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The Chess YouTube Revolution

#12

you forgot to mention the female ones' "i got defeated by a two year old" type vid and gotham's clickbaits.

you forgot to mention the female ones' "i got defeated by a two year old" type vid and gotham's clickbaits.
#14

@DonaldCorn said in #12:

you forgot to mention the female ones' "i got defeated by a two year old" type vid and gotham's clickbaits.

He mentioned Anna Cramling if you read carefully, but I'm not familiar with the "I got defeated by a two year old" opening...

@DonaldCorn said in #12: > you forgot to mention the female ones' "i got defeated by a two year old" type vid and gotham's clickbaits. He mentioned Anna Cramling if you read carefully, but I'm not familiar with the "I got defeated by a two year old" opening...
#15

@QueenRosieMary said in #14:

Oh, I directly skipped to the comments, and thought the discussion was about types of chess vids.. Now, realised its about openings..

Yeah, these YTubers have influenced openings, indeed...

Btw, here's the two year old vids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO8pOZ1PvB8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3RauXJzBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QEohOvGco

and clickbaits of gothams are numerous ...

@QueenRosieMary said in #14: > Oh, I directly skipped to the comments, and thought the discussion was about types of chess vids.. Now, realised its about openings.. Yeah, these YTubers have influenced openings, indeed... Btw, here's the two year old vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO8pOZ1PvB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3RauXJzBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QEohOvGco and clickbaits of gothams are numerous ...
#16

Just like chess pros did before and still do today, one has to always be on the hunt for new ideas. I really don't see a big difference between a 1000 ELO player drawing inspiration from a Remote Chess Academy video and a 3000 ELO GM scouring TWIC for the latest surprise weapon.

I would say that in the case of Eric Rosen, who I always watch with pleasure, and other famous people, popularizing some obscure lines works against them, not for them, as they become more common and therefore not as effective. This blog and the comments here are proof to that.

Instead, more obscure people, like Witty_Alien or Adamisko (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zS7llbRzZ1TvsLIJDzrww) come with some brilliant new ideas in the Scandi or some other opening and because they are not as well known, their lines work wonders.

Just like chess pros did before and still do today, one has to always be on the hunt for new ideas. I really don't see a big difference between a 1000 ELO player drawing inspiration from a Remote Chess Academy video and a 3000 ELO GM scouring TWIC for the latest surprise weapon. I would say that in the case of Eric Rosen, who I always watch with pleasure, and other famous people, popularizing some obscure lines works against them, not for them, as they become more common and therefore not as effective. This blog and the comments here are proof to that. Instead, more obscure people, like Witty_Alien or Adamisko (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zS7llbRzZ1TvsLIJDzrww) come with some brilliant new ideas in the Scandi or some other opening and because they are not as well known, their lines work wonders.
#17

@DonaldCorn I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Yes, there is clickbait and videos with chess YouTubers playing very strong children. What I don't understand is what you are trying to draw from that, especially as that is not even what this blog post was about.
@TotalNoob69
I agree with what you are saying, but I will have to question one point of yours. When you say it is not good for content creators like Eric to make their openings more famous and less effective, I'm not sure I agree. Their purpose is not to have a good surprise opening, but to make popular content-which they achieve. From an effectiveness of the opening perspective, of course you are correct. However, as we saw Eric beat a GM in 14 moves with the Stafford at the World Blitz, we can also see that it can still be effective since many players still do not know about it.

@DonaldCorn I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Yes, there is clickbait and videos with chess YouTubers playing very strong children. What I don't understand is what you are trying to draw from that, especially as that is not even what this blog post was about. @TotalNoob69 I agree with what you are saying, but I will have to question one point of yours. When you say it is not good for content creators like Eric to make their openings more famous and less effective, I'm not sure I agree. Their purpose is not to have a good surprise opening, but to make popular content-which they achieve. From an effectiveness of the opening perspective, of course you are correct. However, as we saw Eric beat a GM in 14 moves with the Stafford at the World Blitz, we can also see that it can still be effective since many players still do not know about it.
#18

I definitely liked it.

I definitely liked it.
#19

Hi everyone! Naturally, at the end of this message, I'm going to drop the link to my YouTube channel ;) but first it must be said I doubt I came up with the idea of landing on YouTube because I considered myself a content creator. It happened mostly out of boredom or rather frustration. I live in a city of 21 million people and yet the chess community is too small (which is normal if we factor in that FIDE tournaments almost never take place over here). Covid years were the best (chess wise), travel restrictions and the Queen's gambit gave us expats the perfect excuse to gather around the board online and offline... But normality came around this time and chess was quickly put back to the place it's always been here. Without sweet cash prizes, no ELO motivation, no standard tournaments, and a hard work culture (which makes chess a kid's sport overall, adults don't have time), I figured that rewatching your games online would be the last resource (but a good one) to lure the players I know in the city into braving the weather (either too cold or too hot) and the long distances and showing up once a week and attend the chess night.
I don't think this is part of the "Chess YouTube Revolution" per se, but YouTube in this case helped us stop losing attendees and now we're back to seeing new faces very often (and everyone is ok playing in front of the camera). Our level is crap and we won't influence any new opening preference I'm sure, but as long as the chess night stays alive, I think I owe that one to the platform mostly. Feel free to visit us... and join us, why not?

https://youtube.com/@chessinbeijing

Hi everyone! Naturally, at the end of this message, I'm going to drop the link to my YouTube channel ;) but first it must be said I doubt I came up with the idea of landing on YouTube because I considered myself a content creator. It happened mostly out of boredom or rather frustration. I live in a city of 21 million people and yet the chess community is too small (which is normal if we factor in that FIDE tournaments almost never take place over here). Covid years were the best (chess wise), travel restrictions and the Queen's gambit gave us expats the perfect excuse to gather around the board online and offline... But normality came around this time and chess was quickly put back to the place it's always been here. Without sweet cash prizes, no ELO motivation, no standard tournaments, and a hard work culture (which makes chess a kid's sport overall, adults don't have time), I figured that rewatching your games online would be the last resource (but a good one) to lure the players I know in the city into braving the weather (either too cold or too hot) and the long distances and showing up once a week and attend the chess night. I don't think this is part of the "Chess YouTube Revolution" per se, but YouTube in this case helped us stop losing attendees and now we're back to seeing new faces very often (and everyone is ok playing in front of the camera). Our level is crap and we won't influence any new opening preference I'm sure, but as long as the chess night stays alive, I think I owe that one to the platform mostly. Feel free to visit us... and join us, why not? https://youtube.com/@chessinbeijing
#20

Like TotalNoob69 mentioned before, Witty_Alien would be a great addition to the list especially for his contribution to the Caro-Kann. His Alien Gambit is a dangerous surprise weapon, especially on faster time controls.

Like TotalNoob69 mentioned before, Witty_Alien would be a great addition to the list especially for his contribution to the Caro-Kann. His Alien Gambit is a dangerous surprise weapon, especially on faster time controls.