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[@ajaysabarish9645]

Funny that in 1990 Kasparov said Vishy won't last long. It has been 20 years since Kasparov retired and Vishy is still top 10.

[@pierrotzzz]

Rip kasparov

[@MagicSmoke11]

He says this about everyone. He once said to Radjabov directly - "I don't like ur game style" - in a game where he lost to Radjabov 😂😂😂

[@singularsink]

that's called mind game bro, he would not have said this to someone who did not threaten him. It's a big complement.

[@Bigus_Dickus_6996]

Eh he is Kasparov he can have his opinion. And I don't think he meant it in a bad way.

[@JoyboyFistgk1]

Bro he is still alive​@@pierrotzzz

[@Ben.....]

"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

[@pugsnhogz]

savage quote

[@Chessdummy]

Death is but only an advance unto a new beginning!

[@nasfoda_gamerbrbigproducti5375]

​@@ChessdummyFrom human to ashes

[@shrikrishnasingh1106]

this got me goosebumps

[@fazeelahmed2598]

Who dies playing chess?

[@samoriginal01]

The Kidnappers are so nice to let him record.

[@whatareyouthinking6021]

​@@HelpMeplease991Get a job child

[@nihalmohammed6674]

​@@HelpMeplease991which one broskii, which video

[@Kitsune_Chess1]

Copyright.©️

[@helium999_]

@@HelpMeplease991 one more bot with the same exact dialogue as others.

[@paanavsingla120]

Must be chess nerds

[@majormoron605]

Vishy is like one of those badass old people from shonen anime. Technically past his prime but still clapping young upstarts like it´s nothing

[@indigochild2.098]

ahaha

[@TheMosayat]

lmao love that example

[@whereta3097]

The classic where the protagonist thinks he knows it all, challenges his sensei to a duel and realizes there are levels to this thing. Then the master takes the weights off and gets serious

[@akmuchbetter9782]

not me reading 'baddies' rather than 'badass'.

[@TheMosayat]

@@akmuchbetter9782 he is too Slay queen slay

[@pugsnhogz]

Vishy is my favorite modern champion. He can play all the games - closed, quiet positions; open, attacking games; grinding endgames... A truly complete player. And he's pure class in every situation. If you don't like Vishy Anand you don't like chess!

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

As shown in these games he makes a lot of odd-looking moves where noone has a clue of what he's doing but he ends up in a winning or drawing position. It's different to the "knocking on the door" style of most players where they keep trying to poke at weaknesses hoping something will come up, some tactical thing or combination while Vishy wins by magic.

[@raylopez99]

Actually nearly all IGMs can play all the games, but yeah, Vishy is something.

[@pugsnhogz]

@@raylopez99 you must be fun at parties

[@alfieboy4022]

Importantly he plays a variety of styles *extremely well*. Yes any GM can play open vs closed positions, long grinds, etc. He has a big variety in his games that you don’t see in many players

[@nbassasin8092]

@@raylopez99 ummm achkhsually...🤓💩

[@davidappelgate320]

We just not going to mention the time remaining on the clock in that first game? 72 minutes for Vishy versus 4 for Hikaru. Incredible.

[@AryanSingh-vw7ry]

Bro was chilling.

[@ZDTF]

Bing chilling

[@timothy1750]

It was a bug

[@vikashtiwari5505]

No it wasn't lol

[@Hardzie75]

it was a bug

[@user-yg6tm6zl4z]

Levy never fails to pretend he is not the kidnapper

[@AlluGDguy]

@@GregaJohn-gb6ev yea this is just a scam. if this is real somehow, noone will believe you. if you actually think anybody is going to believe something as stupid as your parents in this hypothetical situation, then you actually have something wrong in your brain.

[@FormerH.U]

⁠@@GregaJohn-gb6evdude your 12 years old! Why tf you trynna make a sex tape!

[@Sncedayone]

2 years old already bud time to think of something all by yourself and stop saying never fails over and over again like everyone else

[@plutonotdead]

​@@GregaJohn-gb6evoh really? Then where are the chess vids on ur channel

[@ayanprakash3025]

vishy is like rayleigh of one piece.

[@BrandonStark5]

Indian Chess History is divided as Before Vishy and After Vishy 🔥

[@rupayanbhattacharya8426]

Yeah...vishy instead of B.C and AD

[@xyz-vc8bu]

But sadly still there is no one After vishy 💀

[@pierrotzzz]

Bv and av

[@Elamado97]

​@@xyz-vc8bupraggananda is there

[@user-bb8xf9kf7k]

@@xyz-vc8bu are you not following Chess now? There is a bunch of boys who have already surpassed Vishy in live rating. 3 of them is going for candidates.

[@Kitsune_Chess1]

At least the kidnappers let him record

[@rishabhjain1902]

🤣🤣

[@user-sp1eb6ji7z]

Wow...never thought it like that

[@Elamado97]

Is this an inside joke?

[@Kitsune_Chess1]

@@Elamado97 sorta kinda, it’s a popular meme all of gothams subs do. When he’s not home, we say he was kidnapped

[@jasongillis1336]

Vasyl Ivanchuk is also 54 years old. Both these guys are legends!

[@le_gus001]

Ben Finegold is 54 as well XD

[@raylopez99]

@@le_gus001 Ben Finegold is legend too...some might say "in his own mind", lol.

[@dnbndu]

Is he still top 100? Vishy is top 10 with 2750

[@prajwalbharambe343]

​@@dnbnduno. Rank is 125

[@akshayktiwari311]

Vishy is above them

[@dantheham3633]

Vishy is such a badass, he’s done so much for chess producing and army of gm’s from India growing chess and expanding minds. Yet he still beats everyone, he’s like the most wise old master in any show that still can’t be beaten. Thank you for covering these games 😻

[@dexjec]

Also shoutout to Michael Adams! Who recently wont the London chess classic over Hans, Gukesh, tabatabei, Vituigov... While being the reigning senior world champion in chess.

[@rnbPGTV]

@GothamChess , plz cover his games as well.

[@polyton4539]

vishy is just regularly re-entering the TOP 10 every once in a while. it's nuts.

[@suvigyamishra2003]

just checkin in on those younguns😂😂

[@n0br.a1n]

Without watching, I can say with confidence that Gotham absolutely did not put Magnus in this video

[@NotHONORED]

😂😅

[@KingTheNoob]

He did, listen carefully 12:20

[@jhuehn31]

@12:20 so close

[@executivelifehacks6747]

After that 1.4billion people Indian market

[@GrandDad_001]

​@@executivelifehacks6747not even 1% of the population plays chess or give a f about the game 😂😂

[@brianoptimist3575]

Studying endgames is probably the most important skill you'll need to learn if you want to be really good at chess

[@rnbPGTV]

Opening lines are more important imo, as it sets the whole tune for the game..

[@DudeWhoSaysDeez]

A good opening line helps set you up for a favorable endgame

[@fauge7]

You need to get a good position out of the opening and not blunder in the middle game in order to get to an endgame that isn't lost in theory

[@Fluxion11]

​@@rnbPGTVlimited endgame study is needed for casual play. If you want to be a good club player or better, then serious endgame study is absolutely essential.

[@Fluxion11]

​@@rnbPGTVand over 3 decades, I've spent a tons of time on different variations of that 3 on 3 with an outside passed pawn rook endgame. A solid understanding of rook and pawn endgames is what you need to guide you in the middle to endgame transition.

[@RichardGadsden]

I'm 50, and I'll tell you that being 50 is exhausting. I'm tired all the time, I can't focus for as long as I'd like and oh shit there is no way I could play classical chess nearly as good as I could in my 20s.

[@fauge7]

You would be surprised! I know plenty of guys still kicking ass at the club level. Sure they aren't as good as they were but still incredible players.

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

@@fauge7 The key is to figure out how to play chess in the laziest way possible, really. If you can do that you're going to last a lot longer than someone whose style is reliant on calculating very long variations accurately and less on strategy.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

What's your Elo? Just curious .

[@shabarishbalaji1881]

True, Longevity is very important and that's what makes Vishy one of the goat. People dont agree with me but longevity is not easy.

[@RichardGadsden]

@@doctorpanigrahi9975 I never had a FIDE rating and the old-style three digit BCF ratings are a pain to convert, but I think my peak would have been somewhere around 1500/1600 FIDE. I haven't studied properly for 20+ years and I prefer to watch than to play these days.

[@veselinjokanovic3032]

The way Levy is truly admiring Vishy is so wholesome. ❤

[@tunahn22]

21:15 AYY FORRR caught me completely unguarded lmao

[@Mikhail-tal-the-GOAT]

bro, vishy had 1hr and 12min at the end of the game and Hikaru had 4min 💀💀

[@AaryanShukla01]

Its the bonus time after 40 or so moves

[@Bhuvan_MS]

Hikaru admittedly spent around an hour to calculate the endgame sequence.

[@choudhary5037]

​@@AaryanShukla01bonus time for both ?

[@sgcars]

This guy is a strict vegetarian and doesn't smoke or drink.

[@mbpiku]

Vishy is non vegetarian, listen to his interviews.

[@mbpiku]

Anyways that doesn’t have anything to do with anything

[@jaysahup6563]

vishy is true inspiration for any chess lover ! sadly none of his contemporaries active now. missed those days of 90s with era of engineless chess with players like gary..topalov..ivanchuk ..vishy etc 👌

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Do you miss the cold war too?

[@jaysahup6563]

@@doctorpanigrahi9975 cold war ? pls elaborate

[@ankitrishabh9243]

@@jaysahup6563 hijda bol rha hai tujhe

[@user-vt1bu6ii6l]

Levy wins a brilliancy prize for being an American and saying "football" instead of "soccer"

[@Shiva..]

If I told you that in 1987 when Anand won the Indian National Championship in Tumkur, where I was one of the organizers, we literally had this 17yr kid sitting in one of the hotel rooms (Woodlands) and then later remembering every friendly game that was going on and offering suggestions and comments on the same, you would not believe me. Ask Vishy himself. He would attest.

[@omoreolikeseverythingthech3406]

The old title: FIVE TIME WORLD CHESS CHAMPION!! The new title: HE INVENTED CHESS!!

[@kinkarkundu8259]

You posted a part of it in the shorts... That was quite good 🙂

[@itsmevmo2880]

Noone noticed vishy’s time spent in 1st game

[@namansharma0698]

I did🖐️

[@yusufyusuf1998]

everyone noticed you braindead

[@datdudeinred]

And yet he still doesn't have the Bharat Ratna award. Utterly disgraceful. I'm so sorry to Vishy sir on behalf of all Indians.

[@Lets_MakeItSimple]

Classical Chess is the most respected and so so difficult because it needs such stamina.

[@r3dpilgrim439]

It’s time for the usual top 3 goat conversation to become a top 4 conversation. Viahy’s unnatural longevity and longtime influence and shaping of the game has earned him that imo

[@gingerzacat4694]

wow, levy still retains his ego even after being kidnapped

[@painlessshroom625]

Vishi's been banging left and right since the 80's. That's why hes on top still. He even gave the royal gambit to my mother from what Ive been told.

[@timepass4783]

Levy idk if you’ll see this but, thank you for the Scandinavian Defence course, I’ve just used the free part but that has helped me a lot, I’ve climbed from 800 to 880 in blitz and 1100 to 1190 just playing the the scandi and the London, people at this level don’t really know what to do against the Scandi so it gives me quite a good position after the opening. Cannot get the whole course😢 but the free sample is good enough for my level to progress, again Thanks!!

[@hitmanshivam3889]

I'm so damn proud and happy for Vishy Anand that he's still competing and playing absolutely insane games & cool video Levy ✌️

[@simantagoswami49]

The man was top when there was no computer . The man is sitting with the top bunch even today! That is something incredible.

[@vrpeditz2680]

More surprised that Levy completed video without mentioning Magnus than about Vishy winning games at this age😂

[@prestonstevenson1134]

I was one of those people. It was great meeting you Levy!

[@raylopez99]

You play professional basketball/soccer? Pretty impressive.

[@em.pee.a3704]

Levy never fails to be acoustic

[@freespirit995]

Both fascinating and deep games. I find your surveys of master games (historical or otherwise) most instructive. The second game in this video was particularly inspiring. More of those please! BTW, I don't think 54 is old by any stretch. I am 69 and a reasonably strong club player: I also play a weekly match with an 83 year old, very strong club player, and we have reasonably respectable games... It would be great to have more games by 'old' players reviewed on your channel, especially by Smyslov and Korchnoi, neither of whom ever seemed to 'retire'!

[@ritumammathsclasses8452]

0:00 ahh the usual death stare into my soul

[@Sncedayone]

That's because your gay. And that's comment is played out what 3 years ago? You only said it in hopes to get likes He's filming himself so of course he's looking into a camera. But for a man thinking about another man staring at them is pretty damn gay

[@LuisSanchez-tk9zq]

Every play that is made is connected to the endgame: "Capablanca"

[@LR-jv2zd]

He won his world junior in 1987! Nearly 40 years later, he is still going!!

[@himanshu-2510]

Levy never fails to get kidnapped

[@ollyofromyoutube]

I learned how to get good at chess from this man! Great videos-great tips :D

[@bc1438]

Hey Gotham, really like the Layout out on this video with the players names on the left and the chess board more centered. Please use it more

[@vishaals1711]

Look at the time in the first game!!!Very impressive to pull for an old player to pull it off against a blitz God like hikaru💪

[@Papy109_]

Vishy is a chess player has 54 years old but he sitll so good.

[@mateusz6190]

Levy never fails to invent chess while being kidnapped

[@bgbd182]

can't really remember another video that Gotham devoted to Vishy Anand like from the Chess History playlist. been hoping he does one eventually

[@noahollington9946]

I'm 23 and can relate to the ol back pain, etc. Makes you wonder how we survive till 70/80 or so

[@danjor5749]

Korchnoi was also insane in his old age. Potentially the best player to never get the championship.

[@brycehowell2560]

Levi to his kidnappers: someone call an ambulance, but not for me!!!

[@Nick-ps3mg]

About time you made a video about John Chess

[@Froglet76]

In the first game it just shows his skill even more with hikaru only having 4:18 on the clock and vishy having a hour and 12 minutes on the clock

[@pedrotorres8909]

21:40 "everybody a man untill pawns start rolling"

[@rtxf]

12:18 trying not to mention magni

[@1GMitzy]

Ah yes, finally a video about John Chess.

[@P1OOD]

Held captive and no magnus... what kind of Levy is this

[@naveendennis]

Levy is the #1 hype man that a chess player needs! 😄

[@FedUPwithPPL]

Great video Levy I appreciate the smart explanation recap rather than exaggerated gestures and dumbing yourself down to reach the audience. This felt like a video you made two years ago which I think were so much better. I wasn't a sub then but I've watched them. I'm just saying you've made a lil money screw the doing what the stats say works all the time. Thanks

[@Iidanny4ii]

Gotham never fails to title the video to 9999 Elo to 5 time world champ to he invented chess

[@shonkai1001]

I thought Levy was talking about himself when he captioned "5 times world champion"

[@dysprosiumdead5078]

levy never fails to record the kidnappers

[@wueuydbh4429]

The first title was something like"5 or five world chess championship"

[@gauravdube8133]

Vishy, the phenomenal legend! To say that Magnus is the GOAT, he has to prove himself with similar or better performance than Vishy at 54 of his age.

[@AntonLiubchenko]

Hey Levy! Could you please make a video about Kasparov? Maybe like a historical video or something, or his Chess960 games?

[@AverageRobloxPlayer23]

the kidnappers so nice to not keep him in the basement

[@adamyajohri1281]

levi this video was really made well i mean when hyped while calm that shit is satisfying

[@justreactsent5242]

Levy never stop uploading

[@Asifkabeer]

Me Indian me click

[@GdWordle]

When I saw the thumbnail, I immediately knew the champion was the guy on the left.

[@shrayanpramanik8985]

Dude did you see the clock at the end of the first game

[@jadionstudios1446]

the fact that this was uploaded the same time vishy visited our chess tournament in guyana is crzy

[@matthewjames2485]

Anyone else notice how much time Vishy had on the clock at the end of his game against Hikaru?

[@itzprogamer1014]

We gotta hire security guards for Levy Rozman

[@rubengoldman5830]

Levy never fails to kidnap himself

[@matelotpierrot8704]

The intro hit me hard. I'm old. I started playing chess at 32, 2 years ago! I love the game, and I'm still learning a lot everyday. For that, I Thank you Levy! A lot of the stuff I have learn is from your videos.

[@arnabchanda4490]

Thank you for sharing. Great games. Learned new theories. 😊

[@noSwaggamer]

Levy never fails to be an old grandpa that's constantly being kidnapped

[@mahan8418]

0:23 bro I'm 18 and my back hurts a lot 😂(does that mean I'm old??)

[@yogeshpandey17]

The chess originally started from India India has immense talented players of chess..Pragg is also gonna be a Legend

[@the_chess_geek]

For future reference: the first title is - The Man Who Invented Chess

[@MrGary557]

Been waiting for your vid Goth. You never disappoint because you're the one.

[@TheMosayat]

ngl these games were really beautiful.. but also that mate in 7 the computer showed was ruthless goddamn

[@Letsplaypasi]

"The Man Who Invented Chess"

[@johnzack6961]

Maaan I wish Fischer random was more common than regular chess

[@HorridOnlineTroll]

Bro is away so much, his original place looks like the hostage room

[@mritunjay_99]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *👴 Gotham feels old at 28 compared to top players, highlighting Anand's remarkable 5-time championship run at 54* 01:08 *♟️ Overview of Anand's breathtaking recent games vs Candidates players Nakamura and Abasov* 02:17 *🃏 Detailed analysis of Anand defending stubbornly from Nakamura's unusual Four Knights opening * 12:18 *🔥 Breakdown of Anand's rare Bishop e2 move vs Abasov, trading into an imbalanced middlegame* 19:12 *👑 Anand's strategic pawn majority led to winning Abasov's pawns methodically* 24:25 *🔮 Anand's Bishop e2 idea targeted c5 pawn, allowing the pawn advantage* 25:31 *🐐 Appreciation for Anand's longevity, outplaying opponents decades his junior* Made with HARPA AI

[@steve-ovii6538]

levy never fails to help me sweep march 2nds jeopardy category entitled “chess pains”

[@YamiKairu]

Levy never fails to not not get kidnapped

[@ja_rekl_tohle]

The video didnt load yet but if there will be Magnus i will send Levy his own book

[@justaguywhozonesoutalot9328]

Time to send him his book

[@bawbq5305]

I knew levy wasn’t himself lately! Levy never would have uploaded mid content for a week. I’m glad his captures are allowing him to at least make videos against his will.

[@theepicone2409]

Wow. He’s back being kidnapped again!

[@SivaJava]

Still he is enjoying to play chess..❤

[@KevinWasTakenWasTakenWasTaken]

levy never fails to be bold

[@armaanmahfuz9528]

Levy never fails to make us feel old at 28

[@smoorej]

Absolutely beautiful game. Vishy is a legend.

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Hi levy if you are reading this, please make a recap of Anand's immortal vs Levon Aronian, Tata Steel.

[@atiqrehaan2315]

If im not wrong he has made a video on it.

[@fizzletrie1592]

so cool to see vishi along with the five times world champion in the thumbnail~!

[@M4W07]

11:50 And look at the time Hikaru spent! Vishy was up A FULL HOUR LOL.