Yeah, blue states suck. We get it. I’m down to hear the contrary, or to be proved wrong. But I don’t think they will be able to stop the tailspin.

@brianaiitken

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of Shame

@mylesmckay8117

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of shaaaaame

@goji_crafter

2 жыл бұрын

pin of some adjective I'm not sure which tbh

@diggitus

2 жыл бұрын

Doug have some dignity you attention whore

@jeremymamaril904

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of wth is wrong with you

Mamedyarov: “yes, I have gotten dynamic play!” Magnus: *becomes stockfish*

@rahulmistry5019

2 жыл бұрын

lmao always has been

@_A-B_

2 жыл бұрын

best comment so far

From the interview with Carlsen on norwegian television, right after the game, he did predict the rook sacrifice. Said it was «His (Mamedyarov) style»

@awesomeone1784

2 жыл бұрын

meta gaming vote him out

The craziest thing about this game is that all of Mamedyarov's moves were among the top engine recommendations. He didn't make a bad move until the very end, at which point he was already losing and was desperately just trying to create some chaos. He played all good moves, and lost.

@TheMarc477

2 жыл бұрын

Truly insane game

@hawkmore

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great example of the difference between people and engines, really. He played an amazing line that was better for him, but REQUIRED precise play the whole way through. We use up our energy and time as we play while engines don't, so even if the line in Stockfish says it's winning it's just SO MUCH HARDER for a human to do it. This is the type of stuff you need to keep in mind when picking which openings and prep to learn, how easy the position is to play is such a hard thing to grade but it's just so important

@sigurdh.s8320

2 жыл бұрын

He had two slight inaccuracies according to Svidler on the live broadcast. Not taking anything away from either player ofc.

@faznaz7455

2 жыл бұрын

h6 was an inaccuracy and Be6 wasn’t the best move according to the engine. f6 was the decisive mistake though.

@peristiloperis7789

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawkmore Exactly! I learned this lesson the hard way. Not long ago I played a game as black and I had a completely winning position, but I lost because I needed to find a hard move to give mate in 13.

35:35 Yes, he knew. In the interview after the match Magnus said that he expected this exchange sacrifice because it 💯 % fits Shak‘s style

@luthrilcharryk9865

2 жыл бұрын

that‘s the one quality that magnus has which engines dont

@itsbreezy2521

2 жыл бұрын

@@luthrilcharryk9865 Yesss! Its a bit like in Poker where the top players e.g Ivey know when to move from a GTO style to utilise exploitative play based on opponent reads/tendencies..

@nurbekkhazhimurat3038

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsbreezy2521 yeah but it is kinda late now to put Ivey as an example... I mean, it's 2022 now, any moving from GTO will IMMEDIATEDLY be punished at NL500+, and that is why Ivey sucks against top players now And btw, Berry sweet or Trueteller won a lot, playing against Ivey actually explointing HIM, so I don't think your example was correct:3

@epoh9076

2 жыл бұрын

@@nurbekkhazhimurat3038 whos lvey

Those last 13 moves of Magnus were just incredible. Those were the only moves which maintain his winning position and many of them were by NO means easy to see, very very difficult in fact. This guy is a monster.

@QuinntakillLOL

2 жыл бұрын

yeah he’s literally the best in the world bozo 🤡

@user-rb3dy2ox9t

2 жыл бұрын

@@QuinntakillLOL ok aaron

@roberthansen5727

2 жыл бұрын

@@QuinntakillLOL Cringe comment

@12jswilson

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. If your opponent plays b3 against you in that position, he's either cheating or Magnus Carlsen. I'm sure there's other GMs that could find it, but I don't think anyone on the broadcasts did without glancing at the engine.

@elliotbaker5416

2 жыл бұрын

He is without a doubt one of the chess players of all time

The "player talking trash over the board, opponent asks why they're talking" bit is my favorite running joke in Levy's recaps.

@michaelesser8862

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@whamenrespecter7075

2 жыл бұрын

Ben Finegold also makes this joke quite often.

@12jswilson

2 жыл бұрын

It's a bit he stole from Finegold. Finegold probably stole it from someone else so it's fair.

@donkarnage6986

2 жыл бұрын

he got it from Ben Finegold, he says it all the time!

@jaasonjones4419

2 жыл бұрын

@@12jswilson yeah, and honestly I think the 'no talking' is funnier, but it's whatever, I enjoy content from both of them

Imagine playing an opponent that only plays top engine moves. Edited:Thank you for all the likes on this comment I appreciate it :-)

@Kasperthelarsen02

2 жыл бұрын

Magnus Carlsen and Dewa Kipas..... Legends.

@Zawnpuia1640

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Justaplebxd1998

2 жыл бұрын

fish stock been doing this for years you should check it

@djzener

2 жыл бұрын

Magnus Carlsen and Boston Mike

@siopal9021

2 жыл бұрын

Stockfish plays brilliant moves according to Stockfish.

I would never lose to Magnus like that. It would take at least 25 fewer moves

@ocal6477

2 жыл бұрын

What? But.. there were only 27 moves in the Magnus game.. (?)

@Teun5994

2 жыл бұрын

@@ocal6477 you're right, he made a mistake. It would take at least 26 fewer moves

@shubhdavishwal

2 жыл бұрын

@@ocal6477 He meant fools mate

@Tennishangman

2 жыл бұрын

27 for me. I’d see the opening position and do the sportsmanlike thing - resign, because against Magnus, that’s a losing position.

@juliocadavid6640

2 жыл бұрын

I would resing as soon as he moves any pawn, just to avoid checkmate. Thats what superGMs do, never let their opponents to checkmate them, so im something of a superGM my self

Levy, we really need some analytics my guy… How big a percentage just skip straight to the magnus game? 👀

@lordwiz6653

2 жыл бұрын

That will not be wholesome I blv . We are here for recap & not magnus alone needs all limelight. Let's give some credit to others for where its due .

@a-manthegeneral

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordwiz6653 It's just stats bro

@CarassiusAu

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordwiz6653 Well so many people just simply skip to see Magnus that Levy actually mentioned it in his clips. I’m one of them too

@oscardanson7127

2 жыл бұрын

Yo Mr boloos TD watches levy. Any tips for boloons (I have about 100000 medalinas and all towers but not many powers)

All these games make so much sense to me when Gotham explains them, but then I start my own game, I blunder a rook in 10 moves.

@lucasaximenes

2 жыл бұрын

This is the way

It feels very special to be living during the Magnus era! Now I see how the generation that experienced the Kasparov and/or Fischer era felt.

@elliothicks7602

2 жыл бұрын

I think they meant dominance-wise, not culturally

@arbinpaul509

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Kasparov's era was more longer. Magnus has to go more way to compete that..He was totally unbeatable then. Even he was unstoppable for sometime after the end of that golden run.

@andreaskroknes4407

2 жыл бұрын

@@Masua90 Well the US vs USSR rivalry were greatly important especially within the two superpowers(granted it did certainly make it into the cultural awareness abroad, yet to a substantially lesser degree), but its quite clear that you are seeing it through an American-centric perspective, where one underplay the cultural significance this has had for Chess in Norway for instance.

@seife41

2 жыл бұрын

@@arbinpaul509 you cant compare that, there are 5 or more other players beside magnus who might beat prime Kasparov. but like i said you cant compare so whatever

@12jswilson

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah except it's also much more accessible. You couldn't keep up with the games as they were happening in past eras. You didn't have video recaps and live streams by a half dozen content creators either. You didn't have the ability to watch Kasparov and his buddies getting drunk and listening to Eminem while playing blitz or bullet. This is truly the golden age of chess from a spectator's perspective

"this is not even my final form" -Magnus Carlsen, probably

Watching the whole day unfold live, was an absolute treat. Naroditsky explained it all to us laymen as it unfolded, and with 4 decisive, exciting games, Magnus and Anish in 1st and 2nd, this was maybe the best tour day so far.

@TheMarc477

2 жыл бұрын

Anish in second feels a bit odd tho haha wish dubov test result came a bit earlier

@kimaboe

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMarc477 Anish in second is becoming a Tata Steel tradition.

@ZwiftyZwifter

2 жыл бұрын

Am loving GM Naroditsky’s commentary.

@rlc7895

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZwiftyZwifter hes a great dude

@coreyjr6988

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 💯

Magnus " top engine move" Carlsen

The commentary on this video is nuts. I never openly laugh out loud at your videos and rarely am I so captivated. I feel like this is a video I should show my friends to get them into Chess. The energy is just amazing and you've never been funnier

One thing you should have mentioned is how much time Magnus had on the clock, he played all the top engine moves with little thought. The man is too powerful

@hankmoody666

2 жыл бұрын

Most impressive thing was that he must have been out of prep before he started playing perfect move after perfect move since it was from move 18 and onwards or so

The Catalan is going to become so trendy definitely, like the Sveshnikov which Magnus used extensively in 2018 against Caruana in the WCC and many other opponents.

I reckon Magnus started studying the Catalan extensively after Alpha Zero used it as its preferred opening. In your video a few months back on Alpha Zero v Stockfish you mentioned sometime that that opening was what it went for most of the time and it didn't find any significant advantage with 1. e4. And then, after another few weeks you released a video on what Magnus learned from Alpha Zero and I believe this is one of the things he learned from it.

@danielmontoya2494

2 жыл бұрын

Also Dubov likes the catalan and im pretty sure he inspired and helped w all this catalan prep we see from magnus

@shambhav9534

2 жыл бұрын

This is completely irrelevant but I'm a firm believer than AlphaZero is trash. And so are all these neural network engines. Google was using some fancy custom made TPUs. Right now, if you're an average guy, run Leela on your average GPU and it'll be trash. Competitions just use great GPUs and hype up all of them. The problem is that there's no comparison CPU x = GPU y. There can never be a fair match up. Basically, I believe that even in 2018, if you ran Stockfish in a good enough computer, it'd be better.

@allilatif1600

2 жыл бұрын

@@shambhav9534 and I am a firm believer that you are smoking crack

@shambhav9534

2 жыл бұрын

@@allilatif1600 Is that supposed to be a joke?

@dineshr2293

2 жыл бұрын

@@shambhav9534 stockfish is better

The Pragg-Karjakin game was stunning... Simply awesome! The Indian players are CRUSHING this tournaments. Vidit is playing some of his best games, the challengers section is being leaded by an Indian player (very sorry I don’t remember his name) and Pragg does not get behind them at all! The kid is playing really well!

@unnameduser_5659

2 жыл бұрын

Arjun Erigaisi, wasn't it?

@muditgoel4052

2 жыл бұрын

Arjun Erigaisi leading the tournament 8/9 🔥

@dkpandey1996

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that every one will remember Arjun's name in a few years; that guy is playing incredible chess. We have some very talented juniors, feels great to see them rise up the ranks.

Queenless attacking games that aren't just "endgamey" and about winning pawns and promoting are so fascinating to me. It requires so much piece coordination and understanding positions where it doesn't seem to matter what you play because there are no obvious threats or captures or checkmating ideas.

I was following live the game and Magnus played top engine move after top engine move. He pummeled Mamedyarov is 27 moves! Crazy !

@maulerXX

2 жыл бұрын

And Mamedyarov never even played a bad move until the very end when he was already losing.

@juliocadavid6640

2 жыл бұрын

Magnus was going to win anyway, mamed just avoid a +120 moves lose game

@smrf4941

2 жыл бұрын

@@maulerXX absolutely.

Magnus is absolutely a monster. To be able to see all those ‘only’ moves that maintain his winning position.

Magnus is BEASTING this tournament. Loving watching his matches. It's extremely difficult for him to get to 2900, but I think he's going to do it. Best chess in history being played.

3:45 short castle to queen side

LOL @11:19 "Sam's not into affixiation, hes into some other stuff".

Every computer after their game : let's check with magnus what was The top carlsen move .

If this was anybody but Magnus, I'm fairly certain everyone would be highly suspicious of this play. That's the level this man is at nowadays.

Levy, your recaps are unstoppable...ly awesome. Sounded better in my head.

@Eflow1212

2 жыл бұрын

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All terrific games, honestly. And I would not even recognize how good they were without your commentary.

@barryweaver8833

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

Great recap. Hope to see Levy play a tournament next month.

Order of recap postings have been Agadmator, Hikaru, and Levy . And ya know? I watch all 3 and enjoy all of them.

@burchdriver

2 жыл бұрын

Save the best for last. Levy is the story teller.

@guts3195

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly me. I watch all three videos of Carlsen 🤣

@sigurdh.s8320

2 жыл бұрын

@@guts3195 Fr. I can't get enough of watching people analyze Magnus' games and talking about how good he is😅

Wow, that last game was absolutely crazy. The way Magnus calmly disassembled Shaks position was amazing.

The ending of your video was perfect! Man Carlsen playing like an engine at this point hahah

I have to say, I loved your narration about the bishop during the Giri-Shankland game LMAO, never change!

Great recaps! As a suggestion for instructional videos maybe discussing the difference between gaining space and overextending? I'm around 1600 and find it difficult to assess.

"You could not live with your own failure... where did that bring you? Back to me." Magnus and his Catalan

In the 23rd episode of Guess the Elo, Levy had the Iron Man suit in the thumbnail. And now we have Magnus Carlsen as Thanos. This is the another possibility among 14million other possibilities, where Thanos would win. Nvm.

The best thing that happens everyday: Levy's recaps

I was going to skip to magnus, but then i heard french defense at the caruana game :) it looks quite a bit like a position I studied this afternoon of your E6B6 course, the connect 4 opposite of the position. Nice to recognize something, greatly recommend the courses!

" Sam's not inta asphyxiation he's into some other stuff " this one cracked me up 💀💀😂😂

FYI Marc'Andria Maurizzi became GM at 14, beating Bacrot's record of the youngest French GM

Magnus threw some shade at Giri in the postgame interview with Norwegian TV, saying "I am impressed with his will to win. If he is willing to take the forfeit instead of giving Dubov a game on the rest day, and to score that point for free, he must really want the victory." He clarified that it was his understanding that Dubov was willing to play on the rest day, but Giri refused, and thus won the game when Dubov didn't play. People, including Karjakin, were giving the organisers shit for the way it went down, but it seems the option was indeed given to the players!

@mohammadalmasri7578

2 жыл бұрын

It shouldnt be the players choice its on the organizers to have this prepared with clear guidelines giri did nthn wrong. Also im pretty sure magnus was kidding he tweeted “😉

@TheMarc477

2 жыл бұрын

Yea honestly I feel the same sure anish in second place but even if he would win this people would question because he took the forfait, he should have just played dubov on the rest day escpecially since it was a corona situation. I think magnus summed it up really well Anish desperately wants to win but the way magnus is playing right now goodluck

@kimaboe

2 жыл бұрын

@@mohammadalmasri7578 Agreed, they should have put clear terms for when the game would be played in case of positive cases in a player's camp. Anish was perfectly in his right to take the forfeit, of course. Magnus was giving a post-game interview, Anish walked behind him and gave the V-sign to the camera, so I think Magnus just felt encouraged to troll him a bit in return. I don't doubt that Magnus would have played on the rest day, that seems to be his attitude to these things, but then again, he has less to lose than most of the other players.

@dont-want-no-wrench

2 жыл бұрын

magnus, in addition to being the goat, is a true sportsman

@dco1019

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMarc477 nonsense. Dubov couldve played but straight up refused to play with a mask on where Prag did play with a mask in a similar situation. Bottom line dubov couldve played the match but forfeited, anish was waiting for him at the board. I can even understand dubov that he doesnt want to play with a mask on. It's fine...but giri isnt obligated at all to play him outside the schedule. Thats silly.

11:22 i like how fast Levi tries to change the subject

That Fabiano Caruana game was amazing tbh. It’s good to see him come back in vicious style after hanging a rook in an earlier game. Plus, it shows that the French is viable for black and can even be played for a win at the highest level despite the bad rep it gets.

I never really skipped to magnus games until levy gave me the idea again and again

Thanks for your enthusiasm, Levi. Your love for chess is obvious and contagious. It's making me find new appreciation for a game I've played since I was a boy. My only regret is that I don't have anything stupid and ignorant to say, which would earn me the sacred Pinned Comment, haha! edit: TIL, Shankland is not into asphyxiation. Bravo

3:08 The ongoing house references are why I keep coming back. For example something like: this bishop moved into an apartment with little to no window view besides a brick wall

The first mate by Marc Andria was really nice

"You dont want to go full danger levels or else your levels might get dangered" I love GothamChess

I still have never loss to Magnus, I'm the GOAT!!!

@siriusly7081

2 жыл бұрын

neither has Magnus, checkmate

@simonl446

2 жыл бұрын

@@siriusly7081 more like stalemate

@jasperandchess7

2 жыл бұрын

@@siriusly7081 bro we get it

@someone-is9un

2 жыл бұрын

You never beat him 'cause you never played with him

@thecommentor246

2 жыл бұрын

@@siriusly7081 Magnus has never lost to Magnus so ummm what's your point?

Mamedyarov: I will sack the exchange and create dynamic counterplay he is not stockfish I will be able to swindle the win Magnus: *Are you sure about that ?*

Me, a 1400 who’s thought the catalan is the best opening for white for forever: maybe I am magnus carlsen

You should do a series where you choose one disciple (like a KZreadr or streamer who wants to collab) and follow their chess journey.

@dont-want-no-wrench

2 жыл бұрын

interesting idea, but how would you pick one who has the promise of developing well, and the motivation?

amazing recap: from the crazy guys in New York or San Fransisco, to the longest name seen, and even allowing to skip ahead! Thanks for the engaging and entertaining content :)

You should have opened with the Caruana/Greandelius game... that match was absolute fireworks!!! Great game selection and great commentary as well! Thanks again for the recaps :)

Best believe in like a week there will be 10,000 new Catalan opening videos

"Magnus plays the Best move... Best move again... Only move... Mamedyarov resigns" Magnus is a fucking positional machine 😄

145th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Magnus Carlsen è inarrestabil"

@420farms7

2 жыл бұрын

Strawberry vanilla chocolate, there I also translated Into neapolitan

3:40 great short castle

I do remember! The horsy moved and pointy one also

Magnus is really showing why he is going for 2900

@seife41

2 жыл бұрын

ok, but its unlikely

Prag's game was pretty great even though he lost. Hopefully he is just getting started.

Your head reflecting off the plaque was some good entertainment ngl

38:25 I'm pretty sure Magnus has played the Catalan before (I don't remember if it was only in faster time controls, but I think he has played it in classical before).

189th day of translating levy's titles into hindi: "Magnus Carlsen ko rokna naamunkin hai"

@ripinblack903

2 жыл бұрын

Smh, 1st day.

Yo

"I am inevitable" - Thagnus Carlsen

The lighting it this video looks great. You lookin fresh brah

Needs to be said, the fact that he says "Ladies and gentlemen" at the start of every video even though his audience is overwhelmingly male is pretty cool

Fun fact LCO likes oppening with D4 and goees for Catalan .... moves White LCO black stockfish (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Qc2...)

Stockfish: “Hello, 911? I’d like to report a crime. Magnus Carlsen stole my identity.”

4:00 what about the move c6 to split white's structure? Is that too little benifit for being worth 1 move?

Im convinced Stockfish is just Magnus with an alias

34:50, where stockfish throws in the towel, Magnus prevails. Gives me goosebumps literally

There are many chess chanels but you're one of a kind. The passion you put in every game you analyze makes it a pleasure to watch. Thank you for your great job!

I was really looking for this analysis today. Skipping ahead!

I just got back from San Francisco a few weeks ago. Your warning came too late my friend. That city, I stayed at the hilton dt and it was like the purge... great video! I didn't skip!

Levy recapping the Anish game is just like describing an anime battle scene.

So awesome loved this Marc and Anish were incredible in their matches. Then Magnus was great. Love your breakdowns.

Prag has obviously seen the london system course by IM Eric Rosen. Same lines

These recaps and eating dinner simultaneously slaps😅😂

Juzz luuv your energy, Mr. Gotham! 😉👍👍 Danx for the recap!

That thumbnail picture is the same picture that Left used in Guess the Elo 11 titled Gothamkinator, except he had his face pasted over thanos instead of Magnus.

that was truly amazing, loved that little speech about magnus at the end, especially that last sentence

"God gave you a rook" is my favorite Levy line

Please feature some Arjun Erigaisi's game

Best closer in a video of yours by a mile. Amazing video as always.

Fabiano is an absolute machine. Best calculations of all time perhaps.

“Pawn takes pawn is a pawn” is one of the best Gotham quotes

bro levy i swear your tangents are the best, i don’t care that we don’t see eye to eye, it’s fucking hilarious when you get off track (“that’s the beauty of society, you get to choose- well, not in all countries.”

Damn the question at the end had me frozen for a minute

I went to San Francisco 2 or so years ago, and I knew you'd say go anywhere else, so I spent most of my time there in Alcatraz👍

Levy. A HUGE thank you for these videos. You're truly great at explaining and keeping it entertaining. Big fan!

I'll never skip a single recap my man

Hi Gotham, much respect for your work, you're my favorite youtuber! If Daniel Dardha (plays on the Challengers side) has a good game, could you please make a recap? He plays for Belgium but he is really Albanian, and I'm Albanian too. It doesn't matter if he wins or looses it will just make me happy to see a compatriot in one of your recaps! Thanks.

Awesome, you’re soooo fast!! Worth the wait!

3:47 "short castle"

The Catalan works due to white’s extra tempo of moving first. I hate playing against it. Lol

Man, I love those analogies