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October 23, 2026 7.2x its usual first day MESSI Has His Own CHESS Opening!?! 😱🐐 The video opened at a pace of 123,528 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (17,105).

This week on the channel +3.8M views this week

GM Hess returns to Chess.com's Titled Tuesday broadcast

The tournament stream shares an eight-upload week with Hikaru reactions and a GothamChess guessing prompt.

Channel: Chess.com · Story of October 17, 2026

Video taking off 11x its usual first day

Hikaru Nakamura's double take at Magnus Carlsen's chessboard

Chess.com's silent tournament clip turns a quick glance and a startled expression into an unusually fast-starting Short.

Channel: Chess.com · Story of October 14, 2026

Video taking off 11x its usual first day

Hikaru Nakamura joins Titled Tuesday, and the comments ask where Hess went

Chess.com's broadcast of its weekly speed event drew far more viewers than its long videos usually do, from a crowd split between Hikaru's …

Channel: Chess.com · Story of October 7, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

MESSI Has His Own CHESS Opening!?! 😱🐐

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

189,019

Video views, pace per day

85,854

Views on its first day

133,846

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Chess Promotion... The KNIGHT is TEMPTING	October 23, 2026	0:23 short	24,655	51,072	24,655 (8 hours)	1,002	30
How Chess LOOKS vs. How Chess FEELS	October 22, 2026	0:08 short	96,475	64,583	76,088	2,581	52
GothamChess vs. HIS FANS At The Grandmasters Documentary Pr…	October 22, 2026	16:26	36,065	14,124	29,281	577	44
MESSI Has His Own CHESS Opening!?! 😱🐐	October 22, 2026	0:46 short	189,019	85,854	133,846	6,255	140
Become... WHAT?! Chess Phrasing 😵‍💫	October 21, 2026	0:06 short	130,129	23,139	70,775	3,496	102
TITLED TUESDAY Hosted By GM David Howell! Top GMs Clash For…	October 20, 2026	2:36:26	106,539	2,325	97,871	926	48
Would Magnus Carlsen play in the World Championship cycle f…	October 20, 2026	0:28 short	31,340	1,997	23,419	691	27
Magnus LAUGHS After Falling Into A Trap 🤣🤣	October 17, 2026	0:24 short	25,362	1,596	10,574	859	29
Chess EVERYWHERE 🏖️ can GothamChess find THIS game? 😂	October 16, 2026	0:08 short	420,487	18,648	136,548	13,962	749
how many chess puzzles do YOU solve a day?!	October 15, 2026	0:24 short	52,636	1,489	28,042	1,192	87
The chess documentary Grandmasters is back on the big scree…	October 14, 2026	0:07 short	54,062	933	34,258	1,095	25
TITLED TUESDAY Is Back With GM Hess! Top Chess Players Figh…	October 13, 2026	2:31:59	127,324	344	114,758	737	29
Hikaru Is CONFUSED At Magnus Losing 😅	October 13, 2026	0:10 short	670,576	12,773	168,642	13,484	94
One GIANT Chess Family 💚🙌	October 13, 2026	0:10 short	143,277	1,206	84,364	2,863	103
3500 WITH A BRILLIANT!! Hikaru is INSANE 🔥	October 11, 2026	0:11 short	87,682	941	44,397	1,453	40

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

23.3 in the category: 16.2

comments per 1,000 views

0.7 in the category: 0.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

30,460 views

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 160,475
average views per long video: 89,976

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
xQc Gets Checkmated by MoistCr1tikal in 6 Moves! | Chess.co…	June 10, 2020	2:03	25,056,694
Magnus Carlsen Arrives With Only 30 Seconds To Play	May 15, 2023	10:24	13,297,069
The Feeling of Beating the World Chess Champion	January 26, 2021	2:07	7,961,915
Can Vishy Beat His OWN Bot?	January 9, 2021	17:48	7,360,765
Kasparov Shocks Hikaru With Signature Move	May 5, 2022	13:05	5,974,187

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Magnus Carlsen CALCULATES EVERYTHING and He OFFERS a DRAW	November 17, 2024	0:12	110,092,225
NATIONAL CHESS TEAMS of INDIA are CELEBRATING the GOLD MEDA…	September 23, 2024	0:08	64,473,382
Magnus and Hikaru ANSWER "WHO is THE GREATEST CHESS PLAYER …	July 11, 2024	0:19	27,322,774
Magnus PLAYS AGAINST 8 STRONG PLAYERS at the SAME TIME	October 24, 2024	0:15	25,436,397
Magnus Carlsen is IMPRESSED by The FIRST MOVE in the CEREMO…	April 18, 2025	0:12	23,062,667

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 23, 2026Video taking offMESSI Has His Own CHESS Opening!?! 😱🐐 The video opened at a pace of 123,528 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (17,105).
2. October 23, 2026Video taking offHow Chess LOOKS vs. How Chess FEELS The video opened at a pace of 63,009 views a day, 3.7 times a normal first day on this channel (17,105).
3. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,660,913 views a day, 3.1 times a normal day (533,179).
4. October 17, 2026Video taking offChess EVERYWHERE 🏖️ can GothamChess find THIS ga… The video opened at a pace of 104,140 views a day, 6.7 times a normal first day on this channel (15,572).
5. October 14, 2026Video taking offHikaru Is CONFUSED At Magnus Losing 😅 The video opened at a pace of 127,781 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (11,549).Read the story
6. October 14, 2026Video taking offOne GIANT Chess Family 💚🙌 The video opened at a pace of 88,391 views a day, 7.7 times a normal first day on this channel (11,549).
7. October 12, 2026Video taking off3500 WITH A BRILLIANT!! Hikaru is INSANE 🔥 The video opened at a pace of 53,135 views a day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (10,486).
8. October 7, 2026Video taking offTITLED TUESDAY | Hikaru Joins The Best Weekly Spe… The video opened at a pace of 174,022 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (16,286).Read the story
9. October 3, 2026Video taking offHow A Chess STREAMER Defeated MAGNUS CARLSEN 🤯🤯 The video opened at a pace of 50,471 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (10,486).
10. October 3, 2026Video taking offChess.com Seirawan Chess Championship 2026: Awond… The video opened at a pace of 61,058 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (10,486).
11. October 3, 2026Video taking offHikaru breaks his OWN RECORD - again!! Insane sho… The video opened at a pace of 38,191 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (10,486).
12. October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,531,348 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (684,912).