# Top Chess: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-27, Top Chess has 862,000 subscribers, 271,512,421 total views, and 478 videos. It ranks #86,661 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Top Chess](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/). 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 Top Chess is “When Queen Broke The Rules of Chess \| Chess Memes #22”, a long-form video published Oct 23, 2026.
- These are Top Chess’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 (13 long-form videos and 35 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 12,797. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Ultimate King Blunder” (97,843 views, Oct 11, 2026). Least viewed: “Bishop Crumbles \| Chess Memes #080” (3,661 views, Aug 25, 2026).
- Median length: 8:44 for 13 long-form videos; 0:52 for 35 Shorts.
- In this sample, Top Chess’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 7 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [When Queen Broke The Rules of Chess \| Chess Memes #22](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/PGFdmkQw6dI/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 22,713 | 8:10 | - |
| [No Hope for the King](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/HIIO0n0FqW8/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 5,657 | 0:53 | - |
| [Kings Master Plan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/eJSMr-hgNIo/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 4,598 | 0:55 | - |
| [Queen's Sacrifice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/BBdDkupk8i4/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 38,743 | 0:21 | 1.88x |
| [Chess Strategy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/zmjRcvq9d-c/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 15,489 | 0:27 | - |
| [Chess Drama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/kFqxagVVu_8/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 21,098 | 0:23 | 1.05x |
| [When the Universe Chooses the Black King \| Chess Memes #21](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/-lD4WXIdLX8/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 26,996 | 9:19 | - |
| [Chess Betrayal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/lqP3pqyimZE/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 20,413 | 0:29 | 1.17x |
| [Chess Humiliation Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/TrxOI3bRI_A/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 25,814 | 0:26 | 1.84x |
| [The Rooks !](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/G7ajS6uUj5M/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 9,369 | 0:59 | - |
| [From Pawn to Queen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/7OoBT8kVdAQ/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 32,057 | 0:59 | 2.54x |
| [The End For the Pawn Army](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/DldphvBx2II/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 20,559 | 0:59 | 1.7x |
| [Ultimate King Blunder](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/XDUnGFCl9U8/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 97,843 | 0:59 | 9.84x |
| [Pyramid opening !](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/Iy8Bj7bBIps/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 13,215 | 0:58 | 1.78x |
| [When the Black King Becomes a Wizard \| Chess Memes #20](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/lToYfwZePt0/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 35,374 | 9:00 | - |
| [Queen Sacrifices Sicilian Defence Secrets](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/pTye--0NdBY/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 12,143 | 0:20 | 1.74x |
| [A Knights Quest for Freedom](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/Ckz3h_pPmsA/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 12,334 | 0:22 | 1.98x |
| [Queen and Knights Weirdest Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/yWWGE6V9XEA/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 15,296 | 0:23 | 2.44x |
| [Escape this Prison](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/P-lYX1EiIqU/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 12,707 | 0:38 | - |
| [Mysterious Portal Leads the Knight to...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/c8XjAjZqnpE/) | 2026-10-04 | Short | 8,064 | 1:00 | 1.25x |
| [When the Queen Breaks Through Reality \| Chess Memes #019](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/uryyQRlBr9A/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 46,584 | 8:56 | 1.33x |
| [When The Black Queen Does The Forbidden Thing \| Chess Memes #018](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/35GoX9xsrWk/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 47,535 | 8:37 | 1.43x |
| [When the Queen and Knight Enter the portal\| Chess Memes #17](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/S8txXHFNz4U/) | 2026-09-19 | Long-form | 39,405 | 9:26 | 1.19x |
| [Will Ad Bishop Remember Anything? \| Chess Memes #017](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/T7bfkQjSSTg/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 9,131 | 8:27 | - |
| [Someone Else Is Controlling Our Pieces..? \| Chess Memes #016](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/PZpwvh7bZxs/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 53,725 | 8:35 | 1.64x |
| [Chess Game Gets Wild \| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/zhVG0Tc8vm0/) | 2026-09-10 | Short | 9,523 | 1:06 | 1.35x |
| [Ultimate Pawn and the Multiverse \| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/-47epgGQS6M/) | 2026-09-09 | Short | 7,560 | 1:15 | 1.11x |
| [Chess Pieces Talk Back \| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/1CpebzimML4/) | 2026-09-08 | Short | 8,056 | 1:02 | 1.24x |
| [Queen declares independence\| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/V9cb3glvxgk/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 6,062 | 1:18 | - |
| [Ultimate Pawn Fights back \| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/WLRYvHWDrFM/) | 2026-09-06 | Short | 6,469 | 1:27 | 1x |
| [When Pawn Saves the Chess Universe \| Chess Memes #015](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/reK1aFeccpQ/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 85,103 | 11:14 | 2.87x |
| [Someone is returning? #014](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/X0t1brXEopg/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 29,173 | 8:01 | 1.03x |
| [BISHOPS DEFENCE Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/M39jk5EYX2o/) | 2026-08-29 | Short | 6,600 | 0:59 | - |
| [When the Pawn Dominates Everyone! \| Chess Memes #013](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/WfwIf8GgquE/) | 2026-08-29 | Long-form | 39,736 | 8:44 | 2.02x |
| [MY POOR HORSEY \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/KAtHgOA8ETk/) | 2026-08-28 | Short | 4,342 | 0:59 | - |
| [Bishops Downfall \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/HCwO0n-Xvm8/) | 2026-08-27 | Short | 19,784 | 1:01 | 2.62x |
| [THE POWER OF THE BISHOP \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/sEckgN_GVp0/) | 2026-08-26 | Short | 12,887 | 0:53 | 1.73x |
| [Bishop Crumbles \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/Dlo_4m0XkuI/) | 2026-08-25 | Short | 3,661 | 0:52 | - |
| [Chess Jungle Warfare \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/PswejiRjWAc/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 6,914 | 0:15 | - |
| [The Truth About Top Chess and The Return Of Lores \| Chess Memes #012](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/1oXC8btd2gY/) | 2026-08-24 | Long-form | 27,681 | 9:10 | - |
| [The Sacrifice of Walter White\| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/1qHDpK0AuLA/) | 2026-08-23 | Short | 5,929 | 0:37 | - |
| [Chess Dramatic Sacrifices \| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/DcYx-PZPGbg/) | 2026-08-22 | Short | 9,901 | 0:24 | - |
| [Chess Gone Wild\| Chess Memes #080](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/x6Yc0Q1fTc0/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 5,687 | 0:27 | - |
| [I Will Protect You Pawny!!! \| Chess Memes #011](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/1KqlY8Md0NY/) | 2026-08-21 | Long-form | 17,734 | 8:38 | - |
| [Chess Grandmaster Roasts\| Chess Memes #08](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/UXWTFJRkRLY/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 7,531 | 0:15 | - |
| [Justice League Chess \| Chess Memes #08](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/c7i-0fQthlo/) | 2026-08-19 | Short | 9,771 | 0:28 | - |
| [Patient Chess as a Weapon \| Chess Memes #08](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/bHH77uGHBKM/) | 2026-08-18 | Short | 7,611 | 0:22 | - |
| [Strategic Chess Eliminations \| Chess Memes #08](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@topchess/videos/T8jPjaDlnNk/) | 2026-08-17 | Short | 7,321 | 0:24 | - |

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