EASY Rook Checkmate!

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[@Legitiment_]

Levy's favourite quotes: *"THE ROOOOK"* *"THE QUEEEEEEEN"* *"BUILD A CAAAGE"*

[@ShreksScrumptiousSucculentToes]

ITS LEVY

[@TheRook404]

And he sacrifices THE ROOOOK Also don't forget about THE KNIGHTT and THE BISHOP

[@tiletapper4ever]

​@@ShreksScrumptiousSucculentToes it's* 🤓

[@UpdateFreak33]

KZbin: "Rate this comment" Me: "Relatable"

[@TheRook404]

@@tiletapper4ever It's*

[@andrekiyoshi]

My room temperature IQ will immediately stalemate

[@Paahtoleipa]

Celsius or fahrenheit?

[@Just_a_30]

Laughs in kelvin

[@jessuplayzd6327]

Bro I'm just gonna blunder my rook when trying to checkmate

[@dom8429]

@@jessuplayzd6327 in this case blundering your rook and stalemate are the same

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

everyone gangsta till he says Kelvin

[@chariotchess]

Just stare at your opponent, they will eventually resign.

[@sanandn.r7889]

How do you stare at the opponent. You mean emoji lol

[@conan377]

Wait till bro hears you can plsy chess Irl 😂

[@chariotchess]

@conan377 yes I meant OTB 😆

[@Empty0076]

My last opponent frickin took soo long to just move a piece (and i was playing 30 min) and they wasted ALL my time >:( ive shouldve resigned

[@liamsingh8868]

​@@Empty0076your mistake was playing 30 min chess. Max 10 min but 5 is where it's at

[@pradnyaparamartha1905]

so much better explained than some random 18 minute video i found

[@horizon146]

I hope this is exaggerated no shot someone took 18 mins to explain a king and rook mate

[@JKBrown-vv1yw]

@@horizon146 I've taken 20 minutes teach how we used to learn the checkmate (the slower way but follows a guaranteed pattern), but I was also teaching 9 year olds.

[@roberteric8807]

yeh, but if you're on the black king situation, the only thing for you to survive by getting a draw is to stay in the middle, 4 squares ( middle ) just keep avoiding the rook, and it will be a 50 - rule draw, +2 elo ig

[@Ash.Ar16]

Best is "facing kings" Strategy as it works on rooks and queen both and it has no chances of stalemate

[@Fresry]

@@horizon146 first 10 mins like and sub 7 mins for sponser and the last 1 minute for showing how to actually mate

[@bankaihampter2802]

" Now slowly bring king into the corner, and deliver a draw! "

[@mr_draxx07]

😂😂

[@WilliamWizer-x3m]

wong... it's deliver A DRAW!!! 😂

[@ahadmerchant7510]

I actually prefer the "facing kings" approach. Put your rook blocking the file the king can escape from and make your king face the other. When they move directly in front of your king, deliver a check with the rook.

[@MaiAnhKiet]

this method is absolutely practical, easy to understand and execute

[@santhoshs9933]

this is much simpler.... I use this everytime

[@pancouvervenguins8573]

yeah it’s a million times simpler and you can’t accidentally stalemate either

[@TaeKwonDodk]

This is the approach I use :)

[@iwanttobeabillionaire1703]

It's so much easier idk why he's teaching this overcomplicated box thing

[@rl_krazy]

Instructions unclear, I somehow managed to stalemate.

[@Darkusaido]

skill issue

[@sanandn.r7889]

Me too but the instructions was clear

[@TheApocalypseAttack]

It’s the second easiest checkmate besides queen checkmate skill issue

[@최현아-i4n]

Ladder mate? ​@@TheApocalypseAttack

[@TheApocalypseAttack]

@@최현아-i4n I am talking about single piece checkmates

[@KeNsHoRt47]

"can we make the box smaller?" "no, this is patrick"

[@pepeverse2997]

Let's appreciate the fact that Levy never fails to finish in 30 seconds

[@z.a.u.r272]

Edge the king

[@Baguettecroissant11]

I was about to say that. Lmfao

[@mertdemirhan544]

💀

[@REMEMBERBRO-m1t]

What does that even mean

[@melonneleh]

Instructions unclear, accidentally sacrificed the ROOOOOOK

[@alarmclockmug]

Let’s just hope in this position we don’t sacrifice the ROOK!!!

[@KhanBalkan]

Edge the black king

[@_TeXoN_]

How do you draw? You sacrifice: THE ROOK

[@beastgaming1644]

It's called DA RUKHHHH

[@KamranVFX]

instructions unclear, he took my king

[@twoguys21]

Gotham, you really underestimate how bad I am at chess when you call this easy

[@Darkusaido]

Skill issue

[@Astro_Ayaz1]

Levy when rook checkmate: ITS MAAAATEE Other people when rook mate: STALEMAAATEE

[@reglearnschess2202]

"Choose which edge to force this King." "I choose... to sacrifice the *ROOK* !"

[@ordinalray]

I choose to edge☠️👍

[@Woodshadow]

Thank you. I suck at end games and this is the lesson I needed

[@megaspawn0]

There is another way to checkmate with king and rook btw

[@smlik]

^ an easier way

[@megaspawn0]

@@smlik yeah

[@hugo__ribeiro]

​@@smliknah box method is easier and faster

[@ahmadbloodo]

​@@megaspawn0 which?

[@kootzeshaomsh5197]

love ur shorts levy!!! they are so easy to understand and so informative!

[@ShreyasLele]

Instructions Unclear : I sac the rook

[@TheRomanianWolf]

the ROOOOOOK

[@KosaRaj-x6v]

Levy your dog is too good now and is gonna beat ponchink

[@pizzaforever69]

First step , beg your opponent to stay in game after loosing everything .

[@chessbergen]

its probably just easier to bribe them into resigning

[@joshuacress5174]

My favorite chess lessons, the ones that fit within my attention span. 😂

[@iAmMeAndYouAreYou]

Accidentally did this today! Day 4 since my first game of chess and i love that this hobby will literally always have more to learn

[@clashtitan1487]

Thanks today i got draw in 3 matches to nelson due to stalemate. 1 repetitive move draw rapid. 2 stalemate rapid. Now i will show those chuckers.

[@clashtitan1487]

Finally I won after using your method!! I was less on time and I had 2 rooks and a knight. I just kept the knight and one rook to a corner and did exactly this with the second rook. It took some time I had 1 minute left in rapid. The king escaped a few times from the cage. Make sure you are not doing checkmate with the rook before that final checkmate obviously. And finally victory after long series of draws and stalemates.🎉🎉🎉🎉😂

[@PIKACHU_EDITZ_POKEMON]

That "mommy ap dekh rahi hogi nai mai jeet gaya" was best

[@PantsEzTbh]

I prefer the king move copy method where you checkmate them while in opposition to the king.

[@R0salance]

The thing where you move the rook only when kings line up is so much easier for me brain lol

[@lajuho1074]

He missed mate on two

[@WSDFirm]

That is a fabulous and easy-to-understand lesson. No checks, make the box smaller until Checkmate. Thank you.

[@qazar7906]

"IL SAIT PAS MATER AVEC UN ROI ET UNE TOUUUUUUR !!!!!!!!!" -Blitzstream 2023

[@nevergiveup3855]

I lost my tournament because I didn't know this trick . Thanks

[@normalguyaveragellol]

My 400 ass couldn't checkmate with 9 queens

[@ashsanimationsandstuff2463]

I am stupid at chess and i did it with 3 agaisnt martin

[@GlitchTheUglyBoi]

@@ashsanimationsandstuff2463 martin is ez

[@shanathered5910]

next we need a two bishops checkmate and a queen checkmate

[@CookieMW09]

It’s been a while since he uploaded 30 second chess lessons

[@gamingduoz5364]

i love how Levy teaches us how to force the king to into a edge position. The best part is, he finished the king in under 30 seconds!

[@pctech128]

The white king rides the rook to get rid of black🗿🗿

[@Matt-jb5rg]

There’s another method where you cut the king off and use opposition to push the king to the back rank. Way harder to stalemate with that one.

[@UnauthorisedGamers]

Instructions unclear, game ended in stalemate.

[@Valchrist1313]

Nice, the how to get a pawn/king combo to the end vs a king has got me so many wins already. This will definitely add to the repertoire.

[@DavidEmerling79]

It can actually be done much more safely (i.e. never accidentally blundering your rook) by actually keeping the rook far away from the king. Draw a line that the black king cannot cross. Force the kings into opposition and then give a check. Each time this happens, the black king has to move closer to the edge of the board. Continue this process and the final check will be checkmate. It's not as quick, but it's much simpler.

[@Justabss]

He edged that black king so good

[@wken2824-SqrRooT_2]

'Do not give a check until it's checkmate' *STALESMATES*

[@proburrito5910]

Me sending the rook somewhere on the other side of the board because overprotective*

[@anywhywho]

He has a perfectly good rook, and forgot to sacrifice it.

[@wabdih]

very good mental framework for this Levy. This would have been great when I was learning the rook mate

[@king.tangerine]

instructions unclear the kings are touching now

[@evansgate]

I’ve played thousands of games and still never quit figured out this end game strat. It’s pretty usefull

[@1tw33t]

or you push the king to the i.e. H line, and canon sits on the G line not allowing he king to get out. place your king on the i.e. F4. when opponent king gets to H4, you check with the cannon and its a checkmate.

[@literallylegendary6594]

"Step 1, underpromote your pawn to a rook."

[@Voidmercenary]

I call it boxing.

[@gamehive8025]

The way you made this right after I had a game in the exact same situation is amazing

[@MysticalChampion341]

We need a video of how to mate with a bishop and knight against a king. I was recently on that situation and had to win by time

[@chesstroller]

There is one in shorts. But without some important moments

[@kiiturii]

you could fine probably 1000's of lessons and puzzles by googling it

[@starcaptain1666]

The muscline urge to sacrifice the rookkkkkkkkkkkkkkk😂❤

[@knillink]

NGL, this is one of the few videos I'm actually learning something from. Usually I just watch cool games and reviews, but this is truly an important thing to know

[@paz4749]

Instructions unclear I just got checkmated by the king

[@mrmr7909]

The fact that I was legitimately just in this scenario

[@IkEisawesome7]

Never understood the Rook checkmate this well until now

[@snipprgram7719]

Thanks to this guy I've learnt so much chess...as a matter of fact I used this method today...most times it ends a stalemate thanks levyyyy

[@tristananthony8198]

I prefer an alternative method where you use your king’s coverage squares to make it so when you check your opponent’s king with your rook, their only option is to move backwards towards the edge you’ve selected! Sort of similar to a latter mate with 2 rooks.

[@oliverfoldager291]

Ok then, now do a ‘30 sec chess lesson’ on queen vs rook from start to finish. Not starting from the Philidor short cut. All 4 pices in the inner 16 squares through to the checkmate. Looking forward to it 😇♟️

[@Nekokatsu333]

I always forget this Pattern and i have to re learn it with 30 sec on the clock 😂

[@andrewhughes7642]

It's not about not giving a check, it's about not letting the king escape the cage.

[@Highly-TrainedProfessional]

Levy building a cage for the Black King... damn...

[@TinosCat]

Me after winning a endgame, but losing because I didn’t know how to checkmate the king with a rook and king, and now regretting my every decision in my entire chess existence, while watching a video literally explaining how to do it.

[@unfandefnafcualquiera]

"Choose which edge to force this king" *that can be rearranged*

[@Switzerland_1841]

edging the king before gta VI ☠️

[@djdoc06]

Always loved rook mates because hard to screw up.

[@SonOvBulldog]

You are a brilliant chess-teacher, thank you!

[@ruisyaf]

How to make your opponent resign: Show him Alexandra Bozez playing

[@ctendstoinfinity]

I was stuck in this situation later the opponent offered me a draw and i accepted tha

[@bishtkunal10]

Opponent will resign much earlier 😂

[@patatochip4241]

Except for that one time, the kings could touch

[@TheBuilderPro2024]

For some reason, this happened to me when I was playing against my mother in Chess. You were in my head with this video I had memorized and it worked like a charm LMAO

[@doglovers814]

This is when I sacrifice the rook when we shouldn't

[@IanAlejandroMejíaEstévez]

WE EDGING THE KING WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@siaryaran2000]

"How do you checkmate with just a king, and a rook?" "Step one: SACRIFICE THE ROOOOOOOOOK!" Oops, not this time.

[@AtalKhan-n7w]

Thank you Levy I was just in a game with a rook and a king left so I searched on KZbin how to checkmate with a rook and king and this helped a lot thank you

[@Richctz]

I actually beat someone in a tournament once whilst only having 25 seconds left lol

[@lucasgaming61]

Stockfish: OH HELL NAW

[@masterwuhhm74]

It's much easier to force the king to face your king and checkmate at the edge with THE ROOOOK!

[@ClintRabbiBagotchay]

this saved me in an endgame thank you so much

[@gearsmacker8598]

Until the fates align, and the kings…enact the forbidden touch

[@frominsomnia2951]

Bro this loop is so good I didnt notice that it actually looped

[@colinjava8447]

Sometimes a waiting move at the end is handy.

[@jupiter2453]

me with 10 seconds left:

[@PleaseNo720]

Yooooo this is the first thing my teacher taught the chess club

[@Getdetermination]

Levy just entertain me never stop watching and funny moments like the ROOOOOK!!!! Never gets old

[@thebrawlguy1603]

Instructions unclear, I tried to make the box even smaller for maximum efficiency and failed miserably

[@nuzius]

Thanks, now I know more about endgame tactics like boxes, you are really good at it

[@mcchickenn]

This is the method I use to checkmate cuz the long 100 move checkmate that everyone else does is way too inefficient, and I figured a box would be very quick so I’ve just used this method instead for a while now.

[@Tired_man1]

Instructions unclear: opponent moved to g9.

[@OHKNEECHAN]

"Do not check until you can checkmate"

[@-_deploy_-]

My friend forgot how to checkmate with a rook and it ended up a draw by repetition

[@Softboileggs]

every time i got a position like this my opponent resign

[@Saujas]

Instruction unclear opponent got away with stalemate 😅

[@VirtualMarmalade]

I got the king all the way to the edge and then stalemated the first time I got the endgame so I appreciate this

[@BT-su1yf]

If you're playing over the board, simply pick up your opponent's King and snap it in half. This signifies that you have won.