Here are the resources I've used, just as promised :)
I started out by reading the [quick guide to Dota Auto Chess](https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/af3dc4/my_quick_guide_to_dota_auto_chess_a_fantastic/). It turned out to **not** be so quick^quick^quick as I first thought, but it was a good read. Especially the first part. Bear in mind that I had not played a single game yet.
After reading that I went to Kripps channel and watched his [How To Play Dota 2: Auto Chess](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6_YxgDR64) which inspired me to go and play my first match. At this point I started to gain an understanding of the fundamentals in this game, but after the first match I understood that I could probably win more by investing my time into learning the game and strategy by reading and listening to others on YouTube instead of just playing the game.
So I watched the following videos before I played some more matches
* [Trump's DOTA 2 Auto Chess Introduction - Becoming a Chess Master!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WpwnXbaCM)
* [Trump's Become A Bishop Player - DOTA 2 Auto Chess Guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eoz2YD33bY)
* [BSJ Fundamentals of Dota Chess](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMj8aF01Jo)
[Baumi's Best Auto Chess Strat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yvQcetZuXw)
I also read [Onizuka's guide to reaching Bishop & Rook](https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoChess/comments/aopxxc/onizukas_guide_to_reaching_bishop_rook/) which thought me some nice stuff.
[Amaz's Auto Chess Unit Guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuz_DeTtqoM) really went through all the heroes in depth and made me realize that some units I thought were good, actually were not.
So at this point I have played around 10 matches and I'm currently only in Knight-4, but I had 3 or 4 vanity matches together with a friend where I was deranked from Knight to Pawn before I got back to Knight-4.
The main things I have learned from this is to give my full focus on the economy. The compound interest is really strong in this game. Well, compound interest is also really strong in life in general, but that is a whole other story. By playing for economy first and just buying the highest value units without giving any thoughts to synergy at all, has proven to give me several second and third places. And I am pretty confident that in my next 10 public matches, I will win several of those and get my rank to Bishop.