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Chess YouTuber ranking 2025!

@Tigerthinksbad said in #10:

Where is CBI ??

They are not considering Indian channels maybe :D

@Tigerthinksbad said in #10: > Where is CBI ?? They are not considering Indian channels maybe :D

@Google_Was_my_idea_2 said in #18:

Crossaint ???

I actually found his channel when I was searching. It was like 100 videos and all of them about chess variants or weird setups.

@Google_Was_my_idea_2 said in #18: > Crossaint ??? I actually found his channel when I was searching. It was like 100 videos and all of them about chess variants or weird setups.

@hawk101 said in #22:

They are not considering Indian channels maybe :D

I admit I don't speak any official Indian language, so I could not have considered purely Indian channels. I did mention French and Spanish channels because those I can understand a little. However, CBI is in English, AFAIK, so that was not the reason.

I was looking for YouTubers, not YouTube channels, and I could not determine one single name to associate with Chess Base India. For example Remote Chess Academy is also an organization channel, but let's face it, only Igor Smirnov, who is also the founder, does any videos there lately. Chessbrah is in theory hosted by two people, but only Aman did anything in the last months. And so on.

@hawk101 said in #22: > They are not considering Indian channels maybe :D I admit I don't speak any official Indian language, so I could not have considered purely Indian channels. I did mention French and Spanish channels because those I can understand a little. However, CBI is in English, AFAIK, so that was not the reason. I was looking for YouTubers, not YouTube channels, and I could not determine one single name to associate with Chess Base India. For example Remote Chess Academy is also an organization channel, but let's face it, only Igor Smirnov, who is also the founder, does any videos there lately. Chessbrah is in theory hosted by two people, but only Aman did anything in the last months. And so on.

Did you consider IM Eric Rosen?

Did you consider IM Eric Rosen?

@Paulll, when #16 immediately follows my preceding post and starts out with "See...", I have to wonder if I'm being considered an example. However:

One can want and watch both instructive videos and charming, entertaining videos. Sometimes even at the same time! (But not necessarily).

Life need not be an eternal slog. A certain amount of slogging is both necessary and desirable. But one can also stop to, you know, smell the flowers.

One can certainly learn something by watching excellent Anna. Without suffering!

When I wish to suffer, I work on some endgame studies.

@Paulll, when #16 immediately follows my preceding post and starts out with "See...", I have to wonder if I'm being considered an example. However: One can want and watch both instructive videos and charming, entertaining videos. Sometimes even at the same time! (But not necessarily). Life need not be an eternal slog. A certain amount of slogging is both necessary and desirable. But one can also stop to, you know, smell the flowers. One can certainly learn something by watching excellent Anna. Without suffering! When I wish to suffer, I work on some endgame studies.

@Noflaps that was in no way related to your post. I'm sorry if that came across poorly!

@Noflaps that was in no way related to your post. I'm sorry if that came across poorly!

Oh gosh I recently went through the process of finding all the educational chess youtubers I could find (English-speaking) and I can sympathise with how annoying using the search is. I think at the moment I have a list of about 150.

Oh gosh I recently went through the process of finding all the educational chess youtubers I could find (English-speaking) and I can sympathise with how annoying using the search is. I think at the moment I have a list of about 150.

@Xmask , we appreciate your efforts and I personally expect a blog post ranking all 150 YTubers :D

Now, honestly, do share your experience, no matter how incomplete, rather than not sharing anything.

@Xmask , we appreciate your efforts and I personally expect a blog post ranking all 150 YTubers :D Now, honestly, do share your experience, no matter how incomplete, rather than not sharing anything.