WORST Move In Chess HISTORY?!

[@JohnDoe-ti2np]

In Christian Hesse's book "The Joys of Chess," there is a chapter entitled, "The worst of the worst." He writes, "Theoretically, the worst worst move must be one that overlooks mate in one and at the same time directly allows the opponent to mate in one. That must have happened in the history of chess, though we cannot immediately think of an example." Congratulations for finding not only an example of such a move, but one that *forces* the opponent to mate in one!

[@Browlie31]

👏👏👏

[@webbowser8834]

Amazing. I have to believe that if Christian Hesse were to see this vid, he would agree that this was indeed the worst worst possible move in chess.

[@algebraicgamer4522]

The opponent can always resign!

[@N12015]

@@webbowser8834 Or that at least an example of the worst moves possible in Chess. There's a lot of theoretical moves like this, all equally as bad and this one had the dishonor of being in a popular KZbin video.

[@webbowser8834]

@@N12015 There are definitely varying permutations of this exact situation, to be sure. The situation is still rare enough that the fact it happened organically in a recorded chess game is something to be celebrated.

[@legueu]

He had mate in one but decided to give forced mate in one to is opponent. That's the best gentleman move in history.

[@njardhakstad158]

He must be canadian

[@libertas12]

It really doesnt get worse than this

[@olivetree7430]

Im 1250 and I've just done that . I'll just stop playing chess maybe it is not for me

[@legueu]

@@olivetree7430 Puzzles are the only salvation! (I just like puzzle tbh)

[@olivetree7430]

@@legueu I'm awful at puzzles . I'm 1250 by avoiding tactics and good endgames

[@natebozeman4510]

Multiple missed mates and forces his opponent to mate him in one. Honestly impressive.

[@rabailey10]

Honestly Gothams content is getting old and the thumbnails are cringe. Yea okay 900s making blunders left and right. And a bear shits in the woods big deal

[@logankneller]

He made a whole new definition to forced mate.

[@alfiealfie35]

@@logankneller selfmate

[@Tshego_Mk]

Trojan mate 😂😂

[@legueu]

@@logankneller It's called a : "Wtf are you doing mate?"

[@newpgaston6891]

When I saw that title I thought "No way, I'm sure I've played worse moves than whatever this is", but yeah, I don't think I've ever forced my opponent to win the game by making his only legal move 'checkmating me'.

[@RaymondBCrisp]

Totally with you on this. I've made some VERY atrocious moves in my time, but none that forced my opponent to checkmate me! I'm reminded of the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd cartoon where, Bugs tricks Daffy repeatedly into telling Elmer to, "Shoot me now!" It's like poor Cheeky just yelled "shoot me now!" and gave black no choice in the matter.

[@unallo237]

I remember a match where I played extremly poorly, my king got chased to a bunch of enemy pawns, no escape from there, and the Queen went to checkmate me with the protection of the king, so yeah, my only move was capture the Queen with my Queen so I checkmate him instead, never give up.

[@KaitlynBurnellMath]

Right? Like I went into this video expecting at least a little bit of clickbait. I expected the move to be pretty bad, but I mean, not that bad. Instead, this looks more like what I would produce if someone gave me a chessboard and asked me to "set up the pieces to demonstrate the theoretical worst chess move you can possibly imagine." (Only one piece that can check the king, only two squares it can move to check the king, one square is mate in one for you, the other forces the opponent to mate in one you as their only move). The other thing I imagined with the clickbait title is that maybe the move would be that bad, but...you know, the players would be rated 600 or something, and they would be blundering pieces and forks the entire game. But no, it was a real game not a setup, and the players were rated 1350 and had very few outright "left a piece hanging" or "got themselves forked" kinds of blunders up until that point. This game is a work of art.

[@rd8586]

lmao

[@libertas12]

Dont forget that he blundered from checkmate to checkmated in one move. Thats one hell of a plottwist

[@joelapps]

"Not only did you get mated, you FORCED mate in one" bruh I laughed so hard. But Cheeky, thanks man, you're a great sport for allowing Levy to recap this!

[@barryweaver8833]

I'd like to think his decision was for conversation and content LOL.

[@ttmouzvargas2034]

bro i've rewatched him saying that and i've been laughing at it for the last 10 minutes, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard

[@ltsgobrando]

5:00 "if white takes with bishop they should legitimately never play another game of chess for the rest of their life"... You got a point there. They certainly found a better use for it.

[@karllesignton7649]

This comment should be pinned 🤣🤣🤣

[@sebastiaanb2651]

@@karllesignton7649 for sure

[@RGC_animation]

@@karllesignton7649 Not as a pin of shame, but as a pin of glory.

[@joseph_soseph9611]

There is no way to play a worse move. Going from the best possible position for yourself to the worst possible in one single move is just spectacular

[@sethadkins546]

Well technically the best possible position is forced mate in 1 for you

[@sethadkins546]

@@throwawaelee that's the point

[@tony792279]

Guys the title isn't clickbait - signing on for a crypto sponsorship is the worst move in chess history.

[@killerdoc1077]

Buying pixels on the internet is worse

[@Lucasinbrawl]

this

[@sinanatasas]

Seems like you don't know FIDE is sponsored by Algorand. Get your head out of your ass

[@LuarSoleil]

Would be fun if he pinned this

[@brookeqs99]

@@LuarSoleil ok but normally pin of shames are ppl being wrong

[@trattoretrattore8228]

"Forced checkmate in 1." It is beautiful.

[@garyskeel3236]

Title is absolutely not clickbait. Not only did we have a missed mate, but literally created a situation where the opponents only legal move on the board was to win the game. Wouldn’t have believed it was possible until this video. Amazing content, and absolutely the gentleman of the year. Forcing your opponent to victory, whether they like it or not.

[@Mike-we3rb]

Win or lose. He can now say he did it on purpose to be a good sport. And also he can say he had total control and new what he was doing

[@balancemaster55]

Techniquly opponent can run out of time.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@balancemaster55 If the opponent ran out of time, they would lose by USCF / chesscom rules, but draw by FIDE / lichess rules because there is no sequence of legal moves that leads to White winning.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

Technically, not a forced victory. The opponent, even outside of the context of FIDE-rated event rules, is permitted to resign, and this is a win. However, the only legal move for the opponent is indeed checkmate. So, categorically speaking, this actually is the worst possible move in chess. It is mathematically impossible to construct a position where a worse move can be played.

[@n1ppe]

​​@@angelmendez-rivera351 You just decided to write the most useless comment possible trying to make yourself look smart.

[@mr_lankyon2065]

B: I found checkmate, the game is over WK: We won, right? B: g2 WK: We won... right?

[@waffluer3961]

Underrated

[@SirArny]

We won, right?

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

BQ: You lost, right?

[@u.v.s.5583]

B: dies WK: dies

[@thinh3]

i’ve never seen such a move called “forced checkmate” in my life 😂

[@irrelevant_noob]

Well, _now_ you have. :p

[@AustinChubak]

Lol

[@augustinesia3985]

I've never seen something like this before. Forcing your opponent to force mate you, absolutely crazy.

[@nothing8640]

You would think this is clickbait but objectively there is no possible way to make a worse move in a game

[@DanielGN07]

Cheeky was like "No. YOU win!" What a great game.

[@jabloko992]

This literally cannot be worse. Going from 1 move checkmate to FORCED checkmate by your opponent in 1. It cannot be worse than this. It's not possible. The annotations in chess are: ?, ?!, !?, ?? etc. The annotation for this move is: ???XD

[@DsiakMondala]

xD

[@gin2064]

XD

[@DrZaius3141]

Truly the worst move I've ever seen... joining in on a pyramid scheme.

[@michaelharrison8120]

Hmmm I’m pretty sure crypto donations allowed Ukraine to fund their defense efforts… but keep being naive

[@PerfectSense77]

If you think buying a cryptocurrency is a pyramid scheme, you don't understand the meaning of cryptocurrency OR pyramid scheme. So well done champ on having absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[@kubukoz_]

@steve ratio

[@Crypto4always]

either you are really really dumb, or trolling. hope for you it is the latter

[@thepoliticalanalyst5684]

@@PerfectSense77 By the amount of likes he got it seems that alot of people just have no opinion in the matter except that they may have heard someone say "crypto bad".

[@feierlord]

That is THE MOST incredible blunder I have ever seen.

[@digiscream]

Can we just give Cheeky a round of applause for putting this out there for over a million people to learn from? You, sir, are a magnificent bastard. Never change.

[@mlgtactics9911]

Fuck crypto currency

[@sabe607]

one could say he is a cheeky bastard

[@elreycharmeleon7522]

@@sabe607 that's it, get the hell outta here

[@MrBrendanRizzo]

I respect him immensely. He could have buried this, but he knew it was one for the history books, so he revealed it to the world so it could be preserved for posterity.

[@AndrewAffolter]

I can't escape from crypto even in chess now. Sigh.

[@wcc4269]

Oh just wait. It hasnt even started yet.

[@prplt]

just get sponsorblock smh 🙄

[@alviOST]

@@prplt ikr, mfs complain but never get the solution

[@eliasmazhukin2009]

Why does everyone suddenly hate crypto

[@PanjaRoseGold]

@@eliasmazhukin2009 Because it's nothing but an environmental waste and one step closer to libertarian ancap hell

[@asca_1348]

i can’t help but feel there has been an amateur OTB game that ended with one player “winning” by checkmate and the other player fails to find their only legal move out

[@cooperrondinelli6576]

Dude there have undoubtedly been amateur otb games where the board position was a stalemate and the players thought it was checkmate

[@matt243]

I had that online when I first started playing. The only legal move was en passant and neither of us saw it. We were discussing it in chat. He just resigned instead of timing out. It was probably M1 anyway, but still funny... And that's how I learned about en passant.

[@ClassicMist360]

@@matt243 lmao that's hilarious

[@JulianL0pez]

Absolutely, I had a game at a state tournament and I was playing fast because I had clinched a draw or win which was what we needed to win our match and had stopped notating. I cut off my opponents king, thinking I would have mate on the next move with my rook, but the bishop blocked his king from moving, making it stalemate! He resigned thinking he would get mated, and as he had no time and I had stopped notating, there was no proof once I quickly realized and took the pieces off the board. All he had to do was try to move and it would have been stalemate, but he resigned and tried to get an arbiter when his teammates told him but there was no proof.

[@kevinklassen4328]

@@matt243 Yep early in my playing online against a friend, I thought I had her in checkmate with my pawn, and we stared at the board for like 5 minutes wondering why it wasn't mate. En passant.

[@eugenesis8188]

"I've been into digital currency since 2012 when I was 16." Ah, good to see Levy also spent what is now $2.8 million worth of bitcoin on Molly from the silk road. Hahaha, I wanna die.

[@lautpuspa]

@fbi this comment right here, sir

[@eugenesis8188]

@@lautpuspa It was like 60 bucks at the time. Lol

[@gamingmoyai3950]

@@eugenesis8188 should’ve waited, so you coulda gotten 2.8 million dollars worth. 🗿

[@eugenesis8188]

@@gamingmoyai3950 Story of my life. In like March of 2020, I told my entire family to buy bitcoin. Guess who didn't buy any? Me. Guess who had $20k in his bank account and still didn't buy any? Also me.

[@ag-bf3ty]

@@eugenesis8188 Look who just dodged a bullet since crypto is crashing now? Also you.

[@SuperSissen]

Ok, I've played many atrocious moves in chess, but I'm pretty sure none of them involved missing mate in one, hanging mate in one, and legally forcing the opponent to play the only winning move at the same time. That's so absurd, and so beautiful at the same time.

[@AshsPikachu101]

Wow what a terrible move. Partnering with crypto is a huge blunder

[@only20frickinletters]

Makes me happy to see how much of his audience is correct about this, though.

[@NoobNoOne1]

For real, promoting a product where his audience can potentially lose a lot of money on is very questionable.

[@PoucoHabilidoso]

Title should be biggest sell out of all time

[@piggynatorcool668]

You can "Invest" in crypto but nowadays investing is no different than playing the lottery, crypto is supposed to be decentralized currency anyway not an investment the smartest move is to wait till people have the right concept (which will probably be a few decades) of it then consider it for whatever uses you have for it.

[@ekki1993]

@@piggynatorcool668 Well, you said it right: theorethically decentralised, in practice it fails. Then proceeded to blunder your own logic by doubling down on a future theorethical potential that hasn't done anything but fail in practice.

[@JMUDoc]

I'm sorry, but we have already seen the worst possible move - from M1 white to M1 black - in one of Levy's other videos😁. ETA - wow... this WAS, in fact worse. This is like some self-mate puzzle from hell.

[@TheKawww]

Just wait!

[@legueu]

It's the same

[@barackobama5867]

This is forced tho

[@gonealoof2106]

But was it forced? Here, black’s literal only move is to checkmate. That’s much worse than it not being forced.

[@Marveryn]

@@gonealoof2106 right cause when its not force their always a chance black doesn't see the mate and go err let me move wrong piece somewhere. this is force .. and i feel sorry for the player

[@chstoney]

OK, I hung mate several times yesterday when I lost 100 Elo, and my opponents hung mate a few times in a winning position too but to force your opponent to check-mate you is not something one sees every day. The title really did not lie.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

He DID find checkmate in one, just for his opponent.

[@glebkachur8033]

What makes this so damn good it's the fact that it's forced mate in one for the opponent. It's not even an obvious move, it's the only legal move available

[@RGC_animation]

Imagine the opponent waits the entire timer out just so they wouldn't checkmate him.

[@prplt]

well yeah that's exactly what he said 🙄

[@tiletapper4ever]

Cheeky played a cheeky move. Show this video to Frank

[@tron600]

Fun video, but I hate to see Gotham peddling snake oil.

[@elliottclarke871]

That evaluation bar just went from M1 white straight to M1 black to 0-1

[@rainvm]

You joining crypto is actually the worst move in chess history.

[@phoenix_3393]

Bro leave him alone

[@baroswista3504]

Stockfish: Bg2+ is a blunder This allows a forced checkmate. No, seriously, your opponent has no other legal moves.

[@ChillwithAster]

"I do not need the checkmate. You can have it."

[@markaragnos5377]

I am 1200, sometimes i make it to 1300, but i quickly get kicked back out. And i have a feeling that this game between two 1300s is utterly ridicoulus, and i would play way better. Do i only feel that way because when i play chess, there's no GothamChess around to tell me how stupid i am?

[@ReliableExcavationDemolition]

same thing happens at the 500

[@HideFromIt]

you dont know how stupid you are until someone tells you or smthing idk

[@DsiakMondala]

Sometimes we have matches we play way below our rank, and sometimes so does the opponent. Levy sometimes review some games of 2000+ people playing moves he would expect from 1000 players. I think it is just a phenomenon that, every now and them, we humans go full potato

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

The biggest swing possible, a mate in 1 to a forced mate in 1

[@Khaim.m]

7:15 I don't understand this line. Yes, the black knight on c6 is hanging, but if rook takes the pawn then white's knight on d2 is also hanging!

[@michaels8386]

That exactly is the reason why you are moving the knight from d2 to c4 FIRST. And AFTER THAT you could pick up the knight on c6.

[@lightningfarron5631]

Lol! Levy having a late April Fools joke with Crypto. XD

[@benjiiiee]

Levy I love your content, but the worse move in this vid was you making an ad for Crypto ;(

[@nibrasalchoufi3450]

What is wrong with crypto?

[@iamcharming9190]

@@nibrasalchoufi3450 it's extremely bad for the environment. The crypto space is unregulated and is full of scams. You will almost always loose your money unless you are extremely lucky. Most of the time it's the rich people benefit from it. The currency is very volatile and not reliable for people living paycheck to paycheck.

[@wiebenijenhuis1825]

The man is getting payed

[@shmojelfed9664]

You aren't excited for a levy NFT? I sure am not!

[@jayphilipps3904]

@@nibrasalchoufi3450 mainly it consumes an obscene amount of energy while not fulfilling it's supposed intended role of a digital currency, making it worse than a pyramid scheme or investing in arms dealers. Think about it, crypto is never used to buy actual amenities, the reason people buy crypto is to resell it later, and that's driven by the unstable value of crypto that makes it only Truly profitable for the creators and the first to buy.

[@omkarkhurana6986]

Cheeky is a Chad player. Absolutely destroying the opponent with mate in 1 on board to show dominance and then *forcing* them to checkmate you is a *power move* .

[@ishanganguly7586]

Lol imagine Stockfish in analysis being like: *Qxg2# is forced, this is the only move that you could do in this position.* *Screaming noises from Stockfish*

[@ggggggg681]

?

[@TLOKkiante]

Bg2+ is a blunder (-M1) Bf5# is best (1-0) *Qxg2# is forced (0-1)*

[@Urza26]

It's not just giving forced mate to the opponent in one, but marching the opponent's king to the position that allows such a forced mate.

[@3characterhandlerequired]

I have never seen someone force your opponent to mate you. This was brilliant.

[@red__guy]

This is the speed of light of losing chess. Nothing can be faster than the speed of light, no chess move can be worse than this move

[@Bruh-bk6yo]

Imagine if the opponent resigned seeing his only legal move is to take the bishop. Like "I don't want to give you a quien for a bishop!"

[@jaydenpoon9774]

“You need to think, in your brain, or whatever you use to think with” Levy 2022 10:06

[@CorpusFisty]

Worst move in chess history is selling out for crypto.

[@wannabnoodles]

Worst comment is hating on someone trying to make a living.

[@eavesdropper0]

@@wannabnoodles facts

[@handtomouth4690]

@@wannabnoodles money is money no matter how it's made, right?

[@Aspharelluville]

Stockfish: its +M1 Bg2+ is played Stockfish: oh i forgot to flip the sign

[@AthosJosue]

Well that Crypto BS its the biggest Pin of shame in history, i wouldn't expect that from levy but here we are.

[@dzdydxdwdv]

yeah this is really sad actually..

[@FuzunRobot]

God, people really don't know shit about crypto yet. Maybe in some years the general public will finally learn and stop calling it a scam. New technologies are hard to understand.

[@peterflom6878]

I agree.

[@Lucas-DX]

7:00 I think I’m not mistaken when I say that Qc5 is bad because you threaten the knight but their rook also threatens your knight. However, I think instead there is an insane Qc4. Because if black takes with the rook on b2, then knight b3 traps the rook. Right?

[@kzkaa.]

It's only considered trapped if the piece has no safe square to go AND is being attacked at the same time. In this case, the rook isn't under attack, so it has no pressure to leave that board immediately. Rfb1 forces the rook to e2, and after Kf1, the rook is officially trapped. I think.

[@awmdanger9677]

By watching 1300's blunder like this, being a 1400 I think I need to push hard.

[@noon7866]

I have a question, if they are 1300 how are they gm

[@panikking]

@@noon7866 I'm not clear on whether you are joking. But, if you didn't know, it is just shown by Levy to troll their sophisticated play lol

[@mathieuaurousseau100]

Me, a 1000 :

[@iamtripp]

I’m a 1300, I play much worse than this 😎

[@PerfectSense77]

Even titled players blunder mate in one sometimes.

[@alannq1976]

This felt like watching someone die.

[@notacannibal676]

Crypto sponsorship? I mean, I know you have to pay the bills, but there have to be other sponsorships that aren't scams, right?

[@jeffmousebeans5055]

crypto isnt a scam idiot

[@arjana3862]

Like Gfuel poisening us all :) or the classic VPN bullshit yeaah this sponsorship is the one where we draw the line AINT THAT RIGHT GOOD PEOPLE OF PEN AND PAPER, OF FAXING MACHINES, US PEOPLE OF THE CASH MONEY. WANT TO BUY SOME STATE OBLIGATIONS? LET"S GO TEAM BOOMER

[@zelcat5794]

hoes mad

[@Hangtime_Davi64]

Yeah, I think forcing your opponent to checkmate you counts as the worst move you can make.

[@seanp5524]

You taking a crypto sponsorship is seriously the worst move in chess history.

[@sophiegrey9576]

Crypto is a serious environmental problem, a giant pyramid scheme and a total sham. I'm so disappointed in you.

[@redflag4781]

Amen.

[@punderland6817]

you can argue about it being an environmental problem, but if you genuinely think all of crypto is a pyramid scheme its clear that your only knowledge of crypto comes from seeing NFT monkey profile pictures

[@eavesdropper0]

@@redflag4781 awomen

[@ARandomSpace]

@@animegamingdude Proof?

[@starcasm3133]

the dude gets paid to talk about it cut him some slack

[@ruairihair]

Really enjoy your content but please don't shill for crypto get rich quick scheme. The more they try to normalise it the more damage it does

[@elderlycatpatriot]

Imagine going to game analysis on a game you lost and it actually says "[Insert move here]# is *_forced"_* I would give up chess forever

[@joegilbert9350]

Pretty shameful to be sponsored by something that is basically a scam... unimpressed Levy

[@delmattia96]

Can't wait for the Monkey Levi NFT

[@fannydoucet6750]

Can you elaborate on how it is a scam ? Legit asking, I know nothing about it

[@zelcat5794]

@@fannydoucet6750 people just believe what they're told

[@itspantherg4563]

@@fannydoucet6750 its because some people start trading crypto with no experience in trading, have no knowledge about blockchain, know nothing about NFT's and think its a good idea to start trading cuz bitcoin hit its ATH. Then they lose their money and think its a scam. Or they straight up get scammed with a rug pull. btw, I dont mind those people that much cuz those people are exactly the reason I make money XD

[@LordAJ12345]

@@itspantherg4563 Imagine writing this comment and still not seing how it's a scam. You literally make money from people not knowing what they do, spending money because they think they've been told it will make them rich.

[@zogzog1063]

He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

If you actually care about the sponsorship here's what you can do: Unsub, if you want to keep watching videos after this one do NOT comment or thumbs up or down. All engagement makes him money off this deal.

[@sightninja]

@@PoucoHabilidoso even with Adblock on, it helps his views. Just unsubscribe and do not touch his content ever

[@Dirkus17]

Uncle Roy would... not be proud.

[@TheLeedsBoyz]

ew crypto sponsor, not good

[@json_bourne3812]

Yep, that feeling of "wait.......... the game isn't over?" followed by "no why where where no why"

[@kroko874]

I love you Levy, you've been an inspiration, especially your recaps of your own tournaments. They actually kept me trying to improve at chess when I was completely stuck and considered quiting. So I really hope your advertising for this crypto bullshit comes from a place of genuine ignorance. I'm sure you can do good with the money, like charity and stuff, but I don't think it's ethical to advertise something a lot of people might lose a lot of money on. I really hope you reconsider.

[@limelight6970]

Dude at the end of the day it’s up to you to spend your money wisely if Levy promoted protein shakes and some dude spent thousands because he wanted gains it’s their fault not his is crypto perfect no. Is it evil? No it’s not gambling it’s intention is not to cheat you out of money it’s a new way make money. It’s sure as hell better than getting a “loan” and getting fucked over by the government

[@zelcat5794]

i love reading all these comments they're really funny

[@itspantherg4563]

@@zelcat5794 yeah, its great to see people hating crypto cuz they invested in some babybaby baby baby shitoshi doge coin and think its a scam

[@limelight6970]

@@itspantherg4563 omg lol expertly put

[@gadget2622]

@@itspantherg4563 just because you made money doesnt mean it isnt still fundamentally a scam.

[@OrangeComm]

Accurate quote " you know in chess when you make that one move and the game is not over" -Gotham

[@lulxors1235]

Disappointing to see Levy taking a crypto sponsorship.... Dude made over 400k just from twitch subscribers between august 2019 to october 2021. He does not need the money from this sponsorship.

[@neBen_]

Cheeky is a very brave man for submitting this game

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

This is a once in a generation level bad move. It’s actually impressive

[@askinnyshademan]

This isn't even Checkmate, this is just a full on fatal error.

[@MaticJ29]

Takes the term "forced checkmate" to a whole new levek

[@djdialjockey6262]

I once very confidently set a check with my queen as it was protected by two rooks, yet rooks don't protect diagonally.

[@Halberd38]

As a 1350 myself, I can tell you that one of the biggest blind spots for my rating range is long distance control of squares

[@aidanvitticore3475]

The title was not clickbait whatsoever, that is the worst move I have ever seen

[@tamro9701]

Crypto sponsership? Disappointing. Can't blame you because depending on what they are paying you I would probably accept aswell, but It is still shameful.

[@eavesdropper0]

Inb4 pin of shame

[@matt243]

What's wrong with crypto?

[@jace283]

@@matt243 It has issues with money laundering, for inexperienced people it can be like gambling, and it also is really bad for the environment at the moment.

[@iamcharming9190]

Truee

[@DerAst1]

@@jace283 Fiat currency also has problems with money laundering, and lots of currencies are greener than bitcoin by orders of magnitude.

[@craigtucker5181]

I can’t think of a worse possible move than giving up mate in one and leaving your opponent with no choice but to win the game

[@merlinthetuna]

Man, Levy, get this crypto shit outta here. In contention for the worst invention in human history.

[@Crypto4always]

you clearly never bothered to do some actual research on how and why cryptocurrencys were created. crypto is life changing technology. its not just "get rich quick" bullshit..do you feel comfortable with our current financial system and fiat currency's? crypto gives power to the people by having decentralized protocols.. no more goverments and elite groups of the ultra rich to dominate the masses. power to the people.

[@limelight6970]

Source trust me bro

[@Belkak021]

Imagine equating crypto to something like the atomic bomb or the institution of slavery or a lot of other things

[@zelcat5794]

@@Belkak021 true

[@frankjohnson123]

Anti-crypto people are all parrots. This is such a ludicrously hyperbolic claim, I dare you to back it up with any reasonable point.

[@seanbyrne7919]

I hate that shocking realisation when you make a move that you think checkmates your opponent but you don’t get the checkmate pop up and you only now realise that you just blundered your queen.

[@haleysettembre]

214th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "A peggior moss rind a storij re scacc"

[@SiggiTheHopper2]

Man, you sure are fast

[@haleysettembre]

@@SiggiTheHopper2 the power of notifications 😎

[@afraid2letgo]

@@haleysettembre Damn, you've outrun me, I was taking a shower ✌️

[@legueu]

@@afraid2letgo You belong to us now, you can't take showers anymore and ignore Levy's comment section for so long.

[@afraid2letgo]

@@legueu 😳😳😳

[@imblue5133]

impressive honestly to force you opponent to checkmate you

[@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx]

I don’t wanna hear about fake currency, sorry Levy for skipping the ad

[@ezioauditore5438]

You do know that crypto gives real money right? Ever used it before grandpa?

[@Jimmyhawk333]

!? - inaccuracy ? - mistake ?? - blunder ??? - the move played

[@elliotbaker5416]

I’ve never been more proud to be Welsh. Thank you, cheeky, for showing the true kindness of the welsh people

[@niklas0000]

"call the ambulance.... but not for me!"

[@NicoDavid]

That was honestly Elating and at the same time Heart Breaking for both players. (no spoilers)

[@leoserpa14]

"White went full uga-buga" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gusguimaraes12]

One week ago I saw a video where you said that the move made was "the worst chess move you've ever saw", and I begin thinking what would actually be the worst chess move, I thought that it would be a move that changes the game from "mate in one" on your side to "mate in one" on the other side but I thought it was impossible

[@DonutOfNinja]

Nah the worst move is not playing en passant

[@krislapsporzmingis6952]

Man the opponent didn't even have a choice

[@Leeedy_1]

17:25 = ‼️ BRILLIANT MOVE ‼️

[@TheAozzi]

It's actually both a blunder and a missed win, an antibrilliant move, Ig

[@Leeedy_1]

@@TheAozzi I know I’m being sarcastic

[@Xqvvzts]

When you see a mate in one, keep looking.

[@COBRA-rq1ig]

I love these videos! Levy your workrate is amazing! Could you please do a video on the King's Gambit? Thanks!

[@nahrafe]

I think he did Vienna Gambit. Check it out, basically just King's Gambit with knight on c3.

[@modmod_roblox_YT]

@@nahrafe there is a huge difference between king’s gambit and vienna. One of them is wild territory, while the other is safer to play.

[@COBRA-rq1ig]

@@nahrafe Yes what mod mod said. The King's Gambit is insane aggression, while the Vienna gambit is a little more conservative

[@arpan2366]

Kings gambit is pretty dangerous ngl

[@ChristianHegele]

I'm a King's Gambit player, and the best games break all chess principles by like move 6. I had a game once in the Fischer defense where pawns were scattered haphazardly all over the board, both sides lost castling privileges, and black's king eventually got mated on the second rank with tonnes of pieces still left on the board. Both sides played with like 85%+ accuracy too.

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

Eval bar touches both sides of infinity

[@MrEDMeaner]

A situation in a game made me think of a great content idea for your 'How to lose at chess' series. 'Worst move in the position'. You could take a position submitted by a user and try and find the worst moves, or maybe even 'worst pawn move in the position'. My actual idea was to have the analysis board have an 'worst move'. Sounds silly, but it could be instructional!

[@RGC_animation]

I mean in most cases, worst pawn move would just be removing a defense or blundering a pawn.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

Here, let me give you a hand so you can get a head start. Starting position: Worst move: 1. f3 Worst pawn move: Also 1. f3. I now pass the torch to the next commenter.

[@MrEDMeaner]

@@angelmendez-rivera351 Sure, but I meant in an active position, out of the opening.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

@@MrEDMeaner Look, we'll get there eventually. We just need like 30 more commenters to take the torch.

[@MrEDMeaner]

@@angelmendez-rivera351 Haha. Just couldn't tell if you are making fun of my idea or not!

[@johnchessant3012]

The first "Never Resign" video also featured a +M1 to -M1 blunder

[@explosiongames11]

wasnt forced tho

[@thrashe]

You’ve been the biggest drive in my chess journey these past two years. From never having played a game to being 1300, your content got me this far. I’m in college as an Environmental Studies major, so I do my best to educate myself on all things regarding the environment. To see you endorse cryptocurrency is utterly heartbreaking given its effect on our planet. The carbon emissions and increase in energy prices due to crypto is something I sincerely wish you educate yourself on. People in your home state of New York nearly froze to death over the winter due to cryptocurrency miners in the northern part of the state. I would love to provide you information that I have learned over the past year as a person who wishes to protect our environment for a living. I am unsure if I can support you further with this new sponsorship, especially with your audience having quite a few young, susceptible youth in it. I hope you read this and reconsider, Levy, thank you.

[@williamwood5166]

Agreed 100%. I really wish Levy did his research on cryptocurrency before endorsing it.

[@zelcat5794]

i cant tell if yall are serious or not tbh

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

not every crypto is bad for the environment. there are even very green ways to mine bitcoin, so that is not the digital currency itself to blame. moreover, crypto exchanges definitely aren't dangerous for climate, they are just websites, the same as your banking app

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

@@vladthemagnificent9052 "heroine dealers aren't bad for neighborhoods, they are just vendors"

[@sushreyshrivastava5323]

Proof of Work, because of its power hungry is slowly getting phased out. It is being replaced by Proof of Stake, which is more power efficient by a very large margin. Proof of Stake is harder to execute, but its the energy benefits are humongous. That been said, it appears that Bitcoin, is not very likely to move to PoS, however, if Ethereum succeeds with PoS, bitcoin might follow suit.

[@otmeclipse6027]

The best chess advice Levy has ever given me is “Think about where u can go. Stop doing one movers”

[@aleksihakli1125]

Hey levy, I got no one else to share this with, so just as well might share it with you and your beautiful audience. I started playing chess casually around last september inspired by your videos! Safe to say I sucked and was quickly put in my place at around 230ish online rapid rating. Then I found your london and caro videos. This was the boost I needed, and I started to absolutely crush my opposition. I immediately climbed my way up the rating ladder sporting a constant positive win rate. Que to now, sitting at 700 online rapid rating sporting a 53% win rate with a 64,1 accuracy. It's by no means impressive or anything, but just wanted to tell you that your content found my long lost love for chess and helped me improve. I just wish somebody was there to stop me play chess when am drunk.. Love you and your videos bud.

[@limelight6970]

Amazing job man I’m glad to see someone who isn’t crying about crypto rn lol but honestly good job

[@aleksihakli1125]

@@limelight6970 Thanks dude! I really don't care about the crypto debacle, mans gotta eat amirite? Tbf tho, my rating would be higher if I stopped playing rapid when am drunk lmao, but such is life. Have a good one bud!

[@limelight6970]

@@aleksihakli1125 thanks I’m going to try thanks again for the encouragement!

[@chennyxiuuy1724]

I can just imagine gotham in a classroom yelling "AND HE SACRIFICES THE QUEEEEEEEENNN"

[@LightsEnd304]

this is one of the first times ive actually busted out laughing at a chess move that was incredible

[@pinkshortcomedy]

"Think. With your brain. Or whatever you think with." *Perfection*