Chess, Board Games & Puzzles Videos Hacker News Recommends
Chess, board games & puzzles videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering chess, Go, poker, board game design, card games, AlphaGo matches, puzzles, Rubik's cube, strategy and game AI.
18 videos · ranked by HN recommendations
Most recommended chess, board games & puzzles videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
documentary#79AlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentary
Google DeepMind
“I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated.”
10 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
demo#169Computer program that learns to play classic NES games
suckerpinch
“Watch the whole thing, it's delightful.”
9 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
explainer#531The Expert Myth
Veritasium
“Veritasium has a really good video on the subject [0], with a much more compelling explanation for what it takes to develop expertise.”
6 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
explainer#54730 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World
suckerpinch
“if you like this kind of thing, you'll love Elo World.”
8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
demo#652Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
The British Museum
“he also did a fantastic video on with Tom Scott”
6 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
tutorial#775Climbing the Rating Ladder: Up to 1000
John Bartholomew
“He explains the basics and mistakes players at each level makes and how to avoid them”
4 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
lecture#1959Chess Fundamentals #1: Undefended Pieces
John Bartholomew
“I'd recommend these youtube videos [1] by John Bartholomew.”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
demo#1983Infinite Mario AI - Long Level
Robin Baumgarten
“It's pretty interesting, a lot of people wrote/are writing high falutin' machine learning algorithms”
3 HN recommenders · 2009–2012
talk#2034Lichess founder Thibault Duplessis lectures on Lichess (2017)
Lichess
“He has a good talk about how he did it here”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
explainer#2132I Solved Klotski
2swap
“the state space of the game can produce some intuition on why certain games are hard”
3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
demo#2265I Built a COMPUTER in Magic: The Gathering
Because Science
“Because Science did a thorough breakdown and demonstration, using actual cards”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
explainer#2618Alpha Zero's "Immortal Zugzwang Game" against Stockfish
agadmator's Chess Channel
“A great example I love showing people is Alpha Zero's infamous "Immortal Zugzwang Game" against Stockfish”
2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
tutorial#2705A simple trick to design your own solutions for Rubik's cubes
Mathologer
“This 15 minute video is a pretty accessible explanation of a technique for solving Rubik's-type puzzles”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
demo#3691Longplay: The Incredible Machine (1993) [MS-DOS]
Dosgamert
“Absolutely adored this game as a child.”
1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
commentary#3876How AlphaZero Completely CRUSHED Stockfish
GothamChess
“See GothamChess' very entertaining analysis”
1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
explainer#3885The Unbeatable Game from the 60s: Dr NIM
Stand-up Maths
“Here's a video on the subject from Matt Parker @ Standup Maths.”
1 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
lecture#4603Feynman :: Rules of Chess
defjam99b
“Richard Feynman gave a good explanation of the principle”
1 HN recommenders · 2011–2023
demo#4652Derren Brown vs 9 Chess Players
Derren Brown
“I really liked the simplicity of the trick (concept wise).”
1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
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