Flagrant

Yerrr good morning y'all - we have the absolute NYC Legend in the building Levy Rozman aka GothamChess. We're talking:
- Flagrant ghosting Levy
- The Hans Niemann cheating scandal
- Best street game in New York
- Different style from different cultures
- The greats: Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine & Bobby Fischer
And we play a few games - PEACE!

Timestamps:
0:00 Levy got ghosted by us :(
1:38 Sharing embarrassing stories
5:29 Obsessed with chess + Learning process
7:44 Teaching kids
9:24 Hans Niemann v Magnus Carlsen + Heel
16:53 Most viewed Chess match + ELO grind
22:13 Why is chess so special? Kasparov v Karpov
29:19 Magnus Carlsen = Big 1 + the Yips
34:53 Industry people, Resentment + Not monetizing properly
40:22 Becoming a GM
41:59 Chess origins
45:50 Getting recognized, Collabs + Little secret
49:05 Best NYC street game + Scrappy chess
52:03 Different cultural styles
56:37 Men v Women + More combative
1:01:24 Child prodigies + Spectrum
1:05:20 Weird, weird players
1:07:22 Mikhail Tal + Alexander Alekhine
1:10:17 Bobby Fischer
1:13:32 FIDE needs to improve
1:15:54 Cheating scandals
1:19:40 We are young inside
1:25:35 Chess.com dealing with cheaters + Collusion
1:31:22 Patriotism, Ukraine & China
1:35:53 Loss leader, No barrier + Commercial partnerships
1:45:33 Olympiad + Figuring out broadcast
1:53:38 Rozman v Schulz
1:57:22 Rozman v Rensch
2:01:46 Rozman v Rensch 2
2:05:25 Rozman v Rensch 3
2:11:22 Rozman Blindfold game v Schulz

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