HIKARU MAKES THE CANDIDATES

[@NightRider0101]

Another click bait

[@draco11cheb]

pin of FACTS

[@sparkydoggo8691]

pin of shame

[@fahadfarid7562]

Pin of facts?

[@iiTzKaran_YT]

pin of FACTS

[@Chess_T1me]

Pinned

[@cenvoss]

Gotham never fails to tell if someone won a chess game

[@yamicats]

PIN OF AHAMEEEEEEEEEEEREEEEEE

[@yamicats]

PON OF SHAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@iamanimmaturechildonyoutub1110]

@@yamicatsSwet peaop

[@paulo0651]

Was bro gyatt unpinned by his skibidi comment? Bros Ohioan Rizzemathics definitely failed ☠️💀 (funny skull emoji lmao)

[@benjamininkorea7016]

Lies. I won several games today, and nobody said anything, especially Levy.

[@StellarFR]

Hearing “he was born in ‘94” and “he’s almost 30” was a blow I wasn’t ready to handle, man. Don’t do me like that 😭😂

[@abdulrahmanabusharbain7507]

fr that seems crazy

[@gamelogic2235]

@@abdulrahmanabusharbain7507being born in 2002 and turning 21 was something I cannot fathom

[@FenceThis]

well, he is 29. Though only since a fortnight ago

[@jboblk]

​@@gamelogic2235me 😂

[@paulo0651]

@@gamelogic2235 I'm from '06 and will be of age in 5 months ☠️

[@elijaharsenault]

Vidit has to be one of the most likable, low-drama super GMs in the world, I’m really happy he finally got to the candidates

[@tanaypatel8412]

True seems like a great guy. Would be a great person to hangout with.

[@austinvanderveer213]

I heard Wesley So was a real stand-up guy as well

[@kheireddineattala1281]

@@austinvanderveer213 Wesley So: does stand up People: But you are a chess GM Wesley: SO what?

[@bobbobert9379]

12:50 Anish winning with a capture that triples his pawns is iconic

[@vitaliitomas8121]

All the low level players rejoiced, it was a valid tactic

[@RivalStrategists]

If I had a penny for every video levy has made with 10+ exclamation points in the title, I would be a millionaire.

[@vibecat7101]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MFateh2000]

Factually wrong

[@Im_Guts]

​@@MFateh2000🤓☝️

[@BM-qr9td]

someone fact check pls

[@Astukart]

This does not sound like a viable business model. You should diversify and invest in other people's exclamation points as well. If Levy ever quits making videos, your entire portfolio becomes worthless in an instant.

[@callum7496]

We should congratulate Levy on winning the tournament. He deserves it and looks so happy in the thumbnail.

[@toddhayes5569]

Levy: plays out whole game based on one move Also Levy: “but that’s not what happened”

[@vibecat7101]

Levy never fails to include insanity in his video titles.

[@TheartofSkyland]

Congratulations to Vidit Santosh Gujrathi for the win he played fantastically and definitely deserved his place and also congratulations to Hikaru who also played amazingly

[@thepoozoik9607]

Agreed congrats to them two

[@TheHollowshadow]

Both fantastic players

[@Holdway-oe5fm]

I bet they will do well in championships

[@artistofskylands]

⁠@@Holdway-oe5fmsame

[@artistofskylands]

There so good

[@mattfabz]

“Know why he wants a draw? Because he’s guaranteed a candidates spot.” “Now that hikaru drew he is no longer guaranteed a spot in the candidates”… nice

[@presorchasm]

which is odd since he is guaranteed a spot either due to the grand swiss or by rating (number 3 in the world) lol

[@Christian-dv2mv]

​@@theslothmasterI guess he means because Levy said it before the Esipenko game. Still it's just complaining for the sake of complaining

[@itox85]

if i am not mistaken hikaru accepts arjun's draw offer after he knew esipenko loses

[@mattfabz]

@@Christian-dv2mv pointing out a clear contradiction in his words is “complaining”

[@mattfabz]

@@theslothmaster didn’t listen to the video huh?

[@imbanana]

Finally a Vidit win, this guy had so many amazing runs and never made it, happy for him!

[@Dr_Delirium]

Levi never fails to all cap his titles

[@gabrielli614]

Levy never ever fails to add 30 exclamation marks in his video titles

[@rdspam]

He did this time. There are 29.

[@felopateer-n9y]

@@rdspam no they are 30

[@QuartzGolem]

Hikaru and Vidit being mentioned together always reminds me of the King Sacrifice.

[@ShriKaav]

chess rankings and tournaments are so convoluted

[@Jouwe]

My man Vidit is definitely one of the chess players of all time.

[@Carnifier]

Why do you say that?

[@oliver-04]

@@Carnifierits a fact, he is truly one of the chess players of modern times

[@chesslights]

real asf

[@arkaroy9827]

Yeah,This is One of the truest comments in the Universe 😂.

[@rdspam]

Absolutely one of them!

[@404-Firefly-NotFound]

Me : checking my discord Levy : it was my discord

[@ALLperfect21]

Levy never fails to be in a GothamChess video.

[@bobbobert9379]

9:15 something interesting about this is that Hikaru was saying in his recap that during his game he saw that Anish had a strong position against Esipenko, so he felt comfortable playing for the draw rather than finding something riskier and more aggressive. Kind of meta gaming in a way. I wonder how much effect that has on the results of these high level tournaments, and whether its a good thing or not.

[@dereknichols4376]

not a new thing tbh it already happened since a long time ago its kinda normal nowadays,expecially in public events

[@bobbobert9379]

@@dereknichols4376 well of course it's not new. Didn't say it was. Just wondering if it's something good for competitive chess.

[@Tom-pi1cz]

Vidit is such a nice guy ! Congratulations Vidit !

[@TheTapeMan]

I always love levy's titles, very in depth and intriguing.

[@vibecat7101]

These "!!!!!!!!!!!" 😂

[@May-gr8bp]

I love their humour ❤

[@raunakjain5612]

23:41 Anna already qualied before this tournament, the chinese GM who won an amazing match today was the second one to qualify from grand swiss woman alongside Vaishali

[@goelarna]

Lei tingje

[@Haxerous]

@@goelarna Tan Zongyi. Lei already qualified as a runner-up of the last world championship (similar to Nepo).

[@Haxerous]

Yeah Anna qualified through the World Cup I believe.

[@King_Pyjamas]

levi never fails to speak the english language in his videos

[@vibecat7101]

Levy never fails to fail.

[@alihijazi4451]

Levy never fails 🤌🏻

[@FenceThis]

oh, I dunno about that…

[@porusthegreatt6223]

Fail never succeed to fail levy

[@fawzanulhaque483]

​@@alihijazi4451 Levi always fails to fulfill his GM norms 🥺🥺🥺

[@hradecek7748]

8:07 "Hikaru is good with a draw, because is guarantee him a candidates spot" 9:10 "Hikaru makes a draw. If Vidit wins, and Esipenko both win - Hikaru does not make a candidates"

[@papabrou]

To be fair, Esipenko lost before Hikaru made the draw so he already knew a draw was good enough.

[@ApolloGoesCrazy]

i loved the part when levy got the candidates ticket

[@anantchirmade600]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GrimGrinner]

That was not a big part of the video

[@Envixolity]

Were not gonna talk about Duolingo trying to make levy Spanish or vanish 💀

[@parsphere6357]

si

[@krasmazov009]

Tournament coverage is always awesome. Thanks man.

[@madhusarda7998]

btw 23:42 a little correction, tan zhongyi gets the 2nd candidates' spot from grand swiss cause anna muzychuck made through the world cup

[@utsav45_]

Vidit fell little short to qualify for Candidates in World Cup but NOT TODAY.

[@trevorwilliams7384]

1:52 the way this got me lookin for notifications on my desktop where I watch this lol

[@philoromaios]

The year was 2028. Magnus went through qualifiers and won the World Champion medal, which he later gave to a random cab driver because he had no use for it. Levy recongnised him as the absolute goat and had his name tattooed on his chest.

[@Creator0369]

Yes, I was also there in 2028. Sarcastically

[@MatthewDelBuono]

1:54 definitely had me looking around my screen trying to figure out what discord channel that was coming from 😂😂

[@Deep0169]

I cant believe im so happy for someone who doesn't even know me.....Vd finally coming back after a heartbreaking wc quarters exit

[@rnbPGTV]

Soo basically it's again gonna be Ian vs Ding

[@thenakedsingularity]

I am not a Hikaru fan but to be fair he performed very well in this tournament - winning all the games he needed to win, and when he couldn't win he drew.

[@barthouweling4787]

Damn Arjun got good! Ben Finegold must be so proud!

[@mg9854]

It really is a great time to be an Indian. The country is doing OK (much better than before tbh), our space agency is doing a commendable job, our cricket team is going undefeated so far in the Cricket World Cup, our football team is improving, 2 Indians win the Swiss tourny in chess and 3 move to the candidates and so much more! I hope we continue to improve much in other things as well!

[@dymoster]

Yeah it’s a great time to be an Indian, I watch a lot of scammer payback videos. Cannot agree more

[@damusagi]

Gotham never fails to deliver the Levy to me

[@jcprs69]

Impressed that Levy pronounced Toronto like a Torontonian

[@Booyagames]

This has to be one of the top 3 intro stares

[@Kipeeee977]

I love the videos Gotham! Keep up the good work!

[@well...5943]

Ngl, that discord ping got me 😅

[@e4jasperi]

Levy never fails to include chess in Hikaru’s chess content!

[@vibecat7101]

Levy never fails to include Hikaru in Chess!

[@austinvickymoore3656]

I've been learning so dang much from watching your recaps of these games... im shocked at how well I'm progressing in my chess games. Thank you!!!!

[@goelarna]

Wish he covered the female candidates people as well like he covered the open section at the end

[@eddiemcgreevy331]

Magus take the crown back....

[@Inspirevibez3]

Levy never fails to impress us with wonderful recaps

[@vibecat7101]

True words.

[@chrisumstead6971]

That discord notification made me check discord

[@LegendLungs]

Congrats to Vidit and Hikaru. I hope they do well for the Championship

[@tristanpouliot1646]

Thanks for the spoil

[@LegendLungs]

@@tristanpouliot1646 It was revealed around a minute into the video

[@Splitkix]

That’s a tough comment to be the one that shows up forst

[@vibecat7101]

Here before this blows up

[@vibecat7101]

A spoiler comment as most liked 😂

[@sandrashaju413]

Kalashnikov is actually a gun. Short for AK-47.an automatic rifle used in war. The devolpers name is Kalashnikov Hence called automatic Kalashnikov

[@Dr.AbdoFlaha]

For all those who are complaining about the Clickbait if you had an attention spam of 5 minutes you would actually appreciate these recaps and game breakdowns he is making it's not about the title. The video is Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FenceThis]

he did win

[@zaccherradi618]

hikaru is actually that good

[@DoctorEdgar11]

That battle was insane 😨

[@5yotub]

I don't agree. Hyper Accelerated Dragon is definitely the coolest name

[@goandroidtech2105]

Very happy for Vidit today. 🇮🇳🇮🇳😇

[@TheRealLulZ91]

dude that discord notification messed me up so bad lmaoooooo

[@VivekSingh-gz8lu]

Well done vd. I am huge critic of his game but today I am proud also❤

[@ohnoliverhello]

Are you Some 2800 super GM or something, how can you criticise a man who's 2700 above and won the prestigious grand Swiss?

[@Naterater105]

Clashnikov, sneshnikov, I’m just waiting for the cornonthekov

[@punchedayanokoji]

Hi levi this video i expect is going to be great. I love your videos and i wanted to say thank you for making all of these videos for us. We as your community love you and your videos. Once again, thank you Levi!

[@vibecat7101]

The video is already great, even though i've only watched the half yet

[@prdoyle]

As a Torontonian, I'm honoured you called it "Tuh ronno". You're one of us!

[@parsphere6357]

❤

[@twainrocks4771]

I failed NNN cos of how good these games were.

[@MarcosPsiquiatra]

I was 1800 elo when I bought levy’s book and now my wife left me

[@SimoSlawi-n1t]

Levy actually never fails to entertain us ❤

[@lecram5269]

Ding Liren might be the World Championchip Holder but I don't see him as the best player!

[@cocotheclown10]

WHO WON!!!!

[@sparkydoggo8691]

HE DID

[@PremiumAirr]

OMG!!!!!

[@igniortix]

Great coverage Levy. Watched every video, had a great time. Really looking forward to the candidates. I'll be following that only through your channel as I did with this tournament so I hope you do as good a job as you did with this one. Cheers

[@Chessnoob6]

theres a discord sound at around 1:53 lol

[@cosasverdes]

Thanks for all of the recaps amidst a busy schedule.

[@Aucherbachs-hn4zv]

26:15 makes it even more interesting

[@SleepyAFz]

Gothem, did you know your in hells kitchen???????

[@adityaswaroop823]

Gotham never fails to review a chess game

[@BergieBoy]

I can’t believe that Hikaru is my mom.

[@gandalffriskentopp8164]

the discord notification at 1:53 got me checking my servers 😭😭

[@Mascarado]

magnus just arives last day and beats everyone

[@rdspam]

0:40 Anish was not in the next 3. He was at 6.5 and it was impossible for him to place on the top 2

[@Iamhungryforribeye]

Imagine being the best in the world at something but get tired of the format and refuse to show your dominance over the world and let someone else be the fake champion. 😂😂😂

[@zgidwitz]

That was the best Magnus impression to date 24:52

[@kiyo837]

True 😂

[@Sahilow]

Levy I asked my librarian to get your chess book

[@philwithcheese]

Anish booked his ticket to the candidates with that win. FIDE circuit points.

[@bigwinner727]

so zesty with it in the end

[@davidtrottier7066]

I'm glad the candidates arent having wildcards like they used to.

[@fragslap5229]

Levy with his BABBLING in HIGH gear! And TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES of it to BOOT!

[@missionaryrav628]

I really like the poster you put in your background its classy

[@ilikebeingsmart]

I’m planning on going to Toronto even if I can’t get tickets or see the candidate’s tournament. I’m pretty excited about it.

[@parsphere6357]

i wish I could lol

[@lory_TheOne]

5:38 this voicecrack😂

[@drumcircler]

Never a doubt about Hikaru, who will win the Candidates and smoke Ding.

[@custa73burner]

Thoroughly enjoyed the way you covered this tournament. Maybe in the next few days you could cover the more interesting games in more detail please.

[@Yell0wPhoenix]

always Glad for Levy to Dismiss the class before the video has time to finish KEKW

[@LostInTheMountains]

Levy never fails to kill a titan ..

[@follow6460]

Levy never fails to hint the gender of a player winning the tournament in his title.

[@mosessedgley9156]

that discord got me🤣

[@WCO3]

If there was a click bait grandmaster tidal you'd be World champion.

[@cloudtheavegner1000]

When I get tripled pawns, I'm an idiot. When Anish does it, he's a genius.

[@lazerfruit2121]

The fucking discord notifs got me

[@belgiumball2308]

im trying so hard to not say it kalashn-ikov sicillian k-al-ash-nikov sicillian AK47 SICILLIAN

[@CheckTMOW]

lol I love how we all checked discord at the beginning

[@teacher.ernest]

lowest avarage rating at candidates despite of best players playing is simply because of rating deflation if anyone is wondering after levy’s words.

[@mauort6870]

7:56 gotta love the DD pawns