It bugs me when somebody is showing a game of champions, that they interject alternative moves "that the best in the world could have done". It is really confusing to understand----who is playing the game, and why the best in the world made those moves. Are you on coke?

@seanjung8578

2 жыл бұрын

lol (btw I'm laughing at him not with him)

@brock.lesnar69

2 жыл бұрын

Pin of shame

@raivin7172

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was fast

@khalilullahalfaath8015

2 жыл бұрын

Yo

@boredb5623

2 жыл бұрын

Take an L. The L

"Took out sunglasses and put them on" (c) Typical Grandmaster move💀

@stefanmirea5305

3 жыл бұрын

It kind of reminds me of Hikaru

@2kgodwannabe571

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh thats nothing he made a guy stare at him wtf plus he ran away from the soviet union i would think thats KGB staring at me while i am playing a fucking match

@giuseppeagresta1425

3 жыл бұрын

"Chat, I remember where I took this photo I think it was 2009, I was with my step-father-"

@jeremythomas4744

3 жыл бұрын

Sa4# (s represents sunglasses)

@RaymondBCrisp

2 жыл бұрын

That was to counter the hypnotist's gaze!

This guy is gonna finish 200 years of chess history in 1 month edit: I wonder how long it would take Levy to cover 1984 WC match which lasted 48 games

@batubatucp

3 жыл бұрын

one month? more like two weeks

@MrHaro187

3 жыл бұрын

@@batubatucp Two weeks? More like 1 week!

@co4160

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrHaro187 1 week? more like one day

@shampooner

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrHaro187 1 week? More like 2 days!

@LeonardoHernandez-eg5dv

3 жыл бұрын

@@co4160 1 day? More like 1 hour

Game 11 must be like Karpov : nooo you can't just play my strategy Korchnoi : *OUR* strategy

@RobertGriffith9

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@joshuavanzyl6536

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment😂

@OperaGhost-jq8yz

3 жыл бұрын

But Karpov was the soviet

@lukerath3880

3 жыл бұрын

And to think he would support communism

@ryanramjattan8714

3 жыл бұрын

I love the irony!

Korchnoi: *Putting on mirrored sunglasses* "You may be able to beat me, but can you beat... yourself?"

@justinbieber8028

2 жыл бұрын

He took “You must become the enemy” a little seriously

@ladywaffle2210

2 жыл бұрын

"You're garbage at chess." "I'm you."

@inrpicmax6541

Жыл бұрын

@@ladywaffle2210 ooooooooooohhhh

This was the chess version of a KZread boxing match

@gordonramsdale

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe if the youtuber was Mike tyson vs some other ex pro boxer

@ethanolhaines4139

3 жыл бұрын

@@gordonramsdale there are other boxers, you know

@fnlvnlol24

3 жыл бұрын

Like a Hearns/Hagler fight 🙌🏻

@MrBealvie

3 жыл бұрын

except theyre playing for the win not for the money or clout lol

@farzanakhtar5093

3 жыл бұрын

The Coldest Game on Netflix has a similar plot to this world championship, except its between USA & Russia in the Cold War

"He's coming off the hype of wanting to beat up the hypnotist." That's such an incredible sentence. Like, it sounds like it should be an analogy.

@basesixty6739

3 жыл бұрын

Yup that’s my new analogy just like No skin off my onion

@joseph8275

3 жыл бұрын

Korchnoi sounds like a total badass

@johnstevenson9956

3 жыл бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...that would be about right.

@koalalala3939

8 ай бұрын

True, you are so right 🤣

So Karpov brought a shady hypnotist so Korchnoi retaliated with 2 wanted yogi's, seems legit

@rowdyabhi98

3 жыл бұрын

The yoga variation of the hypnotist's gambit

@dedizzydoge

2 жыл бұрын

@@rowdyabhi98 agreed

@Catmomila

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, he was full of shit, how was he getting hypnotized while playing a chess game?

@justinbieber8028

2 жыл бұрын

This is like an average Tuesday in Los Angeles

@snickle1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@Catmomila😁 It's how you rustle someone's jimmy's. Baseball players wear pairs of lucky socks for instance. You want that pitcher to have a bad game? Steal his lucky socks. it doesn't matter whether the socks were magical and lucky...it only matters that the victim believes it. 😐Next time you're at a chess tourney, let out a soft fart...See if that throws your opponent off.

The fact he resigned the final game with so many pieces on the board left just shows how much more they understand the game compared to us lot

@maxpower9175

Жыл бұрын

yes, i'm sitting here studying the final position right now, wondering what did Korchnoi see here.

@josemanuico5613

Жыл бұрын

@@maxpower9175 yes i was like why. I don't see anything unsavable

@dhurjatinarayangiri6995

Жыл бұрын

​@@josemanuico5613 The pawn will be promoted and bishop will kill one rook

@charlie8344

Жыл бұрын

White is completely dominant on the queenside

@jeyan65

Жыл бұрын

I think this one even mortals like us realize - with to connected passed pawns , any super grandmaster would convert it to a win . At super grandmaster level , this win is like a mate in one for the mortals like us

There are two constants in this universe: Levy's machine-schedule and our comments on it

@LeVezz

3 жыл бұрын

The sun orbits around Levy's youtube channel.

@callmeqt1269

3 жыл бұрын

This is the first one of these “Levy uploads so much oh goodness wow golly gee” comments that I actually support. You, sir, have my support. Here is a support hand: 🤚

@uzking1140

3 жыл бұрын

@@callmeqt1269 Levy uploads so much oh goodness wow golly gee

@derrickstorm6976

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid people who don't know you can make videos in a row without publishing them in a row: Oh No DoEs LeVy SleEp At AlL

@LeVezz

3 жыл бұрын

@@derrickstorm6976 Oh no my sleep !!

Game 17: The curse of the staring sleep therapist.

Dude... Have some sleep, please.. Don't die... We love you..

@samanyuk375

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed if ur talking about Levy get some sleep and live life dawg. Chess is great but isn’t everything!

@Askhat08

3 жыл бұрын

We need to send him a military-grade hypnotist-sleep therapist.

@vimaladevishanmugam5943

7 күн бұрын

He is still alive.

8:49 "Karpov is getting Karpoved" - Levy,2021

"Someone is going to win which means someone is going to lose" ~ GothamChess

@beholdandfearme

3 жыл бұрын

He ain't lying.

@parasitecarrot6671

3 жыл бұрын

@Angelo Derecho "I agree."

@parasitecarrot6671

3 жыл бұрын

@@beholdandfearme "I agree."

@beholdandfearme

3 жыл бұрын

@@parasitecarrot6671 I, too, agree.

@parasitecarrot6671

3 жыл бұрын

@@beholdandfearme "I agree that you agree."

Korchnoi must have been like: omg I’ve gotta betray the whole sovietic union just to be featured in a Gotham chess KZread video like 40 years later

@yesno8273

3 жыл бұрын

Did you do it?(make it into a gotham video) Korchnoi: Yes. What did it cost? Korchnoi: Making the entire soviet union my enemy

@snow5064

3 жыл бұрын

he wanted to know if he is worth more than a queen

@paddyscott2328

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Amable Feliciano Friendly reminder that "communist state" is an oxymoron. The USSR was a socialist state.

@annaclarafenyo8185

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Amable Feliciano No, you're not right. This is a dumb comment. The USSR was what people outside the USSR called a "communist state", meaning a state run by a communist party. The communist party used their own ridiculous terminology, where 'communism' meant post-scarcity utopia. But we don't use their terminology. In 1978, there were plenty of socialist states which had nothing to do with communism, like Israel.

@annaclarafenyo8185

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Amable Feliciano Israel was nearly entirely socialist from 1948 to 1980. Socialism and Democracy are not opposites. Yugoslavia also had worker owned business in the same way, and Britain partly socialized, as did hundreds of other nations.

I've never imagined that i would, at one point in my life, laugh my ass off of a chess history video.

@lickyr7467

2 жыл бұрын

facts

@DaveGeelen88

2 жыл бұрын

check the docu (on youtube) Fischer against the world ! :) :):)

"It's now game 28, and the score is 5-2" Chess makes sense. Chess matches, on the other hand...

@sreerudhrhp7194

2 жыл бұрын

It means that that the other 21 games were drawn.

@armstrongtixid6873

2 жыл бұрын

@@sreerudhrhp7194 but isn't a draw 1/2-1/2? So it should be 15.5-12.5?

@tedw6106

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the rule now, but it wasn’t in ‘78.

@sreerudhrhp7194

2 жыл бұрын

@@armstrongtixid6873 I think if they drew,they both get no points.

@armstrongtixid6873

2 жыл бұрын

@@sreerudhrhp7194 oh ok

Bruh I ain't even finish the Bobby video yet LMAO

@sportsjefe

3 жыл бұрын

He got up today and chose violence. He said 'Yeah, let's just do two of the wildest, most impactful world championship matches ever. On the same day."

@arkos1179

3 жыл бұрын

this match is better imo

@rowdyabhi98

3 жыл бұрын

@@arkos1179 That match was better was a chess contest and as a political war but yeah this match is even more dramatic and close.

2 videos a day are just something normal at this point for this man. What a content machine!

@blazoraptor3392

3 жыл бұрын

@Steve Brown what do you have to gain by saying that? Need a hug?

@eoghan.5003

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, "content machine"? Never heard that one!

@dionysus1145

3 жыл бұрын

@@blazoraptor3392 he didn’t get far enough in the video for Levy to tell him he’s worth more then a queen

@HBM_FILMS

3 жыл бұрын

אשכרה

@anujarun9544

3 жыл бұрын

@Steve Brown tfs ur problem man? Go fuck off if you have nothing good to say

Hi Levy, love your content! But I have to say, Korchnoi was previously involved in an even dirtier match - the candidates match with Boris Spassky. Again, there was a flags controversy, but the biggest issue was that Spassky decided to have another board, off to the side and to go and sit at that, only returning to the actual game board when he wanted to make a move. Understandably, this got Korchnoi really rattled. Letters were written to Max Euwe to try and intervene, the whole match got suspended while they found another venue, loads of unsportsmanly conduct happened... There's a really good book about it called Korchnoi vs Spassky: Chess Crisis, by Raymond Keane, who was a second for Korchnoi. It's probably out of print, but if you can get hold of it, it's gripping.

19:56 "Karpov kinda bites himself in the foot" 🤣 I'm going to use this mashup of 2 phrases from now on, it's like a malapropism but it actually works!

@coreygolpheneee

Жыл бұрын

Malapropisms totally work, it's ninety five percent of the sopranos writing and that shit wins Emmys lol

Who else got better in chess because of levy?

@Mohammed_K_R

3 жыл бұрын

I went from like ≈1200 to 1700 in blitz and my rating in puzzles is 2000 which is crazy. I couldn't even imagine that I would be on that level several months ago

@farmehrrazaghimanesh1211

3 жыл бұрын

Who didn't?

@jvo807

3 жыл бұрын

I went from 800 to 1200 in a span of 3 months, thanks to Levy. Appreciate you dawg

@aqx_ile846

3 жыл бұрын

I just look at the stories :)

@edoardoprevelato6577

3 жыл бұрын

Danger levels was enough to change my life.

only real ones know that Levy has two types of youtube viewers those who cant watch with the kids and those who like the music

@cristianbarbisan71

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

We know what's coming, Karpov vs Kasparov saga.

@Hillion18061975

2 жыл бұрын

At that time Kasparov really shamed himself accusing Campomanes in unfair judgment and even trying to break up FIDE. The first 48 game match was a terrible example of a fight for exhaustion... So the rules were changed, and Kasparov won fairly and clearly, without any criticism on exploitation of Karpov's older age. Sorry for my English

Would love to see you cover Karpov's best tournament (Linares 1994), as it is considered one of the best singular performances of all time.

Thank you for bringing Korchnoi to the board. He certainly got the short end of the stick in his chess career because of political reasons, and many people today dont know or forget how good he was. He needs more coverage on chess channels. Again, thank you.

@RobertGriffith9

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he has been forgotten. Sure, he doesn't have the game of being world champion, but he did a lot to make chess more popular and was certainly one of the strongest players of his generation even with the USSR hamstringing him.

@rogan-joesloan451

3 жыл бұрын

Nice profile pic.

@crapilanofridge7745

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my Father talking about this match. Possibly only beaten, in the conciousness of the general public by the 1972 WC.

@codetime01

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that is the case with a bunch of players of very respected sports. I believe something similar happened to Kasparov where one time he was signing chess boards and someone attacked him with one, saying something like he respected him as a chess player, but he ruined it by getting into politics.

@codetime01

3 жыл бұрын

@Blake N Not sure about your opinion but the International Olympic Committee considers it a sport.

Lately, I'm seeing Levi videos more than I'm seeing my parents

@almundo4488

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha too true bro x

@khaledosama1836

3 жыл бұрын

Lol this is literally me :)

@thebus3181

3 жыл бұрын

It is Levy, not Levi :(

@m_uz1244

3 жыл бұрын

As much as you AoT stans wish it was Levi, it's spelled Levy.

@Chizzle69420

3 жыл бұрын

Stolen joke

10:28 Damn, the clearness of Russian accent though

@frozenpai

3 жыл бұрын

Такое ощущение будто Леви на самом деле из России, но он конспирируется уже много лет благодаря хорошим знаниям английского

@PromixDelPiero

3 жыл бұрын

@@frozenpai он прекрасно знает русский

@mr.mesmerus2249

3 жыл бұрын

@@frozenpai щ

Karpov is my favorite player. He’s like a chess anaconda that slowly squeezes his opponents to death on the 64 squares

If only my life was as consistent as Levi's upload schedule

Am I the only one who got a yogurt ad during this right after levy talked about the yogurt situation? 😂

@speeddemon2901

3 жыл бұрын

KZread reads minds / videos 😂😂😂

Loved the way you incorporated anecdotal information about the players into the game. Excellent commentary. THANK YOU

This is a fantastic review of the 1978 world chess championship. I was 12 at the time and I vaguely remember the various controversies that had emerged. Thank you for the explanations. I also suggest you consider covering the Spassky-Korchnoi Candidates Final. I recall the drama in that match was off the charts.

Watching both todays videos (Fischer vs Spassky 1972 and Karpov vs Korchnoi 1978) was like time machine bringing me back to my childhood as I was attending chess club from 1974 thru 1979 during my school years in St. Petersburg, Russia. Thank you, Levy.

You’re one of the only reasons why I keep my adds on KZread. Your content is so high quality and constant a your work needs to be repaid. Thank you for all the fun and information you bring us 🖤🖤

Hey Levy I wanted to thank you so much for all the great videos you're making, I've seen many of these matches but going back and checking them again is amazing!! I love all of them!!

These recap videos of historical matches are great! Awesome commentary!

Until I found this channel I thought chess channels would be like watching bowling or golf. Totally on the edge of my seat. Brilliant commentary, Levy! Keep it coming.

The sunglasses thing reminds me of Tal - Benko 1959. Pal Benko accused Mikhael Tal of hypnotizing him, and said that he would make sure to bring sunglasses to their next match. As Tal put it, "As is often the case when confronted with an innovation that the opponent knows about beforehand, his sunglasses were met by my counterstroke: my own pair of enormous, novelty sunglasses that I had picked up at a costume store before the game. I took mine off after a few moves, when the audience's laughter calmed down. Benko left his on, but unfortunately, it did not improve his position, and he resigned before the first time control."

Amazing Video Levy I just love how you setup the narrative of the two players dichotomy in the introduction. Instantly sucked me in. The Drama, The mind games, Amazing chess broken down. Thank you! would have loved to see the winning ideas from the games Karpov resigned.

Love the video , great story telling and educational wrapped in one Thank you for your contributions to the chess community !

I've never opened and muted a video this fast.

@voidzminer1017

3 жыл бұрын

Lololololoooo

@na95ku

3 жыл бұрын

Twitch gang reports for duty!

Thank you for also talking a bit about chess history sometimes, I find it very interesting and you also convey it in a very appealing way. You are, as always greatly appreciated, Levy!

Love the energy and passion you bring to the commentary you do @gothamchess, keep up the great job!

I really appreciated your insightful analysis and entertaining stories. I remember when this match happened and heard about the sorcerers and meditating gurus and whatnot. It was so bizarre!

Korchnoi with sunglasses looks lit😎

Your ability to make each game commentary sound like a conversation between the players is what makes your output unique and entertaining. Keep it up Levy.

@itsjustthatsimple628

3 жыл бұрын

Insightful comment.. I totally agree

More more more! It’s so nice to have a talented content creator making so much content! I’ll definitely be watching for a long time.

Excelente historia, disfrute mucho la anécdota, quiero más de ellas, no solo revivo un momento histórico sino que también aprendo mucho con vos. Gracias!

This is really great! I never heard this story and you told it well. I would like to learn more about Judith Polgar and her story. No one online has really told it and it would be nice to see some more of her games or a tournament she dominated. You can also do Vladimir Kramnik as he is such an underrated Chess Champion. That Catalan was a monster.

This format and your commentary are fantastic, I’d love to see some Mikhail Tal’s match covered like this.

Levy, these historical chess match videos are straight up fire bro. You make chess sound like UFC and it's LIT.

Watched the whole thing, per usual. Love the historic battles and stories! Don’t have any specific suggestions bc I’m newer to chess and idk the big battles to be analyzed. But keep these coming! So rad!

Really loving the chess history videos!

Yep...this is exactly the content i'm looking for. I love Levi's style and there are so many moments that people don't know about that are full of wonderful and sometimes enraging histories...can't wait to see more. Maybe Bronstein v. Bottvinnik?

Thanks for these videos man. Improve my day every single time I watch em

Fantastic Video. Much appreciated. One can only hope for such a clash of the Titans come November. Kind Regards

Man, that story on 17:05 is a queens gambit movie waiting to happen right there

I get distracted for a minute... "He's coming off the hype of wanting to beat up the hypnotist." OK, what'd I miss.

this was so entertaining. one of my favs of yours mr . gotham

Awesome Levy. Thanks for your great shows

One thing i'm missing from these videos is, to quote Agadmator, "Why did he resign? Well..."

I need to stop staring at your page waiting for a video

These historical chess videos are very entertaining and informative keep up the good work

As a new chess player this is an awesome way to dive into the historical matches! Keep em coming!

Nobody: Korchnoi in game 4: s w a g

To be honest - I haven't followed chess for ages - I transitioned to become a go player when I was 18 (almost three decades ago). But you have such a terrific style of presenting material you've hooked me back in.

Love your commentary! great energy and insight! Thank you!

First video I get to see from you ! Very dynamic. Will come back 4 sure

If Levi can keep up with this upload schedule he’ll hit 1 mil in like the next month or two

@leonkipkorir7542

2 жыл бұрын

W

Just as I'm about to start studying this video came up on my recommendations, I guess I'll have to study 29 minutes later

@hauntinghaze5161

3 жыл бұрын

Don't be tempted, go study😎

Very interesting approach for your videos, my dear Gotham. Well done!

Thanks for the amazing content on youtube, and the Caro and e4 courses. It is all inspiring, funny, and it made me improve my chess so much. I have a suggestion for a concept that I didn't see covered on your channel yet, which I struggle with : the pawn storm. Like, when to do it, which pawn to push and how, depending on the situation. Plus, cool thumbnail right ?

I'm very glad that you showed a Korchnoi game. I had the honor of playing a simul against Korchnoi at the 1977 Minnesota Renaissance Faire. There were 50 games, and 42 of us lost, but it was still a wonderful memory!

Day 89: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.

@hugothompson3914

3 жыл бұрын

Are you really unable to win when you’re two or three pawns up?

@roughlyunderscore

3 жыл бұрын

Dedication. Pure dedication.

@rodabaixo13

3 жыл бұрын

@@hugothompson3914 well its not so simple in opposite colored bishops it can be a draw as your opponents bishop just restricts your pawns movement and theres no progress to be done as none of your pieces can support the pawns. This obviously depends on the position sometimes it can be winning sometimes its drawing tho

@fedess3647

3 жыл бұрын

@@rodabaixo13 just bring in the king, if you are up 3 pawns and can't win, time to play checkers

@ligemerrill6368

3 жыл бұрын

@@fedess3647 No need to go after someone personally. A lot of people in the 1000-1200 range can struggle with it, especially if they are low on time. Heck, even as a 1400 (chess.com, 1600 lichess), I've drawn games with two pawns up when I was low on time and blundered into a rook pawn-wrong colored bishop endgame or similar traps. It's a good topic to cover in a video- once someone has a specific process they can follow without having to work it out over the board, you won't draw any more games like that, even if you're low on time, because you just follow the process and don't have to think.

This is the most exciting recap of a world chess championship I've watched. Thank you Levy!

My first chess book was coverage of this match. It was so over my head. All these years later you have given me new appreciation.

I don't skip ads so that you are rewarded for your high quality chess content

you should cover the first chess game ever recorded if you haven't already. I think that would be fun

The intonation in his voice around minute 19 is brilliant. Great video.

Loved this series, please continue it👍❤️❤️

Agadmator : Hello Everyone Gotham : Welcome ladies and gentlemen.

@dm1896

3 жыл бұрын

Gotham > agadmator

@prasunkumar1125

3 жыл бұрын

@@dm1896 i don't know either one lol

This guy is a content machine< streaming while recording new video

@benm7984

3 жыл бұрын

It was prerecorded

Your videos are awesome 👌 I have only just found chess during lockdown and your videos have got me hooked on the game. Your energy and passion for the game is great, keep up the good work and I look forward to your new content.👌👌

this is one of the most enterteining vids about chess that i have ever seen! geat job!!! many thanks!

Levy calculating is so satisfying

"Me, I wasn't there. I was born in 1995, not 1978" Meanwhile I was born in 1978 and immediately felt ancient.

Love all your vids, especially the slow series with 10 minutes and the training for GM. the slower games teach more about the thought process and what to look for and etcetera. You have any thoughts on Mikhail Tal? Would love to see your presentation of his games.

Awesome video my man! Fire on and off the board! Great commentary 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

"He's coming off the high of wanting to beat up the hypnotist" is a hell of a sentence

Sehr nett & unterhaltsam gemacht, lieber Levy Rozman 😉 … danke dafür!

The content on this channel is the best on KZread. As much as you appreciate us, we appreciate you 10x more levy! Thank you.

Yogurt-Gate is the kind of drama we need more of these days

Levy I know you don't care but I've been having a really rough day. Seeing a new video of yours brings a smile to my face every day no matter what. Don't ever change who you are because you are a great person.

I simply enjoy the energy you bring to your videos.

I love all of your historical content and all of your content in general. I'd be curious to see some games that a chess newb wouldn't necessarily think to look at. I have looked at some Morphy and Fischer games, but I honestly had never heard of Karpov and Korchnoi until today. Any of your content is usually very engaging, fun, and educational.

_"Karpov is gettin' Karpov'd"_ ~Levy Rozman, 2021

I remember all that hoorah. I was taking a break from playing at that time, but I still read the chess news. Wild business. I really wanted to see Viktor take it.

@AddisonFairweather

2 жыл бұрын

This is totally unrelated but you got a nice beard bro

I enjoy the way Lev breaks these games down. I also, like the color commentary!

Levy your videos are awesome. You make chess so dynamic. Watching you talk about chess and games is like watching icehockey. Entertaining. Fast. Great knowlage. Made me play chess again. Thank you sir.