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b'This week I am joined by a rising star in chess media, Davaun Williams. To his 200,000+ Tiktok followers and nearly 80,000 Instagram followers, Davaun is better known as \\u201cChess Knowledge with H1.\\u201d\\xa0In our conversation, we discuss H1\\u2019s chess origins, the origins of the nickname \\u201cH1,\\u201d\\xa0and how he gained fame for using a demo board and throwing the captured chess pieces during his entertaining videos. Davaun\\u2019s videos feature a lot of opening traps, and\\xa0he has just released his first Chessable course, \\u201cOpening Traps You Must Learn.\\u201d In addition to discussing chess openings, Davaun shares other chess improvement advice, and even advises me on whether or not I should continue to post videos on TikTok. All in all, this was a fun conversation, and it was great to learn more about Davaun\\u2019s background. Timestamps of topics discussed are below.\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to our presenting chess education sponsors, Chessable.com. You can see their latest courses here:\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/\\n\\nMake sure you are also subbed to the How to Chess Podcast on your podcast app of choice:\\nhttps://open.spotify.com/show/74A0JotybXUvnviTCzsSUp?si=e58986b2ce124911\\nAnd sub to my free newsletter, The Perpetual Chess Linkfest, here:\\nhttps://benjohnson.substack.com/\\n\\n0:02- Davaun has been making chess content for years, but during the past year he has seen his TikTok channel explode. What changed?\\xa0\\n\\n0:05- Does Davaun have plans to dedicate himself full time to chess content?\\xa0\\n\\n0:06- Davaun discusses his unusual USCF rating history:\\n\\n\\n12:00- Davaun\\u2019s favorite chess content creators\\nMentioned: Gotham Chess, IM John Bartholomew, KingsCrusher, The Chessbrahs\\xa0\\n\\n13:00- Davaun\\u2019s chess origin story\\nMentioned: Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition\\xa0\\n\\n17:00- How did Davaun develop the habit of throwing the Demo board pieces after they are captured in his videos?\\xa0\\n\\n20:00- How did Davaun decide to write a Chessable course on Opening Traps?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Davaun\\u2019s video about the Polish/Orangutan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQW_ZHbut4\\n\\n23:00- What\\xa0is Davaun\\u2019s theory as to why his shorter videos get more traction than the longer ones? How is his podcast, Chess Knowledge with H1 doing?\\xa0\\nhttps://open.spotify.com/show/6AefOx7Atzw3bgyfHG2bjR?si=3ed28f8e7d794837\\n\\n27:00-Is Davaun interested in, and does he cover, top-level chess?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Agadmator, Gotham Chess\\xa0\\n\\n30:00- Will Davaun\\u2019s kids play chess?\\n\\n33:00- What is Davaun\\u2019s favorite aspect of chess? What is his favorite opening to play?\\n\\n\\n39:00- Davaun gives both chess improvement and chess content advice.\\xa0\\n\\n44:00- I ask Davaun\\u2019s advice: Should I continue to post videos to TikTok if noone is watching them?\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to Davaun for joining me on the pod, here is his linktree:\\nhttps://linktr.ee/H1chess\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'