My BEST Queen Sacrifices!!

[@pianissimo7121]

you should also do "the greatest sacrifice fails in chess history". Like the opponent had to find only computer moves for 10 moves or something insane to win the game. Would be a nice show of chess defence.

[@damnstupidoldidiot8776]

Aronian vs Caruana 2018 Candidates maybe.

[@CrisReyesSomohano]

I support this idea!

[@THCthehempcloud]

Omg that would be hilarious!!!!!

[@voltage275]

i never comment but i really like this idea, sir gotham needs to provide this content in the future

[@apatheticmioz9671]

Imagine gotham just covers a blunder that looked like a good sac

[@chess]

I play this gambit daily, just without the win part 😅

[@chefboyardee851]

Why do you always comment?

[@jimosmor8927]

hahaha, i have mastered the move, too

[@Sideloading_Experts]

me and my opponent would forget our queen was hanging I call it a sac

[@nicomolina]

Wait you are a web site

[@chrisallen9509]

Checkers is better Chess is for nerds

[@RBalalaika]

Levy: ladies and gentlemen, have you ever lost your Queen? Oh, you just did 5 minutes ago. Some random British person watching this video in few years:

[@mauer1]

imagine the british queen dying.

[@parenthesiscolon8706]

@@mauer1 The only way I can imagine is something happens that *everyone* dies. No other way for queen's death

[@Tarif2809]

Bri ish queen 💪🗿

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTdgnqepsyIoZI Finally it's here

[@Alex_Deam]

Everyone knows she's already dead

[@FZero2daMAX]

How did you know I lost my queen 5 minutes ago? Levy is clearly clairvoyant.

[@AshishKP43]

But someone told me Levy is not a psychic and he's Hikaru's sidekick.

[@Iasked-jo3qs]

Tell me what Clairvoyant means, wrong answers only 🤡

[@AtlasLunara-y4b]

Clairvoyant. Hmmm.. Yes officer, this is the one who negotiates flamboyantly

[@padorupadoru4477]

@@Iasked-jo3qs means it burns when he pees

[@Suy..]

Maybe he just beat someone by taking their queen 5 minutes before uploading and you happen to be one

[@prabh0007]

Sacrificing the queen is the near death experience

[@EnigmaChess]

usually not because most of these guys know how to calculate

[@trw4war322]

@@EnigmaChess Point well taken. But I beg to differ.

[@DeJay7]

@@EnigmaChess Yes they wouldn't have done it otherwise, but, like every human, they can easily miscalculate too.

[@lammatt]

the botez sisters disagree

[@kzkaa.]

@@lammatt at least they're good enough to recover. When I blunder a queen, I immediately proceeds to give my opponent two free rooks on top of that.

[@applejuice9074]

10:23 "White has to coordinate their pieces super well"...proceeds to flag opponent with rook g8+ lol

[@Halfcertified]

What’s flagging?

[@user-eg4vy1hk7f]

@@Halfcertified When the opponent plays random moves to try to win on time

[@buianh81]

My greatest sacrifice was two days ago, I was playing bullet chess with 3 secs in the clock, my opponent has 7. I decided to sacrifice ALL my pieces with 7 pre-moves and win on time 😎😎

[@Vinyknobs]

i fear you

[@domthebeast6423]

Average game of bullet

[@meanral]

so it wasnt sacrifice you just tried to flag opponent.

[@buianh81]

@@meanral I have some better sacrifice now :), used to be a 1600 bullet player back then. I now play rapid and at 1900 level.

[@julianquiogue7405]

@@meanral REALLY? NO WAY

[@parenthesiscolon8706]

In game 3 one queen was greedy and caused the failure of the army and the other was selfless and sacrificed herself so the worthy pawn can achieve victory for the soldiers who were brave and fought for this moment

[@trxklick]

W queen

[@divyank7314]

11:50 "The bishops and the rooks will dominate the queen". Ain't it history levy

[@JManu3]

19:25 The Legendary Tetra Fork

[@kaloykarlo599]

I like how Levy has the GM title in that last game.

[@PeterParker-vi2nl]

Wait is he a GM?

[@evanmuir6586]

@@PeterParker-vi2nl yes

[@harvey064]

@@evanmuir6586 lol

[@cptn_n3m012]

@@PeterParker-vi2nl Yeah ! Since about 2 months now (I think it was made official at the begining of april ? Not sure about the date tho)

[@dxrkness4802]

@@cptn_n3m012 That was a joke

[@jazzbay3469]

"There's a monarch on the other side. I have to get to him." Well done Levy, spoken like a true Russian

[@evanlawrence]

Or like a french person

[@hrotha]

@@evanlawrence Meh, the French have had nearly as many restorations as dethronings. The Russians only needed to do it once

[@chalkp]

Have you ever lost your queen? the brits : *yes*

[@breannabarry9552]

lol

[@mic2348]

bruh 😭

[@suname8836]

💀

[@Fr0stlite]

💀

[@andreia9472]

💀💀💀💀

[@limitlessunknown8676]

28:10 Congratulations levy on becoming a GM

[@RyanWang-ut4kt]

its april fools prank

[@UdyKumra]

After two videos of Levy losing it’s nice to see one that reminds us that actually Levy is BRILLIANT at chess.

[@anthonyanderson4980]

Levy said "I have nothing to say." And proceeded to talk for 30 more minute! ‼️brilliancy

[@nikmrn]

if you say "i have nothing to say", it means as much as "i am speechless"

[@saeedhamdhan791]

A bait for "Pin of shame ??"

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTdgnqepsyIoZI Finally it's here

[@nikmrn]

@@Luca_crafter the comment is in fact not supposed to be a joke

[@anthonyanderson4980]

@@saeedhamdhan791 no, just an observation of something I thought was humorous.

[@TheDefB]

I'd love to see the inverted version of this video, whether it's you or your opponent, "Failed Queen sacrifices"

[@TheDefB]

Botez gambit if you will

[@lutheraugustine1247]

Converse of the reverse

[@jms2342]

"I'm not patting myself on the back, just sometimes i make impossible moves possible" thanks Levy that was great

[@DWardington]

Love these types of videos, wish more players had this sort of content. Like it would be so cool to see some of Hikaru or Danya's favorite moves of their careers.

[@keysgaming6830]

Fairly recently, I had a mating attack that involved a brilliant queen sac and I actually spotted it. Granted, the other player played like actual doo-doo for a 1200 but it still felt good

[@spidey7269]

29:00 proud of my guy for becoming a GM

[@doxasnike4789]

I was just wondering

[@lesbrooklyn]

@@doxasnike4789 he was just wondering.

[@christianschmidt-hansen5994]

Greatest moves in guess the elo history. There was an en passant checkmate at one point. Shit was epic

[@Gemarald]

God, this intro hits different after Queen Elizabeth's death lmao.

[@johnquaviusbondingleton3rd158]

"theres a monarch on the other side i gotta go get him" is my new favorite quote

[@JohnGrayFinance]

these were some absolutely devastating moves. I would have cried as the opponent

[@TheInfinityBacon]

i like to imagine his neighbors are listening to this and are slowly learning more and more about chess.

[@david-rt4cm]

i like how in the last game levy put himself as the gm and the opponent as an IM to be honest tho this video is basically levy being a gm for 32 minutes and 11 seconds

[@Marcos-gb5hd]

I have a lot of games with GREAT sacrifices I call this strat "not calculate the line all the way and just impulsively sac a piece and see if it works" and to be fair it RARELY works but when it does it feels great

[@DevaCODYT]

by the last game fide gave gotham a *GM title* because of his amazing queen sacs

[@GardenChess]

if that was a joke cool (which it probably was) but if it wasn't just letting you know his GM title was an April fools joke.

[@DevaCODYT]

@@GardenChess Yeah ik that this was an April fool's joke

[@joecatalan]

10:35 f6 is not actually the only legal move because you can block with your queen even though you shouldn’t just mentioning.

[@rbcdelta6561]

"Took the whole house!!" Chess is such a ridiculous game. We have moments of brilliancy (not as many or as good as these) and then the others of pure idiocy hanging everything. Nice episode highlighting your amazing play to balance -70 ELO Titled Tuesday. Thanks!!

[@JZPlays98]

Queen takes g7 into forced mate is actually the most gangster thing I’ve ever seen

[@jonathanangladadavis]

Hey Levy, on the third game I saw queen f7 and I was so excited when that was the same move you did. I just passed 1000 elo rapid btw

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTdgnqepsyIoZI Finally it's here

[@PatIreland-tw9lr]

As a newbie with less than 3 months of playing experience, I find strategic sacrifices to be one of the most difficult parts of chess. Especially when it’s the queen being sacrificed. But a video like this one helps.

[@willhumble11]

Watched the first 10 seconds of this video, it made me want to play chess, i played chess, gained 100 elo and now I’m back. Thanks Levy

[@chanweihongmoe1987]

19:25 bro a quadruple fork that is insane

[@NathanHarrison7]

¡Brilliant! games. Got to think outside the box sometimes. Love his comment, “I should have received two Brilliants for that one move.”

[@gdigoroaragedon]

Why am i watching this after sacking my queen that can be taken, while also hanging knight, and also bishop, but if any of this pieces would be taken its fork of queen and king or checkmate, and if dont taking anything its checkmate. One of my greatest brilliance moves

[@alexanderlattreuter5196]

You should include the games from the Botez Gambit Series because when he sacs his Queen he wins 95% of the games

[@ryanwilbur3554]

My personal favorite sacrifice is the sacking the King

[@Nathanplayzzz]

Lol I actually lost my queen 5 seconds ago 😂😂

[@belugay5413]

I lost my queen cause she cheated on me 😢

[@aldocort3418]

Bro, I lost mine then the Gothamchess KZbin notification popped up.😎

[@raghavtoshniwal3366]

@@belugay5413 I think u lost ur King

[@miregalweiss1496]

No u did not

[@Zwiezer]

Well done

[@sebastianrex6697]

Levi admiring his own moves is so wholesome...

[@ImHailStorm]

Sometimes I trade a queen for a knight and bishop or rook just bc in 800 I still win most of those lol

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTdgnqepsyIoZI Finally it's here

[@salamon9114]

@@Ronaldo-eu1nz can u stop self promoting? Ur gonna fetch nothing but hate from it

[@Hachimon8]

Why are you still playing 800's then? L

[@ImHailStorm]

@@Hachimon8 bc sometimes i go to do that and just lose a queen bc im bad at seeing others tactics lmao

[@evanschipull3102]

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever lost your Queen?" Yeah I lost her to another man yesterday... "Chess Queen Sacrifices are something rare" oh...

[@UpToYouYeah]

21:35 the knight is kinda immortal

[@LividSaboteur]

21:36 “Knight is the best piece” White king of top chess, 2022

[@goldenchess5748]

On game 2 sacrificing you queen is a blunder but it does look cool, the best move would be a4 of course.

[@gradykenix2686]

Stockfish disagrees, says the best continuation is as played in the game (RxN, QxP, king moves, Q to KR8 with check). Not sure why it would be a blunder... did you see something after Q-KR8+ that I'm not seeing?

[@goldenchess5748]

@@gradykenix2686 oh your right I probably miss calculated the position

[@randomdams9179]

0:00 Me Playing chess in the background: Qf7, Checkmate Him, Kxf7 ? Me, oh, oh yeah I didn't realize that.

[@savazeroa2]

I lost my queen, but I wasn’t playing chess

[@nidhianilkumar349]

Sorry for u😢

[@E57det7I]

5:00 Bro🤣. "I'm getting shish kabobbed out here. I got the meat in the middle and the peppers on the side, delicious meal by the way"

[@happyjobkebobkebrawl-stars9116]

Me who has "sacrificed" my queen 3 minutes ago

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXTdgnqepsyIoZI Finally it's here

[@williamcampbell9859]

you should definitely do "the greatest fails in chess sacrifices". Like as if the opponent had to have found only top stockfish moves for 10 or so moves to win the game. Would show off pro chess defence perfectly.

[@anthonypassarelli5534]

Levy talks about his thumbnail designer Me: *looks back at thumbnail to see if he is really holding up his queen*

[@GrigoriyBabenko]

In the last game you were SO "not patting your back" that you gave yourself a GM icon next to your avatar :)

[@Winnersneverquit19]

Daily booster for me...❣️

[@eggdude-n5q]

I just did my first Queen sacrifice, it also happened to be my first Brilliant move, it resulted in a Knight fork on the enemy King and Queen, so I got the Queen back and kept the Knight, so I gained 3 points of material from it, which doesn't sound great but the devolpment was worth it, also my opponent couldn't Castle anymore, so it turned out great

[@arpanmalhi8342]

Hikaru who had whole playlist of sacrificing queen and wining match!

[@xvz1_]

I found Qh6 bc he'd take and i'd promote to a Queen with check and then take the Bishop.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

Well, this certainly puts a new meaning on 'Queen's Gambit'.

[@Rukimix]

My best queen sac was a game where I lost on time, I sac'd the queen and then the rook just for a better position, but lost on time because I spent so long calculating it

[@YesNO-bn3pq]

19:45 the way bro said bozos😂

[@vasiledecuseara7421]

he looks so proud and i'm happy for him

[@temukaxd2037]

I played a completely lost position in chess today. It was a blitz game and I found a brilliant queen sac which defended my king and made a new queen with the help of a pawn. I was down a rook for a bishop but the attack black had on my king was crushing. My opponent played rook over to the eight rank somewhere and I covered it with a queen by putting it front of it backed by a pawn. And then I was the one attacking. I went to win that game.

[@youssefsahli5750]

I'm interested your game if you can share the link ty

[@temukaxd2037]

@@youssefsahli5750 it was an otb game. Sadly my memory isn't good enough to remember an entire blitz game. And we weren't writing it down on paper.

[@baeinthebay1888]

meanwhile i try to play like this and get absolutely curb stomped

[@yyoushee142]

28:23 Levy titling himself to Gran Master be like:

[@yareyboadames2148]

That 1st mate was a work of art.

[@mattw4065]

I really don't mind people resigning in places like Levy's first opponent did. That final board position is way cooler than the end of the mating sequence

[@eggsandbacon1573]

Excellent video as always. I really like how you explained your attacks. Locking the center is something I never do and have never been told to do

[@gdaleksw4041]

4:25 yeah.. this video straight up inspired this video

[@daviddas6846]

This was the most amazing chess video ever haha. My jaw dropped in game 3's sacrifice

[@NotNuke9]

The queen never fails to feature levy in a chess video

[@smoorej]

Qg7+ with the pawn anchor was absolutely savage and incredibly satisfying.

[@vac6100]

I lost my queen 2 years ago, I still miss her

[@wilsonfisher5011]

I will say that game four knight is about the most satisfying piece I’ve ever seen on a chess board.

[@sumthin7589]

4:33 the light outside your window says otherwise, levi

[@m3bmuadib]

The third sacrifice was amazing. Congrats.

[@zakosist]

I think sacrificing pieces and especially the queen seem to be one of the hardest and most fascinating aspects of chess. It is the exact opposite of intuitive and normally I would stop the thinking thread of moves if I realize that loses a queen without gaining equal material back, which I get could on a rare occasion lead to overlook a checkmate some moves later. Genuinely good sacrifices are hard to find, and I think a sign of being advanced is finding those ways

[@daroldcarold3443]

Levy: Have you ever lost your queen? Me, a brit: *Yes.*

[@dlk339]

Two videos in a day? Gotham has gone mad with content: AND I'M ALL ABOUT IT.

[@anthonypassarelli5534]

31:10 "Queen G2!!!" Step into a slim jim

[@maciejmaciej9228]

You’re great showing your wins and even greater showing your defeats. Love your content man

[@DiMono]

I think it's clear you now also have to do your _worst_ queen sacrifices, where you thought you were going to get a crushing advantage but instead ...didn't.

[@ywetal810]

I’ve gotten so good at Queen sacrifices, sometimes I forget they actually happen. Guess I just built different

[@RuyVuusen]

I'm somewhat proud of myself for finding all but one of these tactics. Doesn't mean I'd find them in my actual games, but nice to have all those puzzle rushes pay off.

[@madaramebaku-f2r]

I found all the sacs actually. But I wont be able to find them in game. I was actually looking for queen sacs.

[@varunkumar7237]

You already know he slept well all those nights when he played these games

[@andrerydermark856]

The evolution of levis game has me in bliss

[@gamingscar6579]

Can we just recognise the fact that in the last game gotham is tagged a GM

[@pawnpusher]

I only have like 2 nice queen sacrifices. But I like taking my opponents queen almost as much.

[@RXXY-YT]

Bro called the future “have you ever lost ur queen” 💀

[@BloomingBlueClayon]

that SG is for Singapore btw but that was the cleanest make-a-way for pawn promotion *tears*

[@aprilbrandon3441]

And he sacrifices, THE QUEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEEEEEN

[@chuanhsiung]

At first I read the title wrong lol I read it like “ My “BEST QUEEN” sacrifices. I was like: “what?” Then I realised when the video started lol tbh at first I was like what your best Queen sacrifices itself?????😅

[@zackarialundy]

19:28 is the wildest knight fork I've seen holy shit

[@yousefsaraireh2121]

The aggressive version of levy are monster

[@Incepter.]

I never had a good queen sacrifice while GothamChes has 6 brilliant queen sacrifices…

[@rohan9886]

game 3 was levy channelling his inner magnus

[@Somerandom1922]

I think I've only ever genuinely sacrificed my queen twice with some logic behind it and it's potentially the most satisfying thing I've ever done. Particularly because I'm low rated enough that any time someone sees someone hang a queen you don't even question it.

[@cenkkinqzzzz3002]

Next video: my worst queen blunders

[@Beaver1224]

That was a super-cool theme. Great video, man.