400 Elo Chess Ruined My Life

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[@GothamChess]

The first 100 people to use code GOTHAM with the link below will get 60% off of Incogni: incogni.com/gotham

[@Gamer-hack7]

ILL TAKE THE 60%

[@BonBonBerti]

Appreciate it, I'll take the 60%

No.

[@Oppnheimer1945]

jalapeño

[@mohmoh7520]

Pin of shame

[@paulabichakra6118]

Nothing, I said NOTHING could've prepared me for this ending

[@areaxs1019]

I’m crying 😭

[@JimmySogni]

Bro for real the amount of plot twist was INSANE

[@NoBatteriesLOL]

Comedy gold lol

[@ikosaheadrom]

I was like 4 sure black was gonna win

[@lorenzo5687]

Plot twist after plot twist😢😂

[@marclouiepasion1371]

Legend has it Michael can still take the knight, attacking the rook and then take the bishop.

[@cosmickittyninja2023]

Don't forget the pawn

[@sergiuq2good4u]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pmygoddamn]

PAWWWNNNN TO G3!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rudranshjaiswal2869]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@conorohagan5584]

That was an absolute rollercoaster. Michael is going places!! Not to a high ranking, but places

[@simon-pierrelussier2775]

g6 is another place Michael isn't going

[@vol94]

Chess hell. He def going there

[@aryamangupta5560]

25:23 "and Michael won" the ending legit got me

[@noahassef4488]

Magnus and Hikaru been real quiet since this match dropped 🗿

[@anashallak7705]

intreating we should invastagate

[@intoxicated_ecstasy]

underrated comment 🗿

[@intoxicated_ecstasy]

let's make some more reply

[@intoxicated_ecstasy]

to make your comment popular

[@intoxicated_ecstasy]

help me folks

[@mitsossvi5778]

I'm pretty confident that Anuraj saw that he couldn't castle with his king and thought that that meant that to castle you need to move the rook to the f8 square and I like to believe that he was surprised to see that his king remained in the same square.

[@professorx3060]

97% 😂

[@at_23tek]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThinkerT]

I legit did that myself on accident a long time ago when I was a chess noob

[@ColinTimmins]

lol =]

[@enigma007_]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@udomabasiekeme]

21:48 Rook to e2 blundering the took for no reason whatsoever 😂😂 That's my favorite part of the video 😂😂❤

[@draskoczybarnabas4925]

He just sacrificed THE ROOOOOOK for Levy😂😂

[@Ilikecheesecake24]

I too hate it when I blunder my took

[@geometrydashguy2408]

Even though he blundered the rook. His knight remains as the new achilles.

[@JJ-gb5j]

misclick ig, it happens all the time

[@PyroPioneer]

​@@JJ-gb5jnah lmao he most likely wanted to find a way to protect his bishop

[@daltonrolls7031]

On behalf of 400s, we're hurting so bad because of this match. It went so well in the beginning then I started to die on the inside when it got to the middle game.

[@Alma3924]

On behalf of 400s, it took me awhile to figure out why the checkmate at the end worked

[@kylebarvel]

That g3 move killed my brain cells

[@vittocrazi]

As a fellow 400: this makes me cringe hard because i know this IS how i look to an outsider

[@zamap4278]

​@@vittocrazi As a new player rising through 400, I think this game was exceptionally bad. I know I don't play the best chess but at least there's an attempt to play fundamentally

[@TheK9music]

Yeah. I'm at around 500 and somehow even I saw the myriad of blunders here. Makes me think that these are just fresh elo accounts or something

[@RealLex]

I see the thumbnail, and I'm like... Dang how did Levy get a hold of my game?

[@sreese9086]

LEX YOU PLAY CHESS?

[@1ui_zz]

OOOOOO HELLO FAMOUS KZbinR LEX THAT MAKES BRAWL STARS VIDEOS!!!!

[@ghstmn7320]

Wait what are you doing here Lex?

[@ApolloGoesCrazy]

woahh never knew you watched gotham lol

[@KinmAdm]

Eey hi Lex:D Didnt know you watch Gothamchess:) And not to mention the minute it comes out XD

[@miguelbrito9910]

The ending is poetic, the knight gets the chance to hit the game winner after 400 years of being completely exposed to the impending pawn capture but anuraj has other plans, and blunders the rook, giving a last chance to the knight to deliver check mate, that doesn't happen and instead like a medieval soldier just missed his last sword stroke, the black king gets checkmated himself. This game is an attestment to the human capability to fuck up and keep fucking up until there is no more up to fuck. The most beautiful rendition of chess I've witnessed, thank you Michael and Anuraj

[@curlyymemey]

💀

[@theinterruptedlife1783]

The humanity line hit home

[@weakw1ll]

The gotham chess says it so well too he speaks like a OST

[@Knightpiecerules]

"until there is no more up to fuck" Zues:

[@cosmickittyninja2023]

That was Michael's lesson of fuck around and find out Anuraj goofed bro into making better decisions But Anuraj forgot to use his own advice 😂

[@user-dw6fb2nh5e]

5:34 i almost cried at his voice bro😭

[@MrLolkidd]

Bruh my heart can’t take it. The narrative at 21:30 is gold

[@Laygoz]

These are my favorite videos where I can actually understand what's happening lol

[@vorciee1664]

you didnt even finish the video chill out

[@G4M3R1R0N]

​@vorciee1664 he saw the many blunders on the thumbnail and made a joke where hes calling himself bad

[@G4M3R1R0N]

​@vorciee1664 im sick and tired of people going around being like "chill out" when people arent even doing anything or saying anything that can indicate they are mad

[@G4M3R1R0N]

​@@vorciee1664shit happens all the time

[@vorciee1664]

damn bro chill out @@G4M3R1R0N

[@rando5673]

Poor Michael was blinded by his own brilliance. Truly a 200IQ game

[@cocacolaowo318]

Bro he won

[@andrew2377]

@@cocacolaowo318 Which is funny, all it takes is someone to go to the comments just seconds before the video ends to not realize he won.

[@zubek2478]

You spelled 200ELO wrong

[@assaaddandashi7396]

10:09 I think that he wanted to castle but it didn’t let him so he tried to castle using the rook because maybe it will work then

[@LeonSoEpic]

That's what I was thinking!!

[@CynicallyDepressedx]

I cried laughing when I guessed the move at 21:39 by asking myself "what is the worst possible move to make in this situation?"

[@fwcraigslist]

Literally can't contain myself and burst into laughter several times. Thank you for the laugh.

[@ikosaheadrom]

No one could of predicted this outcome

[@ksminu]

i fell out of my chair seeing the last few moves not even gonna lie@@ikosaheadrom

[@Alex-cw3rz]

These videos always leave me with such an empty feeling at the end, like watching two of the last of a species fighting to the de ath. It is beautifully haunting, yet in the end nobody truly wins.

[@austinhawkes3938]

beautifully said my friend

[@maruwapofilms815]

nope white won. checkmated him, hope this helps

[@MisterIncog]

@@maruwapofilms815michael blundered not taking the knight and everything else for 14 moves in a row, dude. That’s not exactly what I would call winning…

[@arvinarooni1910]

i mean a win is a win even if he playes trash@@MisterIncog

[@JoeMama-sk4wg]

​@@MisterIncogbruv in chess all that matters is the end result My opponent once had 6 book moves 1 brilliant move 16 great moves 46 best moves 12 excellent moves 4 good moves 4 inaccuracies 2 mistakes 0 missed wins 1 AND JUST 1 BLUNDER He had a 20% gap in our accuracy. I won that game (by pure luck I'm pretty sure it was either a mouse slip or he got scared with his advantage and I was higher rated than him) in the end the best player came out on top(because in chess skill is a useful tool but luck is the best tool)

[@clappy3162]

16:06 *pp on the pp devastating stuff*

[@legendaryhamza3330]

The knight had an ability of invisibility.

[@joesr31]

it stood so completely still it became invisible, truly a move only possible by a master

[@AcaciaVix]

I am so proud of Michael, what an excellent game

[@ksminu]

lol

[@BryceRogers_]

Way to close it out. Man was playing like Magnus in the endgame

[@edwardflores8905]

Vsauce is very very good at chess!

[@chessgamestimely]

Are u sure?

[@eleven3941]

21:10 was truly a special moment in this video. The amazing game that white had played so far, black hanging all their pieces, and then the unknown tension as two 400-rated players stared into each others' eyes, deciding to agree to reveal their true inner 400s to the world, as Levy built up his commentary to a crescendo of unprecedented height, and black playing the BRILLIANT ROOK TAK- ?!!! Seriously, that had me laughing.

[@jferg287]

Just needed some intense background music, like coffee chess! 🤣

[@rosiefay7283]

An excellent example of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@monmon0946]

Goblin Gotham 5:34 High note Gotham 9:04 Constipated Gotham 21:46 What a roller coaster. Especially that ending. Great video.💖

The end was UNBELIEVABLE. That was crazy.

[@christopherjaya342]

The end deserves an Emmy, in my opinion

[@lememz]

lucas animações

[@GettoX]

I liked my own comment Edit: Why tf did 3.1K like this, arent people who watch chess supposed to be smart💀💀

[@CatSurfer]

I disliked my own reply

[@Not_why666]

Exactly

[@Gamer-hack7]

Who tf cares...

[@juliogiordano6532]

I also liked your comment

[@lemonadebaker]

I hope you eat good today

[@lerigoureux6474]

That one video has me subscribe haha ! This is the funniest video I’ve watched in 2023 ! There’s comedic talent in this one. The overdramatic delivery to make the most random moves sound like top quality strategies is what gets me haha !

[@revh.3200]

I don't think I've ever laughed out loud like this to chess commentary. It truly made my day, thank you. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@vee1983]

I don't even play chess. But here I am, 6 minutes from a release after watching for months and falling asleep to this content. Had to subscribe at this point. Maybe one day I'll actually try the whole chess thing too.

[@pretzelman945]

Lmao this is so funny You should try chess its really fun

[@3thern]

Watching Levy to fall asleep is great. The recaps with his voice is the perfect thing to watch fir 10 minutes than I just let him narrate me to sleep.

[@xibucksgrindset6379]

memorize every line in the danish gambit and never play anything else

[@jdk67]

I’ve played chess like three times in my life and I watch this channel all the time

[@gremlinn7]

I think that's why I started playing too, when one of these randomly showed up recommended. Still stuck in the 700s, but having fun.

[@MenkoDany]

Congrats Levy for making me pull my hair out over a 400 elo chess game

[@elizabeth4689]

I started playing this week but these videos are super helpful, helps that your commentary is so entertaining 😂

[@algomiff414]

" michael can take the knight and then the bishop" 😂😂

[@jdhr7767]

I was devastated because I wanted Michael to win and thought Anuraj would definitely see the checkamate, but the plot twist arrived like a cold glass of water in a scorching desert, great content

[@jonathanvitelli3059]

21:03 I was dying laughing at his commentary over the rook blunder

[@nathandouglas4726]

Same man hahhaa

[@datoneboi8273]

this is the first time i've ever seen someone blunder a checkmate and give it to the opponent.

[@natnat-24]

Levy never fails to make it into a Gothamchess video

[@chriszhang1660]

Hikaru once made a point. In games like these, the most important thing you need is tactic. In this case, it’s the removal of the knight, which is the guardian of the bishop.

[@filthyfrank.5]

No. These people don't need to learn tactics 😂 they need to learn a pawn can take a peice diagonally

[@nevermind-wp3bf]

In games like these the most important thing is to learn to play chess.😂😂😂

[@OniroTube]

I've never laughed so much for a chess video 😂 Thank you Levy!

[@nikosarancic810]

I haven’t laughed to the point of crying in years. This was the most amazing video I’ve ever watched. The commentary was unbelievable, my stomach hurts. God bless you Gotham, you’ve made my week bro. Please do more of this because it is absolutely hilarious ❤

[@lilrossman5022]

I second that

[@dougware5649]

To say that was a calamity of errors would be a cosmic understatement.

[@shadowdweller359]

One of my favorite series on youtube. How to lose at chess, second to guess the elo. Gotham I love your videos. I’ve been going through a rough time recently, been sick for 10 weeks. But your videos always make me laugh and smile and keep me entertained. Thank you for everything you do. You’re amazing ❤❤❤

[@olavjorvik94]

This is much better than guess the elo😂

[@xyy1680]

Get well soon bud

[@Art_is_mad]

I love this series, you're storytelling is amazing! You can be entertaining without editing, i respect that. I also kept hearing "on the rush" instead of the player name😂

[@Ashsolvent]

there's just something so comforting abt levy's calm voice

[@sothrow5462]

This was some of the best content ive ever seen thankyou, i felt like i got to know these guys haha hope we see more from michael and anuraj

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

The emotional rollercoaster of this checkmate report was unbelievable! I hope that the players see this and emerge the better for the educational experience.

[@Fear_Chaelz]

Levy will never fail to lose his sanity

[@icyleamon]

I was so afraid that Michael would lose. You did great Michael, cheered for you the whole game

[@rakov1]

One of the best commentaries. Laughed out loud so many times.

[@elmerzcosta]

Hahaha I forgot how hard it was to predict what is going to happen in these types of games. I was cheering for Michael during all of it, got sad when the blundered mate. But the twists, oh my

[@TheTakenName]

Thx Levi...this video was so helpful. I was able to loose all my games today. You the best!

[@emme3061]

what an absolute rollercoaster of emotion haha. Great video

[@zenoplanets7868]

That was exhilarating!! Really enjoy your content

[@soyelsueco]

Levy always comes in clutch with uploading a video that I can watch while cooking my dinner

[@KeithGiles]

That was truly epic. Thank you. This is the kind of chess entertainment I expect, and, frankly, deserve.

[@jimmimis6364]

What a finale!! The anticipation! The plot twist! Brilliant!

[@sirpuffball6366]

i appreciate the very genuine performance you put into commentating these games it's comedy gold (and educational!)

[@richardmercer2337]

This is a meaning of "win" of which I was not previously aware. The most amazing part of this game is that one or both players apparently realized that checkmate had occurred.

[@jmr5125]

Well... It _was_ an online match, so the computer handles detecting checkmate. So, given the quality of play, its quite possible that both players were surprised when the checkmate was announced.

[@plopkoek1746]

Levy never fails to put his videos on youtube.

[@user-md8dg2jw7s]

10:16 like Oh I can’t castle WELL OOGGA BOOGA I’ll just put the rook on the squar- I Basically castled😅

[@SteelChords]

I love these videos for the simple fact that every time you think it couldn't possibly get more chaotic, it does 🤣 and the worst part is that I KNOW my own games were probably about this bad when I was 400 elo

[@JosephLachh]

22:00 the reason for g3 was that he thought that knight h2 was checkmate, so he was making a square for his king

[@RJA]

Im 400 rated thanks for the help!

[@manofsteal5066]

"Father, I did it.... I found it.... I found mate in 1, only one thing remains... now I should find you" -Michael Afton

[@luizrizola]

Kramnik should be asking for the analysis of this game!! Machine!! Engine!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@olavjorvik94]

This is the best show on your channel. Much better than guess the elo. Please, give us many more!🤩

[@KaiPRoberts]

Just started playing chess and learning how to play. You are an absolutely incredible entertainer, chess aside. It is really helping me to love the game more.

[@JABC2009]

the end was literally the biggest blunder possible in all of chess

[@n3os-h3l10s]

The way he said "absurd" while laughing halfway through the word 😂😂 that nearly killed me 😂😂

"Feet picture Levy doesn't exist, he can't hurt you" Feet picture Levy:

[@G4M3R1R0N]

Where?

@@G4M3R1R0N At 2:57.

[@kira05]

Chess never fails to put Levy in their videos

[@dr_dud3]

Im pretty new to chess as well but these videos are UNDERRATED AF!! Should have atleast 10x views. The whole series as whole should 🔥

[@NegatiiveOne]

Watching/Listening to your videos honestly makes my days at work that much more bearable. This gameplay makes mine look GM-worthy...I cracked up at "Peace Cube" hahahahaha

[@NerijusJankevicius]

Gotham I love your content you made me better at chess you are the goat of chess

[@golldenpinnaple]

Levy never fails to laugh at chess players

[@RNYT8585]

How tf did u watch a half hour video in less then a minute?

[@dishwasher5000]

​@@RNYT8585he's built different

[@Hellfireee]

10x speed

[@RNYT8585]

he wrote 49 seconds after the video got uploaded, in no way he could do that, and even if it was the case, I think he would understand little to nothing at that speed. Peace) @@Hellfireee

[@ZheerBestoon]

levy pls upload more of this series and gto

[@DJ_Scorpion_Music]

11:10 “thank God he did not blender another piece!” 😂😂🤣🤣

[@Notyourtoaster13]

35/41.73 stare today, nice job Gotham

[@darkalman]

The best part of being 400 rated is that when you make a blunder your opponent is just as terrible as you are and has a 50:50 chance they won't see it

[@fredbawden1468]

That ending absolutely SENT me 😂

[@almicc]

What a wild game, I saw that knight not being taken and slowly black was creating a tangled net around the king, amazing that white actually kept that checkmate at bay for so long.

[@weakw1ll]

25:18 OH SHIT YEESSSSSS YESSSSS NOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOO WGO AM I ROOTING FOR IDK 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WHAT

[@weakw1ll]

25:00 NOOOOO😭

[@emanuelpacheco2477]

Dude, this is some of the funniest s**t I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you.

[@Ghostie.]

Watching that little bar on the side swing wildly from one side to the other was crazy. :D

[@Thisisausername556]

15:13 "Michael is a Canadian. They're nice..." *war crimes intensify*

[@puffpuff5955]

Bro i do not understand how the mind of a 400 works, like the game is very easy.

[@EEZO115]

The amount of “but instead of that’s” that occurred had me dying

[@michaelfrock2473]

I did not see that ending coming 🤣. The advantage bar was getting whiplash.

[@thebattosai7814]

Levy never fails to include gothamchess in a video

[@pawnhubtv]

he never fails to clickbait us

[@kaiz2227]

pin of shame incoming?

[@BonBonBerti]

It's been a minute

[@matthew5330]

ooo i sense pin of shame

[@weirdland4902]

Pin of shame

[@phairlyoddparent3972]

Now THAT was a plot twist. Felt like watching The Sting except they were just double crossing themselves.

[@robnoxiousplays2385]

I was definitely NOT expecting this video to be as funny as it was. It was a caliber of roast that rarely graces KZbin these days. Absolutely brilliant.

[@MarbleRacingBy_I.V.]

Levy truly never fails to change the video title every 0.001 seconds😊🙏

[@Jenson_Beach]

Oh my GOD the whiplash at the end struck me to my knees! Levy really knows how to present a chess match as a crazy story

[@jofromdaglo6601]

The amount of blunders make my head hurt

[@BonBonBerti]

Who else wants his book for Christmas?

[@patrickjohnson6916]

on my wishlist 👍

[@joshcummings3745]

Me

[@nihil27]

i was NOT ready for “pp on the pp” 16:06

[@renaldyclaudio7847]

The Knight on g4 was like having a good conversation with a peasant for the entire battle 😂

[@jrgamee7805]

I did NOT expect him to use the phrase he used n one of his shorts and i started snorting with laughter.