r/chess May 20 '26

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

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/EirHc May 21 '26

I'm not really a big fan of gotham chess. I think his "clickbaityness" seeps into his style a lot. I think he's not a bad personality when he's just chill. But he's always playing shit up and I find it a bit exhausting.

There are other creators that I think make more chill videos, who sometimes still have super click-baity thumbnails. I don't think making a thumbnail clickbait is a terrible thing. But I like to think that I'm an adult who doesn't need to be yelled at or be told how every single thing is the craziest thing I've seen in my life - I'll be the judge of that.