GUESS THE ELO WITH A PUPPY! (#38)

[@schattenhuhn611]

The last game proves that if chess is perfectly played, its a draw

[@theextreem]

This made me cackle out loud in my college’s dining hall

[@memetos9375]

I remember this comment somewhere in a lose at Chess video

[@sreeharie821]

Or if you both play equally badly

[@wasp7969]

you fuckin spoiler also cringe joke

[@majorslayer3546]

@@wasp7969 it's only a spoiler if you look at the comments section like a moron. And your opinion is trash :)

[@Osagri]

"The King doesnt become a Queen, even if its 2022" -Levy "Gothamchess" Rozman

[@alexandrosmouzakidis4682]

best comment ever

[@alexcooperspinningdisk]

XD

[@kittuojha]

transgender king

[@juanjulianamanriquez15]

Damn straight, even in 2022 king is always a king.

[@tomasbeltran04050]

levy transphobic ofc the king can become a queen (jk, btw, pls don't insult)

[@greekfountain9303]

Gotham is like a teacher who’s disappointed in his students and roasts the shit outta them but also loves them and wants to see them thrive

[@schattenhuhn611]

He is like the partent that is angry because he knows you can do better

[@electrify8224]

sounds like gordan ramsay, lol

[@UpperGroundNGU]

I'm a teacher and the same age as Levy. This is so accurate. I roast the life out of my students but also encourage them so much

[@thezetes]

Rian, I have chosen Levy as my teacher as I need that style, but I hope you don't roast all the kids for some are sensitive, and they have parents...and parent meetings... ...

[@UpperGroundNGU]

@@thezetes yeah I have a lot of parents evenings. One tomorrow evening actually but the parents are old enough to be my parent as as long as their kid is passing they don't care how much I roast them in the process lol

[@geekygamer3954]

When Levy said "You never quit chess", he was right. I thought I could never be good at chess. I quit for 2 years, thinking I was the worst chess player in existence. Of course me at the time was right, but that's besides the point. Earlier this year I found Gotham's Channel and I actually learned how to play chess. Thanks for making these videos, you have no idea what they mean to me.

[@broman-id5sy]

nah i'm 100% worse than you are

[@JeffreyMeijer1]

That last game is the start of the new series: "Guess the blunders"

[@887363]

that would be an awesome series

[@enchantingtable1550]

We need this to become a series. Someone sends a game, we are told their elo, given their position, and we have to guess what move they make to lose the game on the spot.

[@thesohmagician2991]

Thats op

[@Staashable]

Or Guess the End game, that would also be interesting imo!

[@pnarimani6055]

@@enchantingtable1550 There are a lot of ways to lose on spot. lol. Just Botez Gambit.

[@rohungupta8435]

Only real fans remember when this episode was titled: "Did you miss GUESS THE ELO?" and the thumbnail was just Levy with Benji

[@ashleynielsen5203]

Only real fans know it was "guess the elo is back" before it was "did you miss guess the elo?" before he changed it back to "guess the elo is back"

[@pointlessfeature]

only real fans don't milk shit like "only real fans do x" just to receive easy likes

[@ashleynielsen5203]

@@pointlessfeature ironic

[@purpleinfiresman2615]

@@ashleynielsen5203 lol

[@pointlessfeature]

@@ashleynielsen5203 that was the fucking point

[@somecoolwizard]

“I wanna rip mine own eyes out aft'r watching these games”-Gandalf probably

[@sigmagamingg420]

aft'r

[@Liam20005]

Do you play battle for middle earth 2??

[@Liam20005]

Do you play battle for middle earth 2 bro?

[@anayaggarwal6877]

Fucking Gandalf....

[@mihailwarsavski8849]

Cringe

[@Robi2009]

19:20 the move was so bad Levy brought his inner Kasparov 😅

[@BotchedBeta]

Benji is always the highlight of my day.

[@ndnddndndnnodemnnnddndndn]

you jump every day?

[@ioannakisgiannakis6242]

Must be a boring life

[@ndnddndndnnodemnnnddndndn]

@JJ CC XD whats so funny

[@brimcdonough8886]

What breed is Benji?

[@Mahoot]

You’re always the highlight of my day

[@zeyadmuhammad9143]

10:58 Gotham : I'll play Rd8 if I was black 11:16 Also gotham: Bb4 just traps the rock :)

[@justsomecommentchannel8602]

dwayne finds himself in a pickle with a religious figure

[@vanochristian7639]

38:51 “a perfect chess game will end in a draw”

[@satyamitra01]

My friend: what do you do in your free time? me: GTE My friends: you mean GTA? me: no GTE

[@muhamuhaa5370]

When you try to danger their level, but they level Ur danger💀💀💀

[@bryanmavis8771]

They're basically saying "anything you can do, I can do better". We should call it "Danger level: Asserting dominance variation".

[@AlkalineSphere]

"now you have 2 hanging pieces" 😏

[@nickmacon300]

Levy, every 2 games of Guess the ELO, "That's the worse move I've seen in my life, no joke"

[@Diriector_Doc]

38:17 "The King doesn't become a Queen if it gets to B8, even if it's 2022." Best roast. I'm dying.

[@Vooman]

"Bald KGB man is invading a country on the opposite side of the world, therefore nobody is allowed to speak Russian ever again" sounds about par for the course for twitch chat mentality

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

And Ukrainian is extremely similar to Russian so I guess you can't speak that either.

[@chri-k]

@@definitelynotofficial7350 it’s not though ( when spoken, anyway ). You can easily tell them apart

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

@@chri-k They are extremely similar, it's almost like dialects of the same language. They are mostly mutually intelligible. I know a little bit of Russian and I can understand about as much Ukrainian. I have a friend with a Russian family and his grandma watches Ukrainian channels too even though she is not "supposed" to know Ukrainian.

[@chri-k]

@@definitelynotofficial7350 I didn’t man it in that sense. Sure they are similar in the sense you can understand some Ukrainian ( with that some being most with written text ) if you know Russian and vice versa, but they sound pretty different, it’s not like you can confuse them ( if you know how both sound ) ( however I guess this might be biased since Russian is my first language )

[@chri-k]

@@definitelynotofficial7350 I guess it also varies depending on which accent of Russian you are comparing to

[@jasonbird792]

Benji’s first GTE, what a day to celebrate

[@inayaalaena437]

When he started speaking Russian without any accent, I lost it. Felt like a parallel dimension

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

Same

[@mihagolod2393]

As a Russian with Russian parents, about 19:29 was quite risky considering i was sitting next to my father 😂😂 Love your content

[@Langolyer2010]

Да, всегда угораю в такие моменты)

[@abridge2]

What does he say?

[@Langolyer2010]

@@abridge2 What is this Ne7... Why Ne7? I mean, what is the logic? Come one, Nf6, you should know better.

[@wasp7969]

god bless russia go russia who cares about ukraine

[@lightofamphy6764]

@@wasp7969 oh dear

[@cdog3188]

that last game deserved its own video for sure

[@MonsieurDauphin]

☺️

[@denisperevertov8690]

Nothing like a Guess the ELO episode to warm my heart and make me laugh inbetween air sirens and shooting. thanks for the premium content Levy )

[@ImYouriEntertainment]

Are you Ukrainian? If so God bless and good luck to you.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

@@ImYouriEntertainment Nah he's just in Detroit.

[@aoyuki1409]

@@ImYouriEntertainment maybe he's a Japanese time traveler from 1945 and is expressing Levi's appreciation for the willingness to learn Japanese to roast blunders besides using Russian

[@jameswebb3410]

Hope everything goes well brother

[@jameswebb3410]

@@drunkenhobo5039 HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Woodshadow]

I love this series. You can tell the general rating by the opening and how clean they play throughout but you can narrow it down within 100 points by the blunders the players game and the way they play the end game

[@ava_irl7823]

laughing along with gotham knowing damn well that i make 3x as many blunders in every game i play

[@MrMannnMannn]

12:56 holy smokes the engine wanted you to castle short so bad it's suggesting Kd2 to castle short by hand

[@isavenewspapers8890]

That is astounding

[@lucasng4712]

That is not why.

[@lucasng4712]

@@isavenewspapers8890 That is not why

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@lucasng4712 Okay, then why?

[@liammorin5775]

@@isavenewspapers8890reply 2 years later is crazy lol. it wants Kd2 so you don’t get mated, but that’s kinda the point of castling same side so original comment wasnt really wrong

[@littleblackcat2273]

I think the commentary from 15:00 - 16:00 is the funniest ever I've heard from a chess recap.

[@BelegaerTheGreat]

He foreshadowed that one "cannot quit chess". We already knew any threats of him quitting were vain.

[@akaisekai143]

yes yes yes perfect timing for a GuessTheElo episode

[@Swift_Wings]

the death stare as he reads that outta pocket comment at 30:55 before deleting it without acknowledging had me rolling

[@themathematicsmentor6327]

BANGER series back online, let's get it!!

[@nerdtalk1789]

My favorite part of this is Gotham absolutely roasting his chat.

[@gsnksojwnw]

Include time control in your predictions. Show us the time control with the ELO

[@SasuPlaying]

I think he can't, probably he has the moves notation put into the engine to see the games and later he checks the links with he games so he doesn't accidentally spoil the elo for himself

[@invenblocker]

@@SasuPlaying I think M P meant that Levy should try to guess the time control as well.

[@brandonovich6063]

Guessing the time control will be harder than guessing the elo, and much less fun

[@SasuPlaying]

@@invenblocker Ohh, you're right

[@fikrialfathir9558]

I think he did it at old episode

[@StewartUSAF]

"You can't truly quit chess." "Just when I thought I was out, they dragged me back in!"

[@rayenelafrit64]

Make a series where you know the Elo of your subscriber and you try to guess their moves

[@Late_Night_Mega]

Oh, that could be interesting, especially for the lower rated ones, as he has to try and guess the stupid blunders they make.

[@velvetundergrad2843]

This is genius

[@DukesAPG]

You know Levy is upset with a move when he speaks Russian.

[@PJ_enjoyer]

Now, let's really see matches which are comparable to magnus vs Nepo.

[@dambis77]

0:34 Levy was so happy when he told who was the sponsor🙂

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

This episode is just fire! What a rollercoaster Also, I lost it when Levy started the mad russian speach at 19 minutes. Completely authentic

[@unexpectedd0]

BRUH thats fkn crazy cuz i had a dream last night where i had a conversation with levy , he asked me abt my fav series and i answered guess the elo ofc ad told him that we want more of it since he hasn't uploaded a guess the elo video for a long time , and here he is ! Fullfiling my wish, thank you buddy,appreciate the hard work!!! Keep it up

[@Tikorous]

Damn, here's hoping my dreams about levy come true too

[@unexpectedd0]

@@Tikorous what was ut dream abt 👀👀 haha

[@HunterIWolf]

You don’t quit chess, chess quits you

[@sethmiller5163]

Levy's heart at the end is why we don't see these for months at a time LOL 😂.

[@vatsalsaxena4002]

Me: *checks the clock Oh it's 12:40 am...hmm better head to sleep Levy: GUESS THE ELO'S BACK! Me: Eh its only 12:40, Ill watch for 5 minutes. *2 hours and 30 games GTE games later Me: *cries and whimpers ...but rook b1 was supposed to work! TT-TT

[@MrHwoarang]

Rook b1? ROOK B1? What the hell you're doing?!

[@memerinsan4398]

us bruh

[@chichoskruch21]

6:22 is a great reaction that I will use from now on

[@cagnusmarlsen6457]

It would seem that levy’s hair has taken the form of a doggo. This is an unprecedented discovery in science…

[@thepoisonkid2483]

The more time goes by, the better Gotham's French and Russian accents get! Genuine congratulations, because these two languages are really not the easiest to learn. Way to go Levi!

[@fannydoucet6750]

? Russian he learned as a kid, and french when did he speak it ?

[@mprahladavaradan4936]

@@fannydoucet6750 In a Previous GTE video

[@eminem4701]

🙄i love to see my level chess here where i can understand everything that's going on So please keep bringing 1- guess the elo 2- how to lose at chess (fav bcz of ur uniquely humourous commentary)

[@RichEgginton1993]

Benji is literally the fluffiest, cutest dog I have ever seen. I love him

[@deltaheiwa]

I'm glad to see a new episode of Guess The Elo. Like really, I've been so stressed in Ukraine these days, but GTE is such a relief, with humor (and roasting players with my ELO, but i dont care xD)

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

34:03 truly was a chess move of all time

[@matrix9506]

i came back to chess after 6 years (i was top 5 in my whole city as a 11 year old) and it feels great to be back, love your content

[@Gamerboy_4life]

nice man

[@flauerspeposhi1668]

26:32 I totally agree. I left chess for like a long time and said never playing it bc too much stress and school but now I’ve ended up loving it even more than I used to

[@pnarimani6055]

I've been waiting so long for Guess the Elo. Thank you and keep going.

[@prince1636]

0:20 How can you be that funny? This is a skill 😂

[@Zeekfox]

Yes, yes I did miss Guess the ELO. Also, I'm still half expecting to get yelled at for skipping ahead to the Magnus game.

[@kontrol42]

Random Russian guy here. Started playing chess again after watching your vids. That little bit of Russian at 19:21 was almost perfect, with the exception of how you pronounced "конь". And with almost no accent too, could be even mistaken for some Ukrainian accent I think. Amazing stuff

[@burakokumus2509]

2 months ago, I was thinking that after that many episodes, GTE has lost its joy. Today however, I realized how much I missed this content. The games were hilarious, and love the energy! GJ

[@jcorona984]

39:17 that may have been the greatest rage quit from someone who wasn't actually playing that I have ever seen.

[@therearenofactsonlyinterpr3780]

finally... 100 times more interesting than boring GM matches

[@shadowdepths2486]

because there's a doggo

[@jackurokawa3838]

Eh, replace "interesting" with "cringeworthy" and you're right

[@insanec3305]

Levy just used a thumbnail featuring one of the best video games to ever exist. respect

[@greekfountain9303]

Sometimes I play a chess match and I just think “man this is guess the elo worthy”. I still haven’t figured out if those are my good matches

[@HmmHmm-ve7ou]

I remember one game, where my opponent was absolutely winning, up two pieces, outside passed pawn, and somehow he still blundered mate, trying to push his pawn. It was at 1200 btw

[@58_pranjalbiswas14]

Crush : I like you Me : 23:24 Crush : but only as a friend Me : 23:33

[@syrinesouli]

Gotham you've really been a very positive influence on my mood, you're a wonderful chess content creator, i love your videos, thank you for making them

[@chasekimball8629]

That last game was definitely a meme to trigger Levy, there is no other explanation

[@ayush-ax07]

Levy seems so much happier ever since they got Benji.

[@shame1290]

26:35 "you quit chess when you die" if you go to hell i bet there's a bit more chess to be played

[@haveaniceday3128]

I would guess it’s the Netherlands variation because f5 on its own usually makes a Dutch defense

[@zanbarlee6190]

Using my caveman chess brain, I THINK that rook D8 in game 2 (14:40) was White seeing the bishop targeting the queen and trying to cover it fancily by pinning the bishop to the king and then maybe taking the bishop with the queen on the next turn. Unfortunately, they paid too much attention to the bishop, forgetting that the enemy queen was watching the eighth rank and blundering their piece because they overcomplicated things.

[@lilpokey3969]

Love the thumbnails. Props to whoever is making them

[@21boomslang]

That last game commentary had me in tears.

[@csquared4538]

Levy is already that creepy old lady who walks around with her dog, talking to it and making chess videos on KZbin.

[@awszaza3225]

I started playing chess in November 2020 and by May 2021 i reached 1200 and that was insane for me but after that i spent 8 months struggling in the 1200s and i finally hit 1300 and seeing that first game was played by 1200s GENUINLY MADE ME CRY ... 1200s i play NEVER BLUNDER anything close to that i genuinely feel gutted and crushed and that's why this series is the best

[@eumorpha876]

those 1200's were both probably at least three beers in tbh

[@styleshard]

The best series on KZbin is finally BACK!

[@ravecrab]

"How did you leave your beautiful horse to perish?" made me laugh quite hard.

[@MaksProger]

It's so nice when Levy starts speaking Russian, and the accent is also very good (I'm Russian I know)

[@stefvalk7452]

The best part of GTE is Levy having a anyeurism after 30% of the moves

[@lachlanokeefe8020]

0 dislikes as i type this, only positivity, because of the puppy. And there's nothing wrong with that :)

[@apexpredator36]

How tf can u see the dislikes ☠️

[@memerinsan4398]

@@apexpredator36 wooooshh

[@lachlanokeefe8020]

@@apexpredator36 there's an extnsion which is pretty close to perfect for them. Only works on a pc, so if you're on a phone you're stuck without them.

[@v1shalyt]

@@lachlanokeefe8020 latest Vanced has ReturnKZbinDislikes integration :)

[@napoleonbush8856]

“You can’t truly quit chess it’s like an really bad addiction you can’t get over” crazy this video popped up in my recommended feed today

[@defan2105]

Wait wait wait wait...what? When did you get married? Congratulations! You two are wonderful together. I can't think of anything better than hearing that! Wonderful.

[@gilbert5268]

Little does anyone know, benji starts his day by winning a few games against stock fish. His mind is beyond our comprehension

[@sparkiano]

Gotham is gonna need blood pressure meds if he keeps up this series.

[@FGLM4]

Ein Eimer Stracciatellapudding mit bester Unterhaltung an einem Wochenende ist doch das Schönste auf der Welt

[@nealsausen4651]

I am so glad that ELO is back! I think Jeff LYNNE is a True musical genius! He is a genius singer, songwriter, producer, Musician! Loved his work with the traveling Wilburys! ELO is my favorite band of all time Kelly Grucutt Rip ! I wonder how many other chess nerds like Electric Light Orchestra Besides me?! Hope they tour in 2022! God bless Jeff Lynne! Out of the blue rocks

[@brandonfaddis7443]

ELO, massively underrated as a band. Don't get me wrong, they have about 3-4 songs literally everybody knows, but nobody knows that they're ELO.

[@ThePapaja1996]

chess the musical is farily good to

[@leahpage3056]

I have 4 ELO vinyls and love chess, I love their positive music and unique energy

[@nealsausen4651]

@@leahpage3056 : I love to listen to ELO while playing chess! I understand Jeff Lynne plays A mean game of chess himself!

[@nealsausen4651]

@@brandonfaddis7443 : Agreed!

[@ooldmka]

The last game is perfect. Everytime he says if they are in the *3digit number* they are about double of given number

[@phoenixhough7550]

That's some strong thumbnail game

[@cugelchannel4733]

"You were doing so well, and then you just pooped on the carpet like my dog Benji!" 😄

[@MrBisque]

We appreciated your chess insights, hope the retirement goes well.

[@mikhailmatveev369]

18:16 pay attention for 25-th move white's,white waste a 1 minute and 51 seconds for a Rd8...

[@ramachandra776]

At the rate Benjy is present around chess content it is only a matter of time before he becomes GM like his namesakes Bok and the venerable Finegold .

[@alvesh129]

16:00 where levy started having a temper tantrum 😭😂😂😂

[@NikhilSingh-vn6by]

Levy is the only person who made chess interesting for me. Whenever I play a move I think what levy would say about it.

[@TessTickl3]

For the people who hate listening to sponsors the sponsor ends at 1:50

[@rainernilsen1967]

I LOVE your rants man, especially spontaneous outbursts in [insert_ANY_language]. Chess' century old roots are sadly grounded in the all too serious, no fun to be had here arena - But then Goatham appears, and thanks a thousand times for that; inherently fun, often hillarious runthroughs that always remain entertaining throughout no matter via who, what or when the gameplay originated. If the odd snowflake salts the mood after one of your hillarious and always good minded criticisms, good riddance! They need all the help that passes their way, especially the kind you provide for free here (as in most videos I've seen from you btw): You POINT OUT the scale of static ignorance needed to misplace sound and entertaining gameplay advice from a 2700+ chess professional with a full on personal attack. It has no place among these video reports and rightfully gets pointed out. Great work all over, thanks again!

[@LaVieDeReine86]

I don't speak (much) Russian but at 19:30 when he didn't put the Knight on f6 I instantly shouted "blyat"

[@ByxzVR]

whats ur dog's chess rating?

[@chuchiemcschuhster]

26:15 "You can't quit chess" :^)

[@Skooouuuuuuuuuup]

0:55 that’s a lot of onlyfans levy

[@yes9752]

34:22 Contagious laugh shit got me dying☠️

[@Conflux4761]

I think you can literally beat Gotham (or come close) by just guessing 1200 every game. Still entertaining though.

[@Axiomatic75]

Levy and his puppy reinforce the stereotype that dogs and their owners often look alike.

[@suryaveerkatoch4142]

Never ever stop this series.

[@Roq-stone]

🤣😂🤣😂 “How do you just leave your horsey to perish?!?” Levy is unreal!