The BEST Beginner Chess Opening

[@JosephGab]

As someone who lost 400 points after watching the how to get to 1200 video this is very helpful

[@tengu5628]

Rehehehehe

[@yovan2682]

​@@yeaman9844who lied to you

[@vaibhavupadhyay1442]

​@YeaMan If you're not a bot, just don't reply to every comment

[@Yr_Lx]

@@vaibhavupadhyay1442 most people who comment are actually people doing this manually, saying that theyre a bot is wrong 80% of the time

[@Wond3rOfYou07]

Oh no💀

[@spencer4374]

Time stamps. 0:00 = 7/10 stare 0:50 = Starting 1:28 = why c3 1:50 = what if Be5 after c3? 2:50 = what if d6 instead of Be5? (there are traps in this line) 3:25 = second best move after c3 which is Nf6 and what to do against it? Nf6 lines: - 4:14 = Nasty trap in the Nf6 line. - 6:34 = other lines with Nf6. - 7:23 = Another line with Nf6 with what to do against Qe7 pinning the pawn. 7:56 = What to do against the best move against c3, that is d5. 9:10 = Another nasty trap. These time stamps are for the chess moves. P.s : I accidently deleted it but thankfully ctrl Z exist. Edit: i accidently wrote e3 instead of c3

[@dymoster]

Mmm maybe c3?

[@Jxran]

Underrated comment

[@NoobieAbhinav]

You helped me recap the moves again, thanks 🛐

[@rajat7109]

W comment

[@Tfbm187]

Thx bro🤝

[@ankitmallik6264]

"My opponent didn't play that" -someone according to Levy

[@Dysporsium]

watch it with the speed ×1.5

[@sidhuk3949]

It is me

[@DragoLucifer260]

Literally me😂

[@philippecote8571]

Day 2 learning, so far every instructional vid I'm like "why my opponent smarter than GM"

[@phillmor1405]

What if black plays knight f6 on second move ??.What is the best move for white in that case ? ​@@philippecote8571

[@gloriahardaway3822]

I'm 82 yrs old and my grandson got me a beginners Chess Board I'm learning how to the different moves of each piece

[@Jamric-gr8gr]

Good luck

[@Cuddlecatcam]

But say hi to my grandpa he's in heaven

[@monsterbooks1059]

@@Cuddlecatcam weird thing to say...

[@matthewtitmus]

It's never too late! Good luck!

[@radhikabala9921]

@@Jamric-gr8gr yeah

[@TheGlantzs]

Hi Levy. Yours are the first how-to videos my daughter and I discovered. We are not great at chess but learning! Being the father of a 13-year old daughter I want to thank you for putting your skills out there. We have been watching your videos and my daughter has greatly elevated her game. She is growing in confidence and her love of chess! Appreciate you and your advice!

[@lembi-marimerisalu9228]

AWH

[@TheRealOnlineAcc]

Hi Martin

[@KemmelPinto.]

ayo real life martin

[@user_236-h8r]

whats both of ya rating

[@ahmadsho3a]

AYO ITS MARTIN!!!

[@augustoviero2272]

Thank you Levy, now that I gained 500 elo I feel confident to try and go beyond 600 elo, thank you very much!

[@vaibhavupadhyay1442]

Levy*

[@IsakLogiA]

@YeaMan ok?

[@aldocort3418]

​@YeaMan ok?

[@killerbunnyff7662]

@@vaibhavupadhyay1442 ok?

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

@YeaMan Because youre an arsonist.

[@ItzRealBoy]

Timestamps: The video starts at 00:00 The video ends at 25:29 No need to worry guys, I got you with these awesome timestamps!

[@ItzRealBoy]

Thnx GigaChad it's just what I needed!

[@stratacat]

I got lost halfway ty for helping me find my way

[@4NovaFr]

tysm

[@alya_leaf]

tysm i needed this

[@Vortex1000]

ty giga chad

[@xantiii9356]

As a low elo player, this is helpful. I don't know much about openings so watching Levy discuss one is a fun way to learn.

[@chrisdawson1776]

Stop watching chess geek!

[@vmadhavan435]

@@chrisdawson1776 ratio of shame

[@0xymfzzty0]

@@vmadhavan435 + didn’t ask + get mated

[@FuriousMaximum]

@@0xymfzzty0 Where did your father go

[@xraku3744]

@@vmadhavan435 it’s a troll they have nazi shit and all that i would save ur reaction

[@zarejonathan]

I just gotta say - this has absolutely worked out to me. This is officially the first opening I've been able to learn (aside from the Giucco Piano Game, which I get to naturally), and it's working wonders. Thanks, Gotham!

[@JosephJoelstar]

Ive recently started playing chess for the first time, ive learnt a few good openings (the Vienna game and the london system) and ive decided to show my disabled brother the basics of chess and thanks to your videos he has learned the basics of chess and ive been able to show him how to play better, i really appreciate how much effort you put into your videos, i like how you explain every single move in depth so everyone can have an idea at what both players are doing and how they can implement that into their own games. Much love man 🙏

[@alphaumer5013]

How's your brother now doing in chess is he learned chess fully?

[@JosephJoelstar]

@alphaumer5013 lol thanks for reminding me I put this comment, he learnt it pretty well, taught him a lot, he hasn't played it in a while with me, might ask him later 🙏🏼

[@alphaumer5013]

@@JosephJoelstar nice to know he is progressing in chess great 😄.

[@epicadeeb3383]

wow ur carrying ur bro he is such a skill issue player

[@idkwhy77]

​@@epicadeeb3383your ass can't be talking

[@peytongregg4220]

Hey Gotham, I don't know how often you check the comments, but I wanted to thank you. This previous year, I had a pretty severe head injury and couldn't walk (TBI), let alone play chess. I'm rated roughly 1300 and just took 3rd place in my state tournament, thanks to your videos getting me back to the board. As this is my senior year of high school, it means a lot. Thank you

[@aqib8755]

Happy to hear. Hope you are doing well : )

[@user-on7hg3cy1k]

You’re a warrior bro 🤘🏾

[@ashishkatyal4927]

you took 3rd place in the whole state with just 1300 rating?

[@verne51]

@@ashishkatyal4927 in high school tournament.

[@cunninguncle208]

@@ashishkatyal4927 i think he means 1300 fide rating

[@yusuff5513]

Thank you levi, now I have achieved 500 elo. Going from 1500 to 500 is such a huge accomplishment.

[@Yr_Lx]

the 1200 elo video also helped!! i was at 1942 elo and then went to 1200

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

@@Abdulmuhanat Excellent

[@professorx3060]

How did you get from 1500 to 500 if you *gained* 500 elo? I know it's a joke, but it doesn't really make sense 🤣

[@Rowed]

@@professorx3060 the like-bait commenters are all morons, this one especially so

[@GardenChess]

Professor the joke I believe is he means he achieved 500 elo

[@payton9745]

This has always been my favorite opening glad I now get an in-depth explanation

[@nothininterestinn]

Should check out Eric Rosen's videos on it. He deep dives on it a lot, as well

[@alamgirsani5531]

Guys, all of you should check out ChessGiant's Ponziani playlist. He covered all of the common responses and highlighted a lot of traps in it. Probably the best playlist you'll find for free on the Ponziani.

[@ayandamtolo8312]

Hey Levy, I just wanted to let you know that please don't stop your educational videos. The way you explain a move and the idea behind a move helps build the reasoning axioms when it comes t playing chess and has definetely made me get better. You've got a fan in SOyth Africa

[@theoneoutofnazareth]

I work night-shift and play a LOT of chess on my phone, played about 3000 games the last year. My rating has been STUCK around 700, wavering up and down with really no momentum forward. I watched this Ponziani opening and BAM, my rating is up to over a 900 in less than 24 hours. My goal is to get up to 1200 ELO and now that I've found your channel i think I can get it done. Thanks man!

[@funtelezadventuresgames9266]

Har har har har freddy faz bear

[@Grape_Juice6]

I am kind of in the same boat as you in terms of rating. How far have you climbed since you commented and any tips considering I too am stuck at 700?

[@zomacchy16]

You are awesome keep going!

[@avirbhavgupta8331]

Also stuck in 700s so I thought I maybe doing something wrong. Played Vienna for longtime. Time to improve

[@Anbdhsuw]

Please keep doing more educational content like openings theory and strategies aswell as entertaining content I’ve missed the more educational stuff and I know it’s less profitable but its great for the newer players who want to learn more also congrats on winning chess streamer of the year

[@vortop1017]

I guess if you really want more educational content you can get his chessly course #NotSponsored

[@David-jp1cg]

Well said

[@aqib8755]

​@@vortop1017 well i am broke

[@wutansi_]

@@aqib8755free chapter every course check it out ;) #NotSponsered

[@henrywilloughby6965]

I am a beginner trying to improve my game in chess. My openings have been weak because I’ve had a hard time deciding which opening to explore, and you just gave me one. Thank you!

[@robinaylott1264]

I'm glad you are mixing in the educational material again. You are a very good chess teacher!

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@aswa7482]

@@Serving_Cvnt i can still fuck the air

[@rippedkun]

@@Serving_Cvnt huh

[@imfrom4chan648]

@@Serving_Cvnt Very good response and very informative too👍

[@presto.brawls]

@@Serving_Cvnt tf you talkin bout

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

2:14 - If E5, Nc6, Nf6, Bc5 2:36 - If E5, Nc6, Bc5, Bb3, Nf6, Ng4, - you bishop sac to destroy pawn structure kingside. D5, Bc4, Qb3 = next moves 2:53 - If E5, Nc6, D6 you still place 3 pawns into center. If Nf6 look for trap w/ H3 & wait for them to take E4 pawn. Then push D5 (if a Knight is still on C6 & it moves opening your Queen to check the King & fork the Ne4) 3:15 If E4, E5, Nf3, Nc6, C3, Bc5, D4, E5xd4, C3xd4, Bb4, Nc3, Nf6, D5, Ne7, Bd3, D7, Qa4 check fork - take bishop.

[@robertwaller8408]

Thank you.♟♟♟

[@limegrass]

what about E5 Nc6 D5?? I lost because my opponent did that

[@NJT1013]

I woke up on Jan. 1, 2023 with a burning desire to learn chess. I don't know why but I did. Gotham chess has helped me so much since then I can't even begin to explain. Now both of my kids are playing and it's benefited me tremendously in life and business. Thanks to Gotham for doing this channel.

[@SultanAbdussalam]

Bruh, mine was Dec 31, just a day before you 😮.

[@sfyner]

how has it benefitted you in life lol especially business

[@blackflag4537]

What, in business?

[@NJT1013]

@@blackflag4537 Critical thinking

[@sfyner]

@@NJT1013 what

[@supxrkicks560]

Today's stare was a bit more of a subtle one, but highly effective. It sets up the expectation that he is ready to teach. I'd give it a solid 8/10.

[@aldocort3418]

Go away Yeaman

[@KotteKumar]

hmmm, although your analysis fits with the theme of the video, the stare gives off a more frightened aura, as if he is afraid that by teaching the masses about this, he will release multiple chess demons. Honestly its a 9/10, its very subtle, but theres so much emotion in it.

[@cryoptizehd2062]

Hmm, yes. Lets see Naroditsky’s stare.

[@KotteKumar]

@@cryoptizehd2062 look at that subtle confidence, the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god it even has me intimidated

[@chessnerd1055]

As a 2000+, I'm now suddenly a gm after watching this video. Thanks Levy

[@radhey589]

Please bro subscribe my channel Link ---www.youtube.com/@Radhey128

[@iamkrushna428]

@35subsplzhelp 😂

[@cornbean101henderson2]

I miss these types of videos. I love all your content, but I think you should do more of these educational types of videos. They really help❤

[@tsQ90]

I miss them the most But look the numbers. Other PPL doesnt watch these

[@rupert_1491]

“Hey I’m gonna try this” plays as black the next 20 games

[@WoobyMe]

I will probably never get to this level of strategy. What I like most about watching these videos is seeing someone that is incredibly good at something and passionate about it.

[@6Zoro9]

I used to be like you but rn I went from 500elo to 1400 in 1 year so its not that hard to get good at it but the hard part is getting 2000elo

[@ascensionblade]

My favorite videos from Levi are Guess the ELO, opening videos, and videos with live gameplay (either Levi or others playing). I'm glad we are getting some this week 🙂

[@chrisdawson1776]

Keep crying geek! Do push ups instead pf watching chess (a useless game that provides no real world skills)

[@bernardli2564]

1:24 The move c3 IS TO SACRIFICE the natural developing square of the knight...

[@Herskjakenn]

I would really love it if you made some more chess history videos. A video on the Viswanathan Anand-Vladimir Kramnik world championship would be awesome

[@belkars1]

Honestly, and I am not just saying this, watching this video truly helped me become a better player and get my first ever win

[@Demolishednoob]

5:49 Levy just describing me lol

[@abhishekpratapnigam]

Hi Levy, just wanna say thanks. I appreciate you making these videos regularly. I am going through a lot and honestly, playing chess and watching your channel is the only thing keeping me sane these days.

[@radhey589]

Please bro subscribe my channel Link--

[@radhey589]

Link is -----www.youtube.com/@Radhey128

[@tsQ90]

Take care

[@k1ng_chamberlain]

I’ll pray for you man. Have a blessed own

[@k1ng_chamberlain]

One

[@backgroundyoutube3686]

I became a Grandmaster watching this couple of times, thanks International Master Levy

[@radhey589]

Please bro subscribe my channel Link----www.youtube.com/@Radhey128

[@slightyirish390]

You got me back into chess, thank you so much!❤️

[@Mangotunde]

Time stamps. 0:50 = Starting 1:28 = why c3 1:50 = what if Bc5 after c3? 2:50 = what if d6 instead of Be5? (there are traps in this line) 3:25 = second best move after c3 which is Nf6 and what to do against it? Nf6 lines: - 4:14 = Nasty trap in the Nf6 line. - 6:34 = other lines with Nf6. - 7:23 = Another line with Nf6 with what to do against Qe7 pinning the pawn. 7:56 = What to do against the best move against c3, that is d5. 9:10 = Another nasty trap.

[@TheSadasar]

just getting back into chess and finally starting to try and learn actual principles and openings and loving your videos so far.

[@ouiouiman2471]

thank you so much for making your videos, you got me from low 600s to mid 800s in less than a week. please keep doing what youre doing

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@ouiouiman2471]

@@Serving_Cvnt what

[@mattasaurus2006]

Watched the first two minutes, immediately got in a blitz game, got a winning position in like 7 moves, blundered mate in one but they didn’t see it, premoved ladder mate with 1 second on the clock. 10/10

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@jj-ug5ns]

@@Serving_Cvnt skill issue L girl

[@mattasaurus2006]

@@jj-ug5ns fr

[@Serving_Cvnt]

@@jj-ug5ns true

[@cow_king4223]

​@@Serving_Cvnt RIPBOZO

[@BenjaminDurost]

Thank you so much Levy! I just went from 2200 to 2700, writing FIDE to claim my GM title right now

[@angelvollant864]

16:22 Levy resigning and going from an elo of 2828 to 2689 is crazy, but it's for the content.

[@crystalr7685]

Im a beginner and wanted to say thank you I just got a fork to work and ended the game in a checkmate that was fun.

[@ralfnuggs165]

Dude this is crazy, I’ve been studying this thanks to Eric Rosan. Even he uses funny lines with this opening. It’s genuinely amazing, BUT a lot of people know it that’s the thing

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@RoddPH]

​@@Serving_Cvnt What the hell did I just read?

[@Inversedpi]

​@@Serving_Cvnt bro literally listed down the plot of bunny girl senpai

[@Thezb]

this video is so good I can just feel the elo coming inside me

[@hoebare]

[Joey voice]: woah!

[@josephbottorff6728]

bro?

[@DJsocial7102]

Thats a bit sus

[@peginsenspad]

there was no reason to share that thought. we all have weird thoughts, but you went above and beyond when you shared this horrific construct your mind decided to create. i hope this is a turning point in your life. one where you realise "hey, maybe i shouldnt bestow that kind of vile garbage upon innocent people". i hope for your own sake and for everyone around you, that you grow from this experience.

[@furgg4311]

ill come inside you.

[@SeisoCaprice]

18:54 "I'm just gonna develop my queen"

[@sensei4964]

The knight*

[@NotBamOrBing]

I tried this twice today and the second time, dear god the amount of control I had over the board. Black moved their queen out early and I was able to just completely remove every safe square from her and take her and I felt *alive* and then I followed it up by blundering my queen diagonally adjacent to the enemy bishop Still won tho

[@NovicebutPassionate]

Thank you for the video, but sadly for me, I was crushed by black's third move: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5. I played 4. d4 but soon after my queen was chased around, I was down in development, couldn't castle, and the list goes on. Still grateful for your contributions, keep it up!

[@prashant2739]

5:49 thanks for the shoutout levy 🥰

[@vyrtilanyrwen3071]

I quite like the Ponziani. Nice to see it getting some attention. I’ve played it in 8 serious games, even ones that I was pushing for a win. Which, okay, that seems maybe slightly odd because the computer says that black can easily equalize. But I think that even with that, it’s not so easy to prove that black has anything, especially, in my opinion, if they play d5 and f6. Very often, you can just keep their king stuck in the center. I’ve had that happen multiple times in games online and OTB. Actually, the best game I ever played had that happen. I was white in the Ponziani against an IM, so I was lower rated than him at the time. I restricted his kingside development so much that he couldn’t castle kingside, and he had thrust almost all of his queenside pawns forward. They were overextended and castling queenside would have been a nightmare. I was threatening to bust open the center with his king still in it, so he had to play Kf7 and Kg8, completely blocking in his rook. In the chaos that ensued, I sacrificed a knight (couldn’t be taken), a rook (couldn’t be taken), then my queen (which could’ve been taken but wasn’t), then I forced my rook down his throat to deflect his off the d-file, and then I found an absolutely brutal queen sacrifice that led to a mate in 9 in which I would have sacrificed both knights. So I would have had a rook and a bishop left in the end position. Definitely the most complicated position I ever had. I’m just glad I navigated through all the chaos well. I’m going to actually include a line here that you didn’t mention. You went over the 3. …d5 lines. But with 3. …Nf6, black has an absolutely disgusting move that can get white into a lot of trouble. And, it’s completely engine backed. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5, and here, black can actually just play 5. …Bc5. Am absolutely insane move. The continuation should go 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bb6 8. Qd5 Nf2 9. Rg1 O-O 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qf6 12. Qd5…. You read all of that right. Black sacrifices not one, but two pieces to attack your king. And the computer says that this position is completely equal, meaning that black has proven that he has compensation for the two pieces. If you can stave off the attack, though, you will be completely winning. But it’s very difficult for both sides, because there are many situations where you have to find only moves. Very few people would actually find Bc5, but just tread lightly. The Ponziani can be a treacherous position for both sides. But, hey, if players like Ljubojevic ventured to play it against Karpov, it can’t be that bad.

[@yakovhadash]

this guy right here

[@RoddPH]

Nice

[@majorjane1995]

Bless

[@Snaproductions]

This one, Officer!

[@yashvardhandubey2529]

It's called the vukovic gambit I've played against it once but my opponent didn't know what to do lol and he resigned

[@danno1800]

You have one of the best ways of teaching for me! I have SUBSCRIBED--much appreciated…

[@marinosgiorkatzis7127]

"Some of you might find a way to still lose this game" The moment i liked and paused cuz i cried a little 😂

[@debanjanray6872]

Thanks for this amazing video, Levy! I watched the video backwards and lost 500 Elo. I couldn’t have done it without you!

[@chrisdawson1776]

Keep crying geek! Do push ups instead pf watching chess (a useless game that provides no real world skills)

[@pumpichank]

What an amazing video, thank you so much for posting this! I've only recently started playing and am currently at 720. I've played this opening against 1000 bots and explored a bunch of lines. It's fun and pretty powerful. I'm in the middle of my first online game and it's going well. One line you didn't really cover, and I haven't found much treatment of it by anyone else is ... 4. d4, Nxe4; 5. d5, Na5. I guess that's because there's no way for black to save the knight at that point? I pushed b4 which traps the knight. If Nc4 then Bxc4, if Nb3 then probably Qxb3, and of course going back to Nc6 is losing in the original position. Just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else is looking at this move.

[@アラシェッフィスキアルナ]

i love you

[@-qwer-8507]

In this video Gotham was staring at us for 1.16 seconds

[@Paptis]

bro it's been 2 days since I watch your videos, and in 2 days (NO COURSES) I got from 400 to 600. I got 5 game streak! Special thanks to u!

[@leafloaf5054]

So the goal in chess is to memorize certain openings and surprise the opponent with different moves in the hope to gain an advantage, which carries oneself through the endgame for a chance to win the match?

[@axelhernandez9389]

“Some of you would still find a way to lose with white” 😂

[@UKRmusiclyrics]

If you are 400 - 800 elo, after your second move, almost in 99% opponent will play knight to f6, and your opening is over, as after this move you can't continue. I played maybe 100 games with this opening and almost in every game after my second move opponent played knight to f6. What else to say when almost no high ranked player doesn't play this opening, never, I never saw someone playing this opening, I guess this total bull... for fun and not a solid opening.

[@Dabi15574]

Nah it’s solid, ur just bad

[@UKRmusiclyrics]

@@Dabi15574 it is not

[@Dabi15574]

@@UKRmusiclyrics Solid at my lvl at least, if u can handle the opening

[@rileykumfer8046]

I’ve been going through and studying your opening playlist, this couldn’t come at a better time!

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@kunchokdorjee6964]

Love this video, won 4 games in a row after playing this crazy opening in blitz!

[@OsamaFadi2]

Hey Gotham, I was losing too much in chess, so I said to myself, let me learn some openings. A friend of mine gave me an advice to watch your videos. After seeing this video, I really made my elo rise so quickly, thanks so much......Keep on :)

[@doggey7035]

Finally I reached 3000 elo, this was way simplier then thought! Thank you so much levy, you have truly changed my life.

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@doggey7035]

@@Serving_Cvnt Who the f*ck are you?

[@RunAndRes]

I just hit 1400 Elo by grinding the Colle Zuckertort opening. Over the past two years I just rinsed and repeated it and I learned how to navigate the opening without much problem. Choose an opening and stick to it for a while, you’ll definitely improve! PS don’t think Levy has ever covered the Colle opening and variations 😢

[@egarmorales2036]

That's Rey Enigma's opening with white, the colle opening

[@philiproschactor]

Gotham you have done it again. Astonishing and brilliantly communicated. Highly entertaining And I'm very impressed with the Ponziani 🎉👏

[@fernandogalvez9805]

Got my first brilliant move today using this opening. Thanks, Gotham!!

[@EduardoPerez-fq1rj]

Im 5 minutes in and Gotham just told me “Aren’t you glad you clicked on this video” me with a huge smile because I’m learning chess : Yes I’m very glad I clicked on your video

[@simonaxlz]

I’ve recently gotten seriously into chess. Freaking love your teaching style and commentary. That was brilliant. I’m an insanely aggressive player so I prefer vicious and brutal moves.

[@hariprasadsunil8606]

5:36 “arnt u glad u click on this video?” Well that’s exactly wt ws going in ma mind❣️

[@RuthlessRot]

Extremely helpful video. I went from 200 elo to deleting my chess account. Thank you!

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@benster101ya2]

@@Serving_Cvnt Have you heard? Has anyone told you? ur adopted.

[@Serving_Cvnt]

@@benster101ya2 Have you heard? has anyone told you? That its a you're? Did you expect to save time by shortening it?

[@elvoitaki]

​@@Serving_Cvnt Have you heard? has anyone told you? I'm fucking your mother

[@Serving_Cvnt]

@@elvoitaki Have you heard? Has anyone told you? You will be fucking a dog, so upload more fart videos gachakid.

[@isaacsartor5245]

*sneezes* "I'm allergic... to how bad black's position is here" - Levy 2023

[@thomaswschaller]

Have learned so much from you Levy - but Pawn Dynamics is a whole new world!

[@Daboomski69]

Ive learnt this opening , litteraly 1st game with it and i got my 1st brilliant move , thank you so much.

[@blueman5753]

great job man, we all get better around here 👍🏽

[@fintan9218]

For people who are just starting to play chess, using chat gpt is good tool to basically help you speed run learning terminology and the need to know basics. Chess has a bit of an issue(its far from alone in this) where the most knowledgeable people are difficult elitist types. Its nice to have a machine you can ask all the questions, as a beginner there are no dumb questions. Then after feeling like you have better understanding, videos like these will mean a lot more to you.

[@Ilikeplanes282]

Today’s stare evoked in me a feeling of responsibility and soothed my soul. 11/10.

[@JuilySlay]

hey levy thanks so much for making these videos, I'm really great at simplifying a position, going to an endgame, and winning, but really struggle in the openings and when there's a lot of pieces on the board. Your chess opening vids have help me so much, and after learning the Caro from you and absolutely LOVING it, I'm now looking for an opening that I like just as much for white

[@hypcofgaming9224]

I know that this video is 1 year ago but the opening you teach is amazing

[@Dadone11]

thank you gotham i was at 700 elo now i am at 200 elo ❤ edit: im bad at chess...

[@salazar778]

in 3 minutes?

[@aldocort3418]

Go away Yeaman

[@radhey589]

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[@laveshka_]

Thank you Levy. I was stuck at 3k for a while and then your video came out. It helped me to finally get to the 3500 rating and play as equals with stockfish.

[@radhey589]

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[@rorymagee-gould2748]

I'll be honest I've only been trying the ponziani since this video came out. But I am finding a good amount of success with it at the 500 level. I'm certainly not fantastic but I have felt very weak playing as white because I only knew the King's pawn opening which can get very symmetrical. The Caro-Kann helped me a lot with the black pieces but I felt lost as white. Since I've been practicing the ponziani I went from 500 to 600 in about 4 days.

[@sirhunter7623]

Try Halloween gambit as white

[@Hellonleash]

I dont actually understand how you can be lost with white. Wayward queeen attack or Italian game with fried liver or jerome gambit are wery resonable even at 900 level

[@SuperSayan-c5s]

I just recently started to play chess and one of the common mistakes I was doing is not knowing the opening threats. I think the best thing for me is to stick to one opening be good at it and so on... Great video. I will now just B5 for the rest of my life

[@Abstract_zx]

one thing ive picked up in response to the ponziani is not pawn to d5 for black but pawn to f5 because if they take (which many lower players do) you can kick the knight and suddenly black has the huge pawn center

[@idkavejea]

You will never know why i have 2k likes

[@budi9573]

@iaranian bro imaging actually search the whole comment section to find someone who used the same as joke as you

[@Evan-et3wf]

@@budi9573 it's one of the top comments dude

[@SomeGuyFromMalta]

Levy has to pin this fr

[@The_Top_Gun.]

Boutta be 3000 Elo💪💪💪

[@SomeGuyFromMalta]

@@The_Top_Gun. Ima replay it in my sleep with headphones Accquire like 7000 elo 🤯

[@OneCL_Gaming]

7:15: OR YOU CAN DO EN PASSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTTTT

[@pattarick1054]

Thank you for all the tips! After following your helpful guides, I've managed to go from a 1400 rating, all the way to 650!

[@vishy]

😂

[@joseph_b319]

@5:36 that pawn promotion to knight was the most amazing chess move i have ever seen.

[@anshumanmahapatra4402]

This video is fire.

[@Equany]

I started playing chess a month ago and someone asked if I was playing this opening because of your video. I was confused because it's the way I've been playing since I started either that or a bishops opening. But I was missing so many major moves I could have been doing. This video showed me so many more things I could do with it.

[@Serving_Cvnt]

Have you heard? Has anyone told you? The Rumor of the Invisible Girl, who did you hear it from? She was just a girl who nobody really notice, if someone said something to the girl, she would just give a vague smile. So little by little, everybody stops talking to her at all, thus making her increasingly transparent, until she was truly invisible. She could be around but no one notices her. No one talks to her, she's invisible as air. How unfortunate...

[@HuracanST]

"Aren't you glad you clicked on this video?" Me, YES

[@BenIThink]

I literally saw this comment as it happened in the video lol

[@Steve_K2]

I know only the London opening. First time I tried the Ponziani, after watching this video, I made errors and mistakes against Lichess level 3 (but still won). More interesting, though, was how exciting the game was. In London it was always a running game, three yards per carry and a cloud of dust. With Ponziani, it was a pass on almost every play, many of them long and threatening. Am eager to learn the Ponziani and reduce those errors and mistakes. Thanks, Levy.

[@alekseykudryavtsev3457]

You are so funny

[@scottysutherland3568]

Thank you for helping with these openings. It has dramatically increased my game ❤❤❤

[@Neitspace]

This has taken me from 150 to 300, thanks Gotham !

[@crimsonispog]

levy's videos never fail to make my day worse

[@radhey589]

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[@noahkim5944]

1:55 Black plays bishop to c5 3:30 Black plays knight to f6 6:40 Pawn takes 8:00 Black plays d5

[@nilaypathak657]

As someone who lost 400 elo after watching his ‘how to get to 1200’ video, this is very helpful.

[@SlyFky]

Stop copying

[@radhey589]

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[@HeWhoGoons]

I’m a beginner to chess and I’m trying to climb and learn the game better, please be honest. Is this guy someone I should be listening to or is there someone better

[@DisorientedDarkSoul]

Levi is an IM. He is on the road of becoming a Grand Master. He definitely knows his stuff. His videos are entertaining and have made me improve from being 300 elo to 1100 in 4 months.

[@severinpacher8170]

thank you i used this opening and got a checkmate with it in 14 moves,very good video

[@phy2083]

Today's stare was absolutely phenomenal. It was brilliantly philosophical. Incredible.

[@Justprettytingz]

​@YeaMan shut up

[@lilbayna2730]

Best chess teacher ever

[@salazar778]

uhm uhm ... what about me?

[@Arjuna_Z]

9:56 bro thinks he's walter white💀

[@OdnerolfRJSoria]

From a person who uses the ponziani for 1 year who elo was 700 now 1300 hundred I really apreciate that you teach openings that helps begginers become intermidiate players

[@jack_zotti]

Time stamps. 0:00 = 7/10 stare 0:50 = Starting 1:28 = why c3 1:50 = what if Be5 after c3? 2:50 = what if d6 instead of Be5? (there are traps in this line) 3:25 = second best move after c3 which is Nf6 and what to do against it? Nf6 lines: - 4:14 = Nasty trap in the Nf6 line. - 6:34 = other lines with Nf6. - 7:23 = Another line with Nf6 with what to do against Qe7 pinning the pawn. 7:56 = What to do against the best move against c3, that is d5. 9:10 = Another nasty trap