The INSANE 1978 World Chess Championship

[@EarthSurferUSA]

It bugs me when somebody is showing a game of champions, that they interject alternative moves "that the best in the world could have done". It is really confusing to understand----who is playing the game, and why the best in the world made those moves. Are you on coke?

[@seanjung8578]

lol (btw I'm laughing at him not with him)

[@brock.lesnar69]

Pin of shame

[@raivin7172]

Wow, that was fast

[@khalilullahalfaath8015]

Yo

[@boredb5623]

Take an L. The L

[@Qhsjahajw]

This guy is gonna finish 200 years of chess history in 1 month edit: I wonder how long it would take Levy to cover 1984 WC match which lasted 48 games

[@batubatucp]

one month? more like two weeks

[@MrHaro187]

@@batubatucp Two weeks? More like 1 week!

[@co4160]

@@MrHaro187 1 week? more like one day

[@shampooner]

@@MrHaro187 1 week? More like 2 days!

[@LeonardoHernandez-eg5dv]

@@co4160 1 day? More like 1 hour

[@coolpenguin5355]

Game 11 must be like Karpov : nooo you can't just play my strategy Korchnoi : *OUR* strategy

[@RobertGriffith9]

😂

[@joshuavanzyl6536]

Underrated comment😂

[@OperaGhost-jq8yz]

But Karpov was the soviet

[@lukerath3880]

And to think he would support communism

[@ryanramjattan8714]

I love the irony!

[@AlanAA]

"Took out sunglasses and put them on" (c) Typical Grandmaster move💀

[@stefanmirea5305]

It kind of reminds me of Hikaru

[@2kgodwannabe571]

Bruh thats nothing he made a guy stare at him wtf plus he ran away from the soviet union i would think thats KGB staring at me while i am playing a fucking match

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

"Chat, I remember where I took this photo I think it was 2009, I was with my step-father-"

[@jeremythomas4744]

Sa4# (s represents sunglasses)

[@RaymondBCrisp]

That was to counter the hypnotist's gaze!

[@imaloony8]

"He's coming off the hype of wanting to beat up the hypnotist." That's such an incredible sentence. Like, it sounds like it should be an analogy.

[@basesixty6739]

Yup that’s my new analogy just like No skin off my onion

[@joseph8275]

Korchnoi sounds like a total badass

[@johnstevenson9956]

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...that would be about right.

[@koalalala3939]

True, you are so right 🤣

[@brylythhighlights4335]

Korchnoi: *Putting on mirrored sunglasses* "You may be able to beat me, but can you beat... yourself?"

[@justinbieber8028]

He took “You must become the enemy” a little seriously

[@ladywaffle2210]

"You're garbage at chess." "I'm you."

[@inrpicmax6541]

@@ladywaffle2210 ooooooooooohhhh

[@air4767]

I can’t help but picture the Dwayne the rock Johnson meme with the sunglasses and raised eyebrow while reading this 😂

[@georgerockey19]

The fact he resigned the final game with so many pieces on the board left just shows how much more they understand the game compared to us lot

[@maxpower9175]

yes, i'm sitting here studying the final position right now, wondering what did Korchnoi see here.

[@josemanuico5613]

@@maxpower9175 yes i was like why. I don't see anything unsavable

[@dhurjatinarayangiri6995]

​@@josemanuico5613 The pawn will be promoted and bishop will kill one rook

[@charlie8344]

White is completely dominant on the queenside

[@jeyan65]

I think this one even mortals like us realize - with to connected passed pawns , any super grandmaster would convert it to a win . At super grandmaster level , this win is like a mate in one for the mortals like us

[@davidgyorvary8010]

There are two constants in this universe: Levy's machine-schedule and our comments on it

[@LeVezz]

The sun orbits around Levy's youtube channel.

[@callmeqt1269]

This is the first one of these “Levy uploads so much oh goodness wow golly gee” comments that I actually support. You, sir, have my support. Here is a support hand: 🤚

[@uzking1140]

@@callmeqt1269 Levy uploads so much oh goodness wow golly gee

[@derrickstorm6976]

Stupid people who don't know you can make videos in a row without publishing them in a row: Oh No DoEs LeVy SleEp At AlL

[@LeVezz]

@@derrickstorm6976 Oh no my sleep !!

[@kraknoix0075]

So Karpov brought a shady hypnotist so Korchnoi retaliated with 2 wanted yogi's, seems legit

[@rowdyabhi98]

The yoga variation of the hypnotist's gambit

[@dedizzydoge]

@@rowdyabhi98 agreed

[@Catmomila]

Dude, he was full of shit, how was he getting hypnotized while playing a chess game?

[@justinbieber8028]

This is like an average Tuesday in Los Angeles

[@snickle1980]

@@Catmomila😁 It's how you rustle someone's jimmy's. Baseball players wear pairs of lucky socks for instance. You want that pitcher to have a bad game? Steal his lucky socks. it doesn't matter whether the socks were magical and lucky...it only matters that the victim believes it. 😐Next time you're at a chess tourney, let out a soft fart...See if that throws your opponent off.

[@איתיאורן-צ1ב]

2 videos a day are just something normal at this point for this man. What a content machine!

[@blazoraptor3392]

@Steve Brown what do you have to gain by saying that? Need a hug?

[@eoghan.5003]

Damn, "content machine"? Never heard that one!

[@dionysus1145]

@@blazoraptor3392 he didn’t get far enough in the video for Levy to tell him he’s worth more then a queen

[@HBM_FILMS]

אשכרה

[@anujarun9544]

@Steve Brown tfs ur problem man? Go fuck off if you have nothing good to say

[@JackSchytte]

Hi Levy, love your content! But I have to say, Korchnoi was previously involved in an even dirtier match - the candidates match with Boris Spassky. Again, there was a flags controversy, but the biggest issue was that Spassky decided to have another board, off to the side and to go and sit at that, only returning to the actual game board when he wanted to make a move. Understandably, this got Korchnoi really rattled. Letters were written to Max Euwe to try and intervene, the whole match got suspended while they found another venue, loads of unsportsmanly conduct happened... There's a really good book about it called Korchnoi vs Spassky: Chess Crisis, by Raymond Keane, who was a second for Korchnoi. It's probably out of print, but if you can get hold of it, it's gripping.

[@lucagerza7372]

This was the chess version of a KZbin boxing match

[@gordonramsdale]

Maybe if the youtuber was Mike tyson vs some other ex pro boxer

[@ethanolhaines4139]

@@gordonramsdale there are other boxers, you know

[@fnlvnlol24]

Like a Hearns/Hagler fight 🙌🏻

[@MrBealvie]

except theyre playing for the win not for the money or clout lol

[@farzanakhtar5093]

The Coldest Game on Netflix has a similar plot to this world championship, except its between USA & Russia in the Cold War

[@belekete9692]

Dude... Have some sleep, please.. Don't die... We love you..

[@samanyuk375]

Agreed if ur talking about Levy get some sleep and live life dawg. Chess is great but isn’t everything!

[@Askhat08]

We need to send him a military-grade hypnotist-sleep therapist.

[@vimaladevishanmugam5943]

He is still alive.

[@Talpham]

Who else got better in chess because of levy?

[@Mohammed_K_R]

I went from like ≈1200 to 1700 in blitz and my rating in puzzles is 2000 which is crazy. I couldn't even imagine that I would be on that level several months ago

[@farmehrrazaghimanesh1211]

Who didn't?

[@jvo807]

I went from 800 to 1200 in a span of 3 months, thanks to Levy. Appreciate you dawg

[@yuhuh87]

I just look at the stories :)

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Danger levels was enough to change my life.

[@moveabledo]

I'm here from your recommendation yesterday

[@parasitecarrot6671]

"Someone is going to win which means someone is going to lose" ~ GothamChess

[@beholdandfearme]

He ain't lying.

[@parasitecarrot6671]

@Angelo Derecho "I agree."

[@parasitecarrot6671]

@@beholdandfearme "I agree."

[@beholdandfearme]

@@parasitecarrot6671 I, too, agree.

[@parasitecarrot6671]

@@beholdandfearme "I agree that you agree."

[@beardedapprentice]

Watching and commenting today because you recommended this in a GothamGames stream. Fascinating history.

[@tesone6783]

Game 17: The curse of the staring sleep therapist.

[@jpetersen46321]

This is a fantastic review of the 1978 world chess championship. I was 12 at the time and I vaguely remember the various controversies that had emerged. Thank you for the explanations. I also suggest you consider covering the Spassky-Korchnoi Candidates Final. I recall the drama in that match was off the charts.

[@gajofre]

Thank you for bringing Korchnoi to the board. He certainly got the short end of the stick in his chess career because of political reasons, and many people today dont know or forget how good he was. He needs more coverage on chess channels. Again, thank you.

[@RobertGriffith9]

I don't think he has been forgotten. Sure, he doesn't have the game of being world champion, but he did a lot to make chess more popular and was certainly one of the strongest players of his generation even with the USSR hamstringing him.

[@rogan-joesloan451]

Nice profile pic.

[@crapilanofridge7745]

I remember my Father talking about this match. Possibly only beaten, in the conciousness of the general public by the 1972 WC.

[@codetime01]

I believe that is the case with a bunch of players of very respected sports. I believe something similar happened to Kasparov where one time he was signing chess boards and someone attacked him with one, saying something like he respected him as a chess player, but he ruined it by getting into politics.

[@codetime01]

@Blake N Not sure about your opinion but the International Olympic Committee considers it a sport.

[@marcosbelczak6216]

I've never imagined that i would, at one point in my life, laugh my ass off of a chess history video.

[@lickyr7467]

facts

[@DaveGeelen88]

check the docu (on youtube) Fischer against the world ! :) :):)

[@anthonykraft3739]

only real ones know that Levy has two types of youtube viewers those who cant watch with the kids and those who like the music

[@cristianbarbisan71]

:-)

[@peterkaluzny2189]

Watching both todays videos (Fischer vs Spassky 1972 and Karpov vs Korchnoi 1978) was like time machine bringing me back to my childhood as I was attending chess club from 1974 thru 1979 during my school years in St. Petersburg, Russia. Thank you, Levy.

[@ChessGrandPasta]

Korchnoi must have been like: omg I’ve gotta betray the whole sovietic union just to be featured in a Gotham chess KZbin video like 40 years later

[@yesno8273]

Did you do it?(make it into a gotham video) Korchnoi: Yes. What did it cost? Korchnoi: Making the entire soviet union my enemy

[@snow5064]

he wanted to know if he is worth more than a queen

[@paddyscott2328]

@Anthony Amable Feliciano Friendly reminder that "communist state" is an oxymoron. The USSR was a socialist state.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@Anthony Amable Feliciano No, you're not right. This is a dumb comment. The USSR was what people outside the USSR called a "communist state", meaning a state run by a communist party. The communist party used their own ridiculous terminology, where 'communism' meant post-scarcity utopia. But we don't use their terminology. In 1978, there were plenty of socialist states which had nothing to do with communism, like Israel.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@Anthony Amable Feliciano Israel was nearly entirely socialist from 1948 to 1980. Socialism and Democracy are not opposites. Yugoslavia also had worker owned business in the same way, and Britain partly socialized, as did hundreds of other nations.

[@johnandrewmunroe]

Until I found this channel I thought chess channels would be like watching bowling or golf. Totally on the edge of my seat. Brilliant commentary, Levy! Keep it coming.

[@EclairTw]

Bruh I ain't even finish the Bobby video yet LMAO

[@sportsjefe]

He got up today and chose violence. He said 'Yeah, let's just do two of the wildest, most impactful world championship matches ever. On the same day."

[@Qhsjahajw]

this match is better imo

[@rowdyabhi98]

@@Qhsjahajw That match was better was a chess contest and as a political war but yeah this match is even more dramatic and close.

[@Xepa105]

"It's now game 28, and the score is 5-2" Chess makes sense. Chess matches, on the other hand...

[@sreerudhrhp7194]

It means that that the other 21 games were drawn.

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@@sreerudhrhp7194 but isn't a draw 1/2-1/2? So it should be 15.5-12.5?

[@artoocase]

That’s the rule now, but it wasn’t in ‘78.

[@sreerudhrhp7194]

@@armstrongtixid6873 I think if they drew,they both get no points.

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@@sreerudhrhp7194 oh ok

[@tahmeedchowdhury0007]

Would love to see you cover Karpov's best tournament (Linares 1994), as it is considered one of the best singular performances of all time.

[@nel007]

Here after watching the stream. Who would've thought chess has so much drama.

[@JFloydd96]

If only my life was as consistent as Levi's upload schedule

[@shreyansh5228]

8:49 "Karpov is getting Karpoved" - Levy,2021

[@houcineglaoui5705]

Lately, I'm seeing Levi videos more than I'm seeing my parents

[@almundo4488]

Hahaha too true bro x

[@khaledosama1836]

Lol this is literally me :)

[@thebus3181]

It is Levy, not Levi :(

[@m_uz1244]

As much as you AoT stans wish it was Levi, it's spelled Levy.

[@Chizzle69420]

Stolen joke

[@ririfiri3243]

I'm here from your recommendation

[@Rude_i_Wredne]

We know what's coming, Karpov vs Kasparov saga.

[@Hillion18061975]

At that time Kasparov really shamed himself accusing Campomanes in unfair judgment and even trying to break up FIDE. The first 48 game match was a terrible example of a fight for exhaustion... So the rules were changed, and Kasparov won fairly and clearly, without any criticism on exploitation of Karpov's older age. Sorry for my English

[@александрорехов-ъ1г]

10:28 Damn, the clearness of Russian accent though

[@frozenpai]

Такое ощущение будто Леви на самом деле из России, но он конспирируется уже много лет благодаря хорошим знаниям английского

[@PromixDelPiero]

@@frozenpai он прекрасно знает русский

[@mr.mesmerus2249]

@@frozenpai щ

[@dimonutive]

Am I the only one who got a yogurt ad during this right after levy talked about the yogurt situation? 😂

[@speeddemon2901]

KZbin reads minds / videos 😂😂😂

[@crapilanofridge7745]

Fantastic Video. Much appreciated. One can only hope for such a clash of the Titans come November. Kind Regards

[@milkyBK370]

Your ability to make each game commentary sound like a conversation between the players is what makes your output unique and entertaining. Keep it up Levy.

[@itsjustthatsimple628]

Insightful comment.. I totally agree

[@dipbarua6578]

Levy Please make more videos like this. Love these!!

[@dijaun]

The stream from the gotham games channel sent me

[@revenevan11]

19:56 "Karpov kinda bites himself in the foot" 🤣 I'm going to use this mashup of 2 phrases from now on, it's like a malapropism but it actually works!

[@coreygolpheneee]

Malapropisms totally work, it's ninety five percent of the sopranos writing and that shit wins Emmys lol

[@satanowesme10bucks27]

You’re one of the only reasons why I keep my adds on KZbin. Your content is so high quality and constant a your work needs to be repaid. Thank you for all the fun and information you bring us 🖤🖤

[@dasermutigungs-zentrum436]

Sehr nett & unterhaltsam gemacht, lieber Levy Rozman 😉 … danke dafür!

[@agustincaro5938]

I've never opened and muted a video this fast.

[@voidzminer1017]

Lololololoooo

[@na95ku]

Twitch gang reports for duty!

[@arthurporter131]

Karpov is my favorite player. He’s like a chess anaconda that slowly squeezes his opponents to death on the 64 squares

[@danielguel1897]

Gotham sent me here from the stream 👍

[@andrewmays3988]

Loved the way you incorporated anecdotal information about the players into the game. Excellent commentary. THANK YOU

[@JulioCr5]

Gotham send me here from the stream... It's an inception!

[@jesperahlstrom4550]

Amazing Video Levy I just love how you setup the narrative of the two players dichotomy in the introduction. Instantly sucked me in. The Drama, The mind games, Amazing chess broken down. Thank you! would have loved to see the winning ideas from the games Karpov resigned.

[@agustinfernandez5115]

Man, that story on 17:05 is a queens gambit movie waiting to happen right there

[@cnfreitas]

Very interesting approach for your videos, my dear Gotham. Well done!

[@TheZekriamLP]

Thank you for also talking a bit about chess history sometimes, I find it very interesting and you also convey it in a very appealing way. You are, as always greatly appreciated, Levy!

[@peteking96]

Levy, these historical chess match videos are straight up fire bro. You make chess sound like UFC and it's LIT.

[@anesimamovic8112]

Korchnoi with sunglasses looks lit😎

[@Avinashkumar-rg7cu]

Levy just changed the title

[@jessejordache1869]

The sunglasses thing reminds me of Tal - Benko 1959. Pal Benko accused Mikhael Tal of hypnotizing him, and said that he would make sure to bring sunglasses to their next match. As Tal put it, "As is often the case when confronted with an innovation that the opponent knows about beforehand, his sunglasses were met by my counterstroke: my own pair of enormous, novelty sunglasses that I had picked up at a costume store before the game. I took mine off after a few moves, when the audience's laughter calmed down. Benko left his on, but unfortunately, it did not improve his position, and he resigned before the first time control."

[@Torisson]

One thing i'm missing from these videos is, to quote Agadmator, "Why did he resign? Well..."

[@arandompesent6972]

I need to stop staring at your page waiting for a video

[@asaule]

Gotham Games sent me here, on this day of our lord Magnus, May 31st 2024

[@limbolegs]

If Levi can keep up with this upload schedule he’ll hit 1 mil in like the next month or two

[@leonkipkorir7542]

W

[@Mr-__-Sy]

Gotham games brought me here

[@chinadan86]

I don't skip ads so that you are rewarded for your high quality chess content

[@harmvzon]

GothamChess is probably the only person to say: "Get ready for the wildest ride of your life" and then explains a chess game.

[@Alex-sl7tb]

Really loving the chess history videos!

[@mintofta]

As a new chess player this is an awesome way to dive into the historical matches! Keep em coming!

[@GodSaveTheKing444]

Just as I'm about to start studying this video came up on my recommendations, I guess I'll have to study 29 minutes later

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Don't be tempted, go study😎

[@remusannani3026]

These recap videos of historical matches are great! Awesome commentary!

[@VoltageCowboy]

This is really great! I never heard this story and you told it well. I would like to learn more about Judith Polgar and her story. No one online has really told it and it would be nice to see some more of her games or a tournament she dominated. You can also do Vladimir Kramnik as he is such an underrated Chess Champion. That Catalan was a monster.

[@andrewsheehan4811]

My first chess book was coverage of this match. It was so over my head. All these years later you have given me new appreciation.

[@Alekhine-lr9cp]

Levy calculating is so satisfying

[@Demento56]

"He's coming off the high of wanting to beat up the hypnotist" is a hell of a sentence

[@patrykg120]

This format and your commentary are fantastic, I’d love to see some Mikhail Tal’s match covered like this.

[@dcstation74]

Excelente historia, disfrute mucho la anécdota, quiero más de ellas, no solo revivo un momento histórico sino que también aprendo mucho con vos. Gracias!

[@Heythereaspa]

Gotham Games sent me here

[@dylanflint4014]

The intonation in his voice around minute 19 is brilliant. Great video.

[@0202304]

I get distracted for a minute... "He's coming off the hype of wanting to beat up the hypnotist." OK, what'd I miss.

[@rdanwilson1]

I enjoy the way Lev breaks these games down. I also, like the color commentary!

[@PhDTony_original]

To be honest - I haven't followed chess for ages - I transitioned to become a go player when I was 18 (almost three decades ago). But you have such a terrific style of presenting material you've hooked me back in.

[@himeshbeck3343]

Gotham send me here from stream😅.

[@Patikbro]

This guy is a content machine< streaming while recording new video

[@benm7984]

It was prerecorded

[@EdgeOspina]

Guys, I have a question. At 7:53, wouldn't f5 just win the game for Karpov? Because Korchnoi would lose either the g4 bishop or the c3 knight Edit: Nevermind. Korchnoi just takes en passant and now Karpov would lose either his queen or his bishop. What a cool position!

[@bakulshah4367]

Day 89: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.

[@hugothompson3914]

Are you really unable to win when you’re two or three pawns up?

[@afraid2letgo]

Dedication. Pure dedication.

[@rodabaixo13]

@@hugothompson3914 well its not so simple in opposite colored bishops it can be a draw as your opponents bishop just restricts your pawns movement and theres no progress to be done as none of your pieces can support the pawns. This obviously depends on the position sometimes it can be winning sometimes its drawing tho

[@fedess3647]

@@rodabaixo13 just bring in the king, if you are up 3 pawns and can't win, time to play checkers

[@ligemerrill6368]

@@fedess3647 No need to go after someone personally. A lot of people in the 1000-1200 range can struggle with it, especially if they are low on time. Heck, even as a 1400 (chess.com, 1600 lichess), I've drawn games with two pawns up when I was low on time and blundered into a rook pawn-wrong colored bishop endgame or similar traps. It's a good topic to cover in a video- once someone has a specific process they can follow without having to work it out over the board, you won't draw any more games like that, even if you're low on time, because you just follow the process and don't have to think.

[@Bo-hu6pc]

Got send by Levy on stream

[@pout6596]

you should cover the first chess game ever recorded if you haven't already. I think that would be fun

[@krieg865]

Yep...this is exactly the content i'm looking for. I love Levi's style and there are so many moments that people don't know about that are full of wonderful and sometimes enraging histories...can't wait to see more. Maybe Bronstein v. Bottvinnik?

[@krishead2410]

Future you told me to watch, $4millon game

[@DecentGreenTea]

woahhhh future the famous raper?

[@poly_hexamethyl]

I really appreciated your insightful analysis and entertaining stories. I remember when this match happened and heard about the sorcerers and meditating gurus and whatnot. It was so bizarre!

[@AztekTheKid]

Nobody: Korchnoi in game 4: s w a g

[@synthdrive]

This is the most exciting recap of a world chess championship I've watched. Thank you Levy!

[@kanarevelations]

here from the stream 💥

[@StahliCell]

Hey Levy I wanted to thank you so much for all the great videos you're making, I've seen many of these matches but going back and checking them again is amazing!! I love all of them!!

[@vasilymorozov]

28:40 you know lev had been practicing that for the last week "tantilizing tale"

[@Tecmaster96]

More more more! It’s so nice to have a talented content creator making so much content! I’ll definitely be watching for a long time.

[@SpliefDaGrief]

Yogurt-Gate is the kind of drama we need more of these days

[@oguzberkcelikten2900]

Thanks for covering this championship match, one of the greatest rivalries of all time surely.

[@alvarosoares3530]

I feel sorry for Korchnoi, in that year the urss didn't let his son leave to switzerland by forcing him to join the army, that dude had a lot of pressure to deal with and he still managed to win five games. Full respect

[@virtuafighter3]

Agreed. Keene one of his seconds thought that Kortschnoi could have won if Petra Leeuwerik had not been in the camp which distracted Kortschnoi perhaps.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

fun fact: Korchnoi started having problems with his career and trips abroad when he slandered Karpov after losing to him their first game in the USSR. Karpov stood up for him, as a result of which Korchnoi was allowed to continue playing abroad. In "gratitude", Korchnoi refused to return and announced that all his losses to Karpov were due to threats from the Communist Party of the USSR. Then Karpov just came from the USSR and beat him 2 more times in the world championships in 1978 and 1981

[@mohamdtac6519]

These historical chess videos are very entertaining and informative keep up the good work

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

_"Karpov is gettin' Karpov'd"_ ~Levy Rozman, 2021

[@leo.soininen]

"He is coming off the hype of wanting to beat up the hypnotist" -Levy Rozman 2021

[@harshsingh8619]

Agadmator : Hello Everyone Gotham : Welcome ladies and gentlemen.

[@dm1896]

Gotham > agadmator

[@prasunkumar1125]

@@dm1896 i don't know either one lol