It's crazy how many days this man manages to stay in a hostage situation

@minasherif2418

10 ай бұрын

He wasn't in it, then he was

@leo37194

10 ай бұрын

​@@Bitter785huh

@Dmanepic

10 ай бұрын

@@Bitter785wtf are you doing here

@Sscc.

10 ай бұрын

@@Bitter785what are you trying to say 💀

@leo37194

10 ай бұрын

​@Sscc. wtf going on in my replies

Can't you see it in his eyes? Levy's stare is -screaming out for help- telling us how much he is enjoying his vacation!

@worir6752

10 ай бұрын

ye

@user-zu1ir2mv2p

10 ай бұрын

That stare is so cute it's definitely not trying to ask for 911🤩❤️❤️❤️

@drummervilho

10 ай бұрын

Cap

@empireofkrenedas902

10 ай бұрын

Wait how’d you do that strikethrough?

@j18_music

10 ай бұрын

@@empireofkrenedas902 You put dashes (the minus sign) around whatever you want struck through. You can make text bold with asterisks, italicized with underscores, and can combine formats by combining those wrapping characters *_-like this-_*

Levy just sitting there begging the 500 to see his hung rook for ten moves in a row (not counting the two checks/forced moves) is comedy gold

@thegrilledcheesecake

10 ай бұрын

"Hung" rook you say 😏

@Javusus

7 ай бұрын

@@thegrilledcheesecake SACRIFICE THE ROOOOOOOOOK!!!

As someone who’s around 500 ELO, I feel like the talent pool is all over the place. Some people play like 200, some play like 1000. To say “there no chance a 500 sees this” feels a bit unfair, I’ve seen moves like these made on both ends fairly commonly.

@benjaminford1067

9 ай бұрын

I agree as a 500 elo, but in general I think there’s not much difference between under 1000 rated players

@meraj5393

7 ай бұрын

​@@benjaminford1067there 100% is different below 1000 elo like 500 is way better than 300 and 700 is way better than 500 and think is sometime 500 can play like 1000 sometimes they play like 200 but 700 is way more consitent

@qb0

6 ай бұрын

I agree. 5-600 range in bullet, in particular, is far west. People don't do "normal" openings: they apply tricks and traps. Levy was lucky in finding the total newbie. As a 1.2k ELO in rapid, I had to struggle a lot (and to learn some "safe" openings) to reach at least 700, where matches start to become "normal".

@tommykarrick9130

6 ай бұрын

I’m around 400 and yeah it often feels like those “there’s no way a *blank* sees this” moves are usually like No I could totally see that. Would I always in a game? No, but could I? Yeah easily. Half the time it comes down to whether my eyes wandered to that side of the board to spot it in the first place, lol

@sploofmcsterra4786

4 ай бұрын

Yeah this statement was crazy to me. 400 might miss it, but 500s will certainly see that move more often than not.

I'm so glad that Levi returned to his rating

@Didyus

10 ай бұрын

@@Chesshero1Leevai*

@leo37194

10 ай бұрын

​@@Didyuslivaee

@slimyduck2140

10 ай бұрын

@@ropesteel1334 master baiter*

@zalut_sky

10 ай бұрын

​@@slimyduck2140master*

@LSam01

10 ай бұрын

@@Chesshero1 LEVIOSÁ*

I’m amazed at how he stays so calm under gunpoint from a kidnapper😊

@kokkoDaniel

10 ай бұрын

bro why people are saying hes kidnapped???

@cheese1627

10 ай бұрын

Cheese

@eineperson9849

10 ай бұрын

​@@cheese1627indeed... Cheese indeed...

@U20E0

10 ай бұрын

@@cheese1627chesse

@ep_ion1112

10 ай бұрын

I’M AMAZED AT HOW YOU KEEP ON MAKING THE SAME COMMENT FOR THE 7TH TIME WITH THE SAME LACK OF HUMOUR 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Please notice how at around 30:05, Levy anxiously looks beyond the camera as to make sure that the kidnapper does not eliminate him on the spot, happy with what he managed to create.

Bro didn't complete his doulingo lesson and got the consequences

*It's nice to see Levy at his natural elo.*

@chitanyaaaa

10 ай бұрын

levi*

@jukemaster4904

10 ай бұрын

@@chitanyaaaalmaoooo is that a joke?

@sethschexneider

10 ай бұрын

@jukemaster4904 it is

@weakw1ll

10 ай бұрын

Its called Levi 😡

@lynxibg1052

10 ай бұрын

It called evil😤😤

As a 500, I now really regret not playing any games in the past few days...

@Iuftwaffe

10 ай бұрын

I was 500 for the longest time but just recently jumped to 800 the past few days -.- when you're pissed to win

@brah9249

10 ай бұрын

​@@Iuftwaffeyeah same. I was 500 ELO for 2 months and now I suddenly jumped to 900 during summer. Hoping to hit 1000 soon

@liamsays4812

10 ай бұрын

I am 800 elo yet I can still beat 1100 elo

@VykeFingerprintKnight

10 ай бұрын

​@@liamsays4812congratulations! Wanna cookie?

@Iuftwaffe

10 ай бұрын

@@VykeFingerprintKnight he will be receiving 200 cookies and you don't get any

it’s so crazy how calm he is while being water boarded inbetween recording videos

Gotham, an fun idea might be for you to do this and score yourself for how close to your target elo you can get, a kind of reverse guess the elo for you

@Njms99

10 ай бұрын

Good idea

@user-jl4es4qw2p

10 ай бұрын

Yea up vote it so he can see it

@thanos6464

10 ай бұрын

great idea dude, take my like

@FongLingNg

10 ай бұрын

a fun idea not an

I find it amazing that he can stay this committed to his channel even while on vacation with his family

@Landonisweird

10 ай бұрын

It’s not a vacation it’s a kidnapping

@Md5offical

10 ай бұрын

@@Landonisweirdit’s getting old

@nelsonnicholson6175

10 ай бұрын

We're his true family so that's why he spends more time with us

@I3oozeAddict

10 ай бұрын

Levy goes on vacation, never comes back

@Landonisweird

10 ай бұрын

@@Md5offical ik he is when ur stressed out from a kidnapping you age faster

Respect to Gotham for the daily uploads while he's still on a vacation. Well deserved success!

@squidpw6493

10 ай бұрын

You mean daily uploads during his kidnapping?

@kokkoDaniel

10 ай бұрын

@@squidpw6493 why people are saying hes kidnapped?

@tiletapper4ever

10 ай бұрын

​@@kokkoDaniel because it's the truth? Duhh

@koiasana

10 ай бұрын

​@@kokkoDanielit's a joke cuz his backgrounds look like if he was in a hostage situtation

@hafplace1346

10 ай бұрын

mistake:he's not on vacation, he's held hostage

Gotham: Please play this! 500 Elo Player: Plays this Also Gotham: Please dont play this! Also 500 Elo Player: Plays this

The last game was such a masterpiece. The whole video is. Thank you, Levy

levy’s hostages must be so kind letting him record for so many days

@Blinkers2007GameDev

10 ай бұрын

And drink giant European water 😂😂😂

@smirky9127

10 ай бұрын

levys hostages? lmfao

@U20E0

10 ай бұрын

that’s not how you word

@ep_ion1112

10 ай бұрын

ah yes, more humourless children hopping onto the train of comments about levy being “hostage”!

@Nemesis7980WP

10 ай бұрын

@@ep_ion1112 "ah yes" 🤓👆

Wow it took a glance to the environment for me to realize that you are on vacation in Italy. Italian houses are so peculiar (the moka for coffe, the box of salt on the right and the power controller on the wall)

@plazma5343

10 ай бұрын

That was my guess as well ! Though it had to be mediterranean most likely Italy, glad im such a great détetective ^^

@pira7628

10 ай бұрын

the bottle of water too, levissima, is an italian brand

@jojod9141

10 ай бұрын

And the water bottle! By now, I only saw them in Italy

@andrerodrigues2877

10 ай бұрын

so he's in alps!!North of Italy!.He said before he was in montains so

@photonicpizza1466

10 ай бұрын

Could also be Switzerland, that’s what popped first into my mind

As a 500 Elo player the first bullet round was hard to watch, most of us do not play like that.

@Madhav.7070

22 күн бұрын

frrrrr i got a complement from 1000+ that i almost beat him i feel voilated being 500 elo (i dont play much yet)

I just watched your interview on PBS and it was really interesting. I love how more media is picking up on chess!

As an around 500 elo player myself, I’d just like to say that I’d never make these blunders in my games. Mine would probably be a lot more severely damaging and easier to spot 😂

@timpudge5816

10 ай бұрын

mine would make me able to piss off the people who made chess

@brianbuckman6908

10 ай бұрын

Dude same. I’m 1300 and I hang pieces all the time in blitz. And the funniest part is my opponents miss them too

@Jordan_offline_

10 ай бұрын

​@@timpudge5816 As an Indian, you're right

@dramere

10 ай бұрын

I’m rated 540 in rapid and he said no one would see the revealed attack at that level. Look at some recent games of mine and say that again

@straight9194

10 ай бұрын

@@dramere stop flexing ur 540 rating IMAO.

AND HE SACRIFICIES…. HIS VACATION TIME

sometimes, watching these, i feel like i deserve a higher chess elo than 470

25:40 i absolutely loved his little dying scream watching Levi almost break down in tears in the last game was absolutely hilarious. 😂

As a 500 (i think, idk probably lower) I can confirm that I do not know how to avoid blundering all my pieces and losing to ladder mate

@choppa7691

10 ай бұрын

just start reviewing ur games and you'll improve

Props to levy's captor for letting him feel hostage even after allowing him to ho back home❤

@user-zu1ir2mv2p

10 ай бұрын

What da hail is that nikaru hakamura

@ep_ion1112

10 ай бұрын

please stfu hes on vacation and not hostage it isnt funny anymore like i bet u werent laughing while you were making that comment

@faseeh.471

10 ай бұрын

bro's pfp is 🤨

@peterfirezar6947

10 ай бұрын

Yay 😅😊😅😊😅😊😅😊😅😊😊😅🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢

@choosetherightpath636

8 ай бұрын

_-brush-_

That last dude definetely didnt deserve to win

You were NOT on vacation. You were kidnapped and forced to play 500 Elo Chess for some guy that was hardstuck!

to do this for 1000 elo would be great. I always hover around 1200 so maybe continue and i can see what we do wrong. I like this series

That's the 500 Elo spirit! "I'm going to make 10... No 15 queen moves in a row now." 100% how a 500 plays

I really believe you could coach anyone to 1600+ elo....your a hell of an educator man. Wish to one day shake your hand man. Mad respect for you

its amazing to see how he stays focused on recording while being held at gunpoint

@Louis-rb5xs

10 ай бұрын

What is that

@sethschexneider

10 ай бұрын

@@Louis-rb5xs a statement

I just wanted to say how fun it was to see you playing with individuals towards my level so I could see how someone advanced like yourself might think when you are playing me. This was helpful, and actually just started up a new motivation to play after a time where I kind of lost interest from not being able to learn that easily due to my brain injury. Thank you so much Levy. I don't need a reply, but I really hope you see this. 🙂

@Salvatawr

10 ай бұрын

It's nice to hear you're gaining motivation :) I was stuck at 500 for 6 months, but there was a moment when things finally clicked. I'm now around 2000. You've got this!

@chrisdonnell7200

10 ай бұрын

I know how tough that is, keep at it. Exercising your brain can help, try to learn a simple opening, it can raise your elo quite a bit too.

@TheRealCoryKent

8 ай бұрын

@@chrisdonnell7200 This was helpful thank you. I want to really learn a Queen's Pawn opening, I've always liked that, and wanted to be really good or experienced with that. And then because of Levy I want to learn the Caro-Kann defense for black. Great idea, thank you. 🙂

@TheRealCoryKent

8 ай бұрын

@@Salvatawr This made me feel really good, thank you. :-)

“Ladies and gentlemen I am on vacation” naaa bro you’ve been kidnapped, botez gambit if you need help

This was just amazing😂😂😂, watching Levi get "convulsions" by horrible moves was just amaazing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏻, and of course, his famous "get out of here" at the end of every video just gives every video a soul😃👍🏻

“I’m on vacation.. and my vacation is already going to be ruined so why not ruin it by watching some 500 Elo chess!” I wish that’s how it went

That last person missing mate in 1 multiple times is crazy 💀😂

Props to Levy for surviving 6 days of being held hostage in a hotel

Keep continuing this series Levy. I really enjoy it

Levy is the only man I know who looks more stressed on vacation

Is nobody going to ask him to make a video on the new Dog Bots- his dog Benji as a bot came out, nobody saying nothing? ok well- GOTHAMCHESS can you make a video on the new dog bots? I’m surprised nobody talked or even mentioned the new Bots. @GothamChess

Love your channel my man! Makes my day awesome, even through the hard ones :)

No one: just move the rock to any place Gotham: Oh my gawd what a good move

Can we just appreciate this man's CONSISTENCY? Like bro is uploadings vids 24/7, I can't even watch all of his videos in a day! Thanks Gotham for being so relentless with your content, you've taught me more than any other video can. I love watching your commentary videos and keep up the great work!

Can we take a moment to appreciate how Levy's kidnapper is letting him film content for us ❤

Levy never fails giving advice anywhere anytime

You are so funny. I'm learning so much from you. Only been playing for about 2 months. But this is my favorite video. You have so much fun. Thank you for the great content

I appreciate the contrast between thumbmail and actual content

As someone who became 500 yesterday when he said no 500 can see that discovery attack on the queen makes me wonder if I’m a 500 or not💀 4:57

Levi: “You can’t be mad if you ran out of time if you clicked the 3 minute button” Me: You can’t be mad about slow opponents when your clicked the 30 minute button.

Woah, chill not shouting and over excited levy is pretty entertaining!

shoutout to the person who keeps levy as a hostage lets him record videos for us. truly an inspirational person!

This was really exciting to watch! I hope that the opponents find this video to review their performances against you. I would like to see other ELO levels - 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2000. I think that analysis of games at these levels would be really instructive, as well as entertaining!

The chess grind never stops!

I think an unexpected pawn move can be meta in 500 bullet to try to remove time from the opponant but it is mostly trying to be faster moving your pieces.

Very nice to see thatyou let players know whats going on and those players get their points back ... usually these pro stomping noobs vids for various games just discourages people from continuing playing. Kudos.

As a resident 500, we woulda saw checkmate in one, you are somehow getting some very easy 500s 😂 loved this vid

@damian3927

10 ай бұрын

fr that 500 are more like 200 at max

Wow levy dropped his elo especially for us respect

The bullet game was a very entertaining content. I laughed so hard 🤣

I appreciate the lesson about developing the knights before the bishops!

Sometimes when I watch these videos I really think I might be the best 500 ever

My 650 elo are able to beat magnus carlsen☠️

Gotham: He finds the fork. Now why did you put your knight there? Second opponent: i forgor💀

That bullet game started like magnus and ended like me playing chess at 2 am

You asked people at 100 Elo if they watch Gotham chess? Do you honestly think there is anyone out there who could watch your content and STILL be that bad?

@anesuchirima96

20 күн бұрын

I still manage to do that unfortunately.

I enjoy all your content and thank you for your lessons. I made it to 600 ELO in rapid and 400 in blitz and bullet because of it!

Just saw your interview with PBS. Realy well done to include so much information in a short segment. Ambassadorial.

“Not in a million years a 500 would see a discovered check” me finding discovered checks ever since 400 Elo 😂😂😂😂

To be fair, at 500elo a knight might be worth more than a rook.

GOTHAM! if ur being held hostage, wear a red shirt next vid

gotham spent more time trying to not checkmate than actually win the game

I only started playing Chess about 2 weeks ago so just learnt about En Passant in this video. Funnily enough it happened in one of my games yesterday and I thought the game bugged out lol.

hey Gotham, are you in Italy? Because the water you showed at the start of the video is made in Italy and it's one of the most popular in Italy.

@Andrea-ze2ik

10 ай бұрын

Sì è sicuramente in Italia, probabilmente tipo Sicilia.

The hostages are now asking for a guess the elo episode 100 for ransom

Smart man, putting the coordinates of the location he's held at on that clock.

"They had the right idea" with a Rick burb after really hit different

As Levy's captor, I want to profusely apologize for Levy's background. I will make sure to make it better next time

Love the content Gotham

Imagine raiding a whole ass village but then forgetting to bring your pony 🐎 back

One time, I didn't see my rook hanging. That's how I played 2 brilliancy, 4 great moves, and 13 blunders :D

I tried 500 elo chess, coz thats where my rating is 😂

Ah yes.. 500 elo chess, the peak of human capability.

Your videos are awesome man lol. Your a nice guy in chess. Keep up the great content.

Gotham I think you thoroughly enjoyed playing 500 Elo chess 😂 Great video . Would like to see this series continue !

It was not a mistake it was a BLUNDER B-L-U-N-D-E-R

@comfyblue11

10 ай бұрын

Oh shut it

@anoemuser310

10 ай бұрын

@@comfyblue11??

Hope you're enjoying your vacation! Appriciate the grind! support from Israel!

This was fun, finally an exciting new format

Bro calculated 32 move's into the future and resigns after e4

500 elo is just fantastic we can learn we can't on GM levels❤ best contents

As someone who is 1000 in Rapid but 500 in bullet, I'm embarrassed to be in the same elo as that bullet player

I think if the first opponent didn’t end up forcing you to take his rook, then losing his other rook, he would’ve had a higher elo

Your PBS interview was great.

imagine a 500 elo just pulled the bongcloud on levy

Video idea in case you want to continue spicing things up: chess twister or smt - essentially like hand and brain but the selection of what piece to move is done at random (if illegal piece is chosen then anything goes). And see how high of a rating you can get to before losing X amount of games.

I think the guy in bullet just assumed that you took his knight and just payed attention to the other side of the board

Bro went to a vacation and forgot his voice at home 💀

Those matches are really cool, Levy is really nice giving away!

First line: "I am on vacation." KZread comments: "WHY ARE YOU BEING HELD CAPTIVE?"

Caught you on PBS Newshour last night (probably filmed before the vacation). Nice segment!

this feels so condescending, like he's commenting on a toddlers' drawing each time the opponent makes a move lol