This was a mistep in the execution of a great idea.  Too bad.

That video should not be on a family chess site. If I see chess.com do something like that again they will lose my premium membership support

The production quality of the video was good but I don't think Chess.com should have any connection with porn, even if it's only for an ad.

I am not being funny but it looks more like the beginning of an adult movie to me than an ad for chess.com.

Which just sends the wrong message

When I first saw this video had won I thought it must have gotten the most  'likes' and that staff had no option but to allow it to win since they were the rules initially stated, though staff still could have disallowed it's entry, but to see the opposite occurred, that it did NOT get the most likes but instead staff themselves voted it in has left me gobsmacked. As Pauline Hanson, the most unpopular past politician in Australia would say "Please Explain!".

continuing... and it opens the door to anyone in public forums publishing sexual content.. after all if it's approved/voted  by staff that a video with very strong sexual connotations was voted  the BEST video in the contest also being publicly endorsed in an arena where kids are able to view then how can staff point the finger and warn or mute  any  members who make any sexual jokes or comments in Live chess or anywhere on the site? The staff need to  make up their minds whether this is a family site or not.. apparently it seems not anymore. 

Sure, the video is clever, well produced, humorous to some extent, but a sexual video should not be endorsed as the winning video by staff of chess.com who forever emphasise that this site is a 'family' chess site and who monitor and banish  sexual content in public forums.. this is a major contradiction to the values the site always promoted. Hypocrisy in fine form, sorry to say.  

Erik this is directed at you!

 Chess.com should be ashamed of itself for allowing this. IMO Chess.com has hit a new low and has disgraced chess as a game by allowing this to win.

Family site my backside remove this now as an uncle to three young kids this has me concerned like a lot of parents will be if this is not removed. Is this really the short of thing you wish young kids to see when playing on chess.com?

Where is your sense of morality?

I will demonstrate why this video is unacceptable.

Imagine the following scenario, and ask yourself why it sounds ridiculous, not funny or shocking.

Imagine that the genders in this video are reversed. It's a woman sitting at the computer, playing chess. Suddenly her boyfriend/husband walks in, only wearing a G-string and boots, and making alluring comments about getting into bed. As he approaches the computer, the woman quickly hides the chess.com website and displays some pornographic video, with the man in a submissive position and the woman dominating the action. The boyfriend/husband then leaves the room, dropping his G-string on the way out. The woman at the computer then smiles, and accepts a rematch instead of going to the bedroom.

If you're honest you'll admit that something isn't quite "right" about this scenario, and that this hypothetical version would NEVER have won the video contest entry. Now ask yourself why?

The answers to these questions demonstrate why this video is unacceptable.

If you still don't get it, think of the messages being conveyed through this video. For example, think of messages about the place of women in the world in general, and in the world of chess more specifically.

Unacceptable. 

That's lame. Chess.com shouldn't allow that type of entry.

How is this a "family-friendly version" ????

"(Please note that this video has been age-restricted by YouTube for sexual themes and may be offensive to some viewers...)"

Should say "restricted by YouTube for explicit pornography". Seriously should not have won.

A little more could have been shown

Great video! hahaha

I thought the video was great.  Well done!

I can believe that video won but it obviously shouldn't have....unacceptable for a chess site.

Over used. Still kinda funny though. :P

It doesn't surprise me that THIS video won---it's SO typical :( I find it offensive and as far as being creative? It's not. This is the same take as every other "commercial" and TV show on the planet for decades---it's all about sex. Saying some other interest is SO enticing and irresistible that a man would choose it over sex with a woman has been done SO many times over in every possible way. This is just one of them. I was disappointed that Chess.com allowed these type videos in the first place (there were a number of them), and here we have the result :( This does NOT fit with a family site, and blurring out a couple of spots doesn't make the content "family" viewing. It's pathetic :(