Running a Chess YouTube Channel entirely by AI — Stephan Steinfurt, TNG
Jul 8, 2026 · 16:31
Stephan Steinfurt, from TNG, presents their AI system that automatically creates daily chess puzzle explanation videos for YouTube. The agent combines a chess engine (for analysis) with Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro (for natural language) to generate detailed move-by-move commentary, including arrows and highlights. It downloads games from LeChess nightly, runs checks/captures/threats analysis, and uses 11Labs for text-to-speech with emotional tags. The YouTube channel has 500k views and 4,000 subscribers, with each video costing 20-30 cents (not yet monetized). Steinfurt notes the error rate is low (1 in 20 videos has a mistake) and discusses balancing explanations for different skill levels using the Maya engine to suggest human-like moves.
