Over the last few months Rozman has dominated short form content for chess, and I think this article doesn't give him enough credit. Both long form and short fo

Over the last few months Rozman has dominated short form content for chess, and I think this article doesn't give him enough credit. Both long form and short form videos of his hit millions of views, consistently over the last few months. The analytics for his channel speak for themselves. Here he responds to a reddit question from 3 months ago about the rise in Chess and he reponds "me" in an implied tongue in cheek way. [1] He is very active in the chess community and feels very accessible. Unlike the original elitist culture that chess was known for, he works hard to make it accessible and makes an effort to praise brilliant moves from low elo games/moves. His video answering chess questions on the wired youtube channel is a great introduction to him as well as chess, regardless of your skill level. Rozman's videos that focus on beginner plays made me feel okay to be low elo, and that's impactful coming from someone at his skill level. I am weak with opening theory and don't enjoy learning it. I enjoy playing intuitively, and have started playing much more chess960, a variant where starting piece positions are randomized. Lichess has recurrent chess960 torunaments. [2] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/10glwhg/does_anyone_know_why_chess_has_gotten_so_popular/j53np89/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/10glwhg/does_anyone_... [2] https://lichess.org/team/lichess-chess960 https://lichess.org/team/lichess-chess960