Levy Talks About His OTB Comeback

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[@maxdercoole227]

Levy is milking GothamChess again

[@justMORO630]

lmao

[@timepass4783]

lmao

[@mathiaspimentel7571]

lmao

[@Freak-jx3lx]

Mlao

[@roguecivilian6958]

Bro is getting farmed FR

[@Greennoob2]

the rant about lines is really fun to listen to. lines are so cool but I also hate learning them and forgetting them before I get to play them

[@Hernespa99]

it's the worse when you get a line that you've checked and learned and the only time someone plays it you just forget , all this for that :')

[@QuantumConundrum]

This is what convinced me to NOT play chess. Enjoy the content though.

[@qasqaaap]

@@QuantumConundrum Just play some puzzles, they're enjoyable at least

[@arleyantes9321]

@@QuantumConundrum eh, I play both the Jobava and the Caro. At a low level, it's okay to not be prepared.

[@pat2sick]

@@QuantumConundrumu dont have to worry abt that until high elo

[@kanjuicy585]

I'm so glad Levy is back on his GM journey. These mf babushka rants from him on what a clusterf**k chess is at the top-level is the best content he's dished out in years. We need more babushka-rant Levy.

[@dengueoxum]

He had me in stitchess 😂

[@MarkusRamikin]

Yup, this is my favourite Gotham video after the Guess the Elo that had Botez in it.

[@doge8825]

Are there *more* of these? Where can I hear them?

[@cdw2468]

i love the end of the rant just being “ok let’s play e4”

[@sagar28gaming97]

Levy did you hear about the 85th GM from India named Shyaam Nikhil. He received his 2nd GM norm in 2012 and 3rd GM norm in 2024 after 12 years. Very inspiring story. Hope it will motivate you to achieve your goal.

[@michaelrawlins1396]

I know India has a huge population. But never in my life did I think a country could have 85 GMs with the same name.

[@yusufyusuf1998]

😂​@@michaelrawlins1396

[@franco7821]

​@@michaelrawlins1396 😂😂😂😂

[@deveshgarg7974]

​@@michaelrawlins1396ever heard of gukesh or prag? ya your dads

[@michaelrawlins1396]

@@deveshgarg7974 lol of course I have. I was making a joke based on the phrasing of the comment. India has millions of players better than me….

[@vmdenis3350]

Levy honest opinion on chess starts at 9:35 , and 99% of chess players will agree with that statement

[@mathiaspimentel7571]

I saw this before seeing the video, and i thought you were being serious lol

[@zach1912XD]

honestly treating that as a 6 second soundbyte is by far the funniest way to experience this video -- it's quite real when you apply it to all chess

[@JoeriBlomberg]

That was one of his better rants for sure.

[@warsmith1294]

Levy learned to hide the names so he doesn't overthink when playing against strong players, he's learning

[@somerandomdudefes31]

I've been waiting forever for him to do that.

[@Sato-Azumaga]

how can I do that? I wish I could hide the rating too

[@warsmith1294]

@@Sato-Azumaga If you have an adblock extension, you can hide the rating by using pick element.

[@EnigmaChess]

​@@warsmith1294there's a specific extension that hides names

[@LordFarquhar96]

The rant at the end is when the master shows how good he actually is. I know maybe 10 opening main lines and still get them wrong. He busted out 10 lines for one opening in the time it takes me to hang a piece on move 6.

[@bradleydaly8560]

Agree!! Definitely a sneaky probably overlooked part of the rant and video as a whole!! The finishing touch proves all of what we all already know but man impressive!! Great point by you… 15 points for … I dunno HUFFLEPUFF

[@almightyhydra]

Are you rated 161660?

[@Amiraliayo]

8:16 Ooh ooh ooooh oh

[@oneRyanJoseph]

This is exactly the candid frustration I wanted to gear from someone of IM level. Thanks for keeping it real

[@szymon91215]

man do it more often, I REALLY enjoyed listening to it

[@KlowdStr1fe]

This is the greatest video you've ever made. The candidness and authenticity vibes check. You're not swearing just to swear.

[@philthygoblin]

So studying is going great 😂😂

[@knowmind517]

Levy looks very good person, i dont know why people troll him so much by saying (you will never become gm) . He is a IM and those people who troll him are not even close to him . Fools!!

[@EmanCipated919]

Anonymity makes people say stupid stuff

[@brycepeddicord6763]

Easy target. Bullies love easy targets

[@Idiomatick]

Levy asks for it. He hates on himself a lot and pins hate comments.

[@brycepeddicord6763]

@@Idiomatick some would call that humility. You call it... a green light to be a douche?

[@Idiomatick]

@@brycepeddicord6763 He isn't being humble. A big problem Levy has is extreme self doubt. He undervalues himself all the time. I remember Hikaru chewing him out for it a few years back. Levy would be a GM if chess skill/understanding were the only thing. He plays like 250elo higher in fun games than against higher rated opponents. Pinning hate comments is one of the many ways he encourages hate and reinforces his self doubt.

[@tanmay_yeole5]

im such a quack quack 🙏😭

[@deandrejaxson9722]

This video is awesome cause it really puts into perspective how much grandmasters know and then how much more the top level gms have to learn when they play classical chess. Like when you see them still in their preparation 15 moves in you know they did the same thing for so many other lines and its just insane how much they can remember.

[@KalyaniMallick-qi8qt]

9:35 Bababa baa baabab baa baaa checkmate

[@MarkusRamikin]

The Kf3 middle finger made my day.

[@thaumaTurtles]

Gotham not knowing a line looks VERY different from me not knowing a line

[@heatwaveheatwave-kr6bv]

I'm so happy I don't have to deal with any of that 😄 I'm 14 hundred garbage and I'm having a blast. You know, hanging forks, mates in one, noticing hang forks and mates by my opponent, some silly tactics, occasionally uncorking some savage sacs, etc. Chess is awesome when it's just a hobby.

[@CoryWipke]

The numerous duck quacks for his curses had me lol! How could I not? lol

[@NJDJ1986]

@6:04 Levy just summoned his inner caveman! @9:35 "bababa bah babababah checkmate!"

[@rajinraihananikislam5432]

The best chess tactics video ig. I have seen nobody telling these much lines in such a short time.

[@Raidannnn]

As a 2000 who was thinking about pushing for higher, his rant hits too close to home. There’s soooo much studying to push 2k+ I just can’t be bothered

[@cdw2468]

i feel like 2000 is my ultimate ceiling as a player bc anything higher and i literally have to devote my entire life to chess

[@lucasmisael7507]

im in that rating too, i just literally dont care anymore, i mean, if i wanna surpass this i will ave to devote my life and i dont wanna that

[@ishankulkarni2875]

I want levy to be a proud gm ❤❤

[@Stay-hard]

Seeing this video just makes it more exciting when your tournament is coming up. Hope luck is on your side 🤛

[@BigRedVan]

Bro that ending had lmao

[@davidohaegbulam9988]

that really was so entrancing; had to watch it twice

[@Szeiyu]

Ive seen alot of your videos but you just hyper actively going through a bunch of lines was very entertaining

[@alextsounis]

fun fact the d3 caro kann he showed was the same shit some 60 year old played against me on my first ever chess otb tournament.... needless to say i was confused af and playing a position ive never seen before

[@mikem7662]

Epic rant, that was so real. Thank you

[@tamalbayaa1565]

"And then he's losing and I played some very good positional moves" The "positional moves" brought eval from -2.5 to -0.6 "Very bad positional moves" is more accurate haha

[@FrelanceEQ]

11:07 the line from Moneyball "I hate losing. I hate losing more than I even wanna win."

[@brandonsharp4258]

Funniest Gotham video I have seen in a long time. Lmao! It's so much funnier because he is serious with the end of the video analysis. Keep it coming!

[@yiomardiaz5510]

The openings rant was beautiful😂

[@tuxedobob2]

I really hope Levy can get the GM title he wants. I want to be proud of him for trying *and* for achieving it.

[@At-vu9dt]

Levy playing good got everyone shaking in their boots

[@misteratoz]

As a 1400 level chess dot come player I'm just focusing on not hanging a piece in a very obvious way. Props to you if you're able to do this

[@matherqw6890]

i don't think anyone can make me laugh at chess like Levy can

[@meurte3323]

really entertaining rant levy

[@arleyantes9321]

8:00 fun fact, the Trompowsky is the only opening I know of that is named after a Brazilian player

[@randysmith8515]

Keep it up, Levy! You can do this!

[@stijnvandensande3579]

danm that music in the first game 🔥

[@krasmazov009]

Shoutouts to the Mourinho impression

[@arleyantes9321]

13:20 big Brian Scalabrine energy lol

[@aisforairborne]

I want more of these rants showing that next level

[@moatazm.khaled4521]

It's cool to see words coming from soul

[@realms4219]

If there's one thing online competitive games have taught is that it's all a numbers game. You only need above 50% winrate for progress, which still means you'll lose nearly half your games. Don't obsess over it, think about the things you did wrong and learn from it but move on.

[@DArtagnonW]

I like how advanced our chess AI has become. We don't let them play their own choice of openings because they'll be boring and draw. So we force them into interesting positions and watch them play from there. Then we make people who are interested in fun chess stress out about learning super long opening sequences.

[@wealoo806]

hahahahahaaaa I really enjoyed Levy just letting it Goooo and speaking

[@jopekpl3986]

Play Alekhine. They won't be prepared for that

[@pepijnstreng4643]

At GM level they will be prepared for anything

[@jopekpl3986]

@@pepijnstreng4643 No if you prepare 20 moves of theory. They can prepare some good lines but they won't get too deep

[@lucasmisael7507]

they will be very prepared for a win

[@jopekpl3986]

@@lucasmisael7507 They won't be prepared for 20 moves. Not book moves but literally looking for all lines white can possibly play and then go with the engine suggestions. No grandmaster will go further than 15 moves in ALEKHINE

[@TheNeilBlack]

"Checkmate is bad when it happens to you." Levy just can't stop teaching us how to win at chess.

[@pepijnstreng4643]

Love the rant about opening lines. And when you're 1500 you prepare an opening for hours, and then you come out of the opening at like +0.8 only to immediately blunder a piece and lose anyway.

[@AIWhy-hn2ts]

hopefully you could return to chess championship soon sir Levi, cant wait

[@alessandrocovi7234]

Shiiit that was lowkey so hype

[@vicarious_gaming]

all these things he said he can do to his opponent too

[@jonbiro4630]

The last 5 minutes of this episode reminded me of SpongeBob when he forgot how to make a Krabby Patty and while being a smartass to Mr. Krabs he ended up making the thing again.

[@playlistsubs]

This kind of honestly in the last 7 minutes of this video is priceless!

[@HCXWinchester]

I just love Ivanchuk style analysis. That position pronunciation is so perfect, you must have watched that interview 10 times at least :D

[@marksperspective8861]

Great rant video 😂

[@GeorgeEpting]

Now wait one minute yes your right in what your saying but the answer is in the question that, that's why computer programs keep changing for they would lose every time so what I'm getting at is you have to change every time but know when you have to change is more important than remembering all the theory, remember you already have the tools just using that tool towards what you know the other one is doing and this is just one part of the thinking, remember it's not how it's when for you❤😊

[@rpd350]

There is no opening Levy cannot play. It ain't what you play, it's the way that you play it! GL Gotham ;-)

[@bradleydaly8560]

Great rant!!! Appreciate the sincerity in frustration and having a little vent, I Iove when you show us (intentional/planned or not) more of the real LEVY, But a bit too much of the at “your” level, “10 year olds” etc for my liking, yes I’m sure a lot of the subscribers and commenters are a much lower level and rating than you but the dispraise gives off a bit of a superiority ego feel for me. Love your work Gotham chess keep at it mate, I LOVED to see that you’re going for the GM and with a strong attitude too, I have all the faith my man. Loving your book and please come to Australia. Really appreciate the channel as a whole and this is the one and only little bit of criticism I’ve had so far for you but even still you’re someone I look up to not just as a chess player but as a man most of all. “Get outta here”

[@TSfish94]

At 7:00 Levy turned into “Slevy” (Slavic + Levy)

[@ghazialwan8121]

Why no outro?

[@arfarfanarf]

When is OTB tourney

[@brian6319]

Loved this 😂

[@azdirtnaper]

recommend adding twitch to the description.

[@atharv37]

He sounds like hikaru but he is so pissed off by opening 😂😂

[@kennethhicks2113]

GL, sounds like good strategy.

[@JakeyBaby0]

Complaining is the ultimate understanding of anything, you will get GM Levy. I do NOT doubt it. Get frustrated at all the BS moves and find the juicy classy moves to show them why you deserve a title you worked for.

[@DivinePlant]

Great thumbnail picture

[@jjjjj9641]

6:05 RUH ROH RAGGY

[@user-bk8wk7bp3y]

Grishchuk impression is nice

[@theleoita90]

9:30 from there spitting facts till the end.

[@stevbonnie8643]

Leviy when will you collab with gothamchess

[@marcuslee7258]

Unhinged Levy best Levi

[@bernardovidigal1306]

14:46 been there

[@MistaOppritunity]

The best rants are borderline a mental breakdown. Glad to hear your training is going well Levy, and dear god that was funny. Also I'd just like to say that people who play the Petrov hate chess and people.

[@lovelypanda8676]

I'm 800 and I play caro as black, and nobody ever plays exchange. Like 3-digit elo and ALL my opponents play advance.

[@sircomrade5666]

Levy likes Jose Mourinho

[@fore101]

Anybody else notice that Levy didn’t do a review of Magnus’ loss? 😮

[@PinkMuffin2104]

Oh no from the thumbnail I thought it was gonna be an OTB game in a park. Great video though and I am sure you will achieve your goal.

[@NoticeDesign]

2500 hanging a rook is nuts to me.

[@robertlane3565]

No one gets on Levy’s nerves more than Gothamchess….

[@denozavr8121]

Levy learn a Sicilian instead of Caro-Kann is a good idea. I always wondered why you don`t give it a shot. All GM`s play Sicilian. I am not at the level to give you an advice but i enjoy playing taimanov. Taimanov is very good and solid. May be you can give it a shot and release a beautiful course on it like you always do. Looking forward to see your over the board play. No pressure. Just fuck em up. You are the beast. I have almost the same mental problems in chess (+ i am bad of course) and I hope that if you evolve I can follow

[@Goblonium]

Having a slightly worse or even a slightly uncomfortable position is just pure agony in 90+30, especially against lower rated players. If you are just losing you can come to terms with your situation, but you do not know what will happen in a slightly worse position, there is still a chance to come back and win or draw (painful against lower rated players), but you can FEEL your optimism fading away as the clock ticks down. After a massive 90+30 tournament I'd do nothing for five days, which really isn't sustainable when you have work.

[@kaszaspeter77]

Levy realizing he can't learn all of chess.

[@GeorgeEpting]

No as your saying, learning is it but no no it's not learning for you the answer is still when not learning

[@IsZomg]

Levy turning Russian

[@nathaniellecompte55]

Levy , do you think talking out loud during your play during prep will effect you over the board when you have to be quiet?

[@wr38621]

I'm not saying anything but have you ever noticed how you never see Levi within a 100 yards of a school?

[@swapnildutta2104]

8:13

[@freddysuarez1439]

levy never fails to be not gm

[@psybranet]

Bobby Fischer would agree

[@L1V1ticus]

I’m much better at OTB then on computer

[@Hahatomato]

588 views in 15 minutes, bro is doing way better than I am 💀

[@Drawliphant]

Levy explains how to mentally prepare to be bad at chess

[@wthxrsh]

Video on Tyler1 hitting 1900 when?☠️