I Might Quit Doing This (Guess The Elo #29)

[@GustavRex]

Take the dislike for the clickbait

[@GustavRex]

Pin of shame pog. Still stand by what I said 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@fallenzinnia2259]

pin of gotham reads comments 12 hours after the video

[@LogansDarling]

You must dislike a lot of videos.

[@gladwintheawesome883]

Yes but did you know that you can get 3 FREE Months of Surfshark and 83% in savings?

[@otavioferreira9397]

You look like a sad human, happy people don't say that type of shit in chess videos.

[@thebishopchess]

2:23 Glad Levy is talking about this issue. I hate it when people put me on squares where I just get attacked and have to go back. Please don’t do this, Sincerely The Bishop

[@therook3008]

I hate you so much I can’t even begin to tell you.

[@sunitaadhikari6081]

I am not a bishop but I agree. Please stop. Sincerely, Not a bishop

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

The question we should be asking is that are you and your brother fully operational?

[@mradulalms]

Damn this move is so annoying that the pieces themselves just commented

[@therook3008]

Bishops are the worst

[@simondewitt7161]

19:30 Lichess has 3 games that reached this position. Which is still pretty crazy after only 4 moves, over 408 million games played and to narrow it down to 3 games.

[@twagetomato]

2:00 “And not the Botez” nice, Levy. Smooth.

[@fireball54110]

And that is considered a "Main Line"

[@Wolfram_von_Richthofen]

12:42 Happy Levy 13:00 Confused Levy 13:02 Angry Levy

[@Ian-qu6mg]

18:15 Sad Levy

[@lovdeepsingh8555]

18+ levy 25:45

[@gitxy20]

​@@lovdeepsingh8555 its actually 25:55

[@arjunbhatti4834]

Don’t scare me like that, ever again. This series is my beacon of light.

[@kellykerr8848]

It’s my bacon of light

[@agastyasoni8384]

Yes

[@janvandeven906]

@@kellykerr8848 Catch the cheaters is my beacon of light

[@parulgowani1375]

same bro this is a good series

[@gavinmlg5190]

Agreed

[@martinschulz1778]

25:04 "Пут зе найт ин зе мидл оф зе борд блядь" сука я ору :D

[@violetstarsign]

Levy at the start of Guess The Elo: "Guys stop sending me just your best games" Levy now: "Oh dammit, they listened to me"

[@riluna3695]

Haha. It's a little thing called White Mutiny. You mess with someone by doing precisely what they asked you to. "Send me games where you lose." "Got it boss!"

[@Fourriot]

@@riluna3695 it seems you are the only person on the internet that thinks its called white mutiny?

[@dziugaselite956]

4:30 one of the funniest things levy's said, instantly sending this to my friends :D

[@MrinfinityLT]

im lithuanian and I felt that

[@brodouken257]

I dont speak any russian, but Im pretty sure anything ending in blyat means significant inconvenience.

[@jcorona984]

When Gotham Chess turns into an episode of Life of Boris.

[@juanchitoamado]

Hikaru: "Levy? Is that you?" Levy emerges from the shadows with nothing but a bathrobe on, threatening some nasty discoveries.

[@srijanbhowmick9570]

Bruh

[@honhonhonhon8110]

EXCUSE MEE????

[@blazoraptor3392]

LMAO

[@Drdoodle43]

LMFAOOOOO OMG

[@cosmicvictory7852]

Uhh…how does one react to this?

[@Matoxina]

Levy (with clear pain in his voice): "I just want the audience to laugh"

[@tubebrocoli]

the way Levy gives the disclaimer about "it's just theatrics" but he's clearly very upset this time XD

[@sadboitimes9012]

Levy reacts to sub games like a parent would watching their child play its actually adorable lol

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

I'm extremely tempted to accurately translate Gotham's Russian

[@endripasha6388]

Please do

[@tylermoseley935]

A slav, an indian, and a jew (me) walk into a comment section. LOL!

[@omygoodyneyt8238]

@@tylermoseley935 make the a slav, 2 Indians and jew(you)

[@TheTophatGuy]

@@omygoodyneyt8238 make it a slav, 3 indians and a jew.

[@omygoodyneyt8238]

@@TheTophatGuy lol

[@coolpenguin5355]

The title gave me a heart attack for a sec, but when levy said it's because one of the game is atrocious, I was like "oh, just a normal guess the elo then"

[@XY2Moroccoball]

Ikr lmao i love those guess the elo videos they're really funny

[@brightpowder_cena]

Anyone can play an Immortal Game, playing a game so bad it makes Levy want to quit chess is a real achievement

[@bennetth7008]

Aaaaand that’s three videos in 24 hours. Levy’s on a grind again.

[@shk439]

same video tho

[@nick4506]

rent is coming up.

[@motijewelsghatkoparw8516]

@@nick4506 he just shifted?!!!

[@nick4506]

@@motijewelsghatkoparw8516 first of the month is traditionally when rent is due.

[@ricochade3842]

29 episodes into binging and I'm noticing a few trends: -Levy curses the most during GTE -Every other episode is "the last episode" -People STILL get offended at the series somehow despite it being so popular and the egregious number of disclaimers -The decibel level increases exponentially each episode as the terrible games chip away at Levy's soul

[@CapitanBublo]

12:40 to 13:10 is once again why I love this so much

[@Redfork2000]

The transition from "take everything, take everything", to then that pause when they stalemate, and then the reaction was my favorite part of this episode. I couldn't contain my laughter.

[@James-vc1kc]

The best part is when he realizes their rating

[@yashmishra1212]

You can see how hard Levy's trying to control his laughter after they stalemated, he's trying so hard to pretend to be mad when his gut is about to burst lmao

[@sKumbag70]

This was so natural and hilarious.

[@Camp_RB]

‘Take everything, take everything! . . . *silence* . . . NOOOOOOOOO!’

[@J10KDDR]

12:42-13:00 Levy went from sheer ecstasy to wanting to die

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

Please don't ever end this. I literally cried of laughter when you said Carlos Magnusson.

[@user-gd8xm3eb9t]

Caught me so off guard 😂😂😂

[@andrewzhuo6399]

Where?

[@Exalt21]

@@andrewzhuo6399 26:46

[@andrewzhuo6399]

@@Exalt21 Thanks

[@DoubleCGaming1]

That part was actually so funny

[@jeal5022]

26:37 You don't know how much I laughed out loud with that one lmao

[@lunaternal]

Ayyyy that second game is mine :3 Thank you Levy for featuring me and I’m glad my dumpster fire of a game could be entertainment

[@saksham9447]

F for the stalemate

[@randombillionaire]

@@saksham9447 happens to the best of us . Usauly in bullet Thgh 😂

[@yashmishra1212]

broooo you played so well, wtf was that stalemate 😥😐

[@harisdelic9337]

Jesus christ bro. I laughed for approximately a good 30 minutes after watching the game , thank you :D

[@user-hn5il9zn4c]

rip my dude

[@HighSaltLevels]

This was the best "Guess the ELO" to date. It took every ounce of self control in my body to not audibly laugh at my desk during lunch at work.

[@CssHDmonster]

levi: send me games where u dont easily win levi later: i reap what i sowed

[@etinor]

Perfect chess game ends in a draw

[@markustv916]

Thats not his name...

[@thederp9309]

Levy said “Levy said that he’s not going to edit out that part”

[@stevesidare2493]

That stalemate had to hurt more than losing!😧

[@renerpho]

Especially since it was almost the only move that didn't win.

[@yashmishra1212]

why did that have to happen, ya got 2 queens bro, just fucking ladder mate, who were they trying to impress 😂

[@talphazero1036]

He was going for checkmate on e4 as far as I can tell, but still should've just ladder mated and moved on with his life. Now his stupidity is gonna be immortalised forever(or until KZbin becomes irrelevant, which is scary to imagine).

[@descendency]

if you're ever up 2 queens and don't know how to quickly mate (because your running out of time), just give checks that don't hang the queen. Eventually you'll accidentally checkmate.

[@TheOobo]

Honestly I appreciate the random totally normal games in the middle of the chaos, it keeps us on our toes.

[@PJ_enjoyer]

2:01 Damnn levy does not miss a chance on insulting botez.... This guy says things which cracks me up with a serious face.

[@ottokasbauer1986]

Thats funny asf i was looking at it when he did that and i was like “i dont see how this is a gambit u just lose ur queen here” 😂

[@MapsaiLiv]

It's just a blunder, not a gambit... Who even came up with this garbage name

[@bbuttons7941]

@@MapsaiLiv thats the f*cking joke

[@gabrielcamiloanunciatodeol2566]

@@MapsaiLiv really hope you're joking

[@Adam_S51]

@@MapsaiLiv r/wooosh

[@LoneWulf1992]

That last match is the entire SYMBOL of my chess experience. Been hovering between 1000 and 1200 for a while, with 1500-1700 tactics popping up frequently between myself and my opponents. How can we suck so bad yet do such amazing things xD haha

[@JunctionWatcher]

15:05 Levy was dead inside during that disclaimer 😭😂

[@TheBrainiac12]

He is. Watch the podcasts. You will see the real version of him.

[@rafaelgmota]

Understandable. That was a rough start... It also didn't get any better later. I feel bad for him lol

[@konikotomiafifkom]

I love how he suddenly just starts speaking random languages

[@animantus]

Thanks for a Russian lesson. Now after being late for my classes I can say I had slight inconvenience in Russian.

[@animantus]

Although I shouldn't be late being a teacher.

[@renerpho]

@@animantus You can always hope that your students don't speak Russian.

[@artiomgera6686]

@@animantus legend

[@je_mi_zima]

извиняюсь за опоздание пиздец блять

[@shlok975]

what did the russian bits actually mean?

[@MultiFilip12]

12:50 such a funny moment

[@cannedmushroom7951]

If this is actually the last Guess the Elo episode I'd stop playing Chess ever (Well Actually Levy lied)

[@derrickstorm6976]

No more chances of getting shamed and monetised by Levy 😭😭

[@Suzu17]

Go make friends

[@cannedmushroom7951]

Imagine needing friends

[@greetingsfromamsterdam4830]

The chess community isn't an airport, no need to announce your departure

[@ukashk1071]

Levy's tryna act like he's so motherf*cking righteous

[@Lordmewtwo151]

"Can we go to the next game please." Without confirming the rating first? That's new.

[@PJ_enjoyer]

It did not feel like a clickbait, more like a heart attack, only this series motivates me that there are more people like me. 🌚🌚

[@karl5240]

I love this Emote (🌚) ! Cookie 🍪?

[@PJ_enjoyer]

@@karl5240 thanks karl, I love you mate.

[@theperfectcrimegaming7496]

Levy guy is a piece of shit why do you guys even watch him

[@theknight8988]

@@theperfectcrimegaming7496 The mighty knight command you to get outta here

[@PJ_enjoyer]

@@theknight8988 Indeed

[@morganandreason]

"The actual classical, not the Tartakower, not the Karpov, and not the Botez" - had me howling with laughter.

[@metronomx8625]

Levy speaks perfect russian. Moreover it gives the impression that he was grown by russian "gopnicks" but not his grandparents.

[@justlimonika]

Nah I think he says swear words for content and not because that's how his relatives speak

[@reatard.8222]

Well, his parents are Russian

[@anirbanghosh1217]

21:25 thank u Levy for atlast, at long last, making a pure Harry Potter reference, and yes it is in OOTP🥰

[@archimedes6154]

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that not only does this dude teach us how to play chess but he also teaches us some useful vocabulary in Russian That's impressive No wonder why the Russian government hired him as a spy

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

And also it's impressive how he keeps the content family friendly, not a single curse word was used!

[@emiliocardenas7599]

What did he actually say in Russian lmfao

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

@@emiliocardenas7599 mostly obscenity.

[@NobuNobuSimp]

@@emiliocardenas7599 Not good stuff and hard to translate to English apart from "here we go" in the first game.

[@johnchessant3012]

21:22 How is Levy confused about this when he was the main character in those books??

[@四方八方]

Despite the games taking months off Levy's life, this episode was really great

[@renerpho]

It's worth the sacrifice.

[@duskgleam4634]

"sorry parents, your kid is not watching any adult websites. It's guess the elo" LMAO wdym it is an adult website, right?

[@Camp_RB]

“Yes, yes, YESSSSSS!’

[@alpha_tier]

After *that* move, I realized that chess is a futile effort and chose a more fitting game for me like checkers and poker.

[@zisischartampilas6601]

You would suck there too you know it all depends on how hard you work and the competition Not the complexity of the game

[@sqworm5397]

@@zisischartampilas6601 Thank you for your wise words GM Zisis Chartampilas

[@zisischartampilas6601]

@@sqworm5397 by that i dont by any means say that im good at chess i suck too cause i dont study the same aplys to me if i dont work i will suck obviously

[@Speedster___]

Nah go fish

[@alpha_tier]

@@Speedster___ True!

[@CaptnCondor]

12:40-13:20. Probably one of the funniest moments I’ve seen

[@omerben-ami2018]

11:00 I think white saw your video about Garry Kasparov's best game, and thought this knight is like the octopus knight from his game vs Karpov and evaluated the trade of the not-active queen for the super active horse as better for him (or at least unclear)

[@warrioroflight4577]

12:41 look how happy gotham is when his subs make a good move. Keep making good moves guys.. make him proud!

[@florentingoyens7558]

16:00 The queen is indeed the most powerful piece ever invented. It is stronger than the elephant (which combines a rook and a knight) and the hawk (combines bishop and knight), both pieces used in the variant "Seirawan chess"

[@syomchi]

Don't know man, elephant sounds pretty powerful. Imagine it in close position, terrifying. I never played with this peace though

[@-minushyphen1two379]

The amazon exists, which is the queen knight

[@richardelcheikh7808]

Game 3 made me laugh to tears - he sent a game where he lost all of his pieces omfg lol

[@vector3641]

Me yesterday- what a game full of ups and down and blunders and calculations this is a perfect game for guess the elo Levy just the next day- Last guess the elo ever

[@fuzzygenius]

Levy's reactions in Game 5 are me going over one of my student's tests. The emotional range is real there.

[@vsyovklyucheno]

When you watched GothamCity and you know what's gonna happen: I am 17 universes ahead of you

[@Froge4291]

When you were in the stream and you know what's gonna get uploaded on GothamCity: I am 1600 universes ahead of you

[@sibadityapal1493]

When you live with Levy: I am 161660 universes ahead of you.

[@heldernunesdantas3627]

When you are Levy:

[@jensmeyer4542]

When you actually watched something on an adult website and are not surprised by the sounds

[@Froge4291]

@@sibadityapal1493 im pleased you continued the 1600 gag

[@vn0m427]

"Took Adderall or something and was like must attack king at all costs must sac my queen for mate" you had me floored I was laughing so hard man. Thank you for being amazing I needed it today.

[@nexuswho]

13:00 that moment of realisation 😂😂

[@oceanthresher6184]

Since seeing that game, I’ve always been careful before playing an encircling move like that.

[@troytrellman5011]

That stalemate with two queens was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Or at least since your video about the dumbest move in history where a mate in one was blundered into immediately being mated in one.

[@chetankandpal2202]

Mom , I want KSI meme Mom: We have KSI meme at home KSI meme at home 12:57

[@kentoutcourt]

First 6 moves: Magnus Carlsen. The next 6 moves: Carlos Magnusson And then from there on out: Stockfish 14... This totally killed me. You're the funniest

[@chessquest64]

As a viewer of Gotham City, I can say that Levy does indeed teach Russian!

[@sarojrawat7899]

Blyat

[@metronomx8625]

Ohuyel blat`

[@jonsnoww77]

I am Russian, and I can confidently say that he speaks almost without an accent. I don't know about ordinary words, but insults, yes

[@yashmishra1212]

@@jonsnoww77 I believe that's because his first language is Russian and he learnt English afterwards

[@MegaTpyn1]

@@jonsnoww77 I'd say he doesn't have an accent. Someone from, let's say, Rostov, would have a more noticeable accent/dialect rather than Levy has. I think Russian is his native language, and English is the second one (but he learned it deep in the childhood)

[@isaacrobertson4374]

Lmao “recreational blocking of our bishop” 😂

[@niksutin4195]

1:26, Ah, yes. Been searching a VPN for my toaster for ages! Thank you Levy!

[@WooperZzz]

4:21 as a russian speaker i feel like he pronounced that pretty well, which definately made me laugh

[@WooperZzz]

4:52 im playing chess here, listening to gotham chess in the background....and i just keep hearing these russian references...cant even focus

[@WooperZzz]

6:45 at this point im starting to question if he is russian

[@June_The_Goon]

Do they know

[@Iniosiun421]

I hope that you know it by now, but his parents are russian

[@hellishworld2129]

26:08 *Dog howling noises*

[@zulous]

Game 4 levy missed danger levels of the queen trade. Not that it mattered cus white just wanted to donate black his pieces

[@brantnuttall]

13:15 ROFL. And this is why I always take a rook when I have a Queen left.

[@saksham9447]

Once I did that and ended up losing the game on time😐

[@ItsKhad]

12:56 when your food finally arrives but they messed up the order

[@mu2900]

10:50 “I think I’m gonna play e3 …. Oh my god I allowed bishop d3 what am I doing” levy 2 days ago 😂😂

[@only20frickinletters]

That wasn't attacking the bishop iirc. Forgetting what a piece used to defend is also a common mistake, but not just for rookies (though it's usually more than 1 move out at higher levels). Attacking a piece without calculating where it can go is different.

[@mu2900]

@@only20frickinletters I understand it’s not exactly the same and that the level levy’s mistake was at is way higher than the one in this video, I just watched the videos back to back and that was the first thing I thought of

[@Greyhoundclash]

The fact that at 1:58 when he said not the botez, the database switched it from classical Caro to main line Caro is just funny to me for some reason

[@bluedev6304]

Levy at 29:10 I'm not gonna put this in a yt video Also Levy: *Puts the part in the video*

[@realomplayz]

Just levy things

[@SohailShaikh-ug7xk]

Levy yells his subscribers like a father or wot😂😂

[@peterhattemer1694]

Hey Gotham- I feel like guess the elo would be a lot better if you knew what the time control was. It feels like a lot of the time a 600 classical game can be very similar to a 1500 bullet.

[@ashawasanthiadhikari]

Levy : I'm never gonna make a guess the elo video! Me : (I have nothing to say,because I am dead! :) )

[@anthonykaran4800]

Not the Botez hahaha. Well played Levy, well played.

[@tylermoseley935]

Imagine this: a queen with all the queen moves, but also has knight moves, and jumps when making knight style moves. That's the most powerful piece to theoretically exist.

[@beanmasterz]

That's literally checkmate in 3 for white and it's unstoppable

[@keithg460]

@@beanmasterz How?

[@abcabc-oh9gc]

18:29 Yes Levy, when you're watching children get beaten up it is most likely a good idea to intervene. You're welcome.

[@alexthethu]

That second game is peak "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?" energy.

[@suhasdara3040]

Where are these 1100s when I am playing in the 700 range? Like fr... The 600s I play against are 10x better than these 1100s.

[@scoutbane1651]

Exactly, thats why its so fucking wild that chat went wreeeee cheater at the last game. Like... are they all 200 or something? Ive had loads of games like this and I'm 1k at blitz 1.2k rapid.

[@cyrnoz1803]

No they're not. As always, it's much harder to play a game than watch someone's game. Also people just sent awfull games for content

[@samuelz8549]

19:07 Levy: Not gonna put this into the video Editor (who knows who): we'll see about that

[@GiftedGuppy]

My reaction after the stalemate in game 2 was like: *This has got to be Eric.*

[@orlock20]

Eric Rosen is famous for getting people such as GMs and IMs to stalemate him.

[@renerpho]

@@orlock20 This wasn't a classical Rosen gambit though. It too much depended on white's blunder, and Eric usually runs to the corner, not to the middle of the board.

[@Marveryn]

@@renerpho personally i was think more like Lud on pog challenge

[@Asterx5]

Levy says its just theatrical but we all know he was questioning his existence after that game

[@UpperGroundNGU]

This series is my anti-depressant. You stop, I die.

[@renerpho]

I feel like these videos take years off his life, to be added to my own.

[@bedro_0]

@@renerpho Just like ELO?

[@renerpho]

@@bedro_0 Exactly

[@lasagnaravioli]

Gotham: Engine knows nothing about chess Also Gotham: excited when guesses correct too engine move

[@Beastmode-cc7ic]

Honestly that stalemate was well deserved

[@cypher487]

Gotham: "Where is the comeback?" haha. Well, Levy did ask for game that the players lost.

[@scoutbane1651]

Does chat really think any time someone makes 10 good moves in a row they're using stockfish? Are they all 200 or something? If you were actually playing at this level you'd see like 5-15% of your games are this good. You can be stuck at 1000 because you make one-movers every second game and just resign but play the other games at a high level lol.

[@YellowSkarmory]

That is exactly how I get stuck at ratings. Half the time I play like I'm an idiot and the other half I play like I'm a genius (relative to my level).

[@matthewdowling6549]

@@YellowSkarmory Exactly!

[@pianissimo7121]

Ya that is not me, I play badly and then I win in the endgame, if I win and if we reach endgame.

[@scoutbane1651]

@@YellowSkarmory Yes exactly! That's what my comment was pointing towards. Of course everyone plays on a different level, maybe some people don't play that well but also make way less one/two move blunders than me. But god do I have games where it's 70 moves and I play 93% vs like 85%, and those feel like they are genuinely on an FM level. That doesn't mean I cheat, it just means my ADHD is still making me make a lot of one-movers when I'm not super focused on my game lol

[@balthazarbeutelwolf9097]

Well, phases of the game (opening, finish) were just played too well for a 1100 player. Levy's 1600 guess seemed very sensible to me, and I might go as low as 1300, but below that Elo I would be rather suspicious of that play. It's not just that these were random good moves, the moves showed an insight into chess 1100s do not possess. A 1300 who blunders too often might create games like this, but an 1100?

[@wolverine3718]

"And even your toaster" -Levy 2021

[@deepikabhatia8612]

I love how levy changes his shirt just to tell the sponsor

[@hawaiitinbaor587]

i love how Levy stopped for a moment before he went mad when the dude stalemated

[@Taher2512]

"Levy said he is not going to edit out that part"

[@samvchess6266]

Watching Levy descent into madness is always my favorite part of these videos. Really makes my day!

[@PhantomAarantula]

Okay if between 700 and 800s is Levy's guess for that second game, I feel really happy about myself now for the elo I'm at.

[@Brekner]

CARLOS MAGNUSEN @26:44 I DIED :))

[@heldernunesdantas3627]

When I watch guess the elo I like to play Guess the elo Levy will guess, based in the other 27 guess the elo episodes

[@FiryaFYI]

"And not the Botez" At this moment i knew this will be one of the greatest episodes.

[@goncalofreitas2094]

Gothamchess: the only channel where even the sponsor intro is entertaining to watch

[@victorkao1472]

Levy: "Guys don't just send battles where you win." Subs: Understood Also subs: get brutally murdered in the center of the board.

[@vatsalsaxena4002]

Just him bringing up B99 made my day :D Levy's taste is impeccable not only in openings, but also shows hehe

[@thsalma15]

Made my day too. B99 is my favorite show ever

[@alexanderkononov1862]

@@thsalma15 when in the vid, i missed it

[@thsalma15]

@@alexanderkononov1862 he mentioned the show at the intro

[@Destroyer-bh3ez]

'Blyat is like a friendly russian word, like hey what's up' -- Levy 2021

[@rohitsajeev]

_Levy said that he's not going to edit out that part_

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

Now we just need to send this man a 100+ move game

[@TotallyTubularTips]

I can use surf shark on my Toaster!? I can finally have FRENCH Toast!