Can I beat Magnus Carlsen at Chess if I cheat?

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[@GothamChess]

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[@rbae]

Pin of shame is never here anymore :(

[@risseyyy]

not paying for that LMFAO

[@apersonthatlovescats]

Pin of promotion

[@TheStartUpScreen]

Pin of shame!!!!

[@tumokonnin]

sorry levy, i made my own vpn 🗿

[@jesseetuk960]

Levy was this close to not posting Magnus for a day

[@dindonfarci7049]

In his last video he actually mentionned magnuq

[@richard96548]

🤏

[@richard96548]

This close

[@biggamesarmy]

how close

[@mk4630]

This close ​@@biggamesarmy

[@alexcoletti8519]

Levy at 6:53 “wait a minute… I can’t lose” Me: *checks video length*

[@enderyu]

He is supposed to win, not not lose

[@downpipe9935]

@@enderyu you're probably the star at parties

[@joseantoniorodrigueslopes6979]

​@@downpipe9935I mean, he ain't wrong...

[@m.douglas5406]

Haha, I did too here. 😂

[@x-dop5870]

the thing is he’s trying to win not to draw

[@Sylverzen]

Incorporating SF's moves into your own mindset and providing further elaboration on its foresight was so much fun to behold. More please

[@QuantumHistorian]

Seconded, it's a fun way of playing high level bots.

[@ColinTimmins]

I liked this idea a lot. A person could get really creative about the rules of when, how you get to use it. I hope he plays the last Magus bot. I wonder if he started with at least two to three moves, would he need much more then 4 checks to beat it.

[@DavidBrown-vd6qr]

Yeah this was cool. The contrast between human and stonkfish level thinking is really interesting.

[@leventkarademir1680]

How nice of magnus to let levy win once in a while

[@BlufrogDemonSlayer]

lol💀

[@AryanNayak-je2rs]

🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelchady8313]

I imagine Stockfish also gets nervous having to play Magnus

[@Philyshark7]

stockfish would never lose to magnus

[@TristanSune]

@@Philyshark7 What will stockfish do when Magnus takes a sip of water and spills some on it?

[@Rudy137]

​@@TristanSuneit would play d4 or something I guess

[@agarrikr2996]

@@Rudy137Rudy are you the Arabic gigachad guy ?

[@Rudy137]

@@agarrikr2996 no I'm Polish (epic fail)

[@lastorderx20001]

After 177013 tries, he has finally done it!

[@namantherockstar]

Gotham inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@ohitsrusher842]

💀

[@Gigachad10]

Ah yes, the holy number of metamorphosis💀

[@supC_]

That’s a life-ruining number right there

[@TheStartUpScreen]

@@namantherockstar🤡👶🤬🤏🏻

[@yashbijlani6652]

This is actually a very interesting case study into how a strong player can become extremely strong by just taking a few suggestions from the engine

[@johnpavlidis2689]

You did it Levy! Now it's time to beat actual Magnus in TT, I believe in the dream

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎ ‎

[@newpgaston6891]

The problem (which you noticed) about having just a few Stockfish recommendations, is that sometimes he plays a move for a reason that's not apparent to you, 10 moves down the line... So playing "the right move" may not do anything for you, as you don't know the continuation. For this reason, if I had to win a game with such Stockfish lifelines, I'd try to get to an OK mid/late position, and would use all my stockfish recommendations in a row (well, skipping the obvious moves like recaptures). This way, I don't just get 3-4 random moves I don't understand, I get a line of 4 perfect moves!

[@booker4984]

For real. Stockfish usually has these 10 steps ahead galaxy brain plan that you never see

[@lolidk6196]

man I don't even play chess, I just enjoy this guy's content

[@samuelthomas2333]

Wait what!!!

[@minodragon]

Same 😋

[@malekelkhouly3795]

😮

[@PixelAdam770]

Same

[@mishakachmazov3174]

I beat this bot the same way, I played the 1st move and stockfish played the other 87. It wasn’t that hard tbh.

[@alirezashabanian1601]

you mean the bite of 87?

[@muhammadmohyuddin1339]

I tried it and I needed 52 stockfish moves (the game was 52 moves)😊

[@SharkLogic]

Gotham never falls to give us grate content with Bot vs Bot fights, love it man keep up the good work!

[@adamnielson42]

I loved his recent cheese grater review, quite good!

[@BuggatiWeryon]

​​@@adamnielson42*cheese greater not grater it is a joke calm down before you insult r/woosh

[@Taha-od8fr]

Magnus bot is so humble to let levy in his video

[@mahmudunnabisiam]

what a npc.

[@curlyymemey]

what a npc.

[@annnnxh]

what a npc.

[@Taha-od8fr]

What a npc

[@amaze3727]

npc a what

[@dRAFTsTAMP42]

I think it would be fun if levy were to do a similar type of video but for each life line he asks a different bot and they get progressively worse or better e.g. you ask stockfish for the first leela for the second torch for the third or something like that

[@kzkaa.]

Those three bots are so powerful it might hardly be much different. What I suggest(if we're going with progressively worse) is starting with stockfish(or any other high rated chess bot) and ending with something like Martin.

[@dRAFTsTAMP42]

Or he could do from worst to best starting with a bot like Martin and ending with stockfish but where he has to play the move that he’s given

[@Vortex-qb2se]

Levi has more Magnus content than Magnus himself.

[@luci4463]

Levy and his undying love for magnus

[@4RILDIGITAL]

I would need more than a hundred hints from stockfish to win a game against a Magnus bot.

[@fredericadda]

The problem with getting computer help is that the following moves too are supposed to be played by a computer.

[@shreerangss439]

"HERE I PANICKED".yeah bro

[@CrazyBus2]

Levy always finds a way to milk Magnus

[@melekbeldi456]

GothamFish, That's a nice name to use in tournament 😂 " How the fuck you know I was cheating?" 😂

[@20oxide36]

Stockfish never fails.

[@Necro-the-Pyro]

In addition to being interesting content, this also illustrates the issue of potential online cheating in high ranks. Levy cheating for 5 moves per game matches a bot 500 points higher than him, and he's good enough that it's not inconceivable that he could see stockfish's suggestions on his own (obviously not that often, but...) a 2500+ rated player cheating on one move every few games could easily make the difference between winning or losing a high level tournament or gaining 100 points over time while also being pretty much completely undetectable without having someone physically watching them the entire time they played.

[@Unicode_3164]

crazy to think mittens was a year ago

[@sbafu9]

Now I want a T-shirt with a Levy's face and a slogan: "Oh, I can't lose!"

[@AkariIto]

I love how Levy is Gothamfish in these games

[@jiashengjiang4323]

21:20 i love how he always impersonates stockfish' suggestions ahahah

[@jairadhevallabhrajrajeshwari]

Rook b1 finally makes sense for once 💀

[@Worldsportstalk24]

Man that was like 3 years ago damn

[@ricardostap7166]

I would Like to see content (again) where you receive games from viewers and you roast and analyze them at the same time. Was very helpful for me personal and fun to see also. 🙏🏼

[@owenklijnsma]

Edging up on 1300 now after getting back into chess, I just bought your book! Hope I learn a lot from it, but in any case happy to support you after all those hours of entertainment :)

[@brandon5912]

Next battle is gonna be Martian v stockfish

[@Mr12Relic]

I beat the Magni on assisted. I started with the Pirc opening, which is a very passive but well-defended position, and it was normal but with a lot of knight shuffling until the bot overextended slightly.

[@fadishadi8855]

similar video playing against bots with the evaluation bar would be interesting also

[@ColinTimmins]

I really liked this video, fun and instructive. Now we need the three headed Magnus on the chopping block! =]

[@hemantkarasala5767]

What a content idea. Starting new year strong with the best from your vault.

[@marknemeth1661]

Would be hilarious if Levy just asked stockfish what opening he should play in the first game and won anyway

[@Tooesi]

Levy never fails to play like a bot

[@MrTeckish]

That first game is literally how magnus win a lot of his games. Play all the way until end game for the opponent to slip

[@youseftheh4869]

i can't believe mittens was a year ago

[@connorjames8807]

"Can I beat Magnus Carlsen if I cheat?" I think another chess player asked himself the same question at the end of 2022 😂

[@jeedun]

32:19 😂 YO, the queen is TRAPPED with this man becate a talking mime LOOK AT HIM WHILE HE SAYS THAT THOSE HANDSIGNS KILLED ME😂💀

[@merlijndegraaf1959]

I mean, that is a very Magnus thing to do right? Winning a drawn endgame😂

[@KeithDCanada]

Just thinking... because predicting what Stockfish's plan is from one single suggestion is quite hard in many situations (like you said), wouldn't using 2-3 suggestions in a row, so you get a better idea of it's plan, be the better strategy, rather than using 3 or 4 single suggestions at different times?

[@jackweslycamacho8982]

It has its drawbacks. Playing against bots is just too tough, so it is very wise to save a lifeline for some random counterplay the bot comes up with.

[@CanadiaNole]

Bro thinks he’s Hans 💀💀

[@catgaming7731]

Now you’re the best in the history of chess

[@999hibuki]

the duo bird behind scares me

[@giorgi5675]

Very good, actually a smart video idea with the lifeline thing. Sometimes people underappreciate how creative Levy can be

[@kittygamer3722]

"And is supported by basically ANY type of device known to humans!" Me : Going to my oldest gameboy.

[@ash_tyro]

"Levi is your videos click baity?" Levi: "obviously"

[@Alsadius]

I still say that I want this to be a tournament format. Explicit computer-assisted chess, with a given number of moves each player gets to consult. (I might even consider trying it where black gets one more consult than white, say 4 vs 3, to see if that offsets the white advantage in play.)

[@johnfrankster3244]

This is the moment Ive been waiting for, levy said I can finally cheat in chess.

[@jalontf2]

Maybe the key would be to use all 4 stockfish moves together in the mid game to let it flesh out it's ideas

[@flatfingertuning727]

As another variation, how about saying that on any turn you may ask Stockfish for the best move, *but* you must not play the recommended move on that turn; you may play it later on a turn where you don't ask Stockfish for the best move, but of course the move might no longer be optimal then.

[@Dns.inceptiowl]

[Magnus left the chatroom and his cat played for him]

[@VV714M]

gotham is such a humble dude to play against a small player like magnus

[@muhammadathaullah8833]

Levy never fails to use stockfish in order to beat magni.

[@SilversEC]

This Magnus guy must be a good player to get bots made after him

[@SleepyBlackKitten-mf5lz]

Levy Rozman somewhere in parallel universe: chess speaks for itself

[@fahadhabibi3222]

Thats a hell of a fish you got there

[@adityabhat8113]

Levy should play the actual magnus with this method

[@landoc05]

As someone who follows TCEC, we all know g4 is the way The Fish starts his best attacks.

[@thesugareater8607]

An interesting idea could be to add multiple lifelines, like ask stockfish, look at the evaluation bar, etc.

[@WhiteThunder121]

KZbin never fails to update the adblock blocker

[@mlbrn676]

17:40 "here comes stockfish" lmao, habits

[@ZenoxYoutube07]

Magnus finally agreed to use only 5% of his power to let levy win this achievement

[@stevenfindley5043]

There's a harder bot Magnus bot called the magni. If your on phone scroll all the way to the bottom and you find it there

[@ianjones4819]

Alternate title: I beat Santa Claus in chess

[@Gamecoolnez]

You cant even beat him if he was sleeping

[@jakubdusik9436]

Levi never fails to advertise cheaper car rent prices in Czech republic

[@truthseekercanada]

Some of the best chess Ive ever seen... Gotham: Normal stuff

[@pifflesticks]

Levy finding a way to subtly experiment with the Hans question. I guess a 2700 would only need one hint!

[@michaelenesio4330]

Why levy is like the ad bishop😂

[@_xQw7]

when you say "virtual private network", you sound and look like a "Sicillian Offensive Not Defensive Ooga Booga Ballistic Hacker: IT Expert Variation"

[@rileybrooks5237]

I feel like Hans Niemann played a game like this once....

[@Tiger-ro9pw]

Levy never fails to add Gothamfish in his videos

[@6dapkap742]

Fighting fire with fire Gotham-Fish is the cyborg we all needed to defeat the ai baby terminators

[@leonmaguire2863]

levy should write another book on how to clickbait content with magnus

[@jasonchristopher5928]

It doesn’t count beat him without the bot we don’t wanna see a coached up win 🤣

[@landoc05]

Fish too stronk.

[@WaranaSJ]

i love the smooth transition to the ad

[@laurin5760]

What Kramnik thinks Titled Tuesday looks like:

[@TheCleesmiester]

Great content idea. Lifelines in chess great stuff levy:)

[@SilverSlayer]

Take a shot every time Levy says Magnus

[@Socrates...]

I can imagine Levy looking at his wife in couple counselling and with great anguish asking, just like in this video, "What are we trying to do?"

[@eduardo.barrientos]

It's Magnus month every month with Levy

[@karankaran1997]

Levy its high time you show us how to beat real Magnus with Stockfish beads

[@MrMcyeet]

Alternate title: Can (nerfed) stockfish beat stockfish if I only use stockfish sometimes against stockfish

[@graaboootyatyorash]

The ROOK!

[@BisonUFC]

Now do it with the real one

[@tumokonnin]

rip

[@masenfox6173]

We got Levy beating Magnus before GTA VI

[@randomthings379]

Levy has finally won. It's over.

[@chrislukas959]

This was one of my favorite videos. I really like when you analyze your own games. I feel like I learn a lot

[@josephscroggins4560]

HE'S DONE IT!!

[@parva696]

Wow levy… just wow

[@silvanb2238]

Levy: I can’t win! 😭 Stockfish: Eh… draw 😑 Levi: I can’t lose! 🥳 Stockfish: Eh… draw 😑

[@deputyvillageidiot]

With that intro, Kramnik ran and did the procedure.

[@BurntMemoriesAlt]

"I did it" "You did it" "He did it"

[@SailorGilb]

Both Magnus and Stockfish mentioned in the title. This is the most Levy video ever.