No More Chess.

[@memeswithcringe1624]

Whenever Levy just starts listing the active pieces someone has, you can immediately tell that the next move will be a random pawn push. It still gets me every time though, just... the sheer absurdity of it is absolutely perfect.

[@nsami7035]

or a king move

[@Squatsheldon]

Random pawn pushing is how Aman Hambleton teaches you to lose

[@michasokoowski6651]

It's not a random pawn move, 90% of the time its a3, h3, a6 or h6

[@memeswithcringe1624]

@@michasokoowski6651 I mean, the c, d, and e pawns are usually either traded, blocked, or active and fighting for the center at this point.

[@Dainfamous_B]

This is a troll game

[@robinsonwinnie5330]

This is a game where the winner goes "I'm SO SMART, look at this awesome game!" and then opens the analysis and just...

[@elisabethsun7059]

XD

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

For real 💀 one game I thought I played so good and the analysis said I had 60% accuracy 💀😭😭😭

[@mosquito001]

@@cheddarsunchipsyes8144 Ayo you getting more than 30 accuracy??

[@mosquito001]

...dies

[@bobermoment]

@@cheddarsunchipsyes8144 I mean it’s not abhorrent, about the average for an 800 elo.

[@Nemmark4]

Levy: -1.3 it’s dead lost Also levy: +6.3 is winnable

[@suiiiiiiiiiiiiii7]

-1.3 is a grandmaster game +6.3 is a guess the elo game

[@irjake]

@@suiiiiiiiiiiiiii7 Also Gotham overstates everything all the time.

[@Nemmark4]

@@suiiiiiiiiiiiiii7 he said both at this match 3:30

[@sadagusfate]

I mean that depends on the obscurity of the moves, how dependent on said moves the advantage is, and the strength of the players in question

[@georgyushkevich8448]

-1.3 in the opening doesn't really mean anything at the club level. Well, maybe after 2k or something...

[@warmred640]

I swear, the more I watch these series the lower my ELO rating becomes, but on the other hand it grants me so much pleasure. What a toxic relationship it is.

[@kimchi2911]

Actually tho. I was doing well at 791 and then after watching a lot of these how to lose at chess series, it dropped to 750 and my elo is not increasing now lol

[@ancientferretlive8204]

Basically a direct inverse relationship between how much I watch Gotham and my ELO

[@parthmehta5852]

It's a guilty pleasure for me as well

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

Yes this channel makes my chess game worse and makes me stupider as a person

[@thatfamousscientist9786]

HAHAHHAAHAHAH!! GOSH! Bro its okay

[@chicken3802]

17:50 I like how the engine takes 3 seconds before changing like it's trying to comprehend that move.

[@gamesandspace]

It really wants to jump from the Burj khalifa

[@amodmanjarekar4556]

Stockfish be like: "Wow white you're playing so well, you have a forced mate, I wonder what move you will show me next" "G4!! OMG I never saw that move! What great plans does this move enable, let me run my analysis real quick" "..." "You have no idea what you're doing, do you"

[@nachfullbarertrank5230]

it was still mte in 8, so it stayed on mate in 8

[@alejandroo.2358]

the engine went through all 5 stages of grief with that move

[@minorseven8134]

I first thought Black was that dead lost that even a BS pawn push did not change the M8

[@COWHATE]

Levy usually exaggerates how bad a game is but this one legitimately melted my face off like I opened the Ark in Indiana Jones.

[@andrewferguson6901]

No kidding

[@doofer13ok]

indiana jones got melted by disney

[@R4ndomWords]

I guarantee that White was completely caught off guard by the game just ending after Rd8.

[@Mmmeeee4]

@Insert Username That white didn't see checkmate coming.

[@Eidenhoek]

@@Mmmeeee4 What checkmate?

[@GamerLeFay]

@@Eidenhoek The checkmate that they won with??

[@ambiverter]

I don’t doubt that

[@Eidenhoek]

@@GamerLeFay The...the joke. I'm continuing the joke.

[@smoorej]

“Two animals throwing their feces at each other in a zoo cage”. Greatest description of a chess game ever.

[@jdhr7767]

LMAOOO

[@paytonwebb3771]

Same description for the depp case lol

[@CarassiusAu]

@@paytonwebb3771 For the Depp case it’s “An animal defecates on a human’s bed”

[@hayvenforpeace]

Pretty disgusting analogy, tbh. The whole reason non-human animals sometimes act that way in *cages* is because of extreme psychological distress due to being imprisoned and exploited. In the wild behavior like that is simply not observed, because it makes no sense.

[@ocatazzip124]

@@hayvenforpeace Or imagine this they are being animals😊

[@Tofu_Rofu]

19:00 is it just me or is that fact that like 20 pieces are hanging here and they’re not taking them stressing you out

[@davidrobins1021]

7:55 This was interesting: I'd never considered the engine eval in these terms before. I knew it was done in terms of material point equivalent, but the idea of +N meaning that the opponent is going to have to sac about N points of material in order to stay alive is a perspective I hadn't come across before.

[@ClassicMist360]

it actually isnt how the engine derives its eval, because once you get to the "position where the losing side has to sac material" the engine will show a different number at that point than what it started with before the combination of moves. Levy just says things sometimes without knowing what hes talking about

[@zakayomatasi5229]

@MorTobXD well isn't it almost the same thing? I tend to agree with Levy generally speaking

[@cecilasen]

I'm not a computer scientist but considering you can get like a +n engine eval position in a rook and pawn endgame where n is greater than the amount of material either side can possibly sacrifice I don't think that's true

[@zakayomatasi5229]

@@cecilasen yeah this sounds weird so to me it may mean that my reasons maybe true upto a certain point then is no longer applicable, or it may be that my reasons are totally wrong from the very first word I started to write 😂😂 in that case the specialists should be doing a better job so as we get what's going on or lastly it could also maybe be explained by the horizon effect these engines I hear they have like when it's sensing mate but that mate is prolly 9moves mate but engine has depth of calculating say upto 7moves...since it's impossible for the comp to give the mating line coz it can't see beyond 7moves but it knows that position in 7moves is so bad that even material on the board can't begin to cover it... don't know if I explained well

[@samuellesperance5531]

@@cecilasen I’m no computer scientist either but how I look at it is. The engine seems one or more of the pawns on the board promoting, hence giving you a higher evaluation than the material on the board

[@Digital_Drug]

this game is exactly what anxiety feels like. Eveything hanging and nothing being done about it

[@kburtsev]

omg that is a great comparison! That is kinda what I felt watching this game in guess the elo.

[@KayOScode]

When you said "this is not a fake game" at the start I knew it would be good

[@wchambers3849]

"Two animals throwing feces at each other in a zoo cage" is an instant Levy classic! Wow 😂

[@limxuenwee6462]

Not only is the content brilliant, so is Levy's reactions.

[@ThsHunt]

Soo true

[@imshutdownforever]

so are*

[@kburtsev]

it is if you didn't see this game in guess the elo. It is completely bonkers there as no one knew how it is gonna go and it start off not that bad. Even I started to feel physically uncomfortable looking at all those hanging pieces and refusal by anyone take anything. P.S. I know I'm pretty late to the train, but I wanted to express my feelings about it so it happens here.

[@Cosmic-ix7uf]

Can we just appreciate Levy's quick maths skills where 4/11=36%

[@Borgir2267]

He's a stats major thats why.

[@kareem_xyz]

There's always something interesting in Levy's Videos' introductions. Short, Informative, well written, and always gives me the feeling that something hilarious is about to happen.

[@daveclark6324]

"Ooga town, population Booga" 🤣 I've been there 😳

[@invisibleman776]

this is the first ever time i walked away from my computer after watching a chess game

[@rbcdelta6561]

"My diabolical plan!!" (cue fiendish laugh bwuahahaha) What a train wreck of a game! Saw this one on GTE and couldn't believe it was real. Super entertainment - these games are just the best! Thanks for the content!

[@PJM257]

These people are 300 points higher rated than me and I can assure you I have never played this badly nor had an opponent this bad

[@adamwolfgram9507]

Honestly can't even lie. It seems like at 500 people don't even make these mistakes.

[@elisabethsun7059]

@@adamwolfgram9507 I’m rated 529 and I can confirm that

[@gravitrax3287]

Right? Like me at 550 I watch this and I want to burn my damn phone at this point

[@elduardo2496]

"How do these people who made this chess game today know how to tie their shoes? Or brush their teeth in the morning? Or make a cup of tea?" Finally, a review of one of my games!

[@stevehunter7915]

I want you to know sir that everytime I'm in a game, having fun, and playing well then I go to the analysis and see my absolute garbage... That in those moments I hear your voice in my head, making me laugh and have the energy for another game. Much love from Tennessee.

[@mikeb8674]

When I’m analyzing I hear Mato Jelic… “Perhaps Bb3 should have been considered. White played a move and Mike resigned.” But Gotham is a close second.

[@GPantazis]

Every time I see a winning game with a blunder Levy immediately pops in my head saying "and next move it's Queen takes Rook check and the game is over. *pause* White doesn't see it, White instead plays Knight c5. I don't hate this move."

[@whocares2277]

Levy: "Don't move your king up" Also Levy: Let me show you two super-GM games with Kf3

[@DivineTiming8888]

I love these kinds of videos, it really makes me feel better about my own chess mistakes lol

[@janpiet9921]

"It's not about being good, it's about praying the enemy sucks worse than you do" -Darkk Mane

[@thenephilimforreal]

Levy: 'this might be the final chess game in history' Me: ah ok totally normal Levy

[@forces2430]

As someone who trades the queen every chance they get, it’s because I’ve blundered mate in 1 too many times so getting the queen off the board makes it so I can’t blunder mate in 1

[@EpicnessCrossed]

We mere humans can not understand chess matches between super god ultra max grand epic overpowered grandmasters

[@Charles-ye8hb]

7:00 Bishop D2? Protects the pawn with the queen and the bishop attacks black queen

[@isavenewspapers8890]

Then Nxf4, winning a pawn and counterattacking White's queen. This essentially forces a queen trade if White wants to keep their e-pawn. Black will emerge with an advantage, being up a pawn and in no danger.

[@sarahfisher5719]

Literally dying of laughter over here. I love watching this series because it makes me feel so much better about my own chess games.

[@Obito_The_Simp3103]

And levy sacrifices… HIS BRAINCELLS

[@ngosamwelwa2474]

"we are about to witness two animals throwing their faeces at each other" lmao

[@haleysettembre]

248th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Nient chiù scacc"

[@fredwalter923]

248th day being a virgin*

[@francescofilipponio]

@@fredwalter923 fo cess strunz

[@kissmyarbiter]

@@fredwalter923 lmao

[@se4nlewis]

@@fredwalter923 😂😂😂

[@twistedtea13]

the worst type of comment

[@mjaber995]

Oh so this is what "the threat is stronger than the execution" means

[@Kostis05cy]

OMFG you wont belive it but at 5:30 levy said black didnt hang a queen and my opponet i was playing live blundered a queen at the same exact moment.

[@michaelwang1730]

Levi has the power to explain a game by 2 absolute beginners for 24 minutes and still make it hilarious

[@liamoneill9506]

Levy you the man, I'm living in a remote part of Australia and your content is goated🤙

[@Cunningham_News]

you legit commented this in the first seconds of the video existing

[@lonkhoi6764]

i mean maybe hes a time traveler or just express his emotion, either is just fine

[@liamoneill9506]

You are both correct

[@bendeguzkocsis2692]

Damn imagine if you didn't live in a remote part of Australia his content would suck

[@johnnycrain8142]

So there’s the theory that given an infinite amount of time, monkeys would accidentally recite Shakespeare. So isn’t there also the theory that a monkey could aimlessly move pieces randomly and still beat Magnus given an infinite amount of games

[@guywexler4386]

Yes

[@Jartran72]

Yes but the number of games required is surely in the trillions. when you look at how many moves and moveorders are possible...

[@ravecrab]

@@Jartran72 Last time I checked, trillions is less than infinity.

[@nuridenizdurucu1249]

@@Jartran72 even trillions would not be enough. It would require *googolplexes* of games.

[@harshitrawat811]

alpha zero in a nutshell

[@ZephyrStellar]

No more Chess. *No more Card.*

[@djoh10300]

Honestly so grateful for this man. What you've done for chess is simply underrated and understated. Thank you sir.

[@Os_390]

«you’re not gonna mate anybody» damn Levy that hit hard

[@wyattmeche2378]

I don’t know how to make a cup of tea

[@GuKingGu]

Levy thought that knight was there to attack the rook, was actually there to create mate. Amazing plays by white.

[@andrisbogdans5103]

I'm proud to say that when I saw this title and despite being in a wheelchair for 9 years, I got the courage to stand up, walk to my computer and play this video, and celebrate the good news

[@chessnerd6131]

🤣

[@arie7032]

@gothamchess pin of shame?

[@Sonny_h1]

@@arie7032 But it’s a compliment

[@arie7032]

@@Sonny_h1 huh i thought he meant he was happy cause the title implies levi wouldnt play chess anymore, if you have no context

[@_nc.incarnate_3770]

@@andrewbailey7045 nonono he's got a point.

[@yousefsaraireh2121]

The thing 2800 and 800 have in common is that they both start with e4

[@kyanleong8014]

the thing that 2800 and 800 have in common is 3 digits

[@DaveLH]

Because the 800s read in a book by Fred Reinfeld that that's the most popular opening. After 1. e4 e5, literally all bets are off.

[@Кирилл-д6е4р]

I broke down crying watching this game My therapist will be hearing about this clusterduck of a game

[@mortezamaleki1987]

At 00:26 : obviously you have to know something about something or you couldn't tie your shoes. -Matto

[@adarshs1671]

Levy has 1.48 million subscribers now. Getting closer to 1.5 million!

[@icarusflying1814]

It was 29 degrees outside today. That was almost 30 degrees.

[@wingidon]

Here we are, a year later, with 3.86 million. Wow, his channel has grown.

[@yoursumerianking1492GILGAMESH]

@@wingidonHere we are, 10 months later. Gotham currently has 4.86M subscribers.🎉🎉

[@exdejesus]

My favorite line: "They're all asleep!" Love it!

[@darrellwillis4871]

"Don't take the pawn with this queen you start hanging pieces" *Hanging his rook, and bishop for like 10 moves* The dudes got a Blindspot to hanging pieces chief; that's a free pawn.

[@zodi02]

"ooga town to the population booga" is my new favorite quote of all time

[@Misteribel]

If there was a chess variant “most hanging pieces wins” these dudes would’ve been excellent at it! 😅😅

[@ChristopherNelson42]

There is, it’s called giveaway, and I have to imagine that these players are 2000 or higher in it.

[@DaveLH]

In one of this series (I forget which) Levy literally invents the "Reverse Chess Problem," i.e. "White to play and LOSE."

[@yeremiavictorypaung9110]

Again... Levi is going to make another match of chaos

[@gaius_enceladus]

Classic! *No-one* does chess commentary like you, Levy! Great stuff! You could make watching paint dry sound like the Kentucky Derby!

[@samarpan9382]

At the end Levy's face was fucki** hilarious

[@lcsperuzzioliveira]

This series always makes me laugh. This is the first time that I felt true sadness watching it.

[@spaghettiking653]

Honestly what's more surprising is that this was your first time...

[@striker8961]

The eval bar must have severe whiplash

[@david6426]

Eval: +1.5 Levy: White here plays a good move, I have to say d3 is not a bad move. Eval: 0.00

[@PerfectSense77]

TBH that's consistent with a "not bad" move. In a lot of positions you have to play the top engine move to avoid having your position lose evaluation.

[@ggggg5255]

"Btw this is not a fake game" that's how yk you are up to an atrocious game

[@user-yf7vp5wx6u]

I been watching you for a long time and I just want to say thank you and keep up the good work.😊😊

[@khayoamaral9021]

Levy you should do chess stand up. This was absolute carnage. Your reactions and quips are unparalleled .

[@Adherento]

Whoever played this game made my night! I'll be sleeping laughing at Levy's commentary of this game 🤣

[@CulturalIndia22]

Yes😂😂😂

[@nuirejuvini9951]

4:41 that is legit the very thing that comes into my mind whenever I try that in games, including the accent XD

[@moreshansoobramaniyen3158]

They are my inspiration ❤ only if we could all strive to be this talented

[@sssniperwolfsbiggestfan1]

18:00 When you get so angry you turn into a goblin from a fantasy movie and his sidekick giant

[@ChrisCoul]

The secret to Chess is to be a Gotham Subscriber.

[@thedipperguy]

"Analyze the game in much greater depths" 😂😂

[@plasmakitten4261]

Levy is a master of what I call reverse clickbait. Name n' thumbnail promise one thing, and then the video is a completely different, better thing.

[@Elijah-ed5xk]

I see it as just clickbait But the content delivers!

[@alikhodajani6075]

This one should be dubbed as "The Ever foul" game of chess and it deserves a medal at it's own merit !

[@jlgaming8047]

We Love You Levy!

[@Kruxxdd]

the way levy explains things like “animals throwing feces at each other” etc never fails to make me laugh

[@Nylspider]

This has got to be the most exasperated I've ever seen Levy get on this channel. And considering we're talking about Levy, that's saying something

[@swordz828]

You’ve really never seen one of his videos on stockfish have you?

[@readyyes9451]

4:41 - I *wish* my thoughts sounded like that

[@togeproductions6013]

I once again come here to express that I’m tired of these videos and would like to see less of “how to lose at chess” type of videos. I miss when you reviewed historical amazing and crazy games. Love you as a content creator, just really not loving content lately

[@shtuff7588]

"A trip to ooga town, population booga"🤣

[@clawsoon]

"Without further ado," he says, and then adds further ado.

[@bartomiejchmielewski4976]

I have to confirm that in my mind I makes just such sounds, which Levy does when I'm beating someone's queen and forcing the opposing king to beat, and not to castle.

[@bilboswaggings]

my best guess for 18:20 is they are going for the "pp on the pp" aka put pressure on the pinned piece (the rook in this case) because they don't want to trade material (not knowing they could take material without trading because they are as good as your avarage random noob or anarchy chess user) or maybe they are flexing the fact that black can't en passant that pawn, so black is forced to resign since the forced move is illegal

[@txdang2009]

I was actually expecting this game to end in a tie

[@JacksonBernardo-e1r]

5:23 mann i whold have blocked with the pawn

[@ShadowBoxer]

Hi @GothamChess . I am new to Chess so I really have no stones to throw here. However as an older person who’s been around the Sun a few times, I can guarantee you that at the end of this game, and actually at the end of another game where you say, “they’re pooping all over the floor but somehow they find time to clean it up. Before they start doing it again of course.“ - I guarantee you, if they could’ve, both players would be high-fiving each other thinking what a great game. So Close! The Drama! Oh my God you almost had me there. And then I was so brilliant and sacrificed my queen. - What was your strategy? “I can’t tell you because it’s a secret. - A secret from who? “A secret from myself!” These are the kind of guys who think because they watch the Queen‘s Gambit all weekend long, they have the discipline and talent to be 2200 rated players or something. And the proof that this is their level of awareness? Look at the game we just watched… I am 97% sure that checkmate was an accident! Both are hilarious games with your commentary and I humbly apologize on behalf of the other 0-1000 rank players. I think there needs to be another ranking for players like this though. Keep these unfortunates separate from the other 800s. Something like: Rabid Squirrels in a Cage or something. Cheers. P.S. You recommended 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners. My copy just showed up today. Time to practice and break free of my own Rabid Squirrel attacks.

[@BobbyRunout_EverydayWorld]

How engines feel when they analyze our games

[@nevermind5657]

i think the idea of 22:50 knight move is to open the possibility for a checkmate that white did. since the knight is protecting knight from king taking it. black pieces probably attempted it and took the other knight with the rook to allow king to take knight and then white took the rook that captured their knight and hoped that their opponent doesn't see checkmate or doesn't move one of the 2 pawns near king down or the king to the left and to whites credit, they didn't. i have hanged checkmate in 1 move once but i won the game because opponent wanted to make queen. as soon as i did the move that would have lost me the game i kicked myself and when opponent didn't do the checkmate, i applauded myself.

[@mrdrift08]

5:00 BF7+ wins a queen.

[@isavenewspapers8890]

Or at least it would if it were White's move.

[@chesschronicles2004]

No kidding, i am 1600+ at FIDE rapid and my friend is around 1450 FIDE rapid and we played a few games. We were hanging pieces all over the board all the time. Yes, we did not pay that much attantion, because it was not a tournament, but if we can play like this at this level, you should get self-confidence that you will get to our level for sure :D

[@wee_pizza]

I will ever understand why I think Levy's reactions to bad chess moves is the funniest thing ever. Roasting someone for their poor choice of decision in a chess game is just amazing

[@elisabethsun7059]

Agreed

[@justamuslim9825]

Alright, this 3rd time you say no more chess

[@klatikw]

Every time when there’s an epic moment in a video, an ad will appear, but in this video I got and ad while watching Levy drink water truly epic, made me scream in happiness and drop tears.

[@haridass2208]

Those players be like: "What could possibly go wrong"

[@isavenewspapers8890]

19:02 Fun fact: Rxd6 is Stockfish's second choice.

[@cursedcat6467]

9:21 damn I actually got that correct that time idk why but I was right

[@Jamesbond-oi4bi]

That ending took me a legit second to understand the end

[@ixion025]

17:32 when u start like that im always looking for the worst pawn move and im pretty accurate at this little game xD

[@ixion025]

23:49 Levy : please kill me fast, please !

[@Nakagolas]

Can you do a video for all the adults learning chess out there? All the stuff out there seems to talk about how adults can't be good at chess since they didn't start when they were 10 or something. I'm not sure if you coached any adult learners, but I'd like to hear about that.

[@UduWudu2]

Something makes me think the final mate was accidental and White was the most surprised about it.

[@sauravgarg2822]

This series is definitely better than Guess the Elo

[@dynam1cdu239]

the ancient rule lol: if u see a check u must give it and black subsequently plays Qa5 check, but hold up queen takes queen also is a god damn check!!!

[@TheMarc477]

I saw that mate in 8 didn’t know it was made but it felt like the right order to me, I miss playing chess

[@marcuswong730]

18:53 White is a genius, Bf4 is the 1st move in the mate-in-10 as shown on the eval bar

[@isavenewspapers8890]

No, that was Stockfish recalculating the previous position's evaluation from +M10 to +M9. After White's move, the evaluation drops to +10.

[@ismaeel6564]

As an English person I would like to thank you for using that beautiful photo of boris