Levy Rozman, biggest chess youtuber, expressed concerns about Freestyle Chess sustainability and its potential impact on chess innovation during a interview with Levitov Chess. The GothamChess warned that failure could discourage future attempts to modernize competitive chess.

IM Levi Rosman

IM Levi Rosman

Biggest Chess youtube Creator

If everything collapses for them in a year it will be a tragedy. I think people will no longer try to change anything in the chess world

(если через год у них все рухнет это будет трагедия… я думаю, что люди больше не будут пробовать что-то менять в шахматном мире)

Freestyle Chess was founded by German investor Jan Henric Buettner and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 2024, rebranding Chess960 into a more marketing-friendly format. Levy Rozman, known as GothamChess, is an International Master and content creator with over 6 million YouTube subscribers, often called “The Internet’s Chess Teacher.”

Photo: Levitov Chess