800 Elo Chess Is AMAZING...

[@reevefeynman]

Hi Levy, Thank you from getting me from 800 to 200 in two weeks

[@noman8319]

Hahahahahaa

[@wizard_dynamo]

2 weeks? _shame_ It takes about two hours with help of engine

[@reachingmydream8756]

ok - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@katyry5095]

You made me choke on my drink lol

[@sturmfpanda7561]

It's not his fault your just bad my guy

[@BurningMarmite]

Levy after every move: "it's not a bad move." Also levy after every move: "the problem is that it's not a good move"

[@hyberjection]

Also Levy after every move: "I don't hate it"

[@pappifaffi]

perfect way to describe chess

[@DM_Curtis]

In hindsight, most of these moves are mediocre.

[@karlocoslovich2863]

it is a bad move according to the engine but it's not for humans because it's hard for the opponent to see the winning sequence of moves, especially if the players are lower rated

[@JohnVDenley]

Well clearly not after EVERY move 😉🤣🤣🤣

[@thesupersisters6415]

To think that I was once 800 is strange. Gladly now I am up to 900.

[@rixovertig]

W

[@ant-mf6kl]

Massive difference I'm sure

[@reachingmydream8756]

ok - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@niranjannair3633]

@Rishit Srivastava bro what engine do you use?

[@chandramoulimukherjee6653]

@@niranjannair3633 bruh stop it get some help its easy to go up the rating ladder in the beginning

[@duckdoesnothing]

I'm glad I got out of the 800s, now I am in 400-500s

[@maxali9846]

We in the same boat here 😂😂😂😂

[@Cartman5101]

what im striving for

[@tanishkandivlikar]

354 😭😭

[@raghunandanbs2005]

Bro

[@KevinsGambit]

555 in the house 😂

[@domsch1302]

Wanted to take a moment to appreciate you stating along the way that a lot of the moves look pretty natural and seeing them being a blunder takes a lot of experince and foresight. While i, as a sub 600 player that started with chess a few months ago, really enjoy this type of content for you entertaining commentary, it often strikes me how unintuitivly bad some of the moves are. Your further explanation helps a lot in getting better at evaluating moves. Thank you so much.

[@danhill5625]

This channel is very good to learn with. I’d recommend Mike kummer’s beginner breakdown videos. They really helped me when I started playing around a year ago, after watching his videos I went up to 1000 very quickly

[@shuhbhm]

@@danhill5625 thanks for the recommendation

[@the_bottomfragger]

Yeah don't worry about it and keep learning! You can observe this well when there are tournament livestreams and people laugh at a move just because the eval bar just moved radically. Yet the chance that they have just found the only winning combination is very small. Levy's channel is useful as well because he stresses when he likes a move at a certain level despite the engine hating it.

[@qazzaqstan]

I agree, to me the weirdest part of this game is I think both players played pretty well. Like yes they had a lot of blunders but most of them were missing multi-move combinations and the move they played instead usually had a clear plan behind it. Like normally in a blunderfest I'd assume there would be multiple hanged pieces, a lot of missed fires and a lot of moves that just make absolutely no sense because the players aren't sure what to do. Here in almost every case it was like okay I wouldn't play that but I see why you did and I'm not even sure which of the tactics I'd have found without the eval bar.

[@highasheaven9239]

Having a bit of experience, i can tell you that generally, if you don't see that a natural move is bad, your opponent probably doesn't either

[@mmomus5863]

As an 800 ELO on my best day, thank you, we are indeed amazing. The best part is that I know that even if I lose my queen or rook I can still win

[@FrancescoDeBiasi]

As a barely 600 I could not agree more! 😅

[@Afrazed_bs]

as a 1400 ELO player i wish i was you lol

[@medexamtoolscom]

Well that's only if you're playing against someone comparable. From the same position against the same person, someone else who was better would still have a higher chance of winning after losing a queen.

[@PMA65537]

The main thing is to remember which side you are on.

[@caret4812]

@@Afrazed_bs you're not far off though

[@Misteribel]

These lower level games are so educational! Each time when I spot a move and Levy suggests it too, I’m like “yes!”, and each time I don’t I learn something new.

[@ryananderson1305]

Ik it’s about time we have better videos

[@dreadiedude]

and then he says 'but that just loses' and I'm like "oh...'

[@augustinesia3985]

It's not educational, it's just purely entertainment

[@redmosquito2173]

I do feel like it does help me understand practical games more

[@phen-themoogle7651]

​@@augustinesia3985 Educational if you pause it and think about the best moves or how you would play from the position for both sides, but yeah it's entertainment if you just watch.

[@crypta8056]

“We’re not in the blunder land yet, we’ll get a one way ticket very soon” haha priceless

[@SofiaTrainer]

I’m bored wanna talk

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

00:06 26 years of age.. and almost *2600* ELO. Levy's on the right path..

[@randomdude2981]

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[@aurorazuoris6654]

100 ELO per year

[@InfinityCS77]

Bye the time he is 50 he'll be 5000

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

I remember my age x 100 matched my rating until I became 15. Then it never got higher :(

[@joeb4142]

200 more ELO and he’ll be World Championship material.

[@naihwong8504]

I feel like I learn way more from these lower ELO videos than I do the GM ones because these are the mistakes I would make and how to fix them rather than some crazy god game. Very good stuff! That being said, could you speak a little louder? I am having trouble hearing you over your shirt.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

I agree and i am 1600-1700 rated blitz player on this website.

[@DirkThys]

I agree: The shirt is so loud it induces my tinnitus 🤣🤣

[@rykehuss3435]

Its Elo, not ELO. It is not an acronym.

[@CreepyPastaSalad]

@@rykehuss3435 And for one whole year, no one cared.

[@RaghavBabbar]

@@rykehuss3435 And for 2 whole years, no one cared

[@DirkThys]

Levy: "I believe that the most fun level of chess is somewhere around 1000". That's only true if you're 2000+. For us 1000's it's agony.

[@lewismartinez5130]

Getting a higher rating just means you lose longer and more painful games

[@Joytaze]

The way Levy commentates low-elo games like these is like being read a medieval classic story as a kid just before bed time. Absolutely lovely.

[@rbcdelta6561]

Outstanding content!! Examples of forcing moves, board vision, geometry, in between moves, castling, piece location all rolled into entertaining content. For us 800s, chess is hard - we're laughing at our own pain because we've all been there. Thanks for pointing out how we can get better Levy!

[@annikadahlin128]

Yes, I agree! I laughed a lot. And I am rated 744.

[@webscape7671]

Agreed good content

[@JonasDanish1999]

It’s Like playing the guitar which I’m also terrible at, but nevertheless enjoy doing..

[@Ryahu]

As a 750, 90 percent of the time i make a bad move i immediately realize it once I've made it and that's my problem 😂 hindsight 20/20

[@ikosaheadrom]

Im 500 still didnt get to do that many blunders in one game but its inevitable

[@frilent]

I love how at 9:25 I was thinking that if that was me my next move would be Queen e2 and after they moved there you’re like “the game is lost” 😂

[@KaktoPredi4e]

Same. I choose Qe2 but I'm also 800.

[@rusty894]

The engine goes crazy: "OHHHH BLUNDER"

[@ArihanBaroliaA]

Hi Levy, Thank you from getting me from 800 to 1800 in two years

[@joat2185]

Can I ask what methods/tools you used??

[@reachingmydream8756]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@onnihuuskonen1250]

*helping you get

[@alon3304]

He only started uploading a year ago

[@Triskelion345]

@@alon3304 levi got me from 500 to 2500 elo in 1 year 🤫😘😍🤨😍😗😍🙂🤭

[@skye2192]

This is my fave content of yours in terms of viewer games! No rating shaming combined with learning stuff that us lower rated players see in games all the time. Would love to see series close to this format in the middle ground between having a laugh and actually learning, stuff that's realistic rather than a crazy not to be taken seriously game

[@AidanRampair]

Hi Levy, Thank you for getting me from 1800 to 800 in two years!

[@mustrd0]

Wow, Levy must be a bad teacher. You lost 1000 ELO from his content.

[@alanESV2]

@@mustrd0 he got closer to 1000, the most fun elo indisputably

[@webscape7671]

Woow awesome bro

[@nydiaburgos7640]

@@mustrd0 it's a joke...

[@pinkpufferfish]

Skill issue fr 😂😂

[@KempQ]

I quit playing chess for a while, went down from 1100 to 850 and would like to let you know that I am not having a good time

[@Achdings]

This happens. Maybe you're tilted, sleep deprived, depressed, or have other stuff running through your mind. I went from 1400 to 1280 last month, this did hit hard. I was sleep deprived and anxious. I did bring my shit together, made some sport, went back to chess, i'm now 1500.

[@deadliftdevotion15]

@@Achdings I dropped 250 rating in one day once. I just lost every single game, I quit chess for months after it but came back and gained it all back plus more

[@langletprolet8378]

That could happen once you take a break for some months, cus you’re not used to it again. Best thing is to “warm-up” and refresh with playing some casual matches first.

[@webscape7671]

It's ok to take breaks

[@webscape7671]

You'll come back stronger

[@tongpoo8985]

700 to 1500 level chess is by far the most supreme chess spectating experience. It's got everything, drama, laughs, action, tragedy. Just poetry. They know enough to come up with clever strategies and set traps, and just little enough to make interesting weaknesses for themselves and you always get cool imbalanced positions. Everything below 700 is just pure tragedy and everything above 1500 or so is a little more reserved.

[@astro_penguin_]

as a 900, you are absolutely correct

[@johnny-chen1999]

I don't know how this man makes chess so exciting to watch, it's literally imaginary pieces moving in exotic ways on a virtual board.

[@kalpar990]

Hello Levy! I have been a subscriber for over a year and I wanted to thank you for your videos. I had played tournaments when I was younger, and then had to stop to play chess to study. But after I turned 18, I restarted playing, teaching myself as a hobby. I could climb to 1750-1800, and now I'm 21 and I have just hit 2000 rating points just from the studying of your videos. Thank You very very much! Maybe you don't respond to many messages, but I hope you'll read it sometime.

[@foxy3.o891]

Only hater comments are pinned and read..

[@reachingmydream8756]

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[@epicurusurist9017]

Good job dude!

[@swilliams0507]

@@foxy3.o891 not true, he pinned me a few months ago and it was an appreciation comment

[@stevo9246]

This was fantastic. I’d love it if you did more of these, I’m a 750 and while seeing GMs and IMs play is very instructional bc you get to see great moves, I miss out on correcting all of the mistakes people like me make. I feel like you need both sides of the coin to really learn

[@dotard0075]

This game was much more instructive than I thought, and I'm 1300

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

Their blunders weren't as crazy as usual, they played well for 800s. Many of those blunders are hard to see why they are blunders.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

All of us with below 2000 ratings make stupid mistakes. And even 2000s make stupid mistakes, I have beaten two of them because one of them straight up blundered his queen and the other one blundered his knight. There is a recent video of Ben Finegold playing against a 1800 and predicting when his opponent will blunder his queen.

[@Raiseflag_Surrender]

I am 1500+ and it is still instructive. I am a complete novice, I play for fun, I know 1-3 openings total, often lose in the opening, but if I get out of it alive oh my... if I get out... everything is possible. :)

[@rafi6618]

​@@smrtfasizmu6161agreed I thino they played like most people rated 1200s and 1300s

[@janpiet9921]

To be fair, a lot of these engine moves were hard to see, though it wasn't that hard to see that some moves played in the game were very bad. Fun game :)

[@egeayvala1799]

oh yea right go see Agadmators chess video where magnus carlsen says he wont be playing the chess tournament and watch a pawn and a knight move you will never spot unless you are above 1500 man... these moves were so easy to predict but its different when you are watching it when u play it it much much much different like time and pressure also when u start openining and doing something you imagine "aha this is gonna work this is my plan im sticking to it" when sometimes you gotta be flexible and sort of defend for a few moves and then strike-gotta be patient

[@lordwiz6653]

I love the fact that you have been explaining middle game and end game in a very illustrated way in last few videos even when the game is low elo and with lot of mistakes and how to avoid and what to play.we all can agree that's what we all wanted to navigate . How to win the middle game slugfest .you have helped me improve the vision too. MaNy of us long term followers always wanted this kind of video and you have been a blessing I will admit,you delivered after understanding our difficulties . Thank you . Keep posting these lovely videos. 🎉🎊✨❤️

[@macus23]

In my opinion this is one of the most instructive and helpful games you have done for the majority of us that are below 1500. Thanks for the great content!

[@quamgced]

I like this video. Unlike some of the crazy 400 Elo games with just hanging piece blunders, this one features many tactical and strategic blunders that could pick up pieces and win the game for either player. Definitely makes for entertaining and educational content.

[@jasonbarrylambeth]

@GothamChess you should 110% start selling merch that involves your amazing chess-related catch phrases. I would buy love to rep some GothamChess merch that shows off my love for your content and love for chess at the same time.

[@abhinandanbanerjee5471]

As a 2100, Levy is right. Chess is annoying and time consuming. I miss it when my head did not hurt everytime I played it.

[@reachingmydream8756]

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[@abhinandanbanerjee5471]

@@reachingmydream8756 K

[@luponl997]

@@abhinandanbanerjee5471 indonesians.....ahahah

[@Kokurorokuko]

Stop bragging

[@romuloprieto2529]

Lmao the two replies before me are so triggered 💀

[@vishalfgm]

i M a 1600-1800 range guy but still watch his videos those are for low players cause it helps me to review my past knowledge and also kinda improves my game cause of the way he explains that

[@Murimz]

Me:laughing at them Also me: 300 on a good day...

[@Cartman5101]

remove a 0 and iam in

[@CaioOleskovicz]

The enthusiasm Levy shares with us is inspiring, it always makes me wanna game.

[@andrewschultz6608]

It's scary how even at the 1500+ level these sorts of things happen. We say "wow, what a game, I should be pleased with myself," then the computer kibitzes after the fact. The good thing about games like this is you can feel good about all you've thought, and yet you have so much to improve. i really liked this because, while Guess the Elo is always fun, this reminds us 1) yes, we all make mistakes and it doesn't invalidate the good thoughts we made and 2) play interesting chess and avoid safe boring draws--you enjoy it and learn more from it.

[@beno4848]

at 13:12 I think white played queen f3 to prevent black from playing queen c3 and putting his king in check though it is easily avoidable at e2 I doubt white saw that

[@DevilishlyDutch]

800 chess really is amazing to watch, it's such a majestic piece of utter chaos

[@nerdsunscripted624]

I’ve never studied chess openings in my life. I was around an 800-900 elo player from my experience playing against a computer every single day for a handful of years. Now after learning some openings and studying chess, I can confidently say I’ve went from 800-900 elo down to 250 elo. Thanks Gotham!

[@themellowmelon9573]

The world championship match might have ended a bt early but thankfully we have GM scrappy and GM galaxy brain to fill in that void

[@berthod133]

I have a question. (I know, little late) at 13:09 there is a proposed move knight to a6 to check and open the side. Doesn't it make more sense to go knight to d7? Then you still have a check and have the knight protected by the queen on g4.

[@TskJafri]

lol I'm an year too late, but I do hope you're still into chess. This is because, if the pawn on b7 takes the knights, the King and Queen are in the same file. You then move your rook on d1 to b1, this way the opponent forcefully looses their queen. Simple!

[@isavenewspapers8890]

To add to what the other person said, this is known as a pin: when a piece is stuck shielding a higher-value piece from attack, meaning it cannot move out of the way. Also, Nd7+ is not a good move. It gives a check, but it doesn't actually accomplish anything useful. In contrast, Na6+ does accomplish something useful: after Na6+ Ka8 Nxc7+ Kb8 Nd5, the knight is incredibly well-positioned on d5. It prevents the black queen from moving to b4 or c3, and in the future, it might return to c7 with a fork. Of course, White could've captured the rook on e8 earlier, which is still winning, just less so.

[@johnchessant3012]

I like this because it's a wild game but these aren't the most obvious blunders. It still took me a few seconds on each one to see how the opponent could win.

[@viniciusPatto]

4:00 this is funny actually, sometimes when i watch lessons on league of legends they mention chess concepts, this time for once you can use a term from league here. You have lane pressure and the concept is the same, you keep the oponent overload and use the extra tempo to push the advantage into a fast ending with gareented advantage.

[@daREALtruestory]

20:30 the end stat line sounds like my games

[@TrooperJet]

9:45 your impersonation of the Engine is so gold, Lmao.

[@euanhendry1556]

Levy this is absolutely top tier content. Hilarious, humbling and exciting. Love how you said that most of the moves seem natural, I probably would have played most of them myself 😂🤣

[@fannydoucet62]

At 7:55 I genuinely checked if the speed of the video was not set on 1,5

[@nestromae]

17:06 the best moment 🤣

[@adamv321]

This is how every single one of my games usually go at the moment

[@benthomas3395]

Levy has been playing chess for 20 years. I have been playing for 60 years and wish these resources had been available when I was a child. I find these videos entertaining and instructive and still am able to learn.

[@webscape7671]

I'm 75, can I be his student?

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

About 17:43 I like the expression "You can't fork me" A slight substitution of the letters might be true as well.

[@mc_roastpork5086]

0:53 Mittens took that personally

[@unwisebobcat624]

U know… as a new player at 1200, I think this was the most helpful video! So many reasons and tricks… like the nice knight sac to win the queen is just beautiful, and the learning of to not be greedy, and to be greedy. To have a nice balance

[@addisonqi8133]

Massive brains, all jokes aside I enjoy these videos, Gotham cracks a few jokes and shows us how beginners can improve more

[@zyonicyt]

This video came out 4 minutes ago

[@reachingmydream8756]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@addisonqi8133]

@@zyonicyt just talking about the theme of the video series of analyzing low elo games

[@davidbellamy1388]

At 19:36 Bb6 fails in a neat way to Qd1+ Kh2 (forced) Qd6+ forking the white bishop on b6!

[@isavenewspapers8890]

White does lose the bishop, but they are still winning if they play the move f4, after which that pawn will eventually race up the board.

[@ahinko]

This is high level game! Im strugling to hold on to my 700 rating. 🤣

[@wingidon]

17:56 See, Bishops are snipers. Highly oppressive, very strong at a long range... but easily countered if you send them in on the frontlines. They're much better at suppressing enemy pieces, supporting your own from afar, and giving checks and other threats from a distance. You want the Bishop sniping and suppressing, you don't want them on the front lines like that unless the enemy has nowhere else to run.

[@ReelRayman]

When your elo ain't even 800 😭

[@nishantsaini579]

🥲

[@paulverschuren5457]

I already saw a lot of videos you made and they helped and still help me a lot, especially for openings, but this one is ready instructif. Please keep on making more videos for chess players between 800 and 1000 and show the real world of chess at this level, like this one.

[@jackras6139]

There needs to be legit tournaments for players this level. Games like this are absolutely beautiful in their own way, and having great commentary with it is awesome !!

[@envyyoungblood]

19:41 if b6 then queen d1 check, kh2, then queen d6 check wins the bishop get yourself together gotham

[@archivariusmaximus8492]

This was truly awesome game, lot of blunders, but good blunders not hanging a queen . Some errors need truly better and deeper reading to avoid Very instructive. I like this kind of content. Funny but still instructive and not premade. This was a true game of chess of beginner level.

[@Krzyniu]

I like how levy deeply analysis the intention and the possible thought proccess of a 800 while in realty the whole plan is "hors go brrr check here brrr beg beng"

[@tonyfondacaro1980]

This game was more exciting than… dare I say it…. Most of the world championships games.

[@gabrielccbr]

8:25 i'm a solid 602 player and i saw this: Qd5, C4 attacking the queen, enpassant c3, Kc3 attacking the queen and defending the weak pawn 2nd solution: Qd5, C4 allowing en passant, but this time you take back with the b2 pawn bringing the queen to defend the weak pawn, defending the bishop and yeah after that you kick the knight out and bring the other rook gg

[@olivetree7430]

I'm an 800 and I don't know my coordinates

[@eel9]

I'm 2200 and would play Kb1 no thinking- after c4 dc3 taking with the knight leaves you with a weak d pawn and taking with the pawn weakens your king :)

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@eel9Not to mention that, in both versions, there's just some hanging material.

[@anirudhsolaimalai5157]

how to lose at chess playlist is hilarious

[@reachingmydream8756]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@MewMewMakeVideo]

I was feelin kinda stressed about chess for a bit but this video makes me feel a lot calmer lol. Sometimes you can get wrapped up thinking about all your mistakes but it's part of learning. Everyone needs to go through it before they can see the board better, and it's not the end of the world to be a 700-800 level player

[@sci-animation1722]

As a fellow 800 elo, I can confirm that this is literally every match ever.

[@roovalekar]

This game should be nominated for best bar dance award

[@br3ak_]

Thank you so much for bringing positivity to my mood and my day with every video posted, it doesn't even matter what sort it is. Keep doing what you're doing, I'm only sad I found your channel so late.

[@aKhemu]

this game and almost every game in low elo are like action movies. fancy looking moves that don't make any sense because they blunder something are like the physics in star wars and star track for example.

[@윤려고]

I became 1400 from 800 Thanks Hikaru!

[@olivetree7430]

Hikaru does not have instructive content . But I enjoy his streams sometimes

[@ghostymytoasty7007]

One of the youtubers I watch for age of empires has a series called low ELO legends where he goes on the ranked ladder and finds the lowest ELO games currently being played and casts them. Its a great series and can be really fun to see player's mindsets and what wacky strategies they are doing.

[@Shia_JustDoIt]

I feel like the eval bar can be distracting sometimes. I like following the logic/explanation to learn things. When I see the eval bar swing I instinctively look for a tactic and ignore the commentary

[@reachingmydream8756]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@noslowerdna]

Fortunately it's on the edge of the picture, so you can download the video and crop it out.

[@manavein8870]

I have to agree that 800-1,000 is the most fun elo range. It's low enough to be fun/less frustrating but high enough that people know their pieces and a few basic principles that they just need to improve on. You get a few blunders, some average moves and some legendary moments too. Games can turn on a whim but not to the point of seeming random.

[@Verlisify]

+12 to +2 to M2 then stockfish gives a 0.0

[@MichealJhapsed]

Очень нравится, что есть последовательное, подробное разъяснение, благодаря ему все получается и спасибо за прибыльную связку

[@foxy3.o891]

I clicked this video faster than you!!

[@lakemickie7240]

Currently stuck at the 850 range because of how much variety is there in terms of players. I started this year off at 300 though, so overall I’m pretty happy

[@saurabhpandey8681]

levi if you are playing chess for 20 yrs why you are not a Grandmaster yet???????? it does not make sense.....

[@ankitnarwani]

On 17:06 , King was like* I'll keep moving forward until I destroy all my enemies...... TATAKAE TATAKAE

[@olivetree7430]

King inspired by eren 😂

[@ThirdLawPair]

What is the advantage of castling on the king's side from that position? He said that it's better, but not why.

[@donharmuth776]

We need more videos like this. Awesome analysis on moves you'll see over the board

[@kdteam1]

I see levy frustrated by the moves but he humbly turned it into amazement. Great video.

[@spkn]

I like laughing at moves made by 800 rated players, as a 400 elo myself.

[@RuhulAmin-du4el]

1:40 I know why he retreated with the knight Levy. It's because he didn't notice that it was protected by the queen. :D

[@rin3911]

11:11 when he says "it's not" was very beautiful.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy669]

I'm so used to these kinds of games ending in draws that an actual win in this one surprised me

[@haggispittjr]

1:40 100% he thought the knight was hanging

[@jameswebb3410]

Hahaha true

[@julienkamar151]

The skills you have, you make chess so entertaining to spectate, love this kind of videos.

[@davidn4956]

I'm an 800 and I've got to say, the reasoning for so many of these kinds of moves in the end game is because there are just way too many options to choose from. A chess professional will be able to see that there aren't actually that many *reasonable* moves but to a lower level you kind of have to vet every single *possible* move. The board has so much freedom it's daunting.

[@ompatnaik7855]

if rook to B1 in 15:00 you take that pawn with queen and check

[@joshkeller2671]

700 rated player here, recently had a game where I was up about 18 points and hung back rank mate in one as I just completely disregarded my opponents ability to do anything at that point.

[@myles3626]

I'm 1500 and really need to stop doing that.

[@joshkeller2671]

@@myles3626 it is never too late to hang mate- levi

[@viacheslavkaymin6245]

One remark, on 19:40 Bb6 is actually not possible due to Qd1+ Kh2 and Qd6+ picking up the bishop

[@ephremcortvrint2376]

Very instructive on how innocent/natural moves have such deep consequences

[@libertas12]

Eval bar be like: my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

[@jameswang9253]

3:40 Levy in Blunderland

[@garfieldsspaghetti]

Correction for 19:41: Bb6 loses, because Qd1+ - Qd6+ picks up the bishop.

[@GendoJohn]

"You always have to look at the weak square near your king." Golden.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

3:48 - Except, black just goes knight to D4, and your knight has to take it. Or else you lose your knight. So after knight takes knight and queen takes knight, Black will be able to castle long after your next move and the position equalizes

[@karelhanssens9239]

Knight to D4, white knight takes and queen takes then you get Qb5 check

[@SCROODz]

him walking all the way back to king side castle was hilarious

[@rodrigovidigal7254]

When the Knight was on e6, there was a little trap with other knight to b5. If queen takes knight on e6 you have knight takes on c7 forking king and queen

[@milagiganticurchod6138]

You explain everything to a T: great communicator and teacher. Tks !