After this video I finaly reached 1200. I was stuck at 1700 for months

@jcaro12ooo69

Жыл бұрын

classic

@theperfectguy0998

Жыл бұрын

It's been out for 12 seconds

@jorian_meeuse

Жыл бұрын

He said, before watching the video

@JCGeography

Жыл бұрын

Damn good job!

@bvoyt

Жыл бұрын

Very well done

Can confirm, this video made me go from 1500 to 1200

@BenjaminWeeb

Жыл бұрын

I've been riding the elo rocket from 1200 to 1100.

@salazar778

Жыл бұрын

In 6 minutes?

@abdulvaliyb

Жыл бұрын

The same

@sable4539

Жыл бұрын

@@salazar778 6 bullet games

@galravid9018

Жыл бұрын

I am still stuck at 1800

Please don’t let your How To Win At Chess series die! It’s so informative!

@prplt

Жыл бұрын

how to lose at chess is much better tho 😂

@tomv8188

Жыл бұрын

Yesss

@VanillaGorilla4200

Жыл бұрын

I beat this guy 5 games in a row and made him quit.. come follow me and I’ll teach you how to beat guys like Gotham. He’s an IM will never be a grandmaster

As a London player in the low 1000's, I almost never see an early C5 - 99% of my opponents play knight C6 first. This is why Levy is blowing up: he teaches the correct moves, but he also teaches you how to deal with the moves that most people see in their actual games.

@felixb8418

Жыл бұрын

I have to tell you, at 800-1200 you face so many Londons it drove me nuts because the London always leads to boring, dull games. It is euphoric to be at a rating range where people stop playing the London. I use to insta-resign after 1.d4-d5, 2. nf3-nf6 3. nf4. Now that I'm up, I can finally talk to the players that gave me sharp and deep emotional pain.

@johnathonleal6017

Жыл бұрын

At 1450 I still play for Eric Rosen tricks against the London. Hyper aggressive cause I hate it so much. I have a great win ratio against it, but I fear that people won’t crack at all when I gain rating

@pwsiegel

Жыл бұрын

@@felixb8418 I've had the opposite experience - London games tend to be tense and offer interesting tactical opportunities. Other openings in that rating range usually result in someone blundering away a piece by move 15, or someone getting sucker punched by a trappy variation - I find that crap way more boring and dull.

@felixb8418

Жыл бұрын

@@pwsiegel Tense? Have you ever played a different opening than 1.d4 ? Try playing Sicilian opening for a while. Even slow Spanish or Italian games are much sharper and interesting than the same boring London opening with the same idea again and again, 1.d4, 2.nf3, 3.bf4, 4.e3, 5.c3 and then playing for bg3, f4 and ne4.

@pwsiegel

Жыл бұрын

@@felixb8418 If you are a 1000 rated player who has learned lots of Sicilian variations, then you are not going to get a tense game because your opponent is going to blunder in the first 5 or 10 moves, and the rest of the game will be decided by how badly you blunder back. I'm not claiming that the London is better _in general_, just that it's more interesting that most openings in lower intermediate rating ranges because both players usually have a playable middle game. The fact that the first 5 moves are the same every time is a feature, not a bug. That's my experience with other opening systems, anyway.

Levy is, single-handedly, the person that made the popularity of chess explode over the past couple og years with his exceptional content and made me go from hating chess to LOVING it!!

@nivnavion

Жыл бұрын

OG?, nah me and some random guy were homies back in 600 AD, chess was much better back then 😭.

@BenjaminWeeb

Жыл бұрын

I've gone from enjoying chess content to actually playing and realizing how much i completely suck at it. But i started playing thanks to Levi.

@rud__eyy

Жыл бұрын

@@nivnavion NAV, THAT YOU???

@ajax9923

Жыл бұрын

​@@rud__eyy rudddddddy! Havent seen you since that meteor, have you seen the dinosaurs?

@naquihasanshamsi9937

Жыл бұрын

His education roasting reels women were also gone viral . My friends ( non chess players )know him through those reels

Bro, now imma be honest If Levy didn't have the KZread channel and only improved on himself he'd be definitely be a GM but instead he carries us in this journey. Huge respect Gotham🗿

@mairder6773

Жыл бұрын

​@YeaMan Sounds like a lie to me.

@divagaciones1628

Жыл бұрын

yeah, but he'd go bankrupt in 2 months if he did that.

@Noir0rioN

Жыл бұрын

Cuz it's about MONEY, hoe!

@Benjilovescats

Жыл бұрын

Earn a lot of money or get a title

@crazy_radish5704

Жыл бұрын

@YeaMan Sounds like both a lie and something a bot would say + I already saw you in Levy's other video's comment section lmao

Hearing levi give me a compliment about my skills at 950 feels so good

@dennisdibartolomeo9861

Жыл бұрын

You played very good,and your approach was perfect,going solid against a stronger player. If it wasnt for that blunder of the knight you maybe could've gone for a draw.

@dennisdibartolomeo9861

Жыл бұрын

@RickProduction Yeah but he wasn't playing all the best moves,if you trade everything and play super solid you have a chance.

@QrazedGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@dennisdibartolomeo9861 hes also holding back in the games, hes trying to play like a 1200 he could of mated way faster lol

@alyelbeitar58

9 ай бұрын

@@QrazedGaming🤓

13:39 this is solid advice I mean I was stuck in the 700s for months and I only finally made it to the 800s because I stopped freaking out whenever I got paired with an 800 and started playing against higher rated opponents like they were lower rated than me and it works like 70% of the time. Elo anxiety isn’t an easy thing to overcome but as soon as I was like “if I were playing against Martin in this position what would I do?” I started winning more games. I mean I still lose but it’s not as bad because I lose a game where I fought back instead of defending the whole time and I find comfort in that.

@Cage66666

Жыл бұрын

Im also 800

@Ayoutubeaccount3

Жыл бұрын

what if you find Martin hard? he scares me

@DnZpcGaming

Жыл бұрын

Play arena games. That way you get paired against 1000+ you will lose little rating, gain a lot on wins and be playing stronger opponents to learn from. I did that at 800 and quickly got to 1k and stayed there

@zoneoff668

Жыл бұрын

@@Ayoutubeaccount3 you can't scolar mate him now. That's so scary strong lmao

No thanks, I don’t want to lose 2 rating points.

@mrz7136

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@davidnemir3101

Жыл бұрын

me to

@kohinoorbanerjee4009

Жыл бұрын

You should still watch it, for when you lose 3 points and have to climb back up

@ajax9923

Жыл бұрын

I dont want to gain 1100 rating points, ngl.

@ishaq8192

Жыл бұрын

I don't wanna lose 800 points.

I’m at 1180 right now so this video was literally perfect for me. Thank you 🙏 ❤

@lazezmaxx1094

Жыл бұрын

1150 here. We'll get there bro

@zitronekrieger9984

Жыл бұрын

Bruh its 20 seconds out

@alextomov2237

Жыл бұрын

1108 here :(

@borb_0040

Жыл бұрын

What do you do to have that huge ranking pls

@Greeen7771

Жыл бұрын

1140 here this was very much needed indeed

Levy: "I'm not here to flex" Levy: flexes by unnecessarily sacrificing his queen before delivering checkmate.

I was 1100 one year ago. Now I’m 1560 thanks to Gotham videos, a few Hikaru, and Eric Rosen’s london course

@albatrossxpubgmobile5275

7 күн бұрын

Rapid or blitz? 😯

Cheers to us watching this above 1200 rating, we worked hard for it, should be really proud.. But we can do much much better, Let's not limit our potential rating.. We go Kings, 👑

@aprayingatheist2378

Жыл бұрын

Damn, all three replies are from Bots

@m4y4nk

Жыл бұрын

Damn, all four replies are from bots.

@osowiecwalking9434

Жыл бұрын

@@m4y4nk damn all 5 replies are from bots.

@chessperson

Жыл бұрын

Damn, all five replies are from bots

@kamil118

Жыл бұрын

Damn, all 8 replies are from bots.

12:44 - 23:39 Congrats to 5implekiw1 for an amazingly well played game. 👌

@oliver-04

Жыл бұрын

thanks;)

@relampagoxd1500

Жыл бұрын

@@oliver-04 that u?

@Nemo_Doko

Жыл бұрын

very nice game indeed

The way he goes gets through the defence in game 2 with 9 seconds on the clock is crazy. So controlled, nothing overly aggressive or sacrifices. Just small steps forward that capitalised on slight inaccuracies.

bro i need to watch this so badly, in the last six months, I've gone from 1350 to 1192

recently chess has blown up in my area, people play it before, but it has never been so popular, therefore, i am CRAVING for videos for improvement, coincidentally, Levys been uploading those quite often recently! thank you so much man, appreciate it, ur always fun and entertaining to watch!

great video, I went from 1901 to 1200 because of this video, ty LEVY, what a great teacher

@deo1107

Жыл бұрын

sounds like a you problem

@aloon7839

Жыл бұрын

@@deo1107 you have no humor 💀 NPC

@orang9134

Жыл бұрын

@@aloon7839 sounds like a you problem

@aloon7839

Жыл бұрын

@@orang9134 sounds like a you problem.

@Auxius.

Жыл бұрын

@@aloon7839 sounds like you like a problem.

Thanks for the video Levy, I've been going over and under 1200 (1170-1220) repeatedly and this video's really useful for improving. Hopefully I reach 1300 sometime soon

@Difnekkdkkw

Жыл бұрын

Were you ever stuck at 600?Like when you were a beginner

@rayleo9940

Жыл бұрын

​@@Difnekkdkkw When I started playing and learning I hovered around 800-900

@__ab-

Жыл бұрын

@@Difnekkdkkw I was stuck at 600 for around a week or two until i started doing puzzles so do those if you arent

@Difnekkdkkw

Жыл бұрын

@@__ab- I‘m 1300 now💪

@__ab-

Жыл бұрын

@@Difnekkdkkw oh nice

no I'd rather not decrease my rating Levy

today's stare was interesting. Levy looked dissapointed in us, but also kind of thoughtful, as if he has a philosopfical question for us but his mind just got baked. I give it a 7/10

I am 1800 but I still watched the video because I always watch your videos, they are simply amazing❤ I just want to say thank you for everything you have tought me: you got me into chess and by watching your videos I went from an 800 in 2021 to an 1800 in 2023... I hope I can reach 2000 one day, I don't know if I can, but one thing is for sure: if I reach 2000, I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you Levy for getting me into and teaching me this amazing game❤❤

@doctorbmgo7362

Жыл бұрын

bro this comment is so inspiring Mee too I went from being 400 in 2022 sept month to 1100 in 2023 feb month .. He helped me a lot too an yeah hope you get to 200 someday ( I know it will be soon :) )

@user-ik4tk6yi9w

Жыл бұрын

How 1800 brooo im stuck at 650 (i started playing this year) pls give some tips

@galravid9018

Жыл бұрын

As a 1800 myself, I can say I still watched the video to it's entirety

@watchdominion00

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ik4tk6yi9w watch levy, evaluate your games, minimise your blunders. A great tip i learned was a mental checklist before you make each move think 1)is my king safe? 2)is their king vulnerable? 3)are any of my pieces hanging? 4)are any if their pieces hanging?

@NoobieAbhinav

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my journey too, I'm currently 1783 from 900 in Jan 2021

As a former 3800, this video has made me finally become the 1100 I always knew I could be

@katrinaxharhus3747

9 ай бұрын

Washed up stockfish (got bored of chess) watches levy on KZread?

I've been stuck between 1000 and 1200... this was exactly what I needed currently! Thanks, Levy!

Hello Levy. Remember the Luka bot with 400 ELO that you bullied? Well he is now rated better than Magnus Carles himself (and Hikaru Nakamura).

Thank you Gotham chess for teaching me most of all that I know! I’m climbing up and just got 900 elo. It was like a month or two ago and I tilted down to the garbage 480 or so and I’ve grinded. Thanks for the entertainment ing and instructive content!

Levy's haircut looks like one of those potatoes that you left in the pantry for a little too long but is growing a lot of little sprouts instead of a few large ones

I love how Levy can make common mistakes on purpose and then still absolutely crush these guys

@ludicerX

Жыл бұрын

@Isaiah 1776 : What do you mean it's not on purpose? He's literally saying, in real time, before he even takes his turn, he's not playing the best move, then after the game, explains what the best moves would have been.

@kingdean4927

11 ай бұрын

@@ludicerXbro can you read?

@tcg4111

8 ай бұрын

Yea but also if Levy hadn't sacrificed the queen at 21:47, then opponent could've blocked his check with his queen lol the sack WAS, in fact, necessary! 😂

Since I’m hovering around 1200 range right now. I love videos like this. Even though I’m already at 1200, it is a good learning experience to understand how to more consistently beat higher rated players and lower rated players than me.

This video got me from 1625 to 1200.Thanks Levy,👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you levy, I could never get past 1900, but FINALLY I'm 1200!

Best vid ever. I watched thsi and my first game on after I played someone 150 elo higher than me. I came out rlly aggressive and got almost the excact same position as you where the bishops were staring at the castles king and the knight was on g5. This video might be what gets me out of the elo I’m stuck at. Thanks

Levy, thank you for making me understand chess better, I started 4 months back, I faced a lot of difficulties but somehow, I adapted and now I'm 1000 elo. ❤️

What I find impressive is that Levy wins these games while spending half his time talking to us.

@samuel0702

Жыл бұрын

Bro's giving a lecture during a bliz game

love these videos, i like it way more to actually watch levy play chess other then when he just revieuws a played game

I love these videos so much! Theyre very instructive, it’s very useful to hear you though process and evaluation throughout each stage of the games ❤

I definitely love videos like these. It really helps those who just began their journey on chess. Thank you, Gotham Sir

Thanks Levy, I was struggling at 1500 rapid, but after learning from your clip I've managed to achieve the important milestone of 1200 elo !

@Gigachad3607

9 ай бұрын

yay

Great content! I would've like it even more if the games had a longer time control, so there would be more educational part. I'm sure that Levy can win these games even with 5 seconds on the clock, but I'm getting nothing out of speed chess except general ideas like "attack, be confident and consistent". Hope you'll get back longer time controls in some of the next videos.

You asked whether this was a good new type of video. I think you should make many more of these, it was very entertaining, interesting, hooking and highest of all educating. Thank you Levy, keep it up!

I would definitely like to see more, especially pointing towards those who want to be 1500

I grew over 500 elo in the past 6 months just by watching your videos, currently at 1000, love this

@patrciaclemons8183

Жыл бұрын

Grats. I just started. Im in the 500s

How dare you, you broke the unspoken rule. You see en passant, YOU DO IT.

Loved this...thank you Levy!

This type of content is my favourite content. No shenanigans with bots or old Magnus games, just content to improve for players like me!

Today's stare was short, but it was to the point. My soul could feel the deep stare as i sat frozen at this profound expression of the legendary Gotham. I would give this a generous rating of 7.5, left me with many answers, and many more questions.

@BL4Z1NG4M3R

Жыл бұрын

ay, fire letter pfp buddies! also I feel bad for you getting bot targetted lmao

@Debeam_

Жыл бұрын

@@BL4Z1NG4M3R ayy that's awesome never thought i would see a fire letter buddy so early Also ye the bots have truly gotten out of hand

@BL4Z1NG4M3R

Жыл бұрын

@@Debeam_ we fire letters aren't all that common, nice seeing family every once in awhile lol

@Debeam_

Жыл бұрын

@@BL4Z1NG4M3R fr

Thank you Levy, loved this video!!

Thanks for this video. I've been hard-walled at the higher 1100s for a while, always painstakingly getting to 1190ish, only to quickly fall down to the lower 1000s. This was a very instructive video. Hopefully, we'll break that 1200s barrier soon.

@Johnsli

Жыл бұрын

I remember struggeling in getting to 1200, took me 3 months getting from 1000 to 1100 (started playing after having watched one of the How to win at chess episodes), and then another 3 months getting to 1200. But then it started sky-rocketing, took 1,5 months to get to 1300 and 2 weeks to 1400. Most of my learning came from watching GothamChess videos. I have been in your situation, getting across a new 100 can be a challenge mentally more than anything else. I'm sure when you hit 1200 you'll keep on climbing.

Thanks Levy! I went from 1550 to 1200 in the span of 30 minutes!

@ajax9923

Жыл бұрын

Man played 30 minutes of chess in the 10 minutes since this video came out. Fair play ngl

@footbaltopicganger

Жыл бұрын

@@ajax9923 he could resign 30 times in a row

Screw Magnus, this is the type of content I actually learn from! Love the way you explain you thoughtproces in these games 🙌

me a 1600 rapid and 1450 blitz: A GOTHAM VIDEO YESSSSSS

Levy ‘I’m going to play like a typical 1200’ opens with the Ponziani then sacs the Queen with 5 secs left

A clean stare today, dragging your attention to the video as always! 9/10

@astro_penguin_

Жыл бұрын

@Darktion shut

Literally 1150 rn the timing couldn't be better. Thanks Levy!

@salazar778

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if I can beat you I'm 800

@jinxplayz3866

Жыл бұрын

I'm 1150 too lmao

great lesson Levy ! thanks ! awesome. I also enjoy to highlight the dead pieces and squares and the beast mode pieces !

That 2nd game was insane dude. He really played way above his rating. I would love to know the exact %evaluation in this game.

Fun fact: the second game Levy played, he was exactly twice his opponents rating

As a 1040 rated player this was a godsend at the exact right moment. Thanks for the informative and educational content you keep making Levy. You rock lol.

Your videos are the ones I truly learned chess from. You're a great teacher and I've climbed my way to 1250 elo and I beat a 1300 in rapid few days ago. Thank you for everything!

I love this video because it’s way more informative and a learning experience instead of insane plays by magnus or something

1600 here. The way I broke through was doing exactly what Levy says: focused purely on minimizing my errors and very quickly managed to rise in Elo

“You can’t stop an avalanche with a horse” - Levy 2023

These are my favorite vids. Very informative. Wish you would do 10 minute games so you can continue your insightful commentary while not being under pressure from the clock.

Love this; it's basically the abandoned series Chess Steps. Excellent; please do more!

Pretty solid stare, really gives the audience a chance to rethink the life choices that lead them to watching this video. 8.6 / 10

Thanks Levi. I lost 800 ELO because of this video.

i think the queen sacrifice in the second game was actually necessary for the mate because other wise the queen would block. just to put it our there i am 700 so i could be wrong and there may be mate after but the queen sac was not just for style :)

Going to play in my first tournament in a while watching levy is gonna help a lot

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10:52 I am a bit less than 1200 rapid but I think the zwischenzug of the knight is something I should be able to see. I have studied things like that from an intermediate chess book and KZread and although I often overlook things I wouldn't put myself in the category of people who shouldn't be able to see that trick. It is still pretty much a one-mover you don't have to calculate 3 moves ahead - if it is, then I see I legitimately come up short due to my lack of working memory, but any one mover trick I should see. Not seeing it is my failure of not paying enough attention. Generally, it is interesting to see what an average 1200 rapid should be able to do, but I should be rated higher according to these criteria. It is just that I am unable to see these tactics in games, but conceptually while analysing the game afterwards etc. I clearly see I should have seen certain things coming. I think a good example of a similar case was my granddad, who studied chess from a chess book at age 70, previously knowing very little about the game in order to teach me. He knew many concepts from the book I didn't know, but whenever we played I just mauled him as he wasn't able to protect his hanging pieces - he simply didn't see the whole board and at age 70 it is just impossible to start seeing it. So with superior knowledge, he just still got humiliated every single game. For instance, I would fianchetto both my bishops and he was sure to move his g pawn at some point and each time I would almost bump into his hand still on the board, impatient to smash his rook in the corner with the bishop. He would always tell me to calm down, to stop acting like a madman.

Really love these rating climb videos. Very helpfull

I can't believe he was so calm when he was low on time.

Hey Levy, I got in to chess in August of last year for the first time and for the first few weeks I truly sucked but from mainly looking at your videos im around 1550 rapid. Your videos made me stick around and I enjoy chess more and more each month that goes by so I wanted to thank you. I also want to ask, at my level what should be my focus when it comes to practicing and improving? as of right now Im not sure how to really practice chess efficiently - if you had some advice on that would greatly appreciate it!

I really like such videos where you explain the game, that is really useful, thank you, Levy, for doing such a great job.

Very useful video Levy. Thank you very much for posting it.

"Avalance can't stop a horse with you" - Yevl 3022

15:50, En Croissant, as they say in Düsseldorf (which is obviously not in France, but in Switzerland)

After about a month I have went from 1,100 to 1,200. Thank you Levy for your content, I couldn't have done it without you

Would be nice to maybe see some of this type of thing for higher rated players(like 1600-2000) Love the educational content, keep it coming :)

“ bust open the king “ 💀

7:38 "I've brought both my rooks to the center my center is rock solid, now maybe we try to bust open the king."-GothamChess 2023 edit: 9:15 "We have the extra bishop, so were gonna gobble."-GothamChess 2023

10:33 Zwischenzug ✖️ Swischensug ✔️

I really appreciate that check on the white queen and not letting the castle, making the rooks not come into the game.

3 months 1300, now target for march is 1500 and learning opening moves helps so much

A effective strategy for winning in chess often involves trading pieces strategically while preserving your pawn structure. It's crucial not to create pawn islands exceeding two. Once achieved, focus on utilizing your king and remaining pawns to secure victory. This approach capitalizes on the fact that many players at lower skill levels struggle in the endgame. By mastering endgame scenarios, you'll gain a significant advantage in your overall chess proficiency.

Cheers Levy, I'm a 600 and have hit my first plateau. Raising my floor as a priority over raising my ceiling is certainly the next step as I have beaten a 1000 and many not far below and have beaten the Skyweb bot after maybe 8 attempts! I keep blundering here and there and that was saveable at 400 but at 700 it's the equivalent of a 1400 bot whereby you quickly fall behind in material and can't catch back up most of the time. Chess is hard, and that's why I love it!

Even though I’m 1800 this was still helpful from the point of understanding your opponent and having a good mentality

Hey levy, thank you for helping me get better at chess and I was wondering if you could make a new (more recent) how to get better at chess series

15:35 it would have been so cool if he had done that bd3 qd1 and then greek gift sac with bxh7+ kxh7 ng5+ kg8 qe7

Thank you for these videos because it helps me improve. I love 1200 videos because I’m at 800-1000

when this video was released i was around 1000 , i had not even thought of reaching 1200 in such a short span of time .. now i am 1400 in just 6 months

I love that in your last video (or 2 videos ago) I Made a comment suggesting more videos analyzing games for more intermediate chess (1000 - 1500) and now you uploaded this video. I'm sure you had this video already made by the time I made that comment so it feels serendipitous haha. Love it

Yes! please more of that, i got the feeling i am learning so much more this way :)

this guy makes me blunder soo many times because all i think about is SACRIFICING MY ROOOOK or MY QUUEEEN and end up losing thinking im magnus

5:47-5:59 *Or* you could play Nd3+ (as the Bishop no longer guards that square per continuity) and *then* take with the queen. (Obviously since the opponent castled instead, it doesn't work). Edit: I see that you addressed that in the post-game analysis.

“… lost the pawn, pinned themselves, and blundered a fork. But that’s like- that’s life!”

Your secret about attacking has helped me so much. Never realized how passive and reactive I played until now.

this man is so overpowered he's literally wearing the universe

Love the analysis. Do you have a tutorial on using databases to analyze games?

"now i imagine my opponent is gonna go here" *Proceeds to show light square bishop taking dark squared queen*