Best Episode So Far (Guess The Elo #11)

[@algiovannelli1271]

I honestly think I've seen Levy more this week than my own family

[@jdko5955]

Same

[@andymacnicol9338]

Ditto man 😂😂

[@hsohn4901]

same

[@nmartont]

the way God intended

[@Nikko_no_Tabi]

Wait, you're supposed to talk to your family? I've just been watching Levy's streams every day

[@aaronchen9820]

Content Idea: Have twitch chat submit games with dumb brilliant moves and have Levy analyze them while having a mental breakdown. Better idea per reply by Shaun Stopher-Sellers: "Levy has to guess the brilliant move, he gets to choose like 3 moves per game to be the brilliant".

[@rishikanchi4]

That is actually a great idea. “Brilliant” idea. LOL

[@AshnuOSRS]

Levy has to guess the brilliant move, he gets to choose like 3 moves per game to be the brilliant

[@vaibhavsharma1833]

An outstanding idea!!!

[@greyberger8776]

@@AshnuOSRS that actually sounds like a great idea

[@hassanjawhar9569]

Yes please a “brilliant” idea

[@user-pp9rl6gp2j]

Gotham: You're up a pawn so you can do whatever you want. Me: *sacrifices everything*

[@ayushanuroop9203]

bruh you went too far 🤣🤣👍

[@itzjanosbtw1509]

Gotham: goes to get some air through the 10th floor window

[@kennyalive8687]

Sacrificing king would have been a much more unpredictable move!

[@self-study3324]

@@itzjanosbtw1509 new york air, about as fresh as a sulfur mine.

[@asjadazeez]

Even the king 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brettpoole7888]

After seeing the "brilliant" moves in this episode I no longer care if I ever get one.

[@TactfulWaggle]

every brilliant move i've gotten was actually brilliant, these moves in this video are not even, like.. what?

[@overestimatedforesight]

Brilliant moves are incredible - if you're as smart as stockfish.

[@daltonrolls7031]

I got one recently on my chess account and it seemed so dumb. Not even sure what these engines are thinking.

[@VuNam_MCVN]

​@@daltonrolls703140 moves into the future

[@abhinavshankar414]

I won't mind watching like 10 of these episodes back to back

[@Oolampara_Chekkan]

Nobody will

[@kumudtimalsina6218]

I can do 50

[@username.subject.to.change]

how about 11 haha

[@Eric_Reborn]

that's what I've been doing lol. I like playing the game along with him.

[@beatstroyer2623]

“Use your lead in development to create threats”-Levy spoken like a true American 24:56

[@ilgonispilags2945]

Also very russian

[@mayurtaral1425]

Ohh🤕

[@sabakhvichia3993]

japan does not aprove this joke

[@derkommissar4986]

​@@sabakhvichia3993Japan was in the lead like in the 80s

[@mintchevvv1834]

@@sabakhvichia3993I don’t approve your spelling

[@williams3552]

Levy often commentate the chess games in a way that makes it feel like an actual story.

[@isaacpowrie465]

Storytime with Levy

[@alestell2134]

thats because he knows every game has a story

[@NormCantoral]

contrast this to the way Day[9] does story time. completely different approaches

[@marcusbuhas6562]

True

[@kaidoChess]

YES YES YES THIS!

[@Brycism]

Levy has legitimately catalyzed my obsession with chess. Even when I find myself frustrated with the game, watching him play and commentate games makes me fall more in love with the game. He always manages to help me see the excitement and beauty of it all.

[@BleedDodgerBlue]

Dude Levy is so good at making content that he makes me want to play less chess so and just watch his videos instead 😂

[@pastybean4482]

Same dude ..

[@alexemery4069]

"Yes yes hang that rook" - gotham chess

[@yBazo82]

Favorite part

[@leginamon3984]

20:44

[@rogg0224]

It's good because when winning by a lot you want to simplify into a winning endgame

[@canngothi1781]

After:usually hang both rooks. Now:think that he is a noob when he said so

[@asmolbean9300]

The way he said it so erotically as well

[@andynicholson7944]

In this Kafkaesque short story, viewers observe an IM’s terrifying descent into madness attempting to make sense of the chaotic games unfolding around him.

[@buffalodebill1976]

Though 4 months late(r), you made my day :-)

[@kweno1022]

16:54 that 93% accuracy with 5 blunders tho

[@floatgolom3719]

Yeah the computer knows something that we don't. 5 blunders, 5 mistakes, 3 inaccuracies, so in total thats 13 errors (if you want to put it that way) and still 94% accuracy. Sounds impossible tbh

[@vantiendungnguyen9443]

A long game will have high accurary beacause it 's very easy to make a good move in end game

[@sharafmakahleh4125]

he played 39 best move and only 4 good moves the accuracy measures how close you played like an engine and he did

[@MattiMCFC]

Sharaf I guess that makes sense

[@superprofi4307]

White had 2 brilliant moves in that game!

[@Phelnoth]

26:24 I had "Bishop to e7" stuck in my head like an earworm so I re-watched a bunch of Guess The Elo just to find it.

[@ursanotsomajor]

I can't get rid of this phrase now too. Sometimes I just say it out loud and laugh like a psycho 😁

[@dude124353]

No one talking about the obnoxious cuts directly after talking about how he does everything in one take? lmao, that's the funniest part of this whole video. Levy on another level with the meta comedy

[@devagr]

I want to like this comment but currently it's at 69 likes

[@randomguy9084]

Gotham when a sub plays bad in a guess the elo: "Oh dear, oh precious, it's ok" Gotham when a sub plays bad in a sub battle: "WHAT ARE YOU???" sub crying: "I'm an idiot sandwich"

[@robske3386]

Still waiting for someone to submit one of Hikaru’s games.

[@hshankar2002]

Someone did in one of the streams, but then he didn’t like it because the point was to use your own games and it kinda put off him off and he restarted the episode w out that game

[@bobbysyblik68]

I want to see Levy talk about the bongcloud in detail

[@voidzminer1017]

I was going to say he might get copystriked, but then I remembered, hikaru doesn’t care chat literally

[@chuan813]

Harishankar Radhakrishnan need Hikaru to submit his own game then

[@SerialElfYT]

@@voidzminer1017 chess games aren't copyrightable, because the pattern of moves is a report of fact it follows under the same category as recipes. Unprotectable

[@Stillontour]

Me: *plays a bad move* The hallucination of Levi that plagues me daily: 29:54

[@NoOne-qi4tb]

Remembering what move was the best: 26:25

[@limelight6970]

@@NoOne-qi4tb for the longest time I thought he said “take the crank lol”

[@pxblos.canvas]

Absolute content machine

[@salonowyadam]

It's like money printer

[@Edlay_]

Stop simping holy fuck

[@evolutionstats]

True.

[@spyv6603]

@@Edlay_ shut up

[@Aisatsana1971]

@@spyv6603 no you shut up

[@user-mk1hi8fz2c]

Man made 5 blunders and still managed to have a 93.7 accuracy

[@n.007gaming9]

And then there's me having 60% accuracy with no only 1 or no Blunders

[@admiralrng6506]

funniest moving 1300 player I've ever seen

[@envy695]

16:53 when someone on cool maths games chess plays the Grünfeld against you

[@r.a.wchannel7609]

29:50 Engine:b6 is a brilliant move Chipmunk Levy: What!?!? What!?!?

[@b-reyer8252]

Well it was a brilliant move. F8 rook was hanging and Re8 was impossible because of Rfe1. b6 was literally the only move that could have saved black from losing a rook, sacrificing the d5 pawn and getting activity back. Obviusly black didn't play b6 for that reason, I can bet serious money on that, of course he was like 'oh I am gonna attack the queen', but actually b6 was a really good move and the only one in that situation.

[@NoobieAbhinav]

Me: Levy, when do you sleep with such schedule? Levy: Wait what?? What is sleep? Do you mean slip?

[@reyanshkumar6087]

True

[@NoobieAbhinav]

@Aun Hathiari yeah, but slip and sleep sound more similar, so I did not write it as mouse slip

[@aravindgundakaram1830]

@GodOfJazzHands bro you’re a genius😂

[@milannesic5718]

Those are cuts from his long stream dude. He just cut a few episodes out of his stream. And uploading to KZbin is fast. And he has an editor that does that

[@NoobieAbhinav]

@Aun Hathiari oh ok

[@gideonevangelista9650]

"if you are my student, you're no longer my student" -Levy to the man who blundered his rook

[@raunakjain5612]

13:42 what just happened there😂😂 Queen just grabbed all the pieces?!?!😂😂

[@aledella98]

I'm really confused as well ahaha

[@alexemery4069]

Nxc5, dxc5, Qxf4 I this is what happened but editing issue makes it look funnier

[@raymondlim2670]

@@alexemery4069 how dxc4?

[@alexemery4069]

@@raymondlim2670 its dxc5 not 4

[@alexemery4069]

@Linpaws hsohg Hsohg so the last two moves made that you see are black Qb4 then white goes Rb1 my guess is black used Knight on e4 to take whites pawn on c5 white captures that Knight with pawn on d4 hence dxc5 then the queen slides over to take the Bishop

[@rope321]

26:24 I'm dying lol

[@Pnthrx]

This channel deserves a million subs, even more.

[@alonshoval6267]

Wayyyyy more

[@ioannislelou6437]

It will probably hit 1 million subs soon...

[@stacia6678]

Judging by the current rate, it’s gonna happen soon.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

It 980k rn :D

[@chadb2840]

I’m from the future I’ve got news for you

[@FelipeMatti]

Levy: *Looks at the sun in despair* Sun: *Shines majestically* Levy: *Solemnly smiles and musitates "good, thought I was going insane"*

[@magikarp653]

I'm ready for multiple heart attacks. Let's go!

[@bachxuan3346]

Levy saying boss cracks me up everytime

[@quantumleap7964]

"yes, hang that rook" - Levy "Gothamchess" Rozman 2021

[@butterfly_3000]

18:52 This song is now stuck in my mind

[@GingerMathematician]

"Did Black think he was winning here? That's terribly sad" haha

[@Blittzz]

when the brilliant move is so brilliant, it transforms Levy into a goblin

[@E.Mastery]

Bro u need a subreddit, imagine the magnitude of memes

[@dinogab727]

ppl just hang out at hikaru's subreddit

[@adithyaprasad9207]

He does have one. But it's not that popular i guess

[@alexanderkononov1862]

@@adithyaprasad9207 probably becausr he doesnt react to it (regularly)

[@chrismacku8471]

there's r/anarchychess too for when you get a lil tired of the Hikaru fluffing...

[@KRONOS1909]

@@chrismacku8471 So here's me and here's drake and ....this is funny, guys, this is really funny. So the joke here is....

[@Guts1024]

23:50 " Bush-Ass Gambit " 💀💀

[@mequana]

Legendary

[@cielararagi3195]

Chipmunks Levy is not real, he can't hurt you. Chipmunks Levy :

[@idonoy661]

what

[@zipzapzipzap6859]

29:52 ?

[@NoOne-qi4tb]

26:25 ?

[@stickfigure4975]

wha

[@alpha9951]

17:43 he actually made two brilliant moves

[@Stock-IPOFocus]

Sleeping: *exists* Levy: We don't do that here

[@AdamGaffney96]

21:00 as the Sub in this game, unfortunately not an owner of the gambits course, I don't have an opening against the Queens Gambit so just winged it. Thank you for covering my game though I've gained literally 100 ELO points just since the recording of this! Funny coming back to this now I'm 1800, this game was trash I don't know this guy

[@doneskies2587]

Is it just me that didn’t like the cuts all the time? I like the analysis please don’t skip

[@anasqumhiyeh8631]

I think the cuts are because of him cursing, I didnt watch the stream but I can assure he cursed the ever living shit out of some of those games

[@davidappelgate320]

@@anasqumhiyeh8631 Either that, or he edited out some TTS donations.

[@anasqumhiyeh8631]

@Sharad Kumar Singh thats guess the elo for you

[@Johnsli]

It just looks weird. Like at 13:44 where the queen goes through a knight and a pawn to capture a bishop, seemingly.

[@djdialjockey6262]

@@Johnsli you know what you know what what.

[@nolanmccune8982]

*Player makes a move that forces his opponents queen off the board* Computer:..... *Player pushes a pawn because they don’t know what to do* Computer: Genius! How did I not see that

[@Willdroyd]

*pushes pawn* OMFG WTF BEST MOVE I HAVE EVER SEEN

[@vinayxis1242]

We live in a society where those who truly deserve a brilliancy don't recieve it.

[@r-4spberry]

На моменте чёткого "Отличная защита" сердце в пятки ушло

[@thisisthemansworld8704]

Хаха даа, я вообще не знал что он говорит по русски. Ведь даже без акцента

[@voice_of_broken_dreams]

@@thisisthemansworld8704 Вроде у него русские корни, он говорил, что свободно говорит на русском

[@thisisthemansworld8704]

@@voice_of_broken_dreams оо я тоже Актан, ничего себе

[@noahdelarosa4485]

17:34... when I pitched too hard to a girl in a mixed softball game in PT class.

[@tonykim37]

Levy: Oh that’s a blunder Engine: Looks brilliant to me!

[@doggo3356]

26:38 When you realize it's not a dream 😂

[@Brn2Dai]

26:18 Another top-tier voice acting moment. I was out of air by "beck renk".

[@czar3kyay215]

18:49 this guy has some good freestyle lmao

[@Waheezy420]

I've seen chess videos from many different streamers, and I have to say that the comedic and entertainment value of Gotham's videos is higher than all of the other streamers combined...and to top it off, he is one of the best at clear, easy to follow instruction

[@jhonzeusterrado6969]

Last time I was this early, I'm not more worth than a Queen.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

17:24 This is the first time I’ve non stop laughed for 5 minutes straight

[@derickr9809]

Bro, he turned into Mr. Krabs for a second, I swear 🤣🤣🤣

[@noahdelarosa4485]

18:25 when I'm too lazy to switch on the light in the bathroom at midnight and need to do a No.1

[@d1ab]

20:18 he just wanted to maximise his development of his pawns

[@rynxxx2089]

Levy: "this is the best episode so far" Gothamchess community: *knows that all of his content is epic because he puts so much effort in it*

[@qwerteebe]

19:05 "oh queen side just blew up" yes

[@thefriendliestgamer4103]

“Black is 800 he did not play well” not me crying as an 850

[@desaifamily8239]

27:08 “The Dewa Kepas opening course strikes again.” chat is absolutely savage

[@artyomtiunelis2561]

"Отличная защита" - Gotham chess (Great defence)

[@BlueGrovyle]

2:40 "Homedog McSliceovic" 💀

[@pltncllyyrs7386]

I really don't get how 'brilliant move' is a brilliant move 😂 and your voice Levy "What is this? What is this move?" LOL

[@CallMeTaste]

No idea either so it must be galaxy brain.

[@benhornstein1688]

Beyishop to e7. Rrrook d8. Because take back rank. 26:24

[@mysanity_islow]

I like how in the third game, white actually had 2 brilliant moves lmao

[@gabrielnobrev]

*IM has a mental breakdown after seeing brilliant moves*

[@benslater3588]

Me: Takes advantage of opponents positional weaknesses, convert the endgame flawlessly, opponent resigns after 30 moves Stockfish: Ha, two inaccuracies, 80 cap score, do better lol That guy: Blunders a simple rook pawn endgame, makes 5 blunders Stockfish: Damn bruh you better than me, 94 cap score

[@stoutlager6325]

"black learned the first two moves of the scandinavian and then hung a bishop." Yes, that's how most beginner scandi play goes. People see hey quick way to whip out the queen. Then 'yeah don't need any more theory I got this from here' (tries some unsound traps, hangs stuff, loses).

[@uwerlmi6120]

14:22 Yeah I also saw that too. Gotham: Nvm its a garbage move Me: 😥

[@GlyphicEnigma]

"homedogmcsliceovich" lmfao

[@kidpitch]

"I'll be just as influential as Trotsky in my life time" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Verylengthyapple]

First game Levy: black is 700-800 Some guy in chat: BLACK IS A GM!!!

[@sirbruhofpantylands7723]

"oh yes, hang that rook!" best line

[@euginarex5649]

I got scared from the unexpected "good defense" in Russian

[@ayushanuroop9203]

Someone : How's your life going? Me : It's fine. *Meanwhile my Life* 16:53

[@audson317]

It cracks me up how many people think having an accuracy above 80 is evidence of cheating

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

the brilliant move award, like God, works in mysterious ways

[@benjohnson472]

Home-dog-Mcslicovic is my new favorite Gothamism

[@thepadawanchesschannel8323]

Moral of the story- computers don’t know how to evaluate ‘Brilliant !!’ moves

[@TheRealHungryHobo]

It'd be interesting to see Levy open up the line the computer is looking at when it says a move is Brilliant. For a move to be brilliant there has to be lots of moves on the table, and only one is a "winning" move - which means somewhere in that line is a way for the player to completely turn the game around, even if it's like 16 moves deep. They found the "Brilliant" move to start the line, but they completely missed the line and blundered immediately after. If you follow through the computers line of follow-up moves it would probably become much more obvious why the line is "Brilliant."

[@orlock20]

@@TheRealHungryHobo So you are saying it's a combo attack bonus where if you play so many excellent moves in a row you get a brilliant?

[@Zenlollipop]

@@orlock20 No, they're saying what they said, it's a brilliant move if it's a critical move that maintains or seizes some advantage and the reason it maintains that advantage, as opposed to every other move in that position regardless of how reasonable or attractive they seem, is only apparent several moves down the calculation. Even if you missed the reason it's brilliant and immediately blunder the next move, the computer will still flag the first move as brilliant.

[@yaboykirby7789]

Brilliant moves for the computer are ones it doesn't see in the first 2 seconds, that move at the end is pretty standard for any computer whereas the engine would never even consider that pawn push, I certainly didn't and if somewhere down the line because of that you can force a draw from there then yeah that's why it's it brilliant

[@desmonides]

Maaan those ancient philosophers were on to something ☝🏾

[@MaschenkoAN]

I've never seen someone not from Russia who would swear so well in Russian

[@GnI1991]

If I know correctly: his parents are from Russia, and, hence, he is fluent in Russian :)

[@MaschenkoAN]

@@GnI1991 it makes sense

[@nikitaberejnoy4359]

Да, он из семьи русских евреев, мигрировавших в США, так что думаю русский его второй родной

[@xeo_oo]

you haven't seen lithuanians

[@nikitaberejnoy4359]

@@xeo_oo Probably he didn't seen whole cis

[@spear8403]

13:41 what the hell just happened? A few pieces just dissapeared out of nowhere

[@riordanpatton4783]

2:39 Homedoglesliceavitch lmaooooo

[@moonbow5019]

What is that😂

[@enyakvarantan7427]

Alternative title: 30 minutes of Levy roasting his subscribers

[@supersquare04]

Levy getting mad over the brilliant moves was the best part haha

[@noodle5283]

Levi is going to keep my fire for chess alive singlehandedly.

[@rf2581]

His brilliant move reactions could be a video by themselves 😂

[@abhishek17mo]

This is the best chess series ever... Plz don't stop doing this ever

[@loganator00]

Only real fans know Gotham said Big Poopy before this recording and cut it from youtube.

[@jonathanbrewer5317]

What did he say? I don't watch twitch streams as I have not undergone a lobotomy

[@weevilbun6914]

I feel those 1100 games, sometimes I'm a god, and sometimes I play like a possum you found in the neighbors garbage

[@aparmahajan7930]

As a 900 player, this gives me hope

[@0wasp0]

Unsuspicious me watching a chess video at my russian mom's house. Levy out of nowhere: PIZDETS BLYAT!!! You should have seen the look on my mom's face....

[@tanaypatel8412]

Levy -Don't look up for getting necked. Me - Ima head straight to google.

[@moonbow5019]

What is the meaning tho🤔

[@DuaneLuy]

I can only use my imagination

[@desmonides]

It’s a euphemism for oral sex.

[@chunky8684]

*e4* computer: brilliant!

[@kurumi394]

17:17 When you find out two months after the start of the semester that you were supposed to attend zoom classes, not just watch online videos true story :(

[@drtvadr5202]

I nearly peed my pants several times cracking up... Dude, you are not just the funniest man in chess, but quite possibly the funniest guy on KZbin! Keep 'em coming!

[@cameronmueller907]

14:47 you heard it here first folks, Levy's bad at chess

[@bobandrews1026]

“How is this brilliant, bro?” Best line of the video.

[@yourlawyer_]

"Ow my neck really hurts" ~GothamChess, 2021

[@prestonyes6450]

video idea: chat submits games with brilliant moves and levy has to guess what move is brilliant

[@desmonides]

I love this idea and second it ☝🏾

[@bakulshah4367]

Day 87: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.

[@anujg74]

lol

[@thenerdgamer5778]

Dude is dedicated

[@jaswik2023]

i mean i dont think he is filtering games based on this unless you mean that he has to make a video regarding this structure?

[@GreenTornado]

Bakul Shah Isn't opposite-coloured bishop endgames usually a draw? If you have a slight material advantage, like two or three pawns, you should focus on promoting one of them and using the other one or two to deflect the enemy bishop from the queening square so it has to sacrifice itself to stop you from getting two queens. I'm not a master of the endgame, but that is what I would try to do.

[@stankyt5882]

they're draws unless one is attacking. when one is attacking, they are winning because they're up a piece in the attack. the other side can't use their bishop against the attackers bishop.

[@fireball54110]

26:30 and that's where engine proves that you're wrong

[@rapzkie392]

0:10 I can agree

[@ber7129at]

A thrilling episode from start to finish. Cannot believe I'm watching commentated chess on youtube. Like if you'd told me 5 years ago this would be my favorite thing to watch on youtube... I don't know what I would have done.