Beginner Chess Lesson: Gotham & Frank

[@Bobo7.62]

Frank actually been so humble recently. Spending time out of his day to give back to the community and helping out all the future GM’s

[@gamearron007]

Levy is so lucky to have the best chess player frank teaching him

[@Fire_3x1t]

😐

[@gamearron007]

@@Fire_3x1t 🫤

[@Fire_3x1t]

@@gamearron007 completely original comment, the reply even reflects the energy

[@gamearron007]

@@Fire_3x1tare you being sarcastic? sorry im not good at social cues :(

[@Fire_3x1t]

@@gamearron007 maybe thats why you re-use a fucking joke from 2020

[@scotadam]

Finally, a chess lesson at my level. Thanks Frank.

[@yomanyomandx5609]

😢 same

[@shimpiyaa]

😭saeme

[@superroblox1690]

Same

[@toystoryteletubbyism9722]

4:09 I believe they added en passant because they thought a pawn moving 2 tiles on its first move was too good without it being able to be taken, so they added en passant. It’s the same logic of why the king can’t castle through check, the king still travels through that square

[@tychoswiskunde6891]

I always understood that originally the pawn could only move up one square, hence it "could have been taken" back then.

[@azai.mp4]

I love the comparison with castling, seeing as they're both "special" moves for a piece that normally can only move one square at a time. (Although if you explain it this way, you know *someone's* going to go "But if the king has to move through each square when castling... how come it can move through the rook?" And they'd have a point lol)

[@byeguyssry]

​@@azai.mp4 the rook is the one phasing through the king, not the other way round!

[@denrymanaois5568]

Wow tiles

[@azai.mp4]

@@byeguyssry "Since when can the rook phase through pieces? Well okay then," a hypothetical Frank says.

[@Stiggandr1]

Frank is a lot of fun to listen to. He seems like a really open and enthusiastic guy, which makes this fun to listen to.

[@dedennemaster]

yeah, he's a very enthusiastic teacher

[@maciejsikora5857]

5:29 Levy realizes he leaded GM Frank to make a blunder and acts like he meant it in an educative manner

[@Memofuma]

Frank, the man, the myth, the legend.

[@jamol2tyjr413]

​@@manthankashyap933 Now yuo see...

[@SHlTTY1]

Frank the tank

[@lol-gb5vt]

7:10 it's called an absolute pin when something is pinned to the king so yeah that's a pin

[@ahmedaldheeb8286]

Gotham meant to hint for the knight move when he saw the evaluation drop he immediately knew that wasn't the move.

[@retro3889]

So good to see big KZbinrs like frank helping out smaller KZbinrs like Gotham. Frank is so kind ☺️😊

[@aj00]

This is the wholesome energy I need in my life rn. He’s so excited to learn I love this dude

[@plasmashock4599]

7:01 a pin is when a weaker piece and behind it is a stronger piece but if the piece behind it is the king it's called an absolute pin

[@hycix705]

15:11 Might be my fav moment of the whole video "What is your queen threatening right now?" "Him."

[@4RapidGod4]

Best chess youtuber by far

[@Daamakesedits]

First also I agree

[@sebashoupst3603]

Yup

[@Gamerito696]

Yes

[@andemandefar]

Yeah i agree frank is 100% the best chess youtuber

[@ADITYAKUMAR-tb4gm]

Agreed

[@randomchessplayer.]

*"I have been flipped"* -Frank, 2023

[@randomchessplayer.]

*"Holy wackamoly"* -Frank, 2023

[@Ak-47ram]

“What’s your queen threatening?” um him

[@PerfectSense77]

Levy is an amazing teacher. He has such a wise way of illustrating important points and letting Frank work out the solutions himself, training his chess mind in the process.

[@mnw9412]

As an 800, I feel encouraged knowing that that the greatest GM of all time has also blundered his bishop a time or to. Thank you Frank 😭

[@dronechoons]

This is great, looking forward to, hopefully, lots more of this.

[@aleksandrjaworski7789]

5:31 boom, and evil bar breaks your hopes

[@itsover123ification]

These are fantastic and instructive. Thank you!

[@ImMarkiee]

The reason pawns can get passanted is because the 2 move rule was a patch to the game, a lot of players at the time thought it was really OP that you could just safely jump past opposing pawns, so they nerfed it by allowing you to take as if the pawn only moved 1 square! But you can only perform the passant for 1 turn

[@veryalwaysbored]

Can’t believe levy to get such a good teacher like frank

[@sinistrdairy2971]

We need the rest of this video

[@JeremyLionell5]

The rest of it is on Frank's channel.

[@mitchellmcintyre5035]

"what does CCA stand for?" "ummm...castle, castle, add?" "dAmMiT fRaNk"

[@fernandovargasleal]

This is incredibly instructional. Please post more of the lessons! 🙏🏼

[@uzi.murderdrones939]

#1:27 and the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) Gambit has commenced

[@Senakifxy]

levy and this gotham too guy should collab, they both like sacrifing pieces. edit:yall thought i meant frank

[@OvalSpirit]

Truuueee

[@Miesko1]

you're literally watching their collab

[@Rubixar]

they already did like 5 times

[@themostdiabolicalhater5986]

@@Rubixar reading comprehension

[@Rubixar]

@@themostdiabolicalhater5986 i mean he just edited the comment.. before, the comment said something like "levy and this guy should collab, they both like sacrificing pieces"

[@indigocivilian218]

I loved this video! Do more! I'm not much better than Frank, I was able to spot some of what you mentioned a bit faster but barely. It's super nice to see you teaching someone and they don't instantly have answers. Love it. Love Frank. Love the content!

[@mumei_ryuugakusei]

levy: magnus is a GOOD chess-man also levy: magnus is the GOAT of chess

[@strawsquash]

I’m convinced he’s a gm but just pretending to be terrible

[@piglinplayz8391]

2:39 in my opinion, i would do Bf4. if they run away, fork. if they defend with bishop i take the knight then the fork is hard to stop (unless they do Be6 which im counting on them not noticing)

[@pipstock601]

Imagine this is two weeks ago, and Frank is in 800 elo now. Dude I'm scared of this man now haha.

[@richlight]

It's a pin, skewer attacks through a piece.. hence skewer. Pin is meant to lock your piece in place so said piece can be taken by making them waste a turn unpinning and losing the piece. Skewer takes behind , pin takes in front

[@mlemcat6095]

6:45 loss of material by the skewer can be avoided after rook e1, by bishop c5 giving a check and if king moves to like h1 or f1, the bishop moves to e3 sacrificing iteself and if rook takes, queen takes back as the rook wouldnt be defended and infact black would be gaining material.

[@Thrashmachine188]

This is ace Levy. I am learning so much by listening to you teaching others like me. I Can’t wait to read your book. And please keep sharing your content.

[@newbieboom4064]

Bro’s getting taught by a master, Lucky Levy.

[@2skal]

2:25 free pwn moment

[@ashabanu5390]

The face expression on Levy's and Frank's faces were on point in the thumbnail

[@BarackObamaJedi]

"the bishop can't be passanted" r/anarchychess:

[@cdean2789]

He only said that in passing.

[@PMA65537]

2:06 One of the rules of chess is half the time it's the other player's move.

[@Finalling]

Frank is so powerful he makes levi smile even in the thumbnails

[@Fryznn]

Today’s stare was very fast but energetic. It’s a solid 8.5/10

[@SleeplessDylan64]

I love how you cut the swearing part out. Respect.

[@jxilee7560]

My man is literally a "levy hint" away from playing grand-master level chess lol

[@Daquaniskewl]

Best collab of 2023 Frfr

[@flatfingertuning727]

The way I like to think about en passant capture is to say that a pawn double-move is equivalent to moving the pawn one square, allowing the opponent to either capture with a pawn or not, and then moving the pawn a second square if the opponent didn't capture. If the opponent opts to capture the pawn after it moves one square, the pawn never reaches the second square, but does for one turn prevent the opponent from doing anything else (so if a pawn moves two squares to block a check and gets captured in passing, it will be deemed to have blocked the check). For consistency with these principles, if I were writing the rules for Duck Chess, I would specify that if a pawn is moved two spaces and the duck is placed behind it, the opponent may retroactively say that the pawn was moved one space and the duck placed in front of it, if the opponent then uses the opportunity to take the pawn immediately.

[@patricksissian6527]

"You don't have to kill a Grand Master to become a Grand Master" XD XD

[@zookaroo2132]

Frank here is too innocent and modest 😂👍

[@jaybhat5558]

At 14:20 isn't it better for knight to g4 because at that we'll they will take and mate

[@qnose]

The "passant rule" or whatever is: "peón del paso" in spanish, not everybody know's it, because it rarely happen and is always... you don't know if you playing with strangers may be a "who's dumb moment" Respect for the beginners, love Gothamchess pacience.

[@rickdonnelly3937]

Using move confirmation had to have saved me 100 points

[@johngleich1379]

Also - Pin = the piece in front can't move. Skewer, you "poke" the piece in front, which allows you to capture the piece behind.

[@gamb2010]

This is what I need

[@chrisparker389]

To me en passant can work like this. Imagine if a pawn represent a troupe of warrior on foot. When they are tired they only can walk the distance of one tile but because it's their first day of war, they can walk tow tiles because they are fresh. ( That could explain the reason the pawns can move tow tiles of distance the first time they move.) Imagine now that the trip to get the second tile spend in tow distance stages. At the first stage, they arrive at the first tile (In line of the enemy fire). If the enemy troupe decide to let them pass, they will reach the second tile. If not the enemy troupe will capture them and take they place before they arrive at the second tile. On the chess board they have no other way to make the moves work. Same thing append when a piece block the way of a king trying to castle. en passant means "as they pass" It's just the way i see it. :)

[@_yuri]

i have read this in wikipedia page of en passant i think something like this gg

[@NbNgMOD]

16:16 ignoring your bishop is how you get to 1200. So does forgetting your queen get you to 2800?

[@iBridgee]

"we gotta start minimizing one move mistakes. This is the one thing that's holding you back as a chess player, holds a lot of people back as a chess player."

[@thiagodma7]

Please make more vids like these with dif openings

[@farainfarsai5098]

The reason for en passant is that the pawns move one square at a time, except the first move that they can go two squares. However, that doesn’t mean to take away the right of the opponent pawn that takes diagonally.

[@ivanparazzoli483]

This is the content i love Cant wait until Frank start cheeky forking GMs

[@qMaxLMAO]

Frank is so humble

[@NbNgMOD]

A pin is a piece unable to move becauae the threat of the piece behinditgetting taken. A scewer is where the king has to move but in doing so you get the piece behind it.

[@darkknightmoe]

12:16 free what? look at captions too

[@ConnorLundeen]

a skewer would be the king in front of the queen. Check king, king moves, take queen

[@probablymatthew]

Yo, Frank is currently 1006 in rapid. I'm so proud of you, brother. Crazy progress in 4 months

[@potatoes3513]

man is cranking out content. Respect ⬆️

[@shimpiyaa]

Frank is adorable sometimes

[@nanijacobs-komisar]

Today's stare was immaculate, staring deeper into my soul than ever thought to be possible. 10/10

[@th6n]

You're by far the best chess youtuber. This gotham dude isn't too bad either.

[@mayalackman7581]

LOL

[@1GMitzy]

Man, this frank guy is amazing at this, uh, moving wood simulator?

[@davidmcculloch7709]

Levy, is it possible to make a video on how to go about finding a good chess coach?

[@mistuhSpace]

WE NEED ATLEAST ONE VIDEO WHERE FRANK GETS TAUGHT BY MAGNUS. IT WOULD BE GREAT

[@newmanhiding2314]

It’s kinda funny seeing Gotham resist the urge to harp on Frank like he does in his “How to lose at chess” videos.

[@enthused_panda]

queen to king is a pin... skewer is if the king was checked and behind the king was an undefended piece

[@galkanftw]

I think the best way to teach him is to get in a habit ofsetting up a wall a defensive structure where all pieces are covered.He tends to be too aggressive he wants to start moving forward leaving pieces hanging all over.

[@HoomanIsHooman69]

A pin is when a piece cannot move cuz their guarding their king a skewer is when a king is in front of like a bishop or rook or queen and when you check the king the king has to move so they give up the bishop or rook or queen.

[@brjfbeud]

Wich site dose levy stream?

[@israelhoffman8192]

This frank dude is awesome

[@grandierbella7533]

Lucky guy learning a lot from one of the best. Levy's learning so much.

[@MichaelZankel]

A skewer is when you can take what’s on the other side and that it’s weaker then what you’re attacking, you cannot take the king and it is more important than the queen.

[@timmy_dibs]

Nearly missed this. Thought this was good enough content to be on the main channel

[@shantymanshep]

I love how masters confuse pins and skewers. Danya does it too.

[@EtherGaming604]

WRONG! Lol i loved it. Then frank just making up words to make CCA make sense in his head 😂😂

[@browngaming8246]

Thanks frank for tesching this youtuber

[@ashtub2866]

3:55 what if f6? if you play Bxe5, they just play fxe5 or fxg5 and you just end up trading pieces, no?

[@ashtub2866]

oh wait after fxe5, Nf7 lol

[@ismaelmejias4329]

You should teach OrbitalRacer next! It’s gonna make their next match more interesting, I think.

[@ClownerrYT]

did anyone almost amidietly notice the pin that you can do with the rook

[@zacharysalvador5366]

2:29 bishop f4 is better because its threatening to take the knight

[@michaelkrailo5725]

Been waiting for this. The teachable positions in Franks games are many. Let's see, castle early. If you have mate in one on the board play it. Castle early lest you are tempted to play aggressively leaving your king exposed and lose your queen in the process. Think about what your opponent can do to punish the move you are planning to make and if there is badness there, find another move. In the opening, develop your pieces before playing out of the norm moves. And always look for CCT's. Not just for yourself either.

[@alihead7809]

What is cct

[@michaelkrailo5725]

@@alihead7809 Checks, Captures, and Threats

[@youtubeaddict487]

this is perfect please leave all frank videos to this channel alone

[@samarpan9382]

Castle castle add🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.. I am wheezing rn.

[@mohamedelnaggar2688]

Actually these type of guides are very helpful for the very beginners.

[@varethiustariel]

Very happy that I was able to spot most things immediately and understand why we were moving how we were moving. But also missed one or two things so was thankful for the lesson! :3

[@alihead7809]

What is cct

[@alihead7809]

Sorry wrong person

[@gougouhlm]

Frank is fighting to get better elo than levy

[@anthonyvaughan8852]

I calculated that if you don’t take the queen while it’s pinned if the king does not move, you can take that pawn with the knight and if pawn takes your pawn don’t take back with king use there pawn as protection.

[@g4st3r.exe143]

"Yes (smthn) i have been fliped" 💀

[@criscruztrejo506]

Frank is hilarius.

[@thepigeonman_]

All jokes aside frank has really improved

[@elijahling]

where can I also get a one on one live course from you?

[@Beaver1224]

Gotham: "Technically, I think the king is worth more than the queen." Me: "The king is worth *almost* as much as a GothamChess viewer!"