How To Win At Chess (Ep 12, 1000-2000)

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This is a new series I'm launching called How To Win At Chess. This is episode 12. We will feature many openings for beginners, intermediate, and hopefully advanced players, as well as discussions of middlegame strategy, tactics, and so on.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Game 1 vs 1091
14:40 Game 2 vs 1400
25:18 Game 3 vs 1550
39:59 Game 4 vs 1556
56:30 Game 5 vs 1514
1:04:42 Game 6 vs 2000
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[@nuenwrq3813]

14:51 TF2 Soldier : ‘I’ve done nothing but teleport bread for three days’ lmao. He made his entire account off of a meme.

[@TheStrongestBaka]

Gotta love unexpected TF2!

[@blasto1291]

HAHA!! IT WAS US, THE SPANISH IN- i mean tf2 references 🙂👍

[@akane.sakurada]

And the irony of that account being German. ""One time I killed a man in Germany! After the war! He was asking for directions! I am more proud of this!"" -Also Soldier from TF2

[@lukebomber]

"Where have you been sending it?"

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

@@akane.sakurada You can have any flag so it's more likely to be him going with the theme.

[@keaton4155]

Levi not getting the TF2 bread joke is gold

[@itsbeanic]

Nothing but teleport bread for 3 days :)

[@eula9]

what is the joke i dont get it

[@aperson9191]

@@eula9 expiration date tf2

[@eula9]

@@aperson9191 no

[@ilmu011]

I actually went back and watched the short just because it came up here

[@jwas420]

He said connect four without mentioning Eric Rosen being delighted

[@spyv6603]

Έλλην?

[@SurrealSnowman]

Impossible

[@frickin_thorfinn6355]

I was saying In my head, “and somewhere Eric Rosen squealed in excitement.” But no he didn’t say it.

[@jimisv5215]

Ελλην?

[@davidschilling2949]

Doesn't matter if he said it or not... My mind thought it.

[@sawhneyjalaj]

i now am an ACTUAL proud owner of a gotham chess course, bless up

[@falconfire8759]

When u buy something for 50$ and then realize it's not worth it. 😑

[@mlgklipz2543]

@@falconfire8759 it’s actually good better than u u trash can no one insults levy

[@kieranczyzniejewski2178]

I missed the deal I guess. What is the code with all of the capitals and spaces?

[@mananshah7889]

After watching levy I lost 300 rating points 👉

[@mlgklipz2543]

@I'm Imposter lol poor beggar

[@Galardomond]

47:23 "You don't need to kill them immediately, as much as you need to make it impossible to defend the position." -Sun Tzu, probably

[@sfong7]

wkwkkw

[@akshayshrivastava9542]

I survived the attack tho XD

[@blupulse1638]

at first I thought these long videos were stupid and a waste of my time. But then I started watching and getting into seeing how Levy thinks with every move. And now I use these videos not only as instructive content, but to fall asleep as well. Thank you for all the content Levy, you're amazing.

[@auttosave7320]

Couldn’t agree more! I really look forward to new episodes of this series now, trying to play along and see if I can decide on the moves that Levy likes.

[@stevenmoormann3644]

I also fall asleep to these lol. Haven’t woke up as a grandmaster yet...something must be wrong 🥺

[@somediso06]

lol i use these too to fall asleep for my naps

[@fakereality5204]

How can this be stupid explain me??

[@blupulse1638]

@@fakereality5204 I said I used to think they are... did you only read the first sentence of the comment?

[@nikolasdaniel8755]

Openings in this video: Indian game vs london 0:30 Trompowsky attack vs kings indian defense 14:58 Caro-Kann, advance variation 25:30 Vienna gambit, main line 40:02 Scotch game, classical variation 56:33 Caro-Kann, goldman variation 1:05:00

[@hajrafaheem6009]

Thank you! 😊

[@hishamz4328]

Damn thanks bro

[@jimisv5215]

You deserve 9999 likes

[@andymacnicol9338]

You are a wonderful human being

[@arnavchouhan3198]

Thanks!

[@GamesUndCoxDe]

TeleportBread made me smile so hard, its a TF2 meme from the past and I cried a bit reading his caption :_)

[@isaakdanielstrandgoodmanson]

The moment I realized I was too slow with the secret code was one of the most significant bummers of my life thus far.

[@aaronthearon4498]

SAME! the title of the video changed when after i tried to use the code

[@yurynevenchannyy3163]

Same, now i am really sad - it was night in France when the video was released and the title changed while I was watching the video 😅

[@connerschaub387]

I managed to get it, how long did it last from the video release?

[@MrTiger17]

FUN FACT: in Egypt a bishop is called an elephant and the Queen is called the minister. I'm from Egypt btw and you are worth more than an elephant (:

[@SteveDorrans]

Are you calling Levy a queen?!

[@parabolaaaaa4919]

it used to be like that a few centuries ago

[@MrTiger17]

@@SteveDorrans i mean he does walk straight and diagonally. doesn't he? (:

[@lred1383]

Same in Russian

[@mauriciomondragon4841]

Are you calling me fat?! XD

[@TheZekriamLP]

Levy has officially solidified himself in my top 3 favorite Internet-personalities/content creators. Genuinely funny, makes interesting content, good at explaining and just seems super real overall. And as if that wasn't enough, he is also super generous with sales for his awesome courses. What a good guy thing to do, thanks Levy!

[@hashemalsharaf9943]

Clicked faster than gotham rapping

[@jilles0680]

Is that possible??

[@jihyo8481]

Could've trapped the man's queen

[@pussdesttoyer17]

@@jihyo8481 when I see Qb4 the first thing I think about is Ra4

[@noyew2325]

That’s still slow

[@EnriqueTriana.]

i saw rook a6 i juss didnt like it lmfao

[@lirawawa400]

everytime he says "gambits repertoire" i am reborn like a phoenix

[@seraphim-kpopdreamcorpsear5255]

The secret code: the horse is called Knight

[@diederickbrauer3938]

What is "horse"

[@ericnickerson8524]

@Being Pool What is it

[@felixmeshach638]

@@ericnickerson8524 it is: the horse is called Knight i watched the vid

[@jakemillsaps7087]

What is the code for

[@felixmeshach638]

@@jakemillsaps7087 to get 75% discount at his course, link in the description, levy said, that the code expires if many people redeem it, but didnt say how many

[@tvlogs7410]

1:21:45 "Could've trapped the man's queen, didn't trap the man's queen."

[@triflomastera4882]

It doesn't trap the queen. He can give up the knight to save the queen.

[@newtech3154]

@@triflomastera4882 no bro he could take knight with took and queen was still trapped :)

[@shakur8068]

@@newtech3154 after knight sacrifice queen has h4 to escape

[@triflomastera4882]

@@newtech3154 No bro, the queen can move to h4, which was previously blocked by the knight :)

[@josheike3543]

He saw rook e3, he just didn't like it

[@thomas4368]

levy it’s so satisfying to watch you play and calmly reason through each move

[@rodabaixo13]

I mean that moment on the last game where you just flashback to the diss and start singing "didnt see a trapped queen, could have trapped the mans queen" is just something else

[@con1639]

47:50 is hilarious. "Sometimes during attacks it's +6 the whole way, but only if you follow top engine lines." He says immediately after e6 sent him from +6.2 to +1.5.

[@jenisal3984]

I actually really love how quiet it is on these recordings. They offset the twitch atmosphere with something a little more focused, where twitch is like the fun, dancey, chill atmosphere. That aside, I LOVE your episodes of How to Win at Chess. I've learned a lot from them. Thank you as always :)

[@CyanPhoenix_]

for anyone wondering, the second guy's name + bio are a reference to the TF2 short "Expiration Date". It's hilarious even if you haven't played the game.

[@randypitts7875]

Levy's hoodie game though 🎯

[@juneee7067]

"Im um.... up a queen, no not a queen um um um just some material" - Levi

[@sustavofring]

When you are so early there are no ads yet

[@jaqshemash11]

when you have youtube premium:

[@xxxtentacionfans5938]

when you live in syria and you never find any ads:

[@superbellum]

omg you're right

[@xeno9117]

Laughs in adblocker and KZbin vanced

[@mewpee7699]

When u just press the skip ads button

[@tamirpolyakov1122]

Please make a series about going to first tournament. Things to talk about: How many openings to play Tricks to be careful of in openings Should you play Gambits in openings How do USCF and CFC (canadian) transfer to Fide ratings Is there any difference between clubs in your city

[@cameronschiff132]

Petition to make FrostyYM Levy's personal protégé and make a series following him until he's an IM

[@irjake]

He's already a YM!

[@ronisaiba9623]

@@irjake YM = yo mama.

[@bradyresch7965]

@@ronisaiba9623 what’s a yo mama

[@Kxshvv]

​@@bradyresch7965yo mama is yo mama

[@tvlogs7410]

Video: How to win at Chess. Inside the video: I just have to survive 90 seconds.

[@mateuszrymar4083]

What a game, the last one! So nice, so tense! It was pleasure to watch this, Levy, thank you :) And it was interesting to see you in so defending position, I mean, its kinda rare, so it was much fun and much education for us, I guess. Greetings from Poland!

[@brownmjke3539]

i love this series. it helps learn things about many different openings even if i only play the London. I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and i cant miss an upload! i wish you the best of luck in the future and hope for your success in vegas!

[@lilcucumber9453]

Fun fact: all of you early people haven’t made it out of the intro yet

[@honhonhonhon8110]

dammit u got me

[@decqyd]

im still watching the ads

[@tangybarbecue9815]

fun fact: I skipped ahead using his things L

[@TheViolicous]

True true

[@randomname4051]

Missed the joke of made it out of the opening

[@guscox9651]

14:50 levy clearly not a TF2 fan, major blunder.

[@seelengutt]

i love that you uploaded the last game, shows that even in bad positions your opponet can get stuck,also some low volume music could fill the ''gaps'' .

[@dshocc1376]

Ok Gotham you've convinced me. I bought your Caro-Kann course. I expect to morph into Magnus Carlsen within one week of reviewing the content.

[@vvuck]

Same!!! Literally convinced me too today and I bought CK as well!

[@HurricaneCook]

Gotta start as Carlos Magnussen.

[@AUG_Glow]

Magnus played the caro kann and got mated in 8 moves. It was a bullet game though.

[@JakeLYT]

Code isn't working for me sadly.

[@zuluwaterways2725]

@@JakeLYT code isn't working for me either or I would purchase a course.

[@MeettheTings]

I'm really enjoying your channel! You are so easy to listen to and really down to earth explaining. Thanks!

[@xyzxyzxyz2959]

i was playing chess today and levy was literally helping me. i mean he obviously wasn't there but i watched so many of his videos that he was "there". i was about to make a move and the levy in my mind said "look for something better" and indeed there was a combination of moves which won me a bishop. and after that he said "cleanup! just trade and simplify". it was like i was being coached. i beat a player fhat was 300 points higher than me. thanks levy, your videos really do make a difference in people's lives!

[@acer4pidacer4pid15]

Your comment would get a lot more likes if you made it as soon as he released this video. Copy and paste that comment into his latest episode and see how many likes it gets ;)

[@xyzxyzxyz2959]

@@acer4pidacer4pid15i literally don't care, just wanted to let him know.

[@acer4pidacer4pid15]

@@xyzxyzxyz2959 he won’t see your comment unless you comment it early. If you want him to know then copy and paste that comment onto his next video as early as you can

[@xyzxyzxyz2959]

@@acer4pidacer4pid15 alright, i'll do as you say :)

[@acer4pidacer4pid15]

@@xyzxyzxyz2959 you will see :)

[@RSully2010]

Thanks so much Levy, I just enrolled in your D4 Dynamite and Caro Kann courses!! Love your channel

[@dvilardi]

1:21:45 i’m very happy to have spotted Re3 as soon as you moved your queen. Never would have seen that before meeting your channels... Levy you’re doing miracles to your subs! Thanks man!

[@MegaNardman]

Don't worry about radio silence on these YT videos, we're not those Twitch zoomers...we're OLD. The lack of music helps me focus, personally. We can put on music if we want music, Levy :)

[@glitch0001]

hard agree, please no music on the videos

[@Iono123]

Well said!

[@felixmeshach638]

Before 2:50 Your opponents work at the fbi, so they can hear you.

[@James-vc1kc]

Honestly one of my favorite things so far getting more into chess videos is all the little things including sneezing in the middle of speaking, forgetting your train of thought and not cutting anything out, etc. It just feels like there's so much more normalcy and I notice they're mostly way more laid back as opposed to making a video as perfect as it can possibly be. There's just something about that which I really like.

[@erikbeyer871]

This was a great episode Levy I really liked how you explained almost everything in detail

[@bakulshah4367]

Day 100: Of requesting Levy to cover opposite coloured bishop endgames. Especially when you have a slight material advantage of being up by two or three pawns against your opponent and you both have opposite coloured bishops as well.

[@Alliclare]

Did you watch the second game? That is exactly what happened.

[@audlovesm5]

Teleport bread is from a promotional animation made by Valve for an update for the game Team Fortress 2. I don’t remember what it’s called but I’ll edit this comment when I look it up. Edit: It’s called expiration date. Edit 2: The joke is from a line a character called The Soldier says. Which is in the TeleportBread guy’s profile picture.

[@rezam.d4780]

This is the earliest I've been to a gotham video. Feels nice to watch the quality content this soon!

[@brad_0531]

This is my favorite series of yours, Levy. Thank you for the content! Have a great day!

[@engineergaming2447]

I am actually upset that you didn't get the teleport bread reference to Team Fortress 2 :(

[@chrisknopp1864]

38:50 thank you for the warning about future sneezes, I was glad to be prepared.

[@Proximo011]

Thank you Levy for these lessons. I'm not high in elo but your way of teaching is having me think differently and playing I guess better chess. great videos man :)

[@rudolfgrabowski5021]

This is crazy. Wanted to buy the course bundle earlier today... glad I got high and forgot about it. Thanks Levy for the code!

[@kanepan9956]

Can we all appreciate how consistent Levi is with his upload schedule

[@user-lk1tf2oh8c]

No hahaha kidding of course we can actually we do

[@randomdude5804]

@@user-lk1tf2oh8c Έλληνας😱

[@user-lk1tf2oh8c]

@@randomdude5804 περήφανος Έλληνας!!!

[@randomdude5804]

@@user-lk1tf2oh8c Βασικά εχω πετυχει αρκετους Έλληνες σε αυτο το καναλι

[@mickc4138]

I love the How To Win At Chess videos record "offline" and without music, I don't mind the silence. I prefer you talking only about the game, and not chatting with your subscribers about this and that. Great job, thanks. -Mick

[@mikehall9313]

These videos keep me going man! Ive learned a lot. Inspired me to get your courses.

[@itsjordan2167]

I don’t normally comment but just wanted to say thank you for the code. I’ve just bought all of your openings courses, and I’m really looking forward to taking my chess to the next level!

[@MohammadHamja-qo4hl]

' I've done nothing but teleport bread for three days' 😂

[@TheLizardKingReal]

Levy you absolute legend. Your videos have helped me so much. You are the whole reason I even started played chess. After 3 weeks of playing chess, I’m already 950 in rapid. Much love❤️ (Edit: I’m 1100 now 🙂)

[@moggydaghlegend]

Picked up your gambits for black, looking forward to diving in. Thanks for the great content as always :)

[@MorbidElegy]

I got really into chess recently, after a friend asked me to teach her the rules. I knew how the pieces moved since I was a kid, including castling and en passant, but that was it, just the basics. Your videos have really helped me learn to start thinking about the game differently. I still have a long way to go, but I play all the time now.

[@cytrussToo]

Hey Levi, can you start puting what openings are used in each game in the timestamps again? I liked skipping around and watching the games that used openings I like. Love your stuff!

[@JakeLYT]

Or watch them all so you get broader knowledge ;) I don't play the Caro-Kann but I still watch those games for the strategic and tactical insights in the middle game.

[@nicolalughi5489]

Gotham, THANKS YOU. Each time I see a notification of one of your video my day gets better, and that's only cuz of you, because of your contents and your consistency. Never give up, you are the reason many people like chess and you are the reason peoples day gets better. Thanks

[@eula9]

buut what do u mean its 9 pm the day is over already ??? i dont udnerstnad

[@nicolalughi5489]

@@eula9 I'm speaking in general

[@rjroth4869]

I appreciate your lack of ego: you purposefully got into a poor opening position in the last game just to show 1) the importance of knowing your openings, 2) the importance of time, 3) the importance of continuing to fight on even in a bad position. Very instructive and entertaining.

[@robthefish88]

One man's disaster is another man's best game ever. I liked the puzzle style analysis before each move, very instructive. Another great video!

[@speedshot9966]

1:21:48 "Could've trapped the man's queen, didn't see the trapped queen" Re3 traps black's queen btw

[@rodabaixo13]

He just didnt like it dud

[@triflomastera4882]

It doesn't. Black can give the knight away to save the queen. Edit: Nf3+ Rxf3 Qh4

[@davidwang5770]

no it doesn't.

[@fraseranderson15]

Does it though? Cause knight f3. Then he loses the knight but h4 is available and he can run away with the queen. Maybe I’m missing something

[@Me1le]

Correction, the secret code is: "The goat has been milked" I repeat: "The goat has been milked"

[@pomtubes1205]

Affirmative

[@mlgklipz2543]

@@pomtubes1205 are there word/ letter hidden or how do u know

[@johnnyt.939]

Love your content! Thanks for helping me and entertaining me, especially during times of adversity!

[@coconut4346]

it was awesome to see u play the vienna game! i often have a hard time finding the win in those positions like u did there. kind of cool to see u even sometimes struggle

[@scottpatrick8645]

Levi makes uploads while making uploads

[@monotonegaming1043]

Clicked on this faster than people who post the "clicked on this faster" comments

[@isaacpowrie465]

But what if you do not have a mouse lol/computer

[@sandc9514]

Wait this is a paradox since you are being faster than those people but you are those people you go infinitely fast

[@thenorskguy8648]

@@sandc9514 doesnt make sensw what your saying

[@SteveDorrans]

First!

[@zlegend9628]

Wow, you outfasted yourself

[@sorenrasmussen8676]

Levy, you are a hero producing all this content. You’ve really enhanced my understanding of the game. Thanks 👍

[@markcase2210]

Man, I can’t thank you enough for your content!! You’re a great teacher! 👍👍

[@ydc_kel]

Just started chess 2 months ago my skills have been improving

[@sustavofring]

He started 2 months ago. So probably around 3400

[@mr_shortlegs7638]

same

[@lizardpeoplearetakingovert9996]

Spoiler: The secret code is 'En Passant is a myth created by the government'

[@si6197]

Thanks Gotham, just purchased the d4 dynamite and I’m super excited to advance through it ! I’ve never really been a great player so I hope I can get some new insight :)

[@ianpibworth4861]

This has to be the most instructive chess content on KZbin! Keep it up G-man

[@roughlyunderscore]

Day 18 of translating Levy's titles to Russian: "В этом эпизоде есть секретное послание"

[@eula9]

lol russian uses a bunch mmore letters to say the saeme thing Lol what a dumb language

[@exfordovsky5315]

@@eula9 I do hope it was a joke...

[@dunkindonut3271]

@@eula9 ok boomer

[@eula9]

@@exfordovsky5315 why wood I jjoke About it?? english is much easier, fast, small letters, better... russian doesnt ook easy jus t look at the letters, thwy are like different shapes and sizes, so dumb lol??? there is a reasoon why englih is 1. language in the worrl,d, spoekn by the most peeople, its because its the btest

[@exfordovsky5315]

@@eula9 The girl is for real complaining about languages coz they're harder than English lmao, imma screenshot that xD

[@a.singhg3683]

When it's a Gotham video, you gotta like before you even start watching.

[@Kraaken8]

Got the Caro-Kann and E4 course after watching this vid. All jokes about appreciation of appreciations aside, I thank you for being the most consistent content creator for this game. Can't wait til they release Chess 2.

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

Thanks for the video, Levy. Especially for game 3, as now I know what to do against bishop b5.

[@roodzy73]

Last time i was this early I wasn’t subbed

[@meh2846]

I just bought two of your courses, I’m ready to get out of the 800-900 elo

[@epieferealz8547]

Did the code work for you ?

[@FlamewaterOW]

Love your content levy keep doing what you do best

[@turtleCalledCalmie]

That last game was fun AF. Thank you for the lesson

[@moveslikethese2651]

You’ve not finished learning your last Gotham course you don’t need another one You’ve not finished learning your last Gotham course you don’t need another one You’ve not finished learning your last Gotham course you don’t need another one 75% off you say?

[@viertelkuchen]

Day 10 of translating Levy's title to German: (Old title: "Geheimer Code in dieser Folge") "Wie man in Schach gewinnt (Folge 12)"

[@cc.barxa99]

Man kennt’s... AHAHAHAH

[@dirteh2332]

Gotham... Sir... Just found this series and just binge watching has improved my chess (not hard to do) but from 11-1200 blitz to 13-1400 😂 eventually might get 1500 thanks brother!

[@MaxwellS300]

Thanks for the course! very excited to learn something new!

[@jihyo8481]

when someone says first and then they reload the page......

[@dhyanamsutaria413]

Clicked faster than a 100 rated player blundering scholar's mate

[@drsquidius]

just bought the course Dynamite, been wanting to do so for a while now. Great to be encouraging your efforts to make an honest living out of this ! cheers!

[@matteopalermo4864]

Thanks Levy i was finally able to get both courses for white and black, can't wait to start them

[@howdyman5961]

The real ones know the teleport bread reference 😎

[@karlmarx4462]

Levi is Levy's evil twins(also, there's a secret code in Levi's name, if you rearrange the letters you can get evil..)

[@scottjasper5424]

Thank you, Levy. I have been eyeing off your 'Gambits For White's course for a while now

[@amberkapoor9857]

Levy thanks to you my chess has improved so much i learn something new everytime

[@mishabortman9444]

I was waiting for a video to eat with

[@gokusoloscope]

Watch memes while eating its fun

[@allegrah4569]

last time I was this early, Levy still said: "what's worth more than a queen? a king." ps. it is you, you're worth more than a queen :)

[@lukejohnson1860]

Thanks for the code, just bought the caro-kann course, looking forward to it.

[@youmnasehar6058]

Hey gotham just wantes to say that with your great content, charming style and endless potential the only way is up

[@matteoprojetto1587]

Day 68 of translating the title in Italian: "Codice segreto in questo episodio".

[@saimedhanshbitla5157]

so close

[@rasen7721]

Day 1 of translating Levy’s title to Japanese: このエピソードには暗号がある

[@roughlyunderscore]

I am proud of you.

[@eula9]

wtf

[@gustavopinedagonzalez316]

b-r-u-h spaces where

[@matteoprojetto1587]

😁👌

[@e_brangelical]

👍👍👍👍 Love this vid, btw! It not only helps my chess skills during the day, but you're my version of Bob Ross when I go to sleep. Very good instructor!

[@odinnhrafnsson6267]

Thank you for fun and informing content Gotham!