THE BACKYARD PROFESSOR
Who is the Backyard Professor?
The Backyard Professor, Kerry Shirts, is a Youtube vlogger who examines the game of Chess.
What are the Backyard Professor's credentials?
Chess
He reads and studies and shares his thoughts on this ancient game that dates back to the sixth century.
Recommended Jeremy Silman Books
1986 - "How to Reassess Your Chess"
1997 - "How to Reassess Your Chess 3rd Edition: The Complete Chess Mastery Course"
1999 - "The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery"
2000 - "How to Reassess Your Chess Workbook"
2006 - "Silman's Complete Endgame Course"
2010 - "How to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition: Mastery through Chess Imbalances"
He reads and studies and shares his thoughts on this ancient game that dates back to the sixth century.
Recommended Jeremy Silman Books
1986 - "How to Reassess Your Chess"
1997 - "How to Reassess Your Chess 3rd Edition: The Complete Chess Mastery Course"
1999 - "The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery"
2000 - "How to Reassess Your Chess Workbook"
2006 - "Silman's Complete Endgame Course"
2010 - "How to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition: Mastery through Chess Imbalances"
Where can you find the Backyard Professor?
The Backyard Professor resides in or around the town of Idaho Falls, Idaho?
Website: www.backyardprofessor.org
Youtube Channel: "The Backyard Professor"
Website: www.backyardprofessor.org
Youtube Channel: "The Backyard Professor"
When did I discover the Backyard Professor?
"Mr. Natural Law" Mark Passio compared the game of Chess to the concept of Natural Law and how the pieces are bound by certain laws in the way they move.
Chess is a game that yours truly is terrible at. Through this analogy of Mark Passio's it inspired me to seek information on this ancient game that I could never conquer.
That brought me to the Backyard Professor.
Chess is a game that yours truly is terrible at. Through this analogy of Mark Passio's it inspired me to seek information on this ancient game that I could never conquer.
That brought me to the Backyard Professor.
Why rely on the Backyard Professor as a resource?
His enthusiasm for the game of Chess is perhaps the most important reason.
Chess is a game that forces thinking and an exercise of the mind.
Martial Arts and Gardening, like with Jake Mace, focuses a bit more on exercising the physical body, where a game like Chess focuses on the mental aspect.
Chess is a game that forces thinking and an exercise of the mind.
Martial Arts and Gardening, like with Jake Mace, focuses a bit more on exercising the physical body, where a game like Chess focuses on the mental aspect.
How is the Backyard Professor a good resource?
Kerry Shirts obviously spends a lot of his leisure time studying this wonderful, ancient game of Chess, and through his Youtube channel shares what he is learning.
The author he seems to learn his Chess strategies from is Jeremy Silman.
You might be surprised to find that Chess is not the only thing Mr. Shirts talks about, there's a lot of other topics that he talks about that have peaked my interest, but for now my focus here is on his knowledge into the game of Chess.
The author he seems to learn his Chess strategies from is Jeremy Silman.
You might be surprised to find that Chess is not the only thing Mr. Shirts talks about, there's a lot of other topics that he talks about that have peaked my interest, but for now my focus here is on his knowledge into the game of Chess.