FINAL Guess The Elo? (#45)

[@chess]

The way each game brings such intensity

[@randomplayz4200]

and by intensity you mean queen gambits

[@lopamudra1975]

LICHESS

[@bhavishya9599]

@@lopamudra1975 oh myyy...💀

[@alphag4mer909]

So that's why when a cheater pops up in this channel he is almost instantly banned....

[@lopamudra1975]

@@bhavishya9599 I had to do it. For the free, unlimited puzzles

[@cameroncoates4863]

Me: Wait, no more guess the ELO?! Levy: This may be my last episode because of how bad they are. Me: Oh so just a normal Guess the ELO episode.

[@mund1339]

We got click bated, lucky this episode was good enough im not even mad

[@Liffro69420]

I think the "bad" thing here is just me surviving

[@psymar]

@@mund1339 you got clickbaited, it was exactly what I expected, but I'm happy it was

[@scoutbane1651]

@@AditiSingh-ie6fy You have to be a twitch sub to levy and have your game ready at the exact moment he announces he's doing another GTE on stream. So *very* hard to get in.

[@mikestaff3042]

Yeah it’s the boy who cried wolf..we all know %100 they will be another episode tomorrow 🤣

[@luismuller6505]

I personally like the games where Levy just has no clue, guesses and is like 500 rating points off. This is at least as entertaining as watching a 1500 losing his Queen in 10 secounds!

[@Narrowcros]

True its funny how he has such a high standard for 1100 to 1500s lmao

[@jellyfishman2275]

I like how yo spell secounds

[@stevemattero1471]

But not quite as exciting as watching Hikaru lose his Queen in 10 seconds

[@lifestreeks9671]

FR

[@spikydude4561]

Why just why

[@matthewcaimbeul8722]

My favorite quotes: “They don’t make 1800s like they used to…” And, “YOU CANT PROMOTE A KING TO QUEEN, EVEN THOUGH ITS 2022”

[@skinnybonesjonestheallseei74]

Karen's about to cancel chess

[@scm6668]

"Who gave you this rating!?"

[@SuperLol]

legendary

[@phen-themoogle7651]

His singing or rapping got kinda stuck in my head lol

[@lucasng4712]

@@skinnybonesjonestheallseei74 no

[@arjunsinghverma9173]

Levy:E5 is a dumb move it loses a pawn Me(1700): yes clearly Also levy: that’s the top engine move

[@mohitmohan7375]

How dare you stole a bird’s nest just to decorate your hair!

[@mister-8658]

Lol

[@relaxedsight1]

Lool🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Citrus_-ff7qf]

LMAOOOO

[@kitetm7596]

Oof

[@Sheeshcheese]

😂😂

[@kiliabgonzalez7826]

People who skipped the sponsor ad will never have the pleasure of seeing levy rage & flail his feet in the air after losing a blitz game

[@thatboiRyan3]

kudos to him for showing the images after the tournaments 😭

[@prplt]

me with sponsorblock: 🗿

[@awmdanger9677]

18:00 Stockfish first time in the history: Considering all the promotions same, no discrimination.

[@danielschneider9358]

well, except the knight lol🤣

[@RExN6900]

@@danielschneider9358 That's the 4th best move but you can't see it here because number of lines is set to 3. Edit: typo

[@danielschneider9358]

@@RExN6900 i know, but i still think it is funny how even in a Situation where all promotions are identical, the knight still comes last

[@RExN6900]

@@danielschneider9358 it's probably because it's sorted according to piece value if the evaluations are equal, idk, but might be 🤔 Edit: typo

[@pomonoli]

@@RExN6900 Also, if white doesn't checkmate the next move black still loses with a knight, so in a way a knight really is worse than a queen here.

[@0Tension]

Levy: WELCOME TO THE BEST SERIES RECORDED IN HISTORY, GUESS THE ELO! Final game: How about a no?

[@smalls5001]

html is shit

[@pavlestojanovic270]

1100: blunders rook Levy: lmao you're 1100 and you're hanging rooks bro wtfff Magnus Carlsen: blunders rook Levy: yep ig it can happen to Magnus too

[@utkarshkaniyar6210]

😂

[@havardmj]

It's pretty funny how Levy keeps overestimating us 1500-1600s. He would get a heart attack from my game history

[@sreezonpanchbibi9932]

Exactly like you'd get a heart attack from your search history being seen right lol

[@jaimeparker2161]

@@sreezonpanchbibi9932 that was a funny joke you should tell it again

[@diamondrg3556]

Same, There was a game where my opponent was demolishing me, up a knight and massive attack. I threatened mate in one two different ways cause my rooks jailed his king and my queen was threatening it. But one was already defended by his queen and all he had to do was intercept the other rook with his rook and I would be dead lost. He resigned and I won lol

[@rbcdelta6561]

"The booster seat King's Gambit!!" That last game - a GTE classic and what a rant! Rb8 ditty and all the rest. GTE is just the best - what a great episode! I'll be laughing all day! Thanks for the great entertainment!

[@erichitchins9211]

Imagine being the 1100 excited for Gotham to review your game and then he looks at it and quits chess

[@Mrhandismydad]

My life goal is to get a 2500 rating and play a horrendous game where I lose to scholars mate then give levy a seizure when he sees the game

[@Mrhandismydad]

@@OpposingFork I don't play anymore but when I left the comment, probably like 900 or smth

[@adrianmessow3448]

I'm black in the second game. When i traded the bishop i calculated that i would get another piece from white. I think i missed that the knight could defend against the queen check and simultanously defend the bishop. If i saw that i wouldn't even play Nxe4 because i definetly didn't see d5 haha. Thanks for the reaction Levy. Was fun to watch :) Oh and i know i need work on my openings especially in the sicilian when and where to move the queen. I know it's essential to play Qc7, Qb6 or Qa5 in the right moments in the opening but i can't grasp when that is.

[@violetstrides]

Fun game man, also as a fellow dragon player you should always take some measure to prevent white from playing e5. It has happened way too many times when I started & it's an annoying move.

[@adrianmessow3448]

@@violetstrides On e5 i actually wanted to play Nf4 and attack that pawn. But i just followed that line and it's pretty crazy but white can indeed hang on to the pawn and then it's just bad for black. So i won't play that again haha

[@Tempergaming69]

@@adrianmessow3448 The d5 move was after making that Horsey sac and before taking the rook with your bishop as pointed out by levy exactly at 9:34 the point of that move is to deflect the bishop from where its standing because the threat is to check black and win bishop but any knight block will defend bishop so if white bishop takes pawn d5. The line goes like what you did Bishop takes rook queen takes back after that queen can check on a4 then take white bishop. You are up a piece. And is clearly winning but becareful of dark square weaknesses on kingside cause u traded your bishop early. A fianchetto'd bishop shouldn't be traded early even for a rook. Only time a fianchettod bishop should be traded is if its the same colored bishop u are trading for. So yeah I don't really know what you are thinking but What do I know im just rated 1000 :

[@Tempergaming69]

I re read your comment, I now understood what you're saying about the sac you didnt consider a backwards knight move and you didnt calculate d5 but u know how it goes so no need for me to explain that part but still my point is bishop for rook, meeeh.

[@bgmaster8557]

Playing Sicilian is risky because of how much theory there is, but if you know 5-6 variations until move 10 you can easily win until 1700-800 cuz even there openings are trash and give good advantage

[@cynicanal111]

The "It's the King-dergarten gambit" comment in twitch chat was amazing, too bad Levy didn't see it.

[@Mrhandismydad]

Nah that’s the “divorced smoker’s microwave” kings gambit

[@Sam_UrAlly]

Levy in the final game: “Maybe this position was reached on 3 online games by 1100s” * Guesses 780-840 but it’s two 1100s

[@0Tension]

9:58 Levy: “Thats why i tell NOBODY under 1500 play the scicillian dragon!” Also levy: *Teaches Michelle Khare, who was 600 at the time the scicillian dragon*

[@SwayomKantiGhosh]

Sicilian

[@schattenhuhn611]

@@SwayomKantiGhosh scisciscillian

[@Tarif2809]

Scziliazscszaiaainn (sicilian but polish)

[@sohamthakur727]

Swissscicillian

[@Kornchipzzz]

Szechwan

[@douglasvollmar7238]

These are my favorite days when a new guess the elo comes out great stuff! You should start giving yourself a score to see how close or far off you were in total with the five games.

[@drcgaming4195]

0:43 I LOVE THIS CLIP SO MUCH "im an attacking savant" literally 30 seconds later "yo im mad trash *goes mentally insane*" cannot stop thinking about this clip

[@KyleMc16]

Do you know if that clip is in another video? I laughed so hard at that and need to find the whole game to watch that develop.

[@kubukoz_]

@@KyleMc16 it's something on the clips channel from 1-2 months ago I think

[@mbm.64]

"Why are you bringing your king if the king gets to the end of the board it doesn't become a queen even though it's 2022" 17:20

[@follow6460]

"You will not see me interact with any 8x8 entity ever" is my new favourite Gotham line.

[@the1barbarian781]

“Englund gambit garbage opening” Has an entire video on the englund

[@rhwing5095]

He makes videos on garbage openings tho so there is no contradiction there.

[@carboncompounds9377]

Well he makes garbage openings video, see his recent vid too, the opening he teaches isn't a well known one, it's better to watch someone else If you really want to learn stuff.

[@agar0285]

19:25 there's a certain top player that blundered the same way against Giri in Tata Steel in 2022. Also some other player vs Van Foreest in Oslo eSports (although that was a bishop). Some people are still learning how knights move 😂

[@RExN6900]

Ah yes, Fabulous Marijuana and Carlos Magnussen.

[@sportspokerguy3506]

I’m only 1000 rated but I lose to knight forks and knight combos much more than any other combo from the opponent.

[@Ilovemunchlax1]

@@sportspokerguy3506 yea me too and im 1250 ish

[@Ben-ff6hc]

nah Fabi said that he thought it was good regardless, he didn't miss that the knight could take

[@Agrantar]

This episode is just what I needed; I'm fully confident I can do so much better than my (literal) 1002 rating right now, thanks boss!

[@helloagain4546]

You know something is really off when Levy starts rapping / free style singing So funny and at times genius

[@theepiccarrot7]

I just wanted to comment here because I am absolutely flabbergasted by how good of a teacher you are. This idea of guess the elo was completely genius, as i have learned so much more from watching this series than from any paid lessons or puzzles I have done. Just seeing all these games of different levels and explaining such high-level moves in simple ways, and constantly going out of your way to make the mistakes and blunders 10 times as funny, i just wanna say i love you, i have no idea how anyone can hate this series, and i hope it goes on till the end of time. thank you

[@NaN-noCZ]

31:16 I did not have interactions with that 8x8 object.

[@Addictive_me]

I love when Levy is like "I guarantee if you check the database this position has literally never happened, nothing makes sense here" while it looks like a typical game for me when I play rapid lmao

[@DeadSezSo]

To be fair, everyone misses mate in one levy especially in blitz or rapid...I could tell he was at least 1500 because he played the opening far better than I do as a 1300-1400. I've even seen hikaru miss mate in 1 with 2 or 3 minutes on the clock that I saw, it just happens sometimes

[@egixitchiford]

"You will not see me interact with any 8x8 entity ever" Joke's on you, international draughts is 10x10.

[@raining1975]

5:54, How can an 1800 with 4+ minutes on their clock miss that they can just take the rook...

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Magnus Carlos a 2800+ player also blundered his rook recently xD But yeah it's still embarrassing an 1800 missed an obvious capture where the rook is literally right next to the king with no protection. Maybe it was trolling a bit thinking they were still winning and didn't take on purpose lol Once I checked a 2200 player with my queen and it was hanging could've been captured by their queen, they missed it ,and I captured their queen that became hanging lol They still had 20 seconds too. Players have good days and bad days for sure. After becoming 1800 I rarely hang my queen, but on rare occasions I do, and a lot of players have more trust for me to not hang a piece being above 1800, so sometimes you trust your opponent too much based on their rating, especially if you play many games where an 1800 wouldn't blunder something like that, it's kinda like reverse psychology.

[@resilientcerebrum]

maybe white didn't see the a3 pawn and thought that there was a stalemate pattern

[@ColeckZz]

I love how twitch chat is always guessing random ass shit, and then acts surprised when the actual rating is different from what Levy said. 'BROOOO HOW??!?!' buddy, you thought that was two actual lawn chairs playing far above your skill ceiling, sit down.

[@jackyc311_]

init 😂😂 annoys me so much

[@hectorgray8542]

The line in the final game has been played a lot of times by GM Kirill Shevchenko, I've looked into it and it's actually quite a venomous sideline.

[@Aryan-ly6nd]

Me: levy can't rap anymore Levy : 17:00

[@KillOnS]

Reminds me of lil dicky in "Dave"

[@6Pope9]

someone should make a remix of that

[@MerijnH]

17:20 too

[@stayclueless]

11:47 Connect.. Five. Dayum 😂

[@kirk2d495]

*CONNECT 5..... DAYYYYMN* that had me in stitches

[@jasonhe5578]

24:41 how do you make that mistake? My peak is 1500 and I hang pieces in every game, ya like we are not 2000s

[@DakshSahni]

0:06 this was best ngl

[@advancedPawn]

Chess analysis on the site should call out bad moves. Instead of saying "mistake", it should say "Qa1 is an embarrassing move. You missed mate. You should resign here."

[@pentachen]

always, forever, our favorite series, never stop making these

[@nestor1208]

I really want to see him reviewing a 5-digit game

[@Mrhandismydad]

Watch him review a chat gpt game without knowing it

[@Snowy123]

"They don't make 1800 the way they used to" LOL this one made me laugh

[@يوسفعمارنة-ش9ت]

As an 1800 i want to vomit after seeing the first game

[@dspursuer]

17:19 is my favorite moment in all of chess

[@cameronmorrison4848]

Levy: "THIS IS NOT AN 1800 GAME" ME: A 350 player "my games look like this, what the actual fuck am I doing wrong."

[@cameronmorrison4848]

People underestimate how much is hung in a high elo game. Us 300s don't see the position the way the GMs do. Levy underestimates what 1200s can hang. As a 300 rapid player I play a friend that consistently rates above 1100 rapid and he never wrecks me it's always competitive. High elo chess players don't remember how much anarchy happens in early elo chess. If I had players that respected me the way others do I'd actually be able to play a little bit of theory. Early elo chess is complete anarchy and if you study real chess moves you actually weaken yourself

[@PiercingSight]

I love how the third game has 0 blunders, and yet was the game Levy hated the most.

[@jackodonnell6548]

The way levy said “Connect 5” had to be the funniest thing I have ever heard

[@vthewongguy]

Was looking for this comment

[@suzikumieda2452]

I saw this comment before he said it, so when I saw it happen I was ready. It did not disappoint.

[@martinfraser2745]

Connect *fiiiiive*

[@qweschuning]

It's really the way Levi has so much hope and I "generosity" for peopes elo just to cut in to them with no remorse for being let down that their ELO is higher than he thought. Too good 😅😅😅

[@theothetorch8016]

Dayum I wish Levy came back, that last game making him quit was quite brutal

[@BelegaerTheGreat]

8:00 "They don't make 1800s like they used to"

[@Guitarmaster7272]

5:54 What is wrong with black taking the rook?? Perpetual check or is there some kind of fork?

[@eliasseoane7663]

Nothing wrong, that's a free rook

[@detrue4193]

I wanna see someone take a game from levy's games and put it in guess the elo so he will probably guess like half his elo which is gonna be hilarious

[@phen-themoogle7651]

He has a really good memory for his own games, he will most likely notice and guess pretty accurately lol

[@lucytaylor8010]

Wrong, Levy. You are here with us, in elo hell, until we say so.

[@cefribahar1192]

who knew levy could also freestyle, such a wonderful man

[@franktrue308]

This is easily my favorite youtube series. You are actually challenging people to submit games where the ELO is unguessable :) It's you against the Chess Gods :)

[@benbaron8951]

I saw the engine lines at 5:55 and knew exactly what was coming.. -70.2 or M2 for white is hilarious edit: I wrote this comment before the end of the game assuming that was it, holy shit

[@garrettlewis2044]

I think it would be super fun to have a total tally at the end of each of these that show how far off you were with your guesses. Then you could compare how well you did to previous episodes.

[@easyethanol6611]

Gotham chess you make games of chess so much more exciting than most people who are commentating. And you have good explanations as well

[@TheHadMatters]

That 1500 is peak "I play the Sicilian, but *my way."*

[@_j_dog]

Levy, This IS why we watch: "Guess the ELO" content is 👑

[@warmachine8239]

"They don't make 1800s like they used to" Damn that slaps

[@kobytavel8631]

Levy, it's just like any other videogame, boardgame, sport, etc. As the player base expands (and chess has exploded recently) everyone just gets better. An 1800 rated player today would probably have been a 2100 rated player 3 years ago, but everyone is better now.

[@doctorc-ton1099]

This episode didn't have any draws/stalemates, so, it stands to reason that there could be other chess games that require Mr. Levy's especially descriptive critiques on such styles of game play. Such a display will reveal untold entertainment values.

[@unwisebobcat624]

In the first game in the opening, 1800’s love those bishop infront of king moves

[@beauholland465]

I'm just glad none of my game fails have turned up here yet

[@איילבןדוד-ס1ט]

0:41 usually these clips are shown only on gotham city, but I just LOVEDDD it! Please do that more often!

[@MrOffTrail]

Each one of these games is like trying to flash your junk after swimming in an icy lake.

[@joshuamusselman4525]

Easily one of the most entertaining episodes. Never seen Levi flip this much.

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

nah bro the vienna gambit is the booster seat king's gambit. this is like the baby carseat kings gambit

[@MazsolaHUN21]

that crushed "see you later" after telling he will nuke his entire online existence... lmao

[@awmdanger9677]

Lvyee: "I might never record another episode again..." Me: "It's the 20th time you are saying it."

[@iamtranq5673]

Lyvee

[@HunteR1199]

lmao 'Lvyee'

[@Azsrael.]

Sorry his name is livee

[@MichaelJBurnsII]

As a whole this is still very entertaining. I’m not even sure I have a game I could submit to guess the elo. If it has to be something “content worthy”. I would just submit something that I played well at and I was proud of to see what Levy has to say about it.

[@viksinha5410]

Usually I don’t like the 2-minute intros, but this one was very helpful

[@bigals51]

Lol Levy you are hilarious and highly entertaning, love these guess the Elo!

[@henriqueserra1565]

I think a good video idea would be "Common Opening Blunders" where you go through some openings and some "natural" moves that are actually blunders and how to properly play against them

[@kalebeghbalyan9606]

At 10:26 black could've moved the queen to a5, the reason is to use a discovered check and take the queen with knight to c2 if white didn't see it

[@Verlisify]

5:53 Must be a full moon out

[@footballuniverse6522]

please don't ever stop this series

[@Mike-we3rb]

The ending speech was a straight upward soaring rollercoaster lmao

[@johnchessant3012]

21:25 been waiting so long for the return of Rb8

[@johncephas8799]

I love the rap at 17:00

[@cesarorozco3066]

The last minute of existential crisis was FCKN HILARIOUS 😂😂😂

[@chrisbuccino4901]

PLEASE keep doing Guess The ELO Levy, I love these videos... plus as a 1055 I actually learn abit

[@velvetundergrad2843]

Levy really gonna pretend like he’s gonna stop GTE as if we don’t know it’s his most popular series

[@JCVSTLE]

0:43 the “I’m mad trash brrpppp” dance

[@laughinking5101]

"This is it, I'm done!" "See you later."

[@Thor22396]

I don't know if this is good or bad for your analytics but it always takes me 3 tries to watch your videos because I remember how beautiful chess can be and start playing a game and watch it later

[@jdhr7767]

"I might never interact with any 8 by 8 entity again" brooo chill 😭😭

[@JoshuaHicks-qd7pb]

That flow though. Dude plays chess and raps.

[@0Tension]

Levy: Tries to chill Also levy: 0:43 *Flashback intensifies*

[@romeylon4204]

19:25 goes straight to gotham city for sure no cap about that

[@ethantrottier3330]

In most episodes I wonder if his standards aren’t too high, or ask where the hell all the supposedly trash four digit players are when I play, but honestly in this episode…I have no idea. I honestly have hope my Elo will get to 1800, while also being ashamed of being a 1400 lower than some of these people.

[@alexandrerobillard4289]

In levy's defense, a 1850 in rapid is probably like a 1550-1600 in Blitz

[@BlackPandaz420]

Its not im 1850 in rapid and 1800 in blitz my username so you know its not cap-andretiagoal

[@alexandrerobillard4289]

@@BlackPandaz420 Oh damn in that case I might just be really slow cause I'm 1900 rapid and 1580 blitz

[@MarkJLammers]

The ELO series should focus exclusively on games played at the Rapid time constraints. I think this would increase the overall quality of the games covered, helping all of us. Everyone should probably be playing more rapid anyway.

[@nissansucc5486]

This episode is the beginning of a new chapter, GothamCheckers

[@davidnelson4960]

Levy, put on a robe, get a mallet and judge the elo as Spencer Grey.

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

I know it's a sponsor, but the fact that Gotham chose a therapy service really shows his care for his fans, regardless of how much he disses them for their play.

[@Biskawow]

It goes "rook b8 rook b8 what the hell is that move, that move makes no sense..." Every time I wanna make that move i remember the song

[@thanorodd5663]

Best episode in a hot minute. Thank you sir. Had me rolling.

[@DecoAoreste]

I lost it at 'booster seat King's Gambit'. Actually laughing out loud here.

[@DecoAoreste]

The ending made it even better :D