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[@GothamChess]

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[@JiviteshBakshi]

you boutta oil up bro?

[@noamcohen1709]

@@JiviteshBakshi ...

[@justinrodriguez7005]

Pain of sponsor?

[@TimTimAfola]

Pin of sponsor

[@henrypucci2738]

Fentanyl

[@i0SoUJ1_xkOjbI-d8Vg5BPml.9MzQR]

"I'm gonna open up the position and then I'mma oil up." - Levy Rozman, 2024

[@hassaannitroold6707]

362 likes and zero replys, damn

[@oah1943]

word of the wise

[@ujjwal2473]

He's finally oiled up

[@hermancharlesserrano1489]

@@mohammedalobadi589glad you said it, so I didn’t have to 🤣👍

[@joleexxong4354]

9:18 He just oiled up

[@digiscream]

"Maybe it's a4?" Nope, Levy, I don't think it's a4.

[@joshuanelson7823]

@digiscream Lol I did the same thing

[@Youonly_dieonce]

The move is na3

[@CrankyEditz]

Original Title: Why I oil up in chess positions

[@blakewelch6650]

@@CrankyEditz hell yeah

[@caydenobvs9779]

twas actually "Eugene."

[@alibekselpiev8301]

9:15 for those looking

[@Lakshya-c]

" "a little bit of that and a little bit of this" ahh edit "

[@suryash3840]

"with glutes stretched" ahh title

[@Seresean]

"How you like those apples" means that this janitor is definitely a reference to the protagonist of Good Will Hunting

[@user-sm7ik8vn4x]

yup!

[@PeazChess]

How do you like them apples*

[@Legan320]

Or Death Note (but I hope not)

[@foxioff]

@@Legan320 nah, he also talked about Red Sox which is a reference to a dialog in the movie, so def not Death Note

[@Vichewy]

When I played Eugene, he said he had to see about a girl after the match

[@kagenerra]

MY NAME IS EUGENE AND THE NOTIFICATION ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK (the title was just "Eugene." before when it got uploaded)

[@evgenivasileuski559]

Same here

[@onlygens1502]

bro done hit me with a mad jumpscare

[@user-vi2vd3pi2w]

@@kagenerra chill lil bro

[@arthurlibberecht7301]

Imagine being named Eugene

[@arnoudh6203]

Ok im imagining it now what​@@arthurlibberecht7301

[@benhall1098]

The correct way to beat him is to play 1:Na3 - Sodium attack

[@Dimeind]

Did not work

[@julian7801]

@@Dimeind same. I'm on mobile maybe it's pc/web only?

[@lol-yz8fh]

@@julian7801 worked for me, he should start saying “chess……..”.

[@ioannaghi2444]

It worked on PC

[@plsroux6132]

it worked lol

[@FocusBeam]

Levy never fails to brutally beat a janitor

[@AhimtarHoN]

He literally failed doing that this video lol

[@nikolasrhine3252]

And in chess, too!

[@ctaplliekjiacchuk6478]

and Eugene SACRIFICED THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

[@FocusBeam]

@@ctaplliekjiacchuk6478 The rook sac was personal

[@FocusBeam]

@@ctaplliekjiacchuk6478 The rook sac was personal

[@xTriton_]

0:00 Video Starts 9:17 Levy oils up 31:20 Video Ends

[@scooby8561]

thanks man i really needed this

[@Foolol]

@@scooby8561 …

[@paper-eater_69]

Thanks dude, couldnt remember where he oiled up and now i dont have to search for it.

[@shaanpatel1210]

I think Eugene is inspired by Will Hunting (janitor at MIT) in the movie Goodwill Hunting.

[@colbystarr9149]

That’s what i was thinking

[@colbystarr9149]

Maybe inspired by magnus tho kinda looks like him

[@mr.nobody2515]

Indeed, that’s what i thought

[@huh968]

pretty obvious from the apples line

[@SteveSSBB]

Yeah. That bot is wicked smart.

[@everydaffodil5344]

Levy I just crossed 2,000 this week. It means a lot to me and I want to thank you since you were the first one who I found when I got into chess during COVID. Now I’ll be following while you achieve your goal and become GM!

[@whenthingsfly4283]

🎉

[@Oliver-2103]

Hey man any tips? I want to reach around 1600 elo and know the basic stuff for improving I guess. Play puzzles, rapid over blitz, analyse games and I only play 2 openings that I study every day. Could you tell me what you think was the most important step for your improvement? Thank you and big congratulations!!

[@hayhorca915]

@@Oliver-2103 im 2000 and I think most of my improvement was from watching loads of chess yt just for fun and entertainment

[@Ananyasingh06150]

@@hayhorca915 what you watch???? Please tell

[@everydaffodil5344]

@@Oliver-2103 it’s a bit hard to say because everybody has different things that work for them (I barely do puzzles tbh, but that is one of the more classical methods). A couple things that helped me personally: (1) watching/paying close attention to Levy’s recaps of top level play. Even though you can’t play like a GM he explains really clearly what they’re thinking and trying to do. I remember specifically one game where I saw Caruana make a plan to reactivate a bishop that was restrained for the whole game before that, and it made a lightbulb go off. I’ve had a few of those moments. (2) Watch higher level videos of your specific openings (most importantly the way to play general positions, rather than memorized moves). Even into the 2000 level people do not know the “why” of how their openings are played. (3) branch out your KZbin content-there are so many knowledgeable players online that can help you level up, poke around because you can learn something from all of them even if they don’t have the most views. Bonus tip: GTE seems like it’s just a fun series but I still learn so much to this day because Levy drops gems in the midst of explaining a mistake. Danya’s speed run is much the same way. Hope that helps! Good luck man you can totally do it.

[@TherealEl1tetv]

9:17 quote of the year

[@toruh4184]

Levy oiling up 4k

[@alirezashabanian1601]

31:08 maybe you should try to beat the bot one more time again 🙂

[@stolve8847]

I think Eugene is a Good Will Hunting reference to Matt Damon's character working as a janitor at MIT.

[@logandoran4333]

0:02 Chess bots

[@jvr6809]

0:03 is fun

[@TheTrooper1878]

0:04 Nice way to practice

[@the___dude]

0:05 as well so

[@FamilyVIog]

@@logandoran4333 9:18 I’m gonna oil up

[@dwnas1071]

0:07 actual human beings

[@CubingExplained7YT]

You can beat Eugene by playing the sodium attack

[@NoirCoat]

24:48 "Bro actually thinks he's Hikaru" AOOOUUGGHH

[@CatSurfer]

The move is 1. Na3

[@Sunklettuce]

@CatSurfer it worked, but I still lost. I think he is above a 400 elo level, lol

[@YousernameOne]

I beat him with this, thanks.

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

Why is this comment NOT number 1???

[@CatSurfer]

@@gianlucatartaro1335 Because i didn't comment this the nanosecond the video came out

[@FocusBeam]

0:33 Levy reveals his secret janitor prep

[@Pivas1]

0:01 Literally me i only play against bots i get too stressed out when playing a real game

[@GoldenboyCivil]

@@Pivas1 fr😭😂 it's also stressful when the opponent starts playing his moves really fast for some reasons

[@charles6238]

@@Pivas1 ye but you have to play against real people to improve

[@ashwink7644]

Same 🙌

[@botnfs4640]

@@charles6238 not really no

[@shapeofsoup]

Eugene, Eugene, Eugene, Eu-geeeeene…please don’t take my queen just because you can…

[@Pogramista]

I also thought the same when I saw this name written in the comments

[@Omarmohamed-tk6up]

25:42 you can see eugene's elo.

[@AM23.]

Saw that 😊

[@RushTornad0]

@@Omarmohamed-tk6up i think it might’ve been showing performance ratings because it shows levy’s rating as 2547 which isn’t his actual rating obviously edit: i have no idea why it would do that though

[@thekraken4265]

@@RushTornad0it says 2457

[@TheBcoolGuy]

his elo is hanging out?

[@RushTornad0]

@@thekraken4265 typo mb

[@ryxzn1]

9:17 AYO nah levy don't get to excited

[@maximostsitsamis6571]

@@ryxzn1 fr tho 9:18 no way said parents oiling up is when u COOK with the frying pan...

[@agentraydg839]

💀

[@Canary_10]

20:51 Is when he starts playing eugene.

[@WavesXC]

Thx

[@pace_18]

0:11 but not all chess bots are the same

[@connergoldsborough4093]

Chad being 575 Elo and playing like a master lol😂 he was legit better than the next two bots higher than him

[@daev3000]

Chads gonna chad.

[@respomanify]

Virgin 3500 overengineered bot vs 500 Elo chad bot

[@0xic644]

Btw the opening that breaks eugene is the sodium attack with Na3

[@OssidianX]

yes i found it too

[@tomridly8989]

❗️

[@user-qm7ei6gx4n]

It still plays like an engine

[@user-qm7ei6gx4n]

Oh it does not work on mobile

[@Meganos999]

Wow yeah, I’m like 700 and beat him no problem. The dialogue switch is cool

[@DR.685]

9:16 Levy never fails to oil up

[@zonomena9153]

What ?

[@RADIOACTIVE429]

That's actually what he said 😂😂

[@the_chess_army01]

0:00 the video starts

[@elitelegendsgaming2101]

Incredibly insightful, thank you

[@matercan5649]

I would have never known that without you

[@MarySengendo]

oh thanks brother

[@god5458]

You know how to drink water 💦

[@mikeplaysgamez7095]

thanks

[@05anonymous50]

@28:58 found something I’m proud of. Gotham had rook g6 and there’s a fun line. After Fxg6, there’s Qxh6+, kg8 forced, then Hxg6. Position is only around -1. I mean obviously the engine just squeezes a better position (Black plays re8 and just calmly continues their attack) but white has an eventual g7 and a monster knight. Would be fun to see humans play it out.

[@behehsvdiiw73]

31:20 video ends

[@TimeNap]

Eugene... Levy. So Eugene named his kid Levy. Now it's canon that Levy is named after Eugene Levy.

[@shausable]

had to scroll way too far to find this. thought it'd be top comment for sure.

[@TimeNap]

@@shausable I'm beginning to think people don't know who Eugene Levy is.

[@colingore9918]

I thought for a second that Eugene Levy was his dad's name... "Wait, THAT Eugene Levy?!" but then I realized no, it would be Eugene Rozman. Whew

[@brickowls7886]

Original title: "Why nobody celebrates my birthday"

[@arthurfrade8574]

No it isn’t it was “Eugene.”

[@EugeneMaryniuk]

No it was: "MAGNUS IS GROOMING LITTLE CHILDREN???"

[@Pulsar76th]

LMAOOOO

[@maximocambeta7931]

The sodium attack is Eugene's weakness. He instantly become a horrible bot after you do it

[@Andy77975]

Levy never fails to milk multiple man

[@AndrewX981]

Me: MY BRAIN! just don't imagine it.

[@larumspectre8641]

i wish Levy one day would milk me🥺

[@Orpheus56]

I found the opening, it’s the Sodium Attack,it changes the bot’s elo to like 200 as well as the next times you play it it will continue to play like a 200 and keeps saying, “Brain Broken”

[@JoseGonzalez-nx7mc]

0:34 urban legend

[@LocatingGoku]

people call him Eugene but whenever he tells his name to people he pronounces it "Evgeny"

[@RealityCheck1]

Most engines are just tacticians on steroids. You can beat them by playing positionally. But the problem is you also must be a positional monster! 😂

[@NickG981]

If you play knight A3 for your first move, it breaks the bot and he forgets how the game works

[@fyang1429]

8th year senior (PhD), probably ~30 yrs old - actually not very uncommon

[@udbhavgaming9416]

Chess Titans hardest level still holds the first position 🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@alboxvcysgp]

You should have told him about the song “Dupe - CTM” when u called him 😅

[@Yellowisunderrated]

Nah "i'm going to oil up" is crazy

[@Brosephv]

Levy's dad beats him and forces him to sleep outside 😢

[@duckod]

"I'm gonna openup tge position and then i'm gonna oil up"💀💀💀

[@Samiii90210]

0:46 "And Before we jump into the games today"

[@Onepiecekidd]

Bro said oil up

[@olajankowska1408]

thenk you for featuring 80000 hours, it helped me switch career to more fulfilment

[@weebyoru]

I never thought i would have the patience to watch 30 min long chess videos as a casual chess player. Levy really is a good KZbinr

[@NSDK9]

24:42 Eugene did the thing

[@cloudfrog2911]

iirc eugene is a goodwill hunting reference. It's about this janitor at MIT who turned out to be super smart. Looking at the poster, Eugene and Will Hunting have the same mop of hair

[@Thecommenter2389]

Eugene

[@sir_pumpkin2]

btw if youre wondering the move is nb3

[@GMG2708]

Levy is the only titled player to always lose to one of the lower rated bots cause he always messes up the colorst at least once

[@aaryavpatel6177]

Please make a part 2 of 'How To Win At Chess' for ratings 1200-2000 with more depth in endgames, tactics, calculations, openings etc.

[@AnacondaChessYT]

Gothamchess never fails to make me lose rating

[@ashwink7644]

Who tf names their company 80,000 hours or something?

[@whiziq6066]

Original title: "Eugene"

[@victorfinberg8595]

eugene "in america, i am janitor. in russia, i am chess champion" thanks, tbbt

[@looksmaxxingmastersigma]

"Eugene" 🤓

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Just started reading your book, How to Win At Chess. Always great to see KZbinrs expand to other media.

[@MamaduMamabu-xv1mq]

2:06 the video really starts

[@pininja4981]

Or just watch the add to get him his money

[@mkayy736]

@@pininja4981 he gets money regardless of whether we skip no?

[@MJ-gw2zu]

I was losing it with laughter when you were getting boxed in with that rook looming. Knight and queen moves were needed

[@shawnmichaels568]

14:02 Eric Rosen would be proud.

[@evilvoid2968]

Ngl, for a moment i thought he was talking about Eugene Torre💀💀

[@anirudhgovada2753]

26:08 Levy with a stats degree should know that the probability of making the right first move is 5%, so theoretically he must play 20 white games to win 1.

[@runshootkillstuff3391]

I assume those 4 are e4 d4 nc3 nf3 (or maybe you mean c4 not nc3) but there are more than that such as those listed, b3, and g3.

[@harshilsangal6226]

Theoretically, 20 white games guarantees that he finds the right move. Practically, he will probably find the right move in less than 20 guesses.

[@Theor.y]

Wrong he could move every pawn and it mighta been a horse the whole time

[@runshootkillstuff3391]

@Theor.y there's 20 moves on the first move of the game including the pawns and knights thats why they said 20. 16 from the pawns, 4 from the knights

[@huh968]

@@Theor.y that's what he's saying, 16 possible pawn moves and 4 possible knight moves to start the game

[@Chessdummy]

Eugene thinks he’s Will from Good Will Hunting! lol. The nerve he’s got to say I think I’m Hikaru! Jaja

[@huh968]

24:49 i'm surprised levy didn't go "and he sacrificed... THE ROOK!"

[@thuroria7631]

How is taking an undefended pawn a sacrifice? What?

[@rahullak]

Only when he does he replay of games. Not when he's playing Live and not when he's getting beaten by a janitor.

[@huh968]

@@thuroria7631 not undefended, pawn takes rook at 25:11

[@Diegghi_0]

for who's wondering the move is knight to b3, the sodium attack, bot says it's his only weakness

[@pinkpufferfish]

under a minute

[@user-mb5xc4cd1n]

Here

[@OfAaron3]

I though Eugene was supposed to be like Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting.

[@mattholmquist2704]

Mickey mouse laugh at 25:10

[@brianjarrell9203]

I was playing through some of the bots and ran into Eugene before I knew how good that bot was and was just amazed how fast he took me behind the woodshed.

[@sudowtf]

New milking cow for Levy just dropped💀

[@TheSimCaptain]

I think Eugene is based on the Matt Damon character in "Good Will Hunting."

[@ChrystonEmmanuelCardoso]

Stopping people from saying "Levy never fails"

[@jakubport7361]

Stopping people from saying "Levy never fails" always fails

[@luin452]

Levy never fails

[@MarushiaDark316]

Eugene is probably a reference to Good Will Hunting - the janitor who was a math prodigy. He also low-key looks like Magnus.

[@josecintron85]

Na3 did the trick... 1. Na3 {The Sodium Attack $2 My only weakness $1 NO $3 $3 $3 $1} 1... Nf6 {Brain...broken...} 2. e4 c5 {...me forget...how chess...} 3. d3 e5 {...chess...chess...} 4. Nc4 Qe7 {...chess...} 5. Bg5 b5 6. Ne3 Nh5 7. Bxe7 Bxe7 8. Qxh5 {...huh. What's going on, here $2} 8... Bf8 9. Nd5 c4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 {...chess...} 11. Nxa8 f6 12. Qf7 c3 13. bxc3 a5 14. d4 b4 15. cxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Kd1 Ba3 {...chess...} 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Qxg8+ Ke7 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Qxf6+ Be7 21. Qh8+ Bf8 22. Qxf8# {Checkmate $1 That was fun. Let's go to a Sox game sometime, eh $2} 1-0

[@somamanna9721]

The best move to beat eugine::: the english! C4,the left knight pawn,then Nc3,premove d4 ,e4,f3,f2 then he blunders the queen

[@cattus7622]

0:01 Ladies and ladies

[@teainnit27]

Wut?

[@GrumPBear]

I definitely think Eugene is a Good Will Hunting reference, not Queen's Gambit.

[@Agent47.......1...]

0:01 Levy starts talking .

[@notetomgaming6701]

Levy never fails to put Chess in his Carlsen's Magnus

[@trollosgaming7724]

He starts playing Eugene at 20:46. You're welcome

[@welpris3238]

For those who want to beat the Eugene bot, you can try 1.Na3 as white, it will basically disable him from playing like Mitten. And for those who want to beat professor Passant, you can try the Scotch Gambit as white (1.e4 e5, 2Nf3 Nc6, 3.d4 exd4, 4.Bc4!), he’ll almost always play Qe7 in response to Bc4, in which case you castle and watch him play like a beginner (5.0-0, Nf6 6.e5 Nxe5?? - you’ll get 2 pawns for a knight, goodluck, or maybe he’ll play 6… Ne5, in which case you crush him with Re1, followed with Bg5. - (7.Re1 Nc5 8.Bg5 -> he’ll lose the queen.)

[@hehehe4ka]

0:01 Ladies and gentlemen

[@The.BusinessKid]

I managed to beat Eugene with 3 crowns. All you gotta do is play bullet and move fast

[@christiankale7817]

You had the age right initially. 8th year senior would mean he’s 26 if he started at 18. If he was 32 he’d be a 14 year senior lmao

[@christiankale7817]

@@huh968 correct, you start as a freshman. This might clarify it... if you're in your 5th year at college and have completed enough units to be considered a senior, you're considered a 5th year senior. That applies to all years following.

[@leebrandt8597]

the school janitor? You missed the Good Will Hunting reference

[@laymon123]

I’ll do 1 pull up for every one like this comment gets

[@GlamMetalX]

Watch out Levy, My boy's wicked smart.

[@afiblacksails23]

Eugene took you to the woodshed but Chad bot is smurfing he should swap places with the forever student guy

[@user-xc5qt7iy8k]

OIL UP Is crazy to a chess bot is even Wilder💀

[@Art_lifee]

I have played Eugene , I NEVER WANNA SEE THAT NIGHTMARE AGAIN

[@hamzahaq610]

I thought it was Mr Krabs 😅

[@38raiyyan.u9b6]

21:03 Anatoly 😂😂 just cleaning here 😂😂😊😊 no problem 😄😄

[@midnightplayzyt9239]

I cant see “Chad Bradley” without thinking of Purgatony 😂

[@rggndfw]

Levy should do stand up if this GM thing doesn't pan out. He is comedic gold.

[@SoshiForever1_SM]

Yujin is unbreakable, she is the most talented