100% Accuracy. 3100 Elo.

[@kratix0469]

“buying nerds” got me laughing. Gotta love magnus’s style of talking

[@sk818factory5]

Same I laughed out loud

[@cameronsmith5968]

@@sk818factory5 Even funnier when you see the tags for the video. Levy just needs to drop his name once for guilt-free algorithm padding xD

[@ivoryas1696]

@@cameronsmith5968 Oh, wait I didn't even see it.

[@Lemmy_17]

I don't get it

[@BenGilman]

Magnus didn't even say it it

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Really opens up our eyes to all the hidden tricks and plans the grandmasters had going on. Especially impressive was Caruana's ability to manipulate and control the game.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

There is a reason they call him the human chess engine

[@bob.5857]

STOP IT YOU AI BOT

[@ilijapetkovski]

Fantastic indeed. Love the explanations and all the hidden tactics. Would love to hear Fabi response to this video.

[@metalfingers7453]

Levy, the kind of content you’ve been putting out lately is, well, like you say, fantastic. There’s a ton of high level games for you to review throughout modern history and your insight, analysis and commentary on current tournaments and players is top notch. You are a good teacher and you simplify complicated chess ideas into smaller understandable pieces for lower rated players like myself. I’m really happy to see you focusing more on this type of content.

[@mrpinguimninja]

Honestly, Fabi is so solid, so smothering, so controlled. I'm really hoping he wins the candidates and takes the title, he deserves a lot.

[@papadrac_edits]

Fabiano is such a beast! Just a shame he was born in the same time with Magnus cause if not he'd most definitely be the best

[@LucifersLandLord]

Do you think he'd be the GOAT though? I feel like Kasperov would still be no1

[@rainboltfiend]

this is true.

[@bhardwaj_abhi]

Hikaru Laughing in corner

[@SeanMaddenBMX]

​@LucifersLandLord kasparov is mich better than Fabi, even without magnus

[@DarthVader-wk9sd]

@@bhardwaj_abhi Hikaru isn't really in the conversation for second best in classical

[@taimoorsyed9915]

8:00 “that would work if your opponent has brain damage” Levi is going savage mode lol

[@theFirstJaiye]

Funny enough, I just talked about this. 😂😂😂

[@stovepipefrog]

Every time I get beat I say they’re cheating

[@jonafrica3750]

Your girl cheating on you lil bro

[@namantherockstar]

Gotham inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@Itachixhatake]

They are

[@valentinocovonearaujo40]

That is called

[@ScottWaltonDev]

You accuse 100% of chess players of cheating?

[@michaelzubov5264]

I love how subtle Fabiano's play is; and his counterattacks (in other games) with squeezing winning chances out of stone

[@MattMarjerrison]

Hey Levi, hockey has had trendy offensive and defensive systems over the years. A good example is the neutral zone trap, popularized by the New Jersey Devils in the mid 90s. It stagnated games and limited scoring, but was very effective and widely adopted for its success. As a consequence, two-line passes were removed from the game and the goalie's ability to leave the crease and play the puck was limited to specific zones behind the net in order to bring additional offensive options into the game.

[@YoskiRS]

The Devils were the worst thing to ever happen to the sport. Teams still play variations of that trap.

[@stapler942]

I don't follow sports at all so the only hockey controversy I really know about was the Fox glowing puck in the mid 90s. 😆 Not exactly a change in the meta, just an aesthetic thing that folks probably found tacky.

[@NZMoon]

the look on his face when he mentioned that his colleagues thought he was cheating is just heartbreaking. Imagine finding out that people who you look up to, some of which you may consider friends, thought you were cheating at a sport you put your life into. I hope Fabiano Caruana is doing okay because from personal experience, that sort of thing hurts badly. I got accused of cheating in an online tournament a while ago, because I beat a CM when none of the people in that small community had heard of me, and the only evidence I had that I was actually a skilled player was a local tournament in 2021 in which I placed second by half a point (first was one of the best female players in the country). That really hurt, but we're sorted now but there's still some resentment that that's the first conclusion they jumped to.

[@kingduckfilms]

Kramnik joined the chat

[@nameless4325]

Resentment after a total nobody with 0 chartable experience beat him online? Id think you were cheating too lmao

[@Squeeky_Wheel]

I think people thinking you were cheating is more of a compliment than an insult

[@madsin6516]

​@@Squeeky_Wheel Facts as a competitor you should be grinning ear to ear, to be called a cheater.

[@andrewwilson9123]

@@madsin6516If you are in fact not cheating

[@giblesdestruct]

6:52 Idk if it's still popular but around 2010 in waterpolo, the main formation had a mix up. Traditionally when attackers set up it's 3 and 3 with 3 people close to the goal but a driving system developed where 4 would shift to a side and rotate driving towards the goal looking for passing opportunities while 1 sat in front of the goal to keep constant pressure on the opposite side.

[@Mati-zc2ym]

7:58 "That would work if your opponent has braindamage ... that might work on your level" lmao

[@NeurosGenesis]

That line got me too, haha.

[@justcause3104]

To answer your question Levy, in american football it's very similar on both offense and defense where teams will run a scheme and it will dominate for a couple years and then someone will develop something else to stop that scheme and it goes around and around.

[@jam199716]

The wildcat formation was popular for a few years but now is much more rare. Also This year the eagles perfected the tush push

[@bschuss1]

Came to look for this comment. Exactly what I was thinking of. Like Defenses taking away the deep shots after Mahomes and Hill destroyed them for a bit too long.

[@rmlgaming2091]

​@jam199716 the NFL will probably ban it before there is any counterplay lol

[@j.d.snaidauf8546]

The tush push!

[@cartatowegs5080]

Not a fan of the Eagles but they definitely got a good tush push

[@rastynicc]

6:50 This happens a ton in hockey, but about half of it comes from rule changes. An example of a top level players changing the way a position is played would be Patrick Roy popularizing butterfly style goaltending in the 90s. The style had seen some use for a while before him, but it never caught on because it had a number of flaws. Roy and the goalie coaches he worked with ironed out those flaws and, in doing so, brought about a goaltending style that, though it's a more advanced and polished version, is still used today.

[@soccrstar4]

Fabi has always had an incredibly unique and solid style of playing. I’d love to see more highlights from the 2010s when he was in his prime against Magnus

[@Rocamescope]

What happened to him ?

[@soccrstar4]

@@Rocamescope he is still a top 5 player. He competes in a lot of the top level competitions and usually places in 2-4th, so he never gets as much of a spotlight.

[@maliciousshark9248]

He's still in his prime. He was rated 40 points higher in 2014 than he is now, but he qualified for the Candidates in three different ways. Semifinals at the world cup, #2 rating, and the tour points, and won the Sinquefield Cup

[@tripfarmer9508]

​@@RocamescopeHe's back in form over the past year or so. Kinda had a weak year in 2022 but he's back now. Currently the second highest elo and the only other player with a 2800+ elo in classical chess right now. Will be a real contender at the candidates if he keeps it up.

[@mayredwood]

@@tripfarmer9508 Narrowly lost the candidates, but it's still impressive that, at a time where the 2800 rating has become spectacularly rare, Fabiano has probably held it the longest out of anyone in the top other than Magnus himself He still has a very good chance of winning the World Championship in the future, if he manages to keep his numbers high as he has... Basically since 2014, with a few dips here and there

[@vitorx4]

Levy, I love these kind of rewinds of old and iconic games, such wonderful matches and wonderful players to be praised. keep up with the good work, because thats why you are our favorite chess content creator

[@reiniervaneijk]

Can we just appreciate that the second best chess player in the world is also one of the most generous and humble guys in the world🤘

[@magtovi]

This! That's the thing I can't stand Magnus, he basically got stuck as a 17-year old bratty teenager.

[@zomber4life233]

@@magtovi You can't have it all

[@danwilliams8626]

One trendy strategy that was briefly popular in NASCAR was drafting in pairs. In around 2011-2012 you saw a lot of this especially at the bigger tracks like Talladega and often with teammates or close allies. Dale Jr. pushed Jimmy Johnson to a win like this at that track and ironically although literally on his bumper finished 4th as another pair was drafting that way and finished side by side in a photo finish.

[@synchronium24]

There was also a brief moment in the 2010s (can't remember the year) when they came out with the new car models and drivers found that the most efficient way to draft was to run bumper to bumper. So the entire field would make two giant congo lines. This lead to some massive, multicar wrecks.

[@Wargasm54]

Shake and bake

[@mikemagliozzi8160]

@@Wargasm54 slingshot engaged

[@danwilliams8626]

@@synchronium24 I remember that. Good times

[@stevenpeter7311]

When you've been watching levy's videos everyday for over 3 yrs and realize he already covered this game in a video dedicated to all fabi's wins in this tournament, a couple of years back 😊. ( This is definitely more detailed though)

[@eliloewen5185]

yeah I remember that video :)

[@revenantronin8377]

I literally just finished watching that, and then he uploaded this😂 "The best win streak in chess" or something like that, had Caruana in as the thumbnail with a 7-0 red font on it. edit: he drew the 8th game against Magnus.

[@cuttululu]

hey levy, in football (or soccer iirc) the newer "trend" is teams usually want specific skills in their goalkeepers: they want someone who can build an attack with their feet, whether it's a slow play from the goal to the enemy goalie, or just a quick counter they should be able to provide the ball without esitation and margin of error, that's why the best and most requested goalies in the world rn are all superb at building a attack with their clinical passes

[@RedHorizon04]

Nice game to highlight Levy, thanks! Speaking to the trends in sports topic, I'm a big hockey fan and we see trends constantly, which sometimes get taken up en masse, or sometimes cause rule changes to get rid of a trend that is seen as negatively impacting the game (at least in the eyes of the fans watching- a trend that perhaps slows the game down or seems to be an unfair advantage). Power plays in hockey are a prime example, as well as the newer Overtime format of 3v3 for 5 minutes before a shootout- many teams right now following the trend of "possession first" mentality, hanging on to the puck and even retreating from the offensive zone with the puck when they need to regroup as opposed to just taking a shot. Definitely see trends like you mentioned in many major sports!

[@dafamlit08]

Levy never fails to explain the first 3 moves of the Spanish in great detail

[@rdspam]

Such an obscure opening, it needs some detailed explanation…

[@TombisGaming]

@@rdspam i dont get why black wants a bishop on e7 instead of just taking the pawn on e4 with the knight he just developed.

[@Jadenlikero]

​@@TombisGamingwhite is winning if black takes the free pawn

[@panurutdogan335]

I love when levy analyses deeply because sometimes he skip analyses the opening and just analyses the peak break moment

[@johnwest7993]

Fabi stayed 1 move ahead all game. He never made a mistake. And Levy did a fine job of describing it.

[@jstyles322-y3p]

Levy's notifications never fail to make me fail in Geometry Dash.

[@mr.nobody2515]

That’s the best video I’ve seen on your channel in a while, indeed best game by Fabi, what a player he is! You can do more of those videos in the near future as you do now, like famous Morozevich-Vashier Lagrave game for example

[@leodii6441]

Thanks for the content you’ve been making recently. I stopped watching for a pretty long time and these pulled me back in. Loving the style! Keep it up if you can and it’s lucrative enough

[@Angry_Cow]

I don’t know if I see the fads in other sports that I see in chess. The changes in sports seem to be much longer lasting. Like the emergence of the 3pt shot in basketball, the air it out style of football, etc. But chess is fascinating because of the top players trying these new things. It would be like the top guards in basketball trying a new dribble, or a SUPER popular play in football. But only for a season

[@Ayush-zs3kf]

I really like what levy said is what he is upto, truly legendary stuff by him, for covering so many aspects of chess.

[@phoenix2558]

'He's up material, but it's artificial!' -GothamChess Loved it!

[@JohnsonUbaezuonu]

Such a phenomenal game. Don't let Kramnik see it! 😀

[@parsphere6357]

interesting

[@cobtheconqueror]

He was probably the "peer" starting the accusations.

[@strykah41]

Youre right chess is not a game of intelligence. Its a game of logistics, the manipulation, leveraging, andoptimization, of resources (pieces, squares, imbalances) and that's what war comes down to. The patterns one recognize are logistical motiffs, such tactics leveraging the value of a higher piece for a lower value piece

[@The_Loathsome]

This shift in baseball, the wildcat formation in football, the calf kick in MMA. It happens from time to time.

[@ChrisVenoy]

Never had the pleasure to meet Fabi but I’ve seen him on Coffee Chess playing normal guys he’s a stand up guy

[@JacksonFairweather]

07:00 In football, the Pepe style playing out from the back with two defenders either side of the goal keeper is very much a fad. Its not the most effective tactic, and does not suit teams below the elite. But almost everyone is trying it even 3 divisions below the elite professional level in England.

[@fatearther]

Fabi never fails to be my favorite gm

[@GrizzlyBear569]

Bro these jokes are dead now

[@railspony]

Caruana, of course, was born in Florida and is a US citizen. He's an Italian citizen too, because his parents are from Italy, but he's never lived in Italy and doesn't speak Italian. He was playing for the Italian federation because he was qualified (through his parentage) and was living in Hungary, so it was close enough for travel and was a good job.

[@magtovi]

TIL

[@NitinK369]

Lmao, when levy said "Levon is not taking on e4 because then his grandmaster title should be revoked" and then looking at the 3 pawns parade is just hilarious.

[@francistanhlapo8446]

The excitement I get when you post is just indescribable

[@eobardthawnearc]

same

[@theFirstJaiye]

“That would work if your opponent has brain damage” has to be the hardest line I've heard in months. 💀

[@dindonfarci7049]

21:08 levy never fails to include magnus even if theres no magnus in thz video

[@AndrewBaguma-f6t]

This guy is definitely winning the candidates’

[@9e20sagniknandi7]

Well I have some news for you

[@SAIFDNH]

Being accused of cheating while you are not is the greatest compliment imo

[@MrMagnaniman]

Back when most games were on player-owned dedicated servers, I always said, "You're not good unless you've been banned multiple times for cheating." I miss those days, honestly. Yes, sometimes you got banned from servers you didn't fit in with, but that just let you explore and find communities of the same skill level and attitudes towards trash talking. Everyone was happy because no one was being forced to play with people they didn't want to play with.

[@ddeennnniiss1]

Hope this comment reaches you, Levy! Great point about certain moves/styles determining the trend(s) within a certain period in time. In my handball career, I played against a young agile German player called Uwe Gensheimer (Nickname: "The Magic Wrist"). At the time he was still in full development, but he soon was able to produce a spectacular and unreadable wrist shot that put a certain unexpected spin on the ball. This move revolutionized shots that were taken at a tight angle (cfr. shots from the wing position) and - becoming more popularized - evolved the wing position into becoming more active and dangerous in attack, for those that were prone to such a style of play. Nowadays, this is a shot that is part of the arsenal of many players, but not many can disguise or redo it perfectly. In this sense, it is something that many players dabble into if needed! Fun little trivia! Haha and I'm sure there are many more stories like these in many other sports. That's what keeps these sports so interesting ☺

[@Idiomatick]

8:00 "This move won't work unless they get brain damage or are at your elo" .... fair.

[@pianoceiling4785]

Levy never fails too change the video title

[@PotatoMussab]

If you count esports then there are trends in how games are played such as strategies going in and out of fashion in Starcraft 2 for example. One example recently was called the herO style where a player discovered a cool aggressive way to play PvZ which then spawned more spinoff strategies for Protoss and more strategies from Zerg ro beat those strategies until the original playstyle fell out of fashion in this weird way where bits of it get incorporated into something completely different.

[@VelvetSage]

I wouldn't count esports because game trends/meta most of the time changes with patches. Someone finds strong strat -> it gets patched -> someone finds strong strat -> it gets patched -> ...

[@ninja8flash742]

​@@VelvetSage I think StarCraft is rarely patched I could be wrong tho

[@VelvetSage]

@@ninja8flash742 16 patches in 3 years

[@jacobvaten5686]

Basketball has trendy strategies like drawing fouls and shooting 3s

[@SinH4]

there are definitely trends in other sports too - they can be stylistic variations or tactical variations that become popular after someone is successful with them. In my sport (karate), there are both trends as to how the top people execute certain techniques and also as to which kata are seen more often at the top level (and also sparring looks very different in different eras, which also has a lot to do with rule changes).

[@liammorin5775]

love seeing fabi games. one of my favorite players of all time. he’s so down to earth in interviews and he plays chess with that same elegance of magnus. two of greatest imo

[@EdgeGaming]

What you are describing in sports (and more prominently in eSports) is called metagame, or the meta. The trendy stuff that trickles down from the pros becomes the Chess meta.

[@deepakmalik7841]

Levon be like: Am I really good at chess?🙄

[@ginoduarte158]

Levon probably at the end of the game didn't even know what he did wrong, what a performance.

[@Drialux]

"Every pawn move he makes is a temporary fix but it's a band-aid for a bigger problem" I like the way you put it

[@PlebstersPictionary]

me: 31% accuracy. 100 Elo

[@ogennadi]

Please, more videos like this. I love how you noticed the Knights were stuck in a corner for dozens of moves. Thank you.

[@Sam-ew8kt]

Nobody: Opponent: forces mates himself Opponent: are you cheating?

[@konradruhe6266]

In ESports certain openings do get trendy. If top player does something all of a sudden 100 copycats spam the "OP" strat on the ladder

[@Chan_Fry]

Every time I win, I suspect myself of cheating.

[@Flick224]

Genius

[@Flick224]

Best comment so far on this vid

[@spiralknighter5227]

Nobody qoute me, I'm several years removed from caring. But in my experience competitive Taekwondo sparring has similar stylistic "trends" year to year amoung players. Partially due to minor rule adjustments, but also as a result of player creativity. Which is sometimes what leads to those small rule adjustments.

[@NichoBlockheadImagination]

Thanks for making a Fabiano video! He's my favorite top player, hope to see some more about him!

[@IstayHighAF]

6:42 This is literally a thing in many sports and e sports especially. The “Meta” (Most effective tactics available) is a term in gaming used to explain just this. SSB Melee is an ever developing game that’s never been updated where people find new things out and they start trending until other tactics are found to counter the last. This is called following the meta

[@drdoc124]

You should do a video on the 2024 pan American chess championship. Just finished playing in it and in the sixth round on table, one, the university of Missouri and the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley All agreed to a draw after seven moves, forging the results with no repercussions for pre arranged cheating. mind you this is all 2600 Chess at the college level. If interested look this up, it’s possible in the future colleges could be protesting this event. I played for Texas tech and this cheating directly effected our A teams ability to play in the final 4. Agreeing to draws and not actually playing for results is a trendy cheating tactic.

[@chillax2112]

Idk if you watch football but eagles runnin the tush push every 3rd & 1 lmao… very new and it works very well

[@vitpribyl5009]

Levy never fails to talk into the camera.

[@rainboltfiend]

LMAOO

[@knowledgeandgamesofaadvikh568]

Why am I getting flashbacks that gotham has made a video of it

[@knowledgeandgamesofaadvikh568]

Ok thats why we should watch the whole video

[@scottybgaming8177]

Ello Gotham I love your videos ur one of the reasons I started chess and now I love it thank you so much.

[@zacharysherry2910]

Did you say "hello"?

[@rainboltfiend]

@@zacharysherry2910 most likely

[@scottybgaming8177]

@@zacharysherry2910 Yes indeed i did.

[@Vaibhav.589.]

00:02 Fabiano Caruana played a sensational chess game that his colleagues thought he was cheating 02:25 Fabiano Caruana's exceptional performance and strategy 06:18 Chess players explore trendy and innovative strategies 08:04 Fabiano plays a novelty move Knight to A2 11:55 Rook maneuvers in a closed position 14:01 Fabiano maneuvers to create weaknesses in Levon's position 17:52 Knight A5 disrupts opponent's position strategically 19:57 Fabiano strategically dismantles black's position 23:38 Knight on B6 dominated, unable to reenter game 25:36 Understanding the impact of pawn moves in a closed position

[@HalalZD]

remember, even if levy isn't lebron, he still dunks his opponents

[@Jayvees]

This is the peak Fabiano Caruana chess game performance out there and finally explained by Levy.

[@Marco_Viva]

Levy never fails to teach us traditional wisdom

[@Ebobster]

Great game, good analysis. Interesting that Fabi picked up on Magnus’s idea from his Candidate match & delved very deeply into the position to uncork this exceptionally fine positional masterpiece which seems to have no wasted moves. Fabi’s deflection shot… Na4! is a real stunner… & nicely caps all the play, including the pawn moves, that came before & all that came after. Poor Aronian must have wondered what hit him! Thanks for sharing this Ruy Lopez masterpiece by Caruana. Question: When W played Nc3, why didn’t B immediately hunt down & trade of W’s bishop with Na5? Presumably, Fabi was not afraid of Na5, otherwise he would have played a3 (giving the Bishop an escape square) before playing Nc3. If Levy or any viewers know the answer to this question and could explain it would be most appreciated… not only by myself but many chess fans who have probably wondered & been mystified by the same question… why was Fabi not concerned that his Nc3 would be answered by Na5, eliminating his bishop (& doubling his Queenside pawns)? Can anyone explain this? Cheers!

[@Dunce404]

Gotham never fails to upload videos

[@jamess3159]

Such a beautiful game. Magnus is my favorite but Fabi is certainly a very close second. Love his preparation and style of play.

[@dalibormaksimovic6399]

Levy never fails to include Magnus Carlsen in first minute of the video

[@rainboltfiend]

true

[@ralphinoful]

"Trendy" things, is like meta-games in literally every esports games. "Oh this guy ran that build? - Now every team picks up that build."

[@Cman7real]

I really like the Spanish Main line. Normally my opponent over extends which gives me an advantage. Then I blunder my queen and lose😢

[@CarieFlorance]

Your tips on risk management really helped me out.

[@Someone-_222]

Levy never fails to never fail

[@rainboltfiend]

levy never fails to levy

[@thefitnessgrampacertest247]

Magnus mentioned 21 minutes deep

[@john_djr]

Dang, there were some really cold-blooded moves. Thanks for sharing about Fabi's immortal game.

[@BrandonStark5]

There might be a Levy, Who Always Fails in a Parallel World.

[@the_stewbear]

Basketball is absolutely a sport where certain tactics get trendy over time.

[@ChessAsKungFu]

You're on a roll lately! Really enjoying the recent videos

[@Ed_AlphA]

7:06 about this topic, i think that the main difference between other sports trends and chess is the physical aspect. At really high level in sports you play most of the time according to your genetics whereas chess there is no physical limit to learning new lines

[@obatoba]

Pattern recognition is most definitely a form of inteligence

[@hrbusiness7618]

brother, im not used to comment people`s videos but, man youre a fantastic entusiastic in what you do ! congratulations to bring such energy to your content.

[@ethangilworth7891]

Fabiano had his best year ever in 2023! Best year of anyone, and a beautiful game

[@freewheelburning8834]

"probably the best game just not easily explainable" you did a good job thank you

[@TaylorWeston]

Man, Fabi's play is so Waitzkin-esque here. Constantly taking the space left behind. Constantly adjusting his plans to entice weaknesses in the opponent's camp. Staying calm and wise in the face of adversity.

[@osarrocha7874]

In video games and in card games there is a term to refer to trendy strongest ideas. We call it META, and varies depending on what is crazy busted at the time and what new things are added. Chess is not unique in the concept, but is cool to watch how it changes naturally in this non changing rule environment.

[@LongNguyen-xs5do]

Such a high level of strategic game. Levy is the only person who can fully deliver the wholesomeness of this game to chess lovers.

[@ericm1839]

Fabi pulling a straight gangster move not taking that knight back. If chess is a conversation over the board between two players, Caruana just said "your knight is so bad I don't even need to take it"

[@derekilopan]

Trendy stuff in sports - some of which stuck and some ofwhich didnt: Baseball: shift, yanking starters after 2nd time thru order. Basketball: 3pt shooting over deep 2s and midrange shots Football: wildcat and RPO

[@ParkChunDae]

Fabi's style in this game really reminds me of Capablanca and Ding

[@xklooodx]

There are trends in tennis, like carlos alcaraz made the aggressive drop shot more trendy. There are evolutionary changes to on how the hit the ball and how to hold the grip, but that still largely depends on the play with obvious trends.

[@traderH]

"Combination of Magnus and Stockfish" ... Man I love that comparison. What a genius. And your passion man your passion. A whole new level.

[@madhavmp8558]

knight goes on vacation, never comes back

[@josephglass6054]

I got goosebumps watching this. Your analysis of games like this one is pure gold. Thank you, Levy.

[@thebitterfig9903]

Fabi took Levon's knights into that deep dark forest, and the path was only wide enough for one.