SECRET Guess The Elo (#35)

[@gamebreakers2535]

I prefer the 'live' version, this was still a good video, but your banter with the chat is what makes guess the elo even better

[@Compassiron1]

Good point

[@eggbig3448]

Get pin of good point

[@calar8]

I'd take either format, but all things even and convenient I agree that live is slightly more entertaining.

[@narwin2477]

disagree

[@TheEddiecooldude]

10000-% agree

[@SCBennett2]

“You’re on a five lane highway with two cars and they’re not even moving and you got hit by them” is how I feel hanging my pieces in one-move blunders confidently and consistently.

[@Hambonenone]

Amen lmao

[@CGR89]

Remember it’s only a blunder if you lose, if you win it was an intentional gambit

[@anakwaboe4805]

the confident part makes it worst

[@ETBrooD]

It happens to some of the best players. Have seen 2900 rated players blunder a piece in every game. So don't worry :p

[@pi6141]

@@ETBrooD I'm pretty sure when you blunder a piece in every game you're definitely not a 2900

[@polychromaa]

We have had several draws, but i think they were all by stalemate. We haven’t ever had a repetition in guess the elo

[@phijkchu_chansey6239]

ty, I was looking for this comment

[@Thegameplayer69]

I was the 69th like Nice

[@ajcreckminneapolis2521]

stalemate are reasons why lower elos draw. Not repetition

[@urfish8725]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJKkaHanerBoecU at 13:09 I think

[@lokitac4748]

we did have one repetition actually 👆

[@OnionManSteve]

This was still instructive and entertaining, but I do miss being able to see some of the room temperature IQ takes of the Twitch chat.

[@RishabhSharma10225]

chat: laughs in Kelvin

[@yashsawarn9050]

@@RishabhSharma10225 thd whole chat has an IQ greater than 273

[@samer8073]

While they’re more instructional I feel guess the elo is more about the chaos so I like them live but this isn’t bad either

[@laughingstar3945]

This

[@Dylan_4133]

I wouldn’t mind him mixing these style in every 3rd episode or so.

[@ethannewman6617]

To me the humor feels more sterile without the chat. That being said, I agree with you saying that the instructional nature is helpful.

[@Dylan_4133]

@@ethannewman6617 I get what you mean. But idk if it’s just me but personally I miss some of the more instructional focused videos. I like the variety and the different style. A pallet cleanser type opinion

[@cbonez1694]

yeye, tbh, I feel like the normal guess the elo episodes are instructional enough as they are, I just mainly like the more fun side of things with chat and stuff, it feels more lively, if you get me besides, Levy has pleenty of other instructional videos and professional game reviews

[@inafridge8573]

For me, the interaction with chat and the energy is the main thing I like about guess the elo. This is still entertaining of course but I think the live style is what makes these magical

[@snickle1980]

😁Still...26:20 Was pretty damned Magical.

[@xCorvus7x]

6:31 They had to avoid stalemate. Qc7b7 preparing Rc8# would have also done the job but they were honing in on giving checks, so this was easily overlooked.

[@domminney]

I enjoy both formats, nothing about not having the chat is putting me off. I agree that the energy is higher with the chat but sometimes that can be distracting. Both have their place.

[@addisonqi8133]

I am not having a great time in my grade 11 math class, but I enjoy this series very much. Keep up the good work Levy!

[@9k1a22]

Good luck with your math!

[@andrewpaschall8992]

what class is it?

[@ajcreckminneapolis2521]

@@andrewpaschall8992 dude he already said it in his comment :/

[@andrewpaschall8992]

@@ajcreckminneapolis2521 they said grade 11 math class, different states/countries have different curriculums 😐

[@jerryboy617]

@@ajcreckminneapolis2521 lol hes asking cuz it could be pre calculus, calculus ab, algebra 2, statistics. Theres a ton of different math classes

[@pedroviniciusreichertleite499]

I like both formats, both with the live chat and offline, I think you should do it however the hell you want to do it

[@bbmiester]

Thank you for everything Levy. You always brighten my day a little bit

[@Compassiron1]

Well said and agreed. Its a wonderful symbiosis - we get free, great entertainment that brightens our day and he makes a great living. Social media gets a load of shet (and fair enough) but its also a great platform

[@octaviodelrio4192]

exactly, these last few days have been rough and it’s always good for me to watch guess the elo

[@HypnoDrip]

Levy is a 🌞

[@nosferatu488]

get a life loser

[@eulermachado3968]

Pin of light hearted comment!

[@randomduck145]

Levy: Rook b1 me: he’s gonna sing the song Levy: *doesn’t sing it* me: you’ve committed a crime against chess Edit: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LIKES!! (I never got more than 0)

[@XDTrokts]

It's because there's no live chat, so it looks like he's singing to himself.

[@randomduck145]

@@XDTrokts oh ok thanks :)

[@Misteribel]

18:14 yes, there's been a draw before. From a lost position, your sub managed to paralyze its own king and pawn. I think that happened twice. Can't remember a draw by repetition, though.

[@collinsceski605]

“If you start doing stupid stuff, you get a bad position” -Levy 2021

[@Countdown420]

15:11 I love how Gotham doesn’t realise that Rg8 just throws a rook lol

[@hephaestus2220]

I was wondering about that too, glad someone else noticed

[@mateusmendonca955]

Levy, why don’t you make a Guess The Elo competition with Eric Rosen? You two were (are) teachers, and it would be quite fun to watch this competition, just like Hikaru’s The Elo Is Right. Best wishes from Brazil!

[@mathastronomie]

I agree

[@lordkyser]

eae meu chapa

[@analuizafelixdesouza6336]

Oloco um br aq

[@lordkyser]

@@analuizafelixdesouza6336 se o vídeo existe, um br viu.

[@thisguyhasaname534]

Only problem is that they play on different sites so not sure if they would be able to guess the other sites elo

[@saeedbawazeer9636]

I’d say both formats are quite nice. A mix between the two would be great in my opinion.

[@Forpus_]

You have increased my elo from 400 to 1300, and always made me laugh. thank you so much for being such a good internet teacher to me.

[@lukemoore2535]

Really? How long it take you to get to 1300

[@therealsurge6387]

Gotham has helped us all improve but it’s also been your effort and consistency that has made you a better player :) good job man

[@Forpus_]

@@lukemoore2535 2 months to get from 400 to 600, then i started watching levy, and took 1 month to get from 600 to 1300

[@Forpus_]

@@therealsurge6387 ty :)

[@fedem8229]

@@Forpus_ Damn that's quick improvement, well done!

[@supershash26]

25:25 i love how levy sounds genuinely concerned for the sub

[@Exponaut_R-01]

"Someone go watch the tape." Me: Hunt through 30 GTE episodes? Gladly.

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

My guess is you found no three-fold repetition but several stupid stalemates.

[@GustavRex]

As many other have said, I, too, prefer your live GTE's, mostly because of your banter with chat, but since this series is so amazing, if you need time offline to get an episode out, that's completely fine! We love the content, Levy, keep up the amazing work, but remember to take days off. You're making so much quality content so frequently, don't overwork yourself! :)

[@lizbethisthier]

I really like this more chill format. It's still entertaining but more calm. Thanks for putting this out!

[@nihmalmaharaj376]

Love a Guess the elo episode at 2:00 in the morning just the day before i am about to recieve my end of the year report

[@mile.9768]

Yes.

[@bobsemple9281]

Whilst live has more energy I appreciate the instructional tone here.

[@مهدیرفیعزاده-ح2ف]

Your energetic reaction and sarcastic humour is why me and many others like guess the elo Don't lesson to haters and keep it that way

[@michaelhird432]

I enjoy the instructional tone, but I don't think you should sacrifice the energy when you feel it's warranted. Also I think the chat is a helpful component to an episode

[@Arthas30000]

I see so many "I prefer this live" which is fair, but I love seeing these other games and just having Levy's commentary on them, live or not. It's always fun and a blast 😁 Edit 1: also the comments like the "Dora the Explorer" one lol

[@raulbaez7193]

i just like how he hanged a rook at 15:15 and white didnt even noticed

[@adibfikri9313]

The higher rating you have, the higher chance you have of finding a partner in life. -Levy Rozman

[@sidhaantbisani5706]

Levi im not a youtuber but from a psychological standpoint, It proves to be more useful when you talk about the sponsor of the video in the middle of the video, That way people already have your attention and tend not to skip it. It is a trick Mr. Beast often uses.

[@birbeyboop]

i actually really like this format, it's a lot more instructive! maybe every several GTE episodes should be one of these

[@kaidoChess]

9:25 Levy sounding like Seinfeld

[@Skystrike70]

I like this format decently well, I will not be dissapointed to see more like this in the future. Further, I propose giving yourself a scoring system for how well you guess elo! - Predict a range of elo, like 1300-1400. - Use this method to calculate a base award: Take the spread, here it is 100, and divide 100 ("par" for your allowable spread) by the spread [so here we take 100/ (100 spread) = 1]. This means you get more points for a more specific guess. -Now award yourself points equal to (base award), OR subtract points equal to (base award * elo outside the range) (max 2 point deduction

[@ahmedtarig5277]

U know the goat of chess KZbin when u upload guess the elo episodes and recaps while the tournament is going

[@what9193]

personally i like reading twitch chat when funny moments like queen blunders, “trying to queen castle” etc happens. but this type of gte is also fine, just it’s much less chaotic.

[@Mtlindse]

I enjoyed this version, but the chat interaction is definitely that special something that elevates Guess the Elo to the next level.

[@ultimatedragon4281]

Yeah, this was good, but I think should be part of another series altogether.

[@mikeluque6527]

Oh man. That 4th game. Love it!! When white lost the Knight. haha Levy's reaction. Classic. White had that game in hand and blew it.

[@NolanZeldaZeldafolife]

I like this format more. Feels more instructive and less forced than when you record the episode live. Thanks for the video :)

[@HansLemurson]

6:30 "Nice, nice, nice, not nice. This is not nice any more."

[@Philnex]

As an owner of 2nd game, I can proudly tell that now I'm 1400. Thanks Levy for your support, hope you will do well in the future!

[@mazon2108]

Very sus guy. gg

[@sauravsharma8461]

What's your rating now?

[@andrewholzmann5504]

"Two cars on the highway and they're not even moving and you still get hit by one." What I'm doing is simple Gotham. It's called committing insurance fraud.

[@Agent-uj8ud]

Yes I am having a great time thank you

[@jamesmrotek9614]

Just signed up for fabulous. I appreciate how you select sponsors that are actually relevant to your viewers. Hoping this will kick my ass into gear!

[@rolirolster]

I've learned so much from watching these videos. Even without getting the courses, little tips that you give like 'grab the centre of the board' and 'keep tension' has literally transformed my chess. Thank you sir! Also I would love to submit for guess the elo, how do you do it?

[@antoineroquentin9563]

If you could see the time control it would seriously help guess the ELO

[@donharmuth776]

I like your instructive content when looking at games but I love the chaos energy of guess the elo as it's more entertaining than instructing. Ik you have rating climbs but maybe have a series like this where you analyze full games between similar elo players looking at openings and tactics seen on the board at various levels

[@Kieran.Robertson]

This was hands down the best GT:ELO episode so far

[@joehd2009]

The whole point of guess the elo is fun and chaos! I definitely prefer the live version

[@aidinnakhai4197]

"Now you're just making it a bishop endgame. But you can't play endgames you're 700"--hahaha that got me

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

The five lane highway analogy was my favorite one yet.

[@MC-je2dd]

Great job levy, you have now officially betrayed twitch chat :") don't worry, your viewers understand the bad logic of computers. (especially in chess)

[@5switch09]

I love these, live or offline, for a 800 new player all of them are instructional. Thank you, you are my favorite chess channel

[@neelnitilshrivastava379]

6:02 The fact that he didnt sing the song after Rb1 (Brilliant move btw) is unforgivable... #CancelLevy

[@shuckster1239]

Defintely prefer the focus on more educational content, thanks Levy!

[@algahead]

Personally, I'd go 80% live guess the ELO, 20% like this. PLEASE don't stop doing instructional videos though, they are actually my favorite!

[@WindyNight114]

Guess the Elo is hands down my favorite series, or perhaps closely tied with any of your recap videos. Personally, I like when it's done over Twitch with chat and such. This was great regardless and I was surprised you managed to keep the same energy without chat. I have to subscribe on Twitch and get one of my games on there lol

[@anthonym1880]

I really like the educational and more serious content. Helps me focus and improve calculation

[@StormDjinn1]

I, like many people in the comments, like the high-energy chaos of guess the Elo :)

[@evan191919]

“OHHHH Knight takes f2, theres the content”😂

[@typicalfurry2747]

Game 2 would've been great live but this more laid-back approach to GTE is good too

[@loukasaraouzos4373]

levis paternal instincts kicking in as he sent his last subscriber off to his room with a month's long punishment!

[@MyTaz90]

1st

[@penguin-im8jn]

Ye

[@Claramoo]

U r first nice

[@pokmanl9810]

Guess the Elo is just instructive but just chaotic with 800s hanging queens, losing the game in 1 move, doing normal stuff once in aa while... just chaotic

[@x2dizzy862]

Levy misses the hanging rook at 15:25 lmao

[@dylanlollar6045]

I really like the eval bar being on during the game

[@FartingSpider12]

Bro you could literally film an entire GTE while goatsy-ing the camera and talking in an elmo voice and I'd still love it. Your content is great; online or offline or whatever and GTE is some of the best content on youtube. Keep up the good work

[@anthonyklecki2579]

I miss the instructional content but guess the elo deserves a live audience

[@tobinwainer1460]

I really enjoyed the lower energy, more informative version of guess the Elo. Love when it is live, but I really enjoyed the less antics, more info. Nothing against live, but a nice change of pace on great content!

[@codylee2818]

Showing up on Guess the Elo is both my secret wish and great fear.

[@moritzhanebeck3882]

Not moving cars killed me

[@tjr_music]

I love this so much!!! Although tbh, I prefer the one where you were live..... it seems alot more chaotic and I love seeing your interaction with chat

[@jimgrady9905]

I never thought I’d say this. I feel the content was good and Levy was entertaining, but I realized how many times I look over at the twitch subscriber’s content. It surprises me how much more is there when it’s live. I’d still watch either way it’s done though. Thank you Levy for always having good content. I really enjoy this channel

[@lokithedark1]

People say that the game of chess is like life. That is inaccurate. Chess is a controlled experiment that demonstrates the flaw in the human condition. Unlike in life, in chess you have access to all the information and there are no circumstances outside your control, and yet you still lead yourself to ruin.

[@praisengonidzashechigwanda6703]

GTE is amazing, instructional entertainment. I want to join the Twitch community but I guess my country doesn't have access. But Levy has improved my ELO from 1200 to about 1550. Keep up the good work man

[@lifestreeks9671]

16:34; im not sure if levy missed this but after bishop c5, queen e8, queen takes queen, rook takes queen the bishop can come back to block mate.

[@bkzander1622]

Is no one gonna talk about the clean rook blunder in game 3 on b8?

[@Silentstreak787]

Twitch version definitely the way to go, but maybe creating a new series where you take subscribers games and evaluate them as learning episodes for us could be pretty sweet too

[@64SmoothProductions]

Guess the ELO is always my fav. I preferred this more instructional, low key version, but will always love the series regardless

[@j.aditya1837]

10:46, Levy didn't criticize the guy for not mating with the pawn. g4 was protected man !

[@cmine1000]

this is more like a "how to win at chess" episode than guess the elo, but i still enjoyed it

[@hectorgray8542]

Guess the elo is better live, but instructional series like with at chess, GM best games, and ELO swap are awesome and imo the best part of this channel, would love to see more!

[@sv7073]

31:00 I love how you used the same line as you did when u guessed young elo was 1300

[@anon8007]

23:50 is maybe the funniest thing gotham has ever done lmfao

[@armius5210]

I prefer this form of guess the elo more calm than the live version which is like going to a disco with all the talk and music during the live version. This is only my personal opinion

[@6Pope9]

Unexpectedly good episode. Instructional style fits better the world championship spirit.

[@leonardoribeiro6917]

This is really instructional. I like this format, but I also like the live version

[@survivingzgamer]

this was an interesting break from regular guess the elo, I wouldn’t mind them on a ~monthly basis but the normal format is still the best imo

[@onnihuuskonen1250]

I like the lower energy but higher instructional value Guess The Elos.

[@kamilrichert8446]

27:40 "i know you don't like when I respect your opinions" xD jokes aside great video

[@gurkiratsinghanand5838]

i love how this is more instructional and has more roasts , do such kinds of episodes once in a while , this was a great video indeed

[@numbers93]

having GothamChess brutally commentate your game must be the chess equivalent of S&M

[@rishabhtomar7071]

both ways either with live stream or "secretly recorded" guess the elo is always awesome and will remain awesome even if you do it in a bathtub stream lol🤣

[@paddymac7303]

Any guess the ELO is more than worth watching - keep them coming Levy 👍👍

[@robinriedl5784]

I prefer watching guess the elo with twitch chat, because There can be some random funny moments, such as the one where people thought his puzzle rating is his rapid one

[@-JiminP-]

Me: Can we have the Opera Game? Mom: We have the Opera Game at home. The Opera Game at home: 23:30

[@shauryagaming8318]

This video enables only Roasting of the players while in live it's the audience which gets roasted too ... Double roasting is double the fun. For instruction games you already have seperate videos too

[@suvid9490]

i prefer this version, because of the instructional value, you might have to make a poll for this

[@TheMosquitto]

I got stuck at around 1400, but now I'm pushing 1700. Your videos really help!

[@alexmusgrave6463]

Really liked the chill format, sort of prefer it but if you asked what I would like, it would be to make it twice as long with a few more games that are instructional back and forth like you said. Anyway thanks for getting me through the last year pal keep going your smashing it.

[@anvilsnare]

I like both formats to be honest. I just like your content in general Levy