How To Learn & Study Chess Openings

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In this video, we talk about chess openings and how to study them. I discuss chess openings for beginners, theory - Sicilian, Caro Kann, Vienna, Kings Gambit, and London Opening vs Kings Indian. I show you openings databases and discuss various platforms and teach you to analyze games.
0:00 Introduction
0:35 WHAT ARE OPENINGS?
4:45 DATABASES
12:40 HOW TO ANALYZE GAMES
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[@AnishGiriOfficial]

Noobs, you are lucky that GothamChess exists.

[@lordorochimaru9431]

Anish!

[@josephkrueger4843]

🐐

[@AbdullahKhan-oi7tl]

Rising up to GOAT ranks

[@SamuelPearlman]

It's a draw ;D

[@gokberkyilmaz439]

you can learn some openings as well

[@SuperStingray]

Me: *moves a pawn one space forward* Chess theorists: "Ah yes, a classic Pythagoras' Last Stand. A popular tactic, but easily countered by an Istanbul Thrust."

[@garvitjindal248]

😂

[@adamgardener8624]

Yeah man. I love that........those real? Gotta look them up! Ha ha ha

[@rosiefay7283]

@@adamgardener8624 Start studying openings. Then you'll find the Hippopotamus and the Elephant Gambit, the Sodium Attack and the Ammonia Attack.

[@adamgardener8624]

@@rosiefay7283 😳 🤣😂🤣

[@jesussson5893]

@@rosiefay7283 and don't forget the cumjar indian African defence.

[@Spoon80085]

Yeah I just choose my openings based on how cool the name is

[@GreenHope42]

Bongcloud or Little Timmy it is then?

[@rutwizz]

@@GreenHope42 "The Accelerated Dragon"

[@namanmishra703]

@@rutwizz Have you never hear of the Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Pterodactyl Variation? (I'm not kidding, it's real)

[@schrodingerskatze4308]

@@namanmishra703 I think I have to learn that opening.

[@stevgreaty7541]

The Fischer-sozen attack. Sozen makes me feel like a fire lord

[@henrydyess9863]

What I learned from this video: Confuse the enemy with weird moves until they do something dumb

[@abelgreen5046]

In the process hang all your strong pieces…..wait

[@meshachfaafoe6832]

🤣🤣

[@Jinx.Kly_459]

That works on me the best lol. It throws me off

[@pilot_bruh576]

Me: *places my king at the middle of the board*

[@NoName-lu5tg]

Lol, a cheater was actually doing this he used to make bad moves in the opening he brings his rook out at the starting of the game, and waits for the opponent to do a blunder and then he starts playing top engine moves. I reported him but he didn't got banned. He didn't got caught because he wins the game but he has accuracy like 60-70

[@ghostmanscores1666]

I throw my opponent off by advancing my queen to the other side then demoting to a pawn. It confuses them EVERY time.

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Underrated comment

[@ismistarick70]

1000 iq

[@jeremyholland4527]

I needed a good laugh today. Thank you!

[@lowkey_victorr2892]

demote?

[@kagurachan7171]

I do the same lol

[@hetsarsava6481]

He teaches us opeanings, endgames, middle games, tactics and ides. Entertains us with streams, recap,best game, bits,etc. Thankyou sooo much for all of it

[@Netraj17]

OG

[@geetaparmar4458]

Yea

[@user-qt6uj5zp2y]

i'm going to run out of Gigabytes saving all his videos for study. Concise and Clarity. Great voice command, video presence. He makes it interesting and easier to improve.

[@Alien-jn3qn]

And for free!

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

@@Alien-jn3qn well, he does have paid courses but these videos are good enough

[@xk543x]

POV: you suck at chess and levy whispers secrets that you'll never fully comprehend

[@joelbeeby866]

@@Heavenly_Demon_God sure

[@Spanishviceats]

Me at 500*

[@DahriusB]

Ayoo under 1000 gang rise up

[@antichrist.superstar]

@@Heavenly_Demon_God Ok. Its the international chess federation that awards the GM title. Someone with your name does have a profile there, but no rating.

[@germanfuentes1967]

@@DahriusB ayyyyyyy im 600 i mean im proud because i did not know how the pieces moved and then in 25 days i got it :)

[@f84kjsg7]

Bro be spilling terms like "Juggernault Assault" and "Reverse Butterfly" like an anime character

[@rickelmonoggin]

It's not just about moves though because you can only remember so many variations; more important is to understand why a move works. Ask yourself what are the advantages of a move against its disadvantages, and how does that compare against other candidate moves. I think if you do that enough you will begin to intuitively understand why any move is superior to another.

[@GothamChess]

One more thing: how to study/memorize. Find what works for you. Import PGN files into a PGN reader and slowly go move by move. Use a physical board if you want. Train with a friend. Play the opening vs yourself a few times.

[@thecarefulcactus]

thankyou levy! your videos are super helpful

[@st_long_]

Dude THANK you.. Dude.. Did I mention Dude?? ..or ..or.. THANK you?? That was extremely helpful!!!!!!

[@Mj.Farm13]

Im a subscriber too. I wanna play with you sir. I got 1050 in rapid.😁 MarlonJP in chess.com. . What opening in black that like london system sir?

[@jasonz9902]

Remember when Magnus said you need to play with yourself ...I mean against yourself. LOL

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Please play me

[@Ausgephilipt]

Every other Chess KZbin channel: Serious explanation of intricate theory Levy: 69% Winrate Nice

[@atIXO.]

69 likes on your comment Nice

[@skancube3065]

Also there's a 420 (42 games + 0 idk what)

[@emmettdja]

609 likes. Nice.

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[@zBrain0]

975 likes. Kinky.

[@wdsrocha]

4:23: "they can't just pre-move the opening" MoistCr1tikal: ...and I took that personally

[@oz_jones]

_Throbbing_

[@greekfountain9303]

Thanks for the fat 10 gift subs pikachu

[@simp8869]

“When I said I wanted a game to end in 4 moves I didn’t mean it, it wasn’t real”

[@spectrefzier4626]

some takeaways I got from this video, 1. Openings are best dynamic rather than setup based(unless you are new to the game) 2. Try moves that surprise your opponents and puts them out of their comfort zone. Expanding your repertoire is something to consider. 3. See the success rate of the moves you played and if they put you at a disadvantage correct them. I am sure i might have missed some pointers, so feel free to add them as replies. Although the video was great, It didn't answer some questions I wanted it to, Namely, I find it really hard to remember optimal response to novel lines , i cannot memorize 10 lines for every opening , so I would like some general principles that I can follow to learn a new opening.

[@Seanabo]

4 am? time to learn some more opening theory

[@liamkane2732]

thats what im sayin

[@Fox0fNight]

I'm still at 3 AM

[@ralph-dejesus]

where can you learn more opening theory? is there like a specific website?

[@alexv426]

Same

[@AstraIVagabond]

I read this at 4:50 a.m. Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of oddly specific relatability?

[@Ceejnew]

I can't claim that I understand everything in this video but I now understand the importance of choosing an opening and a defense to master as a beginner in order to get a deeper understanding of how to progress in my learning. This video is exactly what I (and probably all beginners) need. Knowing how to know. Good pedagogy.

[@TheFaro2011]

Hmmm I hope I get this in a week

[@randominformation7951]

My mains are Sicilian dragon, fried liver intercontinental ballistic missile and traxler counter attack. Definitely not basing of cool names..

[@DowJonesDave]

I play Kings Gambit as white, Sicilian against KP opening, Queens indian against QP openings. If you learn those openings well, you force your opponent into your best game...

[@Adam-cw8jo]

@@DowJonesDave will do

[@DowJonesDave]

@@Adam-cw8joJust basic Indian Defense actually if u get lucky you can transpose into Queens Indian...

[@fritza1163]

“And he kind of London-ed my London” -GothamChess 2020

[@reemmohammed6428]

I'm a chess beginner and I like this video Keep doing a lot of videos like this♥♥

[@happyduck5212]

Ngl I read that as 'im a cheese burger'

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no one litterally spoon feeds you the information like levy and naroditsky.

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Google does!

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Jacob Aagaard, Yasser Seirawan, David Bronstein, Jeremy Silman, all excellent authors that will spoon-feed you lots.

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@@antichrist.superstar but not like levy and daniel and for free!

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me thinking all of my enemies have also watched this video to learn💀💀

[@obandamarion516]

😂😂

[@hunterbuns]

Half an hour ago I was very confused about what "studying openings" even meant. Now that I've seen this video, it seems so simple and obvious. Levy, you really are one of the best teachers on KZbin (and I'm not just talking about chess). Thank you for everything you do!

[@tod4612]

Day 14 of telling Levy that his daily uploads are appreciated

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@PRATEEK lol🤣🤣🤣

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Day 1 of telling PRATEEK that his daily replies appreciating Tarek's appreciation of Levy's daily uploads is appreciated.

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[@mateoslab]

I recently finished watching the queens gambit on Netflix and It's made me want to re enter the chess world. I was first introduced to chess when I was 9 years old but unfortunately my focus the next few years was on school..I've now almost graduated college and I discovered this channel and I've binged many of the videos. Great work and thank you for teaching chess!

[@benkelley6561]

Kind of the same for me. I played in elementary/primary school, stopped playing on the chess team and only played casually, watched TQG like you and now into it as much as ever! Teaching my 8 y/o son to play too has been really fun.

[@crazycookie294]

I just finished the queens gambit as well and it made me kinda wanna learn. Ive never been good at chess or really played it much so i dont know like anything but ill get somewhere hopefully

[@datle5503]

Me too ✋

[@Eidel_Rose]

I just watched Ludwig and I was bored.

[@Evelyn-wr7cm]

Bro same

[@randomguy7111]

I asked Levy about this on stream and he lead me here. Thank you so much I'm a solid 1800 player and most of my losses are because of my poor opening knowledge. This was a life-saver. Your content is really amazing!

[@ThisGuitarIsAWeapon]

I'm only two videos in on your channel and I know this is what I've been looking for. The passion you have is contagious and what is missing from many traditional methods of learning this game. Thank you.

[@Hawaii_NoKaOi]

“You’ve gotta know different things against different things!”

[@StephenHey]

Hands down the best video ever. "How to study" is something I needed for a very long time.

[@theanonymouslegion4811]

I was literally about to slide into his DMs today to suggest doing a how to study video so I'm very excited to watch this

[@SpamDestroyer]

I play into the fried liver attack because I've studied it so heavily that my opponents always blunder something eventually. Despite being a dangerous attack, I have not lost a single game defending the fried liver. Studying openings is wild.

[@chesspuzzles7644]

I like ponziani steinitz

[@godblessyou9978]

Fried liver attack 😂 probably only works in low elo games

[@sbryan060]

Please more videos like this! I love chess but have never been able to really figure out how to improve aside from just wandering in the dark game after game. Loved and subbed!

[@danielluswillfredomatuless7429]

"this is the king's indian position, right?" "....right......."

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ahhaha

[@Aust1n]

Little did he know the after he hit stop recording that he'd think I'm an idiot for my dmca question

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go back to rainbow scrub >:)

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Wait?why are u here? Didn’t know you played chess

[@alexglase765]

I was just watching one of your videos, what is this

[@DaveStewartLondon]

Beginner player here, and I think this might be one of the most useful videos I've seen in a month of watching all the chess videos I can find! It's uncovered several new lines of thinking I did not even know existed. Thanks!

[@malexarlow]

Absolutely brilliant. You’re a great teacher Gotham, thankyou 🙏 I’ve been muddling around 800 in bullet and blitz. I have a feeling this will change now. Thankyou 🙏

[@tokufire8989]

Bruh I'm 233 in blitz 😭

[@ayushtiwari7003]

This brudda makes 1800s look like 800 and 1400s like 400. I wish I played like him :(

[@alk.d.1973]

and Hikaru makes him look like a 1000

[@ioannislelou6437]

and i make 900s feel like 1500s

[@sebbyh9764]

@@ioannislelou6437 you da man.. I mean bear!

[@gart5940]

Magnus makes Hikaru look like a 2500

[@stevenodonoghue6856]

@neicu in online blitz lol. FIDE OTB is the only thing that matters

[@Yash-ly5gx]

Chessbase: You have to purchase our premium databases in order to imporve. Levy: Hold My Omelette !

[@SquirrelMama]

I love how you dissect so many pieces in this video. Thank you so much! Excellent presentation. Entertaining to watch!

[@PhilGutwein]

Hey! One of the best videos on the subject for my level (most of time videos dive deep into theory and it confuses me more than help) This one helped me so much! Thanks Levy!!

[@ximal622]

Levi is gonna increase the average IQ of the world with these videos.

[@lunatik_8929]

Correction: Levi tries to increase average IQ mine is too low to increase ):D

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@@lunatik_8929 Oof probably same tho

[@collinsiemaszko7007]

If it gets you up somehow, Hikaru's IQ is 106. Anyone can be good at chess, you just need the right motivation

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dootdusk being good at math does not mean you have a higher IQ

[@GrayeH]

@@collinsiemaszko7007 Says the person that hasn't capitalized any of their sentences. The sentence dootdusk typed was perfectly legible, so I believe you are the dumbass in this context. You're also the asshole in this scenario, good job killing two birds with one stone.

[@not-the-main-character]

The beginning of this video is perfect. Right off the bat, levy tells you exactly what you can expect from the video, how the video is split up, and what you can learn. Great work

[@richardhislop-harvestthena4882]

So helpful Levy! Been stuck around 1200-1300 for awhile because I played with tactics my whole life up till now rather then learning official opening lines. Thanks to you i'm now learning the Vienna Game / Gambit and for black The Caro Kann etc. to see if with opening knowledge I can push up to 1500+ in the future

[@princess2798]

What's your elo now champ

[@christopherpaul1810]

I'm not a new player but the weakest part of my game has always been the opening. Never dawned on me to analyze games in this way, I've been letting Fritz give an analysis for me to study but that has never been much help to me aside from pointing out some better moves I could have made. Great video! Finally I can take advantage of my database.

[@caius6019]

"Nameless Patzer" is a new one lol

[@donaldhenderson5041]

Just found this video. Been playing for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say, this is totally awesome. Thank you very much. I'm going to go learn the Budapest Gambit now, and the Vienna.

[@TheChessGiant]

Both are great openings! I've been playing the Vienna quite a bit lately

[@sweetvintagedreams617]

Levy you are my absolute favorite for learning chess!! You make it fun and entertaining, thank you! I bought your book a few days ago which I love by the way, and I’m trying to decide what training I sign up for. I’m not brand new, but I’d like to start over as though I was. I’m just going to go for it and join your courses, you’re the best at teaching and making it fun. Your personality keeps it interesting!! My husband thinks it’s cute that I’m either reading your book or watching your videos. ☺️ Thank you for bringing us such great content!

[@sporegazm]

I'm rated 1800-2000 in puzzles/tactics....and only 1200-1300 in games. I always am getting caught in terrible positions and find myself blundering often and/or in terrible positions. You are pumping out some solid content my man! 😎 this video hit home for me and I'm hopeful after some opening study, I can begin to correct my mistakes and find myself in better positions. Thank u 👍 great vid

[@mrconnor628]

I'm a 500

[@sporegazm]

@@mrconnor628 two years later...I am rated 2750 in puzzles and 1600-1700 in rapid games. And I stil feel I am dog crap. But seeing this comment 2 years later makes me realize that while I DO still suck...there is progress being made

[@Z_nix]

@@sporegazm 2750 puzzle rating.💀

[@rayaanansari4834]

@@Z_nix not bad. I’ve seen 2700 puzzles with 800-1000 rapid. 1600 is still impressive regardless of puzzles

[@BFDI_Leaf]

@@sporegazm may i ask you how as i am in the 1200-1300 range and my puzzles range from 1700-1900 depending on how well i play(although i reached 2k once in puzzles i couldn't hold that for long)

[@StephenRybacki]

This was in my opinion the best video on this subject I've ever seen. I own Chessbase 16 because I thought it would help me to see a wider variety of plays but I never really understood how to use the openings book until now. Thank you!

[@sebastienmorin1858]

Really love your videos and your work in general, and I'm happy that you are giving so much resources for beginners. I particularly like the fact that you encourage beginners to study grandmasters, yes, but also to try out things they don't do anymore, because there are strategies that are handy at a certain level of play, that isn't when you are playing bigger opponents.

[@terryraby4486]

I never thought about using data bases yet what u said makes soooo much sense, no one has ever told me about them Thankyou very much Terry

[@robinwinsor4392]

Enormously helpful! Thank you so very much for this. I’m returning to the game after almost 50 years and am amazed by these analytical tools. I have much to learn and you’re making it much easier for me.

[@rpashoukos]

Same here Robin, how have you progressed this past year?

[@danielfm24]

Thank you Levy, for your video's. I've played chess on and off fore some years... Last year is started teaching it to the children in my class (3rd grade). I wanted to develop more as a player myself and your video's helped a lot! Discovering better openings and understanding middle and end game tactics. Thank you for al the effort!

[@Waqq23]

I've watched a lot of theory content on chess trying to learn to actually be competent, and this is BY FAR the most interesting, listenable, and digestible video i've watched to date, so thank you for that

[@ishanbajpai5853]

1:30: "for some it's war, you know" that killed me

[@anonimanonimowy903]

Should I start learning about allocating memory in C? Naah, let's just learn how to play chess.

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malloc()

[@riga2391]

remember to free() it tho

[@maspofu2538]

And dont forget the pointers

[@pijawa2000]

Still get shivers from C-style memory allocation

[@Bladegarcia427]

Also think about the actual size of what you are allocating

[@stevenwarner9156]

You are the hero we need and do not deserve. Thank you so much for this video: it really makes understanding how to methodically approach openings in an approachable way. So glad I found your channel. Your clarity of thought and cogent insights are so useful.

[@anonakkor9503]

database helped me right now so much! there are alwaya some position i strugge with but now had the time to analyze some!

[@adityagupta1826]

I prefer Caro-kan as it develops pawn chain and also allows pieces to develop ( get your bishop's out first after developing pawns) .

[@notAYUSHGAMING]

levy on KZbin : hi I am international master . I will teach you gud stuff. Levy on twitch : Blunders mate in 1 in titled Tuesday . And just after taht match donates his queen for free

[@aryakosariya5156]

The pressure must be high on Titled Tuesday and mistakes can be made. Lots of IMs must have blundered mate in 1 but how many of them are here to teach us how to be a better player? 😊

[@truefalcon6884]

@@aryakosariya5156 Our lord and saviour IM rosen

[@aryakosariya5156]

@@truefalcon6884 Yeah. I love Eric. Learnt lots of "Oh no my Queen" moves from him., 😂

[@walkredroad]

Your point ... I've seen the World Champ Magnus blunder full pieces and lose to lower rated opponents! It's going to happen dude ... to everyone!!!

[@slimjimcognito]

He's not donating his queen, he's playing Botez gambit. It's very high level stuff

[@-JohnGalt-]

Levy, brother, this was so helpful! As a begginer, it can be so hard to know where to begin in the infinite sea of possibilities that is chess. Your videos are so appreciated. I found this particularly helpful. Thank you again, and have a very happy holiday!

[@anthonynej]

This was THE MOST helpful chess instructional video I have ever watched. Thank you

[@rpashoukos]

wow, I think I'm going to learn a lot in this next year. I'm an old player but never learned openings every game was a novelty (now I know the term) This week I decided to start playing again after 25 years - I think I have a place to start. Really a great video, thanks.

[@mochiman100]

You probably won't read this but you've taught me and entertained me so much the last few months. Just wanted to say thank you. I wish you much more success and prosperity.

[@tfewald01]

Your explanation of analyzing chess games is exactly what I've been looking for. Well done, and thanks! Just subscribed, BTW. I'm about 1500 USCF, but if you're aiming this at players even lower than I am, just know that you're hitting me, too. Great stuff.

[@GDNashit]

16:30 i love how that guy framed his draw against levy on his profile picture

[@pboytrif1]

You are a fine teacher mate, very passionate, informative and easy to understand

[@mathiscool.]

Thanks Gotham! This was extremely useful.

[@UofIllinois07]

Intermediate Chess Player Here. Love how your videos don’t waste time with long fluffy wordy intros. I really appreciate how down to earth and practical your videos are. Great stuff, thank you!

[@staysmuth]

awesome video man. people always tell me to study games but learning how to analyze them makes my time and effort more concentrated. I appreciate you man

[@laucavani]

Hi Gotham, recently subscribed, you’re a great chess teacher and don’t make it seem impossible, thank you

[@Chess-Football]

As a newb this feels like it's so far ahead but it makes sense to study non conventional ways. I have trouble concentrating on few moves ahead, aware only of few principles and there are 35 common and over 100 in general. How far this game has come with strategies is mind blowing.

[@cn8666]

I would enjoy to see your take on this opening and the variations. Love the videos and I can accuratelly say that I gained about 100 ELO in the first day of watching

[@gewdapplefromtwitch2321]

This video made me start playing chess Great content man 👍👍👍

[@frostynugz7572]

Been watching your videos tryin to get better. They have been very helpful thanks bro ggs

[@owlephant5016]

Lichess has the option to only use Masters' games for their database by the way

[@walkredroad]

Thanks ...

[@cpgautam172]

Don't think this is true, if u go to opening explorer it will give option to select amature

[@codex4336]

@@cpgautam172 It is true. you can select lichess games or otb master games

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[@treeoflife7151]

I love lichess it has everything and works great.

[@givehimthemolkjosh2665]

I’m a beginner chess player. I’ve been playing ever since I was seven, but I begun *playing* a week or so ago. Instead of playing the obvious moves or scrambling to get my Queen out the second or third movies, I’ve been trying to play harder, thinking in advance, and my dad, my Mr. Shaibel if you understand, has beaten me every time we’ve played. However our games have gotten longer and more intense, I’m definitely improving. I wanted to thank you for helping me, and so many other beginner as well as experienced players to really diving into the realm of sixty four squares and thirty two pieces.

[@jacobnewman8291]

you got a win against him yet?

[@mikechaisson9875]

Thank you very much for the time and effort you put in to these lessons. I am learning a lot! :)

[@mikestock969]

I really appreciate this video, My opening play is ok, however my planning in the opening can improve. Your method has helped tremendously. Thank you again

[@d3m0n_271]

I feel like I’m pretty good at chess just from playing it when I was younger but I still struggle a bit cuz I still have next to no knowledge about openings, so I’ve been waiting for this video 👍

[@DamiSameer]

Classic awkward smile in thumbnail

[@vitalplusskincaredistributor]

You make me love chess. All your videos are fascinating. Thanks for sharing with such great virtuosity.

[@lebronjames2088]

Love your videos!!! Helped me learn so much!!!

[@aaronkemmer3827]

Northernlion got me into chess, having only played a handful of times in my 25 years of life prior to this Thanksgiving. It's also given me something to do with my dad. I'm learning mostly from your videos and from VODs of your commentary with Hikaru and Anna. Today, I beat my dad 3 times out of 3, having never bested him ever before a few days ago. The rate at which someone can learn from you is incredible! I'm playing either the Dutch or Scandinavian on black, and the Danish Gambit on white. Thanks dude!

[@Auyl97]

I just want to thank you for making your videos. I have always been interested in chess, I like how it is a battle of the minds. (As a mensa member I do love anything that has to do with mental prowess.) Thanks to your opening videos I have risen from 1000, which was my starting rating, to 1300. I keep getting better each day and I feel like you have helped a lot with that. Thank you!

[@robinho4595]

Paused the video, and went to online chess to try castling on the Queen’s side and it worked!! And I won! My goodness I never knew that was a thing and I’ve been playing my entire life! Instant sub! Looking forward to finishing this video and watching more!🙌🏿

[@camflies3213]

Hey Gotham. Watch so many of your vids:) you do a great job. Keep it up!!

[@solidcoal8131]

i love moving all my pawns 1 space just to confuse the other player

[@platypus5596]

My 7 year old played this against me and I can confirm, I had no idea what to do

[@KeeganB-uw9po]

trying this rn will update you

[@KeeganB-uw9po]

did not work

[@audrey0988]

@@KeeganB-uw9po😂😂😂

[@akshayvasisht]

u are owning the YT algo with these daily uploads

[@sarahakinyi3953]

Even the best day ever for the kids and they really are well and it is a good time for you guys

[@barrywebber100]

Very instructive chat, thanks.

[@truegamer_007]

It's adorable how Levy looks down like he's shy as the video ends.

[@Thatpalestiniankid]

I have watched queens gambit but yet had not finished it and it got my interest to chess hire and now I am a beginner who won over 3 games because of you , so thank you

[@falloutwp258]

Thank you for this lesson, I needed this one!

[@OregonMikeH]

Another huge Thumbs Up. Thanks Levy, excellent offering. Mike.

[@ThatJesusFreak9]

This is actually really helpful, thanks Levy!

[@attenonmj3708]

Lol you didn't even watch the video...

[@Werdna12345]

Me: reads the title. Me: buy Levy’s openings course. Duh

[@t19563]

Hmm your actually wrong this time....

[@Zplintz23]

Great advice/information (again) - thanks

[@justinbrantley4252]

I enjoyed this. Thank you for helping a long time beginner get a direction for playing better and more enjoyment. Winning is fun

[@cheddah5701]

He was def like a theater kid or something right like those hand motions and expressions are super theatrical and he sounds too well spoken and projected to not have been in some play at some point

[@user-xb1vj1ws8t]

Can you please recommend a good chess book ? One that summs it all, openings, end games, how playing in the pro chess world works etc.

[@emma-gv3rn]

this comment is from 2 months ago and i’m not levy but chess fundamentals by jose capablanca is a good overarching one for beginners who want to get better

[@TheChessGiant]

I am obviously not Gotham but Lev Alburt's books on openings are great! He has books that give full repertoires for each side along with strategy, ideas, etc.

[@VincentGalbo]

Wow, this is a great video. Wish this was the first video of yours I watched, as this seems like it would be one of the most critical ways to get better.

[@crangecrang7520]

This was a great video I appreciate it I learned quite a bit

[@sohamshirode8699]

Can you show tutorials on "How to use engine correctly and use chess base"

[@antichrist.superstar]

Don’t use engine until after you calculate in your mind. Engine to double check your calculations. Otherwise it’s not complicated to use. Also, moves based on an idea are always better than theoretical “best” moves (ie engine recommendations) that you don’t understand. Because when you don’t understand the move you won’t be able to find the appropriate continuation anyways.

[@antichrist.superstar]

@@yuame7605 He’s talking about study time. Not during a game.

[@ShinyHunter-mc3ji]

@@yuame7605 he’s not cheating (hopefully) he’s probably studying