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[@suspicioussand]

I can't believe Levy finally became General Motors

[@kostailijev7489]

GM is general manager

[@Voduke789]

Levy took over Gray Matter after beating Walter White in chess

[@RémiC-n3m]

*Grand Mother/ Great Monotesticular

[@TheBcoolGuy]

General Mills

[@quiller4257]

I don't know I think its genetically modified game master or gm gm

[@guoc11]

At this point nobody will believe it when he actually becomes a GM lmao

[@simonregan471]

He'll announce it in a video titled 'Shocking Magnus News'

[@randomhunter47]

@@simonregan471 or Shocking 4000 elo game!!!

[@calebjohnson9740]

The boy who cried grandmaster 😂😂

[@Voduke789]

When he becomes GM for real he’ll clickbait it by saying he’s the world chess champion

[@troedsangberg]

Install the extension "DeArrow". No more clickbait thumbnails, no more clickbait titles (community sourced instead). I saw a chessboard and the title "Levy Plays Freestyle Chess Against High-Rated Opponents". Good stuff.

[@Kratossed]

Can we all agree that Levi is one of the chess player

[@AdamtheRed-]

I'd go farther and say he's one of the chess players of all time.

[@tanmaykhurana5492]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SteveInLava]

​@@AdamtheRed- IM one of the dead internet theorists of all time

[@ethnicalbert]

We can all agree levy plays chess

[@AyushmanPrakash-qf7jj]

Ofc he's one of the best when he doesn't know his opponent 😊

[@shouvikbhattacharjee2056]

Men see clickbait. Men click the video. Men watch. Men happy

[@DontReadMyPicture--9090]

Don't read myy namee'''

[@hampten23]

Men see clickbait. Men realise it's levy. Men click the video anyway. Men watch. Men happy 😂

[@Nuzalt]

what if i am a woman

[@njnexgen]

​@@Nuzalt then this doesn't apply to you obviously

[@Nuzalt]

@@njnexgen damn, guess i won't watch the video

[@actuallyarbitrary4444]

This is GrandMother Levy.

[@plokenv]

Hes gonna take care of 100 grandkids in his basement 💀

[@itsthedolo126]

@@plokenv no he is not gonna take care of them💀

[@choccyf1850]

you guys are so unfunny its scary

[@montagnegign3978]

​@@plokenv"I beat kids"

[@assolutoracingbr]

​@@choccyf1850ikr

[@Brain81505]

4:09 "You castle by castling"

[@fran6b]

Cook until it’s cooked! - Kwoowk

[@zhangyic]

Very clear description

[@basilenordmann7356]

From the famous verb "to castle", a common action in Medieval Egypt, during WW2

[@agentraydg839]

Facts

[@NJDJ1986]

Makes sense now

[@NoodlePy]

1:29 levy says the word "rook" for the first time

[@FastTurtle015]

thank you so much, this changed my life, i found success.

[@MegaLokopo]

For those that don't know, the front row is also randomized, it is not just only the back row as gotham had said.

[@jeanbriones1190]

It's doesn't make a difference, they are just pawns

[@SacredCowStockyards]

​@@jeanbriones1190 that's the joke

[@MegaLokopo]

@ Don't spoil the fun, next time play along, it is much more fun that way.

[@HAZARD_Productions]

@@jeanbriones1190right but the pawns are randomized.

[@MrVovansim]

That's an obscure bit of trivia, like en passant, that only the top players understand.

[@Randomperson_100i]

13:07 "Here you have (pause for dramatic effect) a king in the center" 😱 😱

[@Brain81505]

18:18 random timestamp

[@NJDJ1986]

Thanks for the timestamp

[@Cryingswans]

I like the idea of switching the position once a year. Giving everyone time to study. Without years of endless information.

[@hughcaldwell1034]

I can't decide whether I like this suggestion or not. Intuitively it's a good idea, but a year might be long enough for everyone to analyse the main lines with engines, but too short to find viable innovations/variations. Maybe I'm wrong, though. But avoiding that sour spot is a matter of getting the time interval right. In principle I approve.

[@kristianbojinov6715]

@@hughcaldwell1034 What main Lines, there are 960 different variations of a start up formation

[@nellieb6585]

I’m sorry this literally has nothing to do with what Levy is talking about but is that thing on the floor a TV remote? 0:22

[@Yoxeely]

Yes it is

[@JimKim-0]

No it's the knife that was used in the horrific attack back in 1999

[@eden5060]

@@JimKim-0ah yes, I remember that like it was yesterday

[@theblackimposter8781]

There was a comment saying top comment is gay with a fucked up profile NOT A JOKE

[@Al5baz]

1:15 chessboard jumpscare

[@Donthackme-j3c]

Is this supposed to be funny? Or I don't understand

[@Haha_I_Am_God3]

@Donthackme-j3cAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Harroo-YT]

huh

[@RamaFakhri]

ta?

[@reinierovertoom7123]

I love Chess960. The main problem I run into I like to call "Danger Of Cool Things." It's the tendency to go for cool lines without properly evaluating (of being able to evaluate) just because it looks really interesting. And in Chess960 this happens all the time, because every position is brand new and full of interesting aspects and possibilities. And then I go for something that looks really cool but turns out to be bad and then I lose. Oh well, still fun though.

[@NoodlePy]

13:59 Levy's facecam jumps

[@albe-r9x]

My favorite thing is the remote on the floor. Things you do only while staying in hotel by yourself.

[@Gamesofkings66778]

24:51 Levy disappeares

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

If/when you actually do become a GM, I genuinely have no clue what you can make the title that you haven't already used.

[@BrooksMoses]

He'll probably do something like "This is really it; I'm done!" Or "I no longer care about gaining ELO points."

[@samuelmalcolm5121]

I'm quitting road to GM

[@underdarkness7692]

"FIDE REMOVES my IM title"

[@Chaelisa6221]

And he sacrificed the ROOOOKKKKK!!!! 😂❤🎉

[@donjose9485]

I gotta say if you beat GMs regularly like Levy then you absolutely deserve to be a GM!!!!

[@pastashack3517]

Beating GMs online in blitz is very different from doing so over a 3 hour classical game. It's comparable to scoring a penalty versus winning the whole match

[@SantiagoRK96]

@@pastashack3517Yeah, Blitz and Classical are obviously different styles, but I don’t think beating a GM in Blitz is like scoring a penalty. It’s not mere chance. You still need to calculate lines and think through your moves. It’s just that intuition plays a bigger role in this style than in Classical. Maybe a better metaphor would be playing a 20-minute soccer match against Barcelona lol.

[@alazarismael]

You're better than most GM's tbh - It's abt time . And even if it's not, you have nothing to prove. You have shown us so many times you're just better. You've made chess palatable for most of us.

[@nexty3230]

Blitz doesn't matter. He has to start playing 30min + games, because he is terrible at that in comparison to Blitz and you can't become a Blitz GM.

[@mohito2273]

he is not, lets not kid ourselves. Not saying he is not good though, there is a reason that threshold exists

[@tt128556]

He's good at online chess, but doesn't see the board as well in live tournaments.

[@PewPewzzzZ]

Not really. This is pure cope.

[@IrrelevantHedgehog]

Congrats Levy on becoming a proud grandmother!

[@AnAliveHuman1001]

24:32 Levy glazes Germany

[@JimKim-0]

Levy, that second game was an absolute masterclass. Also, in my opinion, chess960 is much more entertaining and unhinged. Keep up the good work ❤

[@asadbekabdusamatov5114]

0:00 Staring to my soul😰

[@Zevoxian]

As a newbie who rarely plays chess that enjoys your content, Freestyle chess is not confusing to follow and I would love to see more (featuring either you or top players)

[@zackguy5537]

Agreed

[@Valmerix]

I love the audio in this video, cozy levy voice

[@Al5baz]

24:16 levy gets bothered

[@EnisTuna]

This is IM Levy.

[@exphyy]

This is GothaM Levy 🔥

[@TehEpikThinkr]

Wow great job Levy! Can’t wait to see ur next vid!

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

Let’s go goodmorning Levy

[@Biglarp]

always love the content brotha, gj on the win

[@DoKadamAageDuniyaSe]

I think that it's to early for us to comprehend GM levy is making videos on GothamChess's yt channel.

[@aaravarora2009]

Finally, after years of hardships, Levy has become a Grand Mother!!

[@tonyd7185]

Seeing all those unread notifications gives me the shivers.

[@rampart8894]

Everyone's rooting for you levy stay strong 💪🏻

[@A11FB11]

The G in Levy stands for GM

[@MrVishnumathur]

I am never gonna fall for it again.

[@zackguy5537]

That’s what we all say

[@markvitko2638]

13:10 Levy says the word "whereas"

[@MegaLokopo]

Everyone who hasn't played this type of chess before, should immediately play a few games against martin.

[@donkeyy8331]

I really liked to watch you commenting on your games on Fischer Random because it feels very different and every move you make you really need to justify why you did it, feels way more instructive and original.

[@NoodlePy]

12:55 Levy jumps

[@eminunyay9436]

This shows, how important to memorize openings in chess. Levy beats 2 gms and they blunder because, in gm level opening theory goes on to like 20 moves. They dont have to understand the position when they memorized everything. But levy is not like them(yet). He excels at unpredictable positions. Well sometimes not but, in gm level they dont encounter unpredictibility that often. Congrats mate. Even though hikaru isnt believe that you ll became a gm, i saw that fierce in you. Keep trusting in your instincts.

[@Al5baz]

This is good morning levy

[@VanFudge]

This format and analysis helped me recognize they way pieces can work together.

[@blatantslander]

DAMN LEVY MIGHT BE THE REAL GM He might be lacking in some theory because of the experienced opponents but he can definitely be prepared in other game formats

[@AlphaGatorDCS]

great to see you back into form!

[@syedzainkazmi.110]

Levi should be given GM title as an award for his audience falling for his click baits know about them

[@DilgesYigit]

When a guy is mentioned BEFORE the World Champion while talking about who participated in an event, you know that guy is the real champion.

[@Samu-eq9iq]

I love 960 chess, I think the only reason "you get losing positions within x moves" is that we don't play it often. Every starting position of chess is incredibly complicated, and you can absolutely get losing positions in the standard one in a few moves if you're not familiar with it, the only reason this doesn't happen is that most people have memorised it without developing an intuition that translates to the random starting positions. My theory is that we'll eventually start catching on to those, leaving us with the freedom to bring new and creative approaches to chess rather than seeing the same starting moves every single time.

[@sammy5057]

Let's try to get Gotham vs Sadistic Tushi. Their battle will be Legendary!

[@violet7188]

You are the best man. What's life without any difficulties. Also, thank you for always being here for us.

[@xjk8977]

real

[@m0m_steal3r]

Istg no one's gonna believe him when he finally becomes a gm

[@jessehammer123]

3:55 Personally, I prefer the idea of Chess324. If you require the king and rooks to be in their normal positions, the bishops to be on opposite colors, and shuffle within those constraints, you get 18 possible positions. If you shuffle both sides separately, you get 18^2=324 possible positions. This would get rid of massive opening theory like 960, but the positions look much more normal, so casual fans can understand better.

[@leonardocarreras1127]

GO LEVY GO, WE BELIEVE IN YOU!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🫡

[@BillyThomas-g9t]

How about GM chess teacher. You are a great teacher among other things. I commend you for having the sagacity to grow this channel. I remember when you played a four-man chess game with Hikauru, Rosen, and Antonio. You've come a long way. You are a tremendously talented person, and your abilities and work can stand on their own. I enjoyed this video. All the best, Levy. God bless.

[@yashardehghan5282]

At this point I’m numb to being click baited

[@fadishadi8855]

we want playlist for chess drama

[@JeffHamm-g1d]

I find Fischer random interesting in some ways, but I think in terms of appeal (beyond the novelty level) it may be limited to super-GM's, who get frustrated with the amount of theory they have to play before getting into actually "playing chess", making the opening phase uninspiring to them (which Magnus seems to deal with in regular chess by playing off-beat or obscure lines). That was Fischer's reason for creating it in the first place. For everyone below that level, though, there's still so much to learn and understand that the opening phase is still interesting to play.

[@madscientist6183]

Damn, this Hans Niemann guy really boosted Levy's confidence. Curly bros power!

[@Yash-t6t1i]

"This is grand minor levy" -levy rozman.

[@Andersam]

"You may be wonder you how castle in this game"... "Well you castle by castling" nicely explained Levy, I understand now.

[@zane-michaelclark4409]

Proud of myself for seeing the rook sacrifice on g7 before Levi played it. He did it again… he sacrificed the roooook!

[@ANANTKHAMBETE-vl2ew]

Everything is temporary Levy Clickbaiting is permanent btw love your videos keep it up

[@joedoe7572]

I actually think it's less confusing for newbies like me, because it teaches you to think about tactics and what the pieces should be doing (i.e. position over material), instead of trying to memorize positions and moves

[@daveminion6209]

Congrats Levy. Keep up the great work.

[@nonehead32]

20:18 the glorious levy shaft

[@Manna-k9o]

Levy needs an intro to his GM series where he has GothaM Chess up and the G M and chess are different colors, then come together to say GM and the chess turns into a Rook and both halves of the rook are white and black for each side of the board 😂

[@patsyparisi9528]

That one soul stare in the start was specifically terrifying.

[@jakub2862]

great to see you being proud of yourself levy, keep it up!

[@pedrosaboia1167]

Levy, please do a review of Krikor's game against Everaldo Matsuura at FIDE Zonal 2.4 (2025). Incredible game, he spent 65 minutes on move 9, and went on to make 4 brilliant moves with 13 minutes left on the clock and win the game.

[@vincy8084]

Get this man a GM TITLE !

[@WhitePillMan]

Levy: destroys everyone at Freestyle Also Levy: Nah, lemme go back to focusing on classical

[@TBA-j4w]

GM Levy, good morning to you too 😊

[@dansmith9406]

I wanna see freestyle where the bishops move like rooks, the knights move like bishops and the rooks move like kings

[@placeholder6517]

Grandmother Levy

[@EgGDoGG_Lover]

In blitz he is very good, but in classic, he gotta improve. All the best to you Levi Roseman

[@FreePalestine.9999]

Finally GM Levi🔥 😭

[@Me7ropl3x]

00:00 Levy Appears

[@StratKat1998]

Levy is transforming. You can feel his change in his speech.

[@nilabh4593]

0:00 Levy appears

[@112233JORDAN]

Freestyle chess being a "World Championship" title when almost all of them are invited is nonsense imo. What was there, just 1 person who qualified?

[@siddharth_demon]

Congratulations 🎉🎉

[@surajitdas2792]

Who kidnapped Lil bro again 😭

[@DonFunFait]

hes in Germany, but trust life will get better for him

[@Mr.NhatMrxisreal]

11:12 He Try He Best

[@Me7ropl3x]

14:00 Levy Floats🕊️

[@superslime16th]

Congrats to Levy for learning how to levitate!

[@KurulaGuambeTSB]

Levy has to be the best scammer ever. Clickbait, but still good product😂😂

[@lilyydoraa]

I actually thought he made it and felt so happy only to find out it's yet another click bait 😭

[@T0uchS0m3Grass]

A Very Good Morning Levy 🌅🌅✋

[@Scriabin_fan]

This is grandmother Levy.

[@DontReadMyPicture--9090]

Don't read myy namee'''

[@duartevader2709]

Very based profile picture and name

[@Goku17yen]

@duartevader2709 true

[@Haha_I_Am_God3]

Why are you guys falling for bot tricks in youtube comments? You think liking it makes them the top comment and so their own comment applies to them, but in reality, you are just feeding them likes. Just report and ignore, we can get rid of them.

[@muratsinanengin9773]

You have one of the keenest eyes for tactics so I think freestyle can well be your wheelhouse.

[@JoeyFrisen]

This is in fact not even close to GM Levy

[@mlijah2730]

Fisher Random should have a 15sec buffer before the game starts where neither side can move; this would allow the players time to actually study the position, giving an advantage to the more positionally adept player

[@Frank_San_Nicolas]

General Manager baby. We did this together. ✊🏽

[@Randomperson_100i]

Average GothamChess Video: -stare into your soul -clickbait title -milk magnus carlsen -"GM LEVY" -"THE ROOOK"

[@anthonywalker7051]

As an inexperienced chess player really like random! Its almost easier to follow because there isnt so much theory im behind on

[@simonbelte]

9:55 wait, wait, wait, hold up levy. Who is Clarence? Look how tiny the world is, I also played Matthias Blübaum in an OTB game, Oerlinghausen in Germany. But it was a simul and he crushed me

[@warmpianist]

2:20 the time where Levy said "Magnus" 0 to 140 seconds ago.