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[@chess]

How could you!?

[@ermir_skg5696]

I'll blow you if you give me free premium, no cap. Ong 🙏

[@dominicracca]

I can’t believe no one has found this lol

[@CadenIGuess]

Oh hey!

[@rickrastley]

No replies? 🤨

[@therandomdude5217]

Wait what

[@rje1293]

Your timing is impeccable levy. I was playing a bullet game, I blundered, my opponent got toxic, and I immediately get a notification that says “Chess is horrible”

[@HarshSamosa]

Perfectly cut timings#42069

[@yelloe_birb]

imagine you got a notification saying "yes."

[@sshzu1164]

Lol

[@sshzu1164]

I hope he comments or heart’s this.

[@BigBoyGaming69420]

pin of love?

[@nikolamisic3480]

5:32 "Its +73, which even YOU can win" Thanks for motivation levy, much appreciated

[@blowbiden8190]

i felt that too

[@GetALIFEFR]

😂

[@GetALIFEFR]

Ws

[@barkerov]

How do you even get +73? The queen is 9, the rooks are 5 each, the bishops and knights are 3 each and the pawns are 1 each which by my calculation gives 39 points of material. In order to get the remaining 34 points, you need to promote your own pawns into 2 more queens, 2 more rooks and 2 knights/bishops. That is insane.

[@iangeibler1727]

@@barkerov chess evaluation isn’t solely based off of the point values of the pieces, in that position where the evaluation is +73, white is actually down three points of material but have an incredible advantage because of their position and such

[@joshpointoh]

As a 1500ish player, the pressure you feel to punish a bad opening, along with the inability to properly do so, is one of the more frustrating parts of chess.

[@anirudhparasaran2890]

Same case with me...I'm a 1300 and guys play some random openings and I don't really know how to punish them

[@greenthepokemontrainer3358]

so what your saying is i a 1000 player should give up on the kings gambit and play by listening to my heart in order to finally get above 1100 which i failed to do for a long month? ok

[@joshpointoh]

@@greenthepokemontrainer3358 a month at a rating level isn't a big deal at all. Trust comes in waves i

[@lamproskostis6395]

@@greenthepokemontrainer3358 1000 rating is the biggest wall you just need time

[@greenthepokemontrainer3358]

@@lamproskostis6395 im now at 1160 lmao XD *İT'S WORKİNG!*

[@carbonbasedlifeform1729]

When you think about a move and Gotham starts talking about it and you feel so smart He was talking about it *For how bad it is*

[@kaminari1799]

Totally relatable

[@theeddytor3490]

that hurts i know. been there, banging my head

[@ghetoknight7801]

;_;

[@cabbage.god1]

i got a similiar joke it goes, when im thinkking of a move, a dm plays that exact move, its a blunder

[@CalvinTemple]

Every dang time

[@FailedAtNNN]

I just had a blitz game with 7 missed wins, 11 blunders, and 6 mistakes. Thank you for this video

[@arogueburrito]

two war crimes, three kidnapings, a crime against humanity, one instance of human trafficking, and four terrorists attacks

[@FailedAtNNN]

@@arogueburrito and a partridge in a pear tree

[@julianw1010]

R̶o̶o̶k̶i̶e̶ Pro numbers

[@axl3957]

#gte

[@sakispdsw]

Sounds awesome. I always love it when i have more blunders than normal mistakes.

[@calook1334]

Me: "I'm pretty proud of that game! I don't think I blundered majorly at any time, and honestly, I feel li-" Stockfish: "lol no 6 blunders"

[@9volt65]

It’s important to see what Stockfisn thinks the blunders were. It’s this crazy 3400 ELO monster that sees 14 moves into the future and plays ridiculous moves no one can think of.

[@theliteralocean]

@@9volt65 Bro I feel this.

[@hellopleychess3190]

If you played well, you didn't and if you think you played poorly, you played worse than everyone else, yes I'm talking about myself

[@Name-ru1kt]

@@9volt65 not really. Its only good in the endgame tbh When someone hit gm level your realize oh this engine isn’t that good. I can get 3+ every time or better against top engine in mid game. However, it normally ends up winning despite that. Because it lacks intuition, it basicly guesses the best line according to an algorithm then calculates it super far. In a game with a lot of pieces it struggles however with each piece you take away your ironically making it stronger as it now as less pieces to choose from

[@Name-ru1kt]

@@9volt65 I kinda gave up on chess tbh once I hit my limit. After 6 months I could calculate a max of 14 moves. Normally 12. But I physically cannot remember all the variations once it gets to that point. When I try to go further… I struggle immensely to remember all the varations and yea. Maybe after a few years I could improve but yeah. I didn’t feel like spending countless more hours trying to just subtly improve

[@ReyHosein]

Winning when you're down material feels so much better than just winning regularly.

[@staying_substantially6186]

yeah, but then you start thinking and realize that it is better to not commit these mistakes in the first place.

[@davidking4838]

My favorite win was when my opponent had mate in two but only three seconds left, he checked me and I had one possible move left - interpose my queen. He would then take my queen and it was checkmate. I made the move and he had about two seconds left but his clock ran out. I imagine he already thought he had checkmate and realized just a little too late. I felt uplifted by the undeserved win and went on a winning streak.

[@vetgirig4209]

Technically white was up material when he put king into check mate.

[@isthatblu_]

*HMMMMMM YES FLOOR IS MADE OUT OF FLOOR*

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

On the other hand, losing when you're up material feels terrible

[@philosophyandhappiness2001]

That analogy for the army sleeping and a horse just roaming was funnier than it should have been 😭

[@Dortchskii]

As someone who has horses we do that just about every night. Only literally.

[@overnightdelivery]

2 Knights attacking together is the most terrifying thing in Chess for me. If you sleep on the knights, you are in trouble very quickly.

[@shlokshah5379]

@@overnightdelivery knights are barely a problem. The queen is a deadly piece that can force a draw. When you are in a queen vs queen and pawn endgame you feel it's power as it picks up your pawns like crazy.

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

@@shlokshah5379 queens are obviously the most powerful piece, the knight is just usually overlooked as pretty weak.

[@mosquito001]

And the horse sacrificed itself for taking out a rook while everyone was sleeping, all on his own

[@astra2984]

levy: "Winning with 0.6 seconds on the clock" Bullet players: Amature

[@Nytequiller]

Some people have played entire games with less than 6 seconds on the clock lol

[@boblightbulb6579]

I flagged my opponent with 0.1 seconds on the clock in a recent bullet game

[@drownedcreation]

Educated bullet players: amateur

[@Fred-tz7hs]

my ping is too high for this

[@Ddxcv98]

lichess bullet players with 0.1 on the clock: I can play all day long

[@tack7577]

5:33 "It's plus 73 which even you can win" Thank you for believing in me

[@moctawolf]

Levy is like a pendulum oscillating between clickbait thumbnails and very serious content

[@karlgruenewald]

Pretty sure that’s intentional. Gotta balance fulfilling, educational content with stuff that’ll please the algorithm and let him keep going.

[@ahmedhassawy9110]

If Schoppenhauer was into chess

[@howlingwolf317]

I'm surprised out of like a billion youtube videos, no one else had uploaded a video titled "yes." before this point. "yes" without the period exists, but with the period is still not so unusual.

[@moctawolf]

@@ahmedhassawy9110 gotta love the philosophical reference

[@naumen6508]

@Fried_puri it probably exists but the way youtube shows you videos isn't exhaustive. I'm 99% sure many videos with this title exist, but youtube buried them under what they think you'll watch based on your profile if you type "yes"

[@paulc1844]

Chess is addictive sadness, but you make it a bit brighter

[@gentadili4106]

Pin incoming?

[@VikingsGoingAllTheWay]

Pin of graciousness

[@rhysdolan7378]

Why do you get sad from chess?

[@God-gi9iu]

O

[@paulc1844]

@@rhysdolan7378 you dont? 103 people agree so far

[@julianjensen1713]

I love when you go to analyse a game thinking you played like an absolute GM, to find out you played with 45% accuracy 😭😂

[@ThatCzechMapper]

Yeah that happened to me, I thought I played like Magnus and yet I played like a chimpanzee 🤣

[@Closertotruth2]

“A bunch of soldiers asleep and a horse just roaming.” I actually did laugh out loud which is why I love Levy.

[@aleksiy6869]

"you can start making bad moves just to flag your opponent" thats why gotham is really good at drawing

[@Darkerthanu]

didnt know levy was an artist lol

[@Saitawa]

The art of levy

[@kakarotto833]

5:53 most relatable line in gothamchess ever

[@deolux9563]

"I hate chess" - World Champion Bobby Fischer

[@Mati-zc2ym]

@Thank me later 🅥 The clip that i didnt ask for but I definitely needed

[@ashconabae9197]

Yes, I am the < 500 rated player saying "What will they do next? I don't even know what I'm gonna do next." Glad we're here together Levy

[@srikkanthank]

The whole video ran like a thriller movie! Great content. So instructive.. I will definitely watch this a few times at least.

[@CloutCoochy]

8:03 “Turkish restaurant, adana kabob of pieces” 10/10 commentary

[@GameGrumpsCompilations]

Divine intervention on that last move, wow

[@dynamicchess1600]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joaph6SIbJeJatU

[@zainjaved18]

I had a 8game winning streak and I felt like the king of earth…I then lost 12 in a row

[@samuelrichard_TarZanIQ]

Hopefully, it was just blitz games

[@zainjaved18]

@@samuelrichard_TarZanIQ it was all blitz haha

[@joshuakei8925]

This is actually very instructive for me, since I'm around this rating range, and I struggle to punish stupid opening play, and that position Levy reached before he played the knight move was very similar to the types of positions I always reach in my games. That knight move in particular is very inspiring to me, I would never have thought of making that move, but now I need to keep it in mind

[@julianw1010]

KZbin comments aren't a diary for your lrreIevant seIf

[@rensblom8855]

There were quite a lot of knight moves my guy

[@joshuakei8925]

@@rensblom8855 the knight move prior to the knight sac at the very start of the game

[@rensblom8855]

@@joshuakei8925 ohh i think i know what you mean :)

[@RomeluParez]

same with me bro

[@saiinnhtongkham306]

Nothing hits you much like being one game away from hitting 1800, lose, then lose again, then lose one to a mouse-slip and then lose to bad wifi. Then you lose your hand because you punched a brick wall angrily and now its broken.

[@waharadome]

Relatable

[@tugs8689]

Bro the last two are a bit too personal

[@thatapollo7773]

I was 1298 Lost 4 games in a row

[@tugs8689]

@@thatapollo7773 I went from 1330 to 1270 in one day

[@tugs8689]

8 games lost in a row 💀

[@doktarr]

At 15:56 I knew how it was going to end. Hilarious. BTW at 17:15 by my quick count, black has 36 legal moves, and 21 of them lead to white forcing mate within a couple moves. Black's king is trapped on the back rank, and the queen has a way to force mate, so you do need to do something to respond. Even a completely ridiculous move like Qe7 (which loses your queen) is good enough, but you have to do something.

[@Cowtymsmiesznego]

Yeah Idk why he said that only a handful of the moves lose. Most moves are losing for Black in that position, they either have to see Qa8 or get lucky.

[@arbanafal]

@@Cowtymsmiesznego Only a handfull of those move lose in 1 or 2 moves; you have to take the 1.6 seconds left on white's clock into account; there was no room for 3 or 4 moves

[@sietsejohannes]

Nah. It's mate in 2 for almost all those moves (because it would be mate in 2 if it was white to move). Levy just phrased it wrong.

[@ryancroke6013]

I hope this one gets put into the "lose at chess" playlist, it's one of my favorites

[@kaank3420]

Levy we love you in Turkey, and its my first time seeing someone not living in turkey talk about a different turkish food than şiş kebap, döner and lahmacun. Really appreciate it😂😂😂

[@wesleytabak1190]

Let me just say that "bitterballen" are not a Dutch desert, but a snack. It's just something you throw in the fryer and serve as a snack.

[@davecroes3086]

Preferably with copious amounts of beer

[@Djellowman]

Nobody cares

[@Fastjur]

Yeah I was so conufed aswell, bitterballen are not a dessert. But it could also be a slagroomsoesje maybe?

[@notyourdad]

Pedant of the day award goes to...

[@ExistenceUniversity]

What is the difference between a dessert and a snack? A dessert is a treat that is not a meal and can be served at any time of day. It's like saying "Chocolate cookies are not desserts because I had one before breakfast". Unless you meant to write "desert" in which case you are correct, no dessert or snack is a desert.

[@leonardosciolis9620]

I so hope Levy's "I'm gonna make some pawn trades" becomes a meme...

[@littlebigideas7700]

levy: it’s +73, even you can win this me: you haven’t seen my games yet

[@vscriq]

Chess made me happy once when I used to be the best in my school and got my school to top3 now am a shell of my former self

[@grey2031]

Wow, that's tough.

[@Starchaser38]

It's not too late to restore yourself to the former glory and surpass it!

[@thefortunateson5593]

I've never heard anyone refer to chess pieces as a shish kebab but hearing it had made my day 😂

[@woodenfences]

You are a storyteller more than anything else. An excellent one.

[@dynamicchess1600]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joaph6SIbJeJatU

[@stephensagartz5726]

Its occurred to me after watching so many of these videos that all these mistakes that I've been laughing at are the exact same ones I make as soon as anyone puts the pressure of time on me

[@NBAKings1]

Been there. Those games hurt so bad. But so thrilling when on the winning side

[@pedrosantosribeiro3061]

fide should give levy the power to make someone a true honorary gm

[@tkienjoyer]

I had a game where I mouse slipped a bishop on move 5, asked for a takeback and they said no and then they hung both rooks and got mated a few moves later. It felt so good knowing how mad they probably were, but since then my chess had really fallen off from 1300 and almost 1400 at one point then I took a break for a week and fell all the way down to 1100, and I haven't recovered since. Thanks for the videos levy!

[@enochwoldu6262]

Bro ur rating journey is the exact same as mine I was at 1380 a year and a half ago and now I’ve been sub 1200 for 6+ months

[@alastairk0159]

Same thing happened to me mna

[@jackurokawa3838]

Maybe chess just isn't your game in that case?

[@alastairk0159]

@@jackurokawa3838 if they get enjoyment out of it then it's their game

[@lazardanial9762]

The twist was just insane.

[@Doncr4nk]

And this is why I love chess. Blunders like this can be a great equalizer.

[@AdamGenesisArt]

You and Agadmator bring me chess fulfillment♾🔺️. Otherwise I quit weekly only to return to the madness of 64ischer

[@dynamicchess1600]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joaph6SIbJeJatU

[@petermuwanguzi3787]

"Just a very hand full of them lose" that was a very sick line

[@Ism0Lait3la]

Handful* why is it a sick line? Its the first thing that comes to mind when looking at the position lol

[@danwoods3360]

@@Ism0Lait3la I think because he had a slip-up in words. He meant to say very small handful not very handful

[@OscarBedford]

@@danwoods3360 But he does say a very small handful... 17:22

[@danwoods3360]

@@OscarBedford Ah shit.. I must've misheard him in the video and saw this comment right after confirming my thought. My bad lol

[@xoctovoid313]

Violent delights have violent ends

[@Venomforyall]

I just love it when Levy wears sleeveless shirts. You can see this king has been working out.

[@berkloader]

I am LOVING the Adana kebap shoutout. Much love Levy! 🇹🇷

[@foggyforest2625]

Question: Why does knight f3 destroy black? Queen a8 was always available It's not like it's one of the few moves that loses the game black has to only defend the queen a8

[@the_great_magicman1877]

ways to block Qa8 bishop: a7, b6, d6, e7 king: e8, g8 knight: c6, d7 queen: a7, a5, b8, d8, d7, c6 pawns: f6, g4 theres at least 16 moves that blocks mate and flags your opponent, f3 is one of the few remaining moves that does not prevent mate

[@dawidkoscielny9621]

@@the_great_magicman1877 why didnt eval go up when rook took bishop? the horse doesnt do anything didnt white have mate before then? nevermind it was check i suck at this game

[@the_great_magicman1877]

@@dawidkoscielny9621 weve all been there (most of us still are)

[@majorrmike]

"I'm gonna make some pawn trades!" hahaha

[@BlindBishop]

Levy the chess philosopher

[@valimaa1006]

I peaked at 1360 elo after playing for half a year during the pandemic when I first started playing chess, I was proud of myself, but then I started playing during nights up to 2 am, often drunk and my elo droped back to 1100. I was so demoralized I no longer play rapids and only play some blitz from time to time. Your videos are always entertaining to watch, you motivate me to go back! Great video as always

[@valimaa1006]

@Punyasloka Sahoo 17198 oh my god thank you, why didn't I think of that before! Brilliant!

[@jaysonvanzyl9371]

​@@valimaa1006LOL.....like you hadn't figured that out....you even explained it!!!

[@adrycough]

@@valimaa1006 yea that's pretty dumb of you to not think that

[@yanivrubin4166]

I've seen snails with higher IQ then this thread

[@julianw1010]

Cool, but nobody clares

[@tristanholm7698]

it’s crazy how im almost exactly the same rating as them and i know in the game i’d play it no different from them but when watching the video here i could see almost all of the ideas before levy said them, that always feels so weird

[@brianstevens1165]

It is a very strange feeling! I agree.

[@MrVovansim]

I am a noob, and have been playing correspondence games (no time limit, effectively). In order to get more games under my belt, I tried 10min limit games, and it's like my brain has decided to immediately forget what little it knew about chess, lol.

[@thalloutboy]

I think that the way Levy talks about the game, he quickly brings attention to all the important features of the position, so as the viewer you start to notice the ideas just before he starts talking about them more specifically. I definitely feel the same thing when I watch these videos.

[@pairot01]

"I'm gonna restrict my opponent" is also just a sentence.

[@soitchy6084]

That “it’s plus 73 which even you can win” comment fucking floored me hahahah

[@milos_stellar9573]

Chess is like quantum physics - i don't understand it.

[@olivetree7430]

I'm losing passion in chess slowly 🐌 but my passion to levy's videos isn't dying for some reason

[@doit_vehicles]

Few months ago I literally cut my fingers to the bone in anger because of one chess game lost ..

[@sketchyturtle7312]

Levy thank you for these videos they are really good

[@grassence-djequavion]

I love how stockfish just finds all the perfect combinations only to be called a scumbag by a person a thousand rating points lower

[@colinpetersen1173]

"9 times out of 10 the best move will not be going backwards. There's going to be very rare cases, 2 out of 10" ... Levy is the Spinal Tap of chess

[@theunlearnedmind7374]

🤣🤣🤣

[@avishkargawali2004]

i was hoping for your video today and just thought that he should upload right now and you did and made my day 🗿💯💯

[@hazzeral]

Levy didn't even bother saying 'goodbye'(His trademark "Get out of here")

[@zainjaved18]

The problem with modern chess is that it’s just 20moves of theory where the opponents trade pieces and one of them capitalise on their position, theirs no beauty randomness or vreativity

[@ultimamateria1604]

Gms still discover and play new positions each tournament. There is a ton of beauty in the game, especially if you're not a titled player, because then you don't actively play like a computer and after those 20 moves of theory you will create something genuine or lose

[@thebiglebrowski3695]

How many openings do you know 20 moves deep?

[@AppsByCamie]

I don't mind the click bait, I love the content

[@xs10z]

I do. It was amusing for a while. But now that he seems to have embraced being a clickbaiter, and made it part of his personality, it's become pathetic.

[@paladindank8180]

Can’t report for clickbait, KZbin would be crazy different if you could

[@ohDiscipline]

"It's +73, which even you could win" I've never felt more seen lmao

[@latue87]

Winning with less than a second on the clock feels awesome

[@TheQuickThree]

Who else loves this guy!

[@mischastiefenhofer]

He never fails to entertain me

[@hhhsseudu]

first

[@VikingsGoingAllTheWay]

Pin of shame

[@jacobchris356]

Cartman was indeed first

[@dimitrispapadakis2122]

🏆

[@novagears3604]

Here’s a blue shell then

[@constantz7539]

Brilliancy at its’ finest

[@jonaszurba4906]

this is why we need clocks both for GM recaps and this

[@Sodchucker]

"It's +73, which even you can win." Ben Finegold would be proud.

[@OrtegaSauce]

Bruh the last few moves literally looks like a fucking daily puzzle that's insane

[@tylerbaisden1308]

"you really think I have the board wrong?" lolll

[@richhenry8004]

"its +73 which even you can win...." - the moment you know Gotham is talking directly to you.

[@Exilum]

This is the first time in my life I thought "playing that would be idiot" and it actually happened.

[@tugs8689]

11:21 hahah jokes on you i already knew that

[@vinesthemonkey]

great series. at the beginner level, games lost are more instructional than games won

[@hazecoin7274]

gotham you got me back into chess and im having so much fun, my only problem is when it becomes the chaotic part of the game begins and I my brain shuts down and im just making moves I hear you questioning every move I make as if im on the 300 elo chess games

[@shroomchild1780]

“That’s plus 75 even you can win that” Levy you underestimate my ability blunder away a completely wining position.

[@xT..]

I've been watching your videos more recently and realized I wasn't subscribed yet. That's changed, I actually saw some of your videos when you first started out on KZbin, my word, your presentation style has changed and matured into something I love to watch anytime.. absolutely marvelous delivery, thanks levy..

[@dsvalpo]

"It's plus 73 which even you can win." I feel attacked.

[@ONE-vt1fz]

“Your not ready” 1.e4 Me: yeah I am A6 Me: I was not ready

[@bobbuilder5705]

Well done on hitting 3 million subscribers can not wait for you to reach 10 million

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

You're a very considerate person Levy. Hope you and your family are doing well!!

[@SilentWuffer]

"even you can win this" i lost a game where my oponnent took the vienna gambit

[@BorchikYes]

my brain every time someone says rook b1: *sings* Rook b1, Rook b1

[@kommissarantilus3742]

i like how he just tells you what the engine is thinking like its no big deal

[@reborn4414]

more of this play list pls

[@roberthawes3093]

Levy, your channel is one of the most worthwhile I've found. My game is steadily improving thanks to your content, so...thanks for all you're doing for us lower-rated players! BTW, to me your 3-year-old voice there sounded more like Adam Sandler's old lady routine from his SNL days.

[@darkestdays77]

That's always my problem, I never know what my opponent is aiming at, let alone what my plan is

[@dmcarpenter3097]

Some of my favorite parts of these videos is the one sided banter with "us" lol

[@GenericInternetter]

Accidental checkmate, no way that was planned.

[@thereisnospoon1678]

Moral of the story "that's why you castle bozo"

[@Standard____]

+73 in a middle game… that’s quite something

[@subtleknife1]

Shish kebab of pieces had me dead man

[@travisporco]

This sort of thing--analyzing beginner games--is absolutely fantastic. The more of this the better!

[@asharullah353]

"Its +73 which even you can win" I feel attacked

[@TotalTeal]

Levy looks like he's about to break bad

[@zylo4029]

“It’s +73 which even YOU can win” You underestimate my power

[@eliasalarabi6298]

OMG BROOOO THE CUT LMAOOOOOOO

[@alonecoder600]

The opening by black looks like Elshad opening (дебют Эльшада in Russian) but mirrored. Very useful to steal time in blitz games.

[@mohammadsharkatly2234]

8:01 I died laughing here 🤣