CANDIDATES GUESS THE ELO!! (#49)

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0:31 Game 1
7:35 Game 2
17:42 Game 3
25:55 Game 4
32:40 Game 5
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[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

Thanks g4 for sponsoring this video. We all appreciate your contribution to this community!

[@Al-hb6uj]

Legit thought it was gfuel I got jebaited

[@Andresdha]

The Grob really be grinding to be more adopted as an opening in the chess community. respect

[@Stormyexe]

g4 really out here sponsoring Levi and his Chess-related shenanigans. We love you g4!!

[@redhulk4048]

G4 out here helping all the small creators and giving them a chance to grow.

[@Dencyftw]

I thought we were going to see Kassem or Kevin Pereira but instead it's a Grob :(

[@GigaNiga17]

you went from being sponsored by b2, d4, up to g4. You are going places Levy

[@U20E0]

Sponsored by Ke2

[@ChordettesFan325]

b2? That’s not even an opening move.

[@MCmao]

@@ChordettesFan325 ?

[@txtp]

@@ChordettesFan325 i think you mean b3

[@thekeyboardmaster2487]

Sponsored by mate

[@King_Pyjamas]

I cant believe Levy managed to get G4 to sponsor him. hes truly in the big leagues now

[@no-vj7fi]

First he got b6 to sponsor him, now even g4 is sponsoring him. Will c2 sponsor him next?

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

h3 will sponsor him next.

[@raghavsharma1018]

He'll truly achieve success when ke2 will sponsor him

[@Unknowiii]

It's the Gfuel chess equivalent

[@Aks.868]

Don’t get the context here. Is G4 supposed to be good?

[@dominicbobay3757]

Extremely high-level commentary by Levy. Levy had a tough position at 28:08 because of White's horrendous waiting move, Ka1. Levy could've simply said, "Why didn't you just take the pawn?" Instead Levy played the words, "Are you trying to glitch off the map??", demonstrating a high-level knowledge of modern gaming, understanding of caveman psychology, and brutal Gotham-style roast comedy.

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Yes, I was indeed trying to glitch off the map.

[@magicspoon2571]

truly a brutal move.

[@garlicbreadstick404]

Truly a move

[@chess]

Ah nice, GTE... starting the week off with a little chaos 😏

[@kaustubhgarg9662]

Look it's that trash website

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

@@kaustubhgarg9662 not true+ do better+ratio

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

@@kaustubhgarg9662 that “trash website” brought you this work of art

[@benknight7130]

@@kaustubhgarg9662 r/chess is that way my guy.

[@SmartsellerGaming]

how rich is g4

[@aaliyan22]

*"You danger the levels but then your levels end up getting dangered"* IM Levy Rozman 2022

[@ts4DARKop]

Invention of the legendary lines 🤣

[@thavnesh_solves]

Germany knows this line by heart

[@bugattiwu]

You danger their level but they level your danger

[@keishabhadoria9544]

this invention will help the world be a better place for everyone lol

[@mrtb7676]

Yo dawg, I heard you like danger levels so I put danger in your levels so you can level your dangers while you danger your levels.

[@pwnmasteh]

I love the guess the ELO games where the players are playing terrible and Levy is roasting them but the games when Levy is calling out the perfect move and the player *actually* plays that move are almost more enjoyable.

[@horowitz8680]

ikr, he looks like a proud father who sees his son win in a baseball game

[@doaa7941]

They’re only more enjoyable because there are bad games though

[@plasmakitten4261]

The best is when Levy goes "and apparently white/black is somehow winning here because of *insert ridiculous Stockfish line*", makes some comment about how Stockfish is crazy or whatever, and then says "wait all of this actually happened!?!!"

[@hyperionmarksmith409]

"Undeveloping a piece" Triple digits gonna be using this tactic now

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

James Canty is a FIDE master and he once played Ng1 against the Trompowsky

[@Rasta8889]

KZbinrs be like "Winning move makes no sense! Learn to OBLITERATE your opponents with Bb2" ;)

[@nadarmt7069]

NICE! Finally !!! G4 finally sees the potential of this youtuber and sponsors him !!! Hope that F3 will soon have a collab with him !

[@mysticj4009]

Nah when he gets sponsored by the worst opening in chess the second worst is just too much of a step down

[@almightyhydra]

Then Qh4# comes in with the copyright strike

[@tytool2385]

F3? i wanna see Knight F3 to collab with Gotham

[@siavashsabet2462]

I am as excited as seeing this as watching the candidates. What have you done to us Levy?!

[@lopamudra1975]

Dear Sir, Thank you for everything. Because of you, I was able to play well in my school chess tournament, and I held my own before succumbing to defeat in the semi finals. Though I acknowledge I have a long way to go, it is only because of you that I found it in me to start the journey. You may be the King, but you are worth so much more than it.

[@builderphill1361]

I recommend studying some endgame techniques and positions! It helps you bring a losing position to drawing/advantage and helps you take the advantage to a win

[@cynicalfrog5743]

wow that's deep

[@ShomilSaxena]

yessir

[@ChocolateMilk..]

Pin attempt.

[@3F34N1M4T3S]

@@ChocolateMilk.. friendly reminder that humans actually have emotions even if you may think otherwise because you're on youtube all day thinking everything is fake

[@thrawncaedusl717]

I kind of really want someone to set up candidate games without Levy knowing, and for him to guess which game was played by who now.

[@Mathijs_A]

Problem is Levy wouldn't want to miss the games live. And even if it happens I guess he'd just guess off the opening

[@ujjithkesamneni7658]

This is probably going to be the best guess the elo of 2022, no one was below 1000 and the game was still epic.

[@rbcdelta6561]

"Vitamins!!" Classic GTE moves by high ELO players has Levy guessing 300-500 points low! That 4th game - what a trainwreck!! Greatest chess series on KZbin! Thanks!!

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

The sub in the fourth game is obviously so intelligent.

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

This episode was great. S tier. Automatically goes straight in to top 5 all time contention. 2022 Gothie Award Nomination candidate. Epic just Epic.

[@sinisterbathory9751]

We need more GTE with high-level games. Its beautiful

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

Exactly,the low rated games kinda get boring when repeated,but the high rated games are beautiful

[@hfghguuh]

Finally another GTE, where we watch the only people with lower elos than me.

[@kuvshin5688]

U 2300 bro?

[@Skorpien.]

@@kuvshin5688 he is 16600

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

@@Skorpien. 161660 u mean

[@DuckyOctopy]

@@TheSpacePlaceYT Nah it's 1666066

[@dhyeybhansali]

Not today😂

[@joni1405]

24:00: Levy spends the entire game insulting the guy for playing bishop E2 and it's the top engine move lmfao

[@CriticallyGnart]

Hi Jon. Levy is just a silly boy sometimes, and on his behalf i gotta ask you to forgive him for his boisterousness. Okay I'm off to go play the new God of War for the PS4!

[@user-dn5pu8pr5c]

I’m so glad this video is sponsored by g4! it really is a one of a kind sponsor!

[@harshitpurohit2416]

Not gonna lie, g4 is a better sponser than e4 or d4

[@real1963]

D:

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/goqYeWhtltyqhcU Finally it's here YES .

[@user-dn5pu8pr5c]

@@harshitpurohit2416 it really is!

[@drcgaming4195]

D:

[@DemonB4L]

You just unlocked a core memory of my childhood talking about combat arms @28:20. Love you Levy!

[@kaidoChess]

Bro your commentary on game 4 is thee exact reason why I love your content so much !! I was DYING LAUGHING

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

But the sub playing is definitely intelligent.

[@kaidoChess]

@@jitterbugflapping5935 for sure

[@whatlez]

That 1532 german guy actually had 13 blunders? That's actually impressive.

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

too much beer

[@honeyharshitsrivastava4936]

1945 German guy had only one blunder but got checkmated

[@nector2592]

28:15 I'm negl when he said combat arms i cried from nostalgia the memories man I had no clue levy played combat arms

[@josephbilling3886]

The record broke in this GTE was the amount of elo under Levy was on every game

[@mrburke1998]

The fact that you’re sponsored by g4 is actually really badass. You basically OWN the g4 square. Epic.

[@Pingwinho]

Nah, the g4 square owns Levy. That's the way sponsorships work.

[@mrburke1998]

@@Pingwinho You must be really fun at parties

[@Pingwinho]

@@mrburke1998 you must be too, if your immediate reaction to being corrected is to attack the person.

[@mrburke1998]

@@Pingwinho If you’re going to be a smartass and correct someone who’s making a JOKE, then what the fuck do you expect? Idiot

[@aharmfulidea7628]

The second to last guess the ELO game was exactly what I needed, great stuff

[@denisdoni908]

Can't believe this guy have time to post a video almost everyday and every one of them are very entertaining and fun to watch. Thank you for the content that you provide and keep it coming!

[@amanthikaanbalagan8844]

this is his profession man

[@the_bottomfragger]

Levy, your commentary on Game 4 was nothing short of spectacular. Incredible stuff.

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

But the playing was even better

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Gotham sub seems very intelligent

[@Zelda1990s]

"That was a 3 digit game! That was a 3 digit game, maximum!"

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Lol

[@andrewandrewsa4377]

3:08 Holy Hell 21:52 Levy googling En Passant be like: 27:40 Levy doing a perfect Shaggy impression 29:29 Levy doing a Critical impression

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Facts

[@asmodeus1033]

This guess the elo was crazy good thanks to people making thoses games

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

The Gotham sub in game four seems very good at chess, whoever he is.

[@desmundreid3368]

This by far has been the best GTE! These matches had me yelling in the house. Lol. Definitely great content! Thank you very much for the laughs today.

[@yous._sef8224]

31:16 the evaluation is +100 😂😂😂

[@adityayadav7511]

Can we just appreciate levy for doing all this, like thank you man I love these recaps and most importantly I love you levy❤️

[@kzoo_]

dawg have you even watched the first 30 seconds of the video

[@adityayadav7511]

@@kzoo_ I just thanked him for all the things he’s doing from past few days

[@matinmute211]

Gay

[@adityayadav7511]

@@matinmute211 but i love your mom

[@matinmute211]

@@adityayadav7511 still gay

[@elephantheart9114]

11:40 you know it's really a good move when Levy does the Italian fingers.

[@edwardaero1407]

Game 4 was so insane that's a monumental game

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Fun to play, too. Reminds me of my “low elo days.”

[@clashgod3558]

Levy is a great creator ,he puts in so much effort in his video. I dont even watch the candidates …i just wait for his funny and humorous recaps ,guess the ello s ..and every other lovely videos . Love the content levy ….love from UK

[@sparshshukla9233]

That's a rather bit cringe, innit bruv?

[@n1ppe]

ok.

[@gavinpellek5056]

Iove the great content keep it up been watching u for a while and I love your humor

[@vvlad22]

Best GTE episode ever. Many iconic episodes so far, but this one is hands down the best. Amazing.

[@xdman2956]

so entertaining to watch! some nice chess motifs, plays pleasing the eye as well as beautiful disasters all over the place

[@pairot01]

33:20 the hard part is seeing the lateral movement of the queen

[@EnCroissant]

game 4 was an amazing endgame

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

I know right. It was a time scramble.

[@aaronz1326]

I haven't watched Gotham in a while, was taking a break from chess, but the candidates brought me back and this was very entertaining. Good to be back.

[@bladebreaker10]

The combat arms reference gave me life. Thank you.

[@youngsterdan]

Oh, wow. Its my birthday today, and I thought about GTE today, rewatched some of the old videos. And sooo... Here it is! Thank you, Levy ♥

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

Happy bday!

[@thememedetective500]

Let’s go. I’m watching it twice for the thumbnail.

[@OtherNinja_]

Levy you mentioned a great video idea around the 22 minute mark. Have a position about 5 or 6 moves in from the opening and give players at a different ELO that position and see how much it differs to the end. It seems very tedious to set up and do, but an amazing learning tool of how players analyze at the different ELO levels

[@draconusdragonborne3577]

Thanks for the quick caro Kahn tip I've been struggling with the devolpment of that knight

[@sohamroy5234]

Thnx for all the high quality videos Levy, they always make my day :))))))

[@kevin-7091]

King h7 in Game 2 is not a very strange move, especially in low time. Black wanted to bring his rook out of the 8th Rank without having to deal with any potential counterplay by White's rook.

[@ProffessorJoe]

As an 1800 I can't see myself ever playing that move tbh. You're not in check, up a TON of material, no threats at all, if I'm low time I'm moving anything but my already safe king. It's definitely a weird move to most people.

[@alerted0]

@@ProffessorJoe I would guaranteed play that granted I am 1100

[@pro-vaccine7136]

Yeah, I looked at his profile and he seems legit, doesn't have the telltale signs of a cheat account

[@masanetthomas8586]

To me you could of course not play it but I feel that depending on your style, it could be a move you actually play automatically without even thinking about it. To me, this is natural but I can understand if certain people would never play it. The fact is when calculating, you always have to look for checks and with this move you prevent checks without ever needing to think about it again. This is what you want when you have a demolishing material advantage. To play automatically without needing to calculate complications

[@RazielDeTam]

@Pablo Hidalgo O_o the Idea of Kh7 is to move your wall of pawns, with a Rg8 in the future. That's such a sus move with Rc6 next.... Why do you move your king, if you're not even thinking about pawns? I'm 90% sure he is using an engine, and just picked 3rd best move to not be a GM *If you are so scared about Rb8, just play Bb6 - first line, incredibly human move. I can't understand why 1700(solid player) mixed three different ideas in one line. Engine or GM taking fun

[@underscore6083]

This is the kind of video ive been waitng for

[@zerathaysinel2772]

God bless you levy , I really needed that one episode

[@zerores2115]

g4, best sponsor You should be proud levy

[@ericwisel4015]

“Shame on you for calling him a cheater so aggresively” lmao he was like “………I hope there’s no foul play” sooo quietly. What a Karen comment

[@Rasta8889]

I had ppl call me a cheater on chess.com at a whopping 68% accuracy, haters gonna hate ^^

[@adamanonymous6885]

Also.... I mean... he was probably cheating, right? Plays some wild engine moves, and has massive time advantage at the end.... Sorry, but that game was suss as hell!

[@onniruusunen9444]

@@adamanonymous6885 normal moves For that rating. Another 800 thinking no one finds 3-5 move tactics

[@paxpacis2]

What's the idea behind Kh2

[@Rasta8889]

@@paxpacis2 Timestamp please

[@blackbird42]

"You tryin' to glitch off the map?", I'm crying laughing right now xD

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

I was

[@platonacontroller3901]

"Bro where are you going? You trying to glitch off the map?" LOL! I died.

[@aharonsidorov5145]

What about a guess the year? See a grandmaster level game from anywhere in history and figure out in what year it was played based on the theory. It can also be a good opportunity to explain the development of high level chess through the ages.

[@TrickifyMagik]

Wow I cant believe you were sponsored by . they are one of my favorite brands, their is so well made.

[@Arguing101]

I did not expect a Combat Arms reference lmao. Nostalgia hit like a truck

[@liambarron9772]

I didn't know lex even knew of you, I'm so glad the chess and poker community have been crossing over so much, my 2 favorite games!

[@jacobmason9464]

Believe it or not, all 8 players are studying this video as prep for round 4

[@hdksnhdhwnsbd3112]

Keep it up Levi!

[@kanvsnanajwbqkbwq5193]

Yeah very hard working decent man. Respect.

[@JosephLachh]

*Levy

[@EatYoWaffles]

Levy talking about Combat Arms just made my whole year bruh

[@Astukart]

This was a great episode. Thanks, Levy!

[@ericwisel4015]

I normally don’t give a flying fuck about thumbnails, but damn that’s perfect

[@Sam-ew8kt]

Laughed so hard from 28:09😂

[@jitterbugflapping5935]

White was just too good

[@SumoPirate]

Combat Arms checking in. Game was so broken but so much fun.

[@durgeshmalik4687]

Gotham I love bro. Guess the elo is really funny I love and that is all. Please don't stop guess the elo, we all have so much fun watching it

[@bewarethebear8244]

In honor of this Candidates GTE, here is my very own haiku. Nepo will likely blunder with C5 again I feel bad for him

[@Zelda1990s]

I counted the syllables.

[@pussdesttoyer17]

@@Zelda1990s Most useless fucking comment.

[@bluedragon1063]

Bro as an Indian I want to tell you we Have Amazon Prime 😂

[@rohankurian1095]

He means twitch prime. We dont get twitch prime with amazon prime.

[@fakhriasyraf1]

One of the best guess the elo episode hands down

[@nephel6158]

The first GTE in a long while that genuinely made me ugly laugh almost the entire video. What an episode.

[@7a19aaradhytiwari9]

well amazon prime is available in india

[@Waynechester_]

Try giving 2 guesses every round, one is when you based your guess on your sub, and the other when you based your guess on the random noob.

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

30:45 Lol a5 was the first move I thought of. After 57. cxb4 white gets a queen first and black resigns. It's very findable and the king can still stop both pawns even if the black king tries to get around. Black's king is cut off so much that he has to go back, and now that white can stop the pawns at any moment, it is GG

[@davidc4615]

Lex is the man!!! Love watching him and of course love Gotham!!

[@stonie3216]

This is easily the best Gotham thumbnail 😂

[@racexzylacorp]

Nothing like those combat arms days, always blows my mind that I might have been playing against levy before ever seeing his channel

[@hairyspider151]

bro you could use the game 4 eval graph to cut down a tree it's so serrated

[@WaffleBoy-hv9fl]

It's been about 1 year since I subscribed! Love your content so much Gotham.

[@DanielFace11]

Favorite GTE ever. Watching Levy guess all of his viewers -200 or more their actual rating just does it for me.

[@elliotcox530]

Class mate. Keep it up had me in stiches 😆

[@stefancruz1074]

This was a good one. Some unpredictable results to say the least. That third game blew my mind in the worst way possible

[@nisem0no]

Hey, I just wanted to leave a comment to say, while I don't play much chess, I really love watching these episodes. Thanks for making them so fun to watch 👍

[@provmcric3406]

This is by far the best GTE episode ever 🤯🤣🔥

[@nomer440]

Would be an interesting concept if Levy recapped tournament games and tried to guess who played it

[@thomkorteweg3944]

Thanks for all of ur vids bro!

[@tylerlittleton4719]

This was by far the best guess the elo I’ve ever watched.

[@TheFrodoBaggins33]

These were some of the most fun games in GTE I've seen in a whileeeee

[@dubs4835]

This is by far the best Guess the elo episode

[@lordoffortuneladies2755]

hahahahaha this episode could have not been more in theme for the candidates! Beautiful stuff :D

[@lucagiuriato1943]

omg gotham played combat arms I had to hold onto something for the excitement

[@MrTanki4]

This was one of my favorite videos in a while omfg still cant believe what happened

[@alphaarsenic8323]

My god never did I ever think I'd laugh so much watching a chess video

[@nonskategaming9827]

Glad he posts a vid on my birthday

[@SwayomKantiGhosh]

When we needed it the most, it came back

[@LisztFan2005]

These recent uploads have been amazing, we have had the candidates and GTE.

[@erikstephens6370]

Games 3 and 4: remember kids, this is why you don't do drugs.

[@jongler9775]

What a nice Guess The Elo that was ! Chess is funny like that. Watching and playing are two very different things.

[@prokiler1pl]

And i have never thought I'll know someone who also played Combat Arms :D