Best Time Control For Playing Viewers?

B) Rapid because it's the perfect length for a YouTube video.

A-D) All levels, marked in thumbnail.

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Through pattern recognition, you can develop an intuition from experience and so yes, there's many positions I just know the best move without calculating. Then small calculations follow more just to confirm the idea before playing it. It is certainly possible; engines aren't the only ones who can list multiple good moves. In fact, most high rated players will often mentioned two options they are considering... and these options are frequently the Stockfish 1st and 2nd "best" moves.

Btw, this happens at all stages of the game; it's just probably more common in the middlegame stage.

Oh, that's a great idea! I'll try to remember to put the rating range in the thumbnail

Also, thanks for the YT sub.

Thanks for the input. It always impresses me how well some players have learned to commentate while playing. Hikaru Nakamura is amazing at this. GothamChess (Levy Rozman) is another one really good with this. I'm sure it's a developed skill, but I certainly play worse during commentary. I think it is mostly because I tend to stay focused and in more of a flowstate while playing chess, whereas commentary has my primary focus on creating a teaching environment, whereas playing to win is secondary.

I'd say either A or B because 10 mins for each player can add up to 20 mins.

I’m not quite sure what your target audience is here, if it’s people under 1200 then honestly 10 minute rapid is likely too fast.

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Also this is maybe controversial but you should try to clickbait more 😂

Like look shocked at what the board looks like in your thumbnails

It's dumb but it's how you get viewers

Maybe. There's good clickbait and bad clickbait. I want to avoid the bad clickbait, but learning to get more attention in a good way might not be a bad idea. Easier said than done though. Any suggestions on how?

Put "featuring GothamChess" at the end of your titles

Click baits are ones that gain attention

Content is what retains your audience

Personally, I would focus on content as you always had. It’s more you

My first video of this playlist is already out

You have a good point, Nathaniel! Thank you for speaking up!

I like options C & A myself, for the same reasons someone else in the post alluded to. The under 1200 rated players nedd the most direction and guidance. Just my two cents!!

Anything that works for you. Important is that theres a post - game analysis, too.

I include that