Let me know if you like me playing in the 10-minute pool. Also, only for today, 25% off all courses: www.chessly.com/courses

@juowairiabintehossain

Ай бұрын

Woaahhhh u have courses???? Ill definitely buy it

@nbSailent

Ай бұрын

levy gm when? 😂

@kinkarkundu8259

Ай бұрын

From when are you a World Chess Champion?

@kinkarkundu8259

Ай бұрын

Oh, You aren't even a Grand Master yet... why should I enroll for your stupid course? What guarantee do you provide that I can become better at chess just by learning from an online course?

@Flayez-en11

Ай бұрын

Great job levy🎉!

1) you don't need to make it entertaining, its entertaining as it is and 2) it's really ok if it's longer than an hour

@Ziggerath

Ай бұрын

Yeah for me the whole draw is literally just the games themselves + the sleep aid bonus

@ngcool4112

Ай бұрын

based true

@senpai4338

Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@AhmedIbrahim-zl2ll

Ай бұрын

I never really enjoyed levy covering other people's games as much he covering and playing his own

I far prefer this format of playing against anyone in the pool. Playing against 1000-1800 was getting repetitive, and this is my favorite series you do as it allows us to see your thought process and reaction in real time rather than in post-commentary

@xii-e-04-chengmichaelgaret72

Ай бұрын

As a 2100+ rapid rated player, this kind of video is definitely more engaging for me. I usually just skipped to the section of the 1900 and up games of the normal win at chess videos. Hearing your thought process when playing against similar strength players is much more entertaining than just crushing intermediates all the time.

@MrBisque

Ай бұрын

Completely agree, I always cringe at the "guessing and choosing what a lesser player would play" moments. Bolder to try commentary while facing stronger opponents. Seeing Levy in the process of learning so much more valuable for me.

@SamuelVenturaMusic

Ай бұрын

Is that you Levi?

@HHR224

Ай бұрын

yeah...

@maxhenderson1890

Ай бұрын

​@@xii-e-04-chengmichaelgaret72Same, I'm usually around 1950-2000 (2021 elo was my highest), but most of his content aren't very useful for me. It was very useful when I was learning to play however.

My entire chess learning process consists of watching "Guess the Elo" and "How to Win at Chess" and I could not be happier with my progress

@KianOntong13

Ай бұрын

Check out Daniel naroditsky speedruns

@Equinox473

Ай бұрын

​@@KianOntong13*slowruns

@trendstubes

Ай бұрын

ur elo tho?

@vPegasus

Ай бұрын

You gotta start watching the “How to Lose at Chess”, you’re Elo should skyrocket after learning what not to do

@derkommissar4986

Ай бұрын

​@@vPegasusthat's the best videos

17:15 it’s reassuring to see that even at Gotham’s level, the top 0.1%, you’re still not beyond making 1 move queen blunders in rapid.

This is actually great. I like watching Levy get worried. He respects his opponents moves so much more and you can see how giddy he is to comment on his opponent’s strategy the whole time.

"The knight can't really moooo~ moo?" 48:14 -GothamChess 2024

@parsphere6357

Ай бұрын

knights tend to get "neigh"

@parsphere6357

Ай бұрын

thats why it cant moo:)

Gotham if you want to try something different, for a new concept of "How to Win at Chess," you should hide the ELO of your opponent from yourself, and then at the end of the game guess what you think their ELO is based off of how they played, tactics they used, etc. then you can explain your thought process of why you guess xyz ELO, and maybe some tips on how they can best improve. It would be a combination "How to Win at Chess" and "Guess the ELO."

@AP0PT0SIS

Ай бұрын

This is brilliant

@theoneandonlyhooda

Ай бұрын

the smartest thing ever said by the usa

@Blissarmyknife

Ай бұрын

Nice

@chrisdonnell7200

Ай бұрын

How to Guess the ELO

@gabrielalencar2070

Ай бұрын

This comment should be way further up

Wouldn't it be good to give the "Win at chess" episodes a theme like win with d4, win with traps, win with leningrad, win against caro-kann etc. Because I feel like that would make the episodes more rewatchable. One would return to those episodes whenever one would search for something specific. I can't even count how many times I watched episodes about specific openings or traps because I realized that I forgot some things about them and needed a reminder.

@cameronschiff132

Ай бұрын

That would be pretty dope tbh

@alejandropimentel8743

Ай бұрын

Banger

@kyleweir689

Ай бұрын

Doesn’t Danya do things like this?

@archiebaldbenedict5391

Ай бұрын

what's that got to do with anything- ​@@kyleweir689

@lukerobertson5222

Ай бұрын

I disagree, it’s better to mix up the openings so that it helps you get used to more positions

This is my favorite episode! I went from 1200 to 2200 due to you, and I missed the old days when to win at chess I just had to watch a "how to win at chess" video from Gotham! Now I can start winning again 🎉

@hsksjdisis

Ай бұрын

How long it took you?

@Curcubito

Ай бұрын

​@@hsksjdisis hes talking bullshttt

@NieLL1

Ай бұрын

how long did it take to get there? and how old are you? I'm 32 and started playing chess again after many, many years. Currently 900 blitz lol

@liammorin5775

Ай бұрын

@@Curcubitowhy would he be lying lmao

@zay1586

Ай бұрын

Damn that's impressive if true

I definitely enjoyed the higher level chess in this series. I would love to see more of this

The first opponent with name at the end UNAM stands for Universidad nacional autonoma de mexico, one of the best univerisities in mexico and all Latam, they are the champions at college level chess at Mexico, curious data point,

@prplt

Ай бұрын

I only know UNAM because of their football team 😂 ⚽

@ChristianCabralGDL

Ай бұрын

Le dió su respeto bien merecido al chavo de la UNAM 😊

Zero likes in 9 seconds Gotham fell off 😔

@azeemeeandgames2694

Ай бұрын

😂 lol

@potato-tb5uc

Ай бұрын

someone said the same thing in his last video

@oof8756

Ай бұрын

seeing this comment hop around 69 likes is pretty funny

@SouICoffin

Ай бұрын

Except they don't show realtime, so your comment makes no sense, even if not serious.

@sickegless9years452

Ай бұрын

.

I was once paired up against your second opponent and won in an opposite colored bishop endgame. Crazy how there is a link between me and a master now.

I've seen Levy talk about analyzing each game after you play it to get better, and I really love that he shows us the exact process of playing the game and then reviewing it. I really appreciate these videos, keep it up.

For future reference, the title is "ONLY FOR TODAY!!!!!!!"

@petermileo8279

Ай бұрын

First day gang?

@twainrocks4771

Ай бұрын

First 5 minutes gang

@tomixot4172

Ай бұрын

now (1 hour later), its ´´THIS IS NEW. DO YOU LIKE IT?´´

@suberjones6318

Ай бұрын

@@tomixot4172 yeah idk why he changed it it was peak

@erick9826

Ай бұрын

"Beating a Chess Master, step by step" - is the title now

"it could be a cheater" that'd be the fun part tbh 😭

0:27 what a brilliant way to advertise for the clash of claims event lmao

I watch almost daily & absolutely LOVED this episode! I also liked some other commenters idea of having ‘win at chess’ w/ x opening / ‘win around chess’ guess the elo version as well. Ps. Thanks for the free Levi bot availability, was generous to share for free & super helpful & fun! Was a brilliant idea to add to supplement the courses.

Watched you for years now ( during lunch everyday ). You’ve rekindled my love for the game and I’ve now entered my first OTB chess tournament at 42 alongside with my kids! Thank you 🙏. This episode was great! I loved watching you play rapid against 2300s.

Rapid format is excellent for 2000+ elo. 5 min blitz for sub 2000 to allow for more games with heavy emphasis on middlegame planning/precise endgame play. Love the series. Thanks dude

@fredmikhli6713

29 күн бұрын

Quality over quantity even for low Eli

Love the long format and rapid format, mate. Thanks 🤘🏻

loved it!! you can do more of these, but don't neglect doing the ladder ones. This series is the very best thing you do.

Who names their child gothamchess😂😂

@jangroberde2822

Ай бұрын

Couldn´t agree more (sarcasm btw)

@nbSailent

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@professorx3060

Ай бұрын

Smh my head

@SouICoffin

Ай бұрын

Who names their child user?

@user-vr3be4vt9m

Ай бұрын

​ur mom🤓@@SouICoffin

Gotham, it’s me Mac. The one with the Rubik’s Cube at the chess kid festival. I love your content, and keep up the good work

I'd say a mix would be better, like 2 vs low rated Subs and 2 vs random search pool, as the majority of people are much lower rated, seeing how you deal with lower rated opponents is easier to take in, for me at least.

Happy Easter, Levy! Please keep this format up, especially with the higher level opponents. That stuff´s very educational, gives great insight into spotting more obtuse tactics and anticipating attacking ideas for your opponents

You should play with their rating covered so you don’t know what to expect then guess their rating

@nathanbrodie1

Ай бұрын

Can title it mystery elo chess

@bpro5848

Ай бұрын

That is a novel idea! Would be good content for him too

@p4gyt710

Ай бұрын

YES

@RendallRen

Ай бұрын

☝

@Ghost-hy1tl

Ай бұрын

No

And seeing more of what your saying with the computer you can see the connection not just with pawns only now continuation presents its self in best moves situation.yeah its fun and dicey❤😊

Deffinetly one of the best series on youtube for chess it was awsome to see the difference from the normal episodes, ie rating and skill wise, deffinetly one of my favorite episodes, and i wouldnt mind a few more like this!

Loved this!! Both concepts of playing lower rated (around my level) and top tier games and getting a picture of key concepts at a high level

Thanks for all you do for the community Levy!

Levy never fails to not watch his own videos

I love this. I have been wanting to see a master level player talking through their thoughts against opponents of similar skill. 10/10 will watch again :)

More of this Levi pls this is so instructive

Levy never fails to win at chess

@ozkupelaileenyc4330

Ай бұрын

Except at GM norm tournaments

@parsphere6357

Ай бұрын

real

Its not going to be *only today* ..

@filipcifersky3724

Ай бұрын

Only for today is the title of this video.

@PhonkAttack4DX

Ай бұрын

​@@filipcifersky3724weldone your very intelligent

this video is excellent, your best one for a while - also could genuinely see your excitement for the game

This is my favorite series. I like to sit and watch one of these over the course of several days. I like both you playing subscribers and playing randos. This series helps my chess more than other, even if to you it feels repetitive, I feel like with chess I need the repetition for it to stick.

Levy, please make some videos about chess history

26:50 Levy never fails to take

@abuzaynab9363

Ай бұрын

How did you even get to 26:50 the vid is approximately 2 minutes ago

@potato-tb5uc

Ай бұрын

how did u watch it to 26 mins within 2 minutes of the video being published

@larsborghuis1726

Ай бұрын

Vid: is 3 minutes online @maxdercoole227: already 30 minutes in the video

@jazper2020

Ай бұрын

😂​@@larsborghuis1726

@BloxxingDinosaurus

Ай бұрын

It disturbs me how stupid the replies are, it is very obviously possible to skip ahead to a random part of the video and make a comment like that when you see Levy take an opponent's piece.

That first game playing defense was amazing. I face players that love to do these sort of sacrifices all the time. Sometimes it works. Good job.

I’m so glad this is now a weekly series! Can’t get enough 👏🏼

Levy never fails to upload

@PhonkAttack4DX

Ай бұрын

Its his job 🤦

Gotham gotta do a speedrun series from 0-2000

I legit started shouting at 17:27 , when he said he is gonna move his queen to f7💀

Love the concept, playing strong players and giving it your best. Please keep it up!

I love it! This is my favorite series on your channel because you do such a good job explaining your thought process. It has really helped me with my own process of coming up with ideas and calculating them

Hi

Levy plays against random players to show he hates his subscribers. What a shame!

@Krisenaa

Ай бұрын

His subs never show up to games!!

I love this format. I wish I could see all the combinations that you see live during your games. So far, I can only think 2 moves in advance

That was great. There was some real complex positions to learn from. Thanks!

"Congrats to everyone Who is early and who found this comment.. 🐼🐧...,,,

@OJJ3464

Ай бұрын

♟️🎵cheess aaa gaaameee

If only you spent as much effort at studying chess like you do at clickbaiting you'd be GM

Its never dull, I love these series! Love your step by step approach. Keep it coming!

I really like gotham actually getting challenged in rapid. Its still very insightful, but also pretty exciting

First

@dannygough2200

Ай бұрын

Imagine no being first 😂

@dannygough2200

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@dannygough2200

Ай бұрын

Moha ha ha ha ha

@dannygough2200

Ай бұрын

Hihihihi

@OJJ3464

Ай бұрын

Hahaahahahaahah

I enjoy this type of content a lot. Thank you - very instructive.

Fantastic episode, you're so good at explaining your thoughts and to see that at your level is great.

Levy almost hanging his queen is the most relatable part of the episode

This was a great episode. More of this structure please!

I don't comment often, but just wanted to say (in case you read this) thanks for the open beta on your chess bot and specifically access to some primo content. The e4 course in amazing, I went through all of the Vienna (as I play it), and some of the French and Sicilian to see new concepts and love how you present the ideas and how the little drills help nail down the accuracy to your lines. Still haven't seen a lot of it despite going hard with the chess study, and having access to the drills/bot anytime with the course would be great next time a good special is on :) Cool to see you play the French Def. Gambit in this video too after studying it!

Keep doing this. Very instructive. Especially the defense in game one.

I appreciated this high level game breakdown, I would appreciate it if you could do more videos like this one Levy. 🙏

more of this format please, really like it!

Absolutely awesome. Yes, very instructive to see these higher level games. Or maybe a speedrun, where the level goes up gradually.

17:15 for if you ever feel bad about hanging a piece

it was really interesting to see you play people at your level, I think it'd be great if you were to do a mix of both videos like this and videos where you play against people at different levels, since with videos like this one, you show us more complex games and positions that you might not see at lower levels, but by also keeping lower level games you can also showcase situations that you'd maybe only see at certain elo rangers, as an example if you were playing someone at 800 elo where there are situations that you'd only find at that level range due to people still (usually) being beginners

Finally finished this episode. I mostly watch one game a day. Really like the concept.

I dig the format - fun to have the randomness and the skills needed to adapt to whatever situation

I am so happy you were playing a Scandinavian and taking the time to thinking in the 10 minute pool! I am a beginner and having been playing this opening because it just stuck with me. It feels so much more relatable to see you working things out, I can't follow fast games, I don't have time to keep up and pausing constantly is not that fun. I haven't finished the video just paused at 7:51 because I was just like this is so nice, I get to see the considerations and also a master feels so much more human when they consider things instead of blitz out moves at incomprehensible speeds. its like "oh they actually can find these positions tricky" I know you think in OTB but OTB is feels much more official than online, the stake feels heavier. Anyway going back to watching!

Certainly a great video! I enjoyed your live reactions and thought processes. It gave me some insights and allowed me to think on the spot with you. Overall wonderful video!

This is my fav video from you Levi in a while! Glad how to win at chess is back and very excited to watch higher level opponents as I am 1800 and don’t get much out of most of how to win at chess

Please do more videos like this. I really enjoyed watching it. 👍👍

Yes! Love the jeopardy, and the humility with which you happily show your errors. Regardless, none of your videos are boring. Perhaps they are to you, but I, for one, will never get tired of your wisdom and NY banter.

Love this. Gimme a Levy speedrun

Thanks Levy, I really enjoyed watching you play against very strong competition.

I like all of the live comm videos it's cool to see the thought process in real time. Would be cool to see you do a speed run series and recommend openings and ideas at certain levels

Levy, these are awesome. You have helped me fall in love with Chess.

This series is not getting boring at all Levy!! I freaking love it

For me this is your best series and this was the best one of the series ... It's great to see you playing your hardest to win while being instructional. Would love to see more of these and maybe a chess960/Fischer Random how to win at chess

This was great! Very instructive! Thanks!

I really enjoyed this format. One of the benefits is that you don't have to try and "think like a 1000", but you just play the ideas you have , which you explain well. To improve, it helps to understand what higher level thinking is, and then to try and emulate it. Also, and maybe in this format something that could have a bit more time dedicated to it, is the post-game analysis phase, showing how to get the most out of it. And well done, particularly that first game. I thought you kept your cool in a very difficult looking position and to see how you found ways to fight back was very eye-opening.

Yes! Make more of these videos with this format! Also, I wish it was longer so don't be scared to make the video even longer

I like the old format. But let me tell you, these videos are so informative. I've learned a ton from them. And my boi is back at getting his GM title (which I think he will accomplish this time).

That game against Munger_Avenue was amazing! I think this series is great and agree with others that it’s interesting to see your thoughts in a longer time format against players your range. Interesting to see what it’s like for you to try and figure out what your opponent at your level is up to rather than just easily beating us lower level elos!

Really great series, enjoyed watching.

i like watching you play against opponents that are at your level , i appreciate listening to your thinking process. thanks 👍

The first game was incredibly instructive, the pressure was insane but that's the type of game where we can learn a lot!! Thanks for this 🙏

I really enjoy watching you play strong rapid games. We see you play blitz pretty much exclusively, but I feel rapids have more depth while keeping a good pace. So yes, I really like this concept of you playing random stronger player.

Liked the episode as it is, liked the series as it was, just enjoing this series a lot.

This is very helpful. You're explaining moves very well and tactics on this level are not too crazy, so I can see some or at least understand them (I'm 1500). These games also give much more emotion as you actually can lose. We need more of this format for sure!

Loving this new kind of videos ! Keep them coming Gotham !

Those new win at chess videos are slowly getting me back to chess. Really liked the series, just chill watching and snacking

More of this new format please!

This is really instructive stuff, I like it just as much as the previous episodes

Do more of these pls levy, it helps us both

Love this chapter. Me encanto

i just wanted say thank you for letting us use chessly courses and levi bot for 2 days for free. i took three hours to study caro kann course and thanks to prep i already showed a few 2000s what the pain is. everything seemed pretty simple for my level of understanding and i just know what to do. for now i don't see any holes in what i'm encountering compared to course, so if i had money i would definitely think about buying next one.

Good vid. Can I give another suggestion? Take random challenges, randomized, in a certain window of time you specify? Id love a chance to get a casual game. Id stream it too so you could see it from my point of view :)