwards. Would also be good to get to know another newbi…