He Played 17 Pawn Moves IN A ROW??

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Emil Joseph Diemer vs. Thomas Heiling, 17 pawn moves game
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[@jalfire]

Sure, when this guy moves 17 pawns in a row it's "brilliant" and "insanely cool" but when it takes me 17 moves to develop a piece I'm "blundering" and "giving everyone watching a stroke"

[@KKsKrissvs121]

Fairly certain stockfish would hate it regardless

[@hemalathapajaniraja1990]

@@KKsKrissvs121 stockfish hates 1.e4 because there's no trap

[@landonsur8059]

@@hemalathapajaniraja1990 ?????

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

@@hemalathapajaniraja1990 never heard of gambits?

[@MrMythicalYT]

@@landonsur8059 it's a joke

[@litigation_jackson]

"If I plug this position into an engine, it actually says white is better" Wow that's exactly what Diemer was thinking too

[@Speedster___]

Lol

[@niveshproag3761]

I knew this comment was coming lol

[@andycopeland7051]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice

[@Panjab_47_84]

bruh 😂😂

[@nikkigeffen7010]

Nice

[@deepikabhatia8612]

Him: makes 17 pawn moves and wins Me: loses to a 800 in 17 moves

[@ammarsaqib3606]

Yes same

[@wizard_dynamo]

800s = GM, hence proved

[@UrGoneConcept]

He was not a GM he was a master

[@vishalbhatia1936]

@@UrGoneConcept his play was definitely of a gm

[@daviddurbin3249]

Lol

[@JorgeRodriguez-bz8fg]

Levy:“I know the sidebar looks good” My sidebar: all Levy videos

[@FossiFoo]

Still good looking though.

[@brahimbenouda5281]

that's better than good

[@Grumpist1]

"I know you want to go watch your favorite sport..." *considers his audience* "...your favorite Minecraft video."

[@yeatdagoat173]

well I do watch a lot bball vids to be fair to him lol

[@Panjab_47_84]

underrated comment 😂👏🏻

[@kooldude_m8734]

He knows his viewers so well

[@teboho774]

And for the the fact he said vault orb which is in minecraft vault hunters

[@kooldude_m8734]

@Vladimir Novitski Technically, most viewers probably play chess without it being their favorite. I can play multiple sports without having all of them be my favorite.

[@TheHoruru]

Strange that Diemer wants the center instead of the far right.

[@Creeperking-bw7wi]

Because the other option was the c pawn which is on the left

[@sorenys9756]

Brilliant:))))))))

[@djdaniel4205]

* Slow Clap *

[@xxxthomas215]

Hate to be a geek, but Nazism is the philosophy of the left. All prominent Nazis were socialist, without exception.

[@scarlocnebelwandler1253]

Well, he advanced his h-pawn up to the 6th rank, so I guess he secured the far right as well.

[@jedidiahhuang1362]

Loving the explanation of the principles and how to apply these crazy games to our own stupid crazy games. Thanks Levy!

[@elg7365]

Crazy stupid games indeed

[@tuhinmukherjee8556]

That’s so true

[@tkhanh.]

this happened to me once so that's actually very true

[@halfdanmatt]

@@elg7365 tti

[@Afjio1230]

Ironically Emil may have made 17 pawn moves in a row, yet never touched the B pawn.

[@caffeinator1849]

It's too far on the left for him

[@DagarMan0]

@@caffeinator1849 but he moved the a pawn...

[@icecold4411]

He doesn't want to get stung

[@luthrilcharryk9865]

@Caffeinator: The a pawn represents the „socialist“ in national socialist

[@DvdAvins]

"never touched the B pawn." which is why this game is shown my Gotham rather than that other chess channel.

[@taythithichimid5736]

Diemer plays 17 pawn moves in a row Levy : wow that's so cool, what a genius Gotham Sub plays 17 pawn moves in a row Levy : What the heck are you doing you doughnut

[@anaycoding6594]

The difference is diemer is a nazi and sub is actually a doughnut

[@gCarrot]

@@anaycoding6594 or a donut

[@malino24-souls]

The difference is that diemer probably knew a lot more how to establish such a piece structure, unlike us subs.

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

it would be a how to lose at chess video

[@owlsovi9209]

Legend Says that he promoted a pawn to a pawn

[@asaf2323]

Damnn this guy really took that lebensraum idea to heart

[@renerpho]

The scary thing is, he won.

[@renerpho]

Never underestimate the Nazis. They look like lunatics, but they'll crush you anyway (if you don't address them right away).

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@renerpho Invading Russia in winter was very crushing

[@nerokota]

@@isavenewspapers8890 Invading Russia and chess have two things in common: taking space is all well and good, but you should not overextend.

[@heloxiii8894]

Nice

[@mozaiczny7915]

This is brilliant. I turned on this episode to see 17 pawn moves in a row. Additionally, I learned Voltorb Opening.

[@PJ_enjoyer]

"I don't care if it's not the best move but this forces white to move a piece And then diemer would have punched the guy in the face" Levy's Description are the best 😂😂

[@willetwilliams5]

Why we love levy roosman

[@sankalpakumar9725]

coz he's a lunatic ! 🤣🤣🤣

[@fredonline1]

maybe that's why he chose not to do it :)

[@rileyhammermeister5748]

Diemer blitzkrieg’d his pawns so hard that I’m surprised that Heiling wasn’t French

[@Grason20]

Heiling played french defence, 1940 variation.

[@funnypavel1937]

😅

[@Thebluedevil078]

Zamn

[@heloxiii8894]

Actually, France lost the war because the government surrendered. Germany didn't touch french pieces, just went straight to the king. Military should have had elected a new king and resumed the game. Well that's what happened when de Gaulle took over.

[@vladislavshevchenko634]

It reminds me of a game played by my pupils at school (100-200 Elo) where i went out for a second and upon coming back I saw that they had only 5 pawns left for both sides while almost all the pieces are on the backrank. Too bad they didn't write the notation, i think it was crazy.

[@kieranhindshaw6195]

You sure Diemer was the Nazi? The other guy was literally Heiling

[@henk7747]

What we were all thinking but didn't want to say outloud 😂

[@damelillardfan]

LMAO

[@Daniel-yz5qj]

I heard the dada-bum-pich in my head when I read this lmao

[@heloxiii8894]

I mean, both are Germans

[@vikggx]

Germans amirite

[@_interficere]

I love how Levy emphasises the importance of development by saying Piece out! at the end of every video. God level teaching skills!

[@revenevan11]

😆

[@LoneWulf1992]

Chess Instructor- "Developing pieces should be a priority in chess." Diemer- :evil chuckle: Chess Instructor- "Castling should be done as soon as you can." Diemer- :evil chuckle: Chess Instructor- "pawns are a crucial part of King defense." Diemer- :evil chuckle:

[@lowenburg1989]

Diemer then: Attack!! Everybody today: WTF is he doing Stockfish: what do u mean, its okay what he plays Everybody Stockfish did you drink something??

[@LoganAlbright73]

"The history of chess has brought us some of the most fascinating games ever played." Surely that should be ALL of the most fascinating games ever played, right?

[@renerpho]

I am thinking of ways to defend that "well, actually..." Levy is right here. But I can't find any that convince me.

[@renerpho]

The best I can think of is that some of the most fascinating games ever played have been lost to history, and so it did not bring them to us.

[@fractalinfect3454]

Sans a time machine, indeed.

[@b005t3r]

Fun fact: Diemer always played with white.

[@ukashk1071]

Always used his "RIGHT" hand

[@DagarMan0]

not a big fan of black

[@lyssalud6781]

although believing in brown politics

[@Speedster___]

Nah he’d try expirementing on black

[@tito9107]

He always went for the NAZI gambit

[@aakarshdeepak31]

This might be his preparation in his next tournament

[@joelnord4699]

LEVY DO IT OR NO BALLS

[@ThePalmWoods]

principles of chess: ''make sure to develop your pieces'' diemer: ''voltorb''

[@MstrKipper]

If you move there pawns you move the equivalent of a piece, so it's basically slightly delayed standard piece development

[@rosiefay7283]

But it wastes time, and time is usually critical in the opening.

[@henk7747]

No because you commit to pawns, not develop them!

[@kooldude_m8734]

lol

[@aaronmarchand999]

"The history of chess has brought us some of the most fascinating games ever played..." I'm pretty sure it has brought every single game period, both fascinating and unfascinating haha

[@steelmongoose4956]

The history of textile manufacture just hasn't measured up for fascinating chess games, it seems.

[@Thebiggestgordon]

@@steelmongoose4956 and the history of kitchen implements just really hasn’t cut it either.

[@steelmongoose4956]

@@Thebiggestgordon Although spatulas are far more interesting than I would have guessed.

[@HQ4575]

It also brought my first game ever with a friend when we were around 11-12 and didn't know shiz about squat, boy did we make up some rules, rook? Yep that's diagonal but only of there is a horse on the way"

[@arnaut108]

"You are about to witness one of the most incredible, fascinating and weird things you have ever seen on a chess board." Well thats why I come here

[@Kalancodragon]

"White is definitely winning the battle of king safety" That position might be the loosest definition of 'safe' I've ever seen on a board outside of an endgame.

[@sameash3153]

His king was safe though because none of black's pieces could be developed

[@elomial724]

@@sameash3153 Blacks couldn't develop 😂

[@sameash3153]

@@elomial724 based

[@spyshinobu2346]

Pov : you're a 400elo

[@Mrozio]

I though he played with 17 pawns, I got clickbaited

[@SinoMaticPayne]

Lol!

[@wizard_dynamo]

I missed that, but now I feel clickbated too.

[@jaybm1560]

You have a max of 16

[@mygoodness2041]

Reverse promotes the queen into 10 pawns

[@one-to-one-ratio]

17 pawn moves, not, I played with 17 pawns

[@truechristopherbond7116]

Levy, by far you are the best personality in the chess content creation world. Well spoken, lucid, and enthusiastic... a natural talent on camera. I've been enjoying your content since the 2020 lock down began. Keep up the great work!

[@DomDeDom]

One opponent tried to do that with me It was very scary as I didn't know how to refute it. Eventually, I sacrificed a piece and got ahead, but sadly I lost on time trying to figure out what the hell was going on! Pawn attacks are fun!

[@stoutlager6325]

Generally you want to refute your opponent's center control with your own pawns but this gets tricky when you don't know that they're going to neglect all development to keep putting out more pawns. Once that strategy becomes clear you might be too late to salvage the position, as happened in this game.

[@edwardlane1255]

happened to me too a few months back - been trying to find the game again so I can see where I went wrong - this video at least addresses why it was tricky :)

[@PerfectSense77]

When I was like 900 rapid I used to get these crazy pawn pushing opponents somewhat regularly. They've dried up now that I've moved up the ladder, and I'm not sorry about it lol.

[@ChristianHegele]

The Pawnmower is an immortal game, and incredibly beautiful. Diemer was a Nazi but was also clinically insane.

[@RoundShades]

I feel like believing the specifics of what they believed, qualified as an insanity on many different levels of cognition. It's narcissism, it's false belief, it's lack of a sense of consequences, it's acting on fear and a preemptive defensive survival even when survival no longer depends on it, as though an unrelated life trauma has reduced cost of other lives, as though he was desensitized to causing or contemplating the deaths of others.

[@ChristianHegele]

@@RoundShades What you point out about Nazism in general being a kind of insanity is very interesting. There are many layers to the dysfunction for sure; another aspect that comes to mind is the compulsive drive towards "cleanliness". The Nazi obsession with "purity" manifested most plainly in their racial policies, but also in more mundane ways, such as their attitudes towards personal hygiene.

[@lykaios8842]

2:58 Never thought he would say that

[@GRiccio031]

Gotham: You cannot play such a dumb amount on pawn moves in a row, can you? Diemer: haha pawns go BRRRRR

[@ByeMeinHerr]

I’ve lost to someone playing like this before. When they finally did move their pieces they were complete blunders but I was so tilted I didn’t even notice lol

[@clomath555]

You can't block your pawns with pieces if you just move all the pawns first

[@attilagal9]

Saw this on Agadmators channel half a year ago. Will this prevent me from watching it here again? Absolutely not.

[@Fred_1898]

Same here!

[@VeryAuuful]

Explanation/lesson at the end was super great, I'd love to see more like that in your game reviews in the future!

[@swanwatcher8816]

How was George Orwell supposed to predict *THIS*

[@calebwhiting8744]

4:16 black now has a perfect sine wave pawn structure.

[@isavenewspapers8890]

Ooh, nicely spotted! Placing the board in the xy-plane, if we assume each square has a side length of 1, orient the board from White's perspective, and place a1 at the origin, then Black's pawn structure is nicely modeled by y = -2√3 / 3 * sin(τ / 6 * x) + 5. (Here, τ (tau) denotes the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius, approximately 6.28.)

[@aRomanianFellow]

Some games played WAY BACK when only the Arabs were playing Chess. It would be interesting to watch how the very first Chess games of history were played without rules such as en Passat existing. Love the content and congratulations on your engagement :)

[@austinvanderveer213]

I can't speak for the quality of play, but I know that old chess was super weird. Pawns couldn't move two spots at first, or en passant. Bishops moved diagonally only one space, and queens moved only two spaces diagonally. Rooks were completely normal though lol

[@PerfectSense77]

The early games are fascinating. I like stuff from the 1400s onwards where the game was basically the modern game but people were still figuring out how to play it, their approaches are really interesting.

[@sameash3153]

I play Chaturanga (historical chess) pretty regularly. The first 10 moves are almost always pawn moves.

[@mpeterll]

So let me get this straight: white has won 100% of the games in which he made 17 consecutive pawn moves - unbeatable strategy!

[@heloxiii8894]

I wonder what he had played if he was blacks though :O

[@brilliantFlame]

Well, not only it’s Voltorb, but you can clearly see that b5 at 3:04 is a lightning branch that Pokémon has started to emit.

[@rarechase9487]

having a hard time with chess right now. i read books, i study, i practice, and i still continue to lose and not even win a “good” game. it’s so discouraging and i want to give up

[@atbey262]

1984 great year they said nothing bad happened they said Me:(FLASHBACKS FROM CHERNOBYL)

[@elomial724]

Chernobyl happened in 1986

[@genericcreator6467]

I remember taking my one free lesson and then doing an online game. My opponent proceeded to then play out the exact thing I just learned and he was done in 20 moves.

[@huhsml]

Professional chess player plays 17 pawn pawn moves in a row 600 elo players : I'm a genius

[@haleysettembre]

77th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Vencr a scacc usan sul e pedon"

[@arghasinha5151]

Not required though.

[@Sacramescu]

In dialetto del lago di Como sarebbe qualcosa tipo "Cuma vinc ai scacch dumà cùnt el pedòn" :D

[@LorenzoDRossi]

Bella ahah

[@johnchessant3012]

13:07 "don't click off just yet, I know the sidebar looks good, I know you wanna watch your favorite sport, or whatever" Actually, I was gonna rewatch yesterday's "How to lose at chess" again :)

[@renerpho]

As he said, your favorite sport :)

[@LARAUJO_0]

I see Diemer was a big fan of the Heer aspect of the Wehrmacht

[@UW72]

I think I posted this already somewhere else - I find this game between Zukertort vs. Anderssen fantastic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Bc4+ Ke7??? 10. Qh5 Qe8 11. Qg5+ hxg5 12. Bxg5# 1-0 Zukertort wins against Anderssen in 12 moves after sacrificing his queen The same Anderssen who played the Immortal Game and the Evergreen Game

[@aleksandrdowd]

Your work ethic is unparalleled, appreciate the frequent uploads!

[@uzard3860]

I wonder if Hikaru can make 17 pawns moves in a row and still beat Levy

[@HKRazieL]

2:53 this is the most that i have ever learned about chess

[@darkyagami7242]

I felt slapped when Levy told wait, we have to discuss before you go watch Minecraft 😂

[@1lamafarmer]

"The history of chess has brought us some of the most fascinating games ever played." Well yes, Levy. The history of chess has in fact brought us ALL of the games ever played...

[@jacksonstarky8288]

17 pawn moves in a row... and his b-pawn didn't move the entire game.

[@mewtationssb]

3:00 silly Levy, it’s OBVIOUSLY a Jigglypuff seen from above.

[@jordankellogs7203]

Levy you should say Voltorb more often.

[@renerpho]

+1

[@marcelnaria]

You mention fight for dark/light squares a lot, I seems really important. Do you have a video about it? Didn't find it on your playlists. Thanks!

[@sailorjerry3720]

I really enjoy your historical game recaps. More, please!

[@SecretAgentRandyBeans111]

Can we get a video on how to refute these kind of stupid pawn move openings? Sometimes I find my opponents charging 4+ pawns down the board, but they're all defended and I have a hard time stopping them. Is it better to counter them with your own pawn moves?

[@wizard_dynamo]

The pin of shame was deleted. History has never witnessed this before.

[@andreassmed2255]

What it say?

[@kaloyanpalikov7734]

5:03 Once he is done on the eastern front he starts a counter attack on the western one

[@srinivasjoshi4693]

Without the title this could be a game for GUESS THE ELO!

[@aritrasarkar6492]

Man really referenced Pokemon before it was even there! Crazy dude!

[@thermon6945]

This is one of the first games i saw on Agadmator’s channel in 2017. Good times

[@ispotato2486]

Thank you for briefly acknowledging the contentious nature of Diemer's history and then completely moving on. Seriously, I think that's exactly how that kind of thing should be handled.

[@addisonschwarz3842]

I want to see Levy analyze Nazi chess games where the Nazi loses. Commentary would be next level

[@elomial724]

So you want to exclude people based on on their political views?

[@Bkgoesbmcai73g8]

chess : o that legit a mate in there This german guy : nah im good with moving my pawns

[@filipgasic2642]

Imagine losing to a guy whose first 17 moves were all pawn moves

[@elomial724]

It is Blitzkrieg, kid

[@arkapravasarkar7327]

Basically he is that sort of a general who sends hawaldars for war while Lieutenant, Colonel etc are smoking cigars

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

Important to remember that Deimer wasn't just a "sympathizer," he was a member of the Nazi party, and completely outspoken on their platform. Before the war, he was doing just fine and the Nazi party with all it's same white-nationalist beliefs was totally accepted, but Germany overstepped and attacked other white, Christian nations, so "then" they were the bad guys and people like Deimer were finally shunned from non-political organizations as well.

[@Xavier_Giraudon]

*B pawn during all the game* : "Am I a joke to you ?"

[@gravitonX_]

Levi looks best in beard ♥️

[@JaredPascual]

this game was played in 1984, meaning he wasn't allowed to move his pieces for a while, because it's literally 1984

[@SultanHakim.]

salut Levi, j'apprends à jouer aux échecs et j'ai beaucoup appris de tes vidéos, merci beaucoup

[@mihailjst]

he was using blitzkreig in chess

[@sebastiandierks7919]

I first thought Diemer was carrying a face mask but it's just his beard xD

[@Water-rg7gp]

i love charging at my enemies with a pawn its super funny and a really nice way to throw someones opening off balance

[@Fif0l]

I guess you could call Diemer's victory ... a triumph of the will

[@glancy_]

10:31 "its kind of like a mutual stalemate, or quagmire if you will." -levy

[@amidenediaries8354]

This video couldn't have come at a more appropriate time. Was literally looking for lessons on this.

[@PlasmaX00000]

1984 was actually written in 1948 BTW

[@deankosanovic2811]

I just like to imagine Emil played and imagined his pieces were the nazi regime, so send the wermacht in to weaken/confuse the opponent then strike with the officers to scatter the enemy then send in the SS to finish it off...yea my imagination went off usless comment

[@davisnafshun4758]

Lmfao he does 17 straight pawn moves and then checks the guy with #18

[@fabianjordans2233]

I'm proud that my german citizens were so creative back in the days

[@fabianjordans2233]

@Perseus Georgiadis You can also interpret it as an allusion to martial history. But I meant it to the game😂

[@parsadavari5739]

Everyone is talking about the game but no one is talking about levy’s sexy beard.

[@lebannencrade1816]

Eyyyyy as a pawn star i like this

[@sus844]

as a what? 😳

[@intheskies8081]

@@sus844 YO SUS

[@DhruvGoyaI]

13:15 lterally wanted to see minecraft, HE IS READIN OUR MINEDS

[@andreassmed2255]

Nah, he’s calling you out.

[@sam8922]

Diemer was a chess genius, his politics don't take away from that.

[@chetankandpal2202]

2:58 and with that pawn structure you make a Jacuzzi

[@DeconinckCarl]

Nice to see GothamChess appreciate a nazi. chess brings people together

[@logval8019]

Everyone: omg like a billion pawn moves what a big brain Me: literally 1984

[@jashparikh6685]

First

[@deepikabhatia8612]

Ok now get lost

[@harryrandell8716]

@@deepikabhatia8612 I agree

[@hishamz4328]

Yep F off now

[@Thomasthetankengineoffic-tl2dg]

If I played like this my coach would murder me

[@timnauwelaers6876]

Can you maybe make another video about Ian and Magnus, you made one shortly after the candidates and I'd love to see another one and get hyped up for the worldchampionship

[@R_Riley]

Anybody notice levy has rearranged his background

[@danielmachado4389]

The b2 pawn must be the most miserable piece in chess history. Not only was the only pawn not to be moved, was the only piece in the whole game that wasn't moved or taken

[@curtisbrummitt5470]

3:00 I'm simply aghast at your lack of Pokemon knowledge. Clearly that's a Jigglypuff as seen from above.

[@x0cx102]

When 1000 makes 10 pawn moves to start the game (yesterday's video) vs when a GM does it