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There is a parallel explosion of Chess Streaming in India on YouTube. During the lockdown, a stand-up comedian Samay Raina [1] started streaming Chess with some

There is a parallel explosion of Chess Streaming in India on YouTube. During the lockdown, a stand-up comedian Samay Raina [1] started streaming Chess with some other famous comedians. None of them are strong players. But the content was so funny that quite a few people started watching. Later Samay became friends with India No. 2 Chess Super GM Vidit Gujrathi [2] and together they have created quite a bit of following on YouTube. In one of his videos, Agadmator [3] said that Indians sign-ups on Chess.com have gone through the roof. However, most of the content is in Hindi. Here are some videos which are in (mostly) English, Vidit's trash talk with anther Indian GM Baskaran Adhiban[4], Vidit Playing Serious Chess Blitz tournament on Chess.com [5] [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAov2BBv1ZJav0c_yHEciAw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAov2BBv1ZJav0c_yHEciAw [2] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpjTx5WsF4yqyvGIYY8nuVg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpjTx5WsF4yqyvGIYY8nuVg [3] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5YbN5WLFD8dLIegT5QAbA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5YbN5WLFD8dLIegT5QAbA [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjaDxN5xLHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjaDxN5xLHs [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJeM-TBPqI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJeM-TBPqI0

yewenjie 6y ago
Personal opinion : I absolutely hate Samay Raina's utter nonsense commentary, which is cringe at worst, and irrelevant at best.
- Tiltowait-- 6y ago
  Lots of people like a stream of consciousness nonsense. It gives them a good feeling. They're not so much listening to the man talk as they are having a feeling of social interaction. Of course, there is no interaction as it's all one way, but our brains are fooled quite well by it and the pleasing chemicals released by the experience are quite real.

yewenjie 6y ago

Personal opinion : I absolutely hate Samay Raina's utter nonsense commentary, which is cringe at worst, and irrelevant at best.

Tiltowait-- 6y ago
Lots of people like a stream of consciousness nonsense. It gives them a good feeling. They're not so much listening to the man talk as they are having a feeling of social interaction. Of course, there is no interaction as it's all one way, but our brains are fooled quite well by it and the pleasing chemicals released by the experience are quite real.