How To Win At Chess (Ep 5, 1200-1600)

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This is a new series I'm launching called How To Win At Chess. This is episode 5. We will feature many openings for beginners, intermediate, and hopefully advanced players, as well as discussions of middlegame strategy, tactics, and so on.
0:00 Introduction
0:28 GAME 1 vs. 1237 - LONDON CRUSHER
14:38 GAME 2 vs. 1294 - LONDON OPENING
26:08 GAME 3 vs. 1378- RUY LOPEZ BIRDS DEFENSE
47:20 GAME 4 vs. 1423 - CARO KANN FANTASY
1:03:58 GAME 5 vs. 1537 - SICILIAN 4 KNIGHTS
1:24:21 FINAL GAME vs. 1661 - TROMPOWSKY
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[@paultalam5547]

I swear this man is one of the most hardworking streamers out there, literally pumping out quality content everytime im on youtube. Serious props to you levy.

[@BleauJackson]

AND driving for uber and delivering pizzas. Renaissance man.

[@chizuru1999]

whats the pfp?

[@richardbeumer402]

Ossified air Hetzel ik usfouiuoosguuosfusofuosfogusoooooppppopooyposopppppooppppuoupoupopppppyyoopypsoopoopoppppwr

[@richardbeumer402]

Ossified air Hetzel ik usfouiuoosguuosfusofuosfogusoooooppppopooyposopppppooppppuoupoupopppppyyoopypsoopoopoppppwry

[@richardbeumer402]

@@SuccessProfit w

[@jacobg9262]

A brick fence??? That is called a “wall”, Levy.

[@michael2244]

ROLF!!! 😂😂😂

[@lambchu6459]

@@michael2244 life has many doors ed boy

[@rivernorton-depew266]

Hahaha

[@jotarokujo3870]

No, it's a brick fence

[@sirtetris]

@@michael2244 i, too, roll on the loor while faughing

[@aizzia90]

This guy makes chess 10x more interesting. Love the commentary

[@thesatanicbrood3255]

Fact

[@manfrom20xx13]

Who is this "twitch levy" guy and why is he so rude ? We want Gothamchess back!

[@yBazo82]

Right? I sometimes just watch these not so much to learn, but because he is so passionate and hyped about it

[@beenie_boygames4816]

I was about to comment the same haha, its all gold

[@iwan5398]

That is soo true.

[@MrEDMeaner]

"There is a trap..." The four most exciting words to come out of Levy's streams. Gets me buzzed every time. My favourite was 'Locking away the Bishop' in the first game. Such a simple, yet easy to miss kind of idea.

[@Pablo360able]

Levy: “There is a trap” Eric: “There”s a funny line” Hikaru: *checks Stockfish on ceiling*

[@danielfey7752]

1:17:30 “The fox has been flushed from its den.” Is a line from Age of Empires 3. In that game you do build villages, so nice guess. I was referencing my king walk.

[@dominiks5068]

you played really well! I'm about the same Elo as you and I would be very proud to have played such a good game against an IM...

[@kazikmajster5650]

*Omg it's you!*

[@donut1375]

"but frankly the lesson here is to have no respect for anybody when you play" -Levy Rozman

[@Tidalstream]

As an 800 player, I get London’s all the time and I never know how to correctly play the right moves, thank you 👍

[@emperorx5909]

800 rapid or blitZ?

[@Tidalstream]

Rohan Langar rapid. I’m slightly lower in blitz. I used to be higher in rapid but lost a bunch. In climbing back up now

[@doubledie6875]

Was that supposed to be sarcastic? @NC State

[@doubledie6875]

btw i meant the 1st comment

[@ishabiswas3996]

I started last week and now I'm 808 yay

[@frankreichard3372]

For better or worse, when I am playing chess I often hear Levy's voice in my head.

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

@WadedaGamer *terrified*

[@kazikmajster5650]

*Same, dude!*

[@muffinthered9263]

YOU DOUGHNUT!

[@EckySeptarony]

Dude, im analyzing the board using Levy's voice too 😂

[@scameron7506]

Levy: "I'm in an unusually long slump." Also Levy: *Uploads videos teaching 1000's how to beat his openings

[@chessbitz6846]

@@iitmqcbestqc5timenihilwinn143 so what will i do with it? Self promotion never works.

[@zoetje9817]

I mean, if he’s in a long slump he probably knows what works against his openings.

[@jacksonward8229]

“Don’t you dare call me shortsighted” “Aren’t you a car?”

[@badlamplampgod1024]

Key word is guess 😔

[@mattbutalla6498]

30:05 "it's like I castled but my rook got drunk and didn't wake up in time" 😂

[@leurts]

Tom Brady : eagerly learning chess with yt videos Levy : I can't tell you how little I care about Tom Brady. Poor brady

[@tomyniepo9058]

Me watching gotham: wow! I guessed almost every best move! Me in a game: ha ha, blunder go BRRR

[@datsj2152]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@buco853]

how to crush "crush the london" levy rozman's video by eric rosen coming up

[@Acidreflux18]

The man just changed his title lol

[@freds_chess]

Why is this 4 hours ago

[@NickMaovich]

3:22 "You don't have to take everything you see in chess" One correction Levy, you must take en passant. That's the rule

[@MrsNotorials]

One correction Nick Mao, you must* take en passant. You can technically pass up the opportunity, but if you do, you must brick your genitals. That's the rule

[@MaxPalaro]

Hey dude, you mentioned in a couple of videos so far that you are on your lowest in years. Are you sleeping well? Exercising? I'm a content creator myself and this job sometimes comes with issues for the mind. I hope you are well, really like your content. xoxo

[@ninadsbhatt100]

He is talking about chess rating probably

[@mohammedjafer9265]

Lmao true

[@pantlooner9601]

Still wholesome

[@shilpinitin6392]

@User 2389 screw you man honestly spreading negativity on a kind comment

[@PrimeTime1810]

@Kyle Riel because that's not related to his general condition at all

[@connorp3030]

That first game with the 1200 was quite impressive, only going three pawns down in 30 moves due to levy exploiting positional advantages

[@stormfury1143]

"It's like I castled, but my rook got drunk and didn't wake up in time" I have definitely played from this position more than a few times. Also, Drunk Rooks would be a great name for a chess themed cover band.

[@JoeriBlomberg]

There's a Belgian beer called Drunken Rook :)

[@MrBurnlan]

I'm really glad chat is not on screen anymore. It was really distracting

[@ethan073]

“I want you to cheval the snow” humored me a lot more than it should have

[@zethyuen8859]

Last time I was this early Levy hadn't beaten James Canty

[@doubledie6875]

uuu burnnnn

[@platinumreyrey]

Ahhhhhhh

[@zBrain0]

"I just hit myself in the face" I do that all the time playing chess. It's usually a facepalm though.

[@gonegone3159]

Dude your trap and explanation @ around 18mins is absolutely legendary. Such a good teacher. Thank you.

[@DavidLopez-li6ym]

“Work put in correlating to money maid is not the same to someone who's living borderline in poverty.” I love that Gothem

[@asmitsen1635]

One genuine question: Has anyone ever defeated you at this series? Like on stream?

[@SweGoat]

They say the antidote to a slump is a break. Not easy when you're trying to upload regularly.

[@Colep1246]

I feel like Gotham is a perfect representation of someone who wasn’t born with natural chess talent but worked his ass off to become the best player he could

[@adityaranjan275]

When you are so early that the likes are more than views! Levy Op! I reached 1350 from 500 in just 45 days seeing your videos.Thanks man.

[@notAYUSHGAMING]

What how you learn really fast bro

[@doubledie6875]

i reached from 800-300 in just 1 day.Nice.

[@thatchapthere]

I'm like 1350 and I've been playing for years oof

[@adityaranjan275]

@@notAYUSHGAMING I Played atleast 25-30 games per day and watched regular streams of Levy ,Hikaru,Vidit ,Chessbase India..... If you watch 2700+ rated players you will definatey learn some good moves,

[@adityaranjan275]

@@thatchapthere I made a second chess.com account in November 2020 and it has more than 400 games. I already had Lichess,Chess 24 and Chessbase accounts.

[@jeremywicker8304]

100% out of 100% the best chess content on KZbin.

[@benjaminmorgan1562]

“I can not tell you how little I care about Tom Brady.” 😂 literally me every week

[@ligemerrill6368]

I cared about Tom Brady when he might head to the Colts. Now that he won't, I don't care about him at all. :) I care about Deshaun Watson and Matthew Stafford now, though. :)

[@vincethegreat15]

@@ligemerrill6368 I only care about him because he went to my Buc's haha. Stafford is injury prone you guys would do a whole lot better with Watson for sure.

[@A21twentyone]

Rest of the world: Who tf is Tom Brady?

[@sabbywins]

If it's every week then I'd argue you care about Tom Brady a worrying amount

[@sloanes4148]

Gotham did predict that Tom Brady would win and he did !!! Nice stuff Gotham

[@radikalskippy]

I'm so glad that I found your videos. Not only are you a great chess teacher, you're also fun and amazing as commentator. Thanks for helping me improve while entertaining!

[@fishsticks3101]

Really entertaining content. Just got back into chess after playing for Scottish primary schools in the early 90’s! Can’t say I’m any good but you break things down really well dude

[@akaamshsimon3213]

i found this channel 2 days ago when i was on a loosing streak , watched a few of his videos, today i won 3 games with mate! Thanks for the free chess classes Levy!

[@rahuldev2785]

How come there was no twitch chat? I actually enjoyed reading them.

[@MrLujo49]

Jesus Christ man your content is just trough the roof quality wise. You just never put out a bad video, every comment over the games is very instructive. So glad i found your channel man keep it up!

[@JesterJeb]

Really loved the ruy lopez bird defense, very helpful game to learn from! Also hope you make the video on navigating a closed board as it can be really hard for beginners such as myself.

[@NPCTE23]

I don’t get why everyone resigns, like you obviously won’t win, from the beginning. Just don’t resign we need to see that end game and how to check mate!

[@aa01blue38]

Because there's "nothing more to be done here" :P

[@Megabaron]

Sometimes it’s understandable but I mean if your are down like 10 points in material anyone can find a check mate

[@nikk-hk4pv]

Levy's next vid : CRUSH opponents with the GROB opening

[@knighter1209]

nice channel name

[@mjtpli]

Losing the chat is great. On KZbin it’s only a visual distraction. If someone says something interesting Levy reads it aloud anyway. Having the move list on screen helps me a LOT in following things. If you cold lose or move the sub counter from in front of the move list that’d be even better. Great stuff man.

[@kartikpanjabi6801]

Aftertime I lost matches by blundering my pieces time and time I came back to watch your videos to learn traps and tricks and it excites me each time and motivate a lot, keep doing, you always have our support and ❤️

[@tunks3355]

"I cannot tell you how little i care about Tom Brady"

[@bulbasaur9934]

Bumper sticker

[@jonathanamwoza4336]

I like sports but that did make me laugh. I have a lot of family and friends with that "don't care about sports" mentality

[@markw1528]

@Kyle Riel lmao what does that even mean you goofball

[@maxwellbarker9761]

@Kyle Riel how are you gonna get offended by someone’s opinion that doesn’t involve you in any way?

[@kevinhansen9258]

@@maxwellbarker9761 somehow suspect he was making a joke

[@facebook_user6744]

The way you said En Passant in French means "While peing" "En pissant" or "While fish" "En poisson", thanks

[@ulyssesno490]

I think en poison means ‘in fish’ not in fishing. The verb for fishing is like pêcher or soemthing. Not really sure doe

[@facebook_user6744]

@@ulyssesno490 That's why I said fish and not fishing but yeah you're right fishing is pêcher. He litteraly said While followed by Fish :')

[@Polo884]

Nope

[@darrenspokane]

You are definitely a good teacher. I learn every time I watch. Not to mention you have a great sense of humor. You crack me up often. Thank you for providing this content.

[@kaolinwasher]

Love the way you enplane why you make the moves you do , very helpful.

[@thecrystaltide3757]

Tom Brady and Seto Kaiba, two individuals I didn't expect to be roasted in this video 🤔

[@FG-qy4bo]

I was literally thinking yesterday about how to defeat the London. Perfect video timing 👌💯

[@BohemianKitsch]

you and Canty are my two favorite online players/teachers. he's such an entertaining commentator, but your instructions and insights are second to none in my opinion.

[@HolyPallyTV]

Seriously top notch content, great personality makes learning chess interesting and funny, your passion for the game really shows and I definitely feed off that energy :)

[@TheTurboCat]

And so in less than 3 days Levy just taught us how to beat my 2 main openings. Sadge

[@scameron7506]

ME TOO!

[@duggme]

Great, now do some preparation and you will win even more

[@TheTurboCat]

@@duggme Yeah, guess it's back to the analysis board for us London/Caro players, lol

[@scameron7506]

@@TheTurboCat Oddly, I've lost one game out of my last 10 though, so maybe the videos are teaching me something subliminally.

[@anthonysun6550]

You learn the Caro-Kann. Levy releases how to crush the Caro-Kann with one pawn. So you learn the London. Levy releases how to crush the London. Why?!?

[@maciekk1455]

I love it whenever Levy talks about Overwatch - so relatable.

[@radiobrain94]

Levy your videos are super helpful and entertaining, thanks for doing what you do brother!

[@lombokindonesiaagraria7829]

i watched, learned, played and forgot everything

[@brodiedriscoll2003]

"I told myself not to get tunnel vison...and then I got tunnel vison" Everyone felt that

[@tylerconner6152]

Loved the wrecking ball talk and yugioh reference. This is why you're my favorite chess streamer.

[@LesPaulElitist]

I like the new disabled chat room as well as the missing twitch music. It helps with the focus on the game and commentary, which is informational gold and doesn't need distractions.

[@DeathFrown]

Gotham: 58% unsubbed. Me: I'm subbe-... I'm not!? But I've literally watched all the How to win at chess videos. Yt be recommending, I just keep watching.

[@tinkobinko9787]

Random person: WiLl tOm BrAdY wIn ThE SuPeRbOwl Levy: *Gets confused and goes silent for a minute*

[@skilakhimself]

Levy, you make quality content faster than I can even consume it! Fantastic stuff!

[@aliazhar3918]

youve come so far now, well done bro

[@trafa5096]

" Pissons " means " let's piss ", so I don't think you should keep on saying En Passant that way lul

[@aa01blue38]

I think that's the idea

[@kaidenb.7299]

Who said it wasn’t intentional

[@The10thTail]

No one misses the chat... -All of youtube

[@kimsnj]

At 51:41, when you pronounce "En passant" for your french friends… It actually sounds more like "En pissant" which translates to "While peeing!" 🤣 An interesting take on the expression ! :D

[@ansichart]

This is some top shelf content my dude! I feel my ELO rising just watching this. Scheduling my interview with Chess Life :P But seriously love your videos, keep making more!

[@ducanhdinh8574]

Bring back chat? It was one of the highlights for me in this series.

[@graubenlara252]

He was saying in another video how chat was getting too inappropriate and there were families watching his videos with their kids

[@PopcornMax179]

Levy plays Overwatch?! This I needs to watch.

[@MrKentuckylucky]

These videos are becoming a routine before going to bed for me. When I go to sleep I always watch one or two games and I'm happy that there are still a lot of these videos I haven't watched yet :)

[@NamasteBbooktube]

I love this series. Would also love to watch you solve rated puzzles.

[@TomTMGTomtheMasterGamer]

I can never look at the side of the screen without seeing "I'm GothamChess" lmao

[@Acidreflux18]

you just destroyed my career with this video

[@theac3467]

Used to watch your games at CCLNY but didn't know you were streaming until recently! Instructive, enjoyable content - I always learn something about chess and I get tons of ideas for teaching as well.

[@jamesconway5221]

Hi Levy, Amazing chess and one of the best if not the best I have ever seen, since I found your videos I don't watch anyone else, you play truly great chess and you are always so easy going about it, it never seems to bother you what others do, keep up the truly great tips as for me you are the best.

[@geogeosgeogeos5569]

Be careful ! As a French guy, I would give you an advice: do not prenounce "En passant" like "En pissant", I would mean "peeing" instead of "passing" :-)

[@nickoftime602]

Wait I thought you were supposed to be DISSUADING us from saying en pissant

[@annonymeandfish]

The way you say “en passant” is actually pretty much right btw. Please don’t say “En poisson”

[@redataoussi]

En pissant

[@joeadd5911]

Totally righteous teaching help and advice. Thank you I appreciate you

[@freshjoker2242]

Very educational and highly recommended. Love it.

[@cant-stand-ya3335]

Rule of thumb if levy makes a video how to crush opening, don't play that opening for a week lol

[@Jobava_Rapport]

''legend has it that Gotham never replies''

[@giovannifalso6342]

"the prophecy was true"

[@AnkitGupta-mo7lc]

yes

[@songsaboutdreams]

this one was sick dude. sick comeback on that one game

[@codenamerishi]

This is the best win at chess episode, all games are so instructive.

[@casekey710]

POV: you just started regularly playing the London

[@sattvi]

Felted

[@cilian8462]

i used to play london when i was like 1100 on lichess, i play queen's gambit now

[@Grey-xl4zx]

Something tells me he doesnt like playing eric rosen

[@TuequoiseQueso]

their match was super exciting

[@shouryagupta6873]

Gotham - You just got a new subscriber. You help me so much at Chess! I am only 12, but your videos have taught me so much! Thanks A LOT for everything.

[@codylevant206]

Hi Levy I just wanted to let you know that you're streams and videos have really helped my game improve. As I started to watch and take notes I've noticed that my rating has slowly gone up. I've also noticed that I fewer and fewer blunders thought my games. I am very happy to let you know that today was the first game I've ever played where I made no blunders, mistakes or missed wins. Thanks :)

[@dannyg3069]

You teach me a lot, Levy. But from one Overwatch player to another, Don't play hamster. There are already enough diseases going around at the moment.

[@matthew2h2o40]

33:09 I've seen that pawn move taught for beginner players to prevent a backrank check mate and give the king some "breathing room".

[@Lets_MakeItSimple]

love all your videos, please make videos of opening gambits and Endgames .

[@paulostriantafyllidis6706]

From all you content, this is the best. Different elo each time, 10min is enough they think and you explain. I 😘 that kind of videos. Thank you

[@jagdishmkumar3835]

Thanks Lewy, wonderful session

[@atharvatere6778]

A great teacher always makes the subject so easy and Levy makes chess so easy to play. U R A LEGEND!

[@rossmarshall4297]

Love the comeback win with the bird! Would like more of that

[@Epicbigbird93]

Great games I love to see your play against such strong players. I feel like I learn something every time I watch you.

[@mud1234567]

Literally just finished watching ep4, and was looking for ep5. Looked at upload time - 23 min ago. Perfect timing

[@amenproducer7864]

43:09 wow, moves like this is why i'm starting to love chess.

[@davidwilliams5275]

Thanks for that information you do a great job I really injoy your work.

[@milliethemog]

Blessings to u sir in Immanuel Christo! I get happiness watching yr vids man, thanks for the time and work fam, peace!

[@flatlanddweller6204]

Thank you Gotham. Love all your content.

[@gherghetta]

I have no clue if you read comments but i like to have you on my second monitor and just listen. Its nice. I dont learn much since i dont pay much attention. But i like the your vids. Thanks for what you do man.

[@jasonyoungblood9359]

Now I understand that lyric in system of a down, thanks! I love your videos

[@brianla9929]

Hey Levy. You choosing 10 minutes per game is perfect for this format. Great teaching experience also.