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This week we are excited to catch up with the most popular chess content creator in the world, IM Levy Rozman aka Gotham Chess. With a Chessable course launching, and a book coming soon, Levy took a break from his busy schedule to reflect on another year of explosive growth in his content. His YouTube channel recently passed 3 million subs, and Levy\u2019s TikTok account went from 0 to 1 million+ followers in about 3 months! In our interview, Levy takes us behind the scenes of the work that goes into the growth, and speculates about what type of chess fans might be driving the latest surge in popularity. It has been almost 2 years since my last interview with Levy, so there are many other topics to catch up on, including the FIDE World Championship, his retirement from OTB chess, his DMs with Magnus Carlsen and much more. It is always entertaining and enlightening to hear Levy reflect on chess and on his success! Timestamps of topics discussed are below.\xa0\n0:00-\xa0You can check out some of my favorite Chessable courses for different rating levels here:\xa0\nhttps://go.chessable.com/perpetual-chess-podcast/\xa0\nSign up for the Perpetual Chess Linkfest- https://benjohnson.substack.com/\n\nPrior Levy appearances:\xa0\nEpisode 180 \nEpisode 233\n\n\n\n0:02: How much does Levy know about his audience?\xa0\n\n0:08- What drives him to keep trying to grow his channel?\xa0\n\n0:16:00- Does Levy think this recent growth is propelled by high school kids?\xa0\n\n21:00- Does Levy still do his own editing? Who else helps him?\xa0\n\n27:00- Has Levy interacted with Magnus one-on-one?\xa0\n\n33:00- Levy\u2019s thoughts on the Ding-Nepo World Championship\n\n40:00- How does Levy reflect on his abandoned pursuit of the GM title?\xa0\n\n47:00- Patreon mailbag question: What is Levy\u2019s advice to a parent who may be trying to encourage a scholastic player to stick with tournament chess?\xa0\n\n56:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cDoes Levy still have opening novelties he keeps to himself?\u201d\xa0\n\n58:00- What lines does Levy recommend in his new Chessable course? What rating range does it target?\xa0\n\n1:04:00-\xa0Patreon mailbag question: \u201cWhat differentiates Levy\u2019s course from other Chessable 1. E4 courses?\u201d\xa0\n\n1:07:00- How did Levy\u2019s visit to YouTube headquarters come about?\xa0\n\n1:12:00- Has Levy\u2019s daily life in New York changed much since our 2021 interview?\xa0\n\n1:13:00- Life as a dog dad\xa0\n\n1:15:00- Levy discusses his upcoming book, How to Win at Chess.\xa0\n\n1:17:00- Levy\u2019s 2023 plans\xa0\n\n1:19:00- Thanks again to Levy for catching up with us!\xa0\nYou should check out his YouTube channel!\xa0\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices