| “ | [Person] sacrificed… THE ROOOOOK!! |
” |
―Levy Rozman when the rook is being sacrificed | ||
Levy Rozman[1] (born: December 5, 1995), better known online as GothamChess, is an American[3] YouTuber and professional chess master who mostly commentates on chess on YouTube, and sometimes teaches people how to play chess and gives tutorials about chess.
History[]
Early history[]
Levy Rozman lived in both New York and New Jersey growing up. He started playing chess when he was 6 and entered his first tournament at the age of 7. Levy Rozman created his channel on August 6, 2018 and posted his first video, which was "Daniel Naroditsky's Immortal Game HIKARU" (which later renamed to "GothamChess 1st Video").
Chess[]
Levy Rozman began playing chess when he was 6 and entered his very first tournament at the age of 7. He is best known for his YouTube channel for commentaries about chess (especially commentaries about Magnus Carlsen) and chess tutorials. He became a Scholastic chess coach in 2014 and started a charity fund called the Levy Rozman charity fund. His favorite opening is the Caro-Kan defence[4], which is responding to e4 with c6 (algebraic chess notation). He is currently world rank number 3628 counting only active players and 6812 counting inactive players. His elo rating in the 3 categories are:
| Rapid | Blitz | Bullet |
|---|---|---|
| 2453 | 2780 | 2857 |
He also has a website about chess courses, which is called "Chessly".[5]
Quotes[]
- "And he sacrificed… THE ROOOOOK!!"
- "The Internet's Chess Teacher" (His description on multiple social medias)
- "Ladies and gentleman" (His intro)
- "Now get outta here" (His outro)
- "Well I do like to finish fast..."[6]
- "Now remember PP on the PP... Put Pressure on the Pinned Piece"[7]
- "Have you ever seen a queen in JAIL??"[8]
- "I mean if you wanna last 2 seconds, play bullet, or go on a date or something"[9]
- "So in math, 5 + 5 is more than 10..."[10]
- "This random Norwegian guy" (His unique way of calling Magnus Carlsen)[11]
- "This is the only content you get from OnlyFans and Guess The Elo"
- "Instead of that, I will give you 10 guesses on to Black/White’s next move, you will not be able to figure it out." (When Black or White makes such a random move in low elo chess commentaries).
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to NoxInfluencer. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 600,000 subscribers: February 17, 2021
- 700,000 subscribers: March 5, 2021
- 800,000 subscribers: March 29, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: May 3, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: June 2, 2021
- 1.5 million subscribers: June 1, 2022
- 2 million subscribers: December 23, 2022
- 3 million subscribers: February 17, 2023
- 4 million subscribers: July 17, 2023
- 5 million subscribers: May 28-June 5, 2024
- 6 million subscribers: February 23, 2025
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.chess.com/member/gothamchess
- ↑ Martin vs. Martin: The End Of Chess - YouTube
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/@GothamChess/about
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfzL_GwiIE
- ↑ https://chessly.com/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Mn2Kb4QQe8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/smNbsgnMCrY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0LuGPF1z5GY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bNIZukkHykM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WXJtnKF-OJY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aQIJgC0iJHk
