I Tried Proving Chess Pros Are Actually Dumb

[@GothamChess]

GGs

[@etwcatgirl]

hi levy

[@LackPlayzz]

omG iT'S gOthAmcHesS

[@netalls]

yay1!111!!1!

[@Randomguy13963]

Here before it blows up

[@Dejected_Sandwich]

Hi chess guy

[@0xJuIian]

I cannot believe they cut out ludwig wanting a best of 3 in geo guessr and getting clapped by levy

[@Orro006]

Ikr? The clutch was from levy was insane

[@mechashadow]

I can, he hates getting clapped especially that hard.

[@Arvineas]

ikr, thats the best part

[@themathiasP]

Wait, what? Guess I'll check the VOD

[@Rerbun]

Or how he didn't recognize Russia's flag

[@chess]

Levy did not hold back 😆

[@allurelilac]

ok

[@humbertopacheco8926]

Sure

[@Scooploop1]

Ok chessmark

[@PikachuJaden]

ye

[@mewtheprince]

If you are the embodiment of chess… does this make you the smartest thing alive?

[@tylerkauffman7772]

Best moment was levy going crazy in geoguesser and then being like “did I win”

[@bluu4208]

fr fr

[@andythepants]

It reminds me of the arcade gloating of "what does new high score mean? Did I break your game?"

[@yelloe_birb]

And his india guess but it wasn’t included

[@frijoless22]

that turkey guess was crazy

[@anoukdevries8144]

That's what princes peach says when she wins in smash bros melee. Lol

[@NathanielLovinIsAwesome]

Ludwig: "He's old as shit" Levy: Almost exactly five months younger than Ludwig

[@davidputra1635]

@@sriprasadjoshi3036 no acttully 42069 centuries old

[@andrudregan8249]

​@@davidputra1635 ha ha

[@aegaeon1482]

@@davidputra1635 funny number

[@g11mfan27]

@@davidputra1635 he's 365 million years younger than the universe

[@stine7144]

wtf, thats so strange if true. Kinda knew levy looks older than he is, but wouldnt guess he's in his 20s.

[@ignaciofranciscoramirez888]

Ludwig didn't realize that "guessing the flag" was obviously favouring Levy. Chess is a very international game, and games always feature the flags of the countries. You memorize them.

[@DearMan-we2md]

He underestimated him severly

[@Froahk]

yeah and pretty much every other game was favouring Ludwig because he has played a lot of them before and obviously knows a lot more about them yet he still insists the games are neutral

[@SachaAlary]

Yep

[@lordpantero3739]

To anyone who didn’t catch this live it should be said they played geo guesser more than once and Ludwig still lost

[@papesldjnsjkfjsn]

Some things dont have to be said

[@timepass4783]

Levy came in CLUTCH!!

[@CatBarron]

How does that happen, that's incredible

[@DexM47]

@@CatBarron To be honest, I think Levy was reading his chat...

[@zTeaTheCoffee]

​@@DexM47 levy has likely traveled a lot more than lud, most chess players travel quite a lot since tournaments are held all over the world, which helps a lot with geoguessr. lud also isn't especially good at geoguessr, so levy could probably beat him a few times with a bit of luck

[@hantakage9381]

Ludwig was SALTY about that Geoguessr loss, cut out the best of 3 and everything. The bias is INSANE, He skimmed over it like he didn't just lose to someone whose never played the game😂

[@saman-ky6uf]

And the India guess? My guy 😂

[@timepass4783]

That was fking CLUTCH by levy😂

[@willch.2259]

"The bias" of his own channel, yes

[@appletizer8415]

Ikr? One of the funniest videos I keep coming back to

[@marciusnhasty]

He never played it, but titled chess players travel to a lot of places for over the board tournaments from their youth. Chess player VS a tennis pro would be closer match.

[@aguyfromnz537]

I cant believe they cut out the iq test where lud got 67 and levy got 194

[@piratz1995]

No way Lud have only 67. He is trolling

[@vic_710]

@@piratz1995 he could be trolling but dude couldn't do basic algebra so who knows

[@bammy1683]

No way lmao my pfp suits my reaction perfectly!

[@Rubyllim]

No fucking way

[@TheOnlyGhxst]

@@vic_710 Having knowledge of Algebra has nothing to do with IQ. IQ is overall intelligence, it isn't based on knowledge of specific topics, like math. You could have 200 IQ but just not be interested in math so you never bothered to learn it.

[@tonyhouse8500]

I can't believe they cut out the rock-paper-scissors segment where Levy absolutely destroyed Lud with 3-0 and no draws.

[@GrunkusGaming]

I loved the typing portion "you lied about your score and STILL lost" thats the biggest L ive ever seen

[@gateway2music605]

I absolutely love the Dynamic between Levy and Lud, you guys are content kings! I also love that the editor forgot to put in where Levy said Vexillology and Lud was like "What does that mean" and Levy said "you're the English Major"

[@DaveTheDestroyer100]

lud probably told him not to include that lmaoo

[@randomalley5899]

He also didn't include the grand moment of India. I was looking forward to see Levi pov

[@gateway2music605]

@@randomalley5899 OMG You're right!!!

[@navamoebae]

this bit is there in the video

[@speeeee35]

Lol Ludwig went from “I am a genius with a big brain and a high IQ”… “to my mental capacity is equal to a seven-year-old” REAL quick 😂

[@chocolateteapot737k]

unless it's Mary Adler

[@Changed.User100]

It isnt even an insult. 7 year olds in chess can bear ludwig easily

[@thatverseguy]

Ok but Levy is never getting 2 guesses in a row on squabble again. That is insanity.

[@VizualDK]

Levy should do more collabs on channels unrelated to chess, such a fun dude

[@HeisenbergFam]

Lud's really the type of guy to say "they are dumb mofos", insults all chess players while he does TikTok & Button reactions

[@Kirby_ethan02]

And we watch them what does that make us😭💀

[@jackgotgamez]

bro go outside touch grass! You are everywhere!!

[@cordxba]

​@@jackgotgamez doesn't that mean you are also everywhere

[@jackgotgamez]

@@cordxba not necessarily.

[@Rabbit-the-One]

​@@jackgotgamezhe got you

[@imaloony8]

It's worth mentioning that 95 WPM is extremely fast and basically puts Ludwig in the top 3% of the world. But 156 is an absolutely blistering pace and puts Gotham easily in the top 0.1%

[@jasonstarrising]

95 is average for gamers(especially) and people chronically online such as ludwig (speaking from experience)

[@MrDonovan124]

way way way higher i can't believe more people aren't talking about the 160wpm. That's legitimately top 6/7000 in english speaking world

[@loyahandique5403]

The people you listed themselves are less than 10 percent and ive been playing games since a decade but I've never went 95​@@jasonstarrising

[@Chimeraeateverything]

@@MrDonovan124it’s fast but a lot of gamers who play a lot of piano when they’re young too can easily reach 160. My highest was 180 wpm and there’s plenty of streamers who can hit 200

[@wojciechrydzewski1478]

yeah and totally wrong if you watch the actual letters. i write faster than that, and i'm at 90 (and consider myself pretty fast with that)

[@bailysmith9398]

Ludwig sacrificed... HIS PRIDE!!!

[@onebloodyidiot]

HIS PRIIIIIIDEEEE

[@tanish4593]

That geoguesser one that he cut out was *chef's kiss*. Gotham straight up OBILERATING him in a best of 3 LMAOOO and also the rock paper scissor toooo lol

[@owenharris7260]

Love levy and ludwig making content together

[@traffylaaw1585]

Best moment. 15:22 Ludwig: I had to piece the flop. Levy: You had a piece of deez nuts!

[@Cody-Coyote]

Ludwig getting boomed in geoguessr, was actually hilarious.

[@teotab4293]

My jaw dropped when levy destroyed ludwig at geoguessr

[@ImDripsta]

Never knew watching someone do math could be so entertaining but Ludwig definitely made it entertaining

[@tylerrobertson7919]

I enjoy that there’s now a cycle to Ludwig content. First. You’ve got a stream, then you have the short/tiktok about the stream, then you have the VOD upload, then you have the video of the stream 😂And then somewhere off in the distance is The Yard

[@stevethellama007]

before the video is the full vod uploaded you KZbin

[@OtherMongrel]

Dont forget the yard

[@joe_z]

"You lied about your score and you _still_ lost." Stone cold burn 🥶

[@Jaina_Freaky]

I've seen Lud lose before, but I've never seen him fail like this; sad to see a short king fall, even if it is only a short distance

[@Nick-xu7ns]

One of my favorite recurring Ludwig themes is him unironically saying “I’m really good at poker” and then cutting immediately to him making some insanely awful play like 2.5x pot jamming second pair bad kicker for no reason.

[@garretthorner]

Lud losing Geoguesser to someone who has never played it before is the biggest hit his brand has taken This was a great video

[@1tubax]

Lud isn't the best candidate to try to disprove that "chess players aren't intelligent" 😂

[@Sapreme]

Levy's relief when he learned that he's actually playing Ludwig LOL

[@anou3240]

lucky youtube video frogs don't have to sit through 5 minutes of ludwig not understanding double negatives

[@ralphgann609]

11:44 this moment is so goddamn cold

[@zeinebouzoubeir8579]

True

[@boiiiiiiiiiii712]

Ludwig was scared💀

[@deviousduck]

IKR

[@davidrich27]

156wpm is god mode. That is considered elite in competitive typing (it’s a real thing).

[@chocolateteapot737k]

As a 75wpm typist, that's godspeed.

[@mildchaos6037]

Levy answering 90 math questions in 3 minutes with that accuracy is actually impressive lol

[@intotheunknown21]

I've read somewhere a while back that there's actually a correlation between calculating chess positions and mental arithmetic. Apparently, calculating chess positions make you improve on mental math as well since you're juggling things in your head more often.

[@shadowwalker4633]

@@intotheunknown21anyone that plays chess is good at math its a calculation game you cant play good chess and be bad at math its

[@r3tzmusix]

for those who missed the stream: lud wasn't able to recognise flags of russia, albania, ireland, uruguay and argentina for the first like 5 minutes

[@jenishaviolaquadros2909]

1:54 that editing of Magnus😂🔥

[@Zangchoughber]

😂

[@siikasim]

😅😂

[@elliottkitai5890]

Ludwig: He doesn't know anything Also Ludwig: I don't know how negative numbers work

[@aste_]

Gotham was so clutch at Geoguessr 🥶

[@callmeperez5885]

Every time Ludwig starts by saying “You guys might not know this, but in college…” I never know what’s going to come next 😂

[@notspookee8548]

Omg why is this so true is storytelling about college things are on another level

[@yesnt7356]

That’s why you watch the yard

[@rionoko]

This is the story of many peoples time in college. College gives you a desire to succeed, and teaches you the skills you need to do so. It isnt a big leap to start doing stuff on the side to practice with. My time in college had me making money hand over fist for minimal effort. One example, I was around a lot of mj at the time, I'd be selling under the table to sketchy dispensaries, and they'd give me top shelf as an aside, which I'd then go sell to "girlfriends" for more than the dispo would sell it for, they'd want company so theyd share the same stuff i sold them, and then want to smash. I bought a car with "I'm gonna give you x ounces over y period of time, worth 3x the value of the car at your dispo's prices" but I'd be getting pounds for almost nothing, cause i was just selling for a farm that couldn't hold a client, and so i was giving them more money than they'd be making doing it legally. All because, in college i stuck around for ten minutes after class and it snowballed. College also makes you go out, makes you stand by what you say, makes you put a value to your time, makes you network, and makes you know when to say no and walk away. You don't need college for these skills but college forces it into you without it being conscious effort.

[@aneima]

@@rionoko bro wrote a whole damn essay 💀

[@IDontLikeHandlesWithNumbers]

@@aneima It's actually not that much, and if you don't want to read it because it's too long, then that's just a sign of laziness.

[@just_dylan_official]

wtf ludwig has a cleaned up room???

[@aliwashere10]

yoooo dylan ludwig could’ve won you 20k

[@Cadenamazon]

Fax he could of sorry but second reply

[@just_dylan_official]

@@aliwashere10 wdym

[@aliwashere10]

@@just_dylan_official the new mrbeast gaming video

[@maczjupele3039]

bro ludwig just scammed you for 20k

[@LindseyTyler]

Yesss! More content with Levy, please! The poker game was hilarious, and Lud losing in Connect 4 at the end of the stream after losing Checkers at the beginning was just *chef's kiss*

[@dum8759]

All jokes aside, these two are very competitive and intelligent dudes. Hope they make more stuff together.

[@tuurehu3392]

At least one of them is anyway

[@maxkho00]

With all due respect, Ludwig isn't particularly intelligent. He is probably right about average.

[@o_hell_nah]

​​@@maxkho00 nah, don't insult average people.

[@arjunguptabadami7461]

​@@o_hell_nah OH HELL NAWW😂

[@VetNovice]

Spoiler alert: Smarter than Lud that’s for sure. Edit: He proved he's actually dumb.

[@ssset]

DUDE YOU REALLY HAD TO RUIN IT FOR ME CMON MAN

[@nevan2201]

​@@sssetdont read comments

[@ShreddedPizza]

Lmao he changed the title

[@ssset]

@@nevan2201im on phone so the comments just pop up right when i open my phone

[@Empire156]

@@ssset i mean , he did say spoiler alert

[@jackt311]

Levy winning with a Queen is very fitting 😂

[@ricknguyen6073]

Lud trying to change the narrative that he lost twice in geoguesser 🧐

[@Omegaess]

0:25 Hikaru being casual:

[@j-rus5345]

Gotham's typing speed is insane but I thought they would have done all of the human benchmark options in which case I reckon Levy would have won that point

[@Cripplified]

12:14 "because he's old as shit" Lud he's the exact same age as you.

[@2Links]

Levy crushing at Geoguessr was so fucking funny

[@trivane626]

He really cut out how he lost 2 more geoguesser games

[@None-lx8kj]

Levy can play multiple games of blindfold chess simultaneously. There's nothing anyone can say to convince me the dude isn't uber-smart.

[@Gia1911Logous]

Nah bro "You lied about your score and still lost" is the coldest line ever You cheated and still lost

[@OtherMongrel]

The only check Lud’s ever gotten was the one from his tutor

[@eliasvonbrille]

Honestly Ludwig is pretty spot on. There is no actual great correlation between Chess ELO and IQ. Obviously. You don't become great at chess by being Intelligent. You become great by practicing for thousands of hours. It has very little to do with Intelligence. Not more than your average Strategy Video Game for example. In fact they are pretty much equal from the principle. Practice > IQ

[@vader567]

Even though "Being good at chess doesn’t necessarily correlate with having higher IQ".... Levy is just naturally smart.

[@maxkho00]

It literally does, though. Not strongly, but there is definitely a correlation.

[@ANGSHUMANKALITA-v2b]

Bro really said “Nah, I'd win”

[@wallEchess]

3:46 that laugh killed me 🤣

[@Synthe-b3s]

GothamCheckers, GothamGuesser, GothamGeography, GothamMaths, GothamPoker

[@Thelaretus]

Rozmán: deep strategic and intellectual abilities, linguistic and geographical knowledge, human benchmark, a god, a literal paragon of the human mind. Ahgren: pOp CuLtUrE rEfErEnCeS

[@LiefTheDroid]

Ludwig and levy have a weird but really amazing chemistry

[@borkchamp]

10:20 " oh i won" Ludwig aint never recovering

[@GMLM2349]

The face Ludwig made after losing that game of poker is just priceless. Bro was so salty 😭

[@Flummon]

They way Levi guessed those words on the 2nd try was insane

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I think my favourite chess creator is either Andrea or Hess, that labradoodle of a man, but after the yard levy has made it far up the list, genuinely one of the best episodes you guys ever made imo

[@slashvr0]

10:20 I love Gotham just saying “oh, i won” so casually

[@Ceonbe]

"you lied about your score and STILL lost" thats crazy 😂😂

[@hoshi6539]

14:07 average american person doing math 😭

[@boiiiiiiiiiii712]

Ain't he French?

[@hoshi6539]

educated in america tho@@boiiiiiiiiiii712

[@slifer0081]

​@@boiiiiiiiiiii712Uhm he is clearly american?

[@Cookiecrumble-s5n]

14:07 yes, it is

[@Mxs_fan]

Lud was embarrassed he lost to Gotham in geoguesser twice 😂

[@randommemes68419]

Lesson learnt: never play poker against a stats major

[@ItsMeBenson]

2:35 Lud bribing his editor to cut 90 of the 1min bullet game 😂

[@demonz3943]

Ludwig not understanding basic arithmetic is the highlight of this video 😂

[@lanceareadbhar]

The full stream was even funnier with him getting those questions wrong.

[@maxwellmogadam399]

I love hikarus take on chess players intelligence. Put simply, when you spend your whole life studying one thing you do worse at the things you could have studied in that time

[@DJNX-RS9]

"Jack of all trades, master of none, but a master of none, is always better than one."

[@BlueToothGrenade]

6:04 why did Ludwig start chanting disappointment?

[@hurlemort_]

I saw levy en passant-ing ludwig, as an anarchychess regular, my hapiness for the day is fulfilled.

[@SamuelIsCool473]

1:54 editor thought he was slick

[@ALDM404]

Ludwig is the only guy I know that can make misplaced confidence funny. It's usually a bad trait lol

[@DisplayUser1]

me tryna find "just_dylan_official" because i saw him on a mrbeast youtube video be like:

[@just_dylan_official]

Keep searching, you will find me eventually!

[@drpixal]

​@@just_dylan_officialfound you!

[@Mr.troller.]

me too bro

[@ItsMeBenson]

0:48 real chess players will tell you physical health is super relevant to mental performance 😉

[@AlphaSeagull]

"Look at the clock, I'm dusting you right now" lud: 10 second lead gotham: +16 material lead

[@johnboyle4161]

Crazy how gotham had never played geoguessr before

[@sigadop3492]

5:39 The "a pawn move"

[@badicusvibesimus182]

@8:14 GothamChess with the bold guess of "christmas island"

[@alas.i.am.]

christmas island 🇨🇽 😊

[@ARS1508]

I’m dying at Magnus cutout peeking in 1:55 😂

[@matthewrogers2521]

The thing that made me pause the video is that Ludwig beat Levy on number memorisation. Literally beat the guy who can play a chess match blindfolded at memory.

[@intotheunknown21]

Except that memorizing chess positions is actually a bit more about pattern recognition than rote memorization.

[@chicken0w044]

6:20 the fact that the word was MAJOR is so fucking ironic

[@ChunkTheEditor]

Ludwig finally learns what “double negative” means 14:00

[@chocolateteapot737k]

11:32 Mythical Rocket should see this 💀

[@FLGCaboose]

I'm upset he didn't show the full bo3 for geoguesser where levi still won

[@NoMouthNoScream]

There is a saying. People that play chess are smart, people that play chess well are stupid.

[@jojolords4523]

8:40 Chess helps for the flags because of the recaps. Once I knew all flags actually.

[@mr.sketser1468]

ah yes pop culture trivia, one of the most solid indicators of intelligence

[@DaanBruins]

As a Dutchman 'I thought they weren't important' 13:15 hits hard

[@DivikSachdeva]

That might be the worst attempt on playing poker by ludwig i have ever seen

[@FiteIG]

Lud struggling on a 6th grade math is wilddd

[@bluetechnofox]

8:01 ludwig not knowing what denmark is makes me mad 9:01 roasting ludwig 101

[@noomifiedd]

bro had a strategy for squabble and still lost...

[@very_gouda]

Levi's bit at 9:00 had me cackling

[@oliver-04]

1st grade insuts

[@tonyhouse8500]

I can't believe they cut out the part where Lud called Magnus to settle this and Magnus confirmed that he likes Levy better.

[@Huggabot]

9:17 I love that he has no clue and he just smiles

[@sparshshah9834]

u know in the video ludwig said levy is old as shit in time 12:14 and the fact is that ludwig is 28 and levy is 27 lmao!

[@IMONFlRE]

5:15 that felt personal 💀