levy: every game is a banger the first game: draw by repetition

@BigJohnM

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I came here to make this comment.

@indianfan1029

Ай бұрын

Just pure lies. Only Nepo's game versus Vidit may be worthy of being called a banger. Levy just hyping.

@HyperSpace588

Ай бұрын

Well he needs audience retention

@mackyd1985

Ай бұрын

You need to listen. He didn't say that EVERY game is a banger game. He said "We have banger game after banger game".

@music-zv6je

Ай бұрын

​@@indianfan1029 Nurgyul ― Humpy was insane wtf

After day 4 of the candidates I'm sure of three things: 1) Hikaru is shook. 2) Nepo is showing why he's won back to back candidates. 3) Pragg is fearless.

@blainelacquement8808

Ай бұрын

Nepo really hasn't looked imoressive...he's just gotten way up on time and his opponents throw the game away in time trouble. Nepo hasn't really done anything impressive yet

@gugaxd1559

Ай бұрын

if pragg was fearless he wouldnt play that solid against hikaru

@hata6290

Ай бұрын

Clear bias with this one! 👏

@X007g

Ай бұрын

​@@blainelacquement8808 but that's what experience means. He's been here before so he understands he doesn't have to be crazy

@X007g

Ай бұрын

@@gugaxd1559 why not?

We all gotta agree to one thing. Levy is hands down the best narrator of these chess gameplays. There is something unique about the way he analyses the games which keeps us hooked throughout. Even his haters visit his channel and hop on the comment section to get his attention.

@GothamChess

Ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words. Plenty of memes in these comments but the truth is I absolutely love watching these elite tournaments and breaking them down for the viewers. It’s a major reason the channel has grown to nearly 5 million. Much love. ❤️

@MartandBajpai

Ай бұрын

We absolutely love your content, Levy. I open KZread every morning in the gleeful hope to find a new GothamChess video. All the memes and mimics aside, you are the reason for many of us to play and learn chess❤️

@IndiaTides

Ай бұрын

Nah...Agadmator is better.

@OkiDoki181818

Ай бұрын

​@IndiaTides no

@MatiasVega08

Ай бұрын

You should do a video showing the coments you pin in every video just for fun ​@@GothamChess

Wait, really, leading candidates for 32 rounds is actually crazy 😂

@jacobwalker8730

Ай бұрын

Can't believe some people were doubting his chances

@ethanlal4517

Ай бұрын

Ian?

@BiGEnD05999888

Ай бұрын

No, this is Patrick

@sk1ppercat912

Ай бұрын

@@BiGEnD05999888you win today.

@davidhale8034

Ай бұрын

Truly insane 😮👍

The original title is "He won again (23 exclamation marks)"

@paristhewabbit

Ай бұрын

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@danialtahir8726

Ай бұрын

Yes it's actually 23 😂

@edwardkbahati405

Ай бұрын

Wow you actually counted

@DDKKAY

Ай бұрын

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!! …… 😅😅

@MemserRokin

Ай бұрын

lmao no way u counted that

Everybody 2021: Ian is not the favourite Ian: Wins the candidates Everybody 2022: Ian is not the favourite Ian: Wins the candidates Everybody now: Ian is not the favourite Ian: ..

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

and loses wc again😭

@Amoeby

Ай бұрын

​@@savitatawade2403 hopefully not.

@aryan.nayak87

Ай бұрын

My man, Ian becomes "GOD" in candidates 😭

@itsguzzy

Ай бұрын

@@savitatawade2403 Third time's the charm man

@davidhale8034

Ай бұрын

That's a fair assessment. Considering his temperament got questioned after the Magnus Final, Ian has shown tremendous strength of character.

Ian is just a candidate slayer, unbelievable play

@_Wolfsbane_

Ай бұрын

Ra5-b5-b3 was just weird, and not in a good way.

@mandolo100

Ай бұрын

And then he'll choke against Ding again.

@robinhoodwinker8621

Ай бұрын

@@mandolo100 Easy to criticize a coin-toss of a match while giving no credit to the great play of Ding.

@mandolo100

Ай бұрын

@@robinhoodwinker8621 Dings great play doesn't change the fact that the match was very back and forth with quite a few blunders on both sides. It doesn't change the fact that Nepo seems to have some sort of mental issue on the WC stage. It doesn't change my opinion that he shouldn't be the one to challenge Ding because he had his chance. It doesn't change my opinion that the WC format is in dire need of change.

@talkintokentolkeintoekin

Ай бұрын

​@@mandolo100 I think Ding is cooked whoever shows up this year tbh

nepo vs liren rematch is happening

@dhruvtiwari45

Ай бұрын

I seriously do not wanna watch that

@massivecowbreakout7555

Ай бұрын

I hope Gukesh wins candidates. He's been playing really well, and if he won against Liren, he would be the first world chess champion under the age of 18

@ykobrngo3476

Ай бұрын

I think Nepo is just the king of candidates. Aint no one touching him. Maybe not even magnus. Idk why but it really feels terrifying watching him in candidates, after that astonishing dominance over the past 2 candidates tournaments.

@kekkek1911

Ай бұрын

​@@massivecowbreakout7555his birthday is next month I think, so he will be 18 by that time. Still the chess world has never seen such a young classical champ. Future goat?

@brunacinotti3804

Ай бұрын

BORING, no one will care who will win between these 2. The people want to see Fabi or Hikaru.

Vidit sticking his rook between all the pawns was quite the throw. And he used 3 turns to get it there!

Nepo! Nepo! Man deserves to be world champ if he makes it out of candidates for third time in a row. Much more impressive to win round robin tournaments against the best consistently than a one v one match up. Which BTW Magnus agrees as I think of one his demands was for worlds to be a proper tournament.

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

imagine if he loses the world championship again💀

@SevenSeasDrama

Ай бұрын

Genuine question: Do you know for sure (not speculation) what Magnus demands/idea is?

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

@@SevenSeasDrama it has to do something with the time controls

@ykobrngo3476

Ай бұрын

Tbh i think even magnus would have a really hard time beating Ian in candidates tournament, if not outright losing.

@mandolo100

Ай бұрын

He deserves the championship if he wins it, which I will believe when I see it and NOT before.

0:41 Hikaru Vs Pragg 5:00 Humpy vs Salimova 9:26 Anna vs Lei 13:00 Nijat vs Alireza 15:50 Kateryana vs Tan 19:09 Fabiano vs Gukesh 23:57 Vaishali vs Goryachkin 24:35 Vidit vs Ian Nepo You are welcome

@brycefelton4011

Ай бұрын

No need I would rather watch the whole thing

@trollf3

Ай бұрын

thanks now I can avoid the women games he tries to slip in

@razaisqueering

Ай бұрын

@@trollf3 oh you must watch them, some match are amazing

@warriorquill984

Ай бұрын

thank you

@razaisqueering

Ай бұрын

@@trollf3 you should watch, some of the matches are amazing

I fell asleep watching this after the candidates, and got stuck in a dream limbo state where you and Hikaru kept exchanging bodies with each other, followed by me making the "Bro think he's Hikaru"-joke over and over again. It was absolutely horrifying. Thank you, Gotham.

@FredericChopin-if5rn

Ай бұрын

What?

@nathanielgomez8350

Ай бұрын

W dream

@donkarnage6986

Ай бұрын

ya, and that never happen...

@TheScienceGuy10

Ай бұрын

​@@donkarnage6986he literally said it was a dream

@Scenlo

Ай бұрын

@@TheScienceGuy10I think he meant to say the dream never happened

When grandmasters make a crazy looking move: perfect, excellent! When I make a crazy looking move: blunder, mistake, idiot, dumb, stupid.

@u.v.s.5583

Ай бұрын

Do not get offended please, but it is because grandmasters are perfect, excellent players! And I am blunder, mistake, idiot, dumb, stupid too. That's why I watch this channel.

@johnsevilla9755

Ай бұрын

cause they actually know what they're doing, while you are clueless in 700 elo games

@iota8732

Ай бұрын

@@johnsevilla9755 my dudes i'm pretty sure he was just kidding, no need for all that eh

@denischinese

Ай бұрын

Not true

@mapetlv

Ай бұрын

incompetent, unprofessional, pea brained

It's insane that Nurgyul is a teenager with essentially the same OTB rating as Levy, and she's performing so well at the Candidates.

@wheelcalls

Ай бұрын

are u trying to say levy could never make the candidate?

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

🤫🤫🤫​@@wheelcalls

@brawlinharry6461

Ай бұрын

@@wheelcalls for real! levy is basicly a gm already!

@topebaldemoro9200

Ай бұрын

Not to downplay what Nurgyul is doing but in Open chess, the competition is significantly harder compared to Women's.

@user-ku6rf3rt1v

Ай бұрын

We all know nurgyl can beat levy in classical chess but levy being same rating means he also deserve candidate spot in women section

Candidates Nepo is consistently stronger than World Championship Nepo. That's a problem.

@vincelopez756

Ай бұрын

It's a shame Nepo can't play at his best when it matters most. He doesn't have nerves of steel.

@williamshake7559

Ай бұрын

He's not. It's just that his opponents in the championships have been stronger than the candidates too.

@Blinknone

Ай бұрын

He probably uncorks his best prep in the candidates to make it through, but then the tank is empty for the finals.

@Charizardlison

Ай бұрын

no, its his playing style: he plays super fast and over the candidates he will face some players who will struggle with time and will take some wins. in the WC he faces The most elite opponent who is aware of his playing style. and then its nepo who is more prone to mistakes

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

​@@Blinknone I think he's only winning cuz he plays quickly

Really love the recaps of the candidate`s tournament. Great balance of information and entertainment IMO. Thanks for covering it so well :)

Levy is an undercover GM - *GM who lost to Levy*

@potatomars2443

Ай бұрын

Explains why the quote is made up

Nepo is the king of candidates. He made it clear

@aniketprasad3128

Ай бұрын

The best of the rest as they say

@tomasnagy5975

Ай бұрын

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride...

@gknkrnkjgjugjrgjrng

Ай бұрын

nope . Pakistanis are king of World Cup . it will be proved ,u wait

@reachvidurmurali

Ай бұрын

@@gknkrnkjgjugjrgjrng Irrelevant. This is chess

I really like that when you put numbers on the thumbnails. Makes the events easier to follow with the algorithm

Ian deserves it more then anyone ever

@c2c001

Ай бұрын

Another perspective is that he already had two chances and failed worse than anyone ever failed before so perhaps someone else should get a shot. Of course, neither perspective has anything to do with real life. In real life whoever won the tournament is whoever deserves the chance.

@Tuh_qh90

Ай бұрын

​@@c2c001 its not like other candidates gifted nepo those 2 candidates. He won with his strength

@seife41

Ай бұрын

@@Tuh_qh90 yea and its not like someone will gift him the WC Title either...

@sylvesteruchia5263

Ай бұрын

Facts , Nepo always shows up at the candidates. Always ready to whoop em.

@sylvesteruchia5263

Ай бұрын

​@@c2c001 Those chances didnt just land on his lap , he earned each one fair and sqaure. He proved that he is the most determined and prepared player each time .

Double majoring in comp sci and astronomy your videos are the only thing that helps me calm my mind at the end of the day. So thank you and keep up the vids haha

Nepo going to win again and choke at the world championship

@miorioff

Ай бұрын

I don't mind it, I just wish for good finals

@leodii6441

Ай бұрын

ngl with dings current form, winning the candidates gives you like a 95% chance of becoming world champion.

@emmahird2795

Ай бұрын

Sadly, I think you're right

@houndnz4703

Ай бұрын

​@leodii6441 inb4 ding has been sandbagging his opponents and he is actually a super saiyen who spent years in a hyperbolic time chamber

@BigJohnM

Ай бұрын

That was so last year!

I bet my soul that there will be this one npc that says something along the lines of “I liked my own comment.”.

@zorza8907

Ай бұрын

I liked your comment.

@--_-__-_--

Ай бұрын

Found one already

@LogicalQ

Ай бұрын

I down voted my own comment.

@supersocks-ep4fs

Ай бұрын

I am a super sock

@huttonmoon

Ай бұрын

Or “Levi never fails…” or “I will do x pushups for every like…”

You’re Great Levy Love the Intensity of your Recap you are definitely Original Great Style especially how you Broke that Nepo Vidit game down Much Thanks

The fact that Ian was always firsts, after 32 games on candidates tournament, with the best players in the world in that moment is actually insane. Hope he'll get the chance for rematch against Ding, I believe he deserved it.

@lynox172

Ай бұрын

3 times the charm

@RyanAnderson-re6zx

Ай бұрын

@@lynox172☝️🤓

Man your commentary is so good. Keep on keeping on brother

Ian Nepomniachtchi for the candidates three-peat 🎉 I hope this time he wins the world championship

Thanks for the daily reviews. The best, as always!

21:10 Ra3 had two ideas - pushing c4 and taking back with the rook (after Rc3) so that the queen still guards a4, and rotating the rook over to f3 or g3 after the knights land on f5 and h4 to begin a king-side attack.

that humpy vs nurgyul game was nuts dude omg😭

Love your videos. Would love to see updated standings

First time I’m following a chess tournament. The commenters are doing a fantastic job. But as a new player to the game I really appreciate these recaps, It’s like rewatching a good movie after decade you remember some but not all and you can enjoy it in another way.

Nepo turns on some super powers for the canidates

In Gukesh Caruana Ra3 follows the linear development and initiave principles. Namely white doubles with Ra3 and Ra1 threatening to win the game with axb5. Against this play it is likely that black will need to play Rb8 and concede the A-file which the engine no doubt values for space.

@user-ku6rf3rt1v

Ай бұрын

Give sor some money

I loved the explanation for the ending of the Muzychuk vs Lei endgame. Very instructive on the correct way to do that king chase. It is so counterintuitive. Also appreciated the breakdown and background of the Berlin endgame for the last match.

Still awake just to watch your recap video Thank you levy ❤️

my favorite time of the year for gotham content

Autobahn existing and levy saying driving is an american thing

@wahbi79

Ай бұрын

Autobahn existed to transport between the cities, in the USA you use highways to get from one side of a city to the other side

@taxrate

Ай бұрын

i dunno, americans go on like 10 hour drives just to meet their parents bro

@arvid_music

Ай бұрын

@@wahbi79 wow, sounds almost like most cities with an autobahn said with such confidence LMAO

I love the mad scientist hair, total wild man.....!!!

Something about the candidates just brings the beast out of Nepo

Babe wake up, cracked out Harry Potter has another video

Just imagine Nepo's career if the world chess champion was the winner of some kind of world championship tournament.

Another fantastic breakdown of the games. Thank you! =]

Can I just say how much I love the unnecessarily excessive number of exclamation points on this video. IDK why it makes me laugh so much but Levi you're hilarious

i lost my high school chess tournaments in the final every year to my friend who is really good. after watching and learning from levy i can finally say i got my revenge and beat him 3-0 this weekend. hardly a triumph but revenge is revenge. thank you levy. keep inspiring.

@FredericChopin-if5rn

Ай бұрын

LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐪

@user-kc2jp7vk6x

Ай бұрын

What's your friend's elo?

Was waiting for this, some of the women's games were INTENSE today.

The best of this round was peter Leko talking about the "evil" and "evolution" bar

didn't know chess could be so tense i was shaking as levy was breaking down neo vs vidit

Nepo is a monster!

Bro hikaru is not really in the mood 3 draws and a lose Thats really bad

@GingeroFee

Ай бұрын

With a total of 14 games and having one of his draws being with black against fabi, I wonder what your definition of "bad" is?

@wahbi79

Ай бұрын

@@GingeroFee we will reach round 11 with hikaru having 2 loses and 8 draws and you will be like : there is still 4 rounds i don't know why y'all rushing 🤓, buddy, you gotta assert dominance from the beginning , and hikaru is surely not doing it

@Dax_Maclaine

Ай бұрын

@@GingeroFeeTbf, he drew fabi barely, got mauled, the abasov draw was just boring from nijat so he couldn’t do anything good or bad there, and then got easily equalized and made to force a draw by prag. He’s not looked good at all this event. He could still turn it around, but he hasn’t had any good or promising showings so far

@Chase_Adams

Ай бұрын

What has Hikaru done in top level OTB chess recently? I feel like the last few tournaments I've seen that he's been in, the narrative has been "Hikaru is not having a great tournament." When do people start to recalibrate expectations?

@equi9317

Ай бұрын

⁠@@wahbi79 Ding liren was on one loss and 7 draws going into round 9 of the last candidates and then proceeded to win the next 4 out of 6 games to finish sole second. Its never too late in the candidates.

I started watching your videos about a month or 2 ago when I was a mid 400 rating now I am a 849 rating in rapid I can honestly say thanks to you and your Vienna game, I'm on my way to the 1000s my best game according to stockfish I played at a 1450 rating ... Can't wait til I get there!

Scores back! I feel heard! 😂👍🏾

Hope nepo does well against pragg

its been 17 seconds, I dont watch chess, why do I see this.

@fifadude1124

Ай бұрын

you have been chosen. The same thing happened to a guy called Magnus Carlsen and he's the best of all time. Use this info wisely.

@the-minister31

Ай бұрын

because Chess watches you!

@Spacemang0

Ай бұрын

@@the-minister31 omy gawd

@kamstr1987

Ай бұрын

Chess good. Watch good chess.

@allan.carvajal

Ай бұрын

It's time to start watching chess

Levy never fails to make a boxing analogy

Ian's game was really mind blowing! He shows always really great perfomances in the candidates games! Seems he is saving all his preps for this matches!

Can you please put time stamps so I can watch my favorite game analysis without needing to skip through 10 games to see which is which?

Levy never fails to be Levi

Levy never fails to annoy hikaru while he doesn't even know him nor has the capability to get attention from him.

Леви, спасибо за очередной обзор, да ждём интервью с Яном!

I really want that caro kann course

@self-righteousideologue9398

Ай бұрын

I want Grace Charis. Unfortunately, sometimes we have to live without what we want 😢😢

Agh, interview with Nepo, can't wait

Everything is temporary but levy and his hoodies are permanent 😂😂

I wish you were in big tournaments like this

Next video=OMFG HE IS BACK🫡🤯🥶

*Levi after both players move their E pawns to the center:* Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color/colour ‘green’. Grasses are monocotyledon herbaceous plants. The grasses include the "grass" of the family Poaceae. This family is also called Gramineae. The family also include some of the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae).[1] These three families are not closely related but all of them belong to clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common life-style. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others. Many grasses are short, but some grasses can grow very tall, such as Bamboo. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places and make grasslands, including areas which are very arid or cold. There are several other plants that look similar to grass and are referred to as such, but are not members of the grass family. These plants include rushes, reeds, papyrus and water chestnut. Seagrass is a monocot in the order Alismatales. Grasses are an important food for many animals, such as deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars and many other grazers. Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows. This is a part of why the plants are successful. Without grass, soil may wash away into rivers (erosion). *THIS IS A JOKE dont shame of pin me* idc if i said it wrong either /\

@u.v.s.5583

Ай бұрын

Sir, you just summarized high level chess. Nepo shows up and then there is grass, grass, grass, grass, tiger, grass, grass grass and somebody gets eaten.

@justinkornfeld7979

Ай бұрын

no one read your comment.

I already watched the candidates tournament live but I'm sill here out of respect for you 🥰

Ian only has 2 modes 1: Candidate Monster mode 2: Will not win the WC mode

@savitatawade2403

Ай бұрын

lol

HIKARU IS NOT CARING!!!🗣🗣🗣

For future reference at 5:50 MST on April 7th, 2024, the title to this video was "HE WON AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

@aaaaaa-rr8xm

Ай бұрын

bruh what are you, a bot?

@aidenurschel

Ай бұрын

mst LOOL! pst sweeps and not its even close btw

Thanks so much Levy for showing the woman’s games as well most other you tubers are just concentrating on the big boys so Happy to see Salimova come back with a Win after her loss to Praggs sister

As a newly chess player, you have kept my interest in this extreme sport, as well as helping me gain new insight on a better gameplay. Love the analysis keep up the good work!

Socks to bed = requirement for proper sleep

@LevelofClarity

Ай бұрын

🙄

Bro thinks he’s Hikaru Nakamura💀💀☠️

@FormerH.U

Ай бұрын

Wtf are u talking about u C¥NT!

@hurlibuz1

Ай бұрын

chill

Nepo is literally him in the candidates

I'm happy that both Nepo and Fabi are doing well

Why are men and women split?

@MarHTy

23 күн бұрын

The "mens" competition is open, women are allowed to play in it too if they can qualify

I liked my own comment.

I just watched all parts and this is published right in the moment

Nepo's firing up his boiler

I liked my own comment AND reported myself

*I liked my own comment*

@ThatCoolDude1236

Ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@kabeerlatane9963

Ай бұрын

Getting old.

the Vidit vs Ian game reminds me of that Leila vs Stockfish game where Leila trapped its rook

Ian v. Vidit made me think of a couple high level UFC Sambo players, grappling for a small advantage while the ref actually lets them work.

My favourite part was the fun fact about Ian at the end. Great stuff Levy.

I don’t remember if you did this last time, but the giant round numbers on the thumbnails are super useful. Good idea.

I didn't like my own comment.

@quantumrishi

Ай бұрын

Ok

@allanturmaine5496

Ай бұрын

I didn't like your comment either.

Awesome recap, Levy 👋. Nepo have been leading the Candidates in the last 32 rounds and he is also a gifted ... chess player, just like Judith, Kasparov, yours truly and MANY more talented ... GM's. Absolutely Amazing 😍! Thank you for sharing, my Friend xxx

Ian is insane, he can find ideas nobody else can

Day 4 of skipping the women's games

Yooo I love your content! Keep up the great work and maybe GM will come soon enough.

Keep up your content man! I love watching your videos and use some of your tips and have helped me sharpen my game. Thanks man! 😊

amazing video, Levy. keep it up

Levi’s title for the Ian interview. “Nepo killed how many people??!!!” 😂

From playing chess to relive stress to chess giving me stress

that rook jail (Vidit v. Nepo) is quite similar to the one in the match between chess engines that you covered some times ago! basically the same case, that's sick

This is funny. I follow NBA, football and there are so many channels but here is chess and it is what I watch. Well done!

Humpy attempting the disrespect speed run

Nepo will go down in history as that dude who tried and tried for glory, but always failed before the very end

"I really dont know what else to say, and Fabiano begins to make him pay." Fire bars🗣🗣🔥🔥