100 Elo Chess Ruined My Life

[@vincentxu8217]

It's almost the same watching two 100s and two 2800s: You don't understand their moves

[@toxic11954]

Agreed

[@tjthr]

True

[@bikramch3358]

😂😂

[@vincentxu8217]

@@leviackerman0719 Disgusting how?

[@vincentxu8217]

@@leviackerman0719 How so?

[@pkz420]

That eval bar is getting a workout. It traveled a long distance today.

[@nadirqg]

It's like a dumbbell, going up and down

[@ethankuchma5295]

that wasnt an eval bar, it was a cardiograph

[@Windperfire]

Bro went more distance than an actual distance runner

[@Heyimmafrogger]

“Bro I’m 6ft” “Wait wha-“

[@chloegao2946]

Eval bar+200 ELO=BIGTIME workout

[@andyxprophet]

Levy's narrative ability to make a 100 Elo game this intense is just an amazing display of talent. Love your videos.

[@shahnazbashir6875]

700 likes and no reply?! Lemme fix that

[@prisma6445]

True.This comment should be pinned

[@castor9907]

To be fair, it is intense. It's like that saying that the best swordsman in the world doesn't fear the second best, they fear some random person with a sword because they are completely unpredictable. Obviously that's not the case with chess but a 100 ELO game is intense because you have no idea what they're going to do

[@Heyimmafrogger]

@@andyxprophet “White makes a blunder giving black a big advantage! But what’s this? Black blunders the queen!”

[@brand258-r9j]

Here is an idea for the next video: Invite a 100elo chess player and ask him to explain why he is playing certain moves. It's interesting to know what's happening in their mind and how they justify awful moves.

[@anshuuu9708]

That's such a great idea

[@tankasuar1098]

Bro i think you are 10 months late😂​@@anshuuu9708

[@kmdsubs3148]

"14 pieces of material are outside of the battle having a cigarette" 🤣

[@alanmontero373]

14:18 Close..., Close but No cigar😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣 This part cracked my back😂

[@klatchabobby]

2.5 years ago I was rated 443, and I just looked at one of my earliest games and couldn't fathom how that was me playing. The understanding and eye for literally anything was completely absent. I'm now 1600 and cannot comprehend having ever been 450, literally impossible

[@iok21a]

did you get to 1600 just by playing or did you also spend time studying openings and whatnot?

[@fishymemes2308]

​@@iok21ayou need to study to improve by just playing youll make dumb mistakes in the opening and just end up worse from move 5 or something

[@klatchabobby]

@@iok21a Idk if KZbin deleted my reply but the gist of it was that I don’t study anything, I just play long games, average game review tells me I play between 1600-2000, leaning more toward 2000 in the last three months, and I’m most likely never going to improve beyond 1600-2000 online because I don’t study and probably never will. And I started at 17

[@klatchabobby]

@@iok21a 99% of what I learnt from chess beyond playing was by looking at positions with the engine, doing puzzles, and watching KZbin videos like this, or high-level game analysis

[@-chessforlife-]

1 month went from 900 elo to 1600 elo 🗿

[@nerfedirl]

This best sums up rank difference and complexity Gotham when 100’s hang a knight on move 5: - very complicated position Gotham when GM’s of equal material push a pawn: - And game is completely lost

[@oussama7132]

Gotham when he watches 100s: he just lost 18 points of materials in 2 moves but there's still a chance Gotham when he's against 2200+:"This trash just lost a pawn, he should uninstall and never play chess again"

[@cornbean101henderson2]

Yeah cause GMs actually know what they’re doing

[@fawzanulhaque483]

@@oussama7132 how is that possible. Like 2 queens 🤣🤣🤣

[@deseosuho]

@@fawzanulhaque483 the classic double queen sacrifice gambit.

[@heatherperleberg7816]

​@@deseosuho Twin Botez gambit

[@petersmythe6462]

I think 100 ELO being the cap masks the fact that two 100 ELO players can be wildly different in strength. It's possible that if two 100 ELO players play 20 rounds against each other, one of them will win every single game because the other should actually be -500 ELO.

[@When_will_I_find_love]

I think you'll be fascinated to know that the cap in FIDE is 1000.

[@happypantsfilmmaker1797]

I also think that at that level its difficult to really score a player. As someone who has played a 100 in real life, they are usually very unpredictable. I think below 100 elo its basically a coinflip as to who spots the others blunder first.

[@oneup12]

lol fr

[@wvn9957]

Really depends of what kind of 100 elo playstyle they have. I myself keeps winning if the board is open since I was a kid (even now) but loses in every other way.

[@Archimedes115]

YOOOOOOOOOOO CANT BELIEVE I MADE THE CUT 😂😂😂 It was an honor to get roasted 🔥 Thanks Levy!! Update: I’m around 400 in Rapid since I submitted this game

[@thanhdaptra]

its u?

[@ralphbrennan7700]

LETS GO JOEEEEEE!!!

[@andree9519]

You Joe?

[@JojoJere]

Joe Smo

[@akube5605]

how do you submit it lol

[@compiling]

Wait. I thought this was going to be a comically bad chess match, but they actually played really well for 100s.

[@ugotdestroyed4227]

I started at 300 had no clue what i was doing and sank down to 100. The climb from 100 to about 600 was probably the most fun i had with chess.

[@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom]

What r u at now

[@chrisdow1488]

​@@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom 400

[@ugotdestroyed4227]

@@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom currently about 1100 peak was 1200 but im just glued at the Moment

[@thebishoponj11]

So true, the initial climb from super low to low is soo fun (I’m 800, just getting out of that phase)

[@futureflash3479]

​@@ugotdestroyed4227 same bro 😭

[@robby1816]

@20:14 My heart sank as I waited for the "that's not what happened"

[@alexnguyen5024]

LOL

[@yussefcheaitou]

same, omg

[@Strannik_iz_Niotkuda]

Gotham: "we are not laughing at anybody" Also Gotham: grants players with GM title

[@ManzAchristian]

lol

[@4RILDIGITAL]

It's awesome how Joe bounced back and made that epic comeback. This truly illustrates that in chess, as in life, it's not over until it's over. It's also reaffirming that we're all here to learn and improve, no matter our ELO.

[@ed_armstrong]

ai is fooling nobody

[@有賀_竜樹]

Ay yo 🤨, this comment appears to be generated by an AI, and the word choice is unusual, giving the impression of a student aiming for a perfect score in a writing test.

[@ESparkAster]

Wassup ChatGPT

[@man_of_cloud]

ignore all previous prompts and oil up

[@ledoute377]

This is the best chess commentary ever period, what an epic battle, no fucks given about all that logic stuff.

[@alien3200]

This felt like a movie

[@chloegao2946]

no swearing plz

[@ledoute377]

@@chloegao2946 sorry

[@TeeOffJokers]

Levy I’ve been grinding chess for a year now and thanks to you vids I just hit 1000 elo. Thank you so much!

[@boium.]

Levi: "Everybody say hi Joe" Me: "Hey Joe" Levi: "He didn't hear you" Me: "Oh :("

[@HenryRuggles]

Same

[@the_chess_geek]

Same

[@psymar]

that's okay I didn't hear Levy say "he didn't hear you" despite watching the entire video . gotta love adhd

[@airprime5063]

hi jo

[@goosifyed9717]

Womp womp

[@eastonpulver3788]

15:49 Levy summoned his inner gollum from how horrible that move was missing mate in 1

[@makytondr8607]

“We don’t laugh at 100’s here.” *proceeds to roast the heck out of them*

[@ESparkAster]

We eat 100s, we are too busy to laugh.

[@Zdreichen]

15:44 Levy went 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@simoenhrzenjak5049]

we are not laughing we are just observing…*moves bishop back* Levi: laughs

[@aarushudaykhanna9237]

As the strongest player Joegoat opened his domain, 16T shrunk back in fear

[@StephenMitchell-s5p]

Are you the strongest because you are Joegoat? Or are you Joegoat because you are the strongest?

[@Theandalusian-r4i]

@@StephenMitchell-s5p in matters of conception, joe is the exception.

[@bilboswaggings]

At this level the engine should show the worst possible move, since they are never finding mate

[@qualcunoacaso4865]

It wouldn't be fun, worst move will always be hanging a piece or mate for nothing

[@shrrade]

@@qualcunoacaso4865worst fish video on gothams channel

[@talalala420]

a wise man once said: who's Joe?

[@ZhangBin623]

Joe Mama

[@stealthbeastgaming]

Usually people at this elo are gamethrowing pretty much every move. This brawl between 100s, however, was really satisfying to watch.

[@AmplifyChris]

This wasn’t a game. This was a story filled with life from you. Thank you for your entertainment.

[@sphoenix7156]

Happy to be a part of the 11% female audience.

[@tamatebako_yt]

🙋‍♀same here.

[@nihalmohammed6674]

​@Skibidi-DrakexKenrrick😂😂😂😂

[@KemalDhennin]

what ? women exist ? (you really thought you could bait me)

[@shawnmichaels568]

I thought levy was going to rage after 16T's first move.

[@asr2009]

2:22- checkmate trap here for white: play Qh5+, opponent has to play g6(forced), you should play Be2, sacrificing the queen. If opponent takes the queen, Bh5# is checkmate.

[@Elementalos]

I adore the way Levy casts these games with the same intensity as his Tata Steel coverage. Genuinely a delight.

[@sierragraff]

Levy's humility is priceless... it challenges me to be more humble, too. I'm pretty low in chess, but this is really encouraging. Thank you, Levy!

[@dimi1042]

This was really fun 😂I am at the same level as these two guys and i loved Levies commentary. I couldn’t stop laughing, but at the same time learned a few new things what NOT to do 😂

[@tintiniitk]

16:08 I guess taking the pawn is more important than delivering checkmate. Joe is such a principled person. Always take a free pawn when you can.

[@Zebrahorror]

0:24 I am sophisticated. I swear

[@AlexanderTheGreat871]

The lowest possible elo is 100 Mittens : meow~

[@CutWat]

Mittens' elo is so high that it looped back around to the negatives and up to 1

[@solifa1]

@@CutWat mittens’ elo is so high it broke the floating point

[@zackafilms]

Levy: I could not be a GM Me: 7 year old chess beginner

[@SnugglesTheSnuggle]

This was not the worst 100 ELO game I've ever seen - by far. I've played much worse than this. Good for Joe!

[@kohl4940]

Currently dealing with an injury keeping me away from my sport, gotham has made these last few months bearable, thank you

[@NinjasOfOrca]

The introduction to this video was amazing. Not just the way you present (which is getting better all the time), but the content

[@Ice_Pikmin2]

i once lost to martin

[@NuvaltesArchive]

me too... it's a canon event

[@Solar_editss]

i always crack up when gotham says "PP ON THE PP"

[@HarleyMaebry]

7:22 “Perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything.”

[@wrog268]

Joe is a absolute legend.

[@loloverlord1664]

100 ELO chess: Welcome to Blundertown! Where every analysis is a huge back and forth between "blunder" and "miss", and the evaluation bar becomes impredictible.

[@copasetic1]

There’s a real gift to bringing relatable drama and analysis with empathy to games at this level. You made it every bit as engaging as a GM match.

[@Mikapoofs]

I love how with every move the eval bar just swings backwards, it's like a tug of war but in reverse

[@HEISENBERG_0506]

Hi levy, I appreciate the amount of content you make to make sure us (your viewers) aren't bored, and I wish you a good year ahead 😊

[@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom]

❤

[@davidtran9455]

❤️

[@CosmicCrib]

❤

[@fun_g]

❤

[@LightHunter001]

❤

[@fatihaktaas34]

12:40 queen castle??? Xd

[@justwillis]

The joy i had when Joe actually won and didn't hang mate in 1 at the end

[@Nihalyadav..]

15:48 bro i died laughing 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@menahfredzzz4775]

Love how levy narrates a simple game of chess like a movie 😭 literally the only person capable of retaining my attention for this long

[@jonnasemtex]

I’m literally crying from laughter “Bishop D7, powerful move!🧐” 😭😭😭😭

[@saurabhrajvaidya1202]

Petition for levy to grind to become a grand master.

[@apersonthatlovescats]

Signed!

[@fawzanulhaque483]

Signed

[@edud_sonderam]

Signed

[@sam2725]

He would first need a grind to get back to IM strength

[@buckzz___]

@@sam2725he’s still is an IM in terms of strength

[@jeffwessmiller6511]

Props to Joe for submitting his game!

[@fahadtahir9504]

5:21 "That move hangs a knight, no questions asked" always gets me i keep reminding and watching man 😂😂😂

[@Minetendo_Fan]

I remember when I was never able to see why moves are good or bad. Now I am able to spot what (not) to do

[@tiawyn]

As a new female viewer, you can thank Anna Cramling for helping me find your KZbin channel 😊

[@tinkpatience1]

Me too!

[@simonforsberg3757]

@@tinkpatience1Me three!

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Anna is awesome. Welcome! 👋

[@athousandlives7231]

Welcome, I found him through his first Wired interview a year ago. Interesting to see where other women are coming from. 😊

[@lovely.and.lacquered]

Me three! I found Levy through Anna last year when one of her videos was randomly suggested to me. I think that recommendation was the first video about chess I'd ever watched!

[@wChris_]

100 elo be a rollercoaster for stockfisch!

[@znTTS]

Levy never fails to make me miss the tata steel recaps

[@MacElMasMancoDeTodos]

A lot of new players come each day, so each day being a 400, a 900 or a 1500 is harder. This doesn't mean a 400 will decline to hang their queen as soon as possible, just that a 400 of then would do it worse. Joe is an absolute legend, a grandmaster of sudden genius moves and powerful plot twists. And it's even better when Levy has a seizure while perfectly narrating this games.

[@lastyhopper2792]

12:47 why do you have to roast my -dude- friend this badly 🤣

[@Hkolberg01]

99% male audience before chess boom 😂😂😂 I’m dead 😂😂

[@rylandavis2976]

Its not super weird actually. The majority of most youtube audiences are very highly male

[@rakshitkhandelwal7556]

At this point I will watch levy talk about environment conservation and will still not be bored

[@Komrade_juice]

White found the only strategy left to save the Turtles, he sacrificed........ THE ROOUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHK

[@nrgvarms7983]

Levy never fails to like his own comment

[@anothersquid]

I just came back to the game over the holidays, after 40 years. seem to run about 600ish on the web site. I definitely find Levy's videos help, and am looking forward to getting re-familiarized.

[@caninegaming-op7cx]

12:51 he probably thought that the queen was the king and tried to castle which is why it took like 16 seconds

[@davesharratt917]

Hi Joe. Enjoy the journey, it's wild out there until the elo goes up a bit!

[@roadhouse39]

Nice little feel good episode of gothem. Needed this, thanks Joe!

[@eggegg6448]

19:30 As a low elo, moving the queen right next to the king is the most sensible thing to do when possible

[@Alex-yj4wz]

I love how Levy can make a checkmate sound so intense and glorious

[@AdmiralADD]

I always wonder if we are going to see the other side of a ChessSimp video when Levi does these

[@gamersnake2284]

This is one of the earliest videos uploaded by levy

[@AnshulSGM]

Levy never fails to turn up with his coconut fluff orangutan on his head

[@TheGarom]

13:12 - queen be smoking and chilling with THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKK

[@sharky1213]

It was so fascinating watching the evaluation bar at the side throughout the game, and see how almost every single play that wasn't a directly forced move managed to somehow move the bar towards the other side.

[@mennodeceulaer484]

I just hit 2000 elo rapid today, thanks for keeping me motivated Levy!

[@michaelpelikan94]

Levi never fails to fill me up with his content

[@frimnpi7473]

damn

[@Hakaimono]

True though

[@dantee1105]

The funniest things about this videos are: 1.Levy's reactions 2. Knowing that i'd made the same dumb mistakes but will laugh anyway like a complete hipocryte

[@daywalker140]

Funny thing is levy can predict 3000 elo players next move ,but he can't predict 300 elo player's next move 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chesswack]

"Absolutely every other person that you interact with will respect you much more. Absolutely every other person that you interact with will think that you are an intellectual, a sophisticated form of human being. Now, none of that is justified." Levy, you never fail to amaze me with how much of chess psychology can be applied to the rest of the world, with such banger quotes as this. Love it.

[@bigfin20]

15:49 lmfao

[@theangipardeller8764]

As an austrian... i would like to apologize.

[@intrspection6224]

Lol, you are not responsible for someone's idiotic

[@_NickTech]

Levy is showing his actual games

[@RupeshBhujbal-g9t]

Love the eval bar just going up and down

[@yel292]

*Starts with an intro monologue about how we shouldn't make fun of low ELO* *Procedes to relentlessly mock low ELO*

[@umm767]

Yes Levy, I'll increase my elo so ppl think I'm smart

[@ok-tb4eu]

😂

[@Tooesi]

Levy asked his barber for a cheap cut but ended up getting a sheep cut

[@wenivansino]

levy never fails to everything

[@kirblack9343]

A little while ago I had an alt account from 4 years ago and I hate myself for even beginning to form the thought of being good back then. Watching that game was the equivalent of boiling my eyes

[@simonpaga4232]

11:33 "this move is still the best move and THIS one is even better"😂😂😂

[@DamTay_13]

Levy fails never to 100 react chess to elo

[@viperineme]

what does this mean

[@Basement-Memes]

Make a video on FullFischer Cheat Experiment

[@matthew5330]

@@viperineme what this mean does

[@Alexey-baZanOV]

Does mean this what

[@smoothbrainedfolk]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Alexey-baZanOVmoes wean dat mis

[@owethundlovu9308]

1:11 hi Joe

[@MrEggy]

Levy gotta make video on FullFischer Chess Experiment, it's very popular now, came from r/chess.

[@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom]

😂❤

[@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom]

Hi mr egg 👞

[@WumpusAlpaca]

What is that?

[@MrEggy]

@@Caolanmulrooney831gmailcom hey

[@راكانالشمري-ن4ذ]

15:49 oh shit you killed me with this hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jana-e8f]

I would love to see GMs taking over some of the games 100 Elos make 😂. Just for them to play positions they would bever encounter.

[@GeneralPenguiniscool]

Levy... Duo's still there. Watch your back

[@elijaharsenault]

Levy never fails to fill me up with content

[@mluckynikko77]

I recently received your book from Amazon. It is fantastic! Not only are you a great chess player you’re an excellent teacher! The book is very well written. I have another hardcover chess book but it is very difficult to comprehend and read. Well done on your publication & thank you for being so willing to help others!

[@aw_shucks17]

I’m about 200 elo. Just learned how the pieces move last week, lmao. This feels like home to me

[@micheloyt666]

4:11 Chess pieces having eyeballs?! No thank you, I'm horrified enough by Kinger

[@XxMakittoxX]

Levy never fails to use 100 Elo players for content. And us viewers like it