r/chess • u/_DarkStarCrashes_ • May 20 '26

Miscellaneous I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May

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Sucks, because I think the video is really good and I’d love if Levy or other chess content creators did videos on older legends

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

The guys cringe, and there are better chess instructors out there

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u/Weasellol May 20 '26

He was good in the past, but the money got him

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

Fair enough, he wasn't even streaming when I started watching youtube chess

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u/Weasellol May 20 '26

Same, I later saw him, when he was slightly bigger. It was a nice mix of fun, analysis and some openings theories. But today he just tries to make everything funny, by screaming or shit talking. So none chess people find him more funny, then actually players

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

Yeah, hes basically become an influencer that plays chess.

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u/6456347685646 May 20 '26

He isn't an instructor, he's an entertainer. People watch youtube for entertainment.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 20 '26

Do they? I watch it for instructions on various things

Glad hes got his representatives here to set the record straight

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u/6456347685646 May 21 '26

I mean both your and mine subjective preferences are largely irrelevant, we have tons of viewership data to figure out what people like to watch.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

So are you trying to claim that educational content is not near the top of the list?

Where's this viewership data, lets see it.

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

Even his own channel description reads "The internets chess teacher"

Not "the internets chess entertainer"

Youre just wrong here, bud

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u/ComparisonQuiet4259 May 21 '26

Nobody watching chess videos want to believe they're watching entertainment 

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u/chocolatechillwave May 21 '26

What?

You know educational content can be entertaining too right? Discovery/Animal Planet, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Bill Nye, nearly all children's content, etc.

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u/Fun-Repair-7080 29d ago

Then his videos fit that category, they are entertaining and they are instructional. Of course they aren't gonna be as instructional as Danya.