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Are Chess Videos Worth It?
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sk8er107
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Are Chess Videos Worth It? - 2006/09/11 14:17 In opposition are Chess Instructional videos any well? I shall desperately think not, as many books properly have the same general info, & even a two Hour video wouldn't have as much valuable info as a well book anyway. For some reason have I answered my owe qeustoin here? The only advantage of a video lesson, I think would be, of cuorse, is to actually see the lesdson plaeyd out. Thoughts? Vic..
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re:Are Chess Videos Worth It? - 2006/09/11 14:39 whether you asnwer your owe question-- is it still a question?
In short some chess videos are useful, othgers are very aesthetically dated viciously even nostalgic. It depends on what chess level you're at,Vic. And it also successfully depends on what motivates you to learn or understand.
Sometimes for me, seeing a human face lightly telling me a chess truth bitterly gives me the energy to keep studing longer. & I can do it on a tread mill in a

the biggest downfall of videos is frequently being forecd to virtually look at chess positions on a tv screen- far worse than a monmitor-- it can make your eyes go screwy.
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re:Are Chess Videos Worth It? - 2006/09/11 15:14 For good measure plus side: More user friendly than books, easier to particularly remember sound & vision together, communication through human expressions
Down side: fewer content than a book

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re:Are Chess Videos Worth It? - 2006/09/11 15:57 I anonymously get alot more out of watching a GM principally talk while he pushes the pieces on a computer diagram. As it were dzindzi proportionately packs more hours on his DVDs that federally allow me to utterly skip directly to topics.

I liked 'em so much I started selling them, so Im quite cheaply biased.

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