GothamChess : Fame, Mental Health, Cheating, Hans As A World Champion | C-Squared #018

Levy Rozman aka Gotham Chess is the most popular chess content creator on Youtube with over 2 million subscribers. We interviewed him and discussed his struggles with mental health, chess cheating, Hans as a potential world champion, and more! ♟️Play With Us: https://www.chess.com/join/csqpod?ref_id=207174611 👕MERCH: https://c-squared.shop/ 🌐 Website: https://c2pod.com/ ☕Buy Us A Coffee : buymeacoffee.com/c2pod 🐦Twitter/X : https://x.com/CSQpod 📸Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 💬Discord : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr 00:00 - Google me! 02:00 - Chess Boxing 03:54 - Chess commentary and content 13:39 - Feelings before Chess Boxing commentary 18:14 - “We’re still human beings.” 24:46 - Pinning the worst comments 27:59 - Changing because of comments 28:55 - The Internet is strange 32:01 - Chess feels more personal than other sports 33:36 - The Indonesia Scandal 37:37 - Cheating in Chess 39:41 - World Champion Hans Niemann 42:24 - Cheating is easy 45:00 - Cheating over the board 50:00 - Calling it out 53:29 - Chess in the YouTube algorithm 56:27 - Peaks, valleys, and the powers that be 1:01:07 - Using twitter as a tool 1:03:51 - Chess players can create content 1:07:52 - Followers vs rating points 1:10:32 - Indian players on YouTube 1:11:01 - Waves of views 1:12:12 - Popularizing the sport 1:15:17 - CGC 1:17:20 - The ideal format for sponsors and an audience 1:18:09 - The general public becoming exposed to Chess 1:22:48 - Words online do have weight 1:25:00 - Fights 1:29:06 - New platform for courses 1:40:49 - Sign off #chess #fabianocaruana #gothamchess