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You all need to watch GothamChess if games of chess seem boring :)

I love Jerry, and I do watch him occasionally. But https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhJl3BKA-n8&ab_channel=Gotha... is well done.

(If you do want to watch Gotham for this particular match, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoY5RSCi5pE&ab_channel=Gotha... starts the series, I think.)

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Gotham's style isn't for everyone, he can get pretty annoying. One good thing to say about him is that he really gets how beginners think and he's good at highlighting the moments of "this is what a beginner would do and this is why the really good players do something else".

I think Gotham's style is very oriented towards entertainment. I don't mean this as a criticism - he has successfully entertained a lot of people. But I feel like I learn more from ChessNetwork. The absolute peak for me are the recaps Peter Svidler used to record for Chess24, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlVjicymKI - I haven't seen such deep and insightful analysis of games anywhere else.

You might be right in your assumption. I've watched Tata Steel 2021 live with Peter Leko (ex WC challenger btw) and Tanya Sachdev analysing the games live without computer assistance (except eval bar sometimes but no lines) and then watched Gotham's recap the next day. The difference was obvious with Levy missing the most interesting variations and positions in the game, which is funny because he probably uses engines for these analysis videos.

This current match has the Levitov chess channel with Peter Svidler and Vladimir Kramnik analysing live. What a team! No engine in sight, instead a glass of whisky, decades of world top experience and love of the game.

Gotham is focussed on entertaining the masses and aims his content for folks below 1500. If you are closer to 1800-2000, you aren't going to enjoy GothamChess content much.

and if you want to learn then you should watch Daniel Naroditsky's videos (pick the series/part that suits your level) https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielNaroditskyGM/playlists

He also comments frequently, and keeps his analysis understandable to my amateurish level while having better insight than Levy. Unfortunately his comment for the world championship is in the Russian channel (although he's from the US).

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