How To Win At Chess, Episode 7 (Elo 900-1700)

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This is a new series I'm launching called How To Win At Chess. This is episode 7. We will feature many openings for beginners, intermediate, and hopefully advanced players, as well as discussions of middlegame strategy, tactics, and so on.
0:00 Introduction
1:24 GAME 1 vs. 966 - Pirc/Kings Indian Setup
7:30 GAME 2 vs. 1180 - SCOTCH Opening Qh4!?
23:48 GAME 3 vs. 1215 - CATALAN
35:36 GAME 4 vs. 1337 - SICILIAN ACCELERATED DRAGON
47:32 GAME 5 vs. 1439 - Pirc/Kings Indian
1:05:10 GAME 6 vs. 1506 - Danish Gambit Qe7!?
1:26:49 FINAL GAME vs. 1795 - LONDON SYSTEM
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[@strogarth6752]

Its crazy how levys chat always seems to find the worst possible move

[@dragonbane44]

One wonders how KZbin lost to twitch in sub battle. Handily too.

[@MyNemesisIX]

And yet somehow manages to win vs the youtube chat =/. My guess? stream chat has to bust a move right here and then. KZbin chat can pause and think for awhile!

[@mannsharma4501]

@@dragonbane44 true but that was some epic af content(btw I watch both)

[@tylerbrown4483]

I mean, to be fair you can’t see the chat. It could have been 100 people commenting the best move and then one person said something dumb and he called it out.

[@joeb4142]

It’s a rare and glorious talent.

[@johnathanroth6205]

1:24:17 what a respectful resign! He definitely respects his opponent and doesn't go for a flag which I think was possible, genuinely. What a game!

[@misanthrope_6715]

Levy would not approve: "The clock is a piece"

[@virtuoso513]

🤓

[@kyouninja]

As a Russian I always thought his accent was superb, until today I was blown away by the fact that he actually speaks it

[@andreimostovoi2533]

Охуел (с)

[@nicholasbenbow3906]

Точно!

[@dockerface]

@@andreimostovoi2533 ну не охуел, а так, слегка прихуел )

[@malenkas3]

Byka, clyat

[@danielarnaiz6419]

Same with Spanish, i had no clue he could actually speak some Spanish.

[@justnorth7400]

Levi loudly speaking in Spanish is the most hilarious thing I have seen today.

[@rundiggy]

And him switching from Spaniard Spanish to New York Spanish is killing me. Lmao

[@malenkas3]

Truly beautiful 😢

[@narsil101]

@@malenkas3ol9

[@melihbarut86]

@@rundiggy whats the difference btw

[@BlakeGreen]

I'm one of the 40 people he offended with his mistaken accents 😂

[@alexiouu1234]

"Dont block your rook it's like locking your brother in a closet and holding the door." 1:34:45 I know very little about chess but this was very funny to me

[@lancepeterson7997]

What is this a time link to?

[@alexiouu1234]

@@lancepeterson7997 him blocking his rook

[@JamieClark]

@@whitefox8376 in game 1 or 2, I forget now 😂

[@grln930]

@@lancepeterson7997 Pretty sure it was the 2nd game were it was about black developing the e or a rook to the d file.

[@richardrdr2109]

i don't like chess, i come here to listen to Levy pronouncing Russian names

[@ramnathshenoy1086]

Good for you

[@danya_2d]

По факту

[@MasterCast001]

That is the worst lie ive heard all week

[@neil0573]

@@MasterCast001 it is a joke

[@michaelvonreich74]

Nepominachocolatecchi

[@ihavenolife8651]

"I'm playing with myself actually”- gothamchess, 2021

[@Kneem]

Same Gotham, same

[@felixmerz6229]

I take not getting the year wrong in february as a flex.

[@t19563]

Oh god

[@filler8086]

We all do gotham, we all do

[@chizuru1999]

and your profile picture suits that! haha 😂🤣

[@Gavinyo16]

“She protec, she attack, but most importantly, she snack.” -Gotham 2021

[@sibelleelkhoury9008]

Fav quote ever

[@gaaalavant]

I was hoping it'd be "she protecc, she attacc, but most importantly, she dressed in blacc"

[@SpencerfromEarth]

@@gaaalavant that's pretty good too

[@pagnedaman3777]

At 41:59 Levy hilariously describes chess at 6-700. At 4-500, aka my beloved home, it's fucking insanity.

[@PatrickWaltersandpoetry]

Your self awareness will surely help you improve 🙏🏽

[@ddandymann]

Honestly I kinda miss it in a way. I'm 950 now and in the opening at 950 you never know whether your opponent is going to just play utterly ridiculous moves or like 8 moves of pure theory, and honestly I'm not sure which is more dangerous. At least at 500 you can rely on the games being consistently ridiculous.

[@Gavinyo16]

When you binge watch the how to win at chess series: “My brain is flowing with knowledge.”

[@honglac6839]

try Daniel Narorditsky's speedrun, very instructive

[@jdb7578]

Until you play yourself. For me at least.

[@soulreaverable]

“Im doing 1000 calculations per second and they're all wrong “

[@theresnoonehereatall4807]

Binge watching again myself

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

That's exactly how I feel! ❤️

[@mlitsh4873]

It's easy just look at the ceiling.

[@ihsan862]

Its ceiling

[@vxn_gxance]

Lmao yea instantly become Beth Harmon

[@mhamed4790]

@@vxn_gxance hikaru

[@briant1745]

Instructions unclear: am suddenly hung over as I'm about to play Borgov

[@scriptedjava265]

@@briant1745 you resign now

[@siu-yee]

Ok levy speaking Spanish, his attempts at French, and singing Taylor just added 10 years to my lifespan

[@davidstar2362]

lol

[@TheMosayat]

Yup I swear this was one of the most fun streams I've seen from him 😂

[@moonycanwatch]

Journey of levy completely losing it: from "nooOOo too slow" to "da-ma-gé"

[@DaviMartins99]

and then 10 minutes of espanhol catalão.

[@megant9890]

1:00:06

[@soutimukhopadhyay3940]

This is less of a chess video and more of Levy flexing how many languages he speaks XD

[@bbkr2063]

I challenge him to speak proper Polish while playing Polish opening :)

[@davidstar2362]

lol

[@sudhramjutun5694]

Really ? He did that less than a minute and he played 7 games in this video using various openings and explaining reasons behind each moves. And you still think otherwise. How ungrateful can one be *smh*

[@mackenzieusher8025]

That Bane impression was freaking on point. 1:02:07

[@patrickinocencio2305]

Levy should make a video about how to avoid tunnel visions

[@jeremymcadam7400]

Don't line your important parts up. Ez

[@robinmontgomery9160]

Checks-captures-attacks helps

[@patrickinocencio2305]

@@robinmontgomery9160 somtimes just SOMETIMES it does not work

[@robinmontgomery9160]

@@patrickinocencio2305 Well if there was such a thing as a 100% effective solution, we'd just be computers

[@patrickinocencio2305]

@@robinmontgomery9160 I'm finding 99.9% but ok

[@KoolKyurem25]

That Zugzwang tho in the Danish Gambit game was killer! Props to Schberg. I hear Northernlion say this a lot but, 1500 ELOs really are built different.

[@thomasstraw8352]

Game 6 Endgame, one of the best games and narratives I have seen Gotham play!!! Much love!

[@largenaq2935]

There are 3 things guaranteed in life: death, taxes, and Levy making an MMA reference

[@trtr7742]

and nba reference

[@blueboat9581]

Because mma is human chess

[@miloman4161]

*khabib reference

[@CodyRyle]

“i don’t want to trade queens because that’s how you lose a queen” heard it here first folks at gotham chess

[@haxfax8917]

levy: u could remove ads also levy: i probably shouldn't have told u that

[@Eggmasta1066]

Ah. The Sicilian, a man of culture. The Godfather defence.

[@Whydidyoudothis]

Did you already watch it?

[@alonshoval6267]

1600 here. still have a lot to learn :)

[@danya_2d]

GothFather

[@andrewharper1609]

Levy sent it an ancient Sicilian message...

[@lionki7264]

When you are so early that the number of minutes is equal to your elo

[@DanksterPaws]

I have an Elo of 29 yes

[@user-xw9lt1em3m]

How would being late affect that fact

[@yahyawasim1994]

@@user-xw9lt1em3m Don't judge his Elo is like 58

[@nuclear9977]

@@DanksterPaws hey my boy dank

[@zephdef1781]

How does this have anything to do with being early

[@Isotoph]

Your Spanish accent is sooo good. Greetings from the south of Spain! Me has enseñado una barbaridad de ajedrez, muchísimas gracias Levy!

[@badalkoirala]

Glad to see Chess Content Creators getting sponsors. Get that $$$ bag Levyy.

[@hudanradifan]

I can't wait until he uploads the How to draw at chess episode 8 video . Love this series.

[@Alkuf100]

Same

[@eds1020]

Watching him beat Stockfish10 moves all over the place from these 1400/1500 players is super impressive.

[@tomosaurus2956]

Whats better than waking up? Waking up to a Gotham video

[@adude3119]

It’s 11 pm I’m about to go to sleep

[@ondrejnemec5756]

not waking up

[@khytron06]

Ah yes waking up to internet

[@stevencleere4912]

1:29:30 Levy: "You have to have an opening against the London." me: *laughs in Dutch Defense*

[@sudhramjutun5694]

Where are your videos where you beat Levy ? 😂😂😂😂 Levy laughs in chess*

[@JoanRaba21]

As a Catalan I must say that you were not even close to the Catalan accent, but that "CON UN TENEDORRRRR" just got me LOL

[@CarlotaBorrell15]

proposta: canviar l'accent català per parlar amb la cece a partir d'ara

[@DemianNuur]

@@CarlotaBorrell15 Jo ja ho feia jajaja

[@redhood8852]

Glad im not the only catalan here

[@XxsolraccxX]

As a catalan person, that part where you were trying to speak with a catalan accent was hilarious, so wrong, but still hilarious. For an amercian you speak a ton of languages though! Due to my grandma being german i speak 3 native languages (spanish, catalan and german). Plus I speak english and russian it would be nice if you made a video explaining where you learned spanish and russian. Do you speak hebrew too?

[@bykegetter478]

How does the Catalan accent sound like? To me every Spanish language sounds like Spanish XD

[@JoanRaba21]

@@bykegetter478well it is really hard to explain, in Spanish there's only five vowel sounds and in Catalan there's like 7 or 8 so it already makes it sound very different... Though they are both written pretty similar like many other romance languages they just don't sound the same. When Catalans with a really strong accent speak Spanish we kinda sound like we are having a hard time even though we are native speakers, but it's hard to describe...

[@Orne97]

I think his family comes from Russia, that's why he speaks russian.

[@neauntv]

When

[@danielsayre3385]

@@bykegetter478 warbly

[@thebus3181]

I feel like most of us aren’t even above 1500 Edit: I got likes

[@brahmabraja624]

Yes ur right

[@callummcarthur199]

I'm pretty sure being above 1200 makes you in like the top 70th percentile of chess players or something crazy like that

[@Gleepglurp]

@@callummcarthur199 that sounds wrong since most high School teams are 1200 or higher

[@Jamal_met_een_a]

@@callummcarthur199 1200fide is the average rating of a chess player.

[@muffinn1337]

@@Gleepglurp I donno the most online games with ranking system like LoL or CSGO have a really low Average skill group.Everyone on Gold+ is above average and Gold player are not that good. 40% of the active lol player are silver and 23% are bronze so if you are gold you are already in the top 40%

[@eoghan.5003]

Three colours of hoodie in one video! Levy must really be getting the bag

[@basesixty6739]

I love hearing an IM nonchalantly call a knight a horsey 😂

[@versacellama6099]

I wish there were more videos at this length! Love the content and always pick up knowledge

[@lorenzo12388]

This is hands down one of the most instructive chess videos I have ever seen. Kudos to you man

[@benji0054]

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[@benji0054]

Wait I commented on the wrong video

[@Kochen51]

@@benji0054 AHAHAHAHAH

[@hydra1536]

Alternative title: Levy speaking in spanish while bullying his followers

[@stoutlager6325]

About learning Catalan at 600-700 range, I tried that. Basically what happens is you let something through early because you don't know how to keep the position solid after you're out of the opening five or so moves, opponent gets a knight in or a queen, trashes that entire side of the board before you can manage to evict it somehow. Usually it's a knight. Knight invasions were my least favorite thing to deal with at that level. Especially so with short time control as the catalan can produce positions in unskilled hands that open the door for a knight to repeatedly check you, no mate threat just check after annoying check, running down your clock.

[@yudhveer5023]

Thank you so much levy, my rating was stagnant for a long time but I just hit 1100 you have helped me a lot ✌️ love from India

[@user-hj7ur5hy3v]

Я его смотрел два месяца, никогда не знал что он может говорить по-русски, охуел.

[@welovegarro]

я так взорвался с этого, ничего смешнее за последний год я не слышал

[@maxnell1841]

ахахахах и ещё это ахуел в конце вообще разьеб

[@conorgunn5308]

Schberg representing us 1500s really well! great to see : )

[@D3sertst0rm]

Your Spanish is on point! Even if you mixed the accent. Points for being able to speak a different language + add an accent to it. Genuinely impressed.

[@wscheets1600]

i just wanted to say i really appreciate the youtube uploads. i dont have time to watch twitch, but i like being able to see your content. its been very helpful. please keep it up! and thank you!

[@MathAdam]

I'll do a companion series: How to lose at chess.

[@Ragnerok21]

There were like 3 hoodies in this vid. Levy's hoodieverse is expanding at unprecedented rate

[@yadadi4438]

finally, i briefly saw him filming this on twitch a few days ago and i have been waiting for this to be uploaded

[@cfb2859]

Please make a video on how you should play when you are material down or how to coordinate your pieces.

[@alvinpoly2781]

Hi Levy, been a great fan of your content for the past month. You've helped improve my chesd by miles!

[@orblokh6822]

Same

[@k0tseventysix461]

38:03 Воу Леви полегче

[@woodenfences]

Great point about what you can learn from your own blunders, your "place on Earth when it comes to chess", and even greater point about "what people conceptualize about reality."

[@ruiinned9098]

I needed this video. I don't get to play many endgames and that's were I feel I struggle the most... Thanks Levy!

[@junaidrashid1184]

Instructions unclear: Challenged Garry Kasparov to a game of checkers instead

[@alen132varnov8]

underrated

[@greyxwind]

"In American schools we are taught McDonalds recipes" hahaha

[@RiveSoFlii]

This is my favorite serious bro!! Keep doing these!!! Big fan. Im getting so better at chess with this

[@veeryanbhatia4239]

Thanks for acc dragon, been struggling with that recently

[@lindenhile3372]

"Don't let me go h5" *lets him go h5* "Good move, let me think"

[@jeremywicker8304]

Best advice in this video is when Gotham recommends watching cute dog videos when you're angry.

[@andreidumitrescu1690]

Thanks for the instructive videos Levy, and also for the recaps.

[@levitheentity4000]

15:29 omg, love this guy

[@Gavinyo16]

Me trying to find levy’s idea behind having a pawn break. “Me looking super intently at the board and at Gotham”

[@adamgwynne9429]

"What even is a name" Levy Rozman, International Master

[@gwynjudd]

This is the "What are frogs?" meme of 2021

[@shwetabhniket3092]

the catalan game was so much instructive and entertaining! Dude you’re my favourite.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johnathanroth6205]

Schberg played one of the most intense games I've ever seen! That guy definitely has potential!

[@yusufmalik5155]

When he started talking Russian, it was so funny 😂 😂 😂

[@valdiscibulskis4302]

no really im russian and i watch you like 2-3 months now , jeez you neded to see my face when you started speak russian XDDDDDDD

[@JamesConley1234]

Lmao I love you so much Levy. You are hilarious man, when you started talking about all the different people living different lives I genuinely cracked up, you're just a real dude. The "Have no time" song too lol

[@johnathancastro478]

I’m a little new to chess. And want to thank you for getting me through my last deployment I would watch you play from my friends laptop it definitely help distract me from the real world for a bit.

[@Hello-ev3gr]

Gotham chess love from Korea. I would love to play chess with you if I could

[@nosami5268]

Anyong. Love from Germany. 🐯 Try, to teach him some BADUK, too. 👍🙋

[@nahuel3256]

"I had to turn on my inner comrade" Lol

[@kriskerr8819]

Hey levy just wanted to say. You're the first chess KZbinr I've found and now I watch everyday. Your comedy, commentary and knowledge is amazing🤙

[@ritalex22]

finally a channel that's got it all: chess instructional videos, MMA references, and memes

[@bryanv6036]

Don't you just love how he starts his segments without a proper intro

[@mr.gubagub1899]

"well if some people play like this suffocate me, well nevermind some people are into that." -Levy

[@flatlanddweller6204]

This is such a fantastic series. Thank you!

[@bobsteeb937]

Best informative games in quite awhile. Well done Levy!

[@hastexd923]

Impeccable hairline

[@icebox5378]

When he whipped out the Russian, I deadass was sitting here with an open mouth

[@Guitarfailtastic2857]

thank you for making these videos. i enjoy chess but i'm alone a whole lot and your personality and videos help me feel not so alone. sometimes i'll put on one of your videos on low volume to go to sleep to. i'll be okay i just want you to know that your videos are appreciated.

[@Yamulo]

The second to last game was really exciting. That 1500 played really well

[@RFxSukhoi]

You sound very badass when you speak Russian. А ну, чики брики и в дамке!

[@saatviksharma1532]

Last time I was this early,TAL still had his queen on the board.

[@EvaWatchesYoutube]

43:58 This hit hard, because that’s what the truth does. Thank you for making so many of my days easier during these times.

[@TheJayMoses]

Love these videos. So informative. I just joined your Mob, Sub’d to your twitch and I’m going down the Gotham KZbin rabbit hole. Glad my obsessive ass found you. I can’t get enough chess knowledge and you make it entertaining as hell. Appreciate ya.

[@AIandtheworld]

Me, 1400, first chess lesson: "I don't like to trade queens."

[@jasonsun94]

Levy: Check Random Noob: Check Levy: Check Random intermediate guy: Check Levy: Check Random Advanced guy: Check Levy: Check Random GM: Check check check Oof French levy beating up American levy

[@quintontuthill3767]

as a new yorker who loves ufc and chess gotham is my spirit animal

[@marcusminifee3978]

Love the passion and awesome instructional/tactical content. Thank you...

[@siyaanathifunplays4057]

“At 6/7 hundred, it’s like a drunk bar fight “ the level of truth in this is amazing ♟

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

♟

[@ajiteshjoshi2492]

I had a dream that you defeated agadmator!

[@markminn01]

Great series and superb chess instructor! By Episode 6, I was sure that I'm going to watch them all--at least one each! GothamChess has a gift or two or three.

[@aswatha7819]

Your videos are very helpful! Thanks a lot for the content

[@axelgaror3764]

I was astonished when you started speaking Russian.

[@lucagerza7372]

Congrats on the sponsor Levy!!

[@Andratos95]

You're the most entertaining and best chess player I have ever seen. Btw, how did you learn Russian?

[@gustavosantana4712]

hey Levy your videos are very instructive and fun, I love watching them while I rest, thanks for being this cool and dedicated guy

[@playerunknown3234]

What low elo players are actually doing wrong :- Memorizing openings without learning it the hard way

[@cristianrodriguez7808]

I just wanna get drunk with Levy and play chess in Spanglish.

[@gimli898989]

love that series

[@marcramon1578]

Love this series...and also....perfect timing