I swear your videos always seem like you're just speaking really high level to try to pretend you understand everything about chess. Just stop man.

@trttarget2403

2 жыл бұрын

PIN OF SHAME!!!

@PJ_enjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of shame

@MuhammadAshraf-ke1ww

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of "SHAME"

@Winnersneverquit19

2 жыл бұрын

Already!!

@PhillipCarroll2000

2 жыл бұрын

PIN OF SHAAAAAAAAAAAME

"It's never too late to get mated even though you're up a full queen. You know something about that don't you?" -Levy doing a psychoanalysis of my entire chess career

@benjaminmorgan1562

2 жыл бұрын

Haha…I know…I was like….woah okay I’m listening, I’m listening!

@nexusgameemporium1831

2 жыл бұрын

yes yes i have done a mate to my dad without my queen LOL

@julianbassk

2 жыл бұрын

just how casually he delivered that ice cold line... lolllll

I definitely wouldn't lose ELO points if we spoke. Perhaps I should come on your podcast to further discuss this game.

@colegieseking5136

2 жыл бұрын

Great game! Expecting more impressive performances from you in the future!

@ashwinnaidoo796

2 жыл бұрын

That was an impressive game

@ecureuil5206

2 жыл бұрын

comments for upvote

@Iraercturus

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

@lucasng4712

2 жыл бұрын

Podcast hype?

Me and Milton live in the same area in Sweden, and we're just 1 year apart, so we played many times in local tournaments as kids. It feels bizarre to watch him play at world class level.

@VARMOT123

2 жыл бұрын

What were your ratings when you played ?

@0xf7c8

2 жыл бұрын

Tell him he messed up.

@lopadia

2 жыл бұрын

@@VARMOT123 We played over many years, but the first time we played I think I was around 1200, and he 1400. The last time we played I was 1700 and he 2100.

@lopadia

2 жыл бұрын

@@0xf7c8 He played a great game, unfortunately his opponent played a greater one

@NetheriteMiner

2 жыл бұрын

@@lopadia You knew him? Wow! Tell him hi from a random guy on the internet :D

"It's never too late to get mated, even when you're up a full queen." I feel attacked.

@javibaldrich6649

2 жыл бұрын

cheeky but fair lol

@danielburger2550

2 жыл бұрын

It phyically hurt me. :-D

@randomduckowo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Never resign even when your down a full queen as your opponent might always hang backrank. (Happened to me once, has always been my best game ever :)

@spicytea735

2 жыл бұрын

"You know what that's like, don't you?" -- Levy

"It's ugly but it kinda does the job" Glad to finally be recognized in a Gotham Chess video!

@Candace_genshin

2 жыл бұрын

Am I allowed to laugh😭

@harshitpurohit2416

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of Chat

@codyhagan7511

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao brilliant.

@fazehank5311

2 жыл бұрын

@@Candace_genshin permission granted

@szymondudzinski6661

2 жыл бұрын

not realistic - i don't even do the job

Levy: When titled players speak to me they tend to lose 1 elo point per minute. Hikaru: 👁👄👁

@olivetree7430

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@therock8861

2 жыл бұрын

we've might have found the reason hikaru's isn't a world champion

@nexusgameemporium1831

2 жыл бұрын

me: Levy stop acting like a genuis so called GM

@nexusgameemporium1831

2 жыл бұрын

Levy: " *beep* you"

"Rook is gonna beat the knight any day" disagrees in 600 ELO

@luckyowl10

2 жыл бұрын

900 elo also 😂😂😂

@nishyanthkumar

2 жыл бұрын

Me who has 161660 ELO yet still hung a piece on move 6:

@lpain9528

2 жыл бұрын

@@nishyanthkumar i see what you did there

@polishxaviour4162

Жыл бұрын

@@lpain9528 I dont

8:06 Levy: I’m not criticizing the player, I’m criticizing the move. The Move: I didn’t decide to go there!

Can we all just appreciate the fact that Levy made a heart for all of us at 16:26 apart from showing the variation ?

@tejasrahulms4271

2 жыл бұрын

Good observation

@Shivammadhur18

2 жыл бұрын

@@tejasrahulms4271 Thank you so much 💫

@asaravenell

2 жыл бұрын

we got mated 🥰

@myms9681

2 жыл бұрын

noticed that too hahaha

@Shivammadhur18

2 жыл бұрын

@@myms9681 👍

David Smerdon should add this game to his book (the complete chess swindler: how to save points from lost positions), a legendary swindle for the ages

@godfryopa339

2 жыл бұрын

An update on his chessable course would be nice!

@ryanamburgy2791

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite book from my favorite author.

Today, I played my first OTB tournament and won Gold medal, Just wanted to share it with Gothamchess community.. And yes, keep posting these wonderful Chess content, Levy. It helps a lot.. (It was not a big tournament, just a local tournament in my City.. but still it's my first. So 😀)

@abhigyandatta2008

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats. That's huge

@onlyonly2336

2 жыл бұрын

Name of the tournament

@vashishthshukla9013

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlyonly2336 Not any big tournament, just local tournament in my City 😀

@thebishopchess

2 жыл бұрын

@@vashishthshukla9013 Nice win!

@Viper12335

2 жыл бұрын

congrats bro!!

Allowing your opponent to make a queen while in a losing position knowing you will win is the ultimate do your worst moment.

Built a solid foundation of pawns, withstood an extra queen, totally mesmerizing game. Your commentary, worthy of award, highlights its rightful status.

No other channel has me clicking as soon as i get the notification. Appreciate the content Levy!

@harshitpurohit2416

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of Truth

@johnnybegood4501

2 жыл бұрын

True

@kajuanweaver1607

2 жыл бұрын

No like really!

@self-righteousideologue9398

2 жыл бұрын

No channel has you clicking as soon as you get the notification. You appreciate the content

@suckonthebigtoe279

2 жыл бұрын

That's cause sexual connections are undervalued in today's society. 🕊️

The appearance of the eval bar was the first sign that something was off

chess speaks for itself

12:42 Not getting mated IRL is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

I had a game where 5 brilliant moves were played, of course they were all by my opponent but I digress.

@Leo-rh6rq

2 жыл бұрын

do you have a link to that game?

The game speaks for itself

This popped up in my recommended 10 months later, in November. We all know how Hans’ growth aged.

@paulbarbat1926

Жыл бұрын

like fine milk

Im happy to watch hans gain respect and fans and recognition. Hes obviously got a very bright future

@andrealves6545

2 жыл бұрын

Who's hans?

decent idea for a new series: Move a pawn in a position one square to turn it from losing to winning or vise versa. I know that I would benefit from such excercises as those pawn moves can be tricky in some situations, and could be fun!

I really like these longer analyses if single games I hope you do more of them

"6, 9...it's a *nice* imbalance" Ah, Levy, you man of culture

@mphoenix3764

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, I was gonna comment the same thing! Glad someone else knows good culture when they see it 17:31 for everyone wondering

"its never to late to get mated even when you're up a queen. you would know something about that" ... Emotional assault

The funny thing is, you can't tell if "this game" is a 600 elo blunder-fest or a high level tactical-shootout this comment no longer makes sense because Levy changed the title

@nikita5917

2 жыл бұрын

You can. Even if its a joke, its a dumb one

@williamdufault6413

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikita5917 it’s not that serious relax

@ItsJacobyay

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikita5917 maybe you’re the dumb one here

@kindasweaty7219

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikita5917 Duuuude come on man why bring shame over our beautiful name

@iwanttobeabillionaire1703

2 жыл бұрын

As a 1000 that blunders a lot... I can absolutely tell. PS: I have a duck video, a chicken video, a video where i am begging for money on Twitter... Also a patreon

12:51 i liked the forking idea of bishop c2 with the idea of forking the knight and the rook, but I realized that after Bc2 black can play Rxe1 check and after Kg2 the horsie moves out of the way

"It's never too late to get mated even though your up a full queen. You know something about that don't you" Seems like Levy knows me 😂😂

1:28 that’s the type of move that levy would roast his viewers for on guess the Elo and when GM’s play it it’s like… Yeah that’s logical 😂😂

the fact than en passant is forced already makes the game way better

You’re welcome for hanging around. Thanks for the game breakdown! I always stay the full video :)

I'm just a minute in, but Levy looks so excited to show this game to us, it's so wholesome!

Crazy game!! "sometimes when you don't know what to do, you do too much" - story of my chess life. Brilliant connection to Levy's Chess Steps videos. In fairness, no human sees G4. Going to be tough to top this one. That said, this is likely a series of its own - Games of the Year??? Great content, thanks!

@luckyowl10

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree, G4 is not that hard to see, you just push a pawn out of danger. The problem is that you undervalue that move and think it's pointless, even risky unless you calculate enough.

“En passant is forced” he knows the way of anarchy chess😱

@shenkathirraj

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a little confused. Is en passant forced now?

@andome2

2 жыл бұрын

@@shenkathirraj he is just making fun of those must-en-passant players.

@shenkathirraj

2 жыл бұрын

@@andome2 oh okay😂😅 thanks

the most integral pawns of all time!!

"It's never too late to get mated even if you re up a full queen"... Damn man i felt that..

Clicked faster then Levy fixing his lamp

"And the Black king moves to the H colulmn, safely behind his pawns " "On the 8th rank, right?" ... "... _right?_ "

Love the eval bar adition.

i love these videos, especially when Levi gets all hype at the end with finality of potential losing moves. in the back of my mind with any future endgame move i make now, i just think of Levi, "nah-uh, if you move HERE you blunder mate, it's MATE !!"

i thought we were going to see a single digit elo game

10:56 🤣 "He blunders and...Milton sets the pieces up for the next game." Idk why but that one killed me. You're a funny guy Levy. Keep those jokes flowin 👌

COOL eval bar !!! Thanks from Madrid, españa. Big LIKE, only when eval bar is on

I love how the year just begun and it's already "Game of the year" :D

@Olegchert

2 жыл бұрын

(So Far)

Much love Levy, appreciate your grind as always

"6 to 9, it's a nice imbalance"

Absolutely *AWESOME* game indeed! Very nicely commented as well with tremendous passion and huge background engine work to enlighten us with those crazy "inhuman" lines. Thanks a lot for all the great content you're giving us. Happy new year Levy. Cheers.

G4 is a quiet, brilliant move. You just push a pawn out of danger. Tho it's a hard move to make, you can think it's a risk of losing it or it doesn't do much. It needs the calculation to make it worth it.

What a stupendous game. Your commentary made it feel like I was watching a hockey game or something. So exciting. Thank you!

"It's not too late to get mated even when you're up a full queen. You know something about that don't you" Levy follows my games!!

"pawns are the souls of chess" - françois-andré danican philidor

5:14 Thanks for providing me with a great tag line for my CV

Levy how do you not have a signature opening move called Levy-o-sa

@K......................

2 жыл бұрын

Lololoololol1🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don't have to do anything. I'm watching this game because I WANT to. Check yourself, Gotham.

@WilliamSanders1111

2 жыл бұрын

You're too late, another comment already got pinned.

@mistertapman

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamSanders1111 Dang. I wasn't rude enough I guess.

when he said "when you up a full queen and still get mated you wouild know about that" I felt that lol

Watched Canty cover this the other day. Super insane game for sure.

I would love to have seen this game in "guess the ELO"

@cowwithoutlegs7932

2 жыл бұрын

imagine he guesses below 1000 because of how chaotic this game was🤣

@nishyanthkumar

2 жыл бұрын

@@cowwithoutlegs7932 Below 1000 is probably impossible; both sides played with a lot of precision, and, in my opinion, Levy would've rated them ~2100 ELO.

Time for my daily dose of chess

3:15 ohhh the powerful CACA pawn setup

From video recaps, I feel like many high level players lose games by playing too offensive and not defending their pieces. But I guess they need to, if they want to win. It's not like how we play at 900-1000 elo, where if you don't blunder anything and play solid, the opponent will self-destruct at some point and blunder a piece so you can win easily.

Levy: “it’s never too late to get mated, even if you’re up a full queen! … you know somethin’ about that don’t you?” 😏 Me: “yes” 😔

For those who won't watch through the entire length of Levo's videos 12:15 You're welcome ;p

@nishyanthkumar

2 жыл бұрын

Traitor to the homeland, surrender immediately! We outnumber you 161660-1! All of us watch every single millisecond of Levy's videos and show our understanding of them by hanging every piece by move 6! Surrender immediately, and we will leave you unharmed. /s

That final position looked like black castled on the wrong side of the board...

This makes me feel better about losing positions where I'm up a piece.

129th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "E vrè sta partit"

@lenzschwarze

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@bharathia27

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

First one here And i improved my game because of YOUR guidance LOVE FROM INDIA 💓

Hans wins the game: Everyone: BEADS? 🤨

I like when talk about the people who left the video halfway. I love his content

What I find incredibly hilarious is that fine line between an absolutely absurd looking idiotic lower ELO move and an absolutely absurd looking brilliant GM level move. I, an 1150, saw that position where you needed to push the G pawn as white for winning chances and thought, “Man, I’m only an 1100. There’s no way I’m gonna find the fancy mate. Im probably just going to end up blundering my second queen if I try something top level. I’m just gonna I push this G pawn out of the way of the Knight and Rook attack and then pray.” But that makes sense in a way. I feel like, as a novice, you tend to make a lot creative and/or ambitious moves that lose you the game on the spot. To start to climb higher, you need to eliminate those ambitious moves, play more solid, and see the very precise moves you need to win. But how do you win when you get to the level where everybody is playing perfectly solidly? You gotta make ambitious moves again LOL rely on the noob strat except this time you find the absurd looking moves that are *GOOD* instead of the ones that lose you the game instantly! As an 1100, I would have never gotten to the position discussed and I would have probably lost the game even after playing that move in that position, but I found the move only because I’m an 1100 with no confidence and decided that moving a pawn out of danger and stalling for a turn was better than blundering my queen immediately and ending up becoming the next hit single from created from guess the ELO. “Queen D6, Queen D6. What the hell is that move? What do you think you’re doing? How do you hang a queen there?”

@cruelworld1902

2 жыл бұрын

Very well written and yes, i agree. Being at the peak of an art or sport boils down to the ability to fully express yourself through that art form. There is excellence, being able to make very solid moves, then there is genius, finding your own way to solve problems. Learning the game or just any art or work, should be about giving yourself the knowledge to express yourself in the most breathtaking fashion. You will be remembered.

Hans was provocative even before the scandal!

I’d be so pissed as Milton, poor guy 😂

Hans pulling a move like his frozen brethren. He acts like your average guy in a rough position, then takes everything you love.

Every 500 elo player has theorized at some point that it is possible to win an endgame where they’re down a queen…we all told them that they were crazy.

I'll never be able to play chess like this, but it's enough to watch a lively walkthrough.

“That’s why he’s in the video and I’m making the video.” Lol love it Levy. No one teaches chess as cleverly as you. Keep on doing what you do.

At 22:24 I think the idea behind ..Rg2 is to prevent Qxd5, because black now has ..Rg1+, Ke2 (only move) Nc3+, forking the queen on d5.

The Engine seems to like the rook sacrifice for that D Pawn 23:09 Idea being 3 pawns and Queen vs 3 Pawns and rook and knight. More active squares for queen and difficult to advance with black. It gives a +8 valuation...

Damn, I already went through this game in the lichess post "The Greatest Swindle Of All Time?"

I once won a classical game where I legit blundered a full piece in the middle game. I was 2100 USCF and my opponent was over 1900. He didn't make any obvious mistakes either.

@asaravenell

2 жыл бұрын

so did i but im 950

Questionmark, watch the board on 22:18. Can't you just sacrifice the rook at this point (rd5). If black takes, then queen takes and you are putting pressure on the knight and the rook. If you move one of the two, the other one falls and you can't defend the knight due to the pawn on g4. If black doesn't take, well then you simply won a pawn and you can move your rook anywhere, the double attack remains with a discovered attack with the queen.

Just watch this video and the chargers vs raiders game back to back. Pretty insane end of evening!

I love how all high level discussions are all about pawn structure and weaknesses, and my games are just smash smash smash Qf7#

During the World Chess Championship (Go Magnus!) I searched around for game recaps and came across a bunch of them, but without any doubt the Gotham Chess recaps were the absolute best! I subscribed and was amazed to find a treasure of great videos beyond just recaps. You are a master chess player, a master teacher and you have a great personality that makes the videos a lot of fun. I'm recommending this channel to all my chess playing friends. I loved the rapid/blitz world championship recaps and I'm looking forward to the Tata Steel tournament.

Haha levy talking trash to certain people at the 12 minute mark had me cracking 🤣

Men G4 was a crazy idea. What a game

16:26 "You know something about that don't you" HEY QUIT PUTTING MY PERSONAL BUSINESS OUT THERE ON THE STREET

What a game xD.... and nice explanations to all the variations!

17:30 "6-9 it's a NICE imbalance"

anyone else addicted to levy saying get outta here as if it were your daily coffee intake? cause same

snatching victory from the jaws of defeat!

Absolutely roller coaster over the board

Gotham complementing me on staying through the video 1 min later: you lost while up a queen

I have an idea , you could make a video with hilarious openings , such as the MOKELE MBEMBE

The pawn structure at the end is insane

any game where the black king ends up on h1 is one worth watching lmao

I do know about getting mated despite having a full queen 🤐

3:15 missed chance to make a reference about ACDC

Next year we want you to play in this tournament!

It would be cool if you could somehow get some of the players involved in these games to come on and explain their thought process and analyse with you. Probably a stretch to get them on, but would make for really interesting content.