MERRY CHRISTMAS | Funniest Episode (Guess The Elo #36)

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Guess The Elo Episode 36
0:00 Intro
0:41 Game 1
8:32 Game 2
15:25 Game 3
20:40 Game 4
28:52 FINAL GAME
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[@colegieseking5136]

“Did u just submit a game where you killed someone..Oh God, you hung two rooks.” -thus is the true essence of guess the elo

[@johannesh7610]

But then it's a brilliant move

[@tomasbeltran04050]

17:55 if anyone is lazy

[@plasmakitten4261]

Until you look at the rating, it is both Magnus Carlsen and Carlos Magnussen at once.

[@colegieseking5136]

@@plasmakitten4261 lol it’s a quantum superposition of the two

[@plasmakitten4261]

@@colegieseking5136 ...yes, that's the joke

[@ToiletWolf12]

“There’s no way you can screw this up” And not even a second later, the queen is hung

[@Gabriel-sd1oh]

crazy comedic timing

[@Felven]

nothing wrong with a hung queen

[@Bruno-dv3ym]

it was literally as soon as he finished the sentence

[@abhi.1289]

Black: analysed the game, "I got a brilliant move OMG, I need to show this to levy..." Levy: analysing the game Not giving a shit about the brilliant move... "Engines are bozzo" 😂😂😂😂

[@juhonieminen4219]

It was brilliant by an accident. Brilliant to hang two rooks and then get counterplay.

[@onniruusunen9444]

@@juhonieminen4219 yes

[@ManiMani-je7zl]

Maybe because it will lock the Queen away from that square to Checkmate.

[@morganrose7022]

I love that we reached the moment when Levy’s review of a game is just “you guys suck.”

[@morganrose7022]

@@EverRusting I still enjoyed it. This isn’t one of his “how to win at chess” videos so he’s not trying to be as instructive. “Guess the Elo” is more of just a reaction series so him losing his mind at the blunders is kind of the point.

[@plasmakitten4261]

@@EverRusting well, he's not judging people for what they don't know so much as for playing like 500 points below their rating. If a bunch of 600s and 700s were playing the first 4 games Levy would have been nicer to them.

[@packers256]

@@EverRusting The people submitting these games are asking to be roasted. They can handle it.

[@agentace1476]

@@EverRusting this series is about roasting

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@EverRusting He’s judging it based on the logic of the moves lol. Bh8 lmao

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

We should really make the "Dragon deez nuts across your face Sicilian" a real opening. Such an epic name cannot be ignored

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

(1:15)

[@Big_Egg1122]

yes

[@eliasvonderthannen9426]

yes

[@shivangshandilya7394]

yes

[@saeedhamdhan791]

But still scaronavian was even better 16:30

[@fedoratipp7246]

That final game just proves that when chess is played at 100% accuracy it's a draw

[@kajxqeirscl]

lmao

[@descendency]

It proves that top level chess has no hope but to draw their games.

[@robertov7]

LOL

[@pomaranczowyandrzej342]

Brilliant comment

[@tbd3336]

those guys were so good engines could not comprehend their godlike moves

[@jacobwang3861]

“It’s plus 14, you can literally take a dump and the engine will call it a brilliancy” - Levy Rozman

[@velvetundergrad2843]

“If you aren’t celebrating the holidays you’re just a grumpy, crabby person” Levy hates Jehovah’s witnesses confirmed

[@PhantomAarantula]

Okay this made me laugh out loud.

[@Tarif2809]

Cra🅱️🅱️y 🅱️atty

[@soakedbearrd]

Lmao

[@Walthanar]

and he'd be right

[@BionicPig95]

Who doesn’t? Lol

[@7Exartive]

This episode is fucking crazy, every match just made levy goes deeper into madness

[@LittleCrowYT]

Seriously the quality of play went down as the elos went up

[@BruceHoult]

Levy seems to need some serious recalibration of his ELO sense. It's hard to judge the slope of the ground when you're at 10,000 feet.

[@SomalianDuke]

@@LittleCrowYT Man Idk Whats going on. I am 426 elo and some of these moves didn’t even make sense wtf. How they got so high

[@LittleCrowYT]

@@SomalianDuke these 1000-1600 elo games seriously give me hope 😂 we just need to study a little more and one day we'll definitely break 1k

[@mastery4667]

@@BruceHoult I'm 800 rating and these games are a disgrace to society

[@aryandhanda6038]

The last game was the funniest shit ever. Best episode. Merry Christmas everyone btw

[@randomdude2981]

; ; ;; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@mlgtactics9911]

Has to be the christmas eggnog kicking in

[@haveaniceday3128]

I think the last game should get its own lose at chess video

[@alexselby802]

Truly

[@onniruusunen9444]

Funny things is that it was a shit game Even to 800

[@1Bolzard1]

Here’s a challenge for everyone: Skip to random parts of each game and try to figure out how they got to those positions. Because I watched the games and I’m still not sure.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

12:54 and I already lost the challenge. The king and his fake friends

[@GameAholicFTW]

I just hit 1100 ELO this evening. This video has convinced me that I can hit 1600 blindfolded 😂

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

Bro even two 1300 could play better than the 4th game

[@PalladinPoker]

@@chess-blundermctrashplay762 as long as it isnt the guys from game 3 of course.

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

@@PalladinPoker of course

[@Nora4real]

lolol

[@dylandelaporte7073]

What Elo are you now?

[@Psyk0h]

Respect to the person at 8:42 for telling their future self to do the dishes

[@riseofbatman]

Is that you

[@abhinandanbanerjee5471]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays, you are a grumpy, crappy person." *Yes*

[@simonhinkel4086]

Tell me something, I don't already know 😁

[@reachingmydream8756]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@sprawa7832]

I dont get it. Why is he insulting people for no reason? Wtf?

[@randomdude2981]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

Or people have no family and these times of the year are really tough and traumatic.

[@aravindshankaranarayanan2112]

Dude. For the first game or two I was like - "why did you hype this up so much?" Then I witnessed history being made, and almost lost my voice yelling and laughing at it. I have no goddamn clue how you manage to not get your brain fried in guess the ELO. Wow.

[@tunaduman]

That last game was like Carlos Magnusen vs Nakaru Hikamura, with a fascinating Botez Gambit Accepted: Counter Botez Gambit Variation

[@myles3626]

Botez Gambit Accepted: Couter Botez Gambit Variation is so hilarious.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Levy's Christmas gift to everyone is this episode, inspiring everyone watching that they can boost their rating by 600 points.

[@dzjad]

No joke, I haven't really played in 6+ months after I hit my goal of 1000... Thinking about starting up again.

[@brightpowder_cena]

Gain 600 points with this one simple trick! (Giving up the Sicilian)

[@fheenicks]

Yes, I can finally be a 3200!

[@txdang2009]

@@dzjad same here

[@Marluxiaify]

27:31, first time I've seen Gotham straight up tell a player on Guess the Elo that they suck. Completely justified, too. Game 4 looks exactly like how I and another idiot would play. And I'm

[@omlett6482]

30:23 that's got to be the most ridiculous computer move on guess the elo to date

[@benjamindavidson4033]

Would be great for puzzle rush

[@anthonyfeliciano5533]

33:27-33:35 Levy contemplates his choices in life, begins to question wether Guess the Elo was best for his health, and begins to consider ending the channel right here and now on stream, solely because the 5 worst games that exist in his registry was chosen

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

Each time i watch a guess the Elo video i feel less and less bothered by being a 700 elo player and i become more confident in me reaching 1000 elo

[@kajuanweaver1607]

You can do it! 1000 and beyond!

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

But like how tf the 4th game was that bad!? Even my 1300 opponent played better than that

[@yashmishra1212]

@@chess-blundermctrashplay762 700 elo chess is a spectacle to say the least, you can find people this rating playing main line danish gambit declined with 17 moves of theory and people who sack rooks and queens multiple times during the game on the same fucking square, it's wild! -proud 740 elo bozo

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

@@yashmishra1212 Yup i agree with you, 700 rated players are either secret GMs or they hang their queens 10 times in a single match because they try to take your horse

[@FlameQwert]

truly a christmas miracle: the BEST guess the ELO

[@michelangebarakamuhindo818]

Yeah right😂😂

[@choi-r7108]

"There is no way you can screw this up" Famous last words

[@Palmerater]

13:38 I feel entirely called out LOL

[@Claramoo]

lmao

[@nimzomitch]

"If you aren't celebrating the holidays you're just a grumpy, crabby person" You don't know me

[@snickle1980]

😐but I do....And it's all true.

[@okuri9991]

👺🐶

[@blank6165]

🦀🦀

[@thisbethedave]

Jehovah's Witnesses punching the air rn

[@sethlgoodman]

hey Levy- I’ve been in massive pain recovering from surgery but there’s nothing that lit up my day more than this iconic guess the elo episode!

[@aayanroy7846]

Get better man we here for u ❤️

[@thenixaless7493]

Get better boi!

[@Defnotdiablo]

31:10 he's levi-tating

[@MrBonified66]

I've watched hours of Super GM games, all great games from history, all of this stuff and I swear I have never seen a move as sick as O-O-O in that last game.

[@Leyrann]

I've seen a lot of things on KZbin, but that game 4 unlocked a new achievement: have to pause the video because I can't see the screen anymore because I'm crying from laughing too hard. What the actual godforsaken fuck.

[@Vyrene]

No Christmas is Perfect without Guess the Elo, and Levy's Sanity Losing. We don't need a pin of shame in this christmas day

[@omygoodyneyt8238]

U just trying to get a pin of shame

[@MaxEng1492]

Pin of shame

[@anastasismois2423]

How can u say such a thing after those games I just witnessed

[@Vyrene]

@@omygoodyneyt8238 I'm not lmao, just speaking facts. Apparently someone got pinned of shame so this comment is ineffective and thus useless

[@accorp2]

"You can not possibly screw this up" is the most instant-karma-jinx-prophecy I've seen in my life...

[@thechesschannel7270]

32:30 the song was so funny I almost died

[@william_shakespeare]

One of the best guess the elo's I've ever watched!

[@rickrolled3666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEl5mMiax2sMU

[@miguelleite9207]

For a moment, I thought he was going to record the episode dressed like santa

[@reachingmydream8756]

. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@justinw8370]

17:02 moves like this are the most hilarious because it just has the biggest amount of ooga booga energy. I could imagine someone new to chess playing that against Magnus and congratulating themselves for winning a piece.

[@sniper1a259]

16:38 Queen: under attack Levy: "Stop moving your Queen!"

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Knight was pinned to the king with the move Levy suggested

[@djd1335]

Merry Christmas Levy! Hope you and Lucy(and viewers as well lol) have a great day. You're the best!

[@reachingmydream8756]

. . . -kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

:) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@archiaylien9650]

In the second game the guy who said the berlin wall opening made me laugh so hard

[@nocapguy9831]

WHEN HE SNAPPED AT 27:18 I DIED LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@alexandrerobillard4289]

What a masterpiece of a collection of 5 games, every one of them is a work of art in its own way

[@hjhjhjwh]

That caronavian really made me laugh ...i dont know what made him play c6 d5 then capture with the queen as white gains tempo by playing knight c3...even black loses the opportunity to place its c6 pawn on the central square that is d5...caronavian is hilarious

[@marcosettembre]

114th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Buon Natal. Nu indovin l'elo epic"

[@reachingmydream8756]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@XDTrokts]

6:14 Black plays a Double Sicilian with c5 30 moves later resulting mate in 3, fascinating!

[@Loxu69]

10:15 the guy in the chat saying “the sus defense” almost killed me

[@lorikhamiti9165]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays, you are a grumpy, crappy person." Me a muslim: ....

[@aguy3953]

Muslims don't celebrate holidays? I mean , he did make a distinction between Christmas and just the holidays .

[@insanemafia7250]

People who still has to go to work : ......

[@lorikhamiti9165]

@@aguy3953 im pretty sure that he meant christmas and its just a joke

[@aguy3953]

@@lorikhamiti9165 ik it's a joke , and he meant the holidays that people get for Christmas, not Christmas itself. Also , the joke was about people so sad , they can't enjoy holidays

[@nasserghazi9832]

@@aguy3953 man lorik reply is a joke too. clam down

[@jesuisshiraz6685]

A perfect Christmas gift, keep it up levy!!!

[@reachingmydream8756]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@rickrolled3666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEl5mMiax2sMU

[@Habib_Xon]

15:05 THE CHAT IS CALLING TO ME, I MUST RISE!

[@neutral_clips]

1:16 is so epic it will never be ignored

[@alexc5229]

Gotham when his sub blunder : it's alright, you have potential in chess Gotham when the noob blunder : this man is so bad at chess

[@shadowof1155]

Levi said black is an unemployed janitor yet white cleaned up the board 😂

[@Danstry]

LMAO

[@zacharytang3840]

White was called cl34ner in that game.

[@NochNi]

“The janitor of their own room… so unemployed.” I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. Lol

[@feelshowdy]

I don't know why, but that "We got Magnus Carlsen here with the black pieces" followed with the quick "Never mind" always gets me.

[@reyhananiz5099]

You could feel him lose his sanity after each game that was analyzed

[@FirstNameLastName-lq1ou]

Merry Christmas Mr & Mrs Gotham! Thank you for an amazing year of content, we love you!

[@reachingmydream8756]

- - - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

-_- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@pokeinator7834]

I don’t think they’re married but I agree with you😊

[@insertstonkhere5082]

@@pokeinator7834 they are I’m pretty sure

[@pokeinator7834]

@@insertstonkhere5082 oh right they are

[@pokemoji4401]

That poor guy was just trying to play the Scandy Kane for Christmas... let him have his sugar lmao

[@melvado]

I love the interaction with the chat on Twitch with these... I watched one of the guess the elos with no interaction... I think it adds ao much more! Keep up the great work as always Levy, and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@teresfordsaunders4238]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays you are a grumpy,crappy person. " -Levy Rozman. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL GUESSS THE ELO LOVERS.

[@randomdude2981]

; ; ;; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@wamiqulislam]

When you don't have any holidays to celebrate in the first place....

[@teresfordsaunders4238]

@@wamiqulislam That's just sad

[@vincentparker3155]

Merry Christmas Levi. Also, congratulations on the wedding, I also got married on the 11th of this month!

[@Eddings06]

That last game was literally the most hilarious thing

[@ComposerMathieu]

Almost a year later, I think this was peak Gotham. Not so much click bait, not as loud and animated, education but still hella funny.

[@guywhoneversleeps]

this is a bonefied classic. this is one of the funniest things ive ever seen. you were vicious, yet still informative. and the humor by you, the games, and the ratings just make this a masterpiece.

[@skye2192]

Twitch chat has finally worked out a way to troll Levy back and I'm here for it

[@The6Foot4Asian]

This episode made me cry from laughing so hard. Thanks for this!

[@LightemupWMH]

Game 2 opening was like 2 medieval armies marching toward each other. Classy. Lol.

[@Nadzap]

Giving all of my family wrapped screenshots of a 36 minute guess the ELO

[@grantarmstrong2968]

8:20 to be fair, sometimes people just like to explore different ideas, even if in the moment they might seem like lunacy

[@inafridge8573]

0:11 uplifting the people who are going through hard times this holiday season

[@FreshtoMe]

The fact that any of these games had a brilliant move genuinely terrifies me

[@lokitac4748]

I thought it was overhyped until i watched the last game. Best shit ever! Still laughing 😁😁

[@whitecoffee1427]

Almost time for the next Christmas episode, can’t wait!

[@darkmind9244]

love how excited Levy gets in the last game lol

[@Anonymityfan]

For game 2 Be3 and Bd3 are probably done out of fear of the bishop pinning the knights to pressure or win a pawn.

[@itzfruitless5243]

Me, an Australian: Dude it's literally boxing day for me

[@godzilla__editz]

32:18 Levy's inner talent.

[@TheWaRnInG99]

There is a certain level of quality where you just don't guess the elo. Where you just close your eyes and picture the moves in your head and you let the warmth flood your soul. This final game is a great example of that. Thank you Levy! Merry Christmas!

[@GlorryGaming]

You knew exactly what I wanted for Christmas, thank you Levy!

[@pentachen]

our truly favorite series

[@montague7996]

I’m bad at chess but… when he said “no-one plays Nf2” it was actually the first move that I thought of. No doubt I would blunder the rest of the game.

[@kajxqeirscl]

actually same lol

[@shatranj]

5:44

[@ClassicMist360]

what levy means by “no-one plays Nf2” is actually "no human rated lower than 2000 plays Nf2 and understands its purpose"

[@yusouph2002]

@@ClassicMist360 it's very easy to understand... It's just winning on the spot. B:g6, Knight attacks a queen, just game over. Black must sack a queen or lose. No need to be 2000 to see that...

[@ClassicMist360]

@@yusouph2002 it's not winning because it attacks the queen, its winning because it opens up the bishop which is the important piece in the attack, attacking the queen is just a secondary benefit (winning a tempo). But even if it didn't win a tempo, it's still extremely winning. So yeah, thanks for proving my point.

[@bensontauro7706]

this probably goes down as the most entertaining GTE ep lol

[@maxdriever7668]

Shoutouts to the guy at 28:46 saying “end stream and raid amouranth”

[@jamesmarker3956]

“There’s no way you can screw this up…” Immediately proceeded to hand their queen 33:23

[@leonhardk5596]

Merry Christmas, Levy!🎄🍀 You're videos help me a lot and I think that you are very important for KZbin, Chess and Twitch. Keep up the content! From Germany

[@reachingmydream8756]

; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

hi - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@pdm_oblivion613]

Oh man, when you promised the laughs up front you were not kidding. This was probably the funniest episode ever! Love this

[@oom_boudewijns6920]

Time to watch 1 hour of guess the elo!! I ve been watching all of UR videos for the past year!

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

27:14 for a meltdown of all meltdowns 🤣😂🤣 🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑 And it’s not even the best part or the funniest game… this episode was gold.

[@shadowcreature9742]

33:27 These reactions are brilliant.

[@josephaviles2126]

my xmas present this year was my first wood chess (and it’s portable lol) thank you for helping fuel my chess enthusiasm since the big boom, and Merry Christmas!

[@alexkuron5069]

That last game was actually my best Christmas present today

[@hannbebeeb]

35:14 "Chess played perfectly is a draw"

[@vatsalraval]

11:42 i thought someone from my basement said that

[@Aneurysm55]

Merry Christmas Levy! It was great to catch the double GTE on stream

[@michaelharder3055]

I'm so happy that I can read chat. It is really valuable in a you tube video. Not distracting at all and really really useful.

[@SazDev]

Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎄

[@randomdude2981]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@956913]

4:06 somebody found the right hole

[@chessandmusicwithoskiez6241]

I almost died laughing. 😂Thank you so much for these guess the elo, really the best series on this channel.

[@BYCGangsters]

this deserves a million likes appreciating these players for such good content

[@jasontong217]

Merry Christmas! Love Gotham

[@randomdude2981]

; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@Luxxxxss]

Levy I'm not going to lie to you... lately I've been feeling extremely shit to the point I started hating my life again, but this video... this video gives me hope that I'm not a total fuck up after all. Thank you.

[@8thS1nn]

Happy holidays levy✌🏽 thanks for the amazing content this year and all the laughs, well wishes for the future man