# mortal chess: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-10, mortal chess has 105,000 subscribers, 9,426,338 total views, and 96 videos. It ranks #667,388 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [mortal chess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/). 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 mortal chess is “You'll Never Master The Caro-Kann if You Don't Master This Chess Piece”, a long-form video published Sep 25, 2026.
- These are mortal chess’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 18, 2024 and Sep 25, 2026 (46 long-form videos and 2 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 26,180. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “If You Know These 15 Words, Your Chess is EXCELLENT!” (247,044 views, Nov 25, 2024). Least viewed: “How to Spot a Chess Master Instantly” (7,212 views, Jun 15, 2026).
- Median length: 11:28 for 46 long-form videos.
- In this sample, mortal chess’s consecutive uploads were a median of 11 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 71 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [You'll Never Master The Caro-Kann if You Don't Master This Chess Piece](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/eo-RkYxOpTo/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 40,643 | 19:29 | 1.74x |
| [You'll Never Beat Strong Opponents If You Don't Disrespect Them Back](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/f_1C9EuGoF8/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 24,089 | 8:44 | 1.14x |
| [The Undeniable Truth About Modern Chess Grandmasters](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/_SnT0sc3CW4/) | 2026-09-06 | Long-form | 40,821 | 12:38 | 2.34x |
| [3 Mind-Blowing Games That Will Change The Way You Attack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/eOwBF9pMOZ4/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 22,587 | 13:12 | 1.69x |
| [Why Strong Chess Players Are Miserable](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/tpRAxijlWAg/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 25,923 | 14:03 | 1.94x |
| [You Need To Break 2000 Elo To Understand This Brutal Truth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/xdcVETEfGZE/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 19,780 | 8:15 | 2.29x |
| [If You Know These 20 Words, Your Chess is EXCEPTIONAL](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Gtiy8epYpFI/) | 2026-09-02 | Long-form | 15,043 | 14:26 | 1.79x |
| [How to know you will never be a grandmaster in 10 minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/hImQpShK_fM/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 30,872 | 11:15 | 2.81x |
| [The Deadliest Weapon of The Caro-Kann Defense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/EzIgxWnn9K8/) | 2026-06-22 | Long-form | 11,705 | 5:01 | - |
| [Why My Pawn Storms Are Better Than Yours](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/sIEbXw5S6cc/) | 2026-06-16 | Long-form | 8,302 | 3:05 | - |
| [How to Spot a Chess Master Instantly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Pq-K_FLnUo4/) | 2026-06-15 | Long-form | 7,212 | 2:49 | - |
| [Caro-Kann Players Keep Falling for This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/rB8HDrwQkg0/) | 2026-06-12 | Long-form | 8,191 | 3:03 | - |
| [Weird Habits That Reveal High Intelligence](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/tsLkqDj6hUM/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 8,270 | 6:54 | - |
| [Online Chess Has a Serious Psychological Problem](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/_KwgMmAZlXA/) | 2026-06-10 | Long-form | 15,828 | 8:44 | 1.05x |
| [I'm going to hell for this](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/BriijKdu9bU/) | 2026-06-09 | Long-form | 14,944 | 8:24 | - |
| [Africa Has a Serious Chess Cheating Problem](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/KTRihbKhFa4/) | 2026-06-08 | Long-form | 10,332 | 6:43 | - |
| [2026 IS OFFICIALLY INSANE😨](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/k7fIDBZfyys/) | 2026-05-10 | Short | 21,987 | 1:04 | 1.02x |
| [The Most Unhinged Genius Chess Has Ever Produced](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/kyvl5sSk-KM/) | 2026-05-06 | Long-form | 13,118 | 12:00 | - |
| [Javokhir Sindarov Has Just Destroyed Chess!💀](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/03riO3du6Nk/) | 2026-04-15 | Short | 89,322 | 1:00 | 3.57x |
| [The Reason This Bad Opening is Actually Deadly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/8jU_3m83Q8c/) | 2026-03-20 | Long-form | 15,982 | 14:23 | - |
| [What Do Strong Players See in Complex Positions? (that you don’t)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/XejQGir_MHA/) | 2026-03-19 | Long-form | 19,170 | 12:25 | - |
| [How Pride Will Cost Someone the Candidates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/VgluKoOjt0Y/) | 2026-03-18 | Long-form | 22,765 | 12:47 | - |
| [Top 10 Dirtiest Speed Chess Tactics You Keep Falling For](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/DMElSaIyqkc/) | 2026-03-05 | Long-form | 16,777 | 12:23 | - |
| [The King’s Indian: An Opening Truly Beyond Our Understanding](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/ek8abr-u3us/) | 2026-02-19 | Long-form | 47,272 | 24:11 | 1.34x |
| [IQ IS EVERYTHING (UNFORTUNATELY)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/2uPtYgaMQ4E/) | 2025-12-12 | Long-form | 25,708 | 12:05 | 1.31x |
| [The Brutal Game That Made The USSR Fear Bobby Fischer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/O_wVK4sw0J4/) | 2025-12-01 | Long-form | 16,400 | 9:15 | - |
| [6 Toxic Habits Killing Your Rating and Mental Health](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Ds1Oldc3jy0/) | 2025-11-26 | Long-form | 26,436 | 8:31 | 1x |
| [Scholar's Mate - The Special Needs Variation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/w5HVJOxN-vg/) | 2025-11-23 | Long-form | 17,277 | 13:44 | - |
| [How To Destroy The Sicilian The Sophisticated way](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/bI8uHrshecY/) | 2025-10-29 | Long-form | 40,843 | 18:13 | 1.26x |
| [Top 10 "Unsound" Chess Openings That CRUSH in Blitz](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/bRwD7pcTNLQ/) | 2025-10-09 | Long-form | 25,707 | 14:16 | - |
| [This Terrifying Game Just Ended the Chess GOAT Debate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Rij1r4KsOgU/) | 2025-09-12 | Long-form | 43,275 | 10:00 | 1.22x |
| [3 HARD PILLS I had to Swallow to Break 2000 elo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/gbklh9vNuXk/) | 2025-08-16 | Long-form | 121,726 | 21:34 | 1.81x |
| [3 Games That Prove Why GMs Trust the Ruy Lopez With Their Lives](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/KIRyHnsodLg/) | 2025-08-07 | Long-form | 39,938 | 15:12 | 1.18x |
| [The DEADLIEST Chess Opening Traps You KEEP falling for](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/kBWhA1yilw4/) | 2025-07-25 | Long-form | 29,141 | 10:00 | - |
| [10 years of Caro-Kann opening advice in 12 minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/HMt5sPEJBx4/) | 2025-07-19 | Long-form | 65,188 | 12:10 | 1.36x |
| [How Grandmasters Actually Use Knights](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/mcDjsU_R-Ok/) | 2025-07-01 | Long-form | 52,331 | 11:09 | 1.07x |
| [Top 10 Dirty Chess Openings You Always Lose to](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/JwQ3LTmVwLw/) | 2025-06-13 | Long-form | 103,644 | 15:00 | 1.45x |
| [These 2 Games End the Debate About GothamChess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/IKosxpuAGng/) | 2025-06-09 | Long-form | 73,478 | 10:00 | 1.41x |
| [This Game will change the way you look at Gambits](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/E81oxI9Z0E0/) | 2025-05-27 | Long-form | 32,617 | 5:42 | - |
| [I found the DIRTIEST Gambit in Chess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/P-qz_sFJkKs/) | 2025-05-09 | Long-form | 69,424 | 15:52 | 1.37x |
| [The DEADLIEST Weapon you are NOT using](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/1IxqQcY9-0g/) | 2025-05-01 | Long-form | 194,608 | 10:30 | 1.34x |
| [Every Excuse for Losing a Chess Game Explained in 10 minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Xj2iyck4LrQ/) | 2025-04-05 | Long-form | 20,752 | 10:42 | - |
| [I discovered something INSANE!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/90_8NYRu6A8/) | 2025-03-21 | Long-form | 69,732 | 8:42 | - |
| [The DEADLIEST way to defend in Chess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/1tzoYF8L_n8/) | 2025-03-05 | Long-form | 211,560 | 12:37 | 1.14x |
| [when you try to follow Magnus Carlsen's games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/6mZTfXyYKfo/) | 2025-02-05 | Long-form | 67,881 | 5:08 | - |
| [if dog SH\*# was a chess opening](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/Dv6OcYmgZEw/) | 2025-01-18 | Long-form | 158,769 | 11:42 | 1.1x |
| [If You Know These 15 Words, Your Chess is EXCELLENT!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/C9eB55V6NgM/) | 2024-11-25 | Long-form | 247,044 | 10:46 | 1.31x |
| [The DEADLIEST chess skill you are missing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@mortalchess/videos/zmKuRQjeq2w/) | 2024-11-18 | Long-form | 82,319 | 16:02 | - |

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