# thechesswebsite: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, thechesswebsite has 632,000 subscribers, 129,155,039 total views, and 612 videos. It ranks #120,034 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [thechesswebsite](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for thechesswebsite is “How to Win in Chess in 1 to 5 Moves (Fastest Checkmates Explained)”, a long-form video published Oct 27, 2025.
- These are thechesswebsite’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 17, 2024 and Oct 27, 2025 (4 long-form videos and 44 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 4,965. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How to Win in Chess in 1 to 5 Moves (Fastest Checkmates Explained)” (67,040 views, Oct 27, 2025). Least viewed: “Analyzing Kasparov’s Strategic Plan” (1,454 views, Apr 17, 2024).
- Median length: 6:11 for 4 long-form videos; 0:58 for 44 Shorts.
- In this sample, thechesswebsite’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 509 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 27, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [How to Win in Chess in 1 to 5 Moves (Fastest Checkmates Explained)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/eNvqjM5Dl0g/) | 2025-10-27 | Long-form | 67,040 | 4:19 | 7.36x |
| [How to Play the Caro Kann Defense: A Complete Guide to Crush 1 e4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/6N2b_xl7tpY/) | 2025-10-20 | Long-form | 14,561 | 12:17 | 1.87x |
| [Learn Chess Piece Moves In Minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/FWK2lT308ws/) | 2025-10-11 | Long-form | 48,695 | 8:04 | 6.59x |
| [Are You Setting Up Your Chessboard Wrong?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/mREIrB3DeIE/) | 2025-10-01 | Long-form | 11,604 | 4:10 | 1.75x |
| [The Sicilian Defense Trap](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/1JhgB0DhJPI/) | 2024-05-10 | Short | 8,209 | 0:55 | 3.45x |
| [The Fried Liver Attack An Aggressive and Exciting Chess Opening](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/ctVjbLgO4L0/) | 2024-05-09 | Short | 24,781 | 1:00 | 10.43x |
| [The Nimzo-Indian Defense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/JptP2uvZic4/) | 2024-05-07 | Short | 60,114 | 0:43 | 11.06x |
| [Master the Ruy Lopez Top Choice Opening in Chess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/CFZKe6LPHdc/) | 2024-05-06 | Short | 4,792 | 0:45 | 2.02x |
| [The French Defense Strategy For Chess Players](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/00wYwoWnPKI/) | 2024-05-03 | Short | 37,235 | 0:50 | 6.05x |
| [The Slav Defense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/TA_XcQX6ChM/) | 2024-05-03 | Short | 39,235 | 0:44 | 8.35x |
| [The Queen’s Gambit Devastating Queen Trap](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/wdpr_4ogVfo/) | 2024-05-01 | Short | 2,346 | 0:58 | - |
| [The Queen's Gambit Pawn Structure](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/cZc4oMDKysA/) | 2024-04-30 | Short | 2,890 | 0:59 | 1.22x |
| [The Queen’s Gambit: How to Counter Black’s Pawn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/OIuRYdgfp2c/) | 2024-04-30 | Short | 6,023 | 1:00 | 2.53x |
| [The Queen’s Gambit Creative Move Against Black](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/KdsNQz9bGsg/) | 2024-04-29 | Short | 3,288 | 1:00 | 1.38x |
| [Mastering the Queen’s Gambit Opening Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/QUgbPrMPdTc/) | 2024-04-28 | Short | 6,184 | 0:58 | 2.6x |
| [Queen’s Gambit Strategy for Dominating The Center](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/QklnzEO0Y-s/) | 2024-04-27 | Short | 2,561 | 0:56 | 1.08x |
| [The Queen’s Gambit Chess Opening](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/YxSIddRAcxw/) | 2024-04-26 | Short | 45,759 | 0:57 | 19.85x |
| [Kasparov’s Genius Pawn Attack Strategy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/705MfNnNR0U/) | 2024-04-22 | Short | 6,195 | 0:48 | 2.61x |
| [Analyzing Kasparov's Aggressive Opening Strategy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/QLCmTKU_LQc/) | 2024-04-21 | Short | 1,684 | 1:00 | - |
| [Kasparov vs Topalov In-between Chess Move](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/1KMqxSkwl6w/) | 2024-04-20 | Short | 1,883 | 0:58 | - |
| [Analyzing Epic Kasparov vs Topalov Chess Game Part 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/0pleYBm6rMk/) | 2024-04-18 | Short | 4,208 | 0:58 | 1.77x |
| [Analyzing Kasparov’s Strategic Plan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/l3XvG87dSps/) | 2024-04-17 | Short | 1,454 | 0:53 | - |
| [Analyzing Kasparov vs Topalov Chess Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/Ptw6cy92nTo/) | 2024-04-16 | Short | 1,909 | 0:43 | - |
| [Bobby Fischer's Trap: Crushing Strategy Part 4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/5kTPcG2-HDE/) | 2024-04-14 | Short | 2,182 | 0:59 | - |
| [Bobby Fischer's Trap: Accelerated dragon Part 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/YdDAVm52f10/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 2,908 | 0:49 | 1.22x |
| [Bobby Fischer's Trap: The Chess Genius Part 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/lCv_MPNBgzU/) | 2024-04-12 | Short | 2,428 | 0:57 | 1.02x |
| [Bobby Fischer's Brilliant Chess Trap part 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/1bm_UV-fZyw/) | 2024-04-11 | Short | 4,663 | 0:57 | 1.96x |
| [The Ruy Lopez Chess Opening Key Moves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/koU1MheBddA/) | 2024-04-09 | Short | 3,179 | 0:59 | 1.34x |
| [The Ruy Lopez Opening Non-Exchange Variation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/KztSoUGB54s/) | 2024-04-08 | Short | 2,534 | 0:58 | 1.07x |
| [The Power of Sacrifice in Ruy lopez Chess Opening](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/Qyn55r-owaI/) | 2024-04-07 | Short | 4,563 | 0:58 | 1.92x |
| [Bishop Strategies for Chess Openings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/od-2emmD_4I/) | 2024-04-05 | Short | 2,689 | 0:56 | 1.13x |
| [The Ruy Lopez Opening Chess Move](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/fcne7r5bAIc/) | 2024-04-04 | Short | 58,059 | 0:58 | 14.64x |
| [Master the Art of Switching flanks](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/fzF4w5N86Lw/) | 2024-04-03 | Short | 2,045 | 1:00 | - |
| [Horizontal Skewer for Winning Moves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/HwlngqNWBow/) | 2024-04-02 | Short | 2,281 | 1:00 | - |
| [The Power of forward Defense Moves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/s6klA7Q-p1I/) | 2024-04-01 | Short | 6,281 | 0:59 | 2.64x |
| [A Grandmaster's Blunder Revealed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/13EzETef4BU/) | 2024-03-31 | Short | 2,900 | 1:00 | 1.22x |
| [the Power of In-between Moves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/cRwuB_fAQIE/) | 2024-03-30 | Short | 1,994 | 0:56 | - |
| [Sneaky Rook Tactics Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/eAuWyb04mME/) | 2024-03-29 | Short | 5,137 | 0:59 | 2.16x |
| [The Italian Game Tactical Moves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/jUcwgO8SxJY/) | 2024-03-27 | Short | 3,927 | 0:59 | 1.65x |
| [The Open Sicilian Trap That Works](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/1hRTYlXJdY0/) | 2024-03-26 | Short | 4,016 | 1:00 | 1.69x |
| [The Caro-Kann Trap](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/GxwxQ7miPuw/) | 2024-03-25 | Short | 6,305 | 0:55 | 2.65x |
| [The King's Gambit defense with f7 sacrifice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/WLkuJjU-wTE/) | 2024-03-23 | Short | 11,557 | 1:00 | 4.86x |
| [The Kings’s gambit chess opening strategy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/1wWDo7_ryVk/) | 2024-03-22 | Short | 41,452 | 1:00 | 17.45x |
| [Common Chess Trap That Works 🔥](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/SHgH4Ke9wTo/) | 2024-03-21 | Short | 6,651 | 1:00 | 2.8x |
| [The Best Counter For Dutch Defense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/3nJlptynZH0/) | 2024-03-20 | Short | 5,623 | 0:59 | 2.37x |
| [Trap to Dominate Your Opponent](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/rerF8mtQA4M/) | 2024-03-19 | Short | 8,411 | 1:00 | 3.54x |
| [The Petrov Defense Trap 🔥](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/4Byxcm_DRrA/) | 2024-03-18 | Short | 26,361 | 0:35 | 11.09x |
| [The Milner-Barry Gambit](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@chesswebsite/videos/wkmCtfrsmPk/) | 2024-03-17 | Short | 7,294 | 0:51 | 3.07x |

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