Apologies to those who watched in the first hour - if you don't double check the ad placement, youtube puts in like DOZENS of ads. Not the intention of anyone here. Sorry!! For everyone coming after this, ignore this comment. Thanks!

@infantiltinferno

3 жыл бұрын

No worries. Keep up the good work man.

@masterspork3735

3 жыл бұрын

no

@nic2154572

3 жыл бұрын

more more more! this was great! thanks :)

@anishagarwal5504

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for the amazing content you give us!!

@DallenRex

3 жыл бұрын

The cost of a lesson is watching one youtube ad on this channel for every elo point you have. (Lessons may or may not contain ads)

I'm still shaking from that first game

@Neutron_Man

3 жыл бұрын

Senpai here

@gioloizanagi3046

3 жыл бұрын

Heheh I know what happens after (cus of a certain website). Also missed win Eric Rosen, you could have put Qe8 Mate in 8 moves sad :(((( but anyway nice gamee!!

@lukanikiforov7298

3 жыл бұрын

Eric, will you post your perspective?

@eric-rosen

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukanikiforov7298 Yes! As soon as I wipe away all my tears

@RetsamX

3 жыл бұрын

@@eric-rosen Haha nice games :)

"why would I be worried about cheating, my opponent is literally one of the most respectful people in chess" Honestly so sweet😂

@lomiification

3 жыл бұрын

Followed by "he'll play this if he has bad intentions"

@jaekn

10 ай бұрын

I think the word he intended was "respectable"

That first game was EPIC, one of the most entertaining blitz games I've seen in a while!

@joshuahunter2825

3 жыл бұрын

Great game. If you have seen Eric play, time is clutch, especially with plus 2. Your only Advantage is that he "has to" play a London variation

obviously love levy but really wish that knight promotion was game winning for eric

@icelick6912

3 жыл бұрын

if he played qe8+ instead of qd7 I think he could promote and be a queen up instead, but that would definitely not be as cool

@mirelbaila7

3 жыл бұрын

@@icelick6912 yes, that would be winning a queen, nice finding

@yusouph2002

2 жыл бұрын

Actually f8=Q instead of a Knight is forcemate in 11 for white. But Knight underpromotion is cool xD

So fun. The difference between Eric's calm personality and his monstrous chess play is pretty hilarious.

damn! makes you realize just how strong Levy really is. I thought for sure Rosen would be at least 2-1-1 playing Whiteside of London every game in 3-minute blitz.

@starship1701

3 жыл бұрын

2-1-1? As in 2 wins 1 draw 1 loss?

@Joe-nh8eq

3 жыл бұрын

@@starship1701 yes

Wow, that knight promotion was slick!

Fun to watch you two go at it! Thanks for your efforts.

lol this actually happened. Is Levy and Eric the best IM duo?

@detectivemarkseven

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah my favorite IMs

@amateurkid2442

3 жыл бұрын

John bartholomew is the strongest

@guccigang6984

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@AbhishekNayar

3 жыл бұрын

@@amateurkid2442 i think these 3 have similar strengths.

@adriantsai3542

3 жыл бұрын

The best duo like the bishop pair

Loved it. The games are so much better when Eric is prepared with different lines comparing to the caro-khan match. Would love to have more banter with Eric (even between games and not during when you guys focus and speak to chat)

Thank you so much for uploading London System videos. Im going throufh every one of them w the engine to learn even more :)

Wow, these games were all thrillers! Specially that first game was so incredible.🔥

This video has the most entertaining , enjoyable and informative chess games i have ever watched. Thx for sharing this content. Really just wow

That knight promotion for the queen was awesome

no wonder you and Eric is IM, you both so good and explain everything so good too

10:16 God damn, that's some wholesome chess right there.

Was getting ready to go to bed last night around midnight, then a notification of this stream and... Wow what a match, I was wide awake and buzzing at the around after gone 3am.

Levy: This position doesn't make any sense, I must be losing. Also Levy: *makes a comeback and wins by flagging Eric

Lotta fun watching both videos, lengthy, but very neat.

I love game 3 when levy says "oh" idk why but I find it hilarious

So good! Can’t wait to watch Eric’s video

This was SO MUCH FUN to watch live on both streams in parallel. One side: he will play this then this then this. Other side: what to do in this position? Or: this and this is coming. Other:what if I play this line?

nice to see a match like this where the opponent actually knows something about the opening played

Great first game! Great playing in all your games really (I came here after finishing watching Eric’s stream , lol)

two of my favorite chess streamers!!!

Eric deserved to win that first game, but I know he'll make a comeback :)

Awesome video. I think you and eric would make a really nice commentary team

It's amazing how Eric manages to stay in the game even though it looks like he is totally losing. He is so good at tricking his opponent.

4:18 Respect

I just realized we never see levy play bishop to f1/f8 when he castles short

Oh man literally the two best Chess Streamers❤️

Literally one of the most respectful players in the community

That knight promotion was epic!

This right here is some great content

That was really a class.

This was the best games I’ve ever seen anyone play

Yo that pawn promoted to a knight?! And then the comeback when you promote to a queen? Crazy cool first game.

“ What even is this game , what even IS this game ?” Lol

6:58 rosen should have just took the c pawn with his bishop. If queen takes back, he could have gone Bh6+ winning the queen.

@jibingeorgephilip996

3 жыл бұрын

😍😍

@tcyoshida8818

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Well spotted. Really dirty move.

26:30 i had that exact position in one of my tactics puzzles, it was a fun puzzle on LiChess

That first game was insane, holy shit

The first game was awesome

What a first game a heck of a game!

kinda waiting this for a long time

6:57 did miss a free pawn? Cause if Bxc4 Qxc4 then Bh6+ with the discovery attack on the queen?

@JohnnyWalkerYT

3 жыл бұрын

I see, I think it works

@XoIoRouge

3 жыл бұрын

Levy loses a pawn and a queen and Eric loses both bishops. We can assuming that after Eric plays Qxc4, then Levy Kxh6 then Qf4+. Levy has the obvious option of walking his king back, but also gains the option to push his pawn to g5. Pushing the pawn punishes the queen, and there are no safe spots to stay agressive. Not just does Eric's queen have to pull out, but then Levy has priority. He might force a backrank rook trade to simplify Eric's pieces with Rxd1 and then Eric's Rxd1. The end result is that Levy's king is quite safe, Eric has only two power pieces left while Levy has three. He can proceed to push queen side, using the bishops to clean up some pawns, and set up traps for Eric's pieces. Or considering that Levy is significantly better than me, he might keep both his rooks and take a 4 piece game vs two rooks and a queen. I know I would lose hard in that spot, so I would take pieces when I can, but Levy knows this game (obviously), so I can't predict his plays there. And of course, all that being said, assuming Levy would even play Qxc4 in the first place. Once that Bishop takes on c4, Eric concedes his aggression. He's pulling his forces out, and that gives Levy the priority. Which as I said, I cannot really predict.

All day Saturday London mayhem?! Yaaas, I’m here for it! Nice, thanks, Rosen and Levy and editors

These matches were very entertaining but the real question is 10 scandi games against JB when?

Now THIS is entertainment.

Can we have a mash up video with Eric's commentary at the same time please?

Very good, thanks.

One reason people might ask what to do against the london is because it's a system rather than an opening. A system doesn't depend on what opponent plays. London system is _basically_ d4 and Bf4 regardless of what opponent plays whereas openings have more specific play from each side like how Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6. But obviously openings can differ and transpose into others and obviously systems still have well known lines to play (and specific openings within them). Just differentiating system from opening.

You two team up and play against hikaru, flag him if he is tuff😅

@niveshproag3761

3 жыл бұрын

Flag Hikaru lol

@goldyarora1977

3 жыл бұрын

Flagging hikaru. Saying is easy but doing is very tough.

@niveshproag3761

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lets flag the blitz world champion lol

"What did I get myself into" this is exactly what happens to me all the time! 😂 Then I loose!

Ohh damn the first match was perfection

first game was fantastic

OMG! what was that first game. UNBELIEVABLE! THX GUYS

Do one of these with the Vienna

That knight promotion man 😱🎉

I am a chess coach and I am learning to be a better player for my team. I am learning more about proper openings and moves. I just can’t tell them why. Do you offer coaching sessions (paid of course) or have live questions and answers?

I like that you guys aren't offering draws

What a first game.

What a first game

These guys are more my level, better but these two are in the zone

can we all agree that taking the bishop at the beginning of the first game would have been better than leaving it?

You can use this link if you want to watch Eric and Levy's commentary together viewsync.net/watch?v=dMCsdhOQmHI&t=61&v=qujwASOGJJ0&t=258&mode=solo

28:16

This is awesome 👏

Mate. You are so likeable! Getting excited when your opponent pulls a badass move! Haha That’s great 🙂

@TimYocraft

3 жыл бұрын

hey aren't you the bellend that got the pin of shame

@joejitsu034

3 жыл бұрын

hirotoy0 wtf are you talking about?

Eric is so fucking resourcefull.

wow what a first game

In 20:07 isn’t Bxa6 a free pawn? I honestly thought he would have taken it. I guess my question is would that be a bad move?

@padraicfanning7055

2 жыл бұрын

there’s a bishop on c8 that’ll win it back

amazing game

I bet Eric at 37:28 was like "oh look, I got 2 pawn triangles :)"

Wow, the moment i peak into the comments, this whole things gets spoiled for me by various different people

3:13 - Levy don't drink link that. No... Just... No... Don't

why couldnt white take a6 with the bishop at 20:00?

As some one who doesn’t know much about chess, why in the first game did Eric promote to a knight instead of a queen?

@steffanrichmond-tucker5443

3 жыл бұрын

He made a knight because it attacked Levy’s queen and king at the same time, thus winning his queen

I'm pretty sure the greek gift in game 3 was correct. I'm wondering what the winning continuation was? Probably qg4? It proves that greek gifts aren't always easy to convert if an IM can do it wrong.

Yes london games!

all game about : he's so dirty ... he's sooo evil.... ... ... i don't know how i am still winning ... closing sentence : i played with fire and i got burned

That's funny, he didn't have you in his friends list so he scrambled to get you on the list so you could continue after game two. :) The first game was so amazing to watch and I couldn't keep up to understand what was happening without replaying a few times. I don't know you guys think so fast. I love how Levy's confidence in winning even after losing the rook in game three was especially wonderful to watch. Of course with my slow brain, I had to rewind to see what was actually happening. Just too fast. It takes me three minutes to make up my mind on one move for goodness sake. Still like watching you battle though.

What a nice video so good

Levy vs. Eric. Awesome ❤

He made a fucking Knight. Wow.

the third game was an old benoni from black according to chess.com i play it alot but im trash so i cant tell if its good or not because i get annihilated every game with it your supposed to let him take the c5 pawn then if he moves the cknight u check and pick up a knight the d6 pawn doesnt come out for a while it transposed into it though so gotham had the same position but everything behaved differently, for example the queen cant go under his knight but his knight can still get pinned which he stops with a6. The old benoni starts as a Sicilian then transposes after the second move, its good for bums basically.

What is this, a crossover episode?

Why i can't watch the twitch videos ??

22:26 isn’t rook d1 not mate because the bishop takes?

Sadly, the knight promotion of the first game was a mistake. Promoting queen was a forced mate sequence

Unreal

Always fun to see a Thor vs Hulk matchup... I would get destroyed by either one of these guys

4:17 he’s literally one of the most respected chess player. Next thing, he has bad intentions 😂😂😂

My two favorite im

Levy the best

we have to admit how much eric nows about opening theory

@andreyutiamco9201

3 жыл бұрын

It’s kinda wild watching his videos. Every move the opponent makes, he always remarks “there’s some [x] idea if I go here. Or I can..” etc etc. Even outside of the London

@ojasdighe991

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreyutiamco9201 no he says as if he has studied those lines but actually he improvises. Watch some of the crazy openings he plays for his first time and still goes like there's a crazy line here.

nice video

Both of my teacher battle each other..... GG THANKS LEVY SIR AND ERIC SIR FOR YOUR WONDERFUL CHESS CONTENT

@detectivemarkseven

3 жыл бұрын

My 2 favorite IMs

where is part 2 ??? Oo

Why did you fork him and didn't take his rook