It's kind of nice to see Levy guest starring in "Guess the Elo."

@OtherNinja_

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it would have been funny, albeit not really possible, to have one of his games snuck into guess the ELO. Maybe one of the blunder ones

@FourOneNineOneFourOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@OtherNinja_ it already happened and Levy didn't find it funny.

@Jartran72

2 жыл бұрын

@@FourOneNineOneFourOne well dude someone spoiled it before it could have been funny

@olivetree7430

2 жыл бұрын

Levi *

@perniciousoctopus

2 жыл бұрын

@@FourOneNineOneFourOne Which episode was it

The blunders I hate the most are the ones I calculate so many moves ahead that I forget the immediate threat that got me to start calculating

@OlaRozenfeld

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's why his queen blunder was so relatable! Exactly what's happened there, I think.

@tomasbeltran04050

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you at heart, anko

@andrewbloom7694

Жыл бұрын

GTE submissions: "Wait you can calculate AHEAD?"

@Emperor-polk

3 ай бұрын

I played once a daily Game in a championship and i had to win so I calculated like 10 or 20 moves far,my calculation was correct but i forgot the 1 move asking an queen trade.

While you're on the humility train, I think it would be cool to see the most Brilliant moves played AGAINST you. The moves that you thought were the coolest and blew you away the most. Love the videos!

@msaa1125

2 жыл бұрын

banger suggestion, he should do this

@bigpoppa1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@msaa1125 and then obviously finish the set with the worst blunders made against him.

@bishop6308

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s a great idea

@isjosh8064

2 жыл бұрын

nah thats torture

@snes09

2 жыл бұрын

Great video idea

My blunder: opponent gains advantage of 10 Levy's blunder: position is no longer 0.0

@moustafa_1994

2 жыл бұрын

Actually drawing a winning position is a blunder, you changed the game result

@tobyonatabe2601

2 жыл бұрын

@@moustafa_1994 true

@THEpicND

2 жыл бұрын

I remember being up a queen and a rook and with 1 blunder it was now -3 :)

@Frank_Lee_Terrible

2 жыл бұрын

I usually get there with 2 blunders like first one is +4 and only then +10

@bunnybear4437

2 жыл бұрын

@@THEpicND wait it's possible to fuck up that badly?

if you call your blunders "sacrifices" then you technically never will blunder -Gandhi (probably)

@AlexDings

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it was Lord Farquaad who said that

@gianlucarega7968

2 жыл бұрын

Why making sacrifices when you can Just blunder? Ahahhahah

@THEpicND

2 жыл бұрын

Every sacrifice is a blunder if you are as good at chess as I am

@tapiocaweasel

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@mikejameson7678

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexDings Wrong, it was Sun Tzu.

"We traded blunders here like every move" His viewers: *First time?*

@Numerixx

Жыл бұрын

The thumbnail picture: 0.0 Me: I make moves like this all the time

@TangyGuest1

Жыл бұрын

I read this just as he said it

You should definitely consider taking the Caro-Kann course, you will get 30% off

@AlexGC_

2 жыл бұрын

@Edwardian23 below

@Botchewlism

2 жыл бұрын

In mee nuts

@darylallen2485

2 жыл бұрын

@@Botchewlism damn, time to break out the tweezers!

Me: yeah, i did great! Computer: 64, 5 blunders, 3 mistakes

@Jartran72

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but a 4k elo machine evaluates those mistakes and blunders. If you arr sub 1000 some mistakes are completely fine

@shamank

2 жыл бұрын

85 inaccuracies

@othila9902

2 жыл бұрын

Me when the computer tells me 64

@cjxchess17

2 жыл бұрын

very decent for bullet

The grand finale was brilliant. Levy has such a gift for commentary.

@junkmatt7126

2 жыл бұрын

No it was a blunder

@meisstupid1831

2 жыл бұрын

ITS LEVY NOT LEVI

Gotham: Sees winning tactic Also Gotham: Misses mate in 1 Also Also Gotham: Wins on time

Levy: I missed mate in 1. How r u suppose to take my advice! Me: Well, you missed mate in 1, I create a mate in 1 on me in a winning position.🙂🙃

@MrWeenuk21

2 жыл бұрын

my opponent did this in a 100% winning position. i blundered the petrov queen trap for some reason and then he castled long after a while. he had a piece on his diagonal leading to center and rook on his left. i take the pawn that becomes free after the long castle and he plays g3 in hopes of trapping my dark square bishop but by doing that he blundered bh3# and it was the most hilarious game ever. i think he was -10.5 as black and then blundered mate in 1.

@maikl8288

2 жыл бұрын

I still blunder a back Rank mate when Im +15 xD

@Jivvi

2 жыл бұрын

I just give a check where the only legal move is checkmate.

"The grandmaster has lost more than a beginner has played." Every loss and win is just one step closer to GM, I believe in you Levy

@bjwkusgxjdks

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I really don’t want him to give up. He still 26, he can still become gm before 30.

@quintonsmylie5584

2 жыл бұрын

yeah and i'm so proud of his humility to share the games that he lost with us. it shows resilience and an ability to grow.

@tanish4869

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'm pretty sure you don't mean that. I'm willing to bet that he wouldn't become a GM ever

@idontgetthejoke4393

2 жыл бұрын

@@tanish4869 probably. However hes still 100x better than you will ever be

@tanish4869

2 жыл бұрын

@@idontgetthejoke4393 Actually I don't see how that's possible. My fide rating is 1509 , so ×100 times that would be 150,900 which I'm sure you would agree is absurd.

Alternative title: "Botez Gambit: Crush yourself with this powerful weapon!!!"

@omokennanna1750

2 жыл бұрын

No...such humor is illegal :D

@jayr526

2 жыл бұрын

@@omokennanna1750 That is humor??

@omokennanna1750

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayr526 I think so

Ah yes, a Guess The Elo episode featuring Levy. Let me grab a cup of tea for this.

@objective_psychology

2 жыл бұрын

Levy and Hikaru should do a Guess The Elo where half of the games are their own worst games

Even if you won’t be GM you’re legacy will be more impactful than most GM’s by introducing and teaching chess to a whole new generation for free. 🐐

I love this video. "I missed mate!" or "I hung my queen!" and a few moments later: "I still won". I don't think I will ever resign again after this.

I like how in most of these examples your opponents also temporarily forgot how to play chess, you just forgot more…sounds like 90% of my games

@elliotbaker5416

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t forget how to play chess if you don’t know how to play it in the first place, which I like to think is literally everyone except Magnus

@stoutlager6325

2 жыл бұрын

OTB can be even worse as illegal moves are possible. I have continued games with my king in check for multiple moves, unnoticed. My opponent once wound up with two bishops on the same color squares, neither of us could remember when that happened (it wasn't an underpromotion scenario).

I had the reverse experience yesterday. I had a game in our local league which stockfish put me at 95% accuracy and in a completely drawn position... I blundered mate in two. Chess IS tough.

@bishop6308

2 жыл бұрын

Rip

A couple years from now, someone should get a friend and play out these games exactly as they are, and then submit them as your own for guess the elo. Then when Levi screams at the mistakes people make and how these players can't possibly be over 1400, link this video back to him. =D

@antthehckyplayer

2 жыл бұрын

That would be pretty funny but I think he'd remember them 😂

@tomfoolery3142

2 жыл бұрын

You sir, are a genius

@who8thecookies

2 жыл бұрын

thanks satan :)

@zayanahmed2948

2 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of person the devil is afraid of

@stanm3052

2 жыл бұрын

@@who8thecookies Well my name is short one letter of spelling out Satan, so you know...

levy: "am 2350 after many years. i suck" me: "i am 1650 after many years. im pretty decent"

@AlphaRW

2 жыл бұрын

i'm an intermediate player and after like 6 months i am literally a diety.

@romeylon4204

2 жыл бұрын

cool

@cjxchess17

2 жыл бұрын

me when I first reached 1500: "I'm only 10 more tournaments away from 2500!"

@romeylon4204

2 жыл бұрын

xddd

@bene2451

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaRW what rating

I assume this going to get lost in the comments but I wanted to say something anyway. I have been struggling with some of the worst, most dangerous depression in a long time. To help my healing process, I have been focusing on finally learning chess. Your videos have been my main learning source because of how good you are at present the information and keep it exciting. I'm only in the 300s elo right now, but I am super proud of my 88% accuracy rated checkmate win i had yesterday. Thank you for having such great concise content with so much energy. You're always helping people learn and get excited about chess. Thank you so much.

I went through all your videos and ended up realising that i have watched almost all of them, I’m currently at 1600 elo and almost everything I learnt was from you, thank you for introducing me to a part of my life i never knew would end up impacting me so much

@idmfx

2 жыл бұрын

Any insight on which videos/concepts helped you the most so far? How did you break out of that beginner stage into intermediate?

Levy doesnt blunder, he just forget that he is an IM.

@GaussianEntity

2 жыл бұрын

Levy: I forgor 💀

@olivetree7430

2 жыл бұрын

Levi*

@peneficial1643

2 жыл бұрын

@@olivetree7430 levy

@stevee7774

2 жыл бұрын

@@olivetree7430 - Levy*

@Tarif2809

2 жыл бұрын

Læbhee* All of you are wrong

My worst move was in my first ever rated game in high school. Something like fifth move I picked up my kingside knight and hemmed and hawed trying to decide between e2 and f3, and compromised on e3. I somehow got it to the point where my kingside quadrant had 15 pieces in it. When I went back and replayed it from my notes, I saw the illegal move and threw it away in disgust. I keep wishing I kept it because I mapped out all the exchanges and came out a bishop ahead and eventually won the game.

@cyberneticbutterfly8506

2 жыл бұрын

Believe me, your worst move are blunders you never noticed and your opponent also didn't notice and they happen all the time.

Levy: Yeah these blunders aren't my proudest moments Literally all of us: "You at least win some of the times when you blunder :("

I just finished the best moves video and Levi said "tell me if you want a video about my blunders". I refresh and here it is 😅

@hybrid5851

2 жыл бұрын

Idk if i spelled correctly

Me watching Levy’s blunders: Well... that looks normal to me Edit: Some people misinterpreted my comment! I meant that during my games those kind of blunders are just normal. Apologizing to Levy if he also misinterpreted this! I should have explained myself better. Levy doesn’t deserve at all any of those hate comments (even though most are just trying to get pinned). Glad he didn’t pin me so far.

@klingenschmidt9261

2 жыл бұрын

Blunder

@bennetth7008

2 жыл бұрын

No pin of shame, but Gotham got burned.

@yoda9256

2 жыл бұрын

@@bennetth7008 jokes don’t get pin of shame

@mateusmendonca955

2 жыл бұрын

@@bennetth7008 Oh my god! I think I should explain myself better! I meant that, in my games, those blunders would happen naturally!

@Leonardhbrown

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, man. I blunder as if it was the point of the game

Levy: “My 7 worst blunders…” Also levy: of course it was blitz so I still won the game Me: my 7 best moves Also me: although I still lost the game

its almost therapeutic to see levy making similar blunders to me, the humility is super great to see and its not only entertaining but also instructive

This video was priceless. As a chess player who blunders constantly, I needed this in my life! Well done, sir!!

Most of us are used to the computer telling us we blundered. Discouraging as it can be, it's not as disheartening as when the computer asks, "WTF is wrong with you?" I hate that.

And levy tells us “checks, captures, attacks.”

I literally just had my worst game in months with 12 blunders, +9 up then threw so heavily from not considering a transposition - your video has made me feel much better about it thank you

Someone needs to submit one of these games to guess the Elo and see if levy roasts his own game

Nothing like Levy having "Guess the ELO" moments with himself in his own games - awesome stuff and thanks for sharing these games

Love the humility and humour! It’s so hard to be able to laugh at your own mistakes while also pushing to be better. You’re an impressive man, Levy!

Biggest takeaway from this is that Levy has great time control vs. Equal-to-lower rated players

LEvi you need to look at checks it can be mate, hope it helps you get better at chess.

@jayr526

2 жыл бұрын

The only time that I ever look at Checks is at breakfast.

This was amazing. Those final two games on the 'Guess the Elo' would have been unbelievable.

Yo I hope you make more videos like this in the future from the other data you had. Its dope you put yourself out there like this.

We're all horrible at chess! Love your content bro. Appreciate the effort you put in

@zisischartampilas6601

2 жыл бұрын

Expect of mangus lol

@llama9359

2 жыл бұрын

@@zisischartampilas6601 💀

Never seen someone more humble than Levy. He accepts defeat in the right way and does everything in the right way. Your the GOAT of chess and you will not only become GM but you will become Super GM. You are the most open youtuber also. Keep it up!

These videos are so good!! Pure entertainment! thanks Levy

"I was about to throw up... I mean, how are you supposed to take my advices" you are killing me Levi 😂😂😂😂

Levy is so self aware that he releases back to back videos with polar opposite concepts. Kudos Levy, keep up the good work, we all love you! Just what I needed to see when I was craving some guess the elo!

@klingenschmidt9261

2 жыл бұрын

Levy

@klingenschmidt9261

2 жыл бұрын

Self aware

@klingenschmidt9261

2 жыл бұрын

Does good work

Hey Gotham, there's this really cool KZreadr who teaches chess. There's this concept called continuity, when your 3rd opponent moved the Queen behind the Knight he was threatening a discovered attack! If you remember what your opponent was threatening a move ago you will surely improve! 👍👍

Levy: "How do I see the attack on my Queen and forget it on the very next move?!" Me, perfecting that skill:....

9:19 Levy being a perfect wingman!😂😂😂😂😂

You don't suck at chess and your videos have made me and many other better chess players! Even if these are your biggest blunders you are still a fantastic chess player and great inspiration to many! Thanks for also sharing content like this with us!

Levy in a nutshell: Sometimes maybe good Sometimes maybe shit

This was so entertaining! Thank you Levy, great work!

Love your channel I'm really leaning when and what to sacrifice... plus I don't get bored listening to you ... thanks

153rd day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Facc schif a scacc"

Gotham,you're one of my favorite KZreadr and make me laugh everyday! I don't care if you don't see this, But if you do, Don't listen to haters and it's ok to have blunders,no one is perfect! We always try to support you, have a fun day!

@hybrid5851

2 жыл бұрын

Respect to pianist and levy

@pianist4508

2 жыл бұрын

@@hybrid5851 thanks my friend!

Could you make a video of the patterns of your own mistakes/blindspots? Something like, 'I always trade into a losing endgame, etc.'. Like how beginners usually struggle with central pawn captures? Really appreciate all the hard work

Outstanding 😆 under that much time pressure it’s hardly surprising it randomly comes off the rails sometimes. Seeing missed 3 to 5 move combinations, opportune mates etc would require seeing everything at once with no time for part by part thinking.

It’s a good thing that no one is actually good at chess, but you’re better than 99.%

@jacobshirley3457

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, Magnus sucks.

@igorbednarski8048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobshirley3457 compared to Leela and Stockfish - he does.

@jacobshirley3457

2 жыл бұрын

@@igorbednarski8048 Unless they've solved chess, they suck.

Clicked faster than Hikaru pre-moving in bullet chess.

@ym276

2 жыл бұрын

He quit bullet chess btw - he only plays it if there's a big prize tournament

Game 3 in particular reminds me a lot of my games. I see the threat and make a note of it, and then immediately forget it.

Awesome two episode videos, love to see more of them.

GothamChess saying that heʼs horrible at chess is like me saying that Iʼm good at school. Itʼs just not true.

@epoh9076

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

This guy's blunders look like brilliancies to me.

18:50 "This is mate!!!" ΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑ!! This was the most hilarious video you've ever done! Well done

Nice video. In the spirit I would like to see a video on your best/worst book moves.

Clickbait (спецом пишу, мб закрепишь этот коммент)

This is the video that decided it. I just had subscribe to your channel (it’s about time, after watching all those videos without doing so). It takes a certain kind of courage to do a video like this levy. Bless you!😊

Absolutely loved this video and the last. Great job and ty.

Amazing keep the daily stuff coming!!

It’s nice to know the way my 400 vs 500 games often end is also possible at a 2800 vs 2750 level. Love the ones where you both blunder. Thanks for all of the great content, I’m just getting back into Chess after 20 years and am finding you both very informative and very entertaining.

I totally hung a mate on my first date too, there is a slot in the thinking process where you put "don't ever do this", as calculation intensifies that slot overflows, unless you're Hiraku.

I have done the premove blunder in the last example a number of times. I learned my lesson and now never premove castle if there are pieces under attack.

Great stuff! You use a lot of the same expressions I use when reviewing my games 😂

One of your best! Simply because we all can soooo relate to your frustration with yourself! Kudos for your humanity!

Those were some "Blunderful" games levy ;) keep up the awesome content!

Exhausting but instructive and hilarious. Recognize those blunders.😁 Thanks Levy

Levy, I've watched your content both on twitch and youtube since late 2020 and learned so much from you, but this has to be the most hilarious and relateable video I've watched on your channel outside of GTE. Thank you so much for this gem and for putting your mistakes out for all to see. We can all definitely agree... Chess is hard

The Rozman French makes an appearance. I remember getting your video on that line in my recommended recently having never seen it before.

Nearly every game: Levy with a humblebrag 'oh I'll never be GM' but 'Oh I won on time!' (the whole point of blitz/bullet!)

Few days ago I lost a game where I was up two pieces and the queens were off the board. I needed this. Thank you, Levy!

My favorite blunder. I moved a rook to the back rank to check the king, and to my horror the king somehow moved by three squares and took my rook! I then realized that was not the king, that was the queen. I thought I was checking the king but I was checking the queen, which is not a thing and the queen simply took my rook. I stared at the board in disbelief for about five minutes after that.

It feels better to know this can happen to anyone regardless their skill level. I feel like a stupid when my opponent makes a mistake in the opening and gets away with it or even gets the upper hand thanks to it. But it helps me motivated to study more and do better.

this was great really enjoyed it. keep it up ur the goat

One of your best recaps, Levy. I hope it wasn't too painful to relive those games.

Game 3 (I feel the pain Levy) - The exact thing happened to me, I saw a discovered attack on queen, moved the king and hung my queen in the very next move. Still don't know what happened to me back then.

8:24 I definetely want a t-shirt with that phrase 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Honestly I liked your chess style. Really aggressive games. Was impressed by your chess moves specially considering it’s blitz games

I sometimes see a treath like 4 moves ahead and when the time arives to move away i forget about the whole thing and lose

Never thought I'd facepalm extensively at moves from players [error, math not complete] times my own rating

There was a game where I blundered a queen and a rook at the same time, thinking I mated my opponent. Later into the game, I play moves that blunder my remaining knight and rook. I lose the game.

You're a gem man! Love the video and the character you exhibit for outing your worst games. I and many I'm sure are pulling for you to make GM. I'm twice as old as you at least... have battle scars.. I just think that if you smooth out the emotional exuberance (only during your own games) you will get there. Your gray matter is genius! Just trying to give back. (I'm not a master)

I feel you Bro. Just when I think I'm getting better and seeing things, that's when I get beat to a pulp.

19:18 " and then I don't play fiiiiive!" Hilarious!!

i feel u bro... i analysed some of my matches and even stockfish agreed that i made nice moves - but for a different reason: it saw checkmate in 2 and i did it for positional benefits °_° even tho i checkmated 6 moves later, i was kinda shocked to see that

Fun video, I'd like to see the evaluations

Game 6 had me laughing when your opponent hangs mate, great video.

This encourages me to continue after wanting to give up. 😃 I played a game today and I was able to see my opponents moves, before it happened and still lost 😞

Love your humility. Great video mate.

I did the exact same thing you did in game 3 today. I had a great position out of the opening, and hung my queen in one move.

The Brilliant video followed by the Blunder video was amazing. Keep making awesome stuff.

15:40 you could have just taken the knight on f6, opponent takes back and you queen, once they take your queen with the rook you take back the rook and now it's bishop vs bishop instead of bishop vs rook