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[@LiverpoolOfficial]

bro gets no views now ☠☠☠

[@moeeznaveed5335]

PIN OF SHAMEEEEE

[@Red-cr4oo]

true tho

[@fantiscious]

PIN OF SHAME!!

[@kennedybrown2950]

Pin of shame

[@fiddledumdoo9010]

Pin of shame 😤

[@DVRMNaitor]

650 here, I can relate. I sometimes feel like Kasparov in the opening, and mentally handicapped in end game.

[@alietratik]

lol, 649 here.. same

[@iamasalad9080]

Real

[@sefram7673]

how you doing now?

[@Brotherken1234]

The struggle is real 😐

[@tulenik71]

in my case it is precisely oppositely :D

[@TheArizus]

That opening was actually quite impressive. It was like 1400 opening and then the rest was 200

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Aside from castling short against London which usually results in quick checkmate.

[@TheArizus]

I wouldn't say that you shouldn't castle as black against the London (unless there's a greek gift) but you should be cautious especially with something like h4, h5. However its definitely defendable at a high level. Levy talked about d6, e5 but i thought more direct was Qg6 (prophylactically) defending anything with h7 or h6. As long as you realise there is danger a few moved in advanced its good. Obviously thats not expected at 600 level.

[@kbk239]

​@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 Long castle in London's is definitely not scary. A rook on c8 and black always have sufficient counterplay.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@TheArizus Absolutely, you should castle, I just had so many games where black castled short and ran into rook+queen or bishop+queen battery mate 3 moves later

[@TheArizus]

Yes that's fair. There definitely is attacking potential

[@brian6319]

"You know what they say, when you have mate in 1, look for something better" 🤣

[@gravity3.8]

😂😂😂😂

[@Jayiv863]

😭😭

[@GraysunBS]

Levy’s reaction when they blunder is pure gold

[@graysun1527]

ik😂

[@ondrejs9704]

What? *bluuuuuubulblu* oh no!

[@dariusfilip4695]

@@GraysunBS Leavey*

[@andreinaf]

bro you aint getting anything out of internet clout by commenting in the first minute with an obvious statement

[@kartikiyer-3335]

​@@GraysunBS You were originally right, it's Levy...

[@CGR89]

Levy: “run the king” Everyone: *runs the king* Levy: “well now don’t do that”

[@longlivethe9989]

His advice was to run the king in a dead lost position, not when you have a mate in one

[@arielespoir8612]

Black literally ran in the wrong direction

[@TimSheehan]

Running the king literally worked for black in this game....

[@_Tao__]

@@TimSheehan coz half of the moves of this game were missed mates by white

[@TimSheehan]

@@_Tao__ yes. Because players at this level get confused and can't mate in the middle of the board. One of the reasons why running the king works

[@bilifoq779]

The opening by white was so good that I suspected that they were cheating. But this endgame was just insane

[@Vedanttt07]

There other phone died 🤣

[@cominoengenharia]

Nope. As a begginer is very common to try to memorize several good lines from a specific opening. I usually play the Caro Kahn as black with 90% or more until move 15. But still am under 900 elo.

[@davidmoore1253]

Imagine if this happened in a real war. Both kings chased out of their castles and hiding in each other's territory!

[@totally100darthvader7]

Monty Python vibes

[@charismaticadventurer8448]

@@totally100darthvader7 for real bro gotta play that killer bunny in chess💀

[@cheese1627]

To kill the enemy hide in the enemy’s fucking house

[@tersus4967]

I'm imagining how at the end of this war black troops break into enemy castle and find their King hiding in white's throne room

[@ichangedmynamenow3478]

​@@cheese1627new war strat: spying isn't enough. Be in their fucking house whether they like it or not

[@abhinavshrestha9584]

"just cause you went in once, doesn't mean you gotta go in a second time" -Levy, 2023

[@HamsiAvcisiOsayi]

thats what she said-

[@AarKing21]

bro knew exactly what he was saying 💀💀

[@joesample4281]

😂😂😂

[@DogLover_20]

18:50

[@rocksolid6494]

You already got herpes. Does it make a difference now?

[@DavidShgo]

I can't even get to 600 ELO and these people just make my eyes hurt.

[@suryavarma9606]

same

[@nathanrazaf5259]

16:02 that noise was majestic. Truly embodies what we all love in Levy's character.

[@sdsign4229]

lol The KZbin caption here says "[Music]"! It certainly is!

[@1omarwalid0]

So is 16:35 truly breathtaking imo

[@thatoneguy4823]

Bro thinks he’s ishowspeed

[@FlipflopB]

I love it. Reminds me of like crazy frog or some shot. It’s so freaking funny

[@tmpqtyutmpqty4733]

Bwaubwauuiaawwuuuuu

[@FaeTheMf]

It's so funny watching the king miraculously avoid 16 mate in ones and end up on the opposite side of the board with a winning position

[@kubam1498]

I’m about 600.. I fluctuate between familiarity and good ideas and panic mode and overconfidence. Basically I can be decent on one move and also easily hang my queen on the next

[@aquablt]

This would be the greatest chess match of all time. Levy (45s) vs random 600 elo boi (10 min)

[@mysterydrag0n448]

I think Hilary has done a similar thing, him with 30 second on the clock against another guy with 10 minutes

[@tyson8576]

@@mysterydrag0n448 hilary 💀

[@ver_nick]

​@@tyson8576 hilary nakamury 💀

[@DominoMast]

hikary pikary

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

That literally was the match in second sub battle with Hikaru, wasn't it? Levy played someone because other dude forgot about the game.

[@YaBoyTy69]

I have never felt better about my blunders more than now

[@trevorwilliams7384]

17:00 "Ze puhzishun iz EQUAHL -- this iz un EQUAHL puzishun!!"

[@epicstanlee0549]

Levy, I don't wanna learn chess, I just wanna play it

[@sniperpupper616]

it tends to be more fun if you're winning often, doesn't mean you gotta memorize 50 openings to have fun but still

[@max.7270]

I dont think ive seen a comment on a chess video as real as this

[@enmanuel1950]

I feel so identified with this comment i stopped studying after learning the fundamentals and I enjoy improving empirically rather than studying even though progress is slower.

[@BlueMonkey_YT]

You sound like someone featured in a how to lose at chess video…

[@tyson8576]

@@BlueMonkey_YT you sound like someone who pays 70 dollars for a chess lesson

[@nikoszavos7194]

Even as 1000 elo i had a heart attack during this video

[@LebronJames-cl4pj]

Same

[@fachriranu1041]

Same

[@bliizzardd]

dude as 300 elo whenever he paused to say like “what is the best move” i was able to pick them out. There’s no way in hell you can convince me that these players are double my elo.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@bliizzardd That's the thing about a lot of people in these videos. Someone picks their starting rating as 1200, loses 90% of his games and ends up around 600. Starting from 200 some of those people would stay at that number for the rest of their lives.

[@enxitesi1623]

​@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 i am 1080 elo and i was 200

[@dillonpercy1058]

16:02 Levy has completed his transformation in to Jim Carrey.

[@Lasbike]

16:32 me at the pool when my brother tries to drown me

[@johnwalker1058]

Damn, this game was wild as hell. At first I couldn't believe that White was 600 Elo because of how they played in the opening, and then I couldn't believe they were 600 Elo because of how they played in the late middlegame and early endgame for the opposite reason. It was like he used up all his mental energy through the opening and then just ran out of gas. My theory: I feel like the challenge of converting a winning position into a won game can sometimes come from failure to bounce back after a missed opportunity. White couldn't figure out how to finish things off and seal the deal, leading to them getting more frustrated and then perhaps beating themselves up for not being able to figure out the conversion. Then when they start slipping towards a losing position, they may start playing despair chess. This could be because of how hopeless they may feel about the game after having their position fall so much in quality. Or it could also be a collapse of their self-confidence about their own playing ability due to their failure to deliver a win from an overwhelming advantage. Once that happens and the hopelessness or frustration sets in, their thinking is completely emotionally compromised, their focus and ability to reason or calculate goes out the window, and they implode on themselves like the core of a dying star turning into a black hole.

[@N4Evar06]

this is literally me I get so lazy when I'm up a piece or have a positional advantage. my games look like this. with maybe a few less missed mates haha

[@canoai]

they don't know how to mate. Thats it I think. Obviously after such a long time advantage can go to the other player

[@rtztqt]

Your commentaries make chess A LOT MORE interesting and entertaining. You brought me back. Thank you Levy!

[@thehungarianschnitzel]

You change your titles faster than i cycle my personalities around my friends, family, teachers, and girls

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Most mentally stable yt commenter:

[@MeritedMasterOfTheUSSR]

🥶

[@MadMathMike]

It's possible that Levy changed his title, but content creators on KZbin can actually create multiple titles (and multiple thumbnails), and KZbin will present new ones to you to try to get you to watch the video. Tom Scott (I believe) did a video on this.

[@SlayinXD]

​@@MadMathMike thats why!

[@rain_jen257]

BAHAHHA

[@aadilzikre]

To play a wrong move is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable - GM Beethoven

[@ilikehistory4561]

I feel the taste of mate on my lips - IM Wolfgang Mozart

[@trulyindian4545]

Today I had a chess game in my school and you know what I won it by sacrificing "The Roookkk".

[@tanavbhatter2681]

Ah yes, M41, black would have easily found it (19:32)

[@mouloudhasrane3412]

What does levy look for in a woman? Checks Captures Attacks

[@JhonJesrealCabog]

2000+ elo: "If you find a good move, look for something better." 600+ elo: "If you find a good move, look for worser moves."

[@TheOneRealTom]

Making the worst game of chess ever played feel like a super intense story with drama and EVERYTHING. bro got mad story telling skillz.

[@Exotic-cw7pr]

No matter what Levy will be forever the internet's chess teacher

[@JuilySlay]

What I never get about the dutch defense is like, d4, f5, e4, pawn takes e4, then queen h5 is simply mate on move 5

[@duce5953]

I love how he goes from demon to philosopher in the course of 2 minutes

[@ambuj.k]

I recently reached 600 but I still enjoy watching other 600s throwing their chess games. 😂

[@cuberguy2000]

İm 500

[@mechaniccccc]

As a chess piece, I can confirm that these players were 600

[@RandomPerson_idk]

5:25 Singapore is now no longer a country but a big city.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

It _is_ a city. Also a country. It's called city-state.

[@ilikehistory4561]

@@godfreyofbouillon966 It's like Monaco, they have 1/2 square kilometers are they going to build another city?

[@Bart_The_Bewitched]

100/10 stare today, really felt levy coming inside me

[@svkvna_007]

🤨📸

[@TheMisterDarknight]

Oh sh-

[@visnon8795]

Same 😉

[@moinleute2097]

What!?😮

[@tb5396]

That’s what I’m saying

[@mathswithdharm8311]

King has so tired,,now King has to take rest.

[@dom47]

levy talks about all the fancy names...london french and we 700 elo........ never heard of it

[@Tsukasa1206]

7:22 "just cuz you went in once doesn't mean you gotta go in second time"- master gotham

[@ultronofficial991]

☠️📸

[@The_Natalist]

This is why beginners need to drill on end games first above all, if you can't check mate, you can't win

[@AngyBerd]

"Just cuz you went in once doesn't mean you gotta go in a second time." Life changing advice from Levy.

[@snared_]

i like how well these chess games prompt levy, there's so many chess games it's just infinite list of prompts for this guy

[@indecipherable22]

This is actually one of the most insane games i’ve ever seen

[@ego3169]

The checkmate opportunities were worthy of a tragedy book, but they must have played at 1600 during their opening it’s crazy

[@JoeSmith-qy6qo]

Their other phone died

[@jesusthroughmary]

12:00 How are there still 8 minutes left in this video

[@unkoonkootz5547]

The only reason I went to 600 is because I would be to focused on my next move but ignore a bishop from halfway across the board attacking my wueen

[@graz94junior]

14:57 is too accurate, levy literally describes my life 🤣

[@madagentyt]

As a member of the 600 Elo Community My Man tried his best to give a checkmate 👍

[@absobel]

Mood, I'm so bad at finding mates. Thankfully my opponents too

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

800 here, couple days ago dude didn't know how to mate with two rooks so he promoted to queen, blundered her, promoted again, stalemated. I'm still not sure if he was trolling or legit had no idea about endgames.

[@sebu1301]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 I had like 5 queens one game and accidentally stalemated. I have no regrets, it was quite funny actually that I tried to troll the opponent and ended up trolling myself 😂

[@dondovahkiin7899]

There should be a new rule which if u go the the end by the king and back u get two extra queens.

[@akselhallundbk4301]

That opening was litterally perfect

[@shawnmichaels568]

Levy's reaction when they blunder is absolutely legendary.

[@MichaelMastin]

​@YeaMan 𝘽𝙊𝙏

[@Anewedition2024]

lmao copy pasted comment

[@necromancedkoatle]

@YeaMan incorrect on both counts

[@shawnmichaels568]

@@Anewedition2024 i am the one who originally commented this tho.

[@shawnmichaels568]

@@Anewedition2024 He was the one who copied the comment, I was the original guy who commented this.

[@kunyiklev]

the levy quote of the day: you cant stop an avalanche with a horse

[@BhutanbaII]

Here before yeaman comm- ah shit he got here already

[@wriddhimantheasian3496]

​@YeaMan definitely bot.

[@Rilsiai]

@YeaMan bro learnt to shut up you fr acting like a bot

[@jeffjefferson2930]

@YeaMan Shut up YeaMan, you botistic bot

[@GeometricalGames]

I love how Levi went from etchisketch, something even I do, to just straight up vaping. His mind doesn’t go to normal things. He is a true chess player.

[@Nightknight1992]

after that opening i felt ashamed of being 1k with zero opening knowledge. now i feel better.

[@sleet8279]

14:30 Levy - "The Bishop is the best piece" Top Chess - "We'll se about that"

[@LuarSoleil]

15:10 yeah kids favourite game is vape

[@lkhdmrtn]

To counter the Dutch Defense, move the queen's pawn up and checkmate the king.

[@dry90125]

1:00 I am eating Taco Bell as I’m watching this wtf kinda simulation bs is happening

[@alanrichardson1816]

Levy is always watching 👀

[@flockzee]

Jokes aside, from the opening to this point 6:42, white was playing a really good game of chess for a 600.

[@megalodon1726]

1200 opening, 200 middlegame.

[@mehmetumutata3991]

600 rated player couldn't find mate in 16. Complete trash

[@zerolegel]

I love king runs. I'd watch a whole playlist of them.

[@CheshireFGC]

I just lost 11 ELO after watching this, thanks Levy

[@jxsxft]

15:00 hit right on the spot. Im home getting high after fumbling my gymcrush by a month. Tomorrow I will talk to her. Thank you Levy

[@Sharpy24]

0:01 Hi timed comments😊

[@manioqqqq]

Howdy

[@OliverClozehoff95]

I used to be 600 ELO once, but now I feel loved

[@toqxsicx2219]

Everyone was

[@toqxsicx2219]

How did I get a like instantly

[@MsNotorials]

You feel loved and you’re good at Chess??? This guy’s too powerful.

[@nivnavion]

@@toqxsicx2219No, the first rating I ever got on my first game after learning the rules was 800. Still not good, but at least not 600.

[@swick772]

I was 150 elo about 9 months ago. Now I’m 700

[@ViviPlaysYT]

I used to see "I'm done" in a video title and think "oh no, is Levy quitting". I now just think "oh cool, new how to lose at chess".

[@xyzzqr]

16:02 gave me a heart attack 💀😭

[@alexiog1718]

Ima 600 ELO player. My games can be this 2 ways. 1 I play as a 1300 ELO player who destroys the opponent 2 I blunder just once and I get destroyed

[@Criggeda]

I remember being around 600 and overlooking so many M1s it was horrendous

[@concernedspectator]

As a fellow mate blindness sufferer, I am in this game and I feel the pain but I'm dying laughing. What a great start to the game though

[@masondesjardins4025]

Chess grandmaster reaction of watching a game:ok so he sacrifices the rook so he can get a checkmate Levy:and he sacrifices the ROOoOOOoOooOoOoOoOoOOOoOOK

[@basilnijiue6769]

I'm only watching this now but I have to hard disagree on the "you can also just eat all the pieces" part. The amount of times I got greedy and accidentally stalemated the game like that is embarrassing.

[@squishyduck8059]

“#17 on trending for gaming” 💀 💀💀

[@WhatGodEnvies]

Levy got me and my friends back into chess He's basically our mentor

[@Isaacqhz]

Its like they both had a computer show them the best moves, but right when they were about to win, they turned off their computer and proceded to not checkmate the opponent because they don't know how

[@AaronHayes2901]

Levy is like the food critic in ratatouille

[@ShivamSingh-ip1ip]

What was his name i cant remember

[@KrishKalra]

@@ShivamSingh-ip1ip Anton Ego

[@abhishekpratapnigam]

Ahahahaha

[@nicholaswood7704]

"Just because you went in once doesnt mean you go in again...well in some cases i guess it does." Currently my favorite levy quip:-)

[@brandondennis6433]

I would love to see videos lists with crazy games but playing specific openings. I love the London and the caro, I think it would be interesting to see the weird lines and maybe get some new attacking ideas.

[@DK2200_Games]

"If you're stomach hurts not from the taco bell that you ate but from the game" Wise quote from Levy

[@risty2323]

This game was truely heart breaking. I think white should be the lead actor in the kings gambit

[@thewildan_6574]

As a 600 elo, this is so true Im literally hung my queen and missed mate in 1

[@sleeex1442]

9:17 he got me

[@joce_bable]

7:55 Everything is offensive nowadays smh

[@ultronofficial991]

Lmao

[@nychold]

Damn, Levy is a GM for sure. He saw what I was going to eat today 8 months in advance.

[@gircho]

Someone makes a blunder: oh Levy reacting to a blunder: WHYYYYY?????? *has heart attack**

[@sharonjuniorchess]

I see games like this every week. Maybe we should introduce eval bars & M numbers into OTB games. The good news is that these student players were probably unaware how close they came but both felt that they had had a damn good game. I sometimes wonder if we are teaching chess the right way and whether we shouldn't start at the end rather than the beginning? They were both managing their clock time well.

[@ski3r3n21]

As a 600 elo player, i can confirm that only some games are like this

[@Jlud_plays_games]

Literally every 600 watching: so… you… hate me 😢

[@veerz4827]

I was cheering for white so hard, he made good moves in the beginning, I dont know if I can emotionally recover from this disappointment

[@adrianorestaino1416]

these kings walked more than sam and frodo

[@alenscaria1516]

Felt so sad for White after watching till the end 😢

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Black only played with pieces, white played London. Nobody deserved to win here.

[@Qevin115]

Why would you feel bad lol whoever playing white is dumb af

[@ElderSteak5]

We will know how to lose at chess but we will never know why levy stares at us in the beginning of every video 😂😂😂

[@timdgei5087]

he literally explained why

[@ElderSteak5]

@@timdgei5087 he did?

[@ElderSteak5]

@@yeaman9844 bot...

[@AjZ530]

@@ElderSteak5 yup, apparently his old camera/mic was trash so he had to wait for a second after starting or else it wouldnt catch the first part of his sentence. Now he just does it for the meme

[@BroDadi]

he stared at the camera before because his recording software was corrupting the videos or making them lag, and the way to prevent this was staring at a camera and don't move for some seconds

[@memestar22]

The 600’s I against genuinely play against play like a 1000 I swear

[@PizzaSlices2000]

The stare today was so dramatic and was an overall cinematic experience. 10/10.

[@IcedPhoenix]

Levy's astute reaction to their opponents' blunders is truly remarkable, demonstrating his exceptional understanding of chess strategy and tactics. His skillful analysis and commentary are an asset to the chess community, and his ability to navigate complex positions with ease is a testament to his proficiency in the game. Indeed, Levy's prowess in identifying critical errors and capitalizing on them is a true display of chess mastery.

[@dewhirst69]

I’m at 540 at the moment. The amount of times I hang queens to stupid horses is incredible.

[@xDruid__]

There was a queen king fork at 16:13 as well if he wanted a free queen Edit: Unless white actually knows pawns can capture diagonal by one square then no that’s a bad move my bad 🤦‍♂️

[@fruitmanman]

You're amazing Gotham, don't let anyone bring you down. Seriously

[@shaunpiotrowski3185]

Bro, the problem is the lower rank doesn't think with the minor pieces in mind. They don't even use their castle's half the time. Their only concern is to show their dominance with their queen. Anyone who is half decent would hang their queen in an instant.

[@theartsycalligrapher3510]

Stare: 9/10. As a 600 player, I felt truly offended, and I am now motivated to remove myself from this elo. Currently on the path to - 100 👏