Hilarious 900 Elo Chess

[@GothamChess]

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[@andypeterson9561]

First hii😊

[@AMAREGO]

Second hii

[@adipratia6861]

​@@AMAREGO❤

[@mrpullupslol4429]

Third hii

[@mumthukhankhan4935]

Pin of Shame

[@WGabor]

A perfect chess game always ends in a draw

[@Gieslly]

you don't know that. If we knew, Chess would be solved. it is not. But you might still be right :).

[@MrWicked360]

@@GiesllyWe can and do know it without chess needing to be solved. The starting position is too equal for there to be a forced win.

[@trixxwrld]

Actually a perfect game ends in white winning cause they got the first move

[@MargarineMeadow]

@@MrWicked360 very likely but it’s never been proven. For some people, they need a higher degree of certainty before considering something to be “known”

[@michaellin4553]

@@BobbyFischer0000 It's a scientific conclusion, not a mathematical one. So it will not be true until we can prove a forced win for the entire game tree of chess.

[@nwavette]

Your ability to turn a chess game into a truly compelling story will never cease to amaze me.

[@UpperChores]

finally a top 10 comment which isn't a meme repeated over a thousand times.

[@leandro8897]

​@@UpperChores the never fails comments never fail to annoy me 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@JoeMama-sk4wg]

​@@leandro8897"gotham chess never fails- "-Someone who mysteriously disappeared and was sent to the void.

[@MrRoko91]

@@UpperChores Exactly!

[@leszekryniec7054]

RIP 696 likes

[@get_dqstrqyed1786]

Huge shoutout to Levy for letting us know that if you change the letter F in Fepper to P you get a spicy condiment. He’s really looking out for us

[@gopro25]

Is there some other letter that can be changed? I came here looking for this.

[@AtomicBlastPony]

​@@gopro25E to A

[@AtomicBlastPony]

He said if you change one WORD in this. Who knew, if you change one word in a one-word name, it means something entirely different!

[@RGC_animation]

What's wrong with Feppar?

[@pace_18]

Fapper

[@daverowe1081]

Poetically, what pawn is it that saves the King in the end? That's right: The King's Pawn

[@isavenewspapers8890]

And funnily enough, that pawn started as an f-pawn.

[@Kristiyan-Angelov]

​​@@isavenewspapers8890It got promoted at the end of the game

[@anilbista7445]

​@@isavenewspapers8890f pawn got promoted to e pawn for his heroic display 😂

[@nathanpierce7681]

and then they kissed

[@Player_ButWorse_AndBetter]

​@@nathanpierce7681 and they lived happily forever being both frozen for the rest of time

[@WhatTfRn]

I know most of the comments are jokes, but seriously thank you for doing KZbin. You’ve made chess way more entertaining and accessible for people, and you taught me how to not suck as much at the game.

[@LucifersLandLord]

I hate the clickbait, but I love Gotham Chess videos :")

[@xander6153]

@@LucifersLandLordits not even clickbaity

[@light_switch708]

He doesn’t mean the end of his career

[@randrebwar5939]

The white king’s last move is literally sitting on the black’s throne.

[@mouldytoast]

sheeshh

[@bjornlangoren3002]

​@@mouldytoastI did that once. I blundered in the opening and just went on a rampage with the king. I think the shock value scared the other player and he just blundered away all he had.

[@CorsairAB]

@@bjornlangoren3002 hahaha

[@Monkeyslinger123]

"Nobody can win in five moves as long as the opponent doesn't, like, try to lose." I feel personally attacked by this.

[@RobloxKid123]

"Nobody can win in 5 moves" 300 elo players with the scholar's mate: "You underestimate my power"

[@ClashZone-h9w]

💀

[@midnght9914]

Username and pfp check out.

[@leszekryniec7054]

​@midnght9914 Even at 600 it works(I'm 1600 and no one attempts it

[@masudkhoa3861]

@@leszekryniec7054 When did people stop going for it? Im 1100 rapid, 950 blitz and 1050 bullet and people go for it still. Mostly in bullet, never in rapid really, but once in a blue moon someone will try it in blitz too

[@All_rounder10]

It works upto 600 ig

[@sauravdeka8123]

"with the one pawn that survived the apocalypse"😂😂😂

[@speedy4659]

"Multiple mates in life cause confusion" Man's speaking from experience

[@anandotgontsengel7789]

This is the exact moment when GothamChess became Goodbye.

[@incash-zm4rl]

one of the saddest things to ever happen.

[@IMWBMEGJCC]

So this is where depression was created

[@MrDetectiv-uw8vc]

GothamBye

[@WumpusAlpaca]

@@MrDetectiv-uw8vc What happens when Levy had no opponents to match with in the tournament?

[@حارثسہی]

I don’t get it?

[@LuckyCat-22]

"The King and his eight Pawns", a truly amazing quote in my opinion. ❤

[@guilxle]

we'll miss you gotham

[@yassineRozki]

Why

[@matthew5330]

@@yassineRozki previous title to the vid was 'goodbye' so assuming it's a joke to do with that lmao

[@guilxle]

@@matthew5330 love it when levy changes the titles so comments don't make sense

[@vistagreat9994]

see you tomorrow

[@sparshmaheshwari4523]

Is he dying or something?

[@MrSlonokot]

I'm just surprisingly amazed that all 8 pawns survived till endgame time lol.

[@lLucal]

Gotham never fails to make us think he's quitting youtube

[@AMAREGO]

I play this video for this reason

[@MNIXenus]

3 minutes when length of the video is 24 minutes. Maybe he's actually quitting?

[@Savedsmile]

Who is "us"?

[@alberthirchy6416]

HE SCARED THE HELL OUTTA ME

[@FlopNonStop]

I’m immune now

[@michaelb4060]

That game is like watching an 80's horror movie. Everyone watching is yelling nooooooooo!, but they people still walk into the bad situation and end up dead.

[@vinz3160]

Title should be "Gotham losing his mind for 24 Minutes straight"

[@emilyiswhat]

You are INCREDIBLE at improvising metaphors. Amazing job, great to see you doing well :)

[@luisangel153]

So basically this guy sacraficed his whole army to become a dead corpse, incredible stuff.

[@RobMedellin]

"Dead corpse" That's deep Literally

[@pokmanl9810]

@@RobMedellinYou could even say it’s six feet under

[@Slowboysclub]

Gotham asking for a patch on a 1500+ year old game will never not be hilarious 😂😂😂

[@eadamic17]

To be fair to these players, I love this. This is the level at which chess is actually fun and creative, as opposed to memorising openings and arrangements.

[@purplewine7362]

That's the highest amount of copium I've seen

[@masterofsorrow2699]

​@@purplewine7362it is true though. High level chess is the farthest from creative. Creativity in chess is bad.

[@Chukijay]

@@purplewine7362players “prepare” by memorizing their opponents tactics, which were made by them memorizing other games. I’m not saying there’s no new games played, but there definitely is a heavy memorization element in top level prep. Moreso than creative gameplay.

[@Zatchurz]

In general yes, but only because of opening knowledge. Mikhal Tal games are very creative and I know many other masters that play absurdly. Also topalov's games are often creative.@@masterofsorrow2699

[@saimon174666]

Memorization is an integral part of chess, if you don't like it, don't expect to get better.

[@anakienpezzotta6264]

Fepper deserved a draw for playing good and even sacrificing his knight and winning all the enemy pawns.Fawaz to for letting his rook and bishop survive and not geting overran by pawns

[@rajatsinghbhandari9549]

HOLYMOLY, you are a great story teller. I had goosebumps in the endgame. How beautiful. No wonder so many people watch you instead of official chess games, the Drama!

[@thorin_oakenshield]

1:40 "If you change 1 word in that name it would mean something completely different" levy 2023

[@ROBERT-sj8lk]

Why do I feel like most of my opponents at 500 elo are most of the time are playing better than people being 900 that’s just hilarious

[@MsBrookeWilcox]

What a storybook finish. A miraculous display of courage by the 8 surviving pawns. The leadership of the white King, taking initiative and walking up the board, all while sacrificing the same 8 pawns sworn to protect him with their lives! Then we reach the climax of the story my good friends..and all we are left with is the very same sense of regret and the bitterness left on the tongue of Black, who had all the advantage and gave it all away, to those brave few pawns who stood in opposition to the regime. The melancholic feeling of relief and disappointment, no winners or losers; a stalemate of the ages. A masterpiece encapsulated in time for us to forever remember. Bravo i say, Bravo. 👏 👏

[@maple1346]

15:53 listened to this for a thousand times.

[@P1OOD]

Levy's the type of guy that when he comes into class 12 minutes late and the teacher asks him what the correct answer is, he gets it completely accidentally correct.

[@RagmoArno]

That king isnt just sitting in a capsule frozen... that capsule... is the throne of the other king! He's frozen on the starting point of the opposite king.

[@omarchababy1729]

Gotham never fails to say "Get outta here"

[@JuilySlay]

We need a hoodie that says "SACRIFICE THE ROOK!!!" in big bold letters

[@seine_pestilenz2979]

This is some insane high quality content right here! Legit the funniest video I've seen in a while. Glad I decided to start learning chess last week, otherwise I would've missed out on this channel 🙏

[@realtechhacks]

I liked this episode of how to lose at chess, because it wasn't the standard fare of both sides just blundering a dozen pieces (although there was a bit of that) it was more big positional mistakes than anything. It makes for a much more entertaining game.

[@armygamelover]

As a 900 elo player, I miss a lot of hanging queens because I just assume that my opponent isn't going to hang their queen, so I don't even bother checking if I can take it

[@adamlouis3725]

the universe was so disgusted with both of these fools it couldnt suffer either of them to win

[@jamesmilstead3389]

This game was truly the gift that kept on giving.

[@dirac269]

magnus carlsen plays a6 and a5, gotham chess: OHHHHHHHHHHH MAGNUS PLAYS STOCKFISH MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! me playing a6, gotham chess: this is how you know your in the 600 elo

[@ted_teoke]

15:51 Gotham this is why I subscribed to you. You're funny and at the same time entertains. I started learning chess 2 years ago since 9th grade, and till today you're the only thing I watch on my phone every breakfast, lunch and dinner

[@truecm235]

I was really sceptical when he said the end would be movie-like, but in the last 5min I increasingly started laughing when finally the stalemate absolutely finished me off 😂

[@killer191297]

"If you change a word in that name, it would mean something totally different". Yeah, imagine if instead of Fepper, their name was Magnus.

[@firefeathers8121]

Levy never fails to say goodbye

[@thatonefrenchguy937]

He copied Rick Astley?!😨😨😨

[@pranavkarthik1574]

1:40 Ah yes, what an observation! Changing the ‘F’ to a ‘P’ makes it ‘Pepper’. What a clever find Mr. Gotham Chess.

[@hoppingturtles]

ahah I love the way levy narrated the ending :) It was indeed like a movie, so exciting lmao

[@sliceyk3970]

my elo dropped a few points from watching this

15:32 I think white just didn't realized that his queen can be taken at that square.

[@LiT_Moose89]

Levy! Your book came in the mail today and I look forward to reading it and improving my game! Thank you for all that you do to make this game accessible to everyone.

[@Xqvvzts]

I loved the 8 pawns vs rook and bishop endgame

[@Not_a_JK]

never resign.

[@gundarsmiks4889]

"This is the end. My only friend, the end." Jim Morrison

[@eliasallili8224]

"bro it always the stalmate thing"😭😭😭

[@randcuh6227]

Great video gotham. I love your content

[@uptown-h]

The Spartan analogy was perfect🤣I felt like I was watching a movie

[@affa_lol]

As a 102 elo player, these dudes are geniuses

[@eevee5699]

Hah! I used to be a 700 but then fell into the ‘imma make my own version of openings’ and fell to 150 lol I feel you now they seem like geniuses

[@Green-Ghost1121]

That title was telling that it was insane

[@applebite4650]

"You got multiple mating ideas." ~ GothamChess 2023

[@th3doc771]

Snow white and the 7 dwarves ? no thank you THE WHITE KING AND THE 8 PAWNS!

[@PersonReal.]

Each how to lose at chess video is a psychological thriller with hints of comedy

[@MrLigerSTRYKE]

Gotham turning into cartman towards the end. What a game.

[@bogs_thegods5510]

Love your videos man, your book is on the way and I can't wait to learn how to be a pro!

[@adipratia6861]

😘

[@ListASMR]

Getting to a point where someone has EVERY pawn left, while the other person has ZERO is actually insane.

[@G00dhead]

FOR SPARTA !!!!!!!!

[@Digital_Drug]

8 pawns to 0 has got to be a Rosenscore

[@Akshar177]

As a 750-800 elo player. Most of my games are good and opponents don't play this bad. Though in a game, I was winning two rooks but i took other one first and forgot that i left my king and got a mate. A W situation to directly getting a mate😐.

[@Steerg]

Let's just appreciate, how devoted Levi is while making these videos. Seriously, I think, he is so emotionally devastated by the end of each video that he needs to take something to calm his nerves.

[@alizahwi1601]

Gotham never fails to clickbait us ❤ Edit: It's just a joke💀

[@イエスサーBR]

Why not work on generating an original idea before you put finger to keyboard. I'm sure you "never fail" to state something you've read a thousand times before.

[@seturf]

Why not work on generating an original idea before you put finger to keyboard. I'm sure you "never fail" to state something you've read a thousand times before.

[@ivangolobok2327]

Why not work on generating an original idea before you put finger to keyboard. I'm sure you "never fail" to state something you've read a thousand times before.

[@I-agree-with-you-but]

Why not work on generating an original idea before you put finger to keyboard. I'm sure you "never fail" to state something you've read a thousand times before.

[@kd2156]

Why not work on generating an original idea before you put your finger to keybord.I'm sure you "never fail" to state something you've read a thousand times before.

[@LachsFloete]

The moment when Levy talks about the game being over, but there are still 9 min left, you know it is going to be a good video.

[@aweebthatlovesmath4220]

Under 1000 elo chess is another universe

[@W1TH3R1NGFN]

They had us there in the first half.

[@peterflom6878]

Has that ever happened? Q and 8 pawns vs. Q R B? Is there a way to search a big database for a position like that?

[@ausaankhan1465]

in the starting of the middlegame, white should've used the knight to a4 and then to b6, forking the bishop and rook.

[@gamegame12383]

Rest in Peace Levi, You will be remembered forever.

[@Lyvasiliy]

😭 gotham your channel boosted my elo from 300 to 1400 your amazing and the most entertaining chess player

[@myth7538]

How long did it take?

[@Lyvasiliy]

@@myth7538 4 months I’m 13 rn

[@Lyvasiliy]

@@myth7538 13 yrs old it’s not that difficult I’ve been playing chess 3yrs and it took 4 months for my elo to rise that much it’s all from levy

[@myth7538]

@@Lyvasiliy I'm still 700 started 3 month ago

[@wolfyandfroggy9911]

funniest video you've ever done dude, "This is like 300, this IS SPARTA!!!" AAAHAHHAA

[@leftforless911]

Levy has never failed to trick us into watching his content

[@Nico-ottg]

Tbh That was the most normal game in 900 ELO

[@mooney11]

These games are the best content on the channel by far. Love it!

[@michaelmorris4515]

It's a good thing that game ended in a draw, cause neither player deserved to win.

[@Dawnthensunset3839]

GothamChess is now the type of dad to leave the house for some days to grab milk. And everytime when he leaves the house he will say something dramatic but this time he's giving us a warm goodbye ❤ 12:24

[@aethie]

That joke about Fepper was wild Levy

[@cygnustsp]

I really appreciate Levy bringing my world into a semblance of sanity when he uploads

[@peaceOP]

10:39 We need to patch this got me rollin

[@chingcheng4891]

gotham never fails to clickbait

[@ausaankhan1465]

in the opening, queen h5 followed by knight f7 was a triple fork that couldn't be taken due to the queen, so actually before developing the knight f7, the gotham sub should've instead placed the queen to f7 and then used the triple fork, allowing for more material than a fork.

[@tomson587]

loved your energy in this video

[@nighthawk6777]

19:50 the whole game changed lol I was really hoping he would narrate the rest of the game like that XD

[@BigGengar13]

Levy never fails to fail to draw arrows correctly

[@Hakaimono]

true

[@pawlaovicto7824]

2:59 Fepper and Fawaz so far deserve the GM Title more than Gotham

[@Hyperchaoticcybernightmare.]

Oh I thought he was leaving thank goodness You're not who got scared

[@krismg_21]

1:37 Yeah Pepper, totally different 😎

[@Mershdd]

What a crazy game, no disappointment here ❤

[@puar07]

gotham never fails to change the title of the video 10 hours later

[@ethanpfeiffer7403]

Hey, that looks like my games!

[@Sirdrunky]

Why is gotham always recording like he’s doing a apology video

[@vishalfgm]

video 5 of thanking gotham because of him i went from 1400s to 1800 in 1 week

[@jaredziminsky8060]

Dude how i'm 1309

[@WumpusAlpaca]

You got to 1800 not because of "Gotham" but stockfish.

[@vishalfgm]

@@WumpusAlpaca checkout my games they are human level and lot of mistakes not stockfish it took me around 160 games to do so bro not everyone is a cheater

[@vishalfgm]

@@WumpusAlpaca u cant do doesnt mean noone can bro

[@vishalfgm]

@@WumpusAlpaca my win rate was around 55 percwnt

[@dany2685]

I like Levy bullying a chess piece for 30 seconds just because it does not doing anything

[@kenspencer9895]

An action-packed game that for sure keeps you on the edge of your seat! 😁

[@GumGum0]

“I quit…” 20*uploads later* “I quit”

[@TheIcecreamtaco]

Perfect chess is a draw

[@andrewbloom7694]

These games are so increadible, and the best part is, there are enough possible games that covering one a day for a century wouldn't scratch the surface! We'll never run out of content lol