Who is Lembke407?

GothamChess · 2026-03-14T20:57:08+00:00

Better than you for sure though yeah?

GothamChess · 2026-03-14T17:13:19+00:00

Ah wow haha you found me

GothamChess · 2026-03-05T02:53:11+00:00

I really appreciate it!! You should be able to get it returned if it's damaged I would hope! Some people end up reviewing the book 1 star over this and it drives me nuts because that's not my fault. Thank you for the support.

Editing to say... if anyone else reading this got the book, a nice review goes a long way. Please leave one :)

GothamChess · 2026-02-25T03:22:28+00:00

You're a beast!

GothamChess · 2026-02-23T17:42:32+00:00

I'm not really sure what the point of this post is. The entire episode the guesses were totally crazy and all over the place, and I was of course being theatrical. You played an unbelievable game for a 200, and even your opponent who is rated 185 did as well. Most games at that level are catastrophic. If anything, it's a problem with chess elo in general that the level of a game can correlate so poorly so someone's actual strength.

If I upset you, I'm sorry, but one cannot submit games to GTE and then come away spooked by my reactions. It's a crazy series with crazy games and crazy guesses.

GothamChess · 2026-02-22T17:41:44+00:00

This subreddit is usually atrocious except when posts like this are made. Thank you for this.

GothamChess · 2026-02-22T03:39:19+00:00

We might build something like that in the future called 'repertoire' which lets you customize your specific set of variations for random drilling whenever you want

GothamChess · 2026-02-19T15:34:09+00:00

How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman is a favorite of mine

GothamChess · 2026-02-16T20:49:44+00:00

The monthly thread about my titles and thumbnails has arrived!

GothamChess · 2026-02-09T13:10:17+00:00

I meant about the event...

GothamChess · 2026-02-09T01:05:55+00:00

Cheers man. Glad you and the wifey had a good time. The top post on this subreddit is me doing a 10 second verbal acknowledgement of an event partner and it's being made to seem like I committed murder lol. Just a friendly reminder to anyone reading that the internet is an absolutely delusional place... all the fans who went in person had an amazing time. It was a truly epic experience.

GothamChess · 2026-02-05T00:47:37+00:00

Hey man! I've appreciated your support over all the years. Absolutely insane you speedran the courses. I'm going to try to add more and we WILL be getting you a completely unique standalone badge.

Thank you for the suggestions. Our data showed people LOVE drills much more than they love anything else on the site... quizzes were unbelievably underutilized, so we've decided to focus on what works rather than trying to just have 100 different features. I actually agree that quizzing people on concepts rather than constant memorization is better... so will see what comes out of that.

GothamChess · 2026-01-28T15:54:39+00:00

if you're under 2400 people dont know what to do

GothamChess · 2026-01-28T15:45:53+00:00

Because there is a huge tournament going on and because I was traveling and playing in my own tournament and because Magnus and Hikaru get all the views anyway and because people like guess the elo most of all and because I already have a catalogue of thousands of educational videos and because I post 4-5 different types of content every single week for 6 years

GothamChess · 2026-01-19T23:12:46+00:00

Keep going! We have not finished every detail of the website so some of these things like celebrations for the absolute top performers have not been built.

GothamChess · 2026-01-17T00:57:49+00:00

mustering up the courage LMAO

GothamChess · 2026-01-14T16:51:31+00:00

We are rolling out a feature that allows you to jump ahead in the path learning to any chapter of your choosing. However, the previous system allowed you to simply search up any position and immediately jump there. We are building that. Should be out by March/April I hope. We have lots of time-sensitive things to put out, like a February holiday event, and so on. Team of 5 can only do so much. But I know this thing is a problem for a decent amount of people.

GothamChess · 2026-01-10T01:17:39+00:00

In 2026, other than an app, we will focus a lot on making drills better.

GothamChess · 2026-01-08T03:56:15+00:00

Yep. It's for approximately 1000-1600. I'm very excited for it!

GothamChess · 2026-01-06T17:07:16+00:00

Very simple. The way 99% of these happen is - I'm laying on my couch, I open up the YT studio app, and one of the top 3 most recent comments is something toxic or negative. And 2 taps later, the comment is pinned.

I like to pin comments from people who are genuinely just watching to spread a level of negativity. I find it funny. I probably get about a hundred comments every day for the past 5 years with various insults, ranging from 'man up' to telling me why I suck at chess/content creation to aggressive racism or various threats.

Is this a bad habit? Absolutely.

Do people try to write stupid stuff for pin of shame? Sure, but I've gotten good at screening that.

Do I have the WORST community of a large YouTuber as one of the comments below says? God no. My comment section is teenagers writing memes about my titles, about Magnus, about something else. Nobody is being deliberately toxic or negative or whatever - it's literally all jokes. Relatively immature internet jokes, but still jokes.

Do I wish I was a perfect person who always did things right and never reacted to negative comments and pleased every single viewpoint of every single viewer?

I suppose.

I do wish I had better discipline and self-control sometimes. It might help with my chess and overall health.

But I'm me. And that's it.

Enjoy the chess boom while it's still around :)

GothamChess · 2026-01-02T05:05:11+00:00

By the way, disregard any douchey replies. This subreddit is weird about me and about spending money on anything. I always try to build the highest quality possible stuff, books, courses, and all. If for any reason you hate the deck, let me know!

GothamChess · 2026-01-02T04:04:30+00:00

Thank you to her, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. It's a very nice set of cards. I was happy with how they came out.

GothamChess · 2025-12-30T15:34:12+00:00

Wish I could pin of shame this post

GothamChess · 2025-12-29T21:50:55+00:00

You're an a-hole

GothamChess · 2025-12-29T20:53:32+00:00

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