How To Win At Chess, Episode 7 (Elo 900-1700)

[@kyouninja]

As a Russian I always thought his accent was superb, until today I was blown away by the fact that he actually speaks it

[@andreimostovoi2533]

Охуел (с)

[@nicholasbenbow3906]

Точно!

[@dockerface]

@@andreimostovoi2533 ну не охуел, а так, слегка прихуел )

[@malenkas3]

Byka, clyat

[@danielarnaiz6419]

Same with Spanish, i had no clue he could actually speak some Spanish.

[@strogarth6752]

Its crazy how levys chat always seems to find the worst possible move

[@dragonbane44]

One wonders how KZbin lost to twitch in sub battle. Handily too.

[@MyNemesisIX]

And yet somehow manages to win vs the youtube chat =/. My guess? stream chat has to bust a move right here and then. KZbin chat can pause and think for awhile!

[@mannsharma4501]

@@dragonbane44 true but that was some epic af content(btw I watch both)

[@tylerbrown4483]

I mean, to be fair you can’t see the chat. It could have been 100 people commenting the best move and then one person said something dumb and he called it out.

[@joeb4142]

It’s a rare and glorious talent.

[@JuiceboxGM24]

1:24:17 what a respectful resign! He definitely respects his opponent and doesn't go for a flag which I think was possible, genuinely. What a game!

[@misanthrope_6715]

Levy would not approve: "The clock is a piece"

[@virtuoso513]

🤓

[@justnorth7400]

Levi loudly speaking in Spanish is the most hilarious thing I have seen today.

[@rundiggy]

And him switching from Spaniard Spanish to New York Spanish is killing me. Lmao

[@malenkas3]

Truly beautiful 😢

[@narsil101]

@@malenkas3ol9

[@melihbarut86]

@@rundiggy whats the difference btw

[@BlakeGreen]

I'm one of the 40 people he offended with his mistaken accents 😂

[@richardrdr2109]

i don't like chess, i come here to listen to Levy pronouncing Russian names

[@ramnathshenoy1086]

Good for you

[@danya_2d]

По факту

[@MasterCast001]

That is the worst lie ive heard all week

[@neil0573]

@@MasterCast001 it is a joke

[@michaelvonreich74]

Nepominachocolatecchi

[@alexiouu1234]

"Dont block your rook it's like locking your brother in a closet and holding the door." 1:34:45 I know very little about chess but this was very funny to me

[@lancepeterson7997]

What is this a time link to?

[@alexiouu1234]

@@lancepeterson7997 him blocking his rook

[@JamieClark]

@@whitefox8376 in game 1 or 2, I forget now 😂

[@grln930]

@@lancepeterson7997 Pretty sure it was the 2nd game were it was about black developing the e or a rook to the d file.

[@ihavenolife8651]

"I'm playing with myself actually”- gothamchess, 2021

[@Kneem]

Same Gotham, same

[@thecakeredux]

I take not getting the year wrong in february as a flex.

[@t19563]

Oh god

[@filler8086]

We all do gotham, we all do

[@chizuru1999]

and your profile picture suits that! haha 😂🤣

[@Gavinyo16]

When you binge watch the how to win at chess series: “My brain is flowing with knowledge.”

[@honglac6839]

try Daniel Narorditsky's speedrun, very instructive

[@jdb7578]

Until you play yourself. For me at least.

[@soulreaverable]

“Im doing 1000 calculations per second and they're all wrong “

[@theresnoonehereatall4807]

Binge watching again myself

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

That's exactly how I feel! ❤️

[@CodyRyle]

“i don’t want to trade queens because that’s how you lose a queen” heard it here first folks at gotham chess

[@Gavinyo16]

“She protec, she attack, but most importantly, she snack.” -Gotham 2021

[@sibelleelkhoury9008]

Fav quote ever

[@gaaalavant]

I was hoping it'd be "she protecc, she attacc, but most importantly, she dressed in blacc"

[@SpencerfromEarth]

@@gaaalavant that's pretty good too

[@soutimukhopadhyay3940]

This is less of a chess video and more of Levy flexing how many languages he speaks XD

[@bbkr2063]

I challenge him to speak proper Polish while playing Polish opening :)

[@davidstar2362]

lol

[@sudhramjutun5694]

Really ? He did that less than a minute and he played 7 games in this video using various openings and explaining reasons behind each moves. And you still think otherwise. How ungrateful can one be *smh*

[@moonycanwatch]

Journey of levy completely losing it: from "nooOOo too slow" to "da-ma-gé"

[@DaviMartins99]

and then 10 minutes of espanhol catalão.

[@megant9890]

1:00:06

[@largenaq2935]

There are 3 things guaranteed in life: death, taxes, and Levy making an MMA reference

[@trtr7742]

and nba reference

[@blueboat9581]

Because mma is human chess

[@miloman4161]

*khabib reference

[@lionki7264]

When you are so early that the number of minutes is equal to your elo

[@DanksterPaws]

I have an Elo of 29 yes

[@user-xw9lt1em3m]

How would being late affect that fact

[@yahyawasim1994]

@@user-xw9lt1em3m Don't judge his Elo is like 58

[@nuclear9977]

@@DanksterPaws hey my boy dank

[@zephdef1781]

How does this have anything to do with being early

[@siu-yee]

Ok levy speaking Spanish, his attempts at French, and singing Taylor just added 10 years to my lifespan

[@davidstar2362]

lol

[@TheMosayat]

Yup I swear this was one of the most fun streams I've seen from him 😂

[@pagnedaman3777]

At 41:59 Levy hilariously describes chess at 6-700. At 4-500, aka my beloved home, it's fucking insanity.

[@PatrickCWalters]

Your self awareness will surely help you improve 🙏🏽

[@ddandymann]

Honestly I kinda miss it in a way. I'm 950 now and in the opening at 950 you never know whether your opponent is going to just play utterly ridiculous moves or like 8 moves of pure theory, and honestly I'm not sure which is more dangerous. At least at 500 you can rely on the games being consistently ridiculous.

[@mackenzieusher8025]

That Bane impression was freaking on point. 1:02:07

[@mlitsh4873]

It's easy just look at the ceiling.

[@ihsan862]

Its ceiling

[@vxn_gxance]

Lmao yea instantly become Beth Harmon

[@mhamed4790]

@@vxn_gxance hikaru

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

Instructions unclear: am suddenly hung over as I'm about to play Borgov

[@scriptedjava265]

@@Isthatthegrimreaper170 you resign now

[@Eggmasta1066]

Ah. The Sicilian, a man of culture. The Godfather defence.

[@Whydidyoudothis]

Did you already watch it?

[@alonshoval6267]

1600 here. still have a lot to learn :)

[@danya_2d]

GothFather

[@thomasstraw8352]

Game 6 Endgame, one of the best games and narratives I have seen Gotham play!!! Much love!

[@Isotoph]

Your Spanish accent is sooo good. Greetings from the south of Spain! Me has enseñado una barbaridad de ajedrez, muchísimas gracias Levy!

[@haxfax8917]

levy: u could remove ads also levy: i probably shouldn't have told u that

[@KoolKyurem25]

That Zugzwang tho in the Danish Gambit game was killer! Props to Schberg. I hear Northernlion say this a lot but, 1500 ELOs really are built different.

[@patrickinocencio2305]

Levy should make a video about how to avoid tunnel visions

[@jeremymcadam7400]

Don't line your important parts up. Ez

[@robinmontgomery9160]

Checks-captures-attacks helps

[@patrickinocencio2305]

@@robinmontgomery9160 somtimes just SOMETIMES it does not work

[@robinmontgomery9160]

@@patrickinocencio2305 Well if there was such a thing as a 100% effective solution, we'd just be computers

[@patrickinocencio2305]

@@robinmontgomery9160 I'm finding 99.9% but ok

[@thebus3181]

I feel like most of us aren’t even above 1500 Edit: I got likes

[@brahmabraja624]

Yes ur right

[@callummcarthur199]

I'm pretty sure being above 1200 makes you in like the top 70th percentile of chess players or something crazy like that

[@Gleepglurp]

@@callummcarthur199 that sounds wrong since most high School teams are 1200 or higher

[@Jamal_met_een_a]

@@callummcarthur199 1200fide is the average rating of a chess player.

[@Godvvinslaw]

@@Gleepglurp I donno the most online games with ranking system like LoL or CSGO have a really low Average skill group.Everyone on Gold+ is above average and Gold player are not that good. 40% of the active lol player are silver and 23% are bronze so if you are gold you are already in the top 40%

[@badalkoirala]

Glad to see Chess Content Creators getting sponsors. Get that $$$ bag Levyy.

[@tomosaurus2956]

Whats better than waking up? Waking up to a Gotham video

[@adude3119]

It’s 11 pm I’m about to go to sleep

[@ondrejnemec5756]

not waking up

[@khytron06]

Ah yes waking up to internet

[@JoanRaba21]

As a Catalan I must say that you were not even close to the Catalan accent, but that "CON UN TENEDORRRRR" just got me LOL

[@CarlotaBorrell15]

proposta: canviar l'accent català per parlar amb la cece a partir d'ara

[@DemianNuur]

@@CarlotaBorrell15 Jo ja ho feia jajaja

[@redhood8852]

Glad im not the only catalan here

[@basesixty6739]

I love hearing an IM nonchalantly call a knight a horsey 😂

[@PranavGamingZone]

After this video I finally reached 1700. I was stuck at 2100 for months

[@eds1020]

Watching him beat Stockfish10 moves all over the place from these 1400/1500 players is super impressive.

[@eoghan.5003]

Three colours of hoodie in one video! Levy must really be getting the bag

[@stevencleere4912]

1:29:30 Levy: "You have to have an opening against the London." me: *laughs in Dutch Defense*

[@sudhramjutun5694]

Where are your videos where you beat Levy ? 😂😂😂😂 Levy laughs in chess*

[@XxsolraccxX]

As a catalan person, that part where you were trying to speak with a catalan accent was hilarious, so wrong, but still hilarious. For an amercian you speak a ton of languages though! Due to my grandma being german i speak 3 native languages (spanish, catalan and german). Plus I speak english and russian it would be nice if you made a video explaining where you learned spanish and russian. Do you speak hebrew too?

[@bykegetter478]

How does the Catalan accent sound like? To me every Spanish language sounds like Spanish XD

[@JoanRaba21]

@@bykegetter478well it is really hard to explain, in Spanish there's only five vowel sounds and in Catalan there's like 7 or 8 so it already makes it sound very different... Though they are both written pretty similar like many other romance languages they just don't sound the same. When Catalans with a really strong accent speak Spanish we kinda sound like we are having a hard time even though we are native speakers, but it's hard to describe...

[@Orne97]

I think his family comes from Russia, that's why he speaks russian.

[@neauntv]

When

[@danielsayre3385]

@@bykegetter478 warbly

[@hudanradifan]

I can't wait until he uploads the How to draw at chess episode 8 video . Love this series.

[@Alkuf100]

Same

[@stoutlager6325]

About learning Catalan at 600-700 range, I tried that. Basically what happens is you let something through early because you don't know how to keep the position solid after you're out of the opening five or so moves, opponent gets a knight in or a queen, trashes that entire side of the board before you can manage to evict it somehow. Usually it's a knight. Knight invasions were my least favorite thing to deal with at that level. Especially so with short time control as the catalan can produce positions in unskilled hands that open the door for a knight to repeatedly check you, no mate threat just check after annoying check, running down your clock.

[@MathAdam]

I'll do a companion series: How to lose at chess.

[@lboyplays210]

29:46 this is what the true passion for chess looks like

[@benji0054]

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[@benji0054]

Wait I commented on the wrong video

[@Kochen51]

@@benji0054 AHAHAHAHAH

[@D3sertst0rm]

Your Spanish is on point! Even if you mixed the accent. Points for being able to speak a different language + add an accent to it. Genuinely impressed.

[@junaidrashid1184]

Instructions unclear: Challenged Garry Kasparov to a game of checkers instead

[@alen132varnov8]

underrated

[@floydselkin899]

1:00:28 is the greatest philosophical quote of this century

[@ДмитрийШаплыко-ъ3н]

Я его смотрел два месяца, никогда не знал что он может говорить по-русски, охуел.

[@welovegarro]

я так взорвался с этого, ничего смешнее за последний год я не слышал

[@maxnell1841]

ахахахах и ещё это ахуел в конце вообще разьеб

[@lorenzo12388]

This is hands down one of the most instructive chess videos I have ever seen. Kudos to you man

[@alvinpoly2781]

Hi Levy, been a great fan of your content for the past month. You've helped improve my chesd by miles!

[@orblokh6822]

Same

[@EvaWatchesYoutube]

43:58 This hit hard, because that’s what the truth does. Thank you for making so many of my days easier during these times.

[@jeremywicker8304]

Best advice in this video is when Gotham recommends watching cute dog videos when you're angry.

[@Ragnerok21]

There were like 3 hoodies in this vid. Levy's hoodieverse is expanding at unprecedented rate

[@greyxwind]

"In American schools we are taught McDonalds recipes" hahaha

[@quintontuthill3767]

as a new yorker who loves ufc and chess gotham is my spirit animal

[@yudhveer5023]

Thank you so much levy, my rating was stagnant for a long time but I just hit 1100 you have helped me a lot ✌️ love from India

[@unaiuwu4271]

As both an Spanish and Catalan I find extremely amusing Levy speaking Spanish, I just hope he does this every time he plays the Catalan. I mean it's not offensive at all, here in Spain we try not to take things very seriously even though some rads make shit tense.

[@conorgunn5308]

Schberg representing us 1500s really well! great to see : )

[@tasa5809]

sometimes you play with sometimes you play against is such an underrated quote

[@lindenhile3372]

"Don't let me go h5" *lets him go h5* "Good move, let me think"

[@woodenfences]

Great point about what you can learn from your own blunders, your "place on Earth when it comes to chess", and even greater point about "what people conceptualize about reality."

[@Gavinyo16]

Me trying to find levy’s idea behind having a pawn break. “Me looking super intently at the board and at Gotham”

[@baolanloganberthelot257]

At 58:20, doesn't Bxf7+ work ? If he takes back with the rook, you take the other rook with the queen + check, and if he takes with the king, then you have Rxh7+, Kg8 forced, Qh8# ? I'm 1300 elo atm, I'm probably not seeing a possible counter move for black Anyway, great video as always Levy, thanks for the high-quality content ! :) Edit : Wrong time stamp

[@abc6568]

I was thinking the same thing

[@yusufmalik5155]

When he started talking Russian, it was so funny 😂 😂 😂

[@JuiceboxGM24]

Schberg played one of the most intense games I've ever seen! That guy definitely has potential!

[@adamgwynne9429]

"What even is a name" Levy Rozman, International Master

[@gwynjudd]

This is the "What are frogs?" meme of 2021

[@cfb2859]

Please make a video on how you should play when you are material down or how to coordinate your pieces.

[@nahuel3256]

"I had to turn on my inner comrade" Lol

[@versacellama6099]

I wish there were more videos at this length! Love the content and always pick up knowledge

[@mr.gubagub1899]

"well if some people play like this suffocate me, well nevermind some people are into that." -Levy

[@BambinaSaldana]

19:06 "Now do not get tunnel vision..." *Immediately hangs bishop*

[@icebox5378]

When he whipped out the Russian, I deadass was sitting here with an open mouth

[@wscheets1600]

i just wanted to say i really appreciate the youtube uploads. i dont have time to watch twitch, but i like being able to see your content. its been very helpful. please keep it up! and thank you!

[@k0tseventysix461]

38:03 Воу Леви полегче

[@CalebPeavy]

I started at level 300 before taking your courses. Now I'm 550+ in just a week and winning 4/5 games right now. Highly recommended.

[@AIandtheworld]

Me, 1400, first chess lesson: "I don't like to trade queens."

[@AbhaySingh-fv7or]

Levy is a nice teacher, He not only teaches chess, he says some of the things to be followed in life.

[@bryanv6036]

Don't you just love how he starts his segments without a proper intro

[@RickyB9691]

Love the promotional bit. Perfect time for a pee break and don't have to turn on the light it's a win win

[@saatviksharma1532]

Last time I was this early,TAL still had his queen on the board.

[@Yamulo]

The second to last game was really exciting. That 1500 played really well

[@jasonsun94]

Levy: Check Random Noob: Check Levy: Check Random intermediate guy: Check Levy: Check Random Advanced guy: Check Levy: Check Random GM: Check check check Oof French levy beating up American levy

[@Guitarfailtastic2857]

thank you for making these videos. i enjoy chess but i'm alone a whole lot and your personality and videos help me feel not so alone. sometimes i'll put on one of your videos on low volume to go to sleep to. i'll be okay i just want you to know that your videos are appreciated.

[@matteoclbr3013]

How can I compare lichess rating to chess.com rating?

[@tahmeedchowdhury0007]

Your chess.com rating is likely to be 300 points lower, lichess inflates ratings

[@matteoclbr3013]

Thx guys

[@hwangsaessi2335]

They use slightly different rating algoritms, and also calibrated differently. Mathematically, you are not supposed to compare two different populations directly. That being said, if we wanna have a simple rule, we can look at the two average ratings. On lichess, it is 1500; on chesscom, I am not sure, but I believe it is 1200. So subtract 300 points from your lichess rating and there you go.

[@hwangsaessi2335]

@@tahmeedchowdhury0007 "Inflating" implies an artifical increase to make the numbers look higher. This is not true, lichess just uses a different algorithm, where the standard level is defined at a higher number. It does not mean that the players on different sites are necessarily weaker/stronger. You can also define an algorithm where the standard rating is 9999, it does not matter, only the comparison between players of a single site does.

[@janole654]

I didnt know that there would be this big difference in ratings between lichess and chess.com so one day I switched to chess.com after playing half a year only on lichess (1450 rating). I was totally devastated as my rating dropped even to under 1100, losing game after game, almost unable to beat people 1200+.... it was a painful experience. now I'm close 1200 and am quite happy with it.

[@dhushy63]

Nice to see Levy getting sponsors

[@D4ck0u]

“At 6/7 hundred, it’s like a drunk bar fight “ the level of truth in this is amazing ♟

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

♟

[@johnathancastro478]

I’m a little new to chess. And want to thank you for getting me through my last deployment I would watch you play from my friends laptop it definitely help distract me from the real world for a bit.

[@valdiscibulskis4302]

no really im russian and i watch you like 2-3 months now , jeez you neded to see my face when you started speak russian XDDDDDDD

[@kriskerr8819]

Hey levy just wanted to say. You're the first chess KZbinr I've found and now I watch everyday. Your comedy, commentary and knowledge is amazing🤙

[@playerunknown3234]

What low elo players are actually doing wrong :- Memorizing openings without learning it the hard way

[@ND-State]

You say it's not the point to watch because you're good, but I watch because you're good homey, so fun to watch thank you.

[@ajiteshjoshi2492]

I had a dream that you defeated agadmator!

[@tycobb41]

"You move this F pawn I take your pawn triple fork you I laugh in your face". Dude your a Chess comedy legend, I love it 😎👍🏻

[@hastexd923]

Impeccable hairline

[@chaosforever]

Levy in spanish is one of the most amazing things that I've seen today, funny asf

[@Hello-ev3gr]

Gotham chess love from Korea. I would love to play chess with you if I could

[@nosami5268]

Anyong. Love from Germany. 🐯 Try, to teach him some BADUK, too. 👍🙋

[@VeeryanBhatia]

One of the best episodes

[@RFxSukhoi]

You sound very badass when you speak Russian. А ну, чики брики и в дамке!

[@Ronaldinaldo]

« It aint daamn maan right now, its been damn maan for a while » 😭😭 46:14

[@dradis5185]

"U interested in Surfshark?" "No I'm interested in how to win at chess. That's why I'm here Mr. Rozman"

[@charleshimes1634]

I'll respond to Levy's comment at 44:37 or so: I always slow down the speed to 75. Then he sounds more "Russian" which is so much more "chessy" for me who is in awe of the mystique of the Russian chess masters of the past (and present). This impulse to fantasy and imagination is important to me in my chess ascension to a higher level. I'm heading there slowly but surely and (for those who follow these games in this series) be aware that I intend to play Levy in this format someday and WIN or at least DRAW. It's good to have the desire for a goal like this and is a great tool for me to keep studying with this particular goal always in mind. This is a measure (nim noga) of my respect for his teaching abilities.

[@lucagerza7372]

Congrats on the sponsor Levy!!

[@cooperlogback4242]

I was playing with my kid the other day and explaining why I was making the moves, and he said “you sound like that chess guy on KZbin” and it might have been the best compliment I’ve ever received.

[@cristianrodriguez7808]

I just wanna get drunk with Levy and play chess in Spanglish.

[@shwetabhniket3092]

the catalan game was so much instructive and entertaining! Dude you’re my favourite.❤️❤️❤️❤️