YouTube Tryouts!

If I am one of the winners, I accept! :) Thanks for your time.

Confirming interest! Mucho grande interest.....herslichen groBen interessenieren sieren...balshoj interesseria.....gríðarlegur áhugi...

YES I am very interested and in many many languages I don't speak!

http://www.youtube.com/zibbit where I have been active because of this competition/tryouts

I should probably add that I am experimenting with "twitching" as well: http://www.twitch.tv/zibbit64

Re-confirming intrest! 

I'm only a novice, but I do have experience streaming chess on twitch! If you're ever interested in doing some sort of amateur-hour on the twitch channel, I'm your guy!

Also:

Twitch.tv/enoallday

And I'm familiar with most of the hardcore chess following that's on twitch!

Hi everyone!

Wow! This has been *quite* the journey. To be honest, we had NO idea we would get this kind of response when we started this "tryout" thread. It became clear right away that so many of you were going to work *really* hard to create some awesome content for us to review... you made my job of choosing a *winner* extremely difficult, and in the process you proved once again that Chess.com has the greatest community of supportive, "genuinly in love with the game" online chess players in the world!

I want to apologize for taking so long to make a decision here... so long that many of you probably thought I/we forgot . But like I said, you gave us lots to review (from both titled players making videos to non-titled players) and we devoted as many of our resources to reviewing the content and picking a winner as we possibly could. OK Erik, I know this was my fault  - so *I* devoted as much time as I** possibly could, and it did take too long... Sorry guys.

So, thank you again to everyone who tried out. Before announcing the winner I want to give a special thanks to a large group of "runner-ups" (if I am missing a name - please don't take it personally):

• aww-rats;
• TVEDAS;
• Zibbit;
• TigerLilov;
• Bobbylow;
• SamCopeland;
• Illingworth;
• testviking;

As well as loads of other non-titled players! MainlineNovelty, samuelmbrad, Stormstout, DamnCrooked, GreenCastleBlock, and... I just can't do this... there are too many! I *KNOW* I missed your name. Sorry. Fogive me .

There were a number of factors we weighed, but in the end I think even the runner-ups would acknowledge we made a good choice. We hope it works out, and we hope Daniel has lots of fun, while also making great videos for us! Unfortunately, there is limited room on our Youtube channel, and we all have a budget to work with  - so hiring everyone was simply NOT an option...

PS -- I was NOT joking about our plans for a very active, totally awesome, extremely entertaining "Chess.com Twitch.TV Channel" in the coming months. Those listed as runner-ups here, and anyone who feels they deserve another chance to show off their multi-tasking, trash talking, entertaining-the-masses-skills, while also playing blitz on Chess.com - send me a message!

The exact details of what we will offer our "Twitchers" is not clear yet, but if you're already playing hours of blitz each week on Chess.com, and you want an outlet to build a following, have some fun, gain some new students along the way... and maybe even prove Danny wrong  -- livecasting your games on Twitch might be for you...

Thanks everyone! 

Danny

Great Job squarology! I like your articles very much, instructional with wittiness, it is a superb combination! for the runner-ups thank you for the effort and your love for chess.

Congrats, Squarology.  Can't wait to hear you acceptance speech.

Congrats squarology! 

Congrats Mr. Tapia

Congratulations Daniel! Definitely a great choice by Chess.com.

I'm a fan myself and am very much looking forward for your videos :) 

Very good Daniel, uh, both Daniels. Good selection Danny Rensch & congratulations Daniel Tapia. Although there were so many good videos from others also & we all know who they are. Also Danny, I think it was actually good to take a while to make a choice because it let the members here see many more videos & choices than they would have otherwise & it gave you guys more to choose from. Thanx, Damon

Congrats to squarology! Thanks to the multitudes of members who supported my efforts. My videos will continue!

Awesome and it's no surprise IM Daniel picked IM Daniel

Where is Squarology?

1 vote for aww-rats

I love Squarology's videos!

He's just disappeared.

even though its over, dig this my chess friends,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0dvsmh4B0M&feature=c4-overview&list=UUobzLirPDBrauXhtJxI3dCw

chess videos will never be the same again!

If it is still going on....I vote for NM aww-rats

I vote for NM- aww-rats as well , but i still think my video is the pure awesomness :P

foxy!  dam dam dum foxy!