“ is it over???” What a stupid title. I haven’t even watched the match yet. But I can count on levy for spoilers!

@saplingAr

2 жыл бұрын

amogus

@oscarvirgo36

2 жыл бұрын

pin of shame

@marcosettembre

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of shame

@Vyrene

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of Damn Shame

@ryznak4814

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of shame

"Nepo is the only one with a positive score against Carlsen" - Carlsen: "and I took that personally"

@sujay750

2 жыл бұрын

@@vilka2325 No.

@ghastly7683

2 жыл бұрын

Eric Rosen is calling

@gggaming4tg

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it 4-4 now?

@thomasreid2609

2 жыл бұрын

@@gggaming4tg yeah so it's not positive anymore?

@gggaming4tg

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasreid2609 ah, no I was just asking to make sure

The World Championship isn't even (officially) over yet and I'm already looking forward for all of the next events! Thank you Levy for you dedication.

@aname4141

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure Levi was biologically engineered as a baby to never need to sleep

@zanecolin7859

2 жыл бұрын

You can see the score next to the names as soon as you open the video.

I'm happy to see even Magnus supporters hoping for at least one Nepo win. That's very respectable.

@romojon6557

2 жыл бұрын

Magnus supporters???

@epicn

2 жыл бұрын

@@romojon6557 Magnus fans

@crowbar_the_rogue

2 жыл бұрын

I'm rooting for Magnus but I do feel very bad for Nepo. He was doing so well for the first few games but after his first loss he just crumbled. I hope he can recover and give Magnus a run for his money.

@romojon6557

2 жыл бұрын

Ain't nobody likes magnus

@eiriktexe4475

2 жыл бұрын

@@romojon6557 ok dude

This man doesn’t rest, loving the quick uploads on the recaps.

@svenpoletka5236

2 жыл бұрын

Levi would have learned so much more if he was not is such a hurry to spew out a video asap

@slowburntm3584

2 жыл бұрын

It's his job. Being one of the first recap videos after a live game is an absolute must! If he wants to stay the best and continue his channels growth.

@alessandrocanal6184

2 жыл бұрын

Man it's his Job why the fuck he should rest when there's world championship?

@vinnoagustinus7271

2 жыл бұрын

pretty sure Levi watch the tournament for hours and run a lot of move through engine and watch all commentary, so recording this is easy for him after the game is over. and soon after the game is the best time to record this, because his memory still fresh. afterward he can go do something else.

@svenpoletka5236

2 жыл бұрын

@@alessandrocanal6184 Take a chill pill bro no need to get your panties in an uproar

I hate to be nepo at this point every SGM has something snarky to say about him not to mention he is up against the greatest chess player of all time. Hope he gets a W for moral victory.

@0NicoLoco0

2 жыл бұрын

To me it seems like every other high level player has been nothing but curtious towards him. Not saying you're wrong, mate. It would have to suck to face Carlsen in his current shape. In long stretches he plays supercomputer-like and in many cases plays a game above what the simulators have to offer. Crazy.

@EzekielDBarrett

2 жыл бұрын

It's ok, Ian will get to smoke most of the ones who've been critical

@NicoDavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@EzekielDBarrett yeah..fabi is so funny tho haha

@olivetree7430

2 жыл бұрын

C'mon I'm not watching world championship to see someone blundering a Bishop . I can see that by playing chess myself

@kad9947

2 жыл бұрын

@Forsaken Bacon They won't criticize Nepo if he play like his actual strength

Yes it's over but lets acknowledged that nepo for even reaching that level and there is no shame on losing to the world champion

@randomcatgirl

2 жыл бұрын

Sad to see so much people critizing it. Yeah he blundered a bishop, okay, but happened to a lot of people at this level. I mean, even Magnus did blunder a piece or a mate, whatever.

@neitrin

2 жыл бұрын

Check how much money he will receive. He could prepare better

@joncena4538

2 жыл бұрын

@@miyaaauyeuye2385 tf wrong with you

@LucyMusic1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@joncena4538 it's a bot

@remi.u8164

2 жыл бұрын

@@neitrin Not again with this crap. Stop accusing him for god's sake. Do you have proof? I would love to see it. You're just embarrassing yourself, honestly. I have no idea where you find such dumb, senseless information. If you don't like the championship, don't watch it, simple. It's better than filling up youtube comments with bullcrap information.

Give this man a boring chess game to talk about and he can turn it into a Rollercoaster, Some talent he's got there.

The only thing faster than Nepo's moves is Gotham's uploads!

@KevinTMartin

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 well played

I never thought of covering squares as being “mined” but that’s a great analogy.

Nepo stops the rot. Going back to the Petrov to steady himself and take a draw into the rest day. Still a very big mountain to climb... Thanks again for all the hard work on these recaps!

@rickrick5041

2 жыл бұрын

No time for a Petrov and draw.

@pagnedaman3777

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that's what nepo was doing when he drew game 7. I thought that he would come back solid. Then he dropped two in a row.

@eiriktexe4475

2 жыл бұрын

Ian has to win with black, and has put himself in the position where he must win 3/4 to reach tie break. Although he may have felt to unstable to actually go for the win, I felt he was still broken from yesterday when he arrived at the board

@rickrick5041

2 жыл бұрын

@@eiriktexe4475 The fact is no matter how he feels he’s in a match and could not afford an easy draw in the Petrov. He just made it even easier for Magnus

Thanks for the recap, Levy. I actually wasnt able to watch the match today and rewatching an archived stream by myself is way less interesting than having you summarize the game for me so I really appreciate it! Keep up the good work man

Levy I want to say thank you for these recaps. I’ve got a busy life and I can’t spend hours of my day watching the match but I love chess and I couldn’t just let the world championship of one of my passions slip by. You make these rounds easily digestible and instructive along with putting your amazing personality into it. Thank you

When the commentators started talking about “critical moments” I think I lost all of my critical braincells

I think Magnus has programmed the word “absurd” into our heads.

@glopena3986

2 жыл бұрын

I concur.. It is absurd how pliable we all are

@Auzzie015

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was Albert Camus who did that.

@lyssalud6781

2 жыл бұрын

also into nepos, using it in the interviews

@pedrochalaco1

2 жыл бұрын

That's absurd.

Im getting back into chess this semester. Your commentary has made it as interesting as any sport! It has made my transition back into the game so much easier. Thanks!

Levy you are so fast at uploading these recaps I’m literally still watching the press conference right now haha! We all really appreciate it!! ❤️

"If British, it would be knives." ...it's true, but you don't have to say it xD

@LucyMusic1999

2 жыл бұрын

That was the best joke

@zombieslayaaaa

2 жыл бұрын

As a Brit I laughed my ass off at this

Thank you Levi for commenting on how Magnus broke all of the opening principles. I'm always disturbed when GMs block their bishops and pawns with a knight they're moving for a 2nd time.

97th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "È fnutt o iuoc? A decim partit ro mondial e scacc"

@MatteoCozzi

2 жыл бұрын

bella

@lenzschwarze

2 жыл бұрын

Finiu u iucu? A recima partita ru mundiali ri scacchi

@asdgujgimacanyan8250

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again

@scherbakas

2 жыл бұрын

I don't speak Neapolitan but I wish there was more content in your beautiful language. Go on!

Credit to whoever is creating the thumbnails its art.

@wangweiyi8478

2 жыл бұрын

Eric Rosen tweeted the photo so he probably took the shot (he is a photographer there)

Your coverage of this event has made it so enjoyable for me. Never followed a prominent chess match due to the time it took and I’m only 1300, hard to understand all the moves. Thank you Levy!

@coachmcguirk6297

2 жыл бұрын

You are super old!! 1300? You could have played with the people who invented our varient of chess. You could have had a game with morphys dad and uncle where you developed all your peices and taught morphy modern chess before he invented it.

@meglebins391

2 жыл бұрын

@@coachmcguirk6297 😂

@marcuspoosz2190

2 жыл бұрын

@@meglebins391 only 700 years younger than Jesus

@Ramin2340

2 жыл бұрын

@UCtoOXOoUumfzw3VCw3_LjEg you'll be back down to 1300 soon dw

@sagarsharma877

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 700 and its even hard for me to follow many of the lines. I depend on the commentaries and Levy's uploads to make sense of lot of the nuances.

you should do a video where you work with an intermediate player that has the basics, do a crash course on an opening you don't offer (as that would probably lose you money) maybe have them do like before and after games. Might be a good advertisement for your courses and would be awesome content. depending on the time frame you can definitely have the video be under an hr and probably get good retention with a narrative. I imagine your content doesn't get demonetized often, and longer content means more ads, and profit for you. (might be bad at math which made me leave marketing to poly sci, but I can have good ideas lol) also have been loving your d4 course, which has made my masters massively more bearable working through the "London".

Thanks for these Levi! Would love a series after this world championship going over famous games from past world championship games.

Been following you for a year, love your content Levy. Especially guess the elo and 10min opening videos... Could you make one on the Petroff perhaps? Watching this opening in the recaps was really interesting

@MistaOppritunity

2 жыл бұрын

Believe me when I tell you, unless you are to the point where you want to learn an opening to play in tournaments when you just need a draw, you don't want to play the petroff defense. It's literally just black coming straight out the gate going, "draw?" If you're dead set though, if white takes your pawn, don't take his pawn back. That's a huge blunder because of Qe2.

@adifferentusername999

2 жыл бұрын

@@MistaOppritunity if you're playing someone higher rated it can be good too, 'cause they could overpress and lose, I'm 1950 otb and I've won against an NM that way.

Ian's in damage limitation mode now. The last thing he wants is to play the Sicilian and end up on Guess the Elo somehow (given his form and mental state rn, anything is possible)

@MrCheeze

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no point to going for wild play like in game 8 or 9 anymore, the match is already lost anyway. Might as well play solid even if it will probably lead to draws.

@Kokurorokuko

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrCheeze He should do exactly opposite. I'm not a GM but if you're in a lost position you have to take risks and play actively. What's the point of playing for a draw every game?

@vtryuga2610

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kokurorokuko He is severely lacking in the self-confidence department since games 8 and 9. I think it is important to understand the need for stability in these situations. I'm expecting some fireworks in game 11.

@AshRyze

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kokurorokuko He is not playing for a draw. He plays the position in front of him and makes the move he thinks is best. He won't intentionally play not the best move to keep winning "chances" its hope chess to think this way, besides he still needs to worry about life after the match, rating points are not easy to come by. Draws are inevitable in high rated chess.

@THEpicND

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kokurorokuko the point is to resign without resigning. Attempting to win at this point is just for ego. Its basically statistically impossible for ian to win the match or even get to the point of forcing a tiebreak

Always do watch your recaps after game live streams. Love you man!

Been going through your old puzzle training with Hikaru, setting up my board to take the time to try them myself. Would love to see you get back into that series since you’ve clearly sharpened your playing since then.

Any backwards knight move ever, Levy: That is a fascinating move!

I'm so ready for this recap after watching the game.

This video was great! Interesting and insightful with a healthy portion of memie gold. I'm dying. Keep doing what you're doing! Blooming legend!

Amazing as always 👌👍, but we don't wanna get outta here lol 😂 we want more videos, so we go back and watch the ones we haven't seen yet! I didn't know about Gotham until following this year's championship, however i quickly got re-addicted to chess thanks to these videos! Haven't played in a year and now I'm back in the game!

You're great man, thank you, amazing recaps!!

"I was so close but then I just blundered all my pieces" I feel attacked, sad and understood at the same time.

Great recap...so instructive and fluent, very easy to follow. Thanks very much levi... you're a legend

Levi, could you please make a video explaining the concept of conversion? Great video, as always.

Your coverage on all of these games has been incredible.

I hope that we will get at least one spectacular win for Ian. Just so he doesn't leave the match crushed and has willpower to get another match! And of course for the glorious recap by Levy!

@hydrohasspoken6227

2 жыл бұрын

Dream on.

Let's gooo Levy with one of the best recaps out there. Not to mention that lightning fast upload!!

These tournament and World champs recaps are great, especially with all the explanation. I'm a little disappointed that there's not much low rated content anymore like pogchamps or sub battles. It's a lot more entertaining when you're cheering for someone that could actually make a mistake, or catch their opponent in making a mistake. These high rated games are almost like watching computers play against each other to me.

@langletprolet8378

2 жыл бұрын

It’s kinda sad that latest Pogchamp was a bomb. Most people didn’t even know it was happening.

@MHGFTW

2 жыл бұрын

@@langletprolet8378 I feel like they didn't get the most interesting group of people. Some of them seemed to not take it serious at all, then others were too good in comparison. I have no issue with a few much lower rated players, but if they don't even care, that's no fun. A great example was the mountain from the first pogchamps. I didn't expect him to do well at all, but he was actually pretty good and was really trying. Mr.beast was also very entertaining especially against ludwig.

“If you had 2 or 3 moves in a row, how would you actually improve your position?” This is the way to think!!!

Love what you do, thanks for all of it, would love to see a Queens gambit revamp.....it would be really appreciated 👍

@hugo57k91

2 жыл бұрын

@@suwantosuwanto1239 Who asked

Great thanks for your videos, well, have seen this game live, a lot of GMs (Kramnik, Shipov, Shirov) were just like "it's a simple draw, nothing interestring", but it was kinda useful for me as not a top chess player to hear some good explanations about why this position is a dead draw. Best wishes for you, Levy, and a lot of gratitude for your work!

1:58 I need more of classical British Levy in my life!!!

"6 out of 9 is a very nice score" I don't think it was intentional. Lol

@overdosingontomatoes8619

2 жыл бұрын

knowing levy, its prob intention lol

@Odinshi

2 жыл бұрын

1000% intentional, but I was impressed with how he delivered it without showing his inner joy

was reading comments before watching vid and someone said "SICK QUEEN SACK!" got me excited.... damn

The humor in this recap is top notch! Really made my day, thanks Levy

“An unorthodox regrouping..” you’ve never made me laugh out loud. But that voice and joke got me

I love the american way to describe a fight😂🤦... I didnt expected it and i laugh a lot😂👍 Thx for the video man💪

The moment the game ends my life goes into pause untill you make the recap. I am glad you uploaded quickly and after i I am finished watching this video i can continue with my Life! Thank you very much for the amazing content! ( I hope i didn't make a grammatical error...)

@alexisskl7037

2 жыл бұрын

Γεια σου ρε Ελληνάρα!!!

@georgesokas7511

2 жыл бұрын

Μπα δεν πρέπει να έκανες λάθος όχι πως έχει σημασία😂

When I finally realized when I can watch a game of them, that's when I get bombarded with a lot of work. And now that I have the chance to see it, Levy just uploads an analysis about the game, and titled it as "Is it over?"

Your channel is the first place I go when I open KZread. Appreciate all your hard work.

Levy: “6 out of 9 which is a nice score” Me: “Nice😎”

It’s been over for a bit, yes. At least he stayed at the board.

Now I just wanna watch videos of people fighting each other at groceries stores :D Thanks, Levy!!!

Great recap of the game. Thanks for all of the analysis.

Nepo can afford to draw one more game... and must win 3 games to still make a comeback.

@finmat95

2 жыл бұрын

Impossible victory

@blackoutgenez

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a legendary comeback which is nigh impossible

@OCPARKWAY

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah piece of cake right?

@ancientmoron5997

2 жыл бұрын

..against the probably best player of all time* Easy, hold my beer

@icycloud6823

2 жыл бұрын

He can also no longer afford another loss. If he loses it's all over. And if he draws two more games it's also over. It would be seriously amazing if he somehow found a way to win 3 games though.

50% chess talk, 50% guy on crack talking about stories of guys getting beat up at the grocery store

I saw the game in live, but I love to wait for your recap and watch it even knowing the results

Ha ha...love that Levy snipes at the petrov opening because he doesn't have a course for sale on it...

How the hell did you do this? The game has just finished, man.

“Pawn structure pawn structure I’m totally not going to go play a game and just hang my Queen after this.” I relate to this so much you don’t even know 😂

I believe Magness thought knight to d3 would give him the best winning chances, so he was actually playing for a win. He was probably hoping for a complex middle game/endgame without the queens. As he is the absolute master of these types of positions , he thought this would be his best chance for a win.

What i really like about your commentary/explanations is that even tho I don't understand a lot about chess and don't understand why they do what, I have the feeling that I understand the dynamic of what is happening

Levy could u do an opening video on the Nimzo-Indian I think me and many others would like it!

@greatmightypanda

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he's said on stream that he's been planning to do one for a while, other things just keep coming up - it's a pretty theory heavy opening so it's harder to do a video on than some of the more setup based openings

@EpicGamerX

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok

@EpicGamerX

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully he will make a vid on that soon

I just finished watching press conference live and the video is already waiting here. What the hell, how do you do that, Levy the Timelord?

Absolutely love your style of analysis. Accurate, fun and at times hilarious! 😁 Great stuff. Easy sub 👍✌

Gotham the only man I'll watch two unskippable ads for

“He lit a grenade, dropped it in a playing room, and ran away” -GothamChess 2021

3:48 Based

Are these vids getting shorter or i would never have enough from levy's content

Bro "Ah yes en an unorthodox regrouping of the Knight to the center of the board by the world championnnnn" that got me

Never thought i would say this but so glad that nepo finished a game without any blunders!!!

Nepo seemed to start to tire in the candidates tournament as well, then came back after the long break and played brilliantly. Do you think he is showing that mental fatigue causes him maybe a bigger problem than some? I know he may have had a cold the few days before the long suspension also.

@devyadav3273

2 жыл бұрын

It can absolutely be the reason. Not every one is physically capable of that much amount of physical torture.

@harleykf1

2 жыл бұрын

Stating the obvious here but Nepo is an exceptional chess player. Drawing against Magnus for 5 games in a row is exceptionally impressive. Playing a literal human computer for 14 games in a row in front of the whole world is the stuff of knightmares

@mikey22355

2 жыл бұрын

Lol knightmares

@jason561120

2 жыл бұрын

@@harleykf1 I completely agree, Nepo has made me a fan the way he has handled this whole situation.

Great work, so quick to upload and great and understandable for new players like me

he’s so quick with it

This whole match shows why Grandmasters go for safe draws so much. Taking risks at the GM level backfires horribly, and the amount of energy that it takes to execute a decent risk is mentally draining. I think that after this match, GMs will strongly go back to safe draws, especially considering how much bad press was thrown at Nepo.

@WeCube1898

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe in the future they might have a World Draw Chess Championships Win - (+2.5) Draw - (+2.0) Loss - (-1.0)

@maximussaktish

Жыл бұрын

Although that statement is true, nepo didnt even take much risk on this match

The most one sided world championship series in recent history. This reminds me, this guy (challenger) was making fun of a kid when he was celebrating becoming a GM. I can't help but smile. What a beautiful can of ass whooping brought out by Magnus.

@andrewroberts8139

2 жыл бұрын

That wasn't true until game 7 tho

@OCPARKWAY

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewroberts8139 I think you mean game 6.. 👍

Levy this has to be one of your funniest videos the script goes hard LMAOOO

Love all the hard work you put in to these recaps, looking through databases checking everyone elses streams to see opinions but always staying objective and neutral for the most part. GOAT stuff right here. :)

Probably the easiest world championship defense ever Can't blame nepopotamus tho magnoos is just the🐐

@overdosingontomatoes8619

2 жыл бұрын

perfect profile pic

I'm calling a bongcloud being played in this championship.

@pdfbanana

2 жыл бұрын

no 🤣😂💪😈💯 😩 🙌💦😰🔥

Loves your obscure jokes like how magnus dropped the grenade. Great content as always!

I am genuinely going to miss these recaps so much. What am I going to watch after work now?

Video Idea for Levy Get another GM or IM like Hikaru or Anish and play a game with them until the 40th or 50th move and then get 2 subscribers to finish the game and watch chaos unfold as 2 masters watch novices destroy the novelty they started

@Rex-lw7fo

2 жыл бұрын

I second this!

Dont let feeling sorry for Ian distract you from the fact that this wcc proved that Manus is the greatest chess player in history. Not even debetable at this point.

9:11 - Ah, the famous knight fianchetto variation that Magnus obviously saw in your video with Northernlion and decided to use it.

I ENJOY YOUR RAP, Lev, and the fact that you're still hopeful of getting the GM title is inspiring.

Love you commentary , Levy. Thanks for the review!

Man ur so low key down to earth, I love ur breakdowns.

this World Championship and these recaps have really made me interested in classical chess

@dhruvyadav7715

2 жыл бұрын

nah you better don't try it 😂

I do these unorthodox reroutings of knight all the time

“ That is very illegal “ got me good🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

i love leaving the press confrence to levi's recap!!!!!!!

the press conference just finished Gothamchess downloads game. how quick was that

I always keep hope for miraculous comebacks. You can do this Ian!

I died at the part of "he lit a grenade dropped it the in the playing room and ran away, that's not actually what he did that's very illegal." Best commentary on exploding pawns in chess I have heard.

can you make some videos analysis about the world chess championship 2018 because a lot of viewers didn't saw it

I love these Championship videos.

Love this recaps 🧡 Love your commentary