Sultan Khan: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived

[@matiasgarciacasas558]

*beats world champion* "Man, this game sucks" *goes back home never to be heard of again*

[@AliRaza-su7ti]

He was a servant and it was his master who got him into chess, and I think it was his master who stopped him from playing chess... but idk why

[@robingurung7714]

Can u play better than him ? I guess not, so don't think too much, respect him as a good player.

[@AliRaza-su7ti]

@@robingurung7714 Wut, what disrespectful thing did i say about him.

[@SilentMath161]

@@AliRaza-su7ti this robin gurung is stupid dont worry he doesnt know how to read

[@liviu445]

He was most likely disappointed, since he crushed the world champion.

[@diiselix]

Sultan Khan: likes to play the Caro-Kann Levy: ”He’s the greatest chess player ever”

[@luker.6967]

@@drjoyrajghosh2271 It's a joke about Levy's love of the Caro, they're not seriously disputing Sultan Khan's skill.

[@amanhasnoname1052]

@@luker.6967 He has a thing for Caro Kann, London system & Stonewall system!!

[@carlneoh5843]

@@amanhasnoname1052 and the Vienna

[@hanuna]

@@drjoyrajghosh2271 r/woosh

[@crazycrazy5111]

@@drjoyrajghosh2271 r/whoosh

[@UmbrellaSound]

Even Capablanca called him genius. Just give the man posthumous GM title he deserved it. He was absolute beast of midgame.

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

From now on we'll just call him *GM Khan*

[@hugo57k91]

@@GNU_Linux_for_good His name is already king king, doesn't get better then that

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

@@hugo57k91 I didn't know that - so then: *king king* ;-)

[@vogel2499]

@@hugo57k91 King of kings sounds more badass.

[@johnballard6725]

He was definitely a strong GM.

[@piculra7441]

His name basically means "King King". He wasn't the kind of king who likes hiding behind his castles, though.

[@hynori1819]

King king kings gambit

[@loganjackson7746]

Oh you mean the KKK gambit! I love playing that one...but only when I’m white

[@jeremythomas4744]

@@loganjackson7746 so stockfish says, if you play it as black, the analysed position is [phone]

[@ecclesiasticman4417]

@@loganjackson7746 Andres Bonifacio would be proud.

[@VeggiePatch]

Strawberry king king

[@Eftkud]

-comes out of India -trains with his opponents -beats the crap out of the best GMs of the time -takes chess not professionally but as hobby -refuses to elaborate further -leaves

[@langletprolet8378]

India? I thought Pakistan

[@abhishek3735]

@@langletprolet8378 It was the same back then. India got partitioned in 1947 and Pakistan was born out of it.

[@lxstyexr349]

Sigme male grindset

[@keithgravamen1107]

Giga Chad energy

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@langletprolet8378 Pakistan was a part of india until 1947

[@asmrbrim9818]

Levy's title: The Best Unknown Chess Player Who Ever Lived Me, rated 900: this must be about me

[@nicholaslafond7749]

nah m8 the vid is about me

[@katarinaenright5404]

Dude you’re miles ahead of me then

[@MarioLuigi007]

Me, rated 200: Amateurs

[@katarinaenright5404]

@@MarioLuigi007 I se no other god up here THAN ME

[@aabishegaabi6047]

Rating level : Cagnus Marlsen Self confidence level : Magnus Carlsen 😎

[@saldan3985]

Sultan Khan was so OP the world needled to nerf him by making him unable to read.

[@unknownface2463]

man that is the reason . now i know

[@abhinavsrivastava9909]

He did read and write, he just didn't read and write English

[@australium7374]

@@abhinavsrivastava9909 so unfortunate since most of chess is played (by the best however) English speaking players. wish he made it up there

[@the_phen0m639]

As a Pakistani i am very proud

[@itismethatguy]

Yeah cuz taxes were high and British didn’t allow Muslim Madrassas which were like schools except Islam was also taught. So there was not much education in modern day Pak India and Bangladesh. Ramanujan was also self taught

[@abtaha]

Old fashioned indian style chess players aren’t fan of castling because it puts the king out of the game. My grandfather never castles

[@reelgesh51]

@Frank Lincoln also to my knowledge in actual Indian chess I believe certain prices move differently and casting might be different to as I've been told Khan struggled at first with these rules

[@moffatcam]

@Sushi Sandwiches No? It also isolates the rooks from the A/H files, really makes a lot of sense tactically, especially in an endgame position

[@beholdandfearme]

@Sushi Sandwiches Only noobs castle idiot

[@prajwalbharambe343]

@Sushi Sandwiches castling did not exist in indian chess.

[@FrancisLallawmkima]

@Sushi Sandwiches depends on the game though, a couple of games dictate this, for eg. you don't need to castle in a London opening game unless you are forced to 😄,

[@ender-gaming]

That attack by Frank Marshall was amazing, so many traps, the defense was brilliant but I'm still in awe of how every piece that went to attack simply could never be taken. For several turns any greed from the defensive player to exchange pieces would be punished with mate. It was simply beautiful.

[@BREAKocean]

And he was drunk while playing making it even crazier

[@YtXY1]

Sultan's Brilliance

[@sideways5153]

Sultan Khan only played for 4 years and he was this good?? That’s amazing. Pushes the limits of what’s possible

[@patrickimperial579]

You know you're a badass when your name starts with Sultan and ends with Khan.

[@Doge-xt2fx]

Heheyyy

[@masterjax2449]

Sultan levy rozman khan

[@jeremythomas4744]

I actually thought he was a sultan, which means "king" in malay (and probably persian)

[@alicodm5120]

Sultan deez nuts khan

[@johnny5731]

@@jeremythomas4744 Khan meaning ruler as well.

[@zeeshanchristy]

i share the same village from back home with him. he is our pride.

[@architranka]

Are you from Pakistan, Bro? Has anyone traced his family?

[@KeyurMahadik]

@Archit Ranka His grand daughter is on chess.com. Google mir sultan Khan's grand daughter. She lives in the US

[@bryn_04]

Pog

[@architranka]

@@Muhammad_Harris Thank you So much Brother. It was a great read. May Pakistan get their First GM soon.

[@weeddagr8988]

Im from pakistan yay go Sultan Khan!

[@pangrey8931]

Makes me think about how many geniuses and talented people live in poverty or other unfortunate circumstances where they will never have the opportunity to use their talent to do much

[@hindra1996]

obviously not dewa_kipas

[@namaloompakistani1768]

He was the son of a landlord.

[@pangrey8931]

@@namaloompakistani1768 my point still stands. Imagine if the chess man never came and never taught him. Literally wouldn't have had a chance to prove himself in chess

[@namaloompakistani1768]

@@pangrey8931 It recently came to my attention that He was pushed back by the british empire at that time. Same type of video was uploaded 3 years ago. Check the comments section of that video.

[@BruteZ7957]

Talent isn't inherent it's developed. Not to say some are better at some things, but that's only initially, after a certain point expertise comes by work, not talent. So you can't exactly say how much talent is wasted because because of someone's circumstances, because the same circumstances wouldve also helped create the said talent.

[@Crazeyfor67]

I've seen many of Capablanca's games, but I've never seen him totally dominated as in this game. He rarely ever lost.

[@williamrobert9898]

I did Alekhine mopped the floor with him worse than sultan khan did multiple times

[@mazymetric8267]

@@williamrobert9898 Alekhine did beat Capablanca 6 to 3 with 25 draws in their world championship match but I wouldn't call it mopping the floor. Their lifetime score is 9-7 in Capablanca's favor. The only players Capablanca has a negative score against are Paul Keres and Sultan Khan.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@mazymetric8267 Actually you're wrong Capablanca has a negative score against Botvinnik as well Well opinions vary so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree since in my opinion Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were giving the time they played in

[@mazymetric8267]

​@@williamrobert9898 Botvinnik and Capa's score is tied 1 to 1 with 5 draws. It doesn't seem that convincing when you compare them to other dominating world championships like Short vs Kasparov where Kasparov beat Short 6-1 or Fischer vs Spassky where Fischer beat Spassky 7-1. Alekihne won 6 games with 3 losses and 25 draws.

[@mazymetric8267]

@@williamrobert9898 "Alekhine won the match in convincing fashion not just in terms of scoring but in terms of how great his wins were" Some of those wins literally fell into Alekhine's lap like in game 11, Capa blundered away a completely drawn game by playing 60. a5?? or in game 12 where by playing 34... Qc7, he gave away huge advantage to white. I'm not saying that Alekhine was not a skilled player. Not at all but reason for Capa's loss in 1927 has less to do with how good Alekhine was and more to do with how under prepared Capablanca was. Alekhine himself said that reason for Capablanca's defeat was his underestimation of my talent. That's why Alekhine never gave Capablanca a rematch. He instead played World Championships against players like Bogoljubov and Euwe and gave them rematches knowing they cannot beat him.

[@kevinmalone3210]

Sultan Khan was one of those naturally gifted chess players, a rarity, who didn't study chess, but just had a gift for it, in the same league as Paul Morphy, and Jose Capablanca. .

[@arcjones1991]

Is Gotham finally going to talk about these two drunk guys in a pub who keep getting into positions that have never been seen in chess before?

[@kevinarmes9804]

Hahahaha that's funny

[@julianschondorf304]

Hahaha underrated comment

[@stevegeorge6880]

When you phrase it that way, it allows for the possibility that the players themselves get into positions never seen before in chess regardless of how the pieces are set up. Given the physical creativity of drunk guys at bars, anything's possible.

[@natasdabsi1138]

Lmao

[@rewind3334]

What? Why would 2 drunk guys be shown? And the positions are probably bad.

[@captainsnake8515]

In math, there’s the iconic story of ramanujan, the Indian genius who can out of nowhere with entirely unique ideas. Sultan Khan seems the chess version of ramanujan.

[@ħardcore]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL Snake

[@VeggiePatch]

Ramanujan is my favorite mathematician!

[@lagiacrusritter8216]

1729

[@ashutoshsharma9532]

Yeah. Ramanujan is an angel to the best world mathematicians of the day.

[@CuttleFishThatLoveDiving]

@@ashutoshsharma9532 id say Euler is one of the best too

[@nicolo7789]

GothamChess: He did not have a good result, he finished second Me: Hey thats not bad GothamChess: -to last place Me: Oh

[@RingsLoreMaster]

The way I understood that was Khan finished third out of four players. Because "the only two players who finished ahead of him"

[@kytownsend8295]

His name is literally king king in two languages. Chad.

[@korkunctheterrible4302]

No. kagans/khans/hans/kaans were not kings. rulers, yes but not kings. Because khaganates weren't monarchies. They were confederations made up of tribes, with a level of democracy in them, where there was this voting system in "Kurultais" ( a parliament: oldest chosen person has more weight, khagan and khatun are equals and the rich and the poor are equals in voting) When you have that system (that signifies the later stages of barbarian era, native americans had a similar structure too) that early monarchies and sultanates shit on you really good, because, "in praise of idleness".

[@arewenot1]

@@korkunctheterrible4302 ok

[@azertyazerty9549]

@@theunreadyone bro fr said 🤓

[@almogxchq5282]

@@azertyazerty9549 Spreading knowledge is not nerdy, not accepting knowledge though is idiocy.

[@fiery_gamerz]

​@@korkunctheterrible4302 Thanks for the info

[@michaeljarmola9003]

After watching this, I played a game where castling just didn’t seem right, so I moved my king up behind my center. I would not have thought to do that had I not seen this video! Ended up winning the game. Awesome content!

[@kvltizt]

A king with 3 pawns is a super weapon.

[@etoileaugereau9074]

This man could have been one of the greatest players of his generation, even a world champion, cause he was gifted, but he said "nah, just gonna go back to my sweet home, pet my dog and chill"

[@reelgesh51]

He was actually a servant and simply wanted to work under his master to my knowledge

[@NA-yq4pe]

@@reelgesh51 servant isn’t the right word, he had his own home and property, but as Levy said was taken under the wing of Sir Umar because he played chess so well, another woman was taken under Sir Umar’s wing for the same reason

[@arpanmukherjee961]

@@NA-yq4pe more like an employee

[@MrAnanthaP]

He was a serf who had to travel where his master told him. Sir Umar Hayat was equivalent to an Earl and had come to England with his retinue to wait on the king. 0nce the tour was over he had to go back. He was then freed by his lord and got a small area where he built a house.

[@carlosfcruz-rr9hp]

He was a slave ironially.

[@vidarrehnstrom5091]

levy is so mysterious with his uploading schedule

[@thebus3181]

He always uploads at 7:00am Eastern and 3 or 4pm eastern

[@leodecaprio2796]

This should get the pin of shame

[@thebus3181]

@@leodecaprio2796 why

[@kevinarmes9804]

Hahaha that's funny.

[@nicolasnavia8692]

Bror bete dig

[@euanmcdougall1917]

I'm pretty sure at 19:39 Khan didn't hesitate, he rather triangulated his king so that when he plays Rg1 his king is on b2 rather than b1, he was basically doing slow improving moves every piece in it's perfect place. Absolute class

[@fabiandaja6137]

Why didnt he took on f2

[@imyourrealsensei]

⁠@@fabiandaja6137prob cause of bishop g4

[@md.shaban639]

He didn't castle most of the time because there's no castling in Indian chess. 🙏

[@the7esla989]

This actually proves that castling is for peasants 😂😂

[@jessesmith6824]

Castling is for pussies do bongcloud

[@jacknack6819]

@@the7esla989 or proves that not castling is for peasants

[@TheLondonSystem]

@@jacknack6819 how would it prove that I'm 99% sure sultan Khan plays better than you

[@jacknack6819]

@@TheLondonSystem indians = peasants

[@NightDweller]

Sultan khan 🤝 Morphy The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life

[@junaidhasan9723]

I heard that from Tate

[@arknamal]

kia kehnay!

[@starmorpheus]

@@junaidhasan9723Well Tate took it from Morphy

[@darheamrlol]

So basically, a chess prodigy has a wasted life.

[@kennethkilian1971]

​@@starmorpheusas usual

[@malachibrown2921]

Levy "Content Machine" Rozman

[@thebus3181]

I’ve seen too many of these :(

[@franciscolobato3806]

* GM Levy "Content Machine" Rozman

[@danny208YT]

He's pulling 2.4 million a year from this grind

[@DrPavel-gh4sj]

It's not hard to rip off Agadmator's old videos.

[@sarathvarma2909]

CM Levy Rozman

[@romainnasr7042]

"Text messages to the afterlife are expensive" -Levy Rozman 2021

[@zebinap9441]

Of course it's costs 1 life......it's pretty expensive🤣🤣

[@kennynguyen6246]

@@zebinap9441 Also the fact Khan wouldn’t be able to read it

[@zebinap9441]

@@kennynguyen6246 lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wepe92]

whatsapp calls are cheap

[@mba4677]

Levy Rosen

[@hasanrampurawala6393]

Thanks for telling us about this legendary player and not letting his contribution to chess go unheard

[@denniswilkins8103]

I'm REALLY glad that I watched this video. You have done justice to Sultan Khan and his career, IMHO.

[@christopher19894]

Chess is so cool because of how perfectly a full game can be transcribed. Unlike notes in an old music score, moves in a chess game are rarely tabbed wrong, forgotten, or misinterpreted.

[@sisyphus349]

Kind of interesting how many chess geniuses ended up hating chess. Morphy, Fischer, Khan...

[@jandroid33]

To get extremely good at something you need to do so much work on it, so no surprise that many get tired of it after a while.

[@teriwilliams5981]

Every road ends

[@smaragdchaos]

I don't really blame Morphy or Fischer for hating chess. Morphy hated it because he couldn't get the job he wanted to work, due to people always associating him with being great at chess and not taking him seriously otherwise, and Fischer hated it because of engines and theory killing all creativity in the game, plus the US gave him a lot of shit during cold war. It's a shame, really

[@cutebhargavi8043]

I think chess players didn't get recognition in the society. This might be a factor.

[@thefunny6703]

@@teriwilliams5981 circle road

[@ryansalmon6507]

Can you start a history of chess series? It would be so cool!

[@stormixgaming8389]

nice idea

[@rishabhtiwari8744]

Yeah

[@ThePapaja1996]

go to agadmators chanel if you want that

[@donkbonktj5773]

@@ThePapaja1996 Some people like Levy's style of analysing and explaining more than agadmators, not trying to be rude to agadmator.

[@ThePapaja1996]

@@donkbonktj5773 yeah but if he want more of that agadmator is a great place to start.

[@vasilisbouzas7722]

@GothamChess, the story of Sultan Khan really reminds me that of Ramanujan. A brilliant Indian mathematician, he was discovered by accident, brought to England and produced within a short period of time some of the most fascinating work in 20th century math. Finally, he returned back to India and died of illness.

[@realeyesrealisereallies97]

A lot of his work is still being used today in relation with black holes. Truly fascinating individual, reminds me of Nikola Tesla too. Absolute visionaries and geniuses

[@Will_tell_you_later]

Ramanujan wasn't discovered by mistake.

[@vetiarvind]

He wasn't discovered by accident. Ramanujan wrote to Hardy first.

[@malikabd2902]

Except sultan Khan was not indian or hindu

[@ishaananant0808]

​@@malikabd2902bro is obsessed with religion

[@TalhaEjaz]

King to e2 feels like a stockfish move. Khan was way ahead of his time.

[@revenevan11]

Man these are some super entertaining games! Lol at Frank James Marshall, on the Khan's turn 🤣

[@likemostthings]

you've taken chess videos to a whole new level... not only educational but inspiring, entertaining and funny all at the same time

[@7PaulAnderson]

Levy, this is my first comment on KZbin. You sparked a love for chess in me through these fascinating videos and I just want to say thank you. You're truly passionate about your craft and it shows. I really have a great respect for the grind that you put into what you love. Wishing much luck to you from the NYC neighbor to the north, Westchester.

[@anone-mouse1672]

Levy you should also check out the petition that asks FIDE to offer him the Grandmaster title posthumously. Link it if you feel like.

[@sergethegrim]

BRUH he is like approximately 150 FIDE points apart from being a gm theoretically, why even bother sending a petition at this point?

[@DankestLLama]

@@sergethegrim rating doesn't make you a gm, you need to get multiple gm norms which requires a certain performance in a tournament.

[@nickname2446]

I immediately subscribed. Your commentary is precise and entertaining. Thank you for posting videos. You have great charisma and covered this unknown player with passion in a way that enables his legacy although short, to live on in the minds of all of us viewing these games. Capablanca was without doubt one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Had Sultan Khan been able to read and write, study, plan and so on, then his mind may have expanded allowing him to be the most dominating force in the world. Thanks again for this video.

[@HelloIamClay]

Man oh man, I enjoyed this video SO much! I enjoy all of your videos. You help me understand chess in a new way, and I generally enjoy your commentary even when it's simply entertaining rather than educational. But holy hell, I enjoyed this video on a different level. Thank you, thank you, and thank you!

[@BeatPoet67]

I had heard about him but it's good to see his games being resurrected. It's a fantastic story. A bit like the great self taught Indian mathematician Ramanujan who G.H. Hardy recognised as a genius. How he could compete with world class players after only a handful of years experience is almost beyond belief. Surely a candidate for the next Netflix chess series!

[@Jossandoval]

03:31 will be forever for me "Delayed bongcloud, Sultan Khan variation".

[@shivgautam487]

Sultan Khan be like- Call the ambulance but not for me.

[@unknownface2463]

yeah

[@samdingi]

Levy, thank you so much for this video. Your contributions to world chess are immensely appreciated.

[@stanlee3662]

After a break from chess for over 22 years im finaly back, much thanks to your content my dude. Quality content with a sence of humor. Thanks for that :)

[@architranka]

Thank you Levy , Chessbase India is trying to persuade FIDE to award him GM title since long time but to no avail. Thank you for shedding some light on this legend. Also Daniel King has written a book on him. Worth reading.

[@Doge-xt2fx]

Hmm

[@johnballard6725]

Khan was clearly a very strong GM.

[@unknownface2463]

thanks

[@vogel2499]

Sultan Khan was a muslim Pakistani. I know that Pakistan hasn't existed yet, but he born and lived around that area.

[@fayanstakileke7935]

@@vogel2499 so what bro ? .d

[@sumit.bhowmik.]

A movie regarding his life would be a treat to watch 👌

[@dakshmavi3428]

Kings gambit maybe

[@muhammadhaider7687]

There's a book coming out. There's one out already but a better one is coming out by his granddaughter who is a historian from Cambridge.

[@soban8629]

@@dakshmavi3428 Poetic cuz sultan literally means king.

[@dakshmavi3428]

@@soban8629 yeah ik dude I am an Indian 😂

[@shivgautam487]

@@dakshmavi3428 and if I am not wrong Daksh means adroit in hindi.

[@TheStrongestBaka]

Good thing that you didn't text Mir Sultan Khan in the afterlife as he wouldn't be able to read it anyway.

[@seanspawn7805]

brilliant, l never thought of that.

[@mragemcreator]

Best comment here

[@joydas-je5cr]

Visible frustration

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Omg

[@sfygaming4367]

What? i don't get it

[@nishonthebeat]

What an amazing story. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this Levy. What a channel, what an amazing video, and what a man both you and Sultan Khan are. Thank you so much and I hope that you have an amazing rest of your day. Truly, thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@metalbugyeah]

"The pineapple juice was simply too potent" "So we get h4 , SULTAN KHAN BABY"

[@PrepareWithShiv]

15:18 😅

[@randomguy0113]

Sultan loved his bishops and didnt like to trade them,he was a master in using them to their fullest capacity. He also didn't know castling and played without castling.

[@kenzo2909]

💀

[@thirteen26]

I just learned that FIDE posthumously awarded Sultan Khan with the Grandmaster title on February 2024. What a guy. I hope they give Nezhmetdinov the GM title too someday

[@burrri]

I already knew it was gonna be Sultan Khan when i saw the title. Man was amazing. What a legend

[@TheKopaczJoe]

You would do well to put out more of this story telling content. It was entertaining enough to hear you recap the history, but your audience also received the technical chess content! This was a great video. Thank you for the content.

[@Meeruez]

FIDE just gave him the honorary GM title. He is the first ever Pakistani Grand Master ever!!!!

[@abdullahalikayani7285]

Today I was just discussing this with a friend

[@sanjaiyadav2080]

.

[@sanjaiyadav2080]

SULTAN KHAN Born: March 13, 1903, Khushab, Punjab, INDIA. So he would be called Indian GM.

[@zain4019]

0:18-0:22 The way you pronounced his name and his birth country was absolutely perfect! I appreciate you taking the time to figure out how to do that, with this and many other pronunciations.

[@MajuhsAlt]

truly, small details like these make me love him ever more!!

[@multipurpose63]

he has my respect for the correct Prounounciation

[@alirakka5469]

I think you should do more videos on notable people and stories in chess. I really enjoyed this, thanks Levy

[@MrHkhanirl]

Thanks for doing this video! Appreciate it Levy. Impressive to know what talent this man could have been if given proper training and had the ability to make full use of his potential.

[@lukelemke2783]

This was really cool. I would love to see more videos on chess history, and how different players in the past had played. This was an incredibly interesting video, and I'd love to learn more about chess players of our past.

[@andrewcasey8580]

That was absolutely brilliant. He was such a beast! Thank you for sharing that story with us.

[@santiagofabregat4472]

Hey, Levy! I’m a huge fan. I just recently started playing chess in November and with your help I’ve reached 1200 already. I love your content! I was wondering if you could do a video on KZbin where you talk about your favorite chess books that talk about the openings, middlegames and endgames (I’m reading your suggestion: 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesús de la Villa). And if you could talk about how to study chess, that would be amazing! Greetings from Mexico City!

[@cielararagi3195]

Yes, the great successor of Genghis Khan, Sultan Khan

[@ladyoftheratking7801]

Most people are successors of Genghis Khan

[@saltytea7367]

@@ladyoftheratking7801 true

[@vintagefootage8897]

Genghis khan religion is tengris... Sultan religion is Muslim.... They are not related.... Genghis is from central Asia, mongol community... Sultan khan was from India

[@citooi]

@@vintagefootage8897 I think it was a joke

[@voidzminer1017]

Sunlesskhan

[@123amsterdan456]

He couldn't read or write IN ENGLISH. He could read and write in his own language...

[@NA-yq4pe]

That’s actually an important distinction to make!

[@khalidrashid2092]

Not true. He certainly could read and write in his own language. He was not an englishman

[@luckylaniang5574]

@@khalidrashid2092 that's literally what the guy said

[@serenity_peace76]

@@luckylaniang5574 yeah lol

[@iamray112]

Might be in Urdu and Hindi

[@hero227]

what an asset you are to the game of chess, reviewing all these classic games and players. Appreciate the historical aspect, and look forward to seeing games like this in the future. Keep up the great work Levy!

[@TheInwardGaze]

I'm a beginnner in chess and that game where Sultan "unintentionally" played the Stonewall, along with your clear explanation and analysis of the game, made me even more obsessed with this game. That whole game was beautiful.

[@mrregularword4329]

I always like how levy keeps you guessing on what video he is going to put out and still guarentee it’s worth your time

[@tikeplayz4480]

15:35 the ducks in the park when I give them bred

[@rysi0k110]

Lmao i read that as "The best unknown chess player who fired liver."

[@PitcanaryRamFan]

I love how much fun you seem to have bringing this stuff to us.

[@wtfgoogle3884]

8:45 - This is a whole other level, very well explained. I could NEVER.

[@SamSam-jl7rt]

As a Pakistani it makes me happy to see some light shed on him as well as the work Chessbase India is doing to get him his well deserved GM title! Thank you for this video Levy🙂! Edit: Hoped to see some love from both sides after posting this comment considering it has been 70 years, but some people still haven’t changed😕.

[@MayankSharma-cn2nc]

He was an Indian at that time, there was no pakistan

[@sgtrur2297]

@@MayankSharma-cn2nc bacot

[@ZENO_J]

@@MayankSharma-cn2nc it was not even india it was British India . India was established in 1947 .

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@MayankSharma-cn2nc However, he was living in Pakistan after the partition and died there hence why he probably doesn't get talked about much over here. I didn't even know we had a well known chess player before Vishy until a few months ago.

[@Doge-xt2fx]

@@riddhimanbarma 😁 same

[@ArgentAlapin]

That Khan vs Marshall game is one of the greatest I have ever seen.

[@avijit3001]

True. What deep thinking defense!

[@thegorn]

He didn't really mind if he didn't make the scene. He was the Sultan of pins

[@zaphdev]

he has a full time job, he is doing alright

[@marcelloditta7957]

and we have a winner

[@johncarlisle621]

great presentation, I had played through the Capablanca game a couple of years back, but you explained a lot of things that I didn't understand. thank you, love your videos

[@blijebij]

What an interesting gameplay vs Capablanca, Mir Sulta Khan seems mostly an autodidact authentic chess player. Love his style!

[@TKNinja37]

7:29 -- Being blasted at an elite chess tournament and hurling insults and pieces in equal measure sounds like THE most American way to play chess.

[@dannygjk]

ikr.

[@SoberingMirror]

Levy, you inspired me to make videos. Not directly, you just made me realize that I'm bad at chess and desperately need a new hobby.

[@charbelabidaher4443]

So you say he was like a sobering mirror to you?

[@SoberingMirror]

@@charbelabidaher4443 pretty clever. You must be a GM

[@charbelabidaher4443]

@@SoberingMirror oh yeah I... I totally am...

[@TheBopPops]

As a Pakistani, this is incredible and so inspiring to hear to about. Thank you for teaching us about this man :)

[@waqarahmadkhan6790]

Hey !

[@yawr3593]

Whats your rating I am from RWp

[@TheBopPops]

@@yawr3593 only like 900 lol, my family is from Multan but we don’t live in Pakistan anymore

[@yawr3593]

@@TheBopPops Which country then?

[@TheBopPops]

@@yawr3593 united states

[@jabrane1564]

This guy can name any name in any language. What a beast.

[@crypsilonmusic2822]

This video inspires me so much. Like how he plays so off the grid. Came back to this one the third time now

[@QuokkaWaka]

Guy fr beat the world champ then said "Get a life" 😂

[@edsanjenis9416]

I would like to see more of his games, his style is unorthodox and unique.

[@comment420]

SULTAN KHAN Born: March 13, 1903, Khushab , punjab , Pakistan (British India) Died: April 25, 1966, Punjab , Pakistan

[@sanjaiyadav2080]

SULTAN KHAN Born: March 13, 1903, Khushab, Punjab, INDIA.

[@comment420]

@sanjaiyadav2080 😄 Correct

[@Ant-yq5ze]

Hey Levy! I want to point something out, I really appreciate the care you take while pronouncing foreign names, like Indian or Arabic or Russian names, it's really good to see man. BTW, I don't fault anyone who choose to not put in that effort but when you do, it's massively appreciated.

[@MadZilla33]

The narration is great man had me dialed the whole video

[@sunerose1311]

I find it important to add that the best chess player in human history most likely never became known. Such a pity how differences in the world have an effect on literally everything, even chess.

[@dago6410]

depends on your definition of 'the best'. Like, if you just think about potential, you are just by default right, statistically speaking, but if you talk about actual chess strength, you just can't forget about how much theory a person had at their disposal, so that just HAS TO be Carlsen, even tho I really am not happy with that ;

[@rishi91]

@@dago6410well said but what did Bobby fischer do?🤔

[@basesixty6739]

@@rishi91 I think he called women stupid

[@sunerose1311]

@@dago6410 Good point. Of course, chess is a lot more than just being talented. My point is that the way the world is today, its simply a waste of potential.

[@asharullah353]

It isn't possible. The best chess player would have had to spend his childhood playing tournaments and with that collective experience defeat the other contenders for the champion throne. Although your point is true for a chess player who had world class potential but could not get into chess for different reasons

[@jtplays193]

'capablanca knew how to put pieces on squares' I think we all do, Levy.

[@Matt-nt5lm]

That final game against Capablanca was incredible

[@nicklewis2826]

This guys games are S-tier. I love Khan and Nezhmetdinov. Two of the guys who could hang with GMs and had great style in their games.

[@johnclaudhilario667]

I really love watching your video analysis and sometimes can't hold from really asking my observation analysis too. :)

[@jojose5129]

Levy , it's high time you get your own batman suit to serve justice to the title of "Gotham chess".

[@stevegeorge6880]

What would a chessboard or chess piece design crossed with the bat Insignia look like? Whether awesome or crazy, it would definitely suit Levy, apologies for the pun.

[@RusselKabirTR]

This year Sultan Khan was given the title of Grandmaster (posthumously).

[@ensocreators767]

1:01 let’s take a moment to appreciate Levy’s elite level pronunciation

[@lamarlhu11]

This was really dope…. Thank you for what you do for the chess community!

[@Earthian765]

15:30 he wasn't a big fan of castle cause he used to play indian chess where king is opposite to queen for both sides

[@kpNov23]

Sultan Khan: it is like having the name Emperor Lord

[@daniele_petrini]

Levy: tells me "you're amazing" Me: 🥺🥰🥺🥰🥺🥰

[@mathfromscratchtohatch1456]

There is a story sultan khan's master invited American chess team to his place in London the team thought they can play some games and hangout with sultan but the master talked about himself and. The only time the team interacted with sultan was when he was serving them drinks it was awkward for the team we lost a gem. Probably the greatest chess player in the history

[@albertthin3501]

Very nice. Absolutely nice video. Appreciate..