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I'm getting bombarded with videos on chess, so thought I'd put some here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=581b2Rq5n5Y Phillips and Drew 1984 (I was there applauding Karpov and Korchnoi's hand shake, until Stewart Reuben woke up and hushed everyone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qh5-McYXkw Winnipeg 1967

https://www.youtube.com/@MeinasChess list of Meinaschess videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9dVWMtAec Mastergame Byrne - Korchnoi

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuqM-v ... QiQ/videos Videos by Rob Clark (did the one above)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qiQBWIthq4&t=23s all about Andrei Sokolov

I haven't watched all these, so no idea how good they are...

There is a *lot* of chess stuff on YouTube, and needless to say it is of variable quality.

(though yes, the best is very good)

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:48 pm

There is a *lot* of chess stuff on YouTube, and needless to say it is of variable quality.

(though yes, the best is very good)

Indeed, and a lot of it is very bad. My feed seems to think I need to see videos on how to get my rating above 1000, which might turn out to be prescient before long.

I will have a look at some of Kevin’s links - I was also there for the (in)famous Karpov-Korchnoi game. I seem to remember applause at the resignation, but my memory might be playing tricks.

Graham Borrowdale wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 14, 2026 1:21 pm

Indeed, and a lot of it is very bad. My feed seems to think I need to see videos on how to get my rating above 1000, which might turn out to be prescient before long.

There is one which recommends the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 . It contains analysis showing that 4. exf5 is bad for White notwithstanding its reversed Kings Gambit Accepted feel. It doesn't mention that White can treat it as a reversed Kings Gambit Declined by 4. d3 or perhaps best as a reversed Vienna with 4. d4 .

I've been looking into methods of not being shown AI generated videos. There is no obvious filter I can find probably due to a lack of useful Meta tags.

Any hints would be appreciated.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 14, 2026 1:44 pm

There is one which recommends the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 . It contains analysis showing that 4. exf5 is bad for White notwithstanding its reversed Kings Gambit Accepted feel.

Aren't you getting into a sub-optimal ( for White ) line of the Latvian?

Karpov did not normally win brilliantly with Black; the game against Timman was an exception.