GothamChess 1. e4 ONLY Rating Climb | Part 3 (1200+)

[@JR-jz4ts]

Finally found a chess expert that makes sense to me. I've tried countless other sources, but Levy's calm, no panic explanation of the "why" behind every move just click for me. Thank you!

[@leadnitrate2194]

Try Daniel Naroditsky. He doesn't have so many videos, but he explains the why very well too.

[@JR-jz4ts]

@@leadnitrate2194 Not bad, but I'll stick with an entertaining PG-13 version in GothamChess.

[@VibhavSaraf]

@@JR-jz4ts lol yeah Daniel seems like the person who skipped chess club to hang out with cool kids from school. Also I'll recommend Agadmator his match coverage is really instructive and fun.

[@sycodental]

my game has improved cause of this master.....excellent explanation of ideas....

[@sjegannath6295]

Hey he finally pinned a positive remark comment.

[@GothamChess]

KZbin did it again - if you don’t review your mid roll ads, it automatically places like 100 of them. Very sorry everyone, it has been fixed. Enjoy the series :)

[@keerthivasanr8865]

Play Ruy Lopez

[@charliebohanna4485]

I don’t mind all the ads

[@r.brandt2246]

​@@keerthivasanr8865 He can play the Ruy Lopez if they play e5, but as we saw, they kept play Caro Kanns and Sicilians.

[@darylbrown4877]

Levi how much does your course cost? And do you recommend being a certain level before I take it? Thanks

[@chrishoffman5938]

just tried the Smith Morra Gambit for the firsts time today and totally checkmated my opponent... Thanks for the lessons... I'm surprised at how well you can articulate your move decisions in 3min games... been playing on chess.com for about 2 years now and just broke the 1500 barrier this month in now rapid (10min games) thanks be to your Gotham guide.

[@Iottary]

Subs: My move is actually making him think for a while! Gotham: *_*talking to the chat about how he's about to mate them*_*

[@eshw23]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

[@besto5486]

😳

[@youngchristianhopeandencou6579]

Never thought I would watch 2 hours straight of chess gameplay but the ease with which he smokes these dudes while thinking out loud is very entertaining.

[@joshkeegan3009]

This isn't KZbin Levy. This is Twitch Levy pretending to be KZbin Levy

[@J.R.Swish1]

Not capping

[@thebluesmurfdude]

That second guy was complete garbage. Didn’t know anything! Oh wait.. that was me lawlz. Appreciate the game! I actually had a really nice win in classical the next day applying the idea of moving the pawn to defend the bishop. Lots of things I learned from the game overall though!

[@чиабатта-р9с]

I don't know, you did great

[@blazoraptor3392]

Good on you man :)

[@morty4193]

Your name is dope. I loved kingkiller.

[@kushanuvyas]

You are LEGEND helping the community grow! More strength to you brother!

[@hiphopriffs7775]

19:53 Levy: "Putting my knight there doesn't do anything" Also Levy: puts his knight there immediately

[@Faisal-jo5vk]

After further investigation I see that, that is indeed what happened

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

I liked the part where he played 1. e4 , also for the lols I will now go through this video and find all moments where there was a captures captures Game 1 0:51 1:18 1:51 2:18 3:20 Game 2 10:28 11:57 13:35 13:48 13:50 14:13 14:59 15:13 15:39 Game 3 19:17 19:37 24:02 24:09 24:38 24:42 25:03 25:35 Game 4 28:36 28:40 29:08 31:05 31:18 Game 5 34:38 35:48 36:25 37:52 37:58 37:59 38:22 38:41 39:23 41:42 42:43 42:52 42:56 43:01 Game 6 43:47 43:54 45:52 46:03 51:21 51:40 52:54 53:22 53:57 53:58 Game 7 57:50 58:00 1:00:47 1:02:44 1:02:54 1:02:55 Game 8 1:07:02 1:07:42 1:11:19 1:11:32 1:11:43 Bonus 31:07 You always look for *captures* 43:53 Takes takes, that's not a check...it's also not a *CAPTURES CAPTURES*

[@xa-1274]

DONT!!! He called you psychotic for saying takes takes 100k times!

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

@@xa-1274 Best way to refute this allegation is to push onward with an extreme capture-fest, takes-taking down 'takes takes' one 'captures captures' at a time

[@xa-1274]

it was in this positionerino agadmatorino 100k captures captures at a time

[@CB-si8eh]

⁰0000000000n

[@vladimirlenin843]

My chess repertoire: Try to scholar mate. If failed, resign

[@TheKrazyLobster]

"Everyone's entitled to their opinion, even if yours is wrong" Levy Rozman, 2020 I love this man ❣️

[@skylergrid4121]

I love this guy, he explains the logic behind every move. a generous master who teaches not only for money. Im learning a lot man.

[@joejitsu034]

But not grammar 😂

[@doodaw2]

Haha your funny

[@conornurmagomedov6999]

One of the best quotes about chess is . "chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance"

[@willholliday3537]

Light so hard at 48:35 I legit was thinking god knows what to do yeet a pawn up. Man does exactly that 😂😂

[@davidstys9734]

I think everyone benefits by being involved in your tutorials and actively calculating. Asking what the right move is does a lot for that. Thank you so much!

[@12jswilson]

"It's very rare to beat someone rated 1200 in 13 moves." That's the Smith-Morra for you. It's so easy to blunder your queen or checkmate if you don't know what you're doing against it.

[@jasongent4088]

Note to self: If I ever have the chance to have a drink with Levy, take off one shoe and stick an alka seltzer in my mouth before saying hello. Then leave, to avoid police.

[@Cgaffman]

I love how chill levy is in this video

[@devthakkar6536]

9:16 ME IN THE WASHROOM HAVING UPSET STOMACH 😂😂

[@largenaq2935]

YOOOOO LMAO 😂😂🤣🤣😂🤪🤪😤💩

[@oarabileletlhake402]

"Learn the game, have fun..." the advice I never knew i needed to hear till now

[@tachyon3.14]

Man this notif came right when my math class started Now I’m sorely tempted

[@kalem961]

18:55, pure gold

[@pratsant]

I have watched many chess tutorial videos but each of them lacked enthusiasm and correct way of educating. You are the best chess coach, i must say.

[@kmfmaa]

12:32 - 12:40 really cracked me up xD very instructive and entertaining indeed

[@martinlazaroff8670]

Hey Levy! Really enjoying your opening-climb series. I was wondering, any future plan on doing one with the black pieces with your e6/b6 system? I would surely watch that. Looking forward!

[@nagybal012]

After watching this video, I climbed from 1180 to 1350 in two days. Thanks for the content!

[@bradcooper9394]

38:08 Twitch chat: “d5 hanging” *no piece even on d5* Gotham: “i don’t even know what that means...” lol twitch chat with big brain -200iq plays again

[@JunctionWatcher]

All these Caro Kahns are inspired by your teaching Levy. Be proud.

[@XoIoRouge]

30:20 We love your voice, Levy. Infact, if you had music playing while I was watching, that'd be a bit distracting for me. So I'm glad I'm part of the youtube clan.

[@hyperabs4950]

No background music in KZbin is a blessing

[@leontalbuquerque8281]

55:00 Levy is lucky I'm not a DJ because I would IMMORTALIZE this sound he makes at the 55:00 mark "Wraa'ah D5"

[@meatpaw3951]

When you hear "this is the best move and here's why," you know you're about to be hit with some knowledge. Loving the rating climb series, lots of good things to gain from this.

[@yareyboadames2148]

There's a reason why Levy has 1.03M subs. This is the best chess channel in this vast KZbin universe. Everything is well explained. Thanks Levy.

[@XoIoRouge]

It's because of these 1.e4 Only games that I've understood how to maximize a Rook+Pawn vs Rook endgame. Managed to walk my pawn all the way to the top, trap his rook, and he traded the rook for the pawn. Gave me the breathing room I needed to mate him with R+K. Thanks!

[@varenyaupadhyaya2773]

8:50 was taking the pawn on a6 with the bishop a good move there?

[@mmmichiii0815]

I think that this move was meant when chat suggested that a6 was hanging

[@purepurple5475]

It was very decent, but Bb5 might give you a bigger advantage

[@joejitsu034]

I have spent about 13 hours today watching your videos. Among the best you can get. Thank you & respect from England 👍

[@hugokitano1863]

At 36:00 you CAN play Qb3, since Nc6 is met by cxd5, and Nxd4 is unplayable because of Qa4+ forking the king and knight

[@CameronLast]

Nothing stopping us youtubers from having a music tab open as well. Great content! Also, content that doesn't put me to sleep :D

[@Mumbolian]

I wish this would put me to sleep! Instead I close my eyes and zone in and out playing chess.

[@samwhite7693]

Love your streams/videos so much man!!! Would love to see the Fantasy Caro Kann at some point (if you get another caro player) as it is pretty underrepresented in the chess twitch/YT world! Thanks so much for everything you do for the community!

[@ethannguyen2551]

Thank you so much for this video. As a ~1000 rated player this is arguably the most helpful chess video I've ever seen. I've been struggling to understand opening principles in the Sicilian and the Caro Kann forever, and this video was incredibly helpful

[@reddz.k.4404]

47:52 Really instructive how Levy's instinct pointed out there was something here but he couldn't quite pull the trigger. 17. Bc7 instead of h3 actually blows Black apart. The point is to push the rook off the d-file in order to capture on c6 and then e7 and Black can't respond with Rxd1. I looked briefly at this 1200 using stockfish and tbh it seems legit. They defended well (Qe8 for example to not blunder e7 bishop immediately), but their moves were logical and not engine #1 choice and some were mistakes that Levy just didn't take advantage of. I suspect this person played about as accurately as the earlier 1200s that were destroyed in 15-20 moves, the major difference being Levy just didn't play as sharply here.

[@caseyleirer9677]

Levy, us players in the 1000-1500 range lose sight of what is protecting what, once there is a lot going on in the board. That’s why we look like we just completely collapse after starting out so well.

[@reaperxapollo1439]

That first game check mate was genius. Ima have to use that one

[@Commando23414221998]

Sometimes I’d like to see you make a blunder mid game and then what you might do to recover from that loss of material.

[@КирилЦанков-в2з]

30:21 Wait, you guys on twitch listen to music while watching these?

[@sattvi]

Yes

[@andynewsome3011]

Fun series to watch

[@pooyaanony3617]

Hi man Thanks for the video Here 8:55 you could play this: 1_B×h6 , ..... 2_Bb6 , Qd7 3_Bb5 And that's a queen trap i guess In first move he can't take because of his rook

[@dannypreston9258]

32:32 I could be wrong but isn't the knight able to fork the bishop and rook and win a piece out of it along with black just being a little better in the position despite the ruined pawn structure?

[@abpolsci27]

13:03 black to play e4. Can somebody explain me why he didn't play e4 attacking both bishop and knight? Vampire tactics

[@younggamer2.01]

Gotham can you please make an opening video on the Smith Morra Gambit. I get a lot of sicilian openings against me and I loved what you did in your E4 series.

[@RespectableAdult]

Why am I addicted to this series? Why am I addicted to your channel? I don’t even play chess...

[@smidak3431]

1:09:27 Ne6 if Qe7 knight forks king and rook on c7. If Qc8 than d6 is free pawn. So The best move for his queen is Qb8 but still has pretty good chances to blunder

[@cakoncev8694]

I love sicilians ever since I started playing chess professionally I had book from Bobby Fisher about how he played najdorf I started loving the opening as well as the dragon and the russolimo for now

[@gregwhittier5206]

35:34. Computer says Qb3 immediately is best. If ...Nc6, you can play cxd5 and then he can't play Nxd4 because you have Qa4+ to pick up the knght.

[@wrthh]

Love this series, keep it up!

[@MarJen2010]

@12:25 Bb5🤣🤣🤣 Good name for a cover band!

[@ConcordMass]

2:35 i think the best move (not considering luck) is qh5 followed by nf7

[@trucid2]

This is my favorite series.

[@raymondoh49]

8:08 look at that beautiful line of pieces

[@TheOGTriumph]

At 29:10, why can't the King go to E7? Why does the bishop have to capture the threatening D6 Knight? I feel like I'm missing something but can't see it.

[@-epicgamerseb4582]

He could've gone Ke7 but that gives up castling rights so it's preferred to trade a bishop for a knight to preserve that right

[@mannanshegle9725]

At 1:15:55, if you had taken the knight on d7 with your rook and then he would have had taken d7 back with the rook, then you could take the bishop on e7 with your bishop, if he took back with either of his rooks there's a backrank checkmate by the queen and if he ignored the bishop, he obviously can't move his king so you could give a discovered check by moving your bishop to b4

[@Abhiney400]

Hello. I think at 47.40, if you would have taken the Knight with White Bishop, you would have either won material or you would have won with checkmate. Case 1 -: If Queen takes white bishop back, then you simply win the black Bishop Case 2 -: If White bishop takes back white bishop, you first take the Rook with a Rook, then there are two cases A- he takes with black bishop back , and you win with checkmate after exchanging queens B- he takes with Queen back and you win the Black Bishop even if queens were traded Please let me know what you think of it. I tried to think through what you were thinking.

[@richardlowell6311]

your dry wit cracks me up i love it!!!

[@marcusnance4716]

9:17 he could play bxa6 because of the pin on the rook.

[@kendallpeebles7481]

Just for the record Levy, I've never seen you're style as any other chess player.

[@noahmiller6377]

Super cool video can’t wait to watch the next one

[@anmolsahu6227]

At 1:05:59 after Bxf3, Bxf7 is mate, right?...did u miss it levy?

[@Hebrewman3101]

That's true, after bxf3, bxf7 king has to go e7 and then qe6 mate

[@XoIoRouge]

He doesn go for that. He tries to play like a 1200 player would.

[@Karthiktpty]

Levy is best chess instructor

[@cas307]

This serie is realy awesome. Love it

[@bigl7320]

Good job. Keep it up. Very nice to watch!

[@jacobluce4121]

Completely agree with you on chess.com lessons, I have been doing them on my phone and the amount of content is absolutely insane, definitely worth the investment

[@thomaschristensen568]

Levy, I'm super impressed! Do you still give in person lessons?

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

Your subs have a lot of varied openings, playing on lichess 1. e4 e5 is like 80% of my games as white xD Btw these are great, they rlly help me improve and i've finally hit 1400 on lichess blitz! :D

[@thecrosader5181]

your "welcome back" at the beggining is always cut off.

[@DarkClarity]

I have to mention that the lower ranks are miles better in 10 minutes. They are usually less experienced so they don't have the intuition to play on really low times. But when they have enough time to make sure there are no mistakes they play a lot better. This is also why I find it interesting only when you reach 1500+. they can play proper games in 3 minutes.

[@eduardoayala3204]

Amazing vid!!1 Very nice plays

[@pajuniemi210]

very good video concept and delivery Sir.

[@paulamarau8766]

Very entertaining man!

[@shivangitripathi7931]

This stuff is really instructive🔥

[@luisb9862]

Loving the series

[@fuadyhidayat]

Wohooooo!! Love this kind of content! Thank you so much!

[@alepie4776]

Where can I find you guide to e6 b6 by black which one of your opponents played in one game (not sure if it was this video or 1000) cheers

[@asadk895]

I have to say this was a great video. Thank you Gotham.

[@D4HU5H]

I wanna ask , why didn’t you take pawn on d4 with queen. Is there something I don’t understand?

[@zlovredniyTip]

20:00 is a2 pawn bigger than all other ones?????

[@ryanm1894]

Love these. Keep it up

[@antoniogibbardo443]

Liked and subbed. Thanks for the great instructional content. Looking forward for the d4 only climb ^_^

[@MyNemesisIX]

50:34 what about bishop E4? idea of sacking on h7 to get queen (If he hide behind the bishop again)

[@Alchemistic88]

Everyone I play against goes e4 e5. All this Caro-Kann is just a display to impress you Levy 😂

[@eddas5175]

At 1:11:35 didn't Black have rook takes knight? And if check just pick up the other knight? And black is winning. Or am I blind to something else? Great video as always, even if I'm late lol.

[@nolanhansen2511]

I like the sound you make around 55 minutes that you immediately said you would make again, it wasn’t that bad🤷🏻‍♂️

[@nikitareich7617]

48:30 if takes with the bishop on c6 and bagtakes with his bishop you take his rook and then the bishop ore if he taked with his bishop your rook you have a mate in two

[@Mat0m]

39:42 i loled so hard 😁😁😆

[@robertc.iredale9769]

Aaahaha! Levy's imitating the GothamChess guy!

[@pnucklemichaels2806]

Having the Diamond membership is worth the money. unlimited everything on there. Its def helped me get better these last few months.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

24:00 - Or just do knight to E6 and get his queen

[@cakoncev8694]

In the najdorf you don't have to castle to castle some moves later or even in the dragon you are allowed to be moves behind in castle

[@Hxarh]

35:38 the headphones are probably DT770 I have a pair.

[@nielsvandervegt16]

On 9:20 did you see the move bishop to a6. Or did you like bishop to b6 better

[@lukasjiroudek3383]

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on how to strengthen your pattern recognition in regards to chess? Other then practice and just overall experience from playing games.

[@RabbitTYD]

I mean pattern recognition comes from experience, but if you aren't playing full games puzzles are probably a good way of seeing patterns