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Chessbrah

Chessbrah is the Canadian chess channel led by grandmasters Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton, mixing live games, opening lessons, tournament commentary, and time-pressure challenges.

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Overview

Who: Canadian grandmasters Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton
Early streams: Eric streamed from their apartment basement in the Netherlands in 2014; Aman began streaming regularly in 2015.
Signature series: Building Habits, plus opening lessons taught through rating climbs.
Community milestone: Celebrated 300,000 YouTube subscribers with a Times Square billboard.

Mini bio

How it started.

Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton built Chessbrah around a shared love of fast chess. Aman recalls Eric streaming from their Netherlands apartment basement in 2014. After returning to Canada, Aman started streaming regularly in 2015.

Finding their audience.

They treated chess streams as entertainment as well as instruction. Aman shifted his focus to content after earning his grandmaster title in 2018. A Times Square billboard later marked the channel reaching 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

A place to learn.

Building Habits gives beginners rules they can use in their own games. The original series began in 2021, and a second edition arrived in 2025. Their opening series teach through practical games at successive rating levels.

Beyond the stream.

Both hosts also commentate major events. In 2026 they joined the London Speed Chess Championship broadcast team and appeared in the chess program at MIT Sloan’s Sports Analytics Conference.

Creditschronological, newest first

Broadcasts and appearances

2026MIT Sloan Sports Analytics ConferenceEric: panelist; Eric and Aman: Guess The Elo participants
2026Speed Chess Championship live finals, LondonEric and Aman: broadcast hosts

YouTube series

2026Winning With The TaimanovChessbrah opening series
2025Building Habits 2.0Aman: instructor
2021Building HabitsAman: instructor

Awards

Chess.com’s lighthearted Chess Streamer AwardsIn its 2019 editorial awards, Chess.com named Chessbrahs the Best Actor (Action) winner for Eric’s chair-throwing clip and Best Guest winner for Aman vs Greenman.

Quotes

The initial purpose of the channel was to promote and grow the game of chess.Aman Hambleton, official About page

Trivia

Aman promised to keep growing his beard until he earned his grandmaster title, which arrived in April 2018.
The hosts discussed techno music and chess together on Steinway & Sons’ Soundboard podcast.
Their 300,000-subscriber celebration included a Times Square billboard.