Romkachess - Invidious

The strongest open chess tournament (US Chess Masters 2025) is going to begin tomorrow. You can see the top seeds on the first picture, couple of 2700s. I am seeded 139th.

RECAPS ARE GOING TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE SECOND CHANNEL - Romkachess2.0

1 month ago | [YT] | 6

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Romkachess

Sad news in the world of chess, the whole chess world is grieving today. We lost one of a kind genius. Whenever I played him online, it was always an impossible challenge - the speed, the level of play were just on a different level. I was often asked who is the toughest opponent I played online - my answer remained the same - Danya. I remember watching the replay of our games on his channel and he often said good things about my game and I was always happy to hear these comments as they motivated me a lot.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to meet him in person. I thought this was going to happen in upcoming US Chess Masters in Charlotte, just wanted to exchange few words with him.

RIP DANYA 💔

1995-2025

2 months ago | [YT] | 18

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Romkachess

Hi everyone!

Hope you are enjoying the weekend!

After some time of thinking, I decided to stop posting long-format content on this channel. Some pre-recorded videos would still go out, but then it would stop. The shorts will still be posted here like always.

The reason for that is - my channel initially started as shorts channel in 2022 and since then most subscribers came from shorts content. It also feels like yt algorithm just doesn't push my long-format content. I know that most of my long-form videos suck, but I still think they could perform better.

I will start a brand-new channel for LONG-FORMAT ONLY!!! I hope that I will be able to manage it better.

Also, many of you have been asking me why I didn't go live recently - my Canadian work visa is expiring next year, I am now fully focused on how I can either get permanent residency or extend my visa. One of the requirements is to know French, which I now learn on daily basis by sacrificing my live streams. I will be occasionally streaming, but not as often as many would like to.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a great upcoming week!

Yours,
Romka

3 months ago | [YT] | 6

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Romkachess

Hi Everyone,

Hope you have a great start of your week!

Starting today and up until Sunday, I will be posting recaps of my OTB tournament that I played 2 weeks ago. There will be 6 recaps in total. I hope you will enjoy! Let me know any feedback you might have, so I can make future recaps and vlogs better.

My opponents were:

1) Gao Raymond (FIDE RATING: 2009)
2) GM Preotu Razvan (FIDE RATING: 2483)
3) Mao Fengxi (FIDE RATING: 2153)
4) Wu Nathan Ping-Ying (FIDE RATING: 2088)
5) FM Stevens Christian (FIDE RATING: 2215)
6) Singh Dhaliwal, Jaipreet (FIDE RATING: 2083)

First recap will be out soon, go check it out.

I will be playing another 5-round event this upcoming weekend. Recaps for that one will be posted the week (March 10-16).

Have a great rest of your week!

Yours,
Romka