How I Accidentally Went from 0-2000 in Chess in 2 Years

Two years ago, I didn't know how to play chess. This is the story of my journey to a 2000 rapid rating on Chess.com.





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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - How it all started
01:54 - Playing for fun
02:27 - 1000
03:23 - The OTB chess community
05:19 - Operation 2000
06:23 - Puzzles and 1500
07:56 - Openings
09:39 - Suddenly 1600, 1700, 1800
12:22 - Endgames and 1900 pt. 1
13:28 - Tilt
14:08 - Ups and downs and 1900 pt. 2
15:44 - Patience
17:48 - The last game
19:37 - Thanks for watching

CREDITS:

Graphics/cinematography/editing: Kamryn

FEATURED CREATORS (in order of appearance):
@GothamChess
@BotezLive
@TheBelenkaya
@Alessia_Santeramo
@AnnaRudolfChess
@CoffeeChess
@AnnaCramling
@JonLudvigHammerChess
@eric-rosen
@GMHikaru
@ludwig
  / gmhess  
@DanielNaroditskyGM
@HangingPawns

MUSIC (in order of appearance):
Shtriker Big Band - Play Play Play
GioeleFazzeri - Infinity Heroes
Hyper Potions - Surf
Daddy's Music - Ambient Piano & Strings
AlexiAction - Passion
Dopestuff - Neon Gaming
Skilsel - Energetic Hip-Hop
FASSounds - Coding Night
Grand Project - Lady of the 80s
Music for Videos - Swing
Romarecord1973 - A Small Miracle
FASSounds - Fun Life
Hot Music - Winning Elevation
Lexin Music - Cinematic Documentary
and introducing original outro music by Nela Ruiz

Special thanks to:
Todd Wolf
Bismarck Chess Club
Fargo Chess Club
KX News
Netflix

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