As a 900 for me 1000 is grandmaster

@widojay2048

10 ай бұрын

As a 950 I can agree

@mcsone_

10 ай бұрын

As a 997, 1000 is stockfish

@Ybgoat69

10 ай бұрын

880💀🔫

@fxxllxss

10 ай бұрын

As a stockfish for me 1000 is to be honest nothing because I’m fucking engine

@ic0nix_107

10 ай бұрын

Im 940. 3 days and 17 drinks ago i was 1096

Only a 1000 elo person knows the feeling of being a 1000 rated player.

@wesleymorrison9941

10 ай бұрын

As a 950, I was terrified of facing 1000's. As a 1050, I felt a good resistance against 1000's. As a 1150, I see simple mistakes 1000's make and wonder how I was ever there

@Lucas-zb2wg

10 ай бұрын

@@wesleymorrison9941 I went up from 1000 to 1250 in about 2 weeks and 1200's are pretty bad too lol unless I make a stupid blunder it's pretty easy. You just gotta be more offensive but not in a reckless and they can't really defend that well

@G0SE2

10 ай бұрын

Fr

@AngeloGene

10 ай бұрын

​@@wesleymorrison9941As a 1600, I play like a 1000. xD

@Anipaper_

10 ай бұрын

As a 700, teach me your ways

Thanks for helping me get to 1000 Levy! I was stuck at 1200 for a long time!

@Bat_man07

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂lol🤣🤣

@HedgeHogMan650

7 ай бұрын

oh no what happened

@K1LL3R428

7 ай бұрын

loll

@Umaidshaan

7 ай бұрын

had me in the first half ngl

@edwardmaciejczyk747

6 ай бұрын

This joke never gets old

1000 elo is an interesting zone where we blunder like 800s yet make crazy tactics like 1500-2000s.

@Reddblue

3 ай бұрын

truee omfg I always make like 1-2 blunders in early to mid game, and usually do like 1-2 great moves or even a brilliant move in end game xd

@Mediocre_Gaming1917

3 ай бұрын

It's great because you don't feel like the game is lost yet just because you blundered your queen - there's a decent chance that they'll return the favor

@nickp3949

3 ай бұрын

@@Mediocre_Gaming1917Yeah this is me. I feel like i start doing a lot better in the mid to late game when the board starts to get simplified and I’ve figured out the flow of the game and what my current attack plan is. The opening is always a clusterf- for me because I can’t memorize an opening past like 2-3 moves, and with so many pieces on the board and everything all tangled up, it’s easy to miss something.

@floof6896

2 ай бұрын

800 elos are just 1000 elos still in their shell

@jeroen3657

Ай бұрын

This is exactly me. My biggest tip is play when you are fresh and not tired and stuff.

I'm 1000 elo and I swear to god I face Gary Kasparovs and Bobby Fischers on a daily bases.

@JamesIsntSus

10 ай бұрын

I’m 300 and I face magnus 💀💀

@aakashbaliga1881

10 ай бұрын

​@jameswatchesanime6192 before I started caring about bullet, I was at 1000 rapid and 300 bullet. No joke, some of the 300s I played on bullet were genuinely playing better tactics than some of the 1000s.

@JamesIsntSus

10 ай бұрын

@@aakashbaliga1881 exactly 💀

@JamesIsntSus

10 ай бұрын

@@aakashbaliga1881 bro rn I got forked twice in both moves (all other squares I can’t move) by a 300 💀

@annavmartin1

7 ай бұрын

Yeah

No joke, 900ish elo is waaaaaay harder than it was a decade ago. You mentioned how the first 1k elo player was incredibly strong. I'd say he was a fair representative.

@lezty

10 ай бұрын

bruh it took me no time to reach 1000 elo, it is way too easy if you just don’t blunder you easily reach it

@kendzy7

10 ай бұрын

At both times, 1000 ELO is trash. I’ve never gone under 1900

@stenstensson304

10 ай бұрын

Tbh not really I’m 900 and I’ll sometimes I’ll feel like I’m playing grandmasters until I look through my games and realize I just played like trash

@kendzy7

10 ай бұрын

@@stenstensson304 yes that happens every time even at 2100 level like me then I analyse the game and I see 60.3 percent 😒

@douwehuysmans5959

10 ай бұрын

Once you start looking at what your opponent is doing the climb to 1500 is trivial. People just don't look at what their opponents are doing and wether they are blundering or not. 1000 is tunnel vision galore

I'm surprised by how well Levy played despite playing in a level twice his ELO. Congrats

@miraanchoksi8992

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@miraanchoksi8992

5 ай бұрын

😂

@ilikechessdoyoulikechess

3 ай бұрын

Ong

Reaching 1000 was the pinnacle of my chess career. I’ve gotten up as high as 2600 since, but the feeling I got when I finally hit 1000 remains unmatched

@dot2184

10 ай бұрын

🧢🧢🧢🧢

@brucewillards37

10 ай бұрын

In lichess rating, of course

@idontgetthejoke4393

9 ай бұрын

@@dot2184 2600 lichess is easy

@definitelynottigerwhitten5865

9 ай бұрын

I stopped playing for months after that in celebration 😅

@redfordkobayashi6936

9 ай бұрын

No, you havent. 2600 is GM level.

As someone who went down to 1000 Elo after watching Levy, I wanna thank him for being helpful

@Joel_Duelist

10 ай бұрын

As a 1000 elo... I stand with u 😎

@daviciousbefan

10 ай бұрын

And he sacrificues.. THE ELO!!!

@proskillgaming838

10 ай бұрын

hiserburg

@mrwomanstealer

10 ай бұрын

eloberg

@matercan5649

10 ай бұрын

I love thanking Gotham for making me losing elo.

We wait for life at 3000 elo with Magnus and Hikaru.

10:55 I'm not gonna lie, as a 1600 I thought of the Knight move too. Yes I did forget the bishop.

@brsheshadri

10 ай бұрын

Same as 1500

@Guntages

10 ай бұрын

I understand in blitz but in rapid? Most people I feel get into trouble when they don’t use the time given to them in rapid

@robertakerman3570

10 ай бұрын

My fave was Qwerty's bullet. I suspect a phony rating, but fantastic play from My POV.

As a 900. 1000s never hang queens every game. It only happen every other game and it's for tempo.

@DsiakMondala

10 ай бұрын

I personally like to play high tempo games.

Congrats levy for going from 150 elo to 1000 elo im so proud of you

@SuperKorken

9 ай бұрын

I dont know man i feel like he looked down on 1000 rating too much :D He was 700 rating there

watching levy got me to 1000 elo and i haven't played a game since that point (a week ago) so im not gonna risk it

@frostingly3687

10 ай бұрын

you're gonna dip below 1000 if you don't play soon once you start playing.

@ohitsrusher842

10 ай бұрын

Losing wont make you worse, not playing will

@yourmum69_420

10 ай бұрын

@@ohitsrusher842 but not playing won't make your rating drop

@mayeulcarpentier4100

10 ай бұрын

Ah yes,the true unflawed tactic:if you don't play,you don't lose!

@ohitsrusher842

10 ай бұрын

@@yourmum69_420 And that rating will mean nothing

If you're 800-900 and wish to overcome the 1000 barrier, just learn an opening for black and for white with a few of the most common variations, and I promise that you'll get there easily. For me, just doing that took me all the way to almost 1300. Also, do a lot of puzzles and always analyze your games, especially when you lose.

@asiamies9153

10 ай бұрын

under 1500s shouldn't touch opening theory

@Davide_Romano

9 ай бұрын

​@@asiamies9153that's not true

@idontgetthejoke4393

9 ай бұрын

@@asiamies9153 as a 2100 this is completel incorrect

@idontgetthejoke4393

9 ай бұрын

@@asiamies9153 yu delete both ur comments looool

@asiamies9153

9 ай бұрын

@@idontgetthejoke4393 Nice argument, not surprised

I really appreciate you saying “you just played poorly, it doesn’t mean you’re an idiot”etc. Some games I play very well and the game review says I’m a beast, and other games I make horrible blunders and hang my queen, which is a very sad and discouraging thing. Hearing what you said makes me a feel a lot better.

@prakharpandeyp4

10 ай бұрын

same buddy same

@vikramlothe1709

10 ай бұрын

@@prakharpandeyp4 I get what you are saying, I am 1500 and this type of thing still happens to me. But you will progress faster if you just focus on getting your blunders under control and find your opponents simple mistakes.

Everyone gangster until the 1000 elo finds a red brilliant

@RohitKulan

10 ай бұрын

It's a confused move. It's so brilliant that Stockfish is confused

@Redskies453

10 ай бұрын

Red brilliant lol. Haven't heard that one before.

every once in a week, Levy decides to mock 1000 elo chess

@kentonbenoit9629

5 ай бұрын

He’s a god it’s his right

@elCoCas123

2 ай бұрын

​@@kentonbenoit9629 no 😢

@herlingaaland

2 ай бұрын

@@kentonbenoit9629 no he's not come on, he's just a humble mentor. He is nothing close to the greatest

@didyouknow6145

Ай бұрын

There is only one God. Jesus Christ​@@kentonbenoit9629

Highkey there is a major difference between 1000 blitz and 1000 rapid, I feel like blitz players are a lot stronger somehow, I'm 200-300 points lower in blitz than in rapid, and in rapid I might be underrated atm. Not so much in blitz.

@0biwan7

10 ай бұрын

yeah, i had no trouble reaching 1000 in rapid. but i'm nowhere close to that in blitz. i feel like tutorial videos can help my rapid game by teaching me new concepts. but these new concepts make my blitz game worse because it is just one more thing to think about which makes it more likely for me to blunder rook queen or mate.

@dylanleclair7

10 ай бұрын

Same I'm 1100 rapid 900 bullet/blitz

@bugi1x890

10 ай бұрын

Exactly 1000 elo blitz is like 1500 rated rapid

@matthewrezin827

10 ай бұрын

Facts

@agnesmasih8277

10 ай бұрын

same. 1400 rapid,800 blitz

I just got 1000 elo 4 days ago. Levy made a whole video just for me. Thank you Levy

@LeafMeAloneZ

6 ай бұрын

Samee

@Anonymous-8080

7 күн бұрын

Saame

ladies and gentleman. after this video finally reached 1000 ELO i was stuck for so long at 1700. thanks levy!

@zekeoyeah

10 ай бұрын

fax

@zekeoyeah

10 ай бұрын

W levy, W you

@rish478

10 ай бұрын

The funniest part is that u didnt even watch the whole video 😂

@monkeg5966

10 ай бұрын

Bruh you didn’t even watch the whole vid fake comment

@tiletapper4ever

10 ай бұрын

​@@rish478 that's how much powerful Levy is. He makes videos that change your elo before you watch them!

“The night is darkest just before the dawn… or some other… quote I heard in a Batman movie.” - Levi, 2023

@jaschalankinen9668

10 ай бұрын

It really scares me that I watched the exact Batman movie which the quote is from just a couple houres ago. I'm finally convinced that Levy is some kind of a spy😳💀

@chilli_Tea

10 ай бұрын

who's Levi?

@1boo

10 ай бұрын

@@chilli_Tea jeans levi's

@synerzu

10 ай бұрын

@@chilli_Tea Levi Ackerman

@ChristomirRackov

10 ай бұрын

The night is dark and full of terrors ;)

I got to 1000 elo in my history class after getting handed back a test I failed. Best memory of my life.

the first time i hit 1000 elo i won against a guy who was begging me to draw in a winning position because he was piss drunk and it "wasn't fair" that I beat him and that I would never be 1000 elo even if i beat him. Currently around 1100 lol

@cubicinfinity2

10 ай бұрын

lol

@leonardodominguezherrejon7019

3 ай бұрын

I started playing a few months ago and like 1 week ago I reached 1000 elo for the first time because my opponent resigned in the third move, I don't know if he was just generous or what happened

Petition for Levy to grow his full beard 👇

@tiletapper4ever

10 ай бұрын

Signed 📝

@kaput_hodge

10 ай бұрын

Signed ✍️

@twocoolboys3906

10 ай бұрын

Toilet gang!!!!

@tommyaniline7744

10 ай бұрын

Signed✍️

@kermitthedog8442

10 ай бұрын

Signed ✍

Little did you know the first guy is a french chess KZreadr named "Trocada" that was also smurfing at this exact moment

@falkeborg9432

10 ай бұрын

Wait really?

@vdun

10 ай бұрын

Can’t find him on KZread at least

@assolutoracingbr

10 ай бұрын

Link?

@Gunner4life34

10 ай бұрын

It's a joke fellas, he even reversed the name to make it obvious. Stop blundering in the comments bozos

Thanks!! I enjoy all of your content. Watching you think out loud is instructive for me. Please continue makin this content. From 500 up to 2000 elo and beyond!

These are my fave videos! Instructive, relatable (unlike GM chess and 300 games) and really fun to watch! Keep it up!

As a former 1000 i can confirm that reaching 1000 was a massive milestone

@alexbwja

9 ай бұрын

What did you droop to?

@McMunch

9 ай бұрын

he probably increased@@alexbwja

@Chessiplied

8 ай бұрын

@@McMunch I did

@Chessiplied

8 ай бұрын

1500

@alexbwja

8 ай бұрын

@@Chessiplied how long did it take you? It took me forever to break 1000. But now I'm going pretty quickly I'm 1150 right now.

if 1000 is that bad, what does that make me?

@gaopinghu7332

10 ай бұрын

That would make you Worir 6.

@worir6752

10 ай бұрын

@@gaopinghu7332 oh

@okaydetar821

10 ай бұрын

Either worse or better depending on if your rating is higher or lower.

@dwaynekeenum1916

10 ай бұрын

@@okaydetar821equal

@roiburshtein852

10 ай бұрын

7:25 classical chess be like

For anyone who happens to read this, Levi's courses are well worth the money. I started playing chess at 42 never having played before. I watched some youtube videos and tried the fried liver, and london, but I couldn't even remember like move 2. After playing for about 2 months I was struggling to maintain 400 to 500 ELO. I purchased Levi's 1e4 and Caro course as a package. I studied a bit and would play remembering the first 3 to 4 moves, and then go rewatch the videos play, rewatch and keep trying to remember the moves under move 10 and keep adding on. Eventually I got the London Course, and realized I'm a better positional player then tactical, and d4 is just more solid and positional most the time. Anyway after about 6 months I was able to reach 1000 elo, and it's cause I took the time to buy and study openings. I have almost every one of Levi's courses, and some from other people, and Levi's courses are the best IMO, easy to digest, practical moves meaning you get what is in your course work a lot, and it just shot up my ELO, and understanding so much quicker then just playing on my own.

gave up at 1249 but it was fun, respect to you guys who are still playing and improving

@jorgitoislamico4224

3 ай бұрын

Why did you give up?

Something I love about Levy is how he has such a warped perception of lower elo chess, because of guess the Elo and How to Lose at Chess.

I felt so proud when I reached 600 elo .. and I’m still there …😂😂

@hxctic-ii1qh

10 ай бұрын

same

@SztalkerElet

10 ай бұрын

Solve hundreds of puzzles to improve

@ALEXANDERLIU

10 ай бұрын

I literally just hit 600 ELO today and felt like God

@sunflower8227

10 ай бұрын

what about me who just hit 450 ELO ...

@RaghavBabbar

10 ай бұрын

​@@SztalkerEletpuzzles don't need to be done to reach 1k at all, you just focus on basics and doing less blunders with only a little thought about what the opponent will do

Thats why you are an IM,you lose to 1000s.

19:00 “when u leave a square u still control it ok?” pawns: am i a joke to u

I’ve been stuck at 1000 elo for over a year, and it’s making me not like chess anymore. No matter how much i watched even gothams content, and studied, I’ve gotten all sorts of books and read them thoroughly, I can’t get any better. maybe I’m just bad. i had dreams of being a gm one day, but the longer i play the more i realize that it wasn’t meant for me.

@nothinggood2696

10 ай бұрын

Studying and playing are important but also analysing your games whether it be wins or losses. Becoming a GM is very difficult it's equivalent to saying you want to be a world class athlete. It's not going to happen overnight or without dedicating time as well as having natural ability of course.

@ID-ee9hz

10 ай бұрын

Improve your tactics. Pins, discovery, etc. You'll be 1400 in no time.

@cheddarsunchipsyes8144

10 ай бұрын

Stop focusing on trying to do fancy high level stuff and just play casually. Look at each move (both yours and your opponents) very thoroughly and see what it does, what it threatens, what other pieces are affected by it moving. Doing that will practically ensure you make no blunders. That will easily get you to 1100

@cheddarsunchipsyes8144

10 ай бұрын

Also don’t worry about being GM. VERY few people are GM Keep in mind Levy was like 1500 at 8 years old and even he isn’t a GM. Don’t worry about it

@3Looy

10 ай бұрын

Every game you make mistakes, do you know your mistakes? Every time you make a mistake write it down and in no time you will realize what you are bad at, don’t study more opening theory if most of your mistakes are tactics and endgames

i play like a normal 1000 elo player but i made the mistake of starting an account at a beginner elo rating because it feels like i get scrub stomped or cheated against lmao. it makes me realize that a lot of low players no nothing at all about openings and it ends up throwing me off at times because ill be doing something and all of a sudden there will be either the dumbest move ever or the best engine move on accident or maybe on purpose and it keeps me bouncing in the 3 number elos

@aminesosa8676

10 ай бұрын

EEH! I remember when I was there, listen my old self you gotta master the art of improving your position slowly! don't play for tricks!

@unrelatedcoma

10 ай бұрын

thats the problem with Rocket League. in the low tiers your team mates are such garbage it stops you from advancing in the ladder and getting away from the dregs.

@SuperDeinVadda

10 ай бұрын

Elo hell is a myth tho

@sietsejohannes

10 ай бұрын

Except chess is not a team game, so you can't be held back like in rocket league. You should get a feel for the game if you want to improve, not just memorize an opening. If your opponent makes an unexpected move just take some time to analyse if it's a good move, a blunder or neutral.

@unrelatedcoma

10 ай бұрын

@@sietsejohannes source?

11:01 it's me, i always overlook bishop and knight when i charge and i usually begin strong and get heavily decimated somewhere in the middle

Your videos got me from ~400 to over 1000. Thanks for the instructive content :)

As a 2000 being back at 1000 seems like an upgrade. At that elo I couldn't be mad at myself for losing because I wasn't good enough to know what I did wrong. Now I berate myself for every little mistake.

@Celatra

10 ай бұрын

bro im 600 bullet and i know mostly every mistake i make and i get quite mad at myself lol

@oneofthemones5242

10 ай бұрын

I’m currently 1197 and I want to hit 1500 by the end of this year. Could we play a few rapid games and you briefly tell me what mistakes I’m making that might prevent me from reaching my goal?

@doormatcat

10 ай бұрын

@@oneofthemones5242 I could. But I should tell you. You can get to 1600 as long as you avoid direct blunders and wait for your opponents to blunder. It's a simple game. It's just hard to master. You don't even need to pressure your opponents below that rating.

@oneofthemones5242

10 ай бұрын

@@doormatcat Awesome, my username is NeverDuckSmoke. And yeah, I’ll definitely try to hammer that in to my head moving forward in my games

@jout738

10 ай бұрын

At 2000 elo they play so perfect chess, that it must be from small mistakes that makes you lose the game, so thats why as 950. I dont so above 1000 elo as that fun anymore, because they respond perfect way into my opening.

~1040 was my first elo after placement, now im 1900 rapid, just think guys, losing on time with 0 blunders is better than blundering games, be more efficient and just iterate through possible lines instead of blankly seeing the board while thinking, once i got the insight to think longer and think more efficiently i got from 1000 to 1500 in like 2 weeks

“I feel like my opponent is playing on a toilet in a bullet train, with someone banging on the door” 😂😂💀

Well I finally did it and crossed into 1000 this morning. It's a good feeling. I know there are many better chess players out there, but it kind of feels like the first step into a larger world. These videos were a huge help, so I want to thank you Levy for being you and bringing such great content into our lives. Funny enough, my 1000 rated game came out of the Caro-Kann, too. Also I would love to see a 1500 video at least. It's kind of nice seeing what each benchmark is like.

@fier5080

9 ай бұрын

1500s a big difference compared to 1000, ur next goal should be closer to 1200 imo

@wienerliebling2642

9 ай бұрын

Trust me Bro, the journey just started - keep grinding

@basteala525

9 ай бұрын

Fair enough. Right now I''ve broken into 1100 and I'm keeping the push going.

that adacort guy should be on guess the elo. strongest 1000 of all time

@reachjayu

10 ай бұрын

Nah I’m better 😎

@Holty.

10 ай бұрын

​@@reachjayuand humble

@sietsejohannes

10 ай бұрын

Except he butchered his opening and hung his e-pawn (which Levy kindly ignored). Why play the French and then push the pawn to e5 anyway?

as a 1000 on lichess, i indentify as an 1000 elo

@sethschexneider

10 ай бұрын

So 600 😅

I would love you to continue this series!!!

“Ok he played e6 the french defence” he says as he’s fighting a 999 elo french man

I just got to 1000 a couple of days ago (1100 actually) and now I'm scared to play again because I don't want it to drop lol

@agnesmasih8277

10 ай бұрын

play on lichess then to not get out of prac

For me 1000 didn’t feel like that big of a deal but 1100 felt huge. I feel like the most important numbers of climbing are 800, 1100, 1600, 2000, 2200

@hades8737

8 ай бұрын

Fr after you reach 1100 you just get stuck there for a while…and that position is best to master your opening and polish your middle game

@MK_mon

5 ай бұрын

​@@hades8737I think it depends from person to person I was stuck at 900s for a long time before I broke through even though I reached 1100 and 1200 in a short period of time

@Dc-kk9bd

2 ай бұрын

​@hades8737 I was stuck at 950 for months. After hitting 1000 it took me 2 weeks to hit 1150.

@Anonymous-8080

7 күн бұрын

Took me 22 days to jump from 590 to 1050. Currently aiming for 1100 and then take a break. User- Ayush_Kushwaha1

This is one of my favorite learning videos. Please please please!!! Do more of these!!!

I was stuck at 900 for almost six months and when i finally reached 1000 that feeling was the best like i was so happy. I recently achieved 1200 still working to be better

A truly wonderful series! And the bullet games are hilarious

I want someone to make a GTE submission when Gotham asks them if they know him.

as an aspiring 1000, seeing you exploit and explain these straightforward weaknesses is very helpful

Love the series would be amazing to see more

I need some advice at 11:12 I can think for my opponent quite well, I can see their best moves but somehow I never see my best moves, what can I do or what course should I study to change this

@VanshGupta-qg6wv

10 ай бұрын

Dude, play less games(3-4max) and solve more puzzles(10-12) and remember when u solve a puzzle, u've to calculate on your own every possible moves, dont just randomly click anywhere, and stick to one opening only, this will help u a lot

I just hit 1300 yesterday

@hlebozavod6916

10 ай бұрын

Congrats!

@mayeulcarpentier4100

10 ай бұрын

As a fellow 1350,congrats my friend

@ardy45_official

10 ай бұрын

Same here, wanna play?

@AngeloGene

10 ай бұрын

Congrats! 1500s I think is the next goal. 👍😁

@ahmadxolmaxmatov

10 ай бұрын

Same here, now I am 1330.

00:24 Yes, Levy, I remember where I was when I got to four digits. It was the day before yesterday 😂

"Always look for Checks, Captures and Attacks" ... I first heard Anna Cramling saying this, but there's a short video where you explained it with an easy-to-understand example, so that now I understand the value of looking out for checks. And erm, on the subject of Elo, if I'm consistently beating the computer at a particular Elo, can I proclaim myself as being higher than that Elo? Thank you for this content 😊

I'm roughly 950-1050. I played a 1250 yesterday, I felt like I was playing a GM. I was outplayed but lost against him when he had less than 1s on his clock 😢

@broken1394

10 ай бұрын

More Practice then!

@agnesmasih8277

10 ай бұрын

play me then.I am 1400

@pawn4

10 ай бұрын

@@agnesmasih8277 me

I'm a 400 elo and i think i'm decent 💀

@kyledittman8408

10 ай бұрын

You will be someday

@MrDanielfff777

10 ай бұрын

40o is a beginner

@jout738

10 ай бұрын

I think 400 elo might be the rank where biggest procent of players are around 7 year olds.

@scoutbane1651

10 ай бұрын

400 is literally below average my guy 💀

@ruisyaf

10 ай бұрын

​@@scoutbane1651atleast im not 100 💀

At 18:05 when the knight moved and stopped defending the e2 square, you can hop your knight to d4 attacking the queen. Very Very often players will move the queen to G3 to target the pawn in front of your castled king to tray and set up some mate in the future. They miss the fact that your knight can check on E2 winning the queen. I win a ton of games in the advanced caro with that check. It happens all the time.

for the move at 15:19 , as a 1000 rated I would have played Qa5 with check, then opponent plays Nc3 to block, then c5 takes on c4. Opponent is guaranteed to lose a knight + bishop.

Levi getting his ass handed to him restored my faith in humanity

I recently hit 2100 in Puzzles and I'm feeling pretty awesome about that. I was hard stuck at 1400 and finally broke through. Then I was hard stuck at 1900 and broke though.

@ibrahimal-mallah9360

5 ай бұрын

Where do you solving puzzles?

Thanks for showing, actually i get a LOT of freestyle with queen and bishop in openings and i tend to get unnecessary nervous and make easy faults . THATS the reason they play this, because it works in average. So nice to see how you crushed them :)

Please make more content about 1000 elo. I found it really useful. I'm a new 1000 in rapid btw

The levy stare is the best thing I love about him

as a 1400 in rapid, I kind of struggle to progress with 1000s in blitz. pretty sure it’s just a time thing but I can’t help to wonder if blitz oriented players are just better.

@sovietman0964

10 ай бұрын

Also a 1400/1000 - same problem, time issues. I'm usually winning until time gets short or I just run out of it. Slowly improving by playing more blitz though.

@polunity3903

10 ай бұрын

Play more bullet, it will help improve pattern recognition

9:13 - Scandinavian Defense: "Am I a joke to you?"

10:56 knight prophecy - that was hilarious😂

I liked it the whole 9:30 tactic.. When you do this kind of videos you usually "play like a xxx elo player" and I think it is better if you play a little higher than that, so you can actually show more tactics for us, and for your oponent!

I commented on one of levy’s videos like a couple months ago and i was 1000, and now i’m 1400 at 11 years old.

@NIKHILKAMATH65IITRORKEE

10 ай бұрын

I am 1900 at 9 years of age

@hlebozavod6916

10 ай бұрын

I am Magnum Carlsbad and i'm still in my mother's womb

@cheddarsunchipsyes8144

10 ай бұрын

I’m 2,487 elo and I’m only 8 years old also I’m a millionaire and Robert Downey Jr. personally thanked me for being awesome

@AnishPatel-gh3pz

10 ай бұрын

@sharthaksharma2535 cap

I would say that bishop going backwards at 14:48 was to safeguard against getting forked by your knight taking that pawn at d4 you were talking about. It also covers the pawn at c2, where your knight might eventually go and fork king and rook. Seems to me that it did not make sense to you only because you purposefully ignored knight takes d4 at that point.

This is so instructive and i loooove it

Just reached 1000 Elo after 2000 matches and searched 'is 1000 elo good elo' and got here 😂😂(I AM VERY HAPPY 😁😁)

15:28 queen a5 check won a piece because if bishop blocks you win the light squared bishop if the knight blocks pawn takes d4 wins the knight because it’s pinned so when you win the knight the bishop will hang if pawn blocks you win the bishop if king moves you also win the bishop if queen blocks you win the bishop but if there are any other winning tactics I’m a low 500 elo player so that’s why. And that’s why you win no matter what if I’m wrong please tell me.

Crossing 1000 elo was the bane of my existence. I barely crossed it, lost about 10 games in a row, went back to around 950, very slowly got back to 1000 after about a month just for the whole thing to happen again. This repeated for 5 times. I am now 1350 blitz and 1400 rapid but i still remember the struggle and elo anxiety vividly.

@nickwilliams7328

10 ай бұрын

Bro right?! It's like a pattern every 100 elo gain for me, like the website knows I crossed a boundary and is like, 'oh yeah time to punish this fool' so they send me back 125 elo over two days and then the next two days I get it all back by playing easier opponents. I'm rated 1400 rapid but I probably still play like a 1250

Levy, I am finally ready to buy your courses, any plans for a sale in the near future though? :)

As someone who isn’t even close to 1000, these videos are so informative. Thank you.

First player might be Hikaru camouflaged into a 1000 elo player making a similar video plot

The commentary during that bullet game was just awesome. Never laughed so hard watching chess

@kem5993

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think this was chess 😂😂😂

Its a little weird, I am not a good player, now Im confortable in 1350, but I knew the chess basics since a kid and when I returned, I had 1050 +- and never dropped below 1000. So I really struggle to understand the 3 digits 😮

@melissagrenier2200

10 ай бұрын

Same. I didn't even realize there are real people under 1000 for a while

Until I watched this video I thought I always played the London. Imagine my shock when Gotham says at the start of game 2 “I think I’ll play the London” and then moves D4!? I been playing it with E4. So what’s my opening? Reverse London? 😂 I’m 850 elo

@reaper_is_unavailable

10 ай бұрын

I thought it was the london as well, read the game reviews or explorer, it's called the King's Pawn Opening with some Bishop Variation.

@jokurdm

10 ай бұрын

Bishop's Opening

@jokurdm

10 ай бұрын

Reverse London is if you play it with black iirc

@Celatra

10 ай бұрын

the opening table should state the name of every opening sounds like bishops opening or smth

@ICICare

10 ай бұрын

That must be the metsys nobnoL.

I would love this series for players 1500-2000. Although it wont get as many views and we dont make up the majority of your audience it would be great to see.

Letting the guy get away with all kinds of stuff in the bullet game was heartwarming haha

Im stuck at 1350, but when i review my games it says im olaying like an 1800 elo so how do i actually get to 1800?

@youareliedtobythemedia

10 ай бұрын

Win more games

@martinroitenberg885

10 ай бұрын

When a 1800 wins a game they usually play as a 2000+, but when they lose they play as a 1500-1800 (usually) there are exeptions of course, so your elo makes more sense when you lose than when you win

@UserSOF0

10 ай бұрын

i think because its not accurate

@3Looy

10 ай бұрын

Depends on the type of game, some games are complicated and you both get like 1000 rating from computer, some games are simple and you get 2000 rating

@osowiecwalking9434

10 ай бұрын

same . i was stuck at 1300s for 4 months . then i started to think more precisely and i gained 100 points in a week. i am now 1450 with a win against a 1700 under my belt.

I am so happy I watch levy's videos. I was at 1400 for so long and then levy came and made me a 800😢

that bullet game had me dead

Best episode in months. Very animated and teacherly

As a 1000, I always hope to see myself on videos like this. Would be epic to get roasted by Levy

I just hit 1300 elo, i was 800 elo 2 weeks ago

@zekkozen2087

10 ай бұрын

okay?

@rish478

10 ай бұрын

These comments are idiotic

@kaelenannes4308

10 ай бұрын

Cheater

@eugeniociccarelli1334

10 ай бұрын

@@rish478 ikr

@eugeniociccarelli1334

10 ай бұрын

@@kaelenannes4308 i just bought books

10.32 - loved the mini chess lesson levy :) also felt like i was being told off by the end of it :( hahaha....also did he really say UK folks always apologise for stuff ooooo

I feel so left out, when I really started playing chess I was already playing at about 1200 elo level. I never got to feel the accomplishment of reaching 4 digit... 😭That said, I'm so close to reaching my goal of 1800 elo, just need like 20 more points

@oneofthemones5242

10 ай бұрын

I would’ve traded my sub-1000 struggles for yours any day of the week 😅 I’m currently 1197 and I’m too scared to jump in another game

@jout738

10 ай бұрын

Im 950 elo and I once reached 4 digit and 1033 elo and I felt nothing. Wanted to keep going on, but then propably met smurf that had perfect responses on my opening and so I dropped back down to 900s. I didnt feel that much accomplishment reaching 1000, when I realized, that chess becomes less fun in there, when people play better moves overall from the start.

@ClimberDuk

10 ай бұрын

@@jout738 Smurfs suck and chess definitely can be less fun at higher elo. Chess at higher elo is more fun if you take a little time to learn a few higher level tactics. Executing a sneaky tactic on an unsuspecting opponent brings so much joy and motivation to keep playing. I wish you luck on your chess journey

@jout738

10 ай бұрын

@@ClimberDuk Yes its annoying, when im trying to do progress in chess and reach new chess elo high score and then there comes chess smurf from around 1500-2000 elo that makes me impossible to beat him, because his so much better at the game and that then makes me demotivated to try countinue to reach new chess elo ranking.

The upload rate of this channel is outstanding. And somehow, levy is able to make the videos so high quality. Who agrees? (Also, first comment)

@Agelio

10 ай бұрын

gg on first

@DOG-hu4cj

10 ай бұрын

gg

The mini lesson around 8-11 mins in the second game is Goated

That last game raised my blood pressure higher than my ELO

Keep continuing this series. It's very fun

Blitz pool is really stronger than rapid. Also you get some underrated players more often in blitz. Dude wants to play excellent in your game and plays terrible the rest or maybe rages easily when loses. Its the same in Lichess as well.