CRUSH People with the Scandinavian Defense!

[@GothamChess]

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[@matthewmiller8153]

When I play chess with my family, they don't let me castle because they've never heard of it and my brother thinks it's a dumb rule. Edit: Finally had an opportunity to play en pessant against my mom. She told me she saw it when searching for "the best opening move in chess", but I still haven't played it against my brother, who will definitely have a different reaction lol.

[@andymion]

I mean, GM Vladimir Kramnik agrees with this and Alphazero tested no-castling chess to see if it would produce less draws.

[@greatgianph5076]

Well show them a video that castling is a thing and make THEM look dumb

[@eaaddzzzz]

I assume castling was brought in because people used to waste 3-5 moves shuffling around manual castles. Also, try explain en passant to them.

[@jamessaunders4898]

Same my mum still argues about

[@hrithikavirkud7737]

My parents don't even allow me to promote my pawn to a queen. They say that you can promote the pawn to the piece you don't have So that means i can promote my pawn ONLY when I have lost or traded my queen. I searched and showed them on Google that it was allowed to have multiple queens... But then they just say that Google is giving wrong information🙃🙃🙃🤡🤡🤡

[@waters8413]

Me, not a Scandinavian player, learning the “GM/cheater” lines so I can beat Scandinavian players

[@civilninja]

Improvise Adapt Overcome

[@FNproject]

every gm is a cheater

[@cicciobombabumbumcha]

I'm 1800 but Scandinavian players always beat me I hate it 😂 love this video

[@dionel1388]

@@DonFreeq Umm me? I think I have more losses than wins in Scandinavian Defense. I usually just use something like Levy's course structure when playing but there are moves I don't know how to deal with like the c6 move. I don't know how to punish their mistakes that's why I'm trying to memorize stockfish lines lol.

[@majesticm4808]

I almost never lose to the Scandinavian in blitz (1450 +/- 50 most days) but then again my opponents always play Qd8 and I feel like I wind up having better development anyway. I still win against Qa5 too but it's not as simple

[@PolrisTired]

Levy: Imma give them a slight positional advantage for educational purposes Opponent: _immediately blunders queen_

[@steelmongoose4956]

The Scandinavian Defense makes your opponent blunder his queen! Ima play that!

[@nano2598]

By the way did anyone catch the game last night?

[@voltra2597]

chess

[@nano2598]

@@voltra2597 Look at his username... ;)

[@saqlainalvi5485]

Did you catch the game last night?

[@aprivatechannel1152]

Pawn takes d5 : 0:52 Knight attacks the queen : 1:18 What we have to developpe : 2:33 If our queen is targeted : 3:01 If white does not occupy the center : 3:19 Why you cant castle queen's side if they occupy the center : 4:00 What you want to be looking for : 5:09

[@uncannyegysdeistic]

You'r the Messiah

[@ClarkPotter]

What is "developpe"?

[@BROKESQUE]

Remember this to use in chess games

[@TheUnknownWarrior]

@@ClarkPotter u know exactly what he meant lol

[@augusto0o0]

A true hero!

[@Sifo_Dyas]

I love how when Aiden blundered his queen, Levy captured it in about 0.1 seconds, and then said he thought about not capturing.

[@demonslime]

probably muscle reflex lmao, although personally I always pause when the opponent blunders because it's possible they are making a trap and about to mate in 1 or something

[@Danthemanfromny]

Capturing there is wrong because it loses track of the objective, that being to teach. The game should simply be edited out. Give Aiden a mulligan.

[@aidans9989]

@@Danthemanfromny Like he mentioned in the game video as well, I was kinda nervous playing since it was going to be uploaded. Still tried my best after losing the queen ;)

[@ABSayysO]

@@aidans9989what’s your elo now?

[@aidans9989]

@@ABSayysO Blitz still around 1200, but rapid 1500, I did improve a bit, but don't really put too much effort into learning openings and endgames and such. Just playing for fun

[@iVesperX]

8:48 "if they block with the knight, idk that's just kinda stupid looking" lmao I love this channel

[@walidmahdab8475]

It was so simple yet extremely funny 😆😆😆

[@since1876]

As soon as he said it I'm like "yeah but maybe there's something to it....." Then I thought about any moves it could possibly make and thought about all the shit it's blocking and came to the conclusion that it's actually just really stupid looking 😂😂😂

[@ClarkPotter]

"Idk" and "stupid-looking" is very apropos for Levy.

[@jarosawboberek4671]

That's so unfair to the knight, too! I consulted this exact position with stockfish and Ne2 is the best move available, evaluated at +0.46 in white's favor. Covering with bishop e2 is obviously bad due to losing a pawn and evaluated at -0.44. You can, however, cover with the other bishop at e3, developing a piece and defending your d4 pawn (evaluated at 0.00 - all of these evals are at depth=45). The last available move is Qe2 I guess, but stockfish finds it to be just sooo bad, and I believe you would think so too.

[@masoomshafi7406]

Levy: I almost didn't wanna take tbh Also Levy: Takes the queen in half a second

[@fabianandersson9555]

Was literally thinking of that😂😂

[@OmegaLok]

Half a second? That was 100ms after he moved the knight, my eyes dont move that fast :D

[@mtache4652]

he's so used to that move that he does it automatically :)))

[@sophiegrey9576]

And then the poor guy hung a rook later too

[@BarChordA]

@@sophiegrey9576 I could’ve done worse sooner.

[@prim16]

8:52 "If they block with the knight, I don't know, that's just kinda stupid looking, that's my evaluation" Brilliant

[@Jwm367t]

Fun fact - the oldest chess game that we have on record (with the current rules) from 1475 uses a Scandinavian Defense

[@aspermwhalespontaneouslyca8938]

Damn that's fascinating.

[@solaymphone9433]

Interesting, where did you find this information

[@ChessGangsta16]

​@@solaymphone9433Gotham made a video on it just search it

[@proxxit3896]

Wait wasn't ponziani the oldest opening

[@Jwm367t]

@@solaymphone9433 wikipedia and any reputable chess database

[@HristoGochev]

I watched the video today, studied it for couple of hours and then I started playing. I am 1500 and my oponents are very confised when I play the scandinavian. I literaly am crushing with it!!! It will be my standard e4 response from now on! Thank you Levy! You are great!

[@satchelcowles7742]

Hi Levy, I find it really helpful when you repeat the key steps of each part you're teaching. For instance, in the Qd6 variation, after explaining the first few moves you come back and emphasize: "when you move Qd6 you HAVE TO CASTLE THE LONG WAY". This method, where you repeat, summarize/underline the most important part one more time before moving on to the next part helps us mere chess mortals memorize it. You don't always do this but it's really helpful when you do! Please keep that up :)

[@muazbinsaleh272]

yessss

[@magusincognito5241]

"repetition is the father of learning"

[@UltraMaXAtAXX]

Repetition legitimizes.​@@magusincognito5241

[@ajiteshveeramachaneni1072]

Is it bad to bring out the queen? Levy Rozman: *Yes'nt*

[@mexmedmexmedov4214]

Well, it's fine in some openings, but usually not

[@Froge4291]

As long as you bring out your queen according to theory excluding the scholar's mate then it is fine

[@mistycredo4861]

@@Froge4291 thanks for this info

[@mmr855]

Unless you know what you are doing and youre following some sort of opening instead of making the moves by yourself

[@maruwanshahbandar7223]

"The likelihood of facing it is very unlikely" well not after this video..

[@75hilmar]

I love trapping bishops I will always try it if I can. Thanks Levy.

[@lifeinabox1]

This video really helped me go from having no real clue how to get solid positions w attacking possibilities w black to winning more games than I’m losing in response to e4. Thanks Levy!

[@danielisai1051]

1:48 knight to c3 2:16 queen to the edge 3:17 if white pawn not occupying center. opposite way castling 4:18 pawn occupy center. short caslting 7:12 queen d6. long castle 8:06 queen d8 8:27 pawn d4 9:14 & 10:24 knight f3. very quick long castle

[@Synochrina]

The Scandinavian Defense: Throbbing Variation

[@talkingwithbobandbill2947]

First lol

[@josephseymour5386]

Third lol

[@dylanjong4469]

Forth Lol

[@zakir2815]

Fifth lol

[@that1duck33]

Sixth lol

[@eggyolk6735]

"If someone plays this against you, you're either already a 2200, or you're playing a cheater" Shit how do I play this as white now.

[@AuxenceF]

Get to 2200

[@Lack1nLotus]

^

[@hudwastaken]

^

[@aldriannatawijaya6737]

v

[@TheCrimson7272]

It's a pretty straight forward set of moves (pushing the pawns on your king side) to attack the bishop and just hope that you your king side defense can hold out somehow. 650 blits do this all the time.

[@sigurdnf9121]

finally someone will explain why all these people leave their queen like an idiot in the middle of their board

[@zfire2484]

hahaha

[@jonershi8403]

I always thought what an Idiot and now it's my favorite opening. 😅

[@adampytlik8453]

@@jonershi8403 When I started playing chess again (1 year ago) I played Scandinavian defense without even knowing it's an opening lol, I just came up with it lol

[@adampytlik8453]

@@jonershi8403 Yea the opening looks bad, but it's actually pretty good, ofc there are better openings for black though.

[@artemis477]

@@adampytlik8453 I for example really don't like the Scandinavian, I watched the video in case someone was to play it against me. You can never learn too much theory (unless of course you forget it all). I much prefer to play the Sicilian or the King's pawn into Vienna, Italian or Ruy Lopez

[@eggu1828]

The good thing about Scandinavian as a beginner, is that it's a kinda forcing opening and a clear answer to 1.e4 that brings your white opponent directly into territory where you might be much more well prepared. So basically at low level you can prepare Scandinavian as your main weapon against 1.e4 (and also in the process of learning Scandinavian you gain a very important skill in chess of how not to blunder your queen to all variety of attacks, pins and traps), and not fall deep into many neutral openings where white has an initiative of choosing which way they go.

[@jeffreyrosas1784]

11:57 - THANK YOU! I've lost a lot of games when they pushed the pawn, trying many different things, but the first time I played that sequence my opponent resigned after 13 moves.

[@helloguys928]

This video itself will be the reason why we will face the "BEST MOVE" against us during a match

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

My thoughts exactly lol, but I guess that will be a testament of Levy popularity as well.

[@alataby1]

hello guys man I swear what he said only grandmaster or cheaters will do i did today and im not even 1600 yet so its not about that and u know what I wish if I remember the videos I watched in games I would be really grandmaster lol

[@LeggoMyLamb]

Yeah. Dammit Levy, I consider Scandi's weak and and was crushing them 60% of the time.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Oh man that profile picture is cute

[@yusufhalilovic2838]

Instructions unclear, ended up playing the bongcloud

[@trishaykaul9511]

**Insert gmhikaru intro**

[@unholyftp]

Yo thats even better lmao

[@trishaykaul9511]

@@unholyftp Praise the blessed comment.

[@cl9408]

And king sacrifice

[@kirbyknifeman2877]

U mean d4 e5 dxe5 Ke2 Qd2 Ke3 Qd1 Kxe4

[@sanadbadawi7384]

He better include the intercontinental ballistic missile gambit

[@ΛεφταΥπαρχουν2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5ScYq1_odmrf9E there is a video for that

[@sanadbadawi7384]

@@ΛεφταΥπαρχουν2 that’s the joke

[@ArtificialTable]

@@sanadbadawi7384 then it isn't funny

[@2kgodwannabe571]

@@ArtificialTable damn

[@placeholdernameisplacehold7671]

I got played that in an actual game the other day. I was laughing for half an hour straight. Still won the game. Opponent blundered queen and rook. Ah the joys of 800 ELO.

[@huz._.3196]

Notes: - to be played against e4 only - 0:52 pawn takes d5 Approach-1 - 1:23 Nc3 (queen threatened) > 2:15 Qa5 and pawn to d4 - Development 2:30 (for Approach 1) - If queen targeted 3:00 - If white doesn't occupy center with the pawn 3:18 - Why can't you play if pawn is at d4 4:04 - If white doesn't play h3 to attack bishop 4:28 - goals in short castling 5:07 - Why GMs put bishop at f5 5:51 Approach-2 - 1:23 Nc3 (queen threatened) > 7:09 Qd6 - if white g3 7:52 Approach-3 - 1:23 Nc3 (queen threatened) > 8:05 Qd8 Approach 4 - 8:28 white plays d4 instead of Nc3 > if Nc3 NOW, 8:32 Approach 5 > 8:28 white plays d4 instead of Nc3 - two pawn attack queen 8:47 Approach 6 > 8:28 white plays d4 instead of Nc3 - black attacks with pawn at 9:03 Approach 7 > 9:13 White Nf3 (also 10:26) Approach 8 > 10:46 if white ignores pawn and Nc3 - if Nc3 to Ng3 after taking black pawn 11:06 Approach 9 > 11:10 if white ignores pawn and Nf3 Approach 10 > 11:51 They push to e5 Karo-Kann (advanced variation)

[@Hanyamanusiabiasa]

Neutral Ending : The opponent losing a tempo trying to save a queen Good Ending : The opponent moving a queen to c6, getting pinned and losing queen Bad Ending : The opponent is too aggresive, and you lose one hanging rook then lose another rook because skewer

[@youmnasehar6058]

hey gotham you have undoubtedly surpassed agadmator as the best chess channel didn't expect to be pinned and well anybody doubting my 'qualifications' for comparing the both channels here's your answer i have watched all the videos of agad and gotham so i can say with some experience. excuse my punctuation and grammer errors please

[@GothamChess]

comment war in 3, 2, 1...

[@tingal]

@@GothamChess AHSOAHDOANZ

[@jj_oso5707]

@@GothamChess we will serve you loyalty

[@nashkius]

@@GothamChess lol

[@exordial9266]

@@GothamChess dont worry you're the best for me:)

[@popcornandzerocoke5043]

ah, the scandinavian. the only opening that my father uses. his only opening that i could never beat after all my research.

[@amarshah2222]

j

[@mikekoh7690]

j

[@someonepassingby6320]

j

[@carlneoh5843]

Truly disgusting, that some "people" would do such a horrible thing

[@marcelh4422]

j

[@josephreavey2531]

"Castle schlong" -International Master Levy Rozman 7:24

[@voidzminer1017]

Lmao what

[@voidzminer1017]

he actually said that🤣

[@mikolluksoo3557]

Okay got it If my queen go a5, castle short If d6, i gotta go s c h l o n g

[@skooby2gaming114]

I caught that too 😂 epic

[@josephoyek6574]

Shortn't

[@Tipodatubo]

*TAKES QUEEN INSTANTANEOUSLY* "I almost didn't wanna take"

[@Anxiou5Panda]

I immediately brought out my Queen and my pawns mounted a rebellion.

[@capt_noo]

great success

[@Epicbigbird93]

Thanks for quality content Levy! Before I started watching you I was stuck in 1200. Then I found your London system videos and from there I have grown to 1400 and am battling for breaking into the 1500s. Thanks again for the teaching!

[@kroh7742]

The Scandinavian defense, Pull out a viking axe, force your opponent to resign by threatening to loot them

[@Njadmessi]

Instead of an axe just play the game and when they win pull out the anti tank missile

[@גלעד-ר7ה]

@@Njadmessi you are a boring person

[@sayafkhan748]

Hahah good one

[@kroh7742]

@@alex2005z I reply with the ballistic missile defence.. The only mistake was to keep me hostage.. It'll end in a stalemate by ending both of us

[@unreeeal493]

He's just reading my mind now

[@xxcattoxx544]

Dog

[@henrybusse7513]

Dog

[@aodn7651]

Mine too

[@xxcattoxx544]

@@aodn7651 racist

[@kelzakdub]

For real! I was finding a lot of success with this opening and was looking for a Gotham video on it

[@jdawg3169]

8:53 "I don't know that is just kind of stupid looking." New favorite motto for learning how to play this game.

[@christopherlinder5045]

Hey, Levy! Unbelievable content, great stuff, keep it up! Just wanted to say I was surprised about two things: One, that you didn't immediately at the beginning warn not to ever retreat the queen to c6 because of Bb5. (May be too obvious, but nothing is too obvious...) And two, that you say around 6:15 or so that the h3, g4 attack on the bishop is "improbable" unless someone is extremely prepared. I always seem to be hovering around 1250 and my experience is that around this level or lower, MOST players don't seem to mind potentially over-extending to try to trap the bishop. But maybe you were making the point about most people rated higher than myself being a bit more conservative with their king-structure pawns after castling.

[@arjunhargan5743]

I was literally just gonna look for a video for Scandinavian defense and found this video just as it was posted. Long live, Gotham OMFG, 547 likes?! Damn!

[@kkTeaz]

Ez

[@Hellothere-bk9cf]

Same

[@bleep150]

He Knew

[@ryuzogunawan529]

Are you Arjun in Finegold Video

[@jimmy7641]

Me too

[@isaiahmonteleone]

When you’re so early Levy is still searching for a hate comment.

[@thebus3181]

It’s Levy

[@nikvalentincic9764]

@@thebus3181 he's*

[@ThisLie303030]

@@nikvalentincic9764 It's* his name...

[@nikvalentincic9764]

@@ThisLie303030 sorry, my bad. Why is "he is Levy" wrong?

[@unknownpotato2558]

@@nikvalentincic9764 it's not but its isnt wrong either

[@sad_romantic]

"The likelihood of you facing this computer line is pretty unlikely". Army of gotham subs, who watched this video and remembered that line: we highly doubt that

[@AlphaWolfQ]

e4 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qc6 Bb5 = instant queen blunder by black (queen pinned to king with no way to block and knight backing up bishop)

[@SanketPatole]

I am a 1000+ rated player. I have always been 1. e4 e5 player and I've seen that a lot of players at my rating have started playing Scandinavian lately. (Might be due to Levy's video) I face Scandinavian around 15-20% of times. Majority of others just simply play Italian or 4 knights opening or Sicilian defence. While playing Scandinavian against me, I just chase their queen and they simply lose their queen or lose huge material. I win around 99% of the times against Scandinavians.

[@mygod2529]

Bro I'm still 368 rated 😢

[@vonelgamer3071]

​@@mygod2529how much now

[@wardaamir6968]

literally all my opponents have been playing this lately. this is really helpful lol

[@cant-stand-ya3335]

Yes and englund

[@asianmj6359]

I’ve been using the Scandinavian

[@stoutlager6325]

yeah i noticed a surge in popularity with these gambits from black in response to e4 and d4 lately, maybe last three or four months or so. I got bored and decided to learn some other stuff so I wasn't playing the same lines every game. Like reti and nimzo larsen attack. Those are a real challenge to adapt to coming from a background of mostly conventional center control openings. Not sure reti is a good fit for me. I like the nimzo though, especially with Nf3 as first move instead of the all-in 1. b3. 1. Nf3 is more comfortable as it allows transposition in to something more suitable if black plays in particular ways from there.

[@michirohoshikatsu4628]

Meanwhile, Bobby Fischer is struggling to decide whether to laugh or not.

[@dylanmasucci673]

Levy: "if they block with the bishop you take their pawn. If they block with the knight it looks stupid." Me: NICE

[@Tyletoful]

I would love it if he did tutorials where he included all the bad responses and how to respond to them, even if it was just quickly. I'll watch one of his openings videos and then play against 800 dudes and when they hit me with something crazy, I have no idea why it is weak. Otherwise, I love the videos!

[@emilianomontanez8717]

Fax

[@sunnynejad1171]

just use engine so you can see the best move. use ur brain lol

[@paradoxash3347]

@@sunnynejad1171 your advice is "Just be Good" . Thats great for beginners👍

[@Jlang-es9lc]

@@paradoxash3347 You shouldn’t be memorising all the different variations for openings yet if you can’t punish poor/incorrect moves.

[@maxphillips6249]

​@Paradox Ash has got a point, whenever i face crazy moves i know are weak just play the "good principles" that you know (e.g. develop pieces control centre), then import game into lichess after to see best ways to punish

[@ju4184]

18:20 “Oh Aiden, no…no no no” had me dying 😂😂😂

[@Liam-rk3py]

Imma stick to my ‘sac queen defense, oh and the rooks too variation’

[@TRXSTA38]

Obviously just a gambit line. :D

[@khybermcfarland6225]

Maybe the Botez Gambit?

[@trishaykaul9511]

QUEEN'S OPENING: ROOK BLUNDER VARIATION

[@aubrey1002]

Queens gambit 👍

[@yusufhalilovic2838]

Instructions unclear, ended up losing my queen three different ways

[@ExplosivePine]

Same

[@ExplosivePine]

@@alex2005z i had a game with queen and 2 rooks and a bishop, and my opponent had the same but with an extra knight. I somehow managed to blunder all my pieces except 1 rook then accidentally back ranked the opponent when i was just eating his knight

[@PP1969GR]

ha ha ha ...

[@Froge4291]

@@ExplosivePine I had a game where my opponent was around 5 pawns and a queen and I was with 1 pawn and 1 Queen and this dude didn't push a single pawn and kept checking me with the Queen and in the end I queened he took my new Queen i took his and he tried to push a pawn I took them with my Queen and he resigned lol

[@mayankmadhavi8615]

Now i know what my opponents will play tomorrow

[@nointernet4766]

4:14 *The enemy is the one that has to give you the advantage. You cannot make your own advantages. Enemies are the best teachers*

[@Paolo-wn5oy]

26:35 I also saw that white can try to save the position by attacking the rook with c4 and the best solution is putting the rook back on d8 because if it goes on d7, the knight can be saved by attacking the rook again with Nc5.

[@harixxt]

I love this combination of roughly 10min theory, just like your 10min chess opening videos, and then showing a game afterwards. More would be great :)

[@willnash7907]

Used to be my fave opening back in 3rd grade. Really strong for players who like to play aggressive but get stuck with black often.

[@martynasnavickas5216]

another video to watch for 5 times :)

[@Geoflonk]

to remember all the theory? Feel you yeah...

[@basiert7701]

Because he sucks at explaining, levy has to be one of the worst chess youtubers ive ever seen.

[@Geoflonk]

@@basiert7701 yeah for sure he helped me only to 1400 in 2 Months and not to a GM in 1 Week... really bad

[@basiert7701]

@@someoneyoumayknow5637 open your eyes. This fake ass guy really thinks that he's doing something for people. When in reality he just spews garbage for half an hour.

[@adittyasinha6647]

@@basiert7701 so true man , was about to beat that magnus guy but then started watching his videos

[@Crazylrishguy]

I think its cool learning black openings, because as a low rated player, if you can force white into a line they don't know, it can turn into black advantage pretty quickly

[@GeorgeDCowley]

3:15 The point of c6 is the knight can't advance very well. 5:00 you could also play Bb4. 22:13 g4 g5. 22:50 The pawn hangs.

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Meanwhile Bartholomew: 'Hey guys, this is John'

[@that_onearmguyyy4618]

lol

[@zeinfeimrelduulthaarn7028]

i just love that his channel is still just chill gameplay commentary aha

[@tiago9617]

"Everyone is playing the Scandinavian" Coming Soon 20 february 2021

[@LeDore38]

Gotta play d4 for a while

[@platypusmusic8843]

Crazy how I've already encountered like 10 Scandinavian defenses this week, luckily at my Elo level they have no idea how to follow up and just blunders their queen 5 moves later lol

[@samm9849]

6:20 now everyone is going to play that line no matter their rating

[@fallofshadows2209]

Okay I know I’m 2 years late on this, but I just started playing chess and this video was super helpful. Particularly the first match with one of your subs and how he blundered the queen and rook. I ALWAYS miss diagonal threats like that for some reason and I would have made the exact same mistake. I missed a easy checkmate in a game yesterday because I forgot my queen could just take a pawn diagonally. So yeah, super helpful video, if only because it’s helping me remember how OP the queen is.

[@Lordmewtwo151]

"If white just leaves the pawn there, you will take it..." So *that's* the appropriate response if white plays Nc3 immediately instead of taking the pawn first. I've played a couple of games in Chess Demons where I have the black pieces and attempt a Scandinavian, but white would play Nc3 immediately instead of the traditional exd4, Qxd4, and *then* Nc3 (obviously followed by Qa3). At that point, I'd be completely lost and just wing something. "If they block with the Knight-I don't know, that's kind of stupid-looking." Getting into that position (8:50) in the first place isn't good, but once there, blocking with the Knight is probably the best option, although blocking with the Queen and offering a Queen trade is also possible. 18:19 Unless I'm mistaken here, instead of Qxh2, Qd2 is also possible (here the doubled pawns is actually an *asset* for once, as Rxc6 isn't check), because if *either* Rook takes a pawn, just take the other rook. And if one of the Rooks goes to d1, I am certain that sacrificing the Queen for both Rooks is just a winning endgame (although I'm also just as sure, if not more so, that the GTE/How to Lose at Chess cast is more than capable of finding a way to mess it up). Edit: Just an FYI, I've played games (my chess game is against AI), and whenever the AI plays this opening, their next move after NC3 is invariably Qe5+ or Qe6+. Then again, I've never played top level bots (the highest I've ever played is rated 3.4/5, and even then, only very rarely and I don't believe I've ever played against the Scandinavian with white at that level.)

[@BunniBuu]

The scandinavian defense is a great opening, but at low levels it's usually used to get opponent's out of theory. I like to completely turn the table and respond with the Tennison Gambit. Not even high level people tend to know all of the theory in it.. they may know the ICBM line but it has a lot more tricky traps which haven't risen to popularity!

[@alancoe1002]

I always refuse the Tennison with 2....e5. Elephant Gambit!

[@jesseaustin4089]

@@alancoe1002 That's a nice move what I do there is combat the elephant gambit with the Ivory poacher gambit, about 60 percent of the time it works every time

[@emreozturk8889]

Ngl that’s smart I peaked at 1900 and u could probably catch me off guard with that I don’t think anyone’s played that vs me so imma now make sure ik how to respond to that optimally thanks for pointing that out so yh I can verify what u said is true I would most likely loose or end up getting messed with bad I would tilt if this had happened to me

[@stillmattwest]

Yep, that's what I like about it. Down here in the scrub division, when someone plays E4 they probably only have one plan in mind. The Scandinavian ends that plan right in the beginning. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go find out what the eff the Tennison Gambit is.

[@WastePlace]

That’s why I like the modern scandinavian, people who are used to the usual scandinavian are thrown out of theory even harder

[@mrhawk2051]

editor: do you think this is a good picture for thumbnail? Levy: perfection

[@janAlekantuwa]

I've been waiting so long for a Scandi guide! I've always wanted to try this opening but I always have no idea what to do after pawn takes queen takes, so this is super helpful

[@politicallycorrectnpc5698]

Watched this video a month ago and started ising this as my primary defense. With success. Came back and watched the video and now i understand hopefully another level up!

[@gunturwicaksono1059]

“The worst cowards, banded together, have their power.” - Homer “Blame is the coward’s solution to his fear of accountability.” Craig D. Lounsbrough

[@LaVieDeReine86]

In Scandinavia we sometimes call it the Carlsen-Jørgensen-Svennson-Bjarnesen Defence.

[@hafplace1346]

i never knew i worked out a 2200 move on my own

[@Noodle966]

Ik it seemed pretty simple to me

[@elliottgordon8304]

You are the most instructive, interactive, and understandable KZbinr. Respects to you!

[@TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation } 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Nh5 11. Be4 Qe7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 1-0

[@TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line } 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd4 Nf6 9. Nxf5 Qxf5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Ne4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 Qh5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Bd2 h5 20. d4 Kd7 21. Rfe1 g5 22. Re2 g4 23. Rae1 h4 24. Re4 Rag8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 g3 27. fxg3 hxg3 28. h3 Rg6 29. Bf4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Rd1 Rh4 33. Kf1 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Ke3 Bg5+ 36. Kd3 Rxg2 37. Kc3 Rf2 0-1

[@Viewer2812]

Finally, a reason to use the Scandinavian Def.

[@theoriginalstoney]

Levy: “Likelihood of you facing this is very low” Encounters this at all of first attempts. Dammit!

[@shalevlevi3027]

I like how he is genuinely upset about the Queen blunder on the first game😂👌

[@milliethemog]

Is that the one at 15:18 😁😂🤣

[@yessir6427]

a game which the opponent does terrible blunders is not a good one to showcase for teaching purposes

[@MonochromeOcean]

It's nice that Levy offers advice no matter what the situation, even after blunders and completely losing positions. I definitely have been using the no resign advice myself recently.

[@Ironpecker]

The first game of brilliant x move into blundering the queen is something I deeply empathize with

[@genevie1998]

Once you lose the queen, all of your confidence goes down the drain

[@aidans9989]

I was nervous. Didnt want to fuck up his video, ended up just blundering my queen

[@genevie1998]

@@aidans9989 It's ok, stuff like this happens every game I play, so if this doesn't happen every game, that's pretty good

[@feintfaint7213]

usually the knight always fork my queen...

[@CUNDUNDO]

That also happens in real life.

[@danielp4971]

How would you defend against the bishop taking the pawn from a7 defence ?

[@hytrix776]

I was thinking about king to b8 but that let’s the white pawn to put pressure so Idrk

[@RoqbinReality]

Was confusing to me why you recommended b4 at 9:40 because it looked like a free pawn but looking at it with a computer the follow up seems to be Ne5 attacking the queen and the bishop.

[@mauropardomorales7847]

Thank you, I was looking for someone to explain what was up with that move.

[@TheDigiWorld]

16:01 Qxe5 dxe5 Rxd1+ does lose the black queen, but black ends up being up a rook and also black gets opportunity to escape the fork.

[@ripgutcat]

I watch this video once a day so the chess patterns stain my brain. Thanks Gotham your a great teacher and I love the way you speak.

[@thecrakin6072]

Thank you Levi, now more people will play the Scandinavian. My inter-continental ballistic missile is ready for launch.

[@since1876]

I remember looking that up but it took so fucking long to find a game that played into it that I couldn't even do it enough to try to memorize it 😭

[@soulburner8095]

Tennison Gambit, Best Opening for sure! xD

[@VivaGramsci]

15:18 White: "Oh no, my queen"

[@AuxenceF]

But actually my queen

[@rhysbigfoot8750]

Because of this video I’m now have to prepare playing AGAINST the Scandinavian

[@Froge4291]

Blackmare-Diemer it is

[@soulburner8095]

@@Froge4291 Nice, my Favourite D4 opening :D

[@Froge4291]

@@soulburner8095 EJ Diemer had a lot of insanely beautiful games with this gambit.

[@Froge4291]

@@soulburner8095 and I even recognised one of them in a queen sac puzzle

[@the_pykid]

"If you're looking for something with the Queen's pawn, then it's time to click awa- No please don't click away my engagement rate will go down" lol hilarious

[@nklp6232]

Hooray, meta of chess has changed yet again. On a more serious note, nice instructional video, respect Levy’s KZbin grind.

[@beregondibram2985]

15:18 Levy has left the chat

[@Frailium]

Levy: “Or your playing a cheater if they play G4 Knight E5” Me: 450 rated who plays that every time they put their bishop there *sweating nervously*

[@nointernet4766]

Your underrated. You should be ~~800

[@roshiroshi1240]

How is possible to cheat on the the online chess?I'm rated 1700. It happened to me once that someone called me a cheater when i made a great move that won the game. I didn't even knew it was possible to cheat 🤦‍♂️. Then he said he would control if i cheated. And then he apologized to me 🤦‍♂️

[@Frailium]

@@roshiroshi1240 it’s easier to cheat online then it is in person, all you need is a computer to tell you what moves to play or make the moves for you

[@roshiroshi1240]

@@Frailium can you explain me a little bit more bro! Is there an app or an chess engine to install?

[@Frailium]

@@roshiroshi1240 there probably is somewhere but if you were playing on a computer or something all you would need is another tab open playing against stockfish and just mirroring the moves your opponent makes then just do whatever stockfish tells you to do

[@domidigital]

"The queen has to be trusted": EPIC

[@DotNET83]

Just started this as opposed to e4 e5. Just won my first 91% accuracy and got a brilliant move and won a queen and my opponent quickly resigned.

[@CrvrMb]

20:55 nothing like a good old fashioned hokey fight. LETS GO RANGERS!!! 💙

[@danielaserkoff7746]

Me, who hates playing against the Scandinavian: Levy, you don’t know what you’ve done to me Edit: To everyone telling me its easy to play against, I KNOW! It was a joke

[@manawearblack]

Just premove Nc3 and then chase the queen around the board developing pieces as you go, it's a wonderful opening to play against

[@jonershi8403]

Just don't start wit e4

[@jonershi8403]

@@DonFreeq I saw magnus Carlsen playing this. It's absolutely playable. Of course you have to know a lot of theory.

[@danielaserkoff7746]

@@DonFreeq.... It's a joke.

[@josephoyek6574]

@@DonFreeq 2. ... Nf6 is killer in 3+0 blitz, makes a lot of people think what to do next.

[@electrogamers9980]

1:48 Levy showing 6 fingers and saying 3 ways :)

[@ohnoyoudidnt8675]

However unconventional it may be, I’d enjoy a video on the Accelerated Dragon opening

[@KalebengOfficial]

Yasser has a great lesson of that from St Louis

[@zadh]

11:13 - What a gem against Tennison Gambit - favorite weapon aganist black's scandinavian

[@Wryyyyyyyyy21]

13:34 That is the Scandinavian trap gambit never take that pawn or u will lose a rook or a queen if you re careless

[@bluemerlin271]

"Kind of like trusting your kids to public transportation" 😂🤣

[@shuvelstone1331]

Thanks for the video! The Scandinavian defense is my favorite one!

[@natehiggers42069]

As an ELO 700 player, I have a 78% winrate using Scandinavian defense. This video is tremendous!!!!

[@anttt7993]

African gambit

[@r7diego]

15:18 you should cover that dangerous Botez gambit too