UNBELIEVABLE 700 Rated Chess Match

[@marouaneh175]

In low elo if you one move hang a piece, and the opponent doesn't immediately take it, you don't rectify your error because that would be admitting that you've made an error, and your opponent doesn't take it because then he'd admit that he missed taking a piece. What follows is a gentlemen agreement to proceed as if the piece is defended.

[@VanquishR]

Alternatively, neither of them even notice that they hung a piece and keep playing the game completely oblivious to that fact. But yes, low elo players are indeed chivalrous gentlemen. It describes us low elo players to a tee

[@ninjii1236]

And, if that gentleman agreement is violated, it is because one of the players just realized that a piece was hanging

[@D0er0fthings]

@@VanquishR indeed

[@educat1on166]

xd

[@MacMashPotato]

Hmmmmmmm ..... naw

[@aminemh33]

" To confuse your enemy, you must confuse yourself first " -Sun Tzu

[@kang018]

unless youre bad

[@raytan956]

"you're not doing it wrong if no one knows what you're doing"

[@tracksremastered7796]

🤣

[@HadiAnimations]

@@raytan956 lol

[@misalignedmisanthropist]

Isn't this just Nakamura-Caruana a few days back in the candidates

[@anonymouscritic1160]

"How does a French person not play en passant" That one had me in stitches more than the two rooks in the corner.

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

18:59 Holy Hell

[@Hassy171717]

"It's LITERALLY FRENCH!!!" lol

[@DevourerOfEggs]

🤣

[@darrellwillis4871]

En Croissant 🥐🥐

[@christianodaley4813]

Cap 10:39 is the funniest watch from 10:30-10:38 to get it

[@HypedRogue]

I love the eval bar in low elo games, they swing back and forth every move as the computer continues to be baffled at the players' inability to see obvious moves (my own games included)

[@TheOne_6]

Yeah, I had a game where my accuracy was 31 and the eval bar proceeded to have a seizure after move 7

[@Some-q1]

the engine telling me that moving my king out of check was a blunder because I could have sacrificed 4 pawns, 2 rooks, 1 knight, and a queen for a forced checkmate in 69420

[@Kingofnothing-n3b]

😂​@@TheOne_6 I thought I was one of the the worst player in the world,but now my accuracy average is not less than 55 my best accuracy is around 83

[@unHolyEvelyn]

"OH MY GOD HE HAS MATE IN ONE HE'S GONNA WIN HE just played his pawn to a5. Well then."

[@nin10doadict]

16:38 If you've had one rook locked in GBJ the whole game naturally you have to put your other rook in there with him so he doesn't get lonely

[@murakii]

GBJ the Classic

[@JohnP55]

I was not expecting a simpleflips reference

[@bumbomumboni4735]

​@@murakiiwhat does gbj mean?

[@sawyermerkle8835]

@@bumbomumboni4735gay baby jail

[@Cheesy_33]

shoutouts to simpleflips

[@claudiu4500]

1:17 Levy: "Germany versus France, looking like a World... Me: What a classic Levy: Cup match-up" Me: Ah yes, football, that's what I thought

[@gaopinghu7332]

Lol

[@manvelmsurian9712]

WW1 or WW2?

[@fc3x336]

'Levi'?!?!?!?!? Levy pls

[@okieness9849]

@@fc3x336 levon

[@ghostbaconhair]

levon, not levi‼‼‼

[@skycaptain95]

16:49 I lost it when he paralyzed both rooks for no reason hahaha

[@haqqu47]

The last black move is queen attack the rook so he defend it. Now I realize most of white movements is to protect piece that attacked by black last move regardless its situation

[@tejasvaidya2627]

i just died laughing lol

[@zairaner1489]

That was the stupidest move ever, but I do want to defend the queen trade that he offers imemdiately after since it would have freed the rooks lol.

[@shatranj]

@@haqqu47 nice analysis

[@skycaptain95]

@@haqqu47 it's classic one-move-itis. Me get attacked, me defend. Doesn't make it less funny though.

[@cheezemuffin5816]

Anytime Gotham in the future tells us, “You will not believe the next move white/black played” or “You couldn’t pay me to tell you why they played this move” I’m just immediately assuming they played a3, h3, h7, a7.

[@pleaseenteraname9414]

I’d be impressed if a pawn managed to move to h7/a7 seeing as that’s where they start

[@lokitac4748]

@@pleaseenteraname9414 Well technically it could be a white pawn

[@JoeARedHawk275]

@@lokitac4748 Technically it could be any piece except the opposite colored bishop.

[@lokitac4748]

@@JoeARedHawk275 how? when there's no letter before the square name, its a pawn.

[@elliotbaker5416]

Either that or some random king move

[@avivastudios2311]

6:49 I laughed so hard when the eval bar started flying. 😂🤣

[@taylorowen9833]

As a matter of fact, it IS 6 months in the future and this was recommended

[@nikolamanojlovicci]

The A1 rook move had me in tears. Levy's got a special talent for commentating these games

[@jonathanwalther]

The build-ups he makes are hilariously funny.

[@MythicalSkull13]

Honestly too funny

[@rajbirgill7671]

Totally agree, no one can commentate better than levy 😅😅

[@carolagerhardt889]

Absolutely!

[@annamikestikova2219]

I think he misclicked 😭 happened to me so many times...

[@samwright6853]

I'm like 910 and honestly totally relate to these guys. some games I'll feel like I'm playing amazingly, then the analysis afterward says I had 3% accuracy and blundered checkmate in 3 10 different times, then other games I'll feel like I played horribly and didn't do anything right and the analysis will say 90% accurate on both sides. chess is hard.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

The former happened to me so many times that now many times after I played what I think was a good game I expect the engine to laugh at me. It happened to me so many times in the last 3 years that even when I play a legit good game I don't believe it unless I see the engine say it. For instance, a week or two ago I played the kind of position where both players are usually laughed at by the engine, after finishing the game I was like OK let's see what the engine has to say about this game, let's see how it will laugh at me and the engine said that my average centipawn loss was 16 in that game. I often have no idea what the engine will say about my games. Although sometimes I don't care about what the engine has to say about my game because sometimes my blunders are only punishable by ridiculous lines that only a titled player would see.

[@gyrum310]

2 months gone you must have improved a lot

[@amoldivo]

Alright, I hope I can farm ELO from your guys one day 🤣

[@ganrimmonim]

Even if you're a 900 you'll be NOTHING like as bad as this.

[@fh2234]

If you won the analysis is worth zero, nada.

[@user-fb4du2yv8x]

18:14 Bro, I fucking died. Literal tears at that triple rook hang. And that random checkmate at the end LMAO. I think that might be the best game I've seen on this playlist.

[@kassios]

The struggle is real!

[@HadiAnimations]

XDD

[@jonathanwalther]

I died laughing as well. Geeeeez! Dat game!

[@demon2Laplace]

right. 69 likes

[@valinorean4816]

wait, but two of them are not hanging, because the queen is pinned?

[@Ak-sm2qu]

0:50 "if you're watching this 6 months later because of the KZbin recommended algorithm, welcome!" That's terrifying but thank you

[@LucasTiberius]

0:50 uploaded 6 months ago. Well, I guess this now confirms that life is indeed, a simulation.

[@puzzLEGO]

Tony would have won if he didn’t have that bishop in the first place

[@CoolDonToliver]

Why no reply?

[@tamir8501]

why reply?

[@CoolDonToliver]

@@tamir8501 should i delete?

[@tamir8501]

@@CoolDonToliver I'm jk ;)

[@KioDronee]

5th reply

[@kirsss612]

Watching this from (almost) 6 months you are correct mr gotham of chess

[@warrier705]

Same. Top of my recommended list today. Watch what Google knows you want to watch

[@rex-of8sj]

Same wtf

[@perrytheplatypus750]

Lol

[@Finn_the_Goldfish]

Accuracy is uncanny.

[@imalpha6026]

xD

[@yaro6963]

I almost choked on my croissant sandwich when Levy said "How does a french person not play en passant it is literally french "

[@arightscepter]

I was nice to see someone using the word literally a bit more correctly.

[@Hassy171717]

almost spit my beer onto my computer screen!

[@GolfClash2718]

_en croissant_

[@darrellwillis4871]

@@GolfClash2718 🥐

[@bored6901]

Man actually guessed that I’m watching this 6mo in the future

[@ReddFPSofficial]

Ain't no way he said "if you're being recommended this 6 months later because it's in the KZbin algorithm, HE just called me out." Bro it's 6 months later. Wild

[@fenderusa91]

This is roughly my ELO in blitz and watching this makes me say “how come I don’t get opponents this easy?!” In reality, I probably do but don’t have Gotham’s advice nearby. Great analysis.

[@ruthxk7844]

I think these people are 700 elo... in rapid.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

@@ruthxk7844 Yeah, 700 blitz is probably around 900 or 1000 rapid.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

But still, your opponents do make dumb mistakes, trust me, because I am 1800 and even my opponents do make dumb mistakes.

[@amoldivo]

I just hate when people play pepega pacman chompchomp everything in their sight openings... 😑 The thing is, sometimes I just don't know how to capitalize against their terrible plays because they just played so terrible that I don't understand and they somehow got lucky forks or pins, when both players develop their own pieces, it's the beginning of a great game lol there was once both of us didn't touch any of the other's pieces till move 15 or something, best game of my life lol

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

@@amoldivo What is the rating of your opponents? You need to see what is attacked and what is defended in the position. You also need to see checks both for yourself and for your opponent.

[@thelengend27]

The goal in chess is to make your opponent blunder their king.

[@0ٴٴٴ0]

69 likes

[@simeon1621]

96 likes

[@iamgt2392]

147 likes

[@justthememelordsnextdoor9120]

184 likes

[@Herzog_VonÄgypt]

202 likes

[@R4ckham]

Rda1 must be one the most amazing moves ever made. I had to get up because my laughter was too strong for a sitting person.

[@arightscepter]

Have to make your stand here?

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

0:50 hey that’s me!

[@the_ch3mist]

And i'm watching it 6 months in the future to the algorithms recommendation.

[@luizfelipemedeiros7506]

Plot twist: Levy actually makes up those games with fake accounts just to make jokes about them afterwards. It's a form of pure art like a painting.

[@drakeking9628]

Bro they coming after you man you know too much

[@the_bottomfragger]

I've seen every How to lose at Chess but 16:38 might actually be the dumbest move I've ever seen. Amazing game and commentary.

[@lazydk2654]

definitly an insanely bad move. someone should make a ranking list of the worst games / moves

[@zairaner1489]

I was so sure it was going to be pawn b3. I don't think that rook move was even inside my comprehension of things you could do

[@Pattonator14]

Truly insane move, the logic must have been that the rook was under attack and therefore must be defended, forgetting that you can just move the a2 rook out of danger. But it's so unbelievably ugly

[@GardenChess]

Worst move ever was the one that forced your opponent to play mate in one

[@the_bottomfragger]

@@Pattonator14 thinking back the only redeemable excuse would be that he selected the wrong rook and instead of dragging simply clicked the a1 square.. but seeing the rest of the game I'm really not sure

[@Sevenigma777]

I usually try not to laugh at novices playing chess as we all at one time or another played just as bad plus I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from playing but at 16:55 that rook move made me laugh my ass off out loud lol

[@MIDO44444]

People who submit their GTE and how to lose at chess games dont mind that lmao

[@youtubeshypocrisy]

Novice? These where two babies playing against each other

[@andromeda7763]

I actually started crying of laughter

[@colbei9260]

Was about to post the same thing lmao

[@johnsmith-gq5jw]

I'm imagining the older sibling walks by and yells "Rook A1!", but alas Tony chooses the wrong rook.

[@skrtile]

There is no fucking way he predicted I'd be watching this 6 months later from a recommendation what in the hell 💀

[@marchingpenguin6063]

Bro called out when I would watch the video 💀

[@frederickgussmann83]

0:48 BRO WTF IM WATCHING THIS EXACTLY 6 MONTHS LATER

[@HiHello-v7c]

Im watching 2 years later

[@laulunsanglau6714]

I’m watching 2 years and 22 hours later

[@jeremyglass4283]

The real reason black deleted their account was when they went to the analysis and found out en passent exists, they realized that everything they thought they knew about chess was a lie, and subsequently deleted their account in favor of continuing their endless quest to find a mate that they will never fulfill because they are uncultured enough to not play en passent when it’s the best move.

[@christianodaley4813]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@biharek7595]

White deleting their account after a lost game is the equivalent of a Samurai commiting seppuku after a lost fight

[@JamieEmmons]

me watching it 6 months later: HOW DO YOU KNOW?

[@Error-5478]

Me exactly 6 months in the future:

[@LaveshNK]

Levy during GM games: "Oh he played this move cuz engine really likes this idea and is winning for his position" Levy during low elo games: "You could not pay me money to understand why he played this move"

[@wow-roblox8370]

1:04 thanks for the welcome, 6 months from the future

[@epsilonisevil1988]

As someone floating around the 700's, I absolutely miss M1 all the time 😂 Though I probably only miss black's hanging bishop for, like, 2 or 3 moves before I see it

[@noThankyou-g5c]

the easiest thing u can do is just look for M1 anytime your queen is lined up with a bishop like that. like a queen on the same diagonal as a bishop should scream “mate” anytime you see it

[@jaywasd]

You been watchin levy's videos a while?

[@epsilonisevil1988]

@@jaywasd Maybe a month or two now at this point. His videos actually got me to pick up chess again for the first time in a long time. Definitely still lots of room for improvement 😆

[@Cra3ier]

@@epsilonisevil1988 no worries just keep playing solving puzzles everyday you’ll improve in a month good luck!

[@yzfool6639]

Even more amazing in that we rapidly gain the ability to "see" all checks in any position and so cannot miss a mate in one on our turn. I have no idea at what rating this becomes typical, but it's pretty low. Keep it up, you'll get there.

[@TheJeet5225]

The bishop moves ones 2nd time - twice 3rd time - thrice 4th time - fries 🍟 5th time - levy dies

[@Hawk-_-]

how did KZbin literally only recommend this to me 6 months later

[@joel32smith]

Rook D-A1 is probably the second best move in this entire series, right behind the guy who forced M1 on himself.

[@satanspotatoes]

What game was that

[@rosiefay7283]

@@satanspotatoes kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYLaYaWKmJpqaZY

[@eumorpha876]

@@satanspotatoes it was "worst move in history of chess" video

[@littleblackcat2273]

@18:59 - "I mean, how does a French person not play en passant? It's literally French!" 🤣🤣😂

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

I just got off from a chess club where I sus'd out a possible cheater and now I get to watch the brilliancy that is 800 elo chess. It must be a sign!

[@defeatist3463]

That sounds wild. What happened exactly?

[@HadiAnimations]

How was the chess club experience

[@noThankyou-g5c]

how do you cheat otb?

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

@@noThankyou-g5c ah it was online

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

@@HadiAnimations was good i think

[@deaconmaldonado7947]

It's six months later and it got recommended by the algorithm. He predicted the future.

[@PlainsPhoenix]

"If you are watching this 6 months later after this video was posted" Me: Watching the video with the time stamp of 6 months ago "Psychic!"

[@abdullahshah4510]

Same

[@FFgamesftw]

I think the move at 17:00 had to be a mouse slip. He probably was wanting to move there but with the other rook and had the wrong rook selected.

[@newpgaston6891]

16:48 this might be the most absurd move I've ever seen. It doesn't blunder anything (like 75 other moves in this game), but the other blunders were just things they haven't seen... This one is absolutely baffling.

[@masongeisler2372]

Hey Gotham just wanted to say thanks for helping me learn the game! I went from 500 to 1500 pretty much just watching your content and playing! Thanks man

[@nivnavion]

Nice! How long did it take?

[@natebomze5568]

Literally the same. Levy, I learned the Fried Liver and the Caro Kann from you in December 2020, and went from 500 to 1500. I now take chess lessons and have joined a club. It’s a new hobby, and something I’m so happy is in my life. Thanks to you.

[@TheTophatGuy]

@@nivnavion 3 months for me but may differ

[@masongeisler2372]

@@nivnavion it was about a year for that climb but a year for 1000 points is something that I’m happy with! I went from someone in these videos every game to someone who can actually play a competent game of chess

[@jackorippa3588]

what opening do you use when you playing black and white play d4 I'm struggling to find a counter to d4 at 1000 ELO games.

[@Roundaboutenjoyer]

what the fuck, i am watching this 6 months in the future

[@C00Ling]

It's actually 6 months in the future and it was recommended to me

[@ludikompici4576]

"If you are watching this 6 month in the future welcome" me watching this 6 months after release

[@thespark0969]

Ikr

[@thecycle47]

"If you are just watching this 6 months in the future because it got recommended to you by the youtube algorithm, welcome." Why thanks levy that is exactly what happened

[@faizal4954]

11:35 Moral of the story Hanging pawns are easier to locate than hanging pieces 😂😂

[@ThomasBoudewijnVos]

Literally watching it six months in the future because the algorithm recommended

[@yoyomonster9659]

0:50 he predicted when I would watch the video💀

[@coolroy_25]

4:08 “*what comes after thrice, anyway?” “*quice? frice?” “*welp, won’t have to use it again anyway.”

[@twertle5286]

The KZbin algorithm did in fact recommend this to me exactly 6 months after this was posted

[@DharshanManikandan-y2f]

1 year for me

[@HippityhoppityGnW]

@@DharshanManikandan-y2ftwo years for me

[@rezacube]

The thumbnail is my inner instinct after every game .

[@S240-v5c]

Gotham: "if youre watching this 6 months in the future...." me: watching exactly 6 months after the upload

[@legitlikescheese]

Him “ if you’re just watching this six months into the future “ Me “ how does he know 😳 “

[@mitchellburlingame6878]

10:30 had me in tears

[@LeonardLiiva]

Levy very accurately predicted the 6month part. Hey from the future

[@rey7014]

well shit

[@realshaiw]

Hello from me too!

[@simeon1621]

Sameee😊

[@Skylsz]

I think i missed the prediction. What is it?

[@olivers.7821]

0:50 I am literally watching this 6 months later because it got recommended to me 💀

[@joce_bable]

We are now 6 months in the future and I did indeed see this video in my recommandations

[@around15682]

Bro i remember VERY CLEARLY that i was NOT this dumb at 700

[@Shakkael]

Yes, it was recommended to me six months in the future

[@lizardman1236]

Same

[@sladerade8476]

0:50 A little bit later actually

[@idk_what_to_put_hereI-_-I]

+

[@zogthepro]

+

[@Kaiser-GD]

+

[@Jetthew]

14:10 You know it's messed up when there's 6 mins left in the video 😂

[@Areyamad]

The fact that it got recommended exactly 6 months later is crazy

[@gamerplay8900]

0:50 literally reads the future

[@SycRaptor]

I can't believe this actually got recommended to me 6 months later..

[@44surf4]

same bro

[@GGray1]

0:50 its been 6 months and what do you know it's been reccomended now, thanks for nothing youtube.

[@getsnipedloser3410]

How did you know its 6 months later bro

[@Josuh04]

this was in fact recommended to me 6 months later

[@Kojenheimer]

when im watching this 6 months in the future because it was recommended to me by the youtube algorithm. bro’s playing chess with real life too

[@moharedakadiri7296]

Gotham: cuz it's got recommended 6 months later by the algorithme Me watching it 6 months after the upload of the video: 👁👄👁 How

[@nopeyt3387]

Watching from exactly 6 months into the future. 0:51, because it infact was reccomended by the KZbin algorithm. Im believing this GothamChess guy is a psychic, who should also do a collab with Levy Rozman.

[@BinaryStars100]

I'm a 700 rated player, and I gotta say this game gives me hope in climbing the rating ladder. When I saw this game I thought 2 drunk chimpanzee with Mercury poisoning were playing each other. Excuse me while I go to bleach out my eyes.

[@kevin_5355]

Exactly what i'm 715 right now i started playing 1 week ago and seing this hurted my eyes insanely

[@vukcevu5854]

You make these mistakes too but you dont notice LOL

[@BinaryStars100]

I make mistakes too, don't get me wrong put leaving that bishop hanging for THAT long is a sin.

[@apestogetherstrong5155]

curious what the time controls were. I'm 650 in blitz and 800 in rapid.

[@viksinha5410]

If this is the kind of shit that 700 players do then you should be rated 1000

[@theschroederboy5425]

“And if your watching this 6 months into the future because it was in your recommended” yup

[@kurco1]

Wow, actually 7 months later it got recommended, nice prediction

[@messmoness5461]

in the begging he was so close it was 5 months

[@andrewp9088]

0:50 You really got me there! XD

[@leadnitrate2194]

11:48 why does Levy's toddler impression sound like an old lady?

[@matrayzz]

"If you are just watching this 6 months in the future" Eerie

[@blaster32005]

Nah yt actually recommend me this after 6 months 💀

[@awesomekirollos]

Nobody: Pepper in Iron Man: 10:43

[@me-bm6gh]

Literally recommended 6 months in the future

[@daftyute]

11:14 "It seems like tony has a blind spot right" not just blind spot lad, he's blind

[@ventithebard1946]

“if youre watching this from 6 months into the future” he just read my mind

[@m0bb-_-]

0:50 there’s Norway that video got actually recommended after six months

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

8:15 I am 80% sure that black plan was if white takes his bishop with the queen he would be able to fork a bishop and tower with horse to b3 and then attack the tower again after it moves to a2 by taking the bishop( but there is a bishop in c4 so idk maybe both of players didint noticed that.)

[@Cello_Rebels]

Yeah, it's a totally reasonable sequence if not for the bishop on c4

[@ideaanimations7017]

I am litteraly watching it after 6 month

[@AbirRahman-b8i]

I am watching 2 years later.

[@Andre-uu5xv]

No shot KZbin actually recommended this to me six months in the future.

[@zeux6634]

0:48 I am indeed watching this video six months into the future beocuse the youtube algorythm recommended it to me

[@ky1i316]

"Now the advantage is back to +1 which is basically equal" My man this is 700 elo! +50 is basically equal!

[@ErVeroJammed]

How did he know I'm watching this 6 months in the future

[@haleysettembre]

299th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Meglij re candidat"

[@FleurZ9]

youtube indeed recommended this 6 months later.

[@danielazevedoteixera4194]

Its literally 6 months later and the algorithm recommended this lol