his youtube channel, gotham chess, has the most subscribers of any youtube chess channel.is new book, "how to win at chess: the ultimate guide for beginners and beyond" is out this fall. levy, you are an international master. what does that mean? >> international master is the second highest title you can have in the chess world. and i guess internationally, for lack of a better word. the title above mine is grandmaster, which is the title that everyone aspires to. i stopped at international master because i frankly never even thought i would get it. so when i got it, it was a huge adrenaline dump for me and i was very happily going back to my university studies. john: how did you get involved in chess? what was the appeal? >> both my mom and dad are from the former soviet union. so it's ingrained there in the culture for sure. and there's a very funny story. my parents were trying to sign me up for after school classes when i was five. my mom said chess. my dad said, "art, he's too crazy for chess." and it turns out that my mom was actually right because i was i became co