How GOOD Is 1,000 Chess Elo?

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[@prasoon_09]

Only a 1000 elo person knows the feeling of being a 1000 rated player.

[@wesleymorrison9941]

As a 950, I was terrified of facing 1000's. As a 1050, I felt a good resistance against 1000's. As a 1150, I see simple mistakes 1000's make and wonder how I was ever there

[@Lucas-zb2wg]

@@wesleymorrison9941 I went up from 1000 to 1250 in about 2 weeks and 1200's are pretty bad too lol unless I make a stupid blunder it's pretty easy. You just gotta be more offensive but not in a reckless and they can't really defend that well

[@G0SE2]

Fr

[@AngeloGene]

​@@wesleymorrison9941As a 1600, I play like a 1000. xD

[@Anipaper_]

As a 700, teach me your ways

[@tolgacetiner1243]

Thanks for helping me get to 1000 Levy! I was stuck at 1200 for a long time!

[@Bat_man07]

😂😂😂lol🤣🤣

[@HedgeHogMan650]

oh no what happened

[@K1LL3R428]

loll

[@Umaidshaan]

had me in the first half ngl

[@edwardmaciejczyk747]

This joke never gets old

[@Darkhunter773]

1000 elo is an interesting zone where we blunder like 800s yet make crazy tactics like 1500-2000s.

[@Reddblue]

truee omfg I always make like 1-2 blunders in early to mid game, and usually do like 1-2 great moves or even a brilliant move in end game xd

[@Mediocre_Gaming1917]

It's great because you don't feel like the game is lost yet just because you blundered your queen - there's a decent chance that they'll return the favor

[@nickp3949]

@@Mediocre_Gaming1917Yeah this is me. I feel like i start doing a lot better in the mid to late game when the board starts to get simplified and I’ve figured out the flow of the game and what my current attack plan is. The opening is always a clusterf- for me because I can’t memorize an opening past like 2-3 moves, and with so many pieces on the board and everything all tangled up, it’s easy to miss something.

[@floof6896]

800 elos are just 1000 elos still in their shell

[@jeroen3657]

This is exactly me. My biggest tip is play when you are fresh and not tired and stuff.

[@tesbacon8702]

I'm surprised by how well Levy played despite playing in a level twice his ELO. Congrats

[@miraanchoksi8992]

Lol

[@miraanchoksi8992]

😂

[@ilikechessdoyoulikechess]

Ong

[@shreksophone1413]

As a 900 for me 1000 is grandmaster

[@widojay2048]

As a 950 I can agree

[@mcsone_]

As a 997, 1000 is stockfish

[@Ybgoat69]

880💀🔫

[@fxxllxss]

As a stockfish for me 1000 is to be honest nothing because I’m fucking engine

[@ic0nix_107]

Im 940. 3 days and 17 drinks ago i was 1096

[@user-dz6zd9zk2f]

I'm 1000 elo and I swear to god I face Gary Kasparovs and Bobby Fischers on a daily bases.

[@JamesIsntSus]

I’m 300 and I face magnus 💀💀

[@aakashbaliga1881]

​@jameswatchesanime6192 before I started caring about bullet, I was at 1000 rapid and 300 bullet. No joke, some of the 300s I played on bullet were genuinely playing better tactics than some of the 1000s.

[@JamesIsntSus]

@@aakashbaliga1881 exactly 💀

[@JamesIsntSus]

@@aakashbaliga1881 bro rn I got forked twice in both moves (all other squares I can’t move) by a 300 💀

[@annavmartin1]

Yeah

[@nutmaster652]

Reaching 1000 was the pinnacle of my chess career. I’ve gotten up as high as 2600 since, but the feeling I got when I finally hit 1000 remains unmatched

[@dot2184]

🧢🧢🧢🧢

[@brucewillards37]

In lichess rating, of course

[@idontgetthejoke4393]

@@dot2184 2600 lichess is easy

[@definitelynottigerwhitten5865]

I stopped playing for months after that in celebration 😅

[@redfordkobayashi6936]

No, you havent. 2600 is GM level.

[@fowlernordheim5420]

10:55 I'm not gonna lie, as a 1600 I thought of the Knight move too. Yes I did forget the bishop.

[@brsheshadri]

Same as 1500

[@Guntages]

I understand in blitz but in rapid? Most people I feel get into trouble when they don’t use the time given to them in rapid

[@robertakerman3570]

My fave was Qwerty's bullet. I suspect a phony rating, but fantastic play from My POV.

[@nobodylovesditto]

No joke, 900ish elo is waaaaaay harder than it was a decade ago. You mentioned how the first 1k elo player was incredibly strong. I'd say he was a fair representative.

[@lezty]

bruh it took me no time to reach 1000 elo, it is way too easy if you just don’t blunder you easily reach it

[@kendzy7]

At both times, 1000 ELO is trash. I’ve never gone under 1900

[@stenstensson304]

Tbh not really I’m 900 and I’ll sometimes I’ll feel like I’m playing grandmasters until I look through my games and realize I just played like trash

[@kendzy7]

@@stenstensson304 yes that happens every time even at 2100 level like me then I analyse the game and I see 60.3 percent 😒

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Once you start looking at what your opponent is doing the climb to 1500 is trivial. People just don't look at what their opponents are doing and wether they are blundering or not. 1000 is tunnel vision galore

[@HeisenbergFam]

As someone who went down to 1000 Elo after watching Levy, I wanna thank him for being helpful

[@Joel_Duelist]

As a 1000 elo... I stand with u 😎

[@daviciousbefan]

And he sacrificues.. THE ELO!!!

[@proskillgaming838]

hiserburg

[@mrwomanstealer]

eloberg

[@matercan5649]

I love thanking Gotham for making me losing elo.

[@boomknight1015]

As a 900. 1000s never hang queens every game. It only happen every other game and it's for tempo.

[@DsiakMondala]

I personally like to play high tempo games.

[@ethan6882]

I really appreciate you saying “you just played poorly, it doesn’t mean you’re an idiot”etc. Some games I play very well and the game review says I’m a beast, and other games I make horrible blunders and hang my queen, which is a very sad and discouraging thing. Hearing what you said makes me a feel a lot better.

[@prakharpandeyp4]

same buddy same

[@vikramlothe1709]

@@prakharpandeyp4 I get what you are saying, I am 1500 and this type of thing still happens to me. But you will progress faster if you just focus on getting your blunders under control and find your opponents simple mistakes.

[@NotPhishy]

watching levy got me to 1000 elo and i haven't played a game since that point (a week ago) so im not gonna risk it

[@frostingly3687]

you're gonna dip below 1000 if you don't play soon once you start playing.

[@ohitsrusher842]

Losing wont make you worse, not playing will

[@yourmum69_420]

@@ohitsrusher842 but not playing won't make your rating drop

[@mayeulcarpentier4100]

Ah yes,the true unflawed tactic:if you don't play,you don't lose!

[@ohitsrusher842]

@@yourmum69_420 And that rating will mean nothing

[@Sickleeeeee]

Congrats levy for going from 150 elo to 1000 elo im so proud of you

[@SuperKorken]

I dont know man i feel like he looked down on 1000 rating too much :D He was 700 rating there

[@divagaciones1628]

If you're 800-900 and wish to overcome the 1000 barrier, just learn an opening for black and for white with a few of the most common variations, and I promise that you'll get there easily. For me, just doing that took me all the way to almost 1300. Also, do a lot of puzzles and always analyze your games, especially when you lose.

[@asiamies9153]

under 1500s shouldn't touch opening theory

[@Davide_Romano]

​@@asiamies9153that's not true

[@idontgetthejoke4393]

@@asiamies9153 as a 2100 this is completel incorrect

[@idontgetthejoke4393]

@@asiamies9153 yu delete both ur comments looool

[@asiamies9153]

@@idontgetthejoke4393 Nice argument, not surprised

[@TuckyAndrei1]

I just got 1000 elo 4 days ago. Levy made a whole video just for me. Thank you Levy

[@LeafMeAloneZ]

Samee

[@EmilBarbu81]

We wait for life at 3000 elo with Magnus and Hikaru.

[@ahadlakhani1041]

every once in a week, Levy decides to mock 1000 elo chess

[@kentonbenoit9629]

He’s a god it’s his right

[@elCoCas123]

​@@kentonbenoit9629 no 😢

[@herlingaaland]

@@kentonbenoit9629 no he's not come on, he's just a humble mentor. He is nothing close to the greatest

[@didyouknow6145]

There is only one God. Jesus Christ​@@kentonbenoit9629

[@DevilishlyDutch]

Highkey there is a major difference between 1000 blitz and 1000 rapid, I feel like blitz players are a lot stronger somehow, I'm 200-300 points lower in blitz than in rapid, and in rapid I might be underrated atm. Not so much in blitz.

[@0biwan7]

yeah, i had no trouble reaching 1000 in rapid. but i'm nowhere close to that in blitz. i feel like tutorial videos can help my rapid game by teaching me new concepts. but these new concepts make my blitz game worse because it is just one more thing to think about which makes it more likely for me to blunder rook queen or mate.

[@dylanleclair7]

Same I'm 1100 rapid 900 bullet/blitz

[@bugi1x890]

Exactly 1000 elo blitz is like 1500 rated rapid

[@matthewrezin827]

Facts

[@agnesmasih8277]

same. 1400 rapid,800 blitz

[@kanashikanashikanashi]

I got to 1000 elo in my history class after getting handed back a test I failed. Best memory of my life.

[@wuwucrafter1693]

Everyone gangster until the 1000 elo finds a red brilliant

[@RohitKulan]

It's a confused move. It's so brilliant that Stockfish is confused

[@Redskies453]

Red brilliant lol. Haven't heard that one before.

[@amdn103]

ladies and gentleman. after this video finally reached 1000 ELO i was stuck for so long at 1700. thanks levy!

[@zekeoyeah]

fax

[@zekeoyeah]

W levy, W you

[@rish478]

The funniest part is that u didnt even watch the whole video 😂

[@monkeg5966]

Bruh you didn’t even watch the whole vid fake comment

[@tiletapper4ever]

​@@rish478 that's how much powerful Levy is. He makes videos that change your elo before you watch them!

[@tomv8188]

These are my fave videos! Instructive, relatable (unlike GM chess and 300 games) and really fun to watch! Keep it up!

[@glenndorsam975]

Thanks!! I enjoy all of your content. Watching you think out loud is instructive for me. Please continue makin this content. From 500 up to 2000 elo and beyond!

[@pas5294]

Petition for Levy to grow his full beard 👇

[@tiletapper4ever]

Signed 📝

[@kaput_hodge]

Signed ✍️

[@twocoolboys3906]

Toilet gang!!!!

[@tommyaniline7744]

Signed✍️

[@kermitthedog8442]

Signed ✍

[@minecraftmando455]

Something I love about Levy is how he has such a warped perception of lower elo chess, because of guess the Elo and How to Lose at Chess.

[@abdumamed6602]

11:01 it's me, i always overlook bishop and knight when i charge and i usually begin strong and get heavily decimated somewhere in the middle

[@melongl5697]

Your videos got me from ~400 to over 1000. Thanks for the instructive content :)

[@Chessiplied]

As a former 1000 i can confirm that reaching 1000 was a massive milestone

[@alexbwja]

What did you droop to?

[@McMunch]

he probably increased@@alexbwja

[@Chessiplied]

@@McMunch I did

[@Chessiplied]

1500

[@alexbwja]

@@Chessiplied how long did it take you? It took me forever to break 1000. But now I'm going pretty quickly I'm 1150 right now.

[@SmplyBoi]

“The night is darkest just before the dawn… or some other… quote I heard in a Batman movie.” - Levi, 2023

[@jaschalankinen9668]

It really scares me that I watched the exact Batman movie which the quote is from just a couple houres ago. I'm finally convinced that Levy is some kind of a spy😳💀

[@chilli_Tea]

who's Levi?

[@1boo]

@@chilli_Tea jeans levi's

[@synerzu]

@@chilli_Tea Levi Ackerman

[@ChristomirRackov]

The night is dark and full of terrors ;)

[@en20drayt87]

gave up at 1249 but it was fun, respect to you guys who are still playing and improving

[@jorgitoislamico4224]

Why did you give up?

[@openBalop]

the first time i hit 1000 elo i won against a guy who was begging me to draw in a winning position because he was piss drunk and it "wasn't fair" that I beat him and that I would never be 1000 elo even if i beat him. Currently around 1100 lol

[@cubicinfinity2]

lol

[@leonardodominguezherrejon7019]

I started playing a few months ago and like 1 week ago I reached 1000 elo for the first time because my opponent resigned in the third move, I don't know if he was just generous or what happened

[@TheEnergizer94]

Little did you know the first guy is a french chess KZbinr named "Trocada" that was also smurfing at this exact moment

[@falkeborg9432]

Wait really?

[@vdun]

Can’t find him on KZbin at least

[@assolutoracingbr]

Link?

[@Gunner4life34]

It's a joke fellas, he even reversed the name to make it obvious. Stop blundering in the comments bozos

[@worir6752]

if 1000 is that bad, what does that make me?

[@gaopinghu7332]

That would make you Worir 6.

[@worir6752]

@@gaopinghu7332 oh

[@okaydetar821]

Either worse or better depending on if your rating is higher or lower.

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@okaydetar821equal

[@roiburshtein852]

7:25 classical chess be like

[@basteala525]

Well I finally did it and crossed into 1000 this morning. It's a good feeling. I know there are many better chess players out there, but it kind of feels like the first step into a larger world. These videos were a huge help, so I want to thank you Levy for being you and bringing such great content into our lives. Funny enough, my 1000 rated game came out of the Caro-Kann, too. Also I would love to see a 1500 video at least. It's kind of nice seeing what each benchmark is like.

[@fier5080]

1500s a big difference compared to 1000, ur next goal should be closer to 1200 imo

[@wienerliebling2642]

Trust me Bro, the journey just started - keep grinding

[@basteala525]

Fair enough. Right now I''ve broken into 1100 and I'm keeping the push going.

[@dheerajchouhan3299]

A player who starts as a beginner and reaches 1000 is a tough dude

[@Bieyud]

I’ve been stuck at 1000 elo for over a year, and it’s making me not like chess anymore. No matter how much i watched even gothams content, and studied, I’ve gotten all sorts of books and read them thoroughly, I can’t get any better. maybe I’m just bad. i had dreams of being a gm one day, but the longer i play the more i realize that it wasn’t meant for me.

[@nothinggood2696]

Studying and playing are important but also analysing your games whether it be wins or losses. Becoming a GM is very difficult it's equivalent to saying you want to be a world class athlete. It's not going to happen overnight or without dedicating time as well as having natural ability of course.

[@ID-ee9hz]

Improve your tactics. Pins, discovery, etc. You'll be 1400 in no time.

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

Stop focusing on trying to do fancy high level stuff and just play casually. Look at each move (both yours and your opponents) very thoroughly and see what it does, what it threatens, what other pieces are affected by it moving. Doing that will practically ensure you make no blunders. That will easily get you to 1100

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

Also don’t worry about being GM. VERY few people are GM Keep in mind Levy was like 1500 at 8 years old and even he isn’t a GM. Don’t worry about it

[@3Looy]

Every game you make mistakes, do you know your mistakes? Every time you make a mistake write it down and in no time you will realize what you are bad at, don’t study more opening theory if most of your mistakes are tactics and endgames

[@socrates8605]

Thats why you are an IM,you lose to 1000s.

[@orbitalchess]

I just got back to 1000 in blitz today, and this video comes out! Thank you Levy, your courses on Chessly are great

[@sakana6388]

~1040 was my first elo after placement, now im 1900 rapid, just think guys, losing on time with 0 blunders is better than blundering games, be more efficient and just iterate through possible lines instead of blankly seeing the board while thinking, once i got the insight to think longer and think more efficiently i got from 1000 to 1500 in like 2 weeks

[@CuteLittleCat2006]

I felt so proud when I reached 600 elo .. and I’m still there …😂😂

[@hxctic-ii1qh]

same

[@SztalkerElet]

Solve hundreds of puzzles to improve

[@ALEXANDERLIU]

I literally just hit 600 ELO today and felt like God

[@sunflower8227]

what about me who just hit 450 ELO ...

[@RaghavBabbar]

​@@SztalkerEletpuzzles don't need to be done to reach 1k at all, you just focus on basics and doing less blunders with only a little thought about what the opponent will do

[@guyinoah]

i play like a normal 1000 elo player but i made the mistake of starting an account at a beginner elo rating because it feels like i get scrub stomped or cheated against lmao. it makes me realize that a lot of low players no nothing at all about openings and it ends up throwing me off at times because ill be doing something and all of a sudden there will be either the dumbest move ever or the best engine move on accident or maybe on purpose and it keeps me bouncing in the 3 number elos

[@aminesosa8676]

EEH! I remember when I was there, listen my old self you gotta master the art of improving your position slowly! don't play for tricks!

[@unrelatedcoma]

thats the problem with Rocket League. in the low tiers your team mates are such garbage it stops you from advancing in the ladder and getting away from the dregs.

[@SuperDeinVadda]

Elo hell is a myth tho

[@sietsejohannes]

Except chess is not a team game, so you can't be held back like in rocket league. You should get a feel for the game if you want to improve, not just memorize an opening. If your opponent makes an unexpected move just take some time to analyse if it's a good move, a blunder or neutral.

[@unrelatedcoma]

@@sietsejohannes source?

[@christopherclubb9167]

That last game raised my blood pressure higher than my ELO

[@aniruddharedij7138]

I was stuck at 900 for almost six months and when i finally reached 1000 that feeling was the best like i was so happy. I recently achieved 1200 still working to be better

[@BillyBobJoeSurviv]

For me 1000 didn’t feel like that big of a deal but 1100 felt huge. I feel like the most important numbers of climbing are 800, 1100, 1600, 2000, 2200

[@hades8737]

Fr after you reach 1100 you just get stuck there for a while…and that position is best to master your opening and polish your middle game

[@MK_mon]

​@@hades8737I think it depends from person to person I was stuck at 900s for a long time before I broke through even though I reached 1100 and 1200 in a short period of time

[@Dc-kk9bd]

​@hades8737 I was stuck at 950 for months. After hitting 1000 it took me 2 weeks to hit 1150.

[@ruisyaf]

I'm a 400 elo and i think i'm decent 💀

[@kyledittman8408]

You will be someday

[@MrDanielfff777]

40o is a beginner

[@jout738]

I think 400 elo might be the rank where biggest procent of players are around 7 year olds.

[@scoutbane1651]

400 is literally below average my guy 💀

[@ruisyaf]

​@@scoutbane1651atleast im not 100 💀

[@steelegagnon5273]

as an aspiring 1000, seeing you exploit and explain these straightforward weaknesses is very helpful

[@dragoconte]

19:00 “when u leave a square u still control it ok?” pawns: am i a joke to u

[@doormatcat]

As a 2000 being back at 1000 seems like an upgrade. At that elo I couldn't be mad at myself for losing because I wasn't good enough to know what I did wrong. Now I berate myself for every little mistake.

[@Celatra]

bro im 600 bullet and i know mostly every mistake i make and i get quite mad at myself lol

[@oneofthemones5242]

I’m currently 1197 and I want to hit 1500 by the end of this year. Could we play a few rapid games and you briefly tell me what mistakes I’m making that might prevent me from reaching my goal?

[@doormatcat]

@@oneofthemones5242 I could. But I should tell you. You can get to 1600 as long as you avoid direct blunders and wait for your opponents to blunder. It's a simple game. It's just hard to master. You don't even need to pressure your opponents below that rating.

[@oneofthemones5242]

@@doormatcat Awesome, my username is NeverDuckSmoke. And yeah, I’ll definitely try to hammer that in to my head moving forward in my games

[@jout738]

At 2000 elo they play so perfect chess, that it must be from small mistakes that makes you lose the game, so thats why as 950. I dont so above 1000 elo as that fun anymore, because they respond perfect way into my opening.

[@yourmum69_420]

I just got to 1000 a couple of days ago (1100 actually) and now I'm scared to play again because I don't want it to drop lol

[@agnesmasih8277]

play on lichess then to not get out of prac

[@alpddar2518]

Blitz pool is really stronger than rapid. Also you get some underrated players more often in blitz. Dude wants to play excellent in your game and plays terrible the rest or maybe rages easily when loses. Its the same in Lichess as well.

[@dufrezno6183]

10:56 knight prophecy - that was hilarious😂

[@rishipranavramakrishnan689]

I want someone to make a GTE submission when Gotham asks them if they know him.

[@user-xs5nu9ib5m]

A truly wonderful series! And the bullet games are hilarious

[@Trinityaqk]

This is one of my favorite learning videos. Please please please!!! Do more of these!!!

[@Spyzano]

The commentary during that bullet game was just awesome. Never laughed so hard watching chess

[@kem5993]

I don’t think this was chess 😂😂😂

[@Woodshadow]

I recently hit 2100 in Puzzles and I'm feeling pretty awesome about that. I was hard stuck at 1400 and finally broke through. Then I was hard stuck at 1900 and broke though.

[@ibrahimal-mallah9360]

Where do you solving puzzles?

[@jackmakuna7919]

I need some advice at 11:12 I can think for my opponent quite well, I can see their best moves but somehow I never see my best moves, what can I do or what course should I study to change this

[@VanshGupta-qg6wv]

Dude, play less games(3-4max) and solve more puzzles(10-12) and remember when u solve a puzzle, u've to calculate on your own every possible moves, dont just randomly click anywhere, and stick to one opening only, this will help u a lot

[@andrewvogt05]

I would love you to continue this series!!!

[@abasicguy]

Its funny how Gotham is like a proud dad for the 1000. Its really supportive.

[@AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHM]

that adacort guy should be on guess the elo. strongest 1000 of all time

[@reachjayu]

Nah I’m better 😎

[@Holty.]

​@@reachjayuand humble

[@sietsejohannes]

Except he butchered his opening and hung his e-pawn (which Levy kindly ignored). Why play the French and then push the pawn to e5 anyway?

[@alcoholicfatheroutside]

Levi getting his ass handed to him restored my faith in humanity

[@mmathems395]

"Always look for Checks, Captures and Attacks" ... I first heard Anna Cramling saying this, but there's a short video where you explained it with an easy-to-understand example, so that now I understand the value of looking out for checks. And erm, on the subject of Elo, if I'm consistently beating the computer at a particular Elo, can I proclaim myself as being higher than that Elo? Thank you for this content 😊

[@TheChessNerd538]

00:24 Yes, Levy, I remember where I was when I got to four digits. It was the day before yesterday 😂

[@MrPlatypus42]

As someone who isn’t even close to 1000, these videos are so informative. Thank you.

[@FedeRama]

I liked it the whole 9:30 tactic.. When you do this kind of videos you usually "play like a xxx elo player" and I think it is better if you play a little higher than that, so you can actually show more tactics for us, and for your oponent!

[@amirharithbinhairuzzamilmoe]

“Ok he played e6 the french defence” he says as he’s fighting a 999 elo french man

[@keyR3dz]

“I feel like my opponent is playing on a toilet in a bullet train, with someone banging on the door” 😂😂💀

[@adityakhambeteIIT]

as a 1000 on lichess, i indentify as an 1000 elo

[@sethschexneider]

So 600 😅

[@aarizfazwani2520]

The levy stare is the best thing I love about him

[@MegaAtlas101]

Crossing 1000 elo was the bane of my existence. I barely crossed it, lost about 10 games in a row, went back to around 950, very slowly got back to 1000 after about a month just for the whole thing to happen again. This repeated for 5 times. I am now 1350 blitz and 1400 rapid but i still remember the struggle and elo anxiety vividly.

[@nickwilliams7328]

Bro right?! It's like a pattern every 100 elo gain for me, like the website knows I crossed a boundary and is like, 'oh yeah time to punish this fool' so they send me back 125 elo over two days and then the next two days I get it all back by playing easier opponents. I'm rated 1400 rapid but I probably still play like a 1250

[@gobihoukou1]

I would say that bishop going backwards at 14:48 was to safeguard against getting forked by your knight taking that pawn at d4 you were talking about. It also covers the pawn at c2, where your knight might eventually go and fork king and rook. Seems to me that it did not make sense to you only because you purposefully ignored knight takes d4 at that point.

[@Bat_man07]

Just reached 1000 Elo after 2000 matches and searched 'is 1000 elo good elo' and got here 😂😂(I AM VERY HAPPY 😁😁)

[@davidwagar4996]

I'm roughly 950-1050. I played a 1250 yesterday, I felt like I was playing a GM. I was outplayed but lost against him when he had less than 1s on his clock 😢

[@broken1394]

More Practice then!

[@agnesmasih8277]

play me then.I am 1400

[@pawn4]

@@agnesmasih8277 me

[@theycallmebach]

Respect to Anands legacy. Being the top rated player of a country for four decades is insane enough. But I think looking at how many GMs emerge out of India nowadays really puts into perspective just how important Anand is considering he was the first

[@thurgasivaruban2511]

10.32 - loved the mini chess lesson levy :) also felt like i was being told off by the end of it :( hahaha....also did he really say UK folks always apologise for stuff ooooo

[@M7SportEditz]

I just hit 1300 yesterday

[@hlebozavod6916]

Congrats!

[@mayeulcarpentier4100]

As a fellow 1350,congrats my friend

[@ardy45_official]

Same here, wanna play?

[@AngeloGene]

Congrats! 1500s I think is the next goal. 👍😁

[@ahmadxolmaxmatov]

Same here, now I am 1330.

[@presidentwilliamhowardtaft5932]

as a 1400 in rapid, I kind of struggle to progress with 1000s in blitz. pretty sure it’s just a time thing but I can’t help to wonder if blitz oriented players are just better.

[@sovietman0964]

Also a 1400/1000 - same problem, time issues. I'm usually winning until time gets short or I just run out of it. Slowly improving by playing more blitz though.

[@polunity3903]

Play more bullet, it will help improve pattern recognition

[@shiva-ji-777]

As a 1178elo I appreciate that I once beat a 1678elo once I joined 11months ago

[@maximum_75]

I would love this series for players 1500-2000. Although it wont get as many views and we dont make up the majority of your audience it would be great to see.

[@AnishPatel-gh3pz]

I commented on one of levy’s videos like a couple months ago and i was 1000, and now i’m 1400 at 11 years old.

[@NIKHILKAMATH65IITRORKEE]

I am 1900 at 9 years of age

[@hlebozavod6916]

I am Magnum Carlsbad and i'm still in my mother's womb

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

I’m 2,487 elo and I’m only 8 years old also I’m a millionaire and Robert Downey Jr. personally thanked me for being awesome

[@AnishPatel-gh3pz]

@sharthaksharma2535 cap

[@strnbrg59]

You're surprised that he didn't remember where the bishop was a move earlier? I'm rated 1200 and I barely remember what happened a move or two ago. I definitely don't notice if my opponent has taken one of my pawns or pieces (I press the "back" button all to time for that) unless that piece was at the focus of my attention.

[@anuragkirtankar1980]

That Last Bullet game was Hilarious, natural reactions, i laughed my heart out lol

[@eulermachado3968]

Its a little weird, I am not a good player, now Im confortable in 1350, but I knew the chess basics since a kid and when I returned, I had 1050 +- and never dropped below 1000. So I really struggle to understand the 3 digits 😮

[@melissagrenier2200]

Same. I didn't even realize there are real people under 1000 for a while

[@TheBatracho]

Levy, I am finally ready to buy your courses, any plans for a sale in the near future though? :)

[@ishkwatra6207]

As a 1000 elo i can confirm most of the people wont answer gotham in chess because a 3 min format is like super tensed for us and we would never waste a sec on the keyboard

[@OsamaBinBurnin]

The easiest way to get out of the 1000’s is learning openers and defending them.

[@HotShotAZ]

As a 1000, I always hope to see myself on videos like this. Would be epic to get roasted by Levy

[@thebattosai7814]

I am so happy I watch levy's videos. I was at 1400 for so long and then levy came and made me a 800😢

[@RetroRanger]

Thanks for showing, actually i get a LOT of freestyle with queen and bishop in openings and i tend to get unnecessary nervous and make easy faults . THATS the reason they play this, because it works in average. So nice to see how you crushed them :)

[@JediFrog]

9:48 to 10:55 is probably the best I've ever seen Gotham teach an idea in chess.

[@darrena5384]

Until I watched this video I thought I always played the London. Imagine my shock when Gotham says at the start of game 2 “I think I’ll play the London” and then moves D4!? I been playing it with E4. So what’s my opening? Reverse London? 😂 I’m 850 elo

[@reaper_is_unavailable]

I thought it was the london as well, read the game reviews or explorer, it's called the King's Pawn Opening with some Bishop Variation.

[@jokurdm]

Bishop's Opening

[@jokurdm]

Reverse London is if you play it with black iirc

[@Celatra]

the opening table should state the name of every opening sounds like bishops opening or smth

[@ICICare]

That must be the metsys nobnoL.

[@ClimberDuk]

I feel so left out, when I really started playing chess I was already playing at about 1200 elo level. I never got to feel the accomplishment of reaching 4 digit... 😭That said, I'm so close to reaching my goal of 1800 elo, just need like 20 more points

[@oneofthemones5242]

I would’ve traded my sub-1000 struggles for yours any day of the week 😅 I’m currently 1197 and I’m too scared to jump in another game

[@jout738]

Im 950 elo and I once reached 4 digit and 1033 elo and I felt nothing. Wanted to keep going on, but then propably met smurf that had perfect responses on my opening and so I dropped back down to 900s. I didnt feel that much accomplishment reaching 1000, when I realized, that chess becomes less fun in there, when people play better moves overall from the start.

[@ClimberDuk]

@@jout738 Smurfs suck and chess definitely can be less fun at higher elo. Chess at higher elo is more fun if you take a little time to learn a few higher level tactics. Executing a sneaky tactic on an unsuspecting opponent brings so much joy and motivation to keep playing. I wish you luck on your chess journey

[@jout738]

@@ClimberDuk Yes its annoying, when im trying to do progress in chess and reach new chess elo high score and then there comes chess smurf from around 1500-2000 elo that makes me impossible to beat him, because his so much better at the game and that then makes me demotivated to try countinue to reach new chess elo ranking.

[@angeloid_]

As someone who used to be 1000, I very much understand not knowing the openings but just playing principled chess for a win.

[@idontgetthejoke4393]

1000 isnt good

[@mohamadrezahajiani]

Please make more content about 1000 elo. I found it really useful. I'm a new 1000 in rapid btw

[@eugeniociccarelli1334]

I just hit 1300 elo, i was 800 elo 2 weeks ago

[@zekkozen2087]

okay?

[@rish478]

These comments are idiotic

[@kaelenannes4308]

Cheater

[@eugeniociccarelli1334]

@@rish478 ikr

[@eugeniociccarelli1334]

@@kaelenannes4308 i just bought books

[@loosegooseyt]

Im stuck at 1350, but when i review my games it says im olaying like an 1800 elo so how do i actually get to 1800?

[@youareliedtobythemedia]

Win more games

[@martinroitenberg885]

When a 1800 wins a game they usually play as a 2000+, but when they lose they play as a 1500-1800 (usually) there are exeptions of course, so your elo makes more sense when you lose than when you win

[@UserSOF0]

i think because its not accurate

[@3Looy]

Depends on the type of game, some games are complicated and you both get like 1000 rating from computer, some games are simple and you get 2000 rating

[@osowiecwalking9434]

same . i was stuck at 1300s for 4 months . then i started to think more precisely and i gained 100 points in a week. i am now 1450 with a win against a 1700 under my belt.

[@Giftcard.8]

Love the series would be amazing to see more

[@micahbrownfield3068]

Being a 1200 my encouragement to all you 800s out there I highly recommend not playing blitz and playing rapid with decent time and focusing on getting better.

[@PositiveVR]

The upload rate of this channel is outstanding. And somehow, levy is able to make the videos so high quality. Who agrees? (Also, first comment)

[@Agelio]

gg on first

[@DOG-hu4cj]

gg