Impressions Of Famous Chess Celebrities
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THANK YOU for 100k subs - to celebrate, I'm dropping my Chess Impressions mixtape. Featured are Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Vasily Ivanchuk, Anish Giri, Moistcr1tikal aka penguinz0, xQc, Fabiano Caruana, Peter Leko, Yasser Seirawan and... a few sneaky guests.
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IM at Chess, GM at Comedy
@IRON--MAN
3 жыл бұрын
Lol yes
@viciousimpaler
2 жыл бұрын
Super GM
@nuggetz9380
2 жыл бұрын
facts
@Anonymous-et7sf
2 жыл бұрын
After Anish Giri.. of course
@schizoframia4874
2 жыл бұрын
Grandma at comedy
Impersonating Anish with a draw is fucking lit godly level of impression.
@avanikumari4415
3 жыл бұрын
Lol😂
@alextabara9150
3 жыл бұрын
=))))))))))))))))
@amanhasnoname1052
3 жыл бұрын
That too by stalemate!! Not even by repeating positions just stalemate!!! 😹😹😹
@abhiwastaken
3 жыл бұрын
bro did you see the latest champions chess tour event?
@paper2222
3 жыл бұрын
"doing lots of checkmate patterns" *gets stalemate*
"100k" Oh he didn't even know...
@jacobspeedrunchannel1893
3 жыл бұрын
ikr
@rafiulhaque2838
3 жыл бұрын
ikr
@selenophile410
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@trollyh4ck3r59
3 жыл бұрын
ikr
@beastmode_4049
3 жыл бұрын
Almost 900k now
"Any 9 year old with stockfish is more dangerous than Vladimir Putin." - Garry Kasparov.
@patrykapiezo1650
2 жыл бұрын
That aged well
@elishabiggs86
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrykapiezo1650 no kidding
@thebeamerdreamer
2 жыл бұрын
Um.....
@DantheCat37212
Жыл бұрын
That aged well
@toady2637
Жыл бұрын
@@DantheCat37212 no kidding
Peter Leko's impression was probably better than Peter Leko himself.
@avanikumari4415
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@turosfagyi
3 жыл бұрын
As a Hungarian, I must agree fully. Spot on accent as well. Add a female voice to that and you have an Anna Rudolf impression at once.
@rajatpandhi6845
3 жыл бұрын
"looking" 🔥
@danielpapp1008
3 жыл бұрын
@@turosfagyi amúgy en csak pár napja jöttem rá hogy Rudolf Anna magyar🤣🤣🤣🤣
@martonnemeth236
3 жыл бұрын
@@danielpapp1008 átérzem :)
Magnus is not famous enough, maybe if his game improves.
@meenakshidhabhai5448
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@skyflaks6380
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@pluggothesluggo5509
3 жыл бұрын
he's gotta get atleast 500 elo above the other top guys
@Guiguiwan
3 жыл бұрын
He called levy's sensei decent ...
@vikramkrishnan6414
2 жыл бұрын
Just sit there with a derp face and you have a Magnus impression
2:54 the fact that he put a draw in Giri is hilarious
@UrAvgDMG
Жыл бұрын
I know I am literally 1 year late but… you misplaced 4 as 5
@derrick_raspberry
Жыл бұрын
@@UrAvgDMG hello came here one year later as well
@UrAvgDMG
Жыл бұрын
@@derrick_raspberry hello fellow necromancer reviving dead comments via reply
@DantheCat37212
Жыл бұрын
2:45 here's the actual timestamp
3:10 real footage of Ivanchuk saying "Je5"
"A nine year old with Stockfish is more dangerous than Putin" lmaooo
@himantasaikia8724
3 жыл бұрын
True.
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
@AP-ny3pn
3 жыл бұрын
6:30 time stamp
@ricsouza5011
3 жыл бұрын
"than a vladmir putin"* its even funnier cause he says "a vladmir putin" lel
@mousammallik7526
3 жыл бұрын
Turn on the captions. It says "Stalkfish". 😆
I lost it when you stalemated while impersonating Giri 😂
@tanaypatel8412
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy lol
@adriankashi8965
3 жыл бұрын
There's 3 knights and 4 bishops lol
@tanaypatel8412
3 жыл бұрын
@@adriankashi8965 noticed it now lol,how much more material do you need to draw.
@executeowen66
3 жыл бұрын
@@tanaypatel8412 me, an 800 ELO player: "hold my bishop"
@ucbsale8236
3 жыл бұрын
@@tanaypatel8412 the inside joke here is how giri, of course a very talented and skilled chess player usually draws against other pros. and a draw can be accomplished by repetition, mutual agreement, insufficient material, or stalemate.
6:56 I can’t breathe
@simplysuperior667
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh I keep finding u!
@DanS044
2 жыл бұрын
@@simplysuperior667 yooo what’s up?
@simplysuperior667
2 жыл бұрын
@@DanS044 that was 7 months ago lmao
@DanS044
2 жыл бұрын
@@simplysuperior667 yeah that’s why I said hi, it’s never a bad time to meet new people
I just come back here every once in a while to hear Leko talk about a queen and a rrrrook vs queen and a rrrook as well as Grischuk rightfully calling out 4P chess as a game for serial killer.
Hell yeah critikal is officially being called “chess celebrity’” by professionals.
@NStripleseven
3 жыл бұрын
Hoo boy
@penguboi9740
3 жыл бұрын
My man literally shit on xqc
@iguessnoone5553
3 жыл бұрын
@@lostgaming7608 i hear xqc is better now looking forward to the 8move checkmate
@kaanertan5642
3 жыл бұрын
@James D, writer of Fahrenheit 1984 *raging power throbbing moment
@ananthanarayanan4100
3 жыл бұрын
Who is most critical🥲
That’s exactly how Fabi speaks it’s like he’s reading an essay
@avanikumari4415
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@abutahirputhedath8841
3 жыл бұрын
Its like he's stoned
@u.v.s.5583
3 жыл бұрын
He pre... Hi hi hi hi hi hi I can't! He prema... Hah hah hah hah hah.... He prematurely attacked me and...
@liviu445
3 жыл бұрын
@@abutahirputhedath8841 Fabiano Marijuana.
@bullymaguire632
2 жыл бұрын
@@liviu445 marijuano marijuana 🤣🤣
The only person who can completely follow Hikaru’s thinking is Hikaru himself
Grischuk's deadpan delivery is on point.
My favorite is everyone's secret favorite: "Hello Everyone"
@abutahirputhedath8841
3 жыл бұрын
@James D, writer of Fahrenheit 1984 ikr!
@NStripleseven
3 жыл бұрын
And that’s it
@wangshuo8260
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, haha!
@stummstefan9735
3 жыл бұрын
BAHAHAHAHAAAAA NIIIIIICE I EVEN DID THE VOICE THING 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@penniesshillings
3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for more!
I like how he draws the Game while doing impression of Giri :D
@vidyanandwagh6277
3 жыл бұрын
This is the most underrated comment in this comment section.
@timothyelicada2630
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I was about to comment this
It's crazy that 6 month ago he had only 100k, while now he is getting close to 1 mil
Levi is honestly very talented with impressions. That was great.
I can't hear levy say "Juicer" like Hikaru and not die laughing JAJAJAJAJAJAJJAJA
@DavidLee-jg5uk
3 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard at “Hikaru’s” arrows proliferating around the board that my girlfriend thought I had choked on a pretzel!
@acpliego
3 жыл бұрын
Do you laugh in Spanish? Jajaja
@alecedman1702
3 жыл бұрын
@@acpliego its german stopid
@hi-hellothere
3 жыл бұрын
@@alecedman1702 You're really calling someone "stopid"?
@alecedman1702
3 жыл бұрын
@@hi-hellothere yeyeye
The fact that Giri had four bishops and four knights nearly killed me.
@arno_grnfld455
2 жыл бұрын
And stalemated the game lol
@migga86
Жыл бұрын
Finding a draw when almost every other move is M-1 is a skill.
Caruana and Seirawan absolute madness. Undisputed perfection. Grishchuk also dam right specially in the kind of things he says. I'd love to see Ben Finegold, Kramnik and Svidler.
As a Brit I'm most impressed by your King impression! Rarely can Americans nail a British accent, but that was great! Legend haha
Was expecting "ohh no my queen" impression
@patrickinocencio2305
3 жыл бұрын
Frank marshall already did it in the golden coin game the american beauty move Qg6 BOOM
@fspc4
3 жыл бұрын
hikaru nakamura losing position by time and by position
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
@v1shalyt
3 жыл бұрын
Daah
Even the pronunciation of the word "know" by Kasparov is exactly right. Grischuk and Ivanchuk are the very best, obviously.
@Dzokhar
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is that Kasparov doesn't actually play any chess in the video.
@yidiandianpang
3 жыл бұрын
As a Russian speaker left has the Russian accent down perfectly
@hellostranger2012
2 жыл бұрын
nakamura could be better but ya he nailed it
@yidiandianpang
2 жыл бұрын
@Hernando Malinchethank s, I didn't know. Wikipedia says: Kasparov has described himself as a "self-appointed Christian", although "very indifferent" and identifies as Russian: "although I'm half-Armenian, half-Jewish, I consider myself Russian because Russian is my native tongue, and I grew up with Russian culture."
@diptodeepmajumder9746
Жыл бұрын
@MeChupaUnHuevon he can be Armenian as well as Jewish. Armenian is an ethnicity, not a religion.
Seirawan was great. He's like the Bob Ross of chess. So mellow and happy it's contagious.
@gregfink9470
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, and Wassail!
@zachhaywood1564
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, he has such a calming voice.
people need a 2nd part of this, incredible talent, i loved peter leko impression it was hilarious.
The draw by Giri in an overwhelmingly won position was my favorite. lmao. XD
@echo2339
3 жыл бұрын
Me tooo it was great
@vancebocas7626
3 жыл бұрын
@acne Giri is known for his drawish style, but Gotham was exaggerating for comedic effect.
@KSSyu13
3 жыл бұрын
I died when I saw that.
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
xQc and moist's impressions were hilarious!🤣also leko's was accurate.
@IGutube1
3 жыл бұрын
Also characters he did that I know we're accurate. Men so damn good with Garry k...
@akshay_9146
3 жыл бұрын
His Yasser's impression was hilarious. He got the mannerisms down to a T.
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
@he96765
3 жыл бұрын
Giri tho
@arnewirthgen3939
3 жыл бұрын
Dont make fun of xQc, I feel pity for him.
Coming back to this 5 months later and seeing the growth on this channel astounds me. Congratulations, Levy. You deserve it.
He sounded like Harry Potter in his King impression
where was Eric? I am sad, I was expecting at least a "oh my queen"
@joel.ds.m
3 жыл бұрын
"Daah"
@Baws4Gamez
3 жыл бұрын
So much potential xd
@Otzkar
3 жыл бұрын
This looks like fun
@darkbrowndior
3 жыл бұрын
Levy must buy alexa first to mimic eric rosen
@maniniescobar244
3 жыл бұрын
There is an interesting line "
7:18 still repeating it
@sammysmartwizch3184
3 жыл бұрын
7:19
@rafiulhaque2838
3 жыл бұрын
captures captures captures
Your Anish, Fabi and Chucky impressions are among the best things I've ever seen on KZread
This is your best video by far! The Anish Giri, Ivanchuk and Fabi impressions are just so accurate. Pure talent!
The impressions are so on point. Especially moist critikal
@anonymouszebra1239
3 жыл бұрын
Just got to that part bahahahahah
@jatinsachdev8459
3 жыл бұрын
"Throbbing"
@gahlol7069
3 жыл бұрын
@@jatinsachdev8459 literally spot on
@iamdogger5871
3 жыл бұрын
T H R O B B I N G
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
the "I take the free juicer" killed me finally haah
i stand by the fact that ivanchuk is a chess personality his interviews make me smile
every few months or so i come back to rewatch this. solid gold content
"This is gross and if u are good at this you are probably a serial killer" this line made me break my chair xD
@Wolfius99
3 жыл бұрын
I might be a serial killer. Good to know.
Grischuk was on point, absolutely had me dying! "And if you are good at zis zen you are probably serial killer" LMFAO
@andrejatodorovic4094
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was exactly the kind of thing Grischuk would say, lol.
Ivanchuk impression made me laugh with tears.
One of the best video of yours. Came a long way. Hope you reach 1M and more. Impersonations are really funny especially Giri.
Anish giri: "Finally...a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary"
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
@dimaratosgeorgiadis2672
3 жыл бұрын
Stockfish taught you well.... but it didn't teach you everything.
@tafiqaumi6566
3 жыл бұрын
Kung fu panda dialogue
Agadmator!! 😂😂 The two words out of nowhere, I actually laughed out loud 🤣
@albertbatfinder5240
3 жыл бұрын
That one got me too.
@rjothi8255
3 жыл бұрын
I thought there would be " captures , captures "
Congrats to the 100k, great achievement!
This is the most amazing thing I've seen in a long time, spot on impressions and great level of detail!
Dude that impression of Grischuk sounds more Grischuk than the man himself. Very good stuff!
@starstuffs39
3 жыл бұрын
big brainn XD
Botez Sister imitation: UNCONTROLLABLE SCREAMING
@tomasbeltran04050
3 жыл бұрын
Specially Andrea
@NoOne-qi4tb
3 жыл бұрын
Or "she probably burned down the kitchen"
These impressions blew my mind. This guy is so good!!!
Ivanchuk and Leko were amaaaazing we need a new one soooon
Seirawan is so on point with the hand motions and everything I literally fell out of my chair laughing
@weaselsdawg
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously, if Levy's voice had just a tinge more bass it would've been uncanny
@johngarcia1140
3 жыл бұрын
Nakamura signature head scratch, Wesley So with lisp, Magnus with tilted head
omg kasparov is SO PERFECT
Just got this recommended 3 years later. Thank you for all chess content you did. The book is amazing!❤🎉🎉
I loved it! I wish you another 100K in a shorter lapse. Great work you are doing. Keep it up.
2:44 LMAO THAT DRAW HAHA
@stelles1344
3 жыл бұрын
That was just iconic
@Entrophius
3 жыл бұрын
Dabing on Ding
@RSolfactory
3 жыл бұрын
@@adrianprundaru9777 beginner to chess I see
The last one on Gotham Chess was not so good. The rest were pretty spot on.
@kurumi394
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this guy needs to step up his game, not being able to imitate Levy smh
@kshitijjain7974
3 жыл бұрын
lmfao
We need an updated version of this at 1 mil
You've hit 1 Million subscribers, and I'm only seeing this now!! The Grishuk 4 player chess one was great, but Giri's draw was on point LOL
7:23 Best impression hands down, lmfao
@Dark-le3bn
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@thesnackbandit
3 жыл бұрын
Why wasn't it a free knight?
@mauricioubillusmarchena6660
3 жыл бұрын
@@thesnackbandit Bg3+ -- Kg1 Qh2+ -- Kf1 Qxf2 is checkmate... (all of this is forced)
@thisisthemansworld8704
3 жыл бұрын
@@mauricioubillusmarchena6660 thanks
4:19 that Fabi smile is so accurate
I just got to run into this video again and it's crazy.. your channel got 900K subs in less than a year (8months actually).. that's probably one of the most growing channels on youtube.. congrats man!
These are actually really, really good. I'm impressed.
Leko impression cracks me up everytime.
@Patrizsche
2 жыл бұрын
ROOK
@greekfountain9303
2 жыл бұрын
It’s so goddamn accurate 🤣🤣
This man! Love his own style and way of entertaining: 100k, let's celebrate with some impressions: love it!! Gefeliciteerd Levy, de eerste van hopelijke vele mooie mijlpalen! (Dutch; Congrats Levy, the first of hopefully many milestones to come)
Your Grischuk was killing me! Congrats on now 1.55M subscribers! Well deserved mate.
I just started playing chess on 2020 so, watching this vid on 2021 and listening to levy talk about hitting 100k suscribers I'm like... is this some joke? I didn't know he had such a stellar growth on such a small span of time. It's amazing. He fully deserves it.
" practising to the best of my ability" - stalemate
@balthazarbeutelwolf9097
3 жыл бұрын
Giri's natural instincts were boosted by the nearby spirit of warshep.
I died on the "take the free juicer" and Hikaru analyzing 25 moves which no one understands. Too good!
This aged extremely well! You deserve 100% of the success going your way. Keep doing your good work, brother! Please bring these imitations back. Chucky was spot on!
almost 1M ! Congrats Levy
I laughed so hard at Giri’s impression that I coughed .... Now I got quarantined
I could've closed my eyes and named every impression you did
@IGutube1
3 жыл бұрын
Levy is that good indeed!!
So glad this hit my recommended 🙏
can't choose. Most of them are flawless. Just listening to the Leko I could really not defferentiate between the original and fake.
Omg Leko had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣
Peter Leko was on point 😂😂
I came back to relive this moment....this was great content well done!!!
congrats on 1 million cheers to more impressions
Honestly didn't expect it to be this good. Kasparov, Seirawan and Grischuk were SO on point and needless to say the Hikaru parts had me rolling lmaooo
"Hello everyone" Took me off guard XD
@ssik9460
3 жыл бұрын
I think that was the agadmator impression
@ptirou8362
3 жыл бұрын
@@ssik9460 yes it is
Your Ivanchuck is hilarious, I love that man.
Wow, 100k to 600k in 3 months. Congrats Levy, well deserved. Your match recaps are the best bar none.
@2:44 Anish , draw by stalemate 😂😂 And levy quotes "best of my ability" This is sick 😂😂
I can’t wait for you to do an impression of Ben Finegold when you hit 200K
@ryanbran285
3 жыл бұрын
@gothamchess raaaawr
@vitormuzzi192
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for that the whole video
@thechosenone2163
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Everyone, I'm Ben Finegold and you're not😁
Dude this is so good, not sure how I missed it. I’m glad you’ll soon get the 1M
Levy, please do an updated version of this!
Congrats Levy! Btw you missed Hikaru's "Let's keep going, let's keep going"
@calicoixal
3 жыл бұрын
And how Hikaru says "here" after every move
best impression: anish funniest: grishuck, peter leko, ivanchuk
Congratulations to 100k!
I can't stop watching this every now and then, I just don't know how you get voices so accurate like that 🤣
"Prost" or rather "Herzlichen Glückwunsch"! This is such a useless skill but amazingly done
@RetsamX
3 жыл бұрын
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
@bosniandankmemer1821
3 жыл бұрын
i would rather say "Von der Mitte zur Titte zum Sack zack zack "
the xQc impression gave me goosebumps, it was so well done
Your Grischuk and Ivanchuk are my favourites, although Leko is absolutely amazing too ^^
5:13 Hikaru was Hikaru in his original form. An engine should be names after Hikaru! Always amazed at his quick thinking.
Grischuk part was so good 😂😂😂 Also where Peter leko said I can't see the pieces anyway lmao
Damn, you’re unnervingly good at this tbh. But where’s the Anna Rudolf impression? Also, ‘cheers’ in my language is ‘cheers’.
@libertas12
3 жыл бұрын
This was really good, but where was maguns?
@FelipeV3444
3 жыл бұрын
What language is that? :o
@melodyparker3485
3 жыл бұрын
@@libertas12 Who is "Maguns"? I've never heard of him!
This has got to be one of the best videos ive watched
XQC, Yasser and Leko was spot on. If I heard these impressions without video I would think it was just them talking