BEST 1200 EVER | Kings Indian Rating Climb Part 3: 1200+

[@Owen-bk5fc]

Damn Levy speaks Russian in a near flawless Russian accent and speaks Spanish in a near flawless Russian accent

[@georgiykireev9678]

It's almost like he has a Russian accent... Nah, can't be

[@leonzspotg]

nice 69 likes NO ONE LIKE THIS COMMENT ANYMORE PLS

[@ang4633]

So is he Russian or American?

[@natthekiwi7074]

I know he has some tie to Russia but I forget what it is. He’s an American tho

[@josephsalmonte4995]

😂

[@markefreet1522]

"Getting checkmated is bad" that is a powerful insight my bro

[@infinitygallant3923]

I really enjoy your content. You are just the right amount of instructive and sarcasm

[@spoppyboi6427]

ever thought about streaming on twitch? i feel like that'd be fun to watch

[@methatis3013]

Bruh, this video came straight from Twitch

[@majintrader9778]

I see you guys aren’t to bright, this is a joke ._.

[@nenkenshainnenkov8790]

Mr Majin is right.You guy need to learn what a joke is

[@nenkenshainnenkov8790]

@@annaflouri The point of the joke is not say it's one but to make something funny out of unserious context.

[@nenkenshainnenkov8790]

@@annaflouri Ofcorse

[@kungjulio]

my man said chicken, broccoli, he out here having salads on bread while were eating pizza gg

[@RuthIess]

His first game you really see how resourceful a titled player is and the composure and experience they have. The amount of times I’d feel pressure in tactical moments and calculating lines correctly, he sees so many resources and ideas. I played a grandmaster last week and it was very much the same, I’m only 1200 so of course I’m amazed by it but, man, it’s remarkable to see just how resourceful they are.

[@VykeFingerprintKnight]

In what circumstances did you face a gm lmao ? 😅

[@captaindomore]

GM may have friends too, who knows

[@xiztnt]

40:12 Levy: Traps the knight using his king, two pawns, and two rooks-> over 12 points of material Knight: Look how much they need just to mimic a FRACTION of our power.

[@Levipaulsen]

also, to even flesh your point out about subs/monetization/etc. even further -- I myself have purchased Kasparov's Master class, which is great, but it's maybe a total of 5 hours, and mostly non-specific - whereas all the streamers will put out vast quantities of educational stuff of every single flavor or take on Chess you could possibly come up with. I have no problem with you asking for money when you a actually providing a service.

[@greedynspeedy4596]

Fully agree.

[@beznerwow1948]

Start of every new game: 0:43 10:52 19:33 22:55 35:03 42:00

[@svendaennart]

Hey Levy. I started a few months ago with only playing king´s indian and Pirc defense. You only need this 2 openings and forget about the rest for black wich is great for me as a sub 1600 player. Therefore, I´m very glad to see this series you made. I also watched a lot tutorials about this opening before, but when watching you playing it, I also learn a lot of new things and it is somehow easier to understand/memorize this way. It´s very instructive and helpful, thanks alot!

[@watermelons2921]

For a long time my favorite pizza topping was pepperoni and sausage. Pretty basic. I would experiment with other more wacky choices like chicken and bacon on an Alfredo pizza (its a thing dont @me), and yet I would always find myself coming back to the same tried and true pepperoni and sausage. Every order that I would place something to branch out eventually I would just regret not getting pepperoni and sausage. And then things changed. I became the Assistant Manager in Training of a local Dominos réstáuranté and pizzeria and I could try so many new flavors and combinations, things I'd never even imagined. I did the math once on how many possible arrangements of 3 topping pizzas you can have, a number I have since forgotten, but the point is it was a lot, and I tried most. I tried so many different types of pizza in my time there that now I'm pretty sick of pizza. And that's why I don't have a favorite pizza topping

[@macdonaldnnadi]

Exquisite

[@chesstea3266]

26:34 So he has a pretty active position 26:59 His pieces are pretty passive

[@WccDyer]

26:59 His pieces are pretty passive...compared to mine

[@leadnitrate2194]

In terms of vision and targets

[@krish3101]

Thanks for the reminder @ 33:11. I have been watching your chess videos for like two months and figured I already had subscribed for some reason.

[@chrisr530]

Another great one Levy - Thx bro! I predict you will be over 200k in the next few months, your content is just so great and the teaching is very easy to follow. Cheers!

[@superbrawl8391]

Are u talking about twitch followers or yt subs?

[@ownzies100]

This comment aged well

[@TheSublimeLifestyle]

This comment is crazy considering the circumstances, lol. Dude blew up like a bomb.

[@chesstea3266]

45:12 Somewhere Ben Finegold just visibly “twitched”.

[@wolfbad2711]

Levi i just hit 1700 cause of your vids ty. Also i dont think there is nothing wrong with asking for donos just keep doing what u are doing man. Cya respect

[@setop123]

stronk

[@KamiKomplex504]

Man Levy would kill me if he was teaching me and knew how little I understand the only opening I play. I've never seen this approach of queen side attacks before.

[@apolloflores9046]

I love levy's face when he realizes he missed a free queen at 28:09

[@sekiro_19]

He can just block there is no free queen

[@jbpmusic4900]

Playing Levy's weapon against him must be the ultimate test lol!! I have the D4 course and I love it!

[@ThanatosIRL]

Ayyy I just watched your kings Indian basics and was looking for a vid like this

[@spencerwight3597]

I watched this video when it came out years ago, but came back to work on my game, now I am a huge UFC fan. love to hear some positive stuff about Khabib. one of my favorite as well.

[@ectofxproductions987]

@10:41 ... Italian Sausage, Onion, Jalepenō, Pineapple, Canadian Bacon....Sometimes minus the Pineapple, since the Canadian Bacon supplies a good amount of sweetness...

[@TomiPVideos]

I'm so surprised that no one plays e5 against this setup against Levy. I get it all the time and the game looks so different that what I've seen in this series

[@chesstea3266]

21:25 K, have a good “knight”.

[@nightgamerdbd]

btw just for info the first guy magnus wierod who u told was the strongest 1200 got his account closed due to fair play

[@chrism8614]

rewatching OG Gotham is a little wild

[@sparrow2068]

can you do more rating climbs?

[@TheBreezeShoot]

Damn what happened to e6 b6... I'm studying it right now and he just stopped playing it after the first video.

[@youngt2827]

Can you please continue into the 1400 if you have time! I’m currently a 1303 and use the this opening almost every time I’m black. Thank you levy for these beautiful videos

[@kidpitch]

DON'T WORRY TWITCH CHAT WE'RE COMING TO HELP AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THE KZbin COMMENTS SECTION! ETA 5-6 YEARS

[@yesd2024]

How old is this VOD? People are legit talking about the WCF in the NBA playoffs

[@rainabasso6537]

Are you making more king's indian rating climbs?

[@ninjanape]

Loving the KZbin vs Twitch shout outs

[@louguy61]

Really enjoy the ratings climb series and the instructional videos. Thx for the content!

[@michealjackson3520]

He asked, so I gotta say, I love pastrami, salami, and a lot of vegetables, then oil vinegar, salt and pepper. Makes a ton of flavors all come together neatly and nicely.

[@christophermcrae1542]

Great stuff. I've just started playing again and taking my learning more seriously. I have some friends starting again also and I'm sending them here.

[@keganwallace8753]

I've been watching and learning. Very fast paced, but that makes me have to learn faster. I'm really liking the King's Indian opening. Going to work on the Dutch for black and London for white. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻

[@judebreheny3925]

Chicken-broccoli sounds like an awesome pizza. I'd add some cream cheese like ricotta or something.

[@barbarianbijuu]

that thumbnail is one of the most cursed things I've ever seen

[@manishk2071]

Notes.. First game is King's indian vs london. @10:30 second game

[@anthonyleblanc2767]

My favourite pizza topping is pineapple, but only when it's with bacon

[@samf8889]

Canadian bacon or normal?

[@anthonyleblanc2767]

@@samf8889 regular bacon normally, but Canadian bacon slaps

[@thomasseath526]

My favourite pizza topping is anchovies

[@danieldiamond324]

I am a beginner, and after watching this play list, I absolutely love the King Indian defense. I've now practiced it against other beginners, and they all crumble under the pressure!

[@arian1372]

6:22 some one just tell me is a4 for white a winnig move here? cuz in any situation you win either queen or knight

[@tprestong]

I don't think it wins the queen (only exchange because of a7), but could win the knight if he accepts with bxa4. But he doesn't have to do that, he could push to b4 to bump your knight away, or just accept your pawn with his knight, which would still be protected by the b5 pawn. You could then trade both knights and queens to keep the files closed, but now you're down your A pawn and he can keep pushing his pawn and rook attack. It's a good line to look at though!

[@arian1372]

@@tprestong ow thanks for the explanation yes i can see know it's not wining it may just prolonged the game

[@youngt2827]

Am I the only one that thought levy was low key weird but yet funny for his “crazy” at 43:22 lmao

[@urbanpope]

Hearing you speak Russian prompts me to relate this account that happened in 1976. A radio talkshow host played Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was the chairman of the communist party of the Soviet Union, speaking in a speech. The host played a section of the speech twice. Once backward and normal. The host challenged callers to identify which was which. To the untrained ear, the Russian language sounds as if people are speaking backward. Thank you for making these videos. Best wishes always, Mark

[@snk-js]

you are the best of chess content creators, you're really awesome. grateful for your sincerity and teaching

[@sriabhinavkongara8974]

Plz make a king’s Indian course plz I learn a lot and am sure many will buy it

[@צביקהכהן-ס4ע]

In 45:02 when he played Kh1 you had the move Nf2.

[@stoutlager6325]

Hey that's the czech variation of the pirc defence in the first game; push c6 and use the queen for a pin.

[@farhadfarahbakhsh8765]

Big thanks for everything, I have a question; what happened to Part 4?

[@siddheshss12345]

"homie I play terribly on a stream everyday" plays a bad move

[@scoutbane1651]

"Getting checkmated is bad" - IM Levy Rozman

[@michaeltjohnson88]

Hey Levy, are you still planning part 4 of this? Love the Kings Indian defense as a low elo player.

[@jerbil9353]

Commenting for Levy's stats/the KZbin algorithm.

[@GabeOtto]

You should do 1 of these videos for the hippo

[@quantumleap7964]

therapist: Levy looking straight into the camera doesnt exist he cant hurt you Levy looking into camera: 10:42

[@storkweezard6338]

Watching all the rating climbs glad you ended up playing against all of your best setups for both sides. Bought e6b6 hopefully I'll get better soon, thanks Levy!

[@nabbanski]

Great work, any other setup-based openings for black?

[@HeyItsRioo]

Super entertaining and instructive videos. Love your channel! Thanks for making such good content

[@aronmahmood446]

Where is the rest of the rating climb for black pieces

[@MrWilsonJazz]

New sub on youtube here! Love your stuff so far. Gonna check out your twitch.

[@Cerebralfocus]

That painting with the chimpanzee and human skull is amazing

[@Average_CoD_Clips]

I would have never noticed. That is one very interesting painting. Very Planet of the Apes.

[@kubukoz_]

Man saced a queen and opponent resigned almost immediately, golden

[@ecereto]

I have an old tv and the template you use for your videos gets cropped a bit. There's no setting that fixes it without distorting the image too much. It would be better to upload with a different screen ratio or increase a bit the padding outside the board. Love the channel.

[@SBelaya]

Great angle!

[@mmaaaxxxxx]

08:01 why not just Qc7, as white can't put another defender on e5? Once e5 falls white's central control is gone and is down a pawn.

[@alexmarlow7614]

Absolutely brilliant video! Bravo Gotham 👏👏👏

[@floofygod]

At 15:00 if he would have capped your c5 pawn your queen would be hanging and your pawn chain would collapse. Is there a reason you weren't worried?

[@12jswilson]

I love playing against the Pirc in bullet (I play 1 e4). I end up playing h4, h5 and after Nxh5, I sac the exchange to shatter his King's position with my minor pieces joining the attack very quickly.

[@hussienbayoumi8982]

I just reached 1000 rating tonight i couldn't do it with out your help.thanks keep it going

[@MrGanso-wh1dk]

6:15 is sacrificing with Ng5 a good move for white here?

[@rao9080]

Man you're stream is amazing and with awesome teaching

[@nimrods6459]

i subbed on twitch becuase man are these youtube videos well done

[@prod.mohomid]

What cole song was he playing? Issa banger either way since it's from born Sinner

[@NoCommentsVideo]

is nobody gonna talk about that thumbnail??

[@Scodge]

My grandad was a massive proponent of both the King's Indian and aggressively sacrificing pieces for positional advantage. Safe to say when you were speculating on sacking a piece off for an attack on the King it triggered some great flashbacks to my games with him as a kid.

[@paawanjethva]

My timezone doesn't match up with your streaming schedule but I love your videos on youtube.

[@juliusw2719]

6:54 I´m a 700 Blitz noob, so I´m not sure if its fine, but could levy play Qxf2 in that situation?

[@studentfilmed]

Rookie question I know, but I'm new so forgive me - why does he recommend taking with the trade with f4 bishop pretty much every time? Isn't bishop better than knight, or is it a positional thing?

[@carstenlangholm2775]

So he can play e5

[@besto5486]

The board will most likely be closed and Bishops are only better in open positions and it's hard to know what to do with the light squared Bishop in Pirc/ King's Indian positions so that's why but if you wanna do the "best" thing with the Bishop, nothing, just nothing and continue with your plan of e5 and f5 and most likely since the pawns are on dark squares the light squared Bishop is a key attacking piece i'd recommend you check out Levy's video, "When Hikaru "sacraficed" his queen 6 times" which nicely shows how the King's Indian is played and how you use the light squared Bishop well

[@wilbuening3194]

Hey Levy I love this series, do you offer private lessons?

[@ethan073]

That first opponent was impressive for 1200. Guess he does well under pressure!

[@dame-e-in1258]

His account got closed for fair play. He was a cheater.

[@srijayasankarkrishnamoorth8185]

21:22. Was N-B3 possible? B-D4 is the threat next move.

[@amangoel1575]

If Nb3 axb3 Bd4 then cxd4

[@calicoixal]

I've been playing the Pirc/KID cuz o you, Levy, thanks for showin it to me and helpin me learn it

[@randino1968ra]

At 28:01 instead of trading queens was rook d2 not a better option

[@barsbek6643]

тест: есть ли русскоговорящие здесь ? )

[@georgiykireev9678]

Есть некоторая вероятность

[@nicknicht]

Да. Я очень был удивлён, когда он по-русски заговорил.

[@DanyaKinder]

У меня был просто шок, когда он резко стал говорить на русском почти без акцента... отвал всего

[@el_goblino413]

I have no idea what is going on here but I wish you all a good day

[@grosboloss1974]

7:04 isn’t Kg5 winning for White ? Then pushing the pawn on the h file and making the bishop+ queen battery ?

[@magnuswieroed6649]

It was (+3.5 if I remember correctly)

[@philosopherstoned832]

I really appreciate your content Levy

[@shankme6657]

THE RANDOM "KONNICHIWA" AT 12:50 KILLED ME

[@S.T33L]

2:07 pawn b5 loses the right rook for queen trade (knight check fork)

[@PokerR6]

my brother, black can take whites rook at the end of that trade and he wins a bishop

[@deedarby2789]

Thanks for the instructional videos

[@tussharluthra6595]

Nobody: Levy every video: the engine is crazy

[@anjawsm]

Thank you so much for your content man! My game improved.

[@dathaniel9403]

No cap, my favorite pizza topping is super thin slices of fresh pineapple off a mandoline slicer. They get firm and toasty like a pepperoni slice instead of being soggy and juicy. Still gives you that great sweet flavor but no texture or moisture problems. Just add some pickled jalapeños and bam: sweet, sour, spicy, savory, salty, fatty, cheesy excellence. I bet that a lot of people who think pineapple on pizza is gross probably hasn’t had it the right way. It’s like saying mushrooms on pizza is gross because you put canned mushrooms on a DiGiorno.

[@originalkundukulangara9281]

I am using Kings Indian and have reached my highest rating so far. Will soon cross 1100

[@janwyczawski9576]

7:03 he can just sacrifice his knight there though right?

[@raghavdhabe7359]

Ye, nxb4 seems kinda nice to me as well

[@magnuswieroed6649]

@@raghavdhabe7359 it’s not nxb4, it’s nxg5 and eval is +3. I just missed it.

[@gilangramanda3643]

@@magnuswieroed6649 Yeah that is totally winning for you because the pass H pawn just too strong I saw it but I guess it's easier to see a good move when you're the one who spectate

[@magnuswieroed6649]

@@gilangramanda3643 if I remember correctly I considered it during the game but I guess I didn’t dare to sack a piece against an IM lol. Either way with under a minute I doubt I would’ve found all the follow up moves.

[@gilangramanda3643]

@@magnuswieroed6649 Lol true tho

[@PranavGamingZone]

After this video I finaly reached 1300. I was stuck at 1700 for months

[@JS-tm1gq]

39:53 you had me until avocado

[@utbhira3056]

At 7:33 what if the knight take g5 pawns threating mate? supported by if pawn h6 takes then pawn h7

[@tinobalducci2842]

Я не единственный русский, который знает о тебе, еее😁 я все это время сомневался, знаешь ли ты русский хорошо или нет. Ты очень редко в видео говоришь на нем и зачастую только короткие ремарки :( очень приятно смотреть твои видео! Очень познавательно и весело. Продолжай в том же духе. И напоследок вопрос (если вдруг ответишь): " Я очень часто играю виенну в пуле (минутные игры) и стараюсь получить зеркальную версию с ранней королевой. То что ты называл "copycat variation". Но я часто забываю, что нужно делать в конкретных ситуациях... Как ты запоминаешь все эти линии? У тебя есть какая-то методика?". Если ты дочитал досюда, то благодарю тебя за твое потраченное время!