We found 45 YouTube channels similar to FIDE chess
Ranks for the world chess championship, candidates, and rapid championships align with FIDE topics, indicating a shared audience interested in top-level events, though GothamChess’s content style is more instructional and entertaining (84% match in search vs 73% in content).
Targets global events like world championship, women’s candidates, and rapid championships, showing strong topic overlap with FIDE chess and a broadly similar audience, with content closely aligned to chess event coverage (79% match, content 80%).
Covers FIDE chess and world/championship event topics, plus rapid championships, indicating overlap in high-level chess discussions though the channel mixes news with instructional content (71% match; search 54%, content 83%).
Shares interest in commented game analyses and openings explained, appealing to learners following game-by-game breakdowns, but with less emphasis on ongoing world events (56% match; search 33%, content 72%).
Shows strong alignment on live event coverage like rapid, blitz, and live broadcasts, matching FIDE’s tournament-centric audience, though its content is more broadcast-focused than organizational news (55% match; search 11%, content 83%).
Interviews with top players (e.g., Caruana) and FIDE-related topics create audience overlap around elite chess discussions, while interview format differentiates from tournament roundups (54% match; search 14%, content 81%).
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 54% | Absolute Chess | 75% | 28.3K | 22% | 9 |
| #8 | 53% | CHESSCOFF | 85% | 11.2K | 5% | 4 |
| #9 | 52% | Chess Play 64 | 81% | 37.9K | 9% | 4 |
| #10 | 52% | Saint Louis Chess Club | 81% | 519K | 8% | 10 |
| #11 | 51% | agadmator's Chess Channel | 78% | 1.3M | 12% | 9 |
| #12 | 51% | chezzard | 82% | 2.6K | 6% | 1 |
| #13 | 51% | ChessMoves VIP | 83% | 8.1K | 4% | 3 |
| #14 | 51% | 64 Squares | 82% | 21.1K | 4% | 5 |
| #15 | 50% | Chess with Mustreader Clips | 78% | 1.3K | 7% | 3 |
| #16 | 50% | Chess Aspirer | 80% | 77K | 4% | 1 |
| #17 | 49% | Magnus Carlsen | 79% | 1.6M | 5% | 5 |
| #18 | 49% | Chess with Mustreader | 77% | 17.8K | 6% | 4 |
| #19 | 49% | C-Squared | 78% | 93.8K | 5% | 4 |
| #20 | 48% | Dina Belenkaya | 73% | 883K | 10% | 3 |
| #21 | 48% | ChessGoon | 76% | 5.0K | 5% | 3 |
| #22 | 47% | BotezLive | 74% | 1.9M | 7% | 5 |
| #23 | 47% | afitpawn | 70% | 30.9K | 13% | 8 |
| #24 | 47% | GMBenjaminFinegold | 73% | 166K | 7% | 4 |
| #25 | 47% | WWE | 66% | 112M | 17% | 13 |
| #26 | 46% | Chess Thugs | 72% | 82.9K | 7% | 6 |
| #27 | 46% | GMHikaru | 71% | 3.1M | 7% | 7 |
| #28 | 45% | DK CHESS | 73% | 11.5K | 4% | 1 |
| #29 | 45% | Chess Vibes | 71% | 653K | 6% | 4 |
| #30 | 44% | Sports Today | 71% | 686K | 3% | 4 |
| #31 | 44% | The R&A | 68% | 202K | 8% | 6 |
| #32 | 43% | Fischy Stream | 69% | 12K | 4% | 1 |
| #33 | 43% | The Masters | 67% | 590K | 7% | 6 |
| #34 | 43% | The Chess Codex | 70% | 1.1K | 3% | 3 |
| #35 | 43% | KRAFTON INDIA ESPORTS | 68% | 2M | 5% | 2 |
| #36 | 43% | ChessPage1 | 69% | 601K | 4% | 5 |
| #37 | 42% | Pegasus Chess | 67% | 81.7K | 6% | 4 |
| #38 | 41% | UEFA ▶ | 66% | 6.5M | 3% | 2 |
| #39 | 41% | Sky Sports Football | 65% | 792K | 4% | 1 |
| #40 | 40% | Premier League ▶ | 64% | 9.3M | 4% | 1 |
| #41 | 39% | WWE Vault | 61% | 3.7M | 6% | 5 |
| #42 | 39% | André Dutra | 62% | 23.5K | 4% | 1 |
| #43 | 39% | PBS NewsHour ▶ | 61% | 5.2M | 6% | 1 |
| #44 | 38% | Study with Sam | 61% | 50.5K | 4% | 1 |
| #45 | 37% | Dope Band (Official) | 59% | 158K | 4% | 1 |
GothamChess — 84% match, 7.2M subscribers; Chess.com — 79% match, 2.8M subscribers; ChessBase India — 71% match, 2.9M subscribers. All three channels are prominent chess-focused channels that produce instructional and news content for a global chess audience.
FIDE chess creates content about chess events, history, and related topics, evidenced by titles like FIDE Candidates and Women's Candidates 2026 - Promo, FIDE Candidates Tournament History (1953, 1956, 1959). The channel averages about 6.5K views per video, with an implied uploads frequency of roughly multiple videos per week.
We analyze FIDE chess's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.
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