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0:50 Game 1
7:20 Game 2
12:22 Game 3
16:05 Game 4
20:00 Game 5
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[@Umair-Wahid]

Can't believe Levy is ending Guess the Elo for the 400th time.

[@nideeshthecuboy2682]

Nah 💀

[@maungmaung995]

@@recitationtohear Bot

[@richardlynch9549]

Pin of truth lol

[@codahighland]

You saw it, too!

[@wenbolu6157]

this game 1 is legit just completely out of this world tho cant blame him

[@Exponaut_R-01]

Levy: I wanna see a bad game. Both players: *start spinning wheels to see what moves they make*

[@pawew293]

Someone has to submit a game of totally random players.

[@danielyuan9862]

@@pawew293 No, a random game looks random. These are clearly players trying to win, but are the blindest creatures.

[@U20E0]

@@danielyuan9862 someone should submit a game made by depth 2 stockfish

[@uwufemboy5683]

@@U20E0 depth 2 stockfish still wouldn’t miscalculate trades or hang pieces, since it always evaluates capture lines regardless of depth

[@helium999_]

that can be made into a video btw

[@yashthosar]

Levy: Give me your worst games. People give their worst games Levy: Surprised pikachu face

[@owlrym.7417]

One thing is the worst game that is wild in a funny way This ones are just depressing 😔

[@saltefan5925]

I guess he overestimated (understimated?) his subs?

[@666Amadeus999]

😂

[@Redfork2000]

“I hope the next game is a disaster…I really hope it’s the worst game of all time” Game 5: I've gotcha covered.

[@mglegacy012]

I love when he looks at how much time was spent on a bad move, because it’s always bad. You spent no time? You’re bad, you should’ve spent more time. You spent a lot of time? You’re bad, you should’ve seen it was a bad move 😂

[@gaopinghu7332]

Well, it's a bad move no matter what...

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

Well, the guy even had 7 minutes on the clock. Probably should have spent more if *_~17 seconds~_* is not enough for him. But I've been there too.

[@JohnSmith-gi2oy]

🤣

[@dabbinghitlersmemes1762]

@@a_wild_Kirillian Should've spent less. That's probably why I play better drunk; whewn I'm sober I outcalculate my golfish-tier memory and forget the most obvious facts about the position, which is why I can spend 5 seconds and make a good move but spent 40 and hang a queen to the samr Knight that just attacked her.

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

@@dabbinghitlersmemes1762, spending less time isn't going to save you from going to a defended square. Maybe you're calculating wrong for your level then. You probably should spend time just checking if there's a better move (like checks, captures, attacks) and if the move you want to make blunders anything / follows fundamentals. You don't calculate lines if you can't remember your piece is under attack. In a case where your queen's hanging you only need to check safe squares for her and possible checks, pins or counter attacks. That stuff is fast and obvious if you look for it. But often we rush without doing all the steps.

[@UdyKumra]

Levy: "I really hope this next game is just the worst game of all time." Submitter #5: "You sure about that?" Levy: *whimpers*

[@1Bolzard1]

I was apologizing in twitch chat if you pay attention, i knew as soon as I saw it was my game his wish would by granted

[@michaelpowers6632]

@@1Bolzard1 your game may have single handed Ly gotten him 10,000 more subs 😂

[@Distractionalist]

@@1Bolzard1 that game was legitimately art. Thank you for your contribution.

[@johnaverill6308]

Levy really just got fucked around and found out

[@66plus22]

@@1Bolzard1 can you give a timestamp please?

[@smoorej]

That last game is one for the record books. Here’s a suggestion: have a series where two players like this play live on Twitch and provide commentary for every move they make. Actually hearing their strategy would be epic. Can you imagine the thought processes that result in these moves?

[@MrVovansim]

Bruh, they can't even make reasonable moves while (presumably) concentrating on the game. You want them to also talk at the same time? That would be brain overload.

[@ryzikx]

@@MrVovansim i think he means in retrospect?

[@aydenlim9421]

@@MrVovansim dont we do that while we plat chess? We can mutter like "so0 i can move my rook...oh but it will get taken..."

[@Zen-rw2fz]

@@aydenlim9421 yeah it might actually even help them play better

[@MrVovansim]

@@aydenlim9421 sure, but like... Levy's content here is basically him freaking out when the person misses an obvious move. What's the player's perspective going to add? It's not like they saw the move and decided not to take it. I'm just saying, anyone like in triple digits will not have some sort of grand multi move plan they can articulate. It will just be me take, or me scared of take, or me not know what to do. No disrespect, I'm a 800 noob myself.

[@joshualewis820]

Game 2- Gotham pointing out all of the mates when the queen was hung.. 😂😂😂 I haven’t laughed that hard for a minute. Thank you sir

[@TwentyJuan2121]

Bro me too… Omg I was wheezing

[@coletoonen266]

The last few minutes of the first game is pure Gotham gold. Mouth wide open, witnessing chess we only experience on this series and in our games.

[@JoaoVitor-qy3ze]

The 5th game deserves a spot in the "How to lose at chess" series. This was one of the best game I've seen from an enterteinment point of view

[@weirddude928]

So does the first

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Guys you will newer advance in tactics just practice puzzles

[@coltthebolt4620]

On the queen move that he took 15 seconds on, I looked in the chat and saw “ 15 seconds of holding in a fart” and almost died of laughter

[@alexpinegar9638]

It was “pushing out” a fart, but yeah, it was hilarious.

[@zagreus5773]

@@alexpinegar9638 Now I am imagining him farting for 15 seconds then doing the move 💀💀💀

[@ak_nora]

@@zagreus5773 "Oh hey babe..." _shits aggressively_

[@flockzee]

0:58 wow levy actually guessed the elo correctly in move 2. Impressive.

[@teovinokur9362]

to be fair if that game was a point over 700 elo i would have to retire from chess

[@tw-ec1of]

That's actually a move order of alekhine defence but , it's very hard opening only very top player use it for fun sometimes

[@ActuallyFunnerL]

​@@tw-ec1ofnot hard, just way too exotic and dangerous, although it's good on intermediate level.

[@LordMidichlorian]

That second game reminds me of the ones I tend to have. I start great, I continue great, it feels like I'm reaching grandmaster levels. I'm crushing my rival. Then enthusiasm takes over and I just blunder my queen in the stupidest way.

[@TKNinja37]

I called 1100 on that one. Guy was literally me too. "Yup. Yup. And queen checks here, and you're just--Oh. Fuck. Welp, scramble time."

[@mysticseven6578]

@LordMidiclorian I feel your pain. I keep trying to think "checks, captures, attacks." Sometimes I even listen to myself.

[@aaronlawanda3744]

Me in a paragraph 💀

[@BarackObamaJedi]

After losing the Queen to Nxg3, couldn't black have moved Re1+ and at least won the Queen back in exchange for a rook and a bishop, only being down a rook in the end?

[@_Tao__]

@@BarackObamaJedi eh??

[@reubensam254]

GTE undoubtedly the best series on youtube!!

[@jacobrispoli4351]

Truth

[@gjits5307]

This acronym made my brain think of "Grand Theft ELO" which would also probably be a great series

[@calamitybeasts3929]

That’s cringe - Cody ko and Noel miller

[@dxrkness4802]

@@gjits5307 that's actually the thumbnail of a previous episode lmao

[@chipchip3]

Doubt

[@lewisjones284]

Nothing hurts more than laughing at one of the matches and finding out that they’re ranked higher than you

[@LordUroko88]

Game 1 made me ask myself if single digit elo was possible

[@atulvikram5279]

Game 5 prolly made u ask if negative elo was possible😂😂

[@Rumzey]

I hope this series never dies

[@goose4404]

Neither do I

[@shezmu5324]

It's dies in the title of every episode

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Levy will die one die. And so will this channel

[@swistak2239]

The closer to Christmas the more insane games are in this series

[@blackisanxious7178]

nah you gotta watch the old gte . they were WILD to say the least

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@blackisanxious7178 I've watched almost all of them. I think this is probably the worst one in terms of game quality After the first game, i thought it couldn't get worse lol

[@blackisanxious7178]

@@leadnitrate2194 you don't remember the one who hang his queen 6 times???

[@jakemiller3026]

I haven’t played chess since I was like 7 or 8, I was never great at it to begin with. But I was recommended this channel randomly by the algorithm and started watching a bunch of videos. I played again today for the first time since I was in elementary school and I played well (still like trash) but I could hear Gotham saying “if this takes then, takes, takes, takes, I win a rook” and stuff like that in my head. I genuinely think it made me play better. I even used my king at the end to promote a pawn and set up a nice check mate.

[@Yeetbloxian]

The fact that in game two capturing the free queen with the horsey was considered a great move is hilarious

[@pyromelonz9020]

i couldn't stop laughing at game 5 this was so fucking good thank you levy god damn

[@1Bolzard1]

Hey, that was my game!

[@roy2275]

He did ask for the worst game ever they just delivered

[@stevemcculloch8915]

@@1Bolzard1 24:25 -300 lol

[@shekharr2227]

@@1Bolzard1 ....you shouldnt be proud of that

[@v35p3r4]

@@shekharr2227 shut up. Just shut up. Nothing else, thank you

[@LordVeznan]

That first game looked like a -2 ELO

[@admiralrng6506]

the last game is definitely -200 elo if there's anything to go by

[@aydenlim9421]

@@admiralrng6506 i guessed the elo for the last game was between 2 or 10

[@giannismentz3570]

on the first game white pins the bishop. when newbies learn about pins, pinning knights is natural, it doesn't threaten your piece back, pinning a bishop though is one of the coolest things you can do in chess, only surpassed by pinning a queen - now this is awesome. Not sure about their elo, maybe average? I'd guess white knows a thing or two they just didn't want to play for some reason.

[@erinsgeography3619]

if the first game is -2 elo, how about the last game, then?

[@admiralrng6506]

@@erinsgeography3619 well it was one of the chess games of all time

[@s4623]

I think the process goes like this: Levy teaches these people about something, they reinterpret it differently and then they go play games using those morphed interpretations: 20:33 I think this is what they perceive as a gambit? 21:31 A countergambit! 23:05 Danger levels! 23:48 You don't have to outright checkmate, you can simplify to a winning endgame!

[@johnwalker1058]

I get that feeling too. Oftentimes, it seems like a player is trying to replicate the setup for a certain type of opening, but fails to realize that that setup doesn't quite work as well for a different type of position, so they don't realize how badly they're misplaying the opening by improvising their own opening theory. They just memorized an arrangement of pieces or a sequence of moves and seem to think that they can automatically repeat what they memorized without understanding.

[@Alexeater]

To be fair to the last game, at 23:05 black attacking the queen with the rook was actually pretty clever, because it traps the queen. The only way for white to try for an even trade is Qg4, but then black will refuse the trade and go Qxf2+ and then take a rook, which is not good. So white correctly saw that sacking the queen for the rook was the best option, and with plenty of material left and a pawn close to queening, white was winning despite black’s little maneuver. So the lesson here is: if you want Levy to complement you on a clever late game move, your opening/middle game better not be trash!

[@isavenewspapers8890]

The queen is not trapped; White has Bf5, blocking the attack. In fact, you'll notice that after Qxf6, the evaluation on the left immediately goes from about +7 to about -0.4. Rf6 is a terrible move, as it relinquishes defense of the bishop on e5, which ends up causing Black serious problems. So the REAL lesson here is: if you want a compliment on a clever late game move, then actually play one.

[@nellieb6585]

Ironically this is one of the funniest episodes of guess the Elo I’ve watched 😂 20:00 “I hope the next game is a disaster…I really hope it’s the worst game of all time” *game starts with a3* 😂 when I tell you I screamed 😂

[@dmign]

screamed huh

[@aydenlim9421]

Screamed? I became jiggly legs while i was just on my bed

[@mikeiavelli]

19:58 That last game was a masterpiece.

[@AmplifyChris]

The game speaks for it self

[@ImRyoYu]

A3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂

[@warpzzz]

This is one of the only GTE episodes where no one is the sponsor, such a shame. I especially like when he gets sponsored by e4.

[@aydenlim9421]

What e4? These games weren't even sponsored by e4, it was by knight f3 and a3

[@fruity2]

I want you to know that I have the flu right now and this chess made it worse, thank you Levy

[@DM_TheCriticalDrinker202_GRAM]

😎ɪ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄᴀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ👆👆ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴅᴍ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢɪғᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ💕

[@LouPanetta2]

If you watch carefully during that first game, you can actually see the years coming off of Levy's lifespan.

[@danielyuan9862]

No, these games made him stronger. You just don't know it yet.

[@aydenlim9421]

every game i watch, i feel like 10 years was taken

[@joeglennon7238]

Levy’s reaction to the last game was pure gold

[@danlapidus3827]

that last game was the most I've laughed in a while. Great episode, Levy

[@ombaaa]

this episode is a pefect representation of what would happen if you made the Martin bot play against itself

[@thestockfishgirl2681]

Levy, don't your eyes bleed when you see this? My eyes do bleed, that's why my eyes are red.

[@whothefucktooktheikeamanbro]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY OUR FAVOURITE SERIES

[@johubify]

4:14 Best chess move I have ever seen From Maido in Five to Wideisbater

[@Boris_Dyadyora]

Interesting fact: in both the first and fifth games of this episode, both White and Black had the same amount of time left at the end of their games (at the end of the first game both players had 10 minutes and 48 seconds, and at the end of the fifth game both had 47 seconds)

[@em4six348]

8:55 I like how Levy was pumped like "Yes, this is my sub and he's doing the best moves" until that blunder.

[@TailsAndMemes]

you know it's a good episode when levy says, "what? what the f**k.." at 23:14

[@novalinohardianantasiagian5356]

Best reaction ever

[@apolyptyc7536]

22:26 it was so bad, Levy's bad movd allergies went off

[@craigy_2392]

10:22 this face is how everyone felt

[@spellbrand477]

That last game made me laugh uncontrollably. What a madness!

[@1Bolzard1]

i knew it was a catastrophe when I submitted it

[@theparticularist5373]

One of the things Levy said during this stream is "how do you guys keep getting into these positions?" I said it in the chat and I'll say it here again: this one question is basically the entire Guess the Elo series in a nutshell.

[@XtremeSteelGaming]

Best Guess the ELO episode ever, I almost choked laughing.

[@mello-by]

High rated players after playing the worst games of their lives: Levy will love this!

[@mastermind690]

Cant believe levy is ending Guess The Elo for the 60th time

[@wilfredodaniel9135]

One of the best episodes I've ever seen. I could feel Levy's eyes bleeding, what a torture.

[@agakor]

11:50 bruh, Gotham just said "only God can help you" lmfao

[@TheDishSoap-rl1vo]

“Water droplets on your phone going pew pew” I learn a new analogy every Gotham video

[@Volcrix]

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! This was some grade A T-R-A-S-H good lord I laughed so hard. Game 5 was incredible

[@venmissa]

This episode broke my brain. Also, I was laughing so hard. 😂

[@torrable-brawlstars7833]

That was wild 😂

[@Mysterye]

truly

[@blake7587]

One Anna Cramling put a blindfold on and played Levy and she left him absolutely shook!

[@pola_behr]

this episode is just the tastiest, most delicious cup of content I've ever seen. great games by everyone.

[@HiddenBush64]

This series should be infinite. Never get bored of this

[@kezero5167]

18:56 someone type in chat "I'll lose my hair for you levy" 💀💀

[@vadenummela9353]

Its insane like moves that are actual performances are being made at 650 and Levy insults them into the ground and yells at them for being "obviously triple-digit" like theyre out there licking the floor. Then I look at this and go "huh well I guess 650s arent that smart" and proceed to lose 3 matches in a row at 350

[@Ardient_]

you know it's not going to be good when it's less than 25 minutes long but still has five games omg

[@tylerlynch2849]

This whole episode raised my cortisol levels 400 percent

[@abecascade]

When I laughed at the first 2 games I thought this was the best GTE in 2022. After game 5 this feels like the best GTE episode period. I've never laughed this much in my entire life from watching a youtube video

[@mikeprovencherii4198]

Guess the Elo needs more boxing.

[@abhinavshankar414]

I was rewatching old episodes when this dropped. Let's go.

[@hifvby3uryhhdn83rhiv79xchi]

As an elo 242 I can proudly say game 1 was beautifully played.

[@someguy7448]

@Quinn Rukholm some people just ain't good lmao

[@wingdinggaster6737]

@Quinn Rukholm I’m rated just over him and sometimes dip below because I play trolly shit like Wayward queen

[@me-pk2kb]

Pretty accurate with the "600, alright let's check the elo!"

[@1sO2.]

Eval Bar the whole game: 🌝 🌚 🌗

[@jeanpantalleresco1859]

Love the “i can’t take this shit but i have to do it for content” attitude, killed it.

[@lucasinfantino6162]

From 22:00 forward we can see Levi falling into total madness

[@ChordettesFan325]

Levy*

[@liviousgameplay1755]

This episode might’ve made Levy sick, but hearing him repeat “mate mate mate” in that tiny voice legitimately cleared my sinuses. Bro, this comedy is medicinal.

[@raimondspauls]

If someone in the past had told me that in 2022 my favorite form of entertainment will be laughing at bad chess games, I'd probably say "Do I look like such a weirdo?"

[@DM_TheCriticalDrinker202_GRAM]

😎ɪ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄᴀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ👆👆ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴅᴍ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢɪғᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ💕

[@Gabberz123]

The one thing I wish guess the elo had was the context of what time format the game is in. I think it'd help provide context overall while watching the game, especially toward the later moves.

[@fractur3d442]

0:53 NOONES GONNA QUESTION LEVI'S PERFECT IMPRESSION OF LUDWIG'S "Boys"!?!?

[@DM_TheCriticalDrinker202_GRAM]

😎ɪ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄᴀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ👆👆ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴅᴍ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢɪғᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ💕💕

[@sukhoisu-27flankerbdude92]

no.

[@muhammadzahir4597]

9:43 he can still actually still play rook e1 after the knight captures the queen. It wins back a queen and material would be equal. So even though it was stupid to make that queen move, you could have still have an equal trade instead of taking back the knight with the rook

[@Dudeman1738]

The queen after the first game was over: Achievement Get: How Did We Get Here

[@NachikethAttigadde1999AAHA]

Can we all appreciate Nobody for sponsoring levy what a great company they are

[@RiGuyTheLegend]

Hahahah what a cursed episode 🤣 Levy you had me rolling! Never felt more confident that I'll make it to 1200.

[@mathskafunda4383]

1200 is still a shit rating.

[@RiGuyTheLegend]

@@mathskafunda4383 it's all relative! I'm not devoting much time to the game, so 1200 would be a nice place for me to be!

[@mathskafunda4383]

@@RiGuyTheLegend True. What rating are you at now?

[@nar233]

​@@mathskafunda4383 tbf, 1200 is at least a rating that would be 95% better when entering a room

[@mathskafunda4383]

@@nar233 That's probably because 95% of the room would maybe only know how to move most of the pieces. But yeah, I get your point.

[@checkmate2099]

The first game is just how movies show chess gameplay

[@iakovzhitomirskiy1569]

This episode was just a fever dream

[@TrinityEcho]

I know he literally says he’s ending GTE every episode, but after that first game I think he truly means it Edit: this whole thing was a mistake

[@AndrewH1994]

humans weren’t meant to understand any of these cursed chess positions in this GTE episode. but it’s absolutely hilarious to watch

[@asuka_405]

If this is a typical 600 then gimme my 1200 ratinggg 😭😭😭

[@brandonhavixbeck3330]

The commentary on the last game made me laugh the hardest I have in while. Hes reactions are so good. I had to watch the game twice

[@joelherbert9448]

9:09-9:25 when you're riding in the front of your mums shopping trolley and she puts back all the sweets you've been sneakily grabbing off shelves

[@yongjiacheng8778]

Love you Gotham I like your analysis for chess games

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

@@recitationtohear Shut up bozo bot

[@aayushjawalekar4169]

I actually cried and laughed during this episode! Great job Levy!

[@FallenTako]

Shout-out to the chatter who said "is this myth vs cherdleys" during the first game

[@zedlyfe]

“I feel like you didn’t even know it was mate.” I feel so seen.

[@arjunkishore4080]

9:30 Levy Australian mate

[@Dragonten312]

You could feel Levy's stress levels rising in each game lmao

[@Closertotruth2]

What’s better than Levy speechless and shaking his head??

[@muhammadshahzer8190]

The best part is looking at the eval meter just goinf crazy and crying

[@SirLingardinho]

They had us in the first half ngl

[@MrTanki4]

Levy is the master of title changing😂

[@fountainofspeech1379]

😂😂

[@shefitomer]

POV: you are slowly loosing your mind while watching archive footage of the most awful wars that ever happened

[@itzHasdey]

i am ashamed to be 1000 elo when i see this.

[@LordFarquhar96]

This is literally the most disgusting and hilarious episode😂

[@PerfectZeroMusic_]

9:38 someone needs to clip this and make it into a meme

[@inglotto]

When you turn on your engine to look good on GTE, but the engine is set on Martin.

[@tytool2385]

All 5 games have to be featured on "How to lose at chess"

[@sl1pez]

levy turned into an NPC at 22:08🤣🤣🤣

[@juraijahmed1321]

I'm saying you, if you quit making guess the elo. The amount of people making blunders are going to increase drastically

[@goose4404]

Very true

[@mankindinc6131]

I like how in the thumbnail, levy has six fingers 😂

[@FiletOFish3]

What if the first game was a 8 year old who just started and wanted to submit to his favorite streamer