It’s honestly impressive that Levy has so much self-confidence for a guy that was so clearly bullied in school growing up

@sushilkafle452

8 ай бұрын

shin of pame

@HotNThreshYT

8 ай бұрын

Shameeee

@sagnikchatterjee8221

8 ай бұрын

Bro really woke up and chose to embarrass himself over this shameful comment

@Prodigy365

8 ай бұрын

Can't believe levy checks his videos every hour to see how much views it gets

@Alistant

8 ай бұрын

Pame of Shin

Let’s appreciate Hikaru and Magnus continuing their rivalry just to help Levy grow his channel

@jamesjacob21

8 ай бұрын

Rather support Levy get rich than salty Hikaru. Plus he's a better recapper anyways

@silversalmon9909

8 ай бұрын

@@jamesjacob21 stay mad lol

@geoff7727

8 ай бұрын

​@@jamesjacob21why you got so much hate bro😂

@kabuky1256

8 ай бұрын

These comments are getting annoying

@dylanspence1842

8 ай бұрын

@@jamesjacob21they’re both great at recaps hikaru is much more knowledgeable tho. Average triple elo comment

“Comes back with the shirt change gambit” was an awesome line😂

@ahmedfarag2265

5 ай бұрын

it killed me

@lordoftheflies17

2 ай бұрын

i litterally came to replies to see if someone commented about it, it had me fucking laughing so hard LMAO

The energy levy employs when narrating games is captivating. I watched all 33 minutes and it felt like 5

@Divinetots

8 ай бұрын

We need all games

One of the games they played was 161 moves long, and Magnus played at 98.1 and Hikaru at 99.3 Unbelievable

@v380riMz

8 ай бұрын

No fucking way. 161 moves 99.3? 161 moves and I’m probably like -200 accuracy🤣.

@weeooh1

8 ай бұрын

The amazing thing is that these are speed chess matches and not classical.

@misterfox8061

8 ай бұрын

@@v380riMz 161 moves actually results in higher accuracy, because most of the time it's just a drawn ending played on for a long time, with a lot of high-accuracy moves

@cirjeex6412

8 ай бұрын

@@v380riMz😂 i blunder a piece or two every game and then curse myself for being stupid. These guys are insane!

@rohangeorge712

8 ай бұрын

that makes sense actually. if ur a gm who knows the game, with less pieces in the endgame, accurate moves are easier to find. @@misterfox8061

the involuntary sneeze with the quick "I'm allergic to bad moves" was goated.

@MrVovansim

8 ай бұрын

Gotham: I'm allergic to bad moves Magnus: and I took that personally

@cameronmiddleton9332

8 ай бұрын

My personal favourite joke was the Shirt Gambit

@SabakuNoGaara2023

8 ай бұрын

I thought the same 😆

@LordNNero

8 ай бұрын

​@@cameronmiddleton9332 yeah! That was funny! XD

@watch.v.dQw4w9WgXcQ

8 ай бұрын

@@cameronmiddleton9332 my first name is also Cameron, coincidence??

the double rook sacrifice was wild. crazy good stuff.

@rmamon2554

6 ай бұрын

Throw yourself into the dirt, the Master has spoken, hail to the King. I am off for words.

@boogie8586

4 ай бұрын

​@@rmamon2554 bazinga monotropism reluctantly enticing the mentally taxed. All is love in warfare and death. Spontaneous

ICONIC

@georgefarag7251

8 ай бұрын

Fr

@redfrostgaming4056

8 ай бұрын

Frfr

@Tanmay231

8 ай бұрын

Fr

@KaptnJolly

8 ай бұрын

Rf

@olly2126

8 ай бұрын

Ror feal

MAGNUS in title - Gets many clicks HIKARU in title - Gets many clicks Levy's brain: MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU

@mikefun7482

8 ай бұрын

!!!!!

@ar_greyheart471

8 ай бұрын

Big Brain move

@Astrals7k

8 ай бұрын

bro already changed it

@NoBatteriesLOL

8 ай бұрын

The brilliant moves during their match were fantastic

@jshooa4840

8 ай бұрын

@@Astrals7kthe discord chose the name.

MAGNUS SHIRT CHANGE GAMBIT IS UNSTOPPABLE!

@KDNXZ135

8 ай бұрын

Chess♟️

@messistl

8 ай бұрын

His sense of fashion speaks for itself

@FiryaFYI

8 ай бұрын

He also ate a banana buff

@Diury

8 ай бұрын

banana

@aramuradyan305

8 ай бұрын

His Shirt sponsored by a Norwegian government 😂

12:08 When you realize it took Hikaru more than a minute to find that you know it had to be an insane play

Magnus is like the villain of the saga who' s never truly defeated (also, I get why he's bored by classical chess)

@TahreaGarnett

8 ай бұрын

What are you on about, he lost the last one😅😅

@sriracha9729

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but he literally wins over 60-70% of the tournaments he is in. That's crazy considering there are at least 10 people playing...

@TahreaGarnett

8 ай бұрын

@@sriracha9729 that has nothing to do with what he said

@noone-ld7pt

8 ай бұрын

​@@TahreaGarnett I guess he means that he is never truly defeated... Like literally what he said. He may lose a game, or a tournament or even a match, but he is never truly defeated because he comes back with a vengance and wins it back!

@TahreaGarnett

8 ай бұрын

@@noone-ld7pt bruh... okay. So it could be anyone who are capable of winning a tournament after a loss then?

I thought the title was exaggerated but wow, this was probably the best chess series to be played. Props to Magnus for offering a draw at the end to allow a final score of 13.5-12.5 instead of 14-12, because that is truly how close this series was.

@chrisdawson1776

8 ай бұрын

Maidenless geek! Touch grass! Stop watching ((chesss)) videos!

tied going into bullet, whole thing coming down to the last game, last game ending in a double rook sacrifice for the win. this match was amazing

@NoBatteriesLOL

8 ай бұрын

True. It being tied going into 1+1 proved who was better at speed chess on that day

@Dylan-ge6dn

8 ай бұрын

And mate in 11 moves? Magnus saw that even though the mate in 11 included two rook sacrifices. Wild stuff

@NoBatteriesLOL

8 ай бұрын

@@Dylan-ge6dn not exactly, Magnus said he knew he had at least a Perpetual draw after the first rook sac

Magnus humbly offering a draw after having a mate in 5 in the last game

I almost never comment, but this has been one of the best chess review videos I've ever seen. Great job my guy, very entertaining, and the level of play astounding of course.

the craziest thing about this match is the fact that hikaru and magnus's average accuracies are 89.9% and 90% respectively lmao. truly the best duo

@StyloRodriguez

8 ай бұрын

Yea They both played a game with 99 accuracy and went like 3850 Elo stockfish 3 games in a row

@Gabriel-ns2cn

8 ай бұрын

And there is that huge game that Magnus lost with 98%, these guys are completely insane

@user-ee1lo1il3f

8 ай бұрын

even crazier that this 90% is magnus' lowest average accuracy of all his matches this event lol

@johnmcauliffe8824

8 ай бұрын

Crazy for a bullet match, it's a great time to be a chess fan with two, possibly 3, players who are so amazing and head and shoulders above the competition.

@teoryan-castillo8510

8 ай бұрын

tink its cause hikaru makes the games harder for him @@user-ee1lo1il3f

Props to Levy for giving Hikaru and Magnus honorary GM titles

@abdullahiftikhar6599

8 ай бұрын

Hmm

“Are you not entertained!?” Nice Gladiator quote at the end. 😂

What an incredible set. The gloves were off. Magnus finishing that final brutal scramble by offering a draw was a sign of massive respect.

Gotham has been really brilliant with his titles lately Edit: Levy, STOP CHANGING TITLES!

@JESTAYT

8 ай бұрын

Real

@Xeropium

8 ай бұрын

he changed the title

@Xeropium

8 ай бұрын

MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU MAGNUS HIKARU was better

@mrmasrawy92

8 ай бұрын

When this comment hits a lot of likes, edit it to say: "STOP CHANGING TITLES!!!!"

@khalidbadawi8216

8 ай бұрын

i guess this one doesnt need a title, just write Hikaru or magnus and u get the ass views levy seeks

levy knew he was going to get to shout "the roooook!" twice in the finale of the video and the hype was palpable for all 33 min.

THE combo (covered 12:00 - 13:00) really makes me say hikaru is the puzzle G O A T so good

@noone-ld7pt

8 ай бұрын

Well technically he is actually not even close to being the puzzle GOAT, Ray Robson holds that title without a doubt. I think he is a 4 time consecutive puzzle world champion now, and he has outperformed Hikaru several times. Hikaru obviously crushes him in actual games but when it comes to pure puzzle solving Hikaru doesn't stand a chance.

How does Magnus find a tactic like that in BULLET. Unbelievable. The greatest ever

Magnus' double rook sacrifice was such a thing of beauty and craziness combined lmao, I almost jumped out of my seat. That's why he's the GOAT.

Magnus and Hikaru are truly the humans of all time

@jensonang1113

8 ай бұрын

W pfp

@socratease4645

8 ай бұрын

Bold statement. The humans in the universe too.

@jordanmcmorris5248

8 ай бұрын

Truly one of the video titles ever posted

@waryinzero

8 ай бұрын

huh

@deadliersheep7697

8 ай бұрын

🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖 moment

Wow, the amount of energy delivered in this recap is astounding! Keep up gr8 content levy!

Levy ty for what you bring to chess. The energy and enthusiasm you show for these videos is appreciated

That final game was GORGEOUS holy shit

magnus v hikaru has gotta be one of the best chess rivalries ever they both respect each other so much. Every match that they play against each other end up being amazing games

@pputnam100

8 ай бұрын

Unless it's classical chess (real chess), in which case it's really one sided..

@bogisimonsen471

8 ай бұрын

After the final Hikaru was asked about the rivalrie he sayed that there rrealy wasen´t one because Magnus had a very good score against him. Ok after the pandemic his score against Magnus had improved

@user-bb6wu7lb8d

8 ай бұрын

in classical,Its one sided tho

@burnstick1380

8 ай бұрын

karpov v kasparov wasn't bad

@crushedscouter9522

8 ай бұрын

Lol there is no rivalry

I began watching Levy during the Chess World Cup 23'. The guy is a commentary genius, and I watch his videos from start to finish, with much love from South Africa. Keep at it Levy! Great content.

I’m so happy I found your videos, Levy. Your book is just great, I’m reading it. As someone who’s just learning how to play good chess, your videos are such an invaluable resource. Plus, they’re very funny. What a great content!

WHAT AN INSANE MATCH we couldn’t ask anything better from these 2 kings

@shmit1273

8 ай бұрын

viste un video de 30 min en 2 min?

@bailey2649

8 ай бұрын

We could ask for a boxing match 😂

@stoopid69421

8 ай бұрын

2 kings make a draw tho

@NoBatteriesLOL

8 ай бұрын

2 kings? Nah 3 kings including Levy

@EnanInoa

8 ай бұрын

​@@shmit1273seguro no te entendió jajaj

Levy is transforming a simple chess game into an action movie!! Number one chess channel for a reason!!!

@Dukerdjerrbs

8 ай бұрын

Yea but you can't not get pumped about the sack in the final match. That was insane. I would've resigned. Who would've ever guessed it was winning

@edheffernan8289

8 ай бұрын

@@Dukerdjerrbsthat’s why you would be pumped about it. Cause it’s insane that a human being was capable of finding that. I need at least three of me with an eval bar to find that

@Dukerdjerrbs

8 ай бұрын

@@edheffernan8289 Shoot idk if the engine could find that without 5 minutes of buffering

@Dukerdjerrbs

8 ай бұрын

@@edheffernan8289 This was a 1 minute game

@watch.v.dQw4w9WgXcQ

8 ай бұрын

@@Dukerdjerrbsfr thought, that makes it extremely insane though how they managed to find it

21:32 "Magnus Carlsen with the shirt change gambit"

“You best believe this man was bobbing his head” 😂😂😂😂 The Hikaru special

Levy is so entertaining. Love watching his videos.

@MarcInCanada

8 ай бұрын

Yes, brilliantly entertaining, bringing to life the Masters of this game

This is so ridicolous. You can't script this stuff. WHAT A MATCH. WHAT A RECAP. A PURE MASTERPIECE ‼

Nakamura just solving 3000elo chess puzzles in the rush of a 20sec speedchess game just shows how much of a machine he is

My favorite commentary of ALL your videos Levi. Love your closing comment and the reverence for game.

Levy’s recaps might be the best videos on his channel. I always look forward to them during events

@chrisdawson1776

8 ай бұрын

Maidenless geek! Touch grass! Stop watching ((chesss)) videos!

its so nice of magnus to not quit chess to continue levy’s youtube channel edit: can we reach 1k likes?

@Chris-cx6wl

2 ай бұрын

Only 202 likes. Feels bad man

Can we agree that this the greatest SCC finale and an amazing commentary by our dear Levy

22:58 I love how you just casually threw that in, "the bishop can't take the rook, cause black would play rook takes kingg"

21:37 shirt change gambit💀

Fun fact: Magnus has beat Hikaru by one in the bullet portion both years, the difference is how the bullet portion started

Excellent recap. Absolutely my favorite content. Would love to see a bit more coverage of players like MVL, Pragg, Rapport, Danya (for speed chess), etc. I know it's a bunch of work but maybe once a month a recap on some of the old and upcoming guard from your older recaps.

Two ingenious players deserve an ingenious commentary and they got it thanks to Levy.

gotham never fails to avoid clickbait at all costs

@Kayn_.

8 ай бұрын

Actually though, for once it was accurate

@Subuzy

8 ай бұрын

Godzilla had a f*ing stroke trying to understand the grammar and died

This man is obsessed when Magnus so much as breathes in a chess game and I wouldn’t blame him

@ming2371

8 ай бұрын

Just like football fans react to Messi and Ronaldo, it's the same for magnus and Hikaru in chess

@jamesjacob21

8 ай бұрын

Lets be real , Magnus gets the most clcks and makes the most money for Levy and his channel. Hes open about this and generally tries to make a genuine product for his viewers

@dankake

8 ай бұрын

Its a chess channel. What did you expect?

These videos are literally why I started to play. I'm not very good, but you really got me into it with your way to make moving pieces on a board seem like the best thing in the world.

“I don’t know, Stockfish is a scumbag” 8:45 😂

People can say what they want about the title, but having watched much of the match, it's actually completely accurate 😂

The beautiful thing about this match : it’s not like one guy plunder a piece and the other takes advantage, those guys are finding brilliant moves and crushing each other

2:20: "Hikaru double banging that pawn in the center, opens it up with ED"

Still waiting for Levy to tell me to breathe out

In this video we saw: levy turn into an elephant, Magnus take off his shirt, hikaru play en passant and Levy trying to pronounce the weirdest opening names in existence

Game 10 is just insane. Finding this queen sac combination on 20 seconds left. Hikaru power.

@07Lightless

8 ай бұрын

No the last game is the most insane. Hikaru about to mate and then blunders away the game to a double rook sacrifice

@franepoljak9605

8 ай бұрын

@@07Lightless You can't really call that a blunder

@The_savvy_Lynx

8 ай бұрын

@@07Lightless hadn't seen that at that point. If I don't comment immediately I will forget :D Both of those games were magnificient in their own right!

@07Lightless

8 ай бұрын

@@franepoljak9605 he was winning and then lost the game from 1 bad move that’s the definition of a blunder

I found myself smiling from the amazing strategies and even more amazing commentary. Absolutely brilliant for the culture, Levy :)

Literally the best recap I‘ve seen so far. Not only the games were insane, the commentary was spot on as well. Always watching your vids till the end. Big love.

These two really bring out the best in each other

21:45 shirt change gambit 🤣🤣🤣

26:49 "💿💿" -Levy "Gotham" Rozman 2023

Seeing a mate in 11 in which you sacrifice both rooks, while playing speed chess is incredible

8:58 bro went rap god after that Best chess commentary indeed

That match was extraordinary. And to think that Magnus and Hikaru are paired for the first round of the AI Cup in a few days!!!

@chrisdawson1776

8 ай бұрын

Maidenless geek! Touch grass! Stop watching ((chesss)) videos!

24:14 I didn't know gotham had part time job of being Santa Claus😂😂

Much love to you as well Levy, from one of your diehard fans who watches till the end. Love your antics, your passion and the insights you give to the game.

We *must* Thank Mr. Gothamchess A.K.A Levy Rizzman for putting all his hard work inside us 🤤

@ar_greyheart471

8 ай бұрын

📸

@Hakaimono

8 ай бұрын

...

@lennyternil336

8 ай бұрын

@@Hakaimono 👏😎

Let's appreciate levy for making chess look so engaging and stressful and full of emotions.. it's not that eazy as he makes it look..👏 9:33 Yeah, you didn't need to mention we know that..

@vijayterian

8 ай бұрын

Very true

Wow, incredible. And how great of sportsmanship it was to offer a draw in the final game. Really acknowledging Hikaru.

@troll9061

8 ай бұрын

Yeah Magnus could’ve won, but he is just so kind

Me:how is it possible magnus is losing Levi:no

These 2 are so out of this world. Unexplainable genius

I was waiting to be told to get out of here.

The knight deflection and queen sacrifice was done with less than 30 seconds left! He didn't just see it; he saw it in seconds.

You know he loves doing this when he is having fun and teaching others.

22:23 that's what she said

@DreamingwithD

2 ай бұрын

😭😭😭

I love how specific and informative Levy's thumbnails are!

"I'm the ELEPHANT in the room" - Gotham chess

Ayy, great video Levy, good job with this one. It must be difficult to keep things fresh uploading as often as you do, so you know. Pat on the back. Good job. Thanks for uploading all of this amazing chess and goofy jokes for us bro

I dunno what enjoyed more. If the match itself or the recap from Levy. Omg, what an energy! The Levy I met is back!

Mannn… I was really rooting for Hikaru and he ALMOST had it.

@youtubecensoringcomments7427

8 ай бұрын

I was rooting for magnus and he got him... ONCE MORE. A classic

@dessertstorm7476

8 ай бұрын

its about time magnus won this event after hikaru dominated him in it for so long

@youtubecensoringcomments7427

8 ай бұрын

@@dessertstorm7476 actually the score is 3-1 for magnus. No brain no memory

@dessertstorm7476

8 ай бұрын

@@youtubecensoringcomments7427 I'm counting the times magnus didnt even get to the final against him, which seems logical, or didn't even enter out of pure fear

@xuankienta3246

8 ай бұрын

​@@dessertstorm7476keep saying fear, Magnus wont care because he has completed chess and 3-1 against Hikaru bruh

“The shirt change gambit” is my new favorite quote lol

Good stuff,Gotham makes chess exciting. Your commentary is contagious. My 2 favorite players and my favorite commentary /analysis. Gotham was a huge part of me picking up chess again. Thank You so much.

Your color commentary is out of this world brilliant, Mr. Rozman! I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! BRAVO! 🎉

The two goats of speed chess going head to head never fails to impress!

It was a match for the ages. Every single game was astonishing.

Love the recaps they are so entertaining to watch from start to finish

These titles are getting crazier and crazier, and so are the thumbnails. I’m starting to think levy is becoming insane.

@alihijazi4451

8 ай бұрын

As insane as the match! He's matching his energy to the content itself

18:30 The best timed sneeze I’ve ever seen in my life 🤧

Sick game! Pls keep this competition and levy!

I like how subtly Levy points at nonsense going in world by saying i can be elephant if i want to be 😅😅😅

Definitely entertained brotha. Thank you for what you being to chess. What a roller coaster… 30+min 👏🏼

Insane! In this position the sacrifice… BOTH ROOOOOOKS! 🗿

0:48 THE FACT THAT IM ABOUT TO HOP IN THE SHOWER AND JUST DECIDED TO THROW THIS ON LMAOAOA

You're the best chess comentator there is for sure, Levy. You bring energy to the commentary like a sporting event. Its got a vibe of watching a fight play-by-play with the announcer describing the hits and critical moments.

And this Award for most creative title's goes to Gotham! Nevermind, i read the card wrong.

Bro is genius - “watch to 15 minutes” - at 15 minutes - releases the audience’s dopamine with a plot twist. Legendary

I LOVE YOUR CONTENT this 30 minutes felt like a bullet match. Next month ill sub my prime to your twitch. Thank you for. making chess SO ENTERTAINING

You are the best Levy!! TQ for this astonishing recap. Thanks man 🤗