As the Brazilian GM Rafael Leitão is used to say: "I saw mate in three, I got mated in two".

@prsancho

2 жыл бұрын

A “How to Lose at Chess” by GM Piglet would be hysterically funny!

@marcelobulhoes6180

2 жыл бұрын

@@prsancho conta antiga, 2006

@prsancho

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcelobulhoes6180, não te entendi. Perdão. Ele tem esses vídeos?

@thiagoschernikau4769

2 жыл бұрын

"No xadrez, ri melhor quem ri depois. Vi mate em três, levei mate em dois." ~GM Rafpig

@marcelobulhoes6180

2 жыл бұрын

@@prsancho falei da sua conta mesmo, criada em 2006, um ano depois da criação do youtube

I'm sure white's heart dropped when the game didn't end when they played Qa8

@elnurfarajov2902

2 жыл бұрын

No, when they realised that they can't take the bishop.

@rorschach775

2 жыл бұрын

@@elnurfarajov2902 That's where I would've realized I was fucked. White getting blocked by that bishop is like force mating yourself. Like a Shakespearian tragedy.

@PhiNguyen-wm4kq

2 жыл бұрын

@@elnurfarajov2902 at that moment, I was thinking to myself: "So? What's the drama? Don't tell me white not gonna take the Bishop and play some stupid move?". And then I realised the eval bar is full of black not white, I was: "???" :))

@disruptor6550

2 жыл бұрын

"Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!....... But not for me!"

@conetay

2 жыл бұрын

If that was me on white I would've deactivated my account at that exact moment

This ending was the embodiment of the „call an ambulance, but not for me“ meme

@alphaarsenic8323

2 жыл бұрын

lmfao for real

@sanmatijain3340

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure even black was pretty sure it's a mate, when he saw time running , started searching for moves, and won

@attrition2379

2 жыл бұрын

dang you beat me to it :P

@darrellwillis4871

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations... You played yourself

@Marhathor

2 жыл бұрын

Was about to make that comment lol

"you can't eat your own bishop!" My eight year old would disagree

@zackbuildit88

2 жыл бұрын

Woah you’re eight year old can already play the Friendly Capture variant? Dang

@bengood24

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine captured his own queen at the World Open once and he’s over 2000

@puppergump4117

Жыл бұрын

The pope spends on average $100 million a year on lawyers instead of firing bishops

@kentmichaelgalang686

Жыл бұрын

kids who aren't even a year old would agree too that you could put any of the pieces in your mouth if you wanted to

@Vombatus_

Жыл бұрын

How old is your 8 year old now if they haven't fed you since they ate their bishop?

This is probably the best chess plot twist I've seen. I've never heard of a chess game with blocking a mate with a mate in 1. Pure insanity.

@thibautverron6590

2 жыл бұрын

And the blocking move is forced, even. Like black didn't need to see the mate in one, all he had to do was not resign.

@alexanderelderhorst2107

Жыл бұрын

Beats Sherlock any day!

@Temerityofficial21201

Жыл бұрын

Mate by blocking mate the ultimate uno reverse card

This is the game from those scenes in movies where the opponent says "check", and then the hero responds with "check, checkmate", and then people criticize the scene for not being possible in a real chess game

@machinedramon3532

Жыл бұрын

They're just so far into each other's heads that it circles back around to playing like this lol

@tonymunene1592

Жыл бұрын

1

@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache

Жыл бұрын

2

@tlpthelowlevelpros5909

Жыл бұрын

3

@NoOne-yv2ei

Жыл бұрын

4

The ending 🤯

@sm00thgames63

2 жыл бұрын

Oh it's you...

@shauryasrivastava1499

2 жыл бұрын

Wassup

@pastamouse2792

2 жыл бұрын

lichess is superior

@byonedekbekbekbek

2 жыл бұрын

💀

@AkshayNumberOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@pastamouse2792 🗿

I would have panicked after playing queen a8 and I hear the ‘click’ check sound and not the ‘badoop’ checkmate sound

@adreak9868

2 жыл бұрын

The worst feeling you can get during a game

@The6stringsmusic12

2 жыл бұрын

Quick call an ambulance! But not for me

@aondutta325

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you not hear the click check sound?

@qyralkent9918

2 жыл бұрын

@@aondutta325 read again

@aondutta325

2 жыл бұрын

@@qyralkent9918 nvm i get it now

This was actually pretty instructional, especially the bit about coming up with concrete reasons rather than verbal arguments for certain moves

@MijinLaw

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, Lev himself often gives verbal arguments but it's nonetheless a good tip (always look for concrete threats rather than vague perceptions) and I also felt I learned several principles from this video (e.g. about double fianchettos)

@danieldragojevic3016

2 жыл бұрын

Well but you still have to think long term

@Ozymoron

2 жыл бұрын

@@MijinLaw I think the main difference is that Levy is an IM though. He can explain his verbal arguments with a concrete reason. He might not always explain the reason on stream or in every video but he understands enough about chess positions and can see enough moves ahead to give something concrete if he was asked

@MijinLaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ozymoron sure and I guess that's what I meant. He gives verbal descriptions sometimes like "king is too loose" or whatever but yeah I know that's often just for brevity on his videos, and more often he goes into variations. I think the quality of his analysis is very good and one of the main reasons why he's overtaken agadmator.

@ThomasLiljeruhm

2 жыл бұрын

Also to focus on King's safety and defense, before pushing forward.

The fact that this dudes Elo is higher than mine and missed mate is depressing. I really need to get better.

@allanturmaine5496

2 жыл бұрын

Man, that's just an average of your plays. Go find some good plays, dude!

@everyzylrian

2 жыл бұрын

1500 is a really good rating man. no shame in not being 1500.

@FefeElChat

2 жыл бұрын

raise your floor, not your ceiling!

@prsancho

2 жыл бұрын

Same…

@agent466

2 жыл бұрын

Well this is proof you can so JUST DO IT MAKE YOUR DREAMS HAPPEN in the words of Shia LaBeouf

Is two digit ELO really impossible? I’m getting really close and I’ve been working on getting it down for years.

@kairodriguez3934

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck man! Looks like we're racing there

@pokmanl9810

2 жыл бұрын

Two digit elo any% speedrun Good luck on the grind

@dinodakker9644

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@manawearblack

2 жыл бұрын

Lowest I saw was 130 but I'm pretty sure the dude like did it on purpose lol

@gabrielfrizzo9064

2 жыл бұрын

The minimum elo is 100, but good luck getting there man!

"His father took 10 rubles from him each time he made a stupid move" Oh so this is why russia has so many gm

@plasmakitten4261

2 жыл бұрын

when your country has many many GMs but no money

@PerfectSense77

2 жыл бұрын

@@plasmakitten4261 They've got plenty of money. It's just concentrated into like 50 people for the most part.

@valinorean4816

2 жыл бұрын

@@PerfectSense77 not anymore... mwahaha!

@DrNiradino

2 жыл бұрын

Thats also a rather brutal fee. If my memory serves me right, typical grocery run of bread, butter, milk, greens and so on would cost you 5-10 rubles, and monthly salary of averge worker was 200-500 rubles.

@valinorean4816

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrNiradino your memory doesn't serve you right, or at least that's long since not been applicable; you are off by more than an order of magnitude

White: *plays Qa8+* Black: Call an ambulance, *moves Bb8+* BUT NOT FOR ME!

Levy: makes a video where magnus plays double fianchetto in all the games Also levy to 1500 rated player : Why are you playing double fianchetto are you crazy

@vbvvv1653

2 жыл бұрын

He also explained that a double fianchetto is only an option against d4 c4 setups, and he said in that video that magnus is playing that because he's magnus Carlsen and can do whatever he wants

@warmike

2 жыл бұрын

@@vbvvv1653 not "whatever". One time he tried to scholar's mate a ~2200, got punished and lost.

@alphag4mer909

2 жыл бұрын

@@warmike scholar's mate is pretty much losing for white, you can't do anything about that fact

@walterbushell7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphag4mer909 Probably not against me against Carlson.

@logandekmarques8412

2 жыл бұрын

As the international master Levy once said: "Look, when they do it, it's called theory, when YOU do it... It's called you're drunk, go home, no more chess for you."

"you can't eat your own bishop!" ChatGPT took that personally

This was one of Levy’s best episodes yet. Wild game plus the great lessons geared toward intermediates. Levy at peak instructor in this one.

I can really empathize with the guy playing white, something really similar happened to me, I had mate in one but I got back rank mated as I didn't notice my opponent's previous rook move on to the open file , love your videos bro.

@fsdfsdfdsuytfgdseg3806

2 жыл бұрын

classic

@WhiteThunder121

2 жыл бұрын

Happend to me too. But I was the guy with the rook. Welcome to 900 elo hell.

@raph_plays6805

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

@sugarist3938

2 жыл бұрын

happened to me too, it was mate in one or two, but one of my moves wasnt check and he back rank mated

@blazingxflame

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Levy at the end of the game: "I usually end it on a dramatic note, BUT LOOK AT THIS DUD"

@edwardmuraru3551

2 жыл бұрын

=]]

Even as a 900 I’ve come up against a few double fianchetto openings the last few days. Probably because of what Magnus did in that blitz tournament.

@drm_272

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a 1300 and it happened to me too

@pastamouse2792

2 жыл бұрын

@@drm_272 1800 here. yeah at higher levels it gets rarer and rarer

@Hassy171717

2 жыл бұрын

So was Magnus's double Fi vs a Queen's pawn opening???

@askill8695

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Hassy171717 he was doing against anything with both colours but then again he's Magnus. he can get away with it

@erikk17

2 жыл бұрын

I played double fianchetto before Magnus. They called me a madman. But in general I am 1800 too lazy to learn openings and no one has any idea what to play against it on this level

2:18 "But, already we have nonsense." I just flat out loved this quote and the way he delivered it. You just know Aman Hambleton would be completely unhinged watching this voodoo unfold.

253rd day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Saccmatt rind a na moss"

@andreamiglietti4267

2 жыл бұрын

Menomale esistiamo noi italiani

@PushyPawn

2 жыл бұрын

Why? Are you a special boy?

16:25 “ oh my god he took my knight mahhhh”

This was one of the coolest, most instructive games from beginning to end I can remember watching on your channel. So much here for opening strategies/weaknesses, midgame positional ideas and exploits, and an absolutely incredible tactical resolution. I always love seeing the GM's artistry being analyzed in great detail, but seeing a 1500-ish game analyzed in this detail is a masterclass for the intermediate player. Very cool content.

@adityaabnca6488

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

Ugh dude Levy brought up the interview 5 years from now thing as a joke and neurons actually fired in my brain and i related so hard i almost cried

@nathan9901

Жыл бұрын

Its 4am lol

As a learner, it’s important to see the “don’t do this!!” Content as well as the “do this!!” Content. Today I learned that have more space means you need to be more aggressive, else it collapses. I’ll give this a go!

@ij4927

2 жыл бұрын

Opposite castles are more agresive and you must take advantage of the pawns that aren't defending your king to attack

17:17 There is a cool simplification trick in this case! ...Qd1+!! forces a queen trade (Rxd1 bxc4 or Qf1 Qxf1+) and Black wins easily

@davitharutyunyan8330

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool! But what would be even cooler is if white could get out of it, maybe by sacrificing the rook for prepetual checks, but seems like it's not possible haha

I enjoy games with less-rated players as much as the next person, but I think this was the most instructive video I watched from you in a long time. Congrats on bringing this type of content to KZread, hope you do more of it!

@doodlesyoru2108

6 ай бұрын

brasil sil sil

Man the good old 1550 days thank god im 800 now

@meow6991

2 жыл бұрын

XD

Discovered check while protecting against a check on your king is something that happens rarely enough on its own - but a forced checkmate immediately afterwards while your opponent was also one move away from checkmate? That's just insanely rare.

This game was a rollercoaster of emotions.

I love how your commentary varies between the elo of the players

“You’re gonna have a bad time.” Dang I didn’t know I was watching Undertale

@na4543

2 жыл бұрын

Where time stamp

I'm always happy to see these episodes. I know that some of my 3am games could make it there, but its still really enjoyable to watch when I eat dinner or just have a break. Great content!

@PerfectSense77

2 жыл бұрын

Your 1pm games could qualify too lol, no doubt about it. And mine too.

I really like the how to lose at chess playlist Levy! Keep em coming!

This videos was fun and more instructional than the low elo games

O M G that’s the most insane checkmate I’ve ever seen

My god, that's such an anime fight scene at the end. NeilC: Hoho, BigShak. You've blundered this game. Now I shall show you the power of the rook-queen checkmate, in your own back rank! NeilC: Die, BigShak! You can apologize to your pawns in Hell!!! . . . NeilC: Gh, wh-what is this?! The... the game... it's not over?! BigShak: Yare yare... you really thought g3 was a blunder... NeilC: N-Nani?! That... that bishop... Tch, this changes nothing! I'll take with my queen! You can't retake it with my rook guarding! You still have no escape! BigShak: Foolish, foolish! Did you forget about my rook on the g file?! NeilC: Th-the rook?! You... you've simply prolonged this game for another turn! I'll just move my king out of check and take the bishop on my next turn! BigShak: It's you who have prolonged this game! Look, everywhere you can move your king will put you in position to be mated in my next turn! You have no escape! NeilC: N.... NAAANNIIII??!?!?!

@Jas019

2 жыл бұрын

Someone animate this please

@Cr1ngePolice

2 жыл бұрын

cringe

@xristakosinlove

2 жыл бұрын

😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@santhoshv6284

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cr1ngePolice no

@mundane3809

2 жыл бұрын

@@santhoshv6284 yes

10:30 I saw h5 here to eventually go g4, is there any particular move order that's better?

Dude I took a break from chess videos for about 9 months, and I come back to absolutely super hot fire content from you Levy. These videos are awesome. You have absolutely stepped up your quality of content since the last time I watched you. Please keep doing these videos because the world will die without them, probably.

That was pretty badass, it's like checkmate via en passant or a pawn promotion.

@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache

Жыл бұрын

pawn promotion mate is cool. pawn underpromotion mate is very, very cool

I'm at the 1500/1600 myself and reeeally appreciate this more intermediate content

@seancarterx

2 жыл бұрын

Same, I think many of us who picked up chess during the post-queens gambit boom have gotten to this intermediate range where the beginner content is only entertaining and the top level content is a bit over our heads. These kinds of videos are perfect and this wasn't even a typical 1500 rapid game at all (3 piece blunders is VERY unusual in longer time controls at this level, at least in my experience.) I'm sure we could all benefit from more 1400-1600 game breakdowns. I also cross my fingers for good guess the Elo games in that range.

@elomial724

Жыл бұрын

​@@seancarterx Imagine being such a looser and watch Netflix lmao. How can you all waste so much of your life on such a bullshit?!

Levy saying "Man's not hot" just made my day 😂

LOVE THIS PLAYLIST, thanks for uploading, your great gotham!

Now that I think about it I really wanna see an opposite side castling speedrun

I was playing a really solid game (I'm 1350 btw) consistently had an advantage and after my opponent finally cracked I'd gotten up to +10 advantage according to stockfish in a couple of moves. And then I hung back rank mate in 1. I hated myself in that moment. At least I won the next game so I got my rating back. The fact I almost beat that 1450ish player is still a good sign to me that I will climb up past 1400

@ryanhanson3365

2 жыл бұрын

To 1800 you go!

I love chaos and I love your content. Keep it up Levy!

I had a game like that once, where my king and my opponent’s king were two squares apart. He moved his queen to the square in between our kings, thinking he got a kiss of death check, only for my queen to take his queen and mate him.

I just wanna say Thank you Levy Through your videos and funny commentary I've gotten back into chess and started to take it more seriously and today I won my first tournament

@denekhesab.2527

6 ай бұрын

That's super cool

This is my facourite video in a while now. Clear instructional content delivered in your signature style. I actually learned something!

8:45 it's a declaration of war in chess I thought chess was Already war?

I learned an important lesson from this game, about myself. When prompted, I actually evaluated the position correctly and found the best move despite being an 800, but in games I’d never find them, so I need to learn to step back and evaluate positions more and give things some thought.

Britain VS Ireland, a battle as old as time 🤣🤣🤣🤣

2:15 So when they lurch out too far like that with their pawns, in the opening especially, and you haven't moved many or any pawns, is it almost always a good idea to try to undermine them in the center like that with your own pawns before bringing out any more pieces? I'd love to see some more Gotham videos on this type of garbage pawn opening stuff, and garbage opening and how to punish in general. Great stuff!

"You can't eat your own bishop!" ChatGPT begs to differ.

The discover check with the bishop takes to eye against eye to a whole another level

*I think that this is the Most Luckiest Game of all time 😂😂.*

@prsancho

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a worst one. Check “The Worst Move in Chess History” video.

If I could play 400 like this I’d be 800 10 months ago

Big Shaq x Neil Cicierega is a collab that NEEDS to happen now.

This is wild. Just found this video and it's easily the wildest game I have ever watched especially the ending. Great analysis, great setup for the ending.

Levy's, "I think I have it [adhd]", makes a lot of sense, and I thought this for a while. There have been many videos where Levy explains he made a move against a strong player and immediately regrets it. Now, I'm not a psychiatrist, but that is one of many instances where I though, "I think Levy has ADHD!" That impulsiveness and the creativity he shows is very ADHD-like, in my opinion.

@gabrielandradeferraz386

Жыл бұрын

all moves can look great in the one second it takes to make them

14:55 Levy : this pawn is not worth it. The pawn : I have feelings too ;(

This is perhaps the greatest example of falling on your own sword to smite your enemy I think I've ever seen in chess.

White's heartbeat before playing Queen to a8: Solid 80 beats per min White's heartbeat when it showed Qa8+ and not Qa8#: 1671267176172671762716727612761 beats per min

When you showed me the last check I actually laughed out loud at a chess move for the first time in my life. that was pretty awesome.

20:00the second I saw m1 my brain looked at every move to find it

Man. B5 to go Nb6 and Nd5 looked really good in the 10 seconds I spent on it and Levy killed my soul.

"But you can't eat your own bishop!" Chat GPT:

"You can't eat your own Bishop!" ChatGPT: *Let me introduce myself*

10:42 as someone about 700 elo. When you asked what the best move was. I looked around. At first I thought rook behind the pawn that’s by the white rook. Then I realized the pawn is protected so then I looked and say b5 pawn and I was like, yeahhhh if knight takes, you have 2 protectors

@isavenewspapers8890

8 ай бұрын

White cannot take anything with any knight.

15:25 I love how I have adhd and levy’s videos are honestly some of the only ones I can fully get through with constant interest lol

Levy for me you've made chess cool again. Keep carrying on man, and thank you very much!

I love your vids, they always make me laugh-cry, Keep it up Levy!!

Me waiting until Magnus plays e5 with white with some alien high advanced knowledge he probably has and we consider it a genius move 😂😂

''You can't eat your own bishop!'' ChatGPT strongly disagrees

should be called "Grand-masters make a ton of blunders, what happens next is shocking."

Awesome game, love the commentary. I had to laugh when you talked about the kneejerk move and "zzooom". Still laughing from it. Crazy game, this feels like a lower or equal ranked game than mine (I'm 600-700). I did not think 1500 were this bad. But love the game, the drama. and the crazy chaotic swings from the constant blundering both people managed to do. Awesome

When the title is full caps, you know we’re all gonna click and we are going to be entertained

"it's like a kidney stone... If anybody watching this has passed one then they know its, its not good" This is the high intellect hard hitting chess analysis I come here for.

Black King: Call an ambulance, call an ambulance, but not for me

damn, blocking a mate in 1 with a mate in 1

10:07 For this sequence my 2 thoughts were g5 and bishop d 5 and I'm surprised he said both of them and it was a better move than the 1500 played because I'm only 800(probably more accurately 900 because most of the time when i lose its because of 1 blunder)and I found a better move then the 1500.

That comments about viewer retention was kinda odd to me. I am always engaged and exited to watch your videos to the end!

@TrulyAmerican1944

Жыл бұрын

Most people aren't. I've noticed my classmates fall into the stereotypical dopamine resistance and they just scroll endlessly. I annoy them when I say "don't scroll that vid is interesting" but they scroll anyways. They don't give videos a chance based on thumbnails or the first second. I have also noticed that I avoid anything over 20 minutes now.

@suname8836

Жыл бұрын

@@TrulyAmerican1944 yeah it's really disappointing to me because as a chess KZread channel what are you meant to do? It's just unfortunate

This is much more intense than the whole of Netflix

I once won a game of chess with only a king by offering a draw until they resigned out of annoyance. I am not proud of it

Yes Levy, I do love chaos and I love ur channel

The analysis at 18:20 is pretty funny because Levy is talking about defending the pawn but it's mate in 5. Obviously a bit beyond these players and far beyond me, but nice to see that Levy is with us on that one.

the bishop back to cover + discovered is beautiful

When you deliver checkmate and the game doesn’t end

6:25 i know where i'll be after 5 years still watching " gothamchess " :)

@manioqqqq

Жыл бұрын

𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕕

If this game was played by GM's .. the moves of this game would be considered genius

@UmerFarooq-jy7jo

2 жыл бұрын

You clearly dont understand this game.

@imnothighipromise1563

2 жыл бұрын

this says a lot about society

@blooved4389

2 жыл бұрын

@@UmerFarooq-jy7jo agreed lol

@adeebmohd4839

2 жыл бұрын

@@UmerFarooq-jy7jo bro i wrote this as a joke .... I am 1900 rated

This was a beautiful game, blunders and all.

Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance! But not for me!

Amazing ending, can't believe people who watch your videos don't watch them all the way through, why would any sane person only watch half the video? Makes no sense to me whatsoever. Your videos are interesting, and always have a good ending. I don't get it. This was a really good video, and I didn't see the checkmate in one, I thought it was all over. Good video.

Two digit Elo isn't impossible. I don't know how you don't have an Elo matching your 72 IQ if you think it's impossible

@dxrkness4802

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment history is all just negative comments, yet you're still here. Tryna fish for that pin?

@walrusrequiem

2 жыл бұрын

man’s thirsty for that pin of shame guess his parents don’t give him enough 🗿

I would have cried if I lost this

That bishop B8 was absolutely busted

protecting your king and attacking the enemy's, in a single move

Unbelivable match.

feels so good to wobble out from threat and win like this.