Levy Rozman
|Levy Rozman|
|Country||United States|
|Born|
|Title||International Master|
|FIDE rating||2343|
|Peak rating||2421 (August 2018)|
Brooklyn, New York
|GothamChess|
|YouTube information|
|Genre||Online chess|
|Subscribers||808,000|
|Total views||99,947,000|
|Associated acts||Hikaru Nakamura, Anna Rudolf, Eric Rosen, Antonio Radić, BotezLive|
|100,000 subscribers||2020|
Updated: March 31, 2021
Levy Rozman (born 5 December, 1995), known online as GothamChess, is a Twitch streamer, YouTuber, chess player, commentator and International Master.
Early life
Rozman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 5, 1995, and lived in both New York and New Jersey growing up.[1][2] He began playing chess at the age of 6 as an extracurricular activity and entered his first tournament at the age of 7.[3][4] Rozman attained the titles of National Master in 2011 through the US Chess Federation, FIDE Master in 2016, and International Master in 2018.[5][6] Rozman was a scholastic chess coach for ten years.[7]
Online career
Rozman streams on Twitch and posts videos on YouTube for a living. He is one of the top 6 chess channels on YouTube.[3] He works closely with Chess.com and has been part of their streaming partnership since 2017.[8] Rozman is a regular commentator for the platform, analyzing tournaments like PogChamps and the 2020 Candidates Tournament.[1]
Like many online chess personalities, Rozman experienced a surge of growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly following the release of The Queen's Gambit.[4][9] Rozman has multiple videos with more than one million views. These include an instructional opening overview where he discusses how to play the Queen's Gambit and a video where he plays against the Beth Harmon bot on Chess.com.[4] He has done in-depth explanations of games played in the series.[10]
Rozman entered Indonesian news in March 2021 when he was defeated by an Indonesian chess player nicknamed Dewa_Kipas or "Fan God". Rozman suspected that his opponent was cheating, and reported his opponent's account to the Chess.com Fair Play Team.[11] Dewa_Kipas' account was later closed for cheating, which drew sympathy from Indonesian netizens and resulted in Rozman being harassed on social media. Rozman later went private on his social media accounts and took a short hiatus from streaming.[12][13] Indonesian Woman Grandmaster Irene Kharisma Sukandar and the Indonesian Chess Association denounced the actions of Indonesian netizens, agreeing that the actions of Chess.com were correct and proportionate.[14][15]
References
- ^ a b "Levy Rozman". Chess.com. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ Alostatz, Steve (30 January 2020). "International chess master coming to campus". The Lantern. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ a b Greenwald, Morgan. "This chess teacher quit his full-time job to become a streamer: 'It's become [the primary source of income]'". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c Stevens, Ashlie D. (13 November 2020). "How "The Queen's Gambit" is inspiring a wave of new chess fans, especially women". Salon. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "12879834: Levy Rozman". US Chess Federaton. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Rozman, Levy". International Chess Federation. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ About page, gothamchess.com
- ^ "Chess Streamers Directory". Chess.com. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ Gregory, Molly (19 November 2020). "The Queen's Gambit Has Caused a Huge Surge in Chess Set Sales and Online Classes". MentalFloss. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ Ellis, Philip (5 November 2020). "The True Stories Behind 7 Pivotal Chess Matches in 'The Queen's Gambit'". Men's Health. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ DEWA KIPAS VS GOTHAM CHESS (REPLAY) 720P LIVE STREAM, retrieved 2021-03-22
- ^ "Indonesian Chess Player Beats Online Grand Master, Causes Backlash". go.kompas.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master Online. Then It Got Ugly". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ "Percasi Nilai Keputusan Chess.com Blokir Akun Dewa Kipas Sudah Tepat". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ Widianto, Rifqi Ardita. "Grand Master Irene Kharisma: Kasus Dewa Kipas Coreng Pecatur Indonesia". detiksport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-03-16.