LEVY VS NEW PREP!!!!!

[@mykolabortnyk]

Nice recap, thanks! By the way 8.Nb5 is not my preparation. I didn't expect 6...g6 and considered only 6...Nf6. You can see that I spent 6 minutes before exd5

[@gibsterr]

Thank you for crushing Levi. A weak IM !! He’s getting worse every tournament

[@magjistariukaj6306]

How can you be a 3100 in blitz but struggle against FMs in classical ?

[@sham8444]

@@magjistariukaj6306 because logic overrules intuition which isn't always a good thing

[@Alivenus88]

@@magjistariukaj6306 Because it's 2 completely different things?

[@diggitus]

@@magjistariukaj6306 If you really have to ask that you don't understand chess

[@Covfefe_Jelly]

I actually like these recaps as it helps me understand what types of moves I should force opponents to do and what to avoid. Like setting up for easy play is a bit more important than absolute best moves esp in my rating elo.

[@wintersoilder5676]

Yeah and Ive found some new ideas especially the checkmate with the knight and rook

[@xbjwiehehkqisiu]

The difference in understanding between Levy and Hikaru is astronomical. Levy said the game 6 endgame was a draw, Hikaru understands it is not. The mental game aside, the skill gap is exponential.

[@elendarulianreo]

@@xbjwiehehkqisiu Not quite accurate. Hikaru agrees that the endgame is probably a draw, but Levy should nonetheless play on because he can never lose from that position.

[@salifyanji7889]

​@xbjwiehehkqisiu, you forget Hikaru is a SuperGM, and levy would likely retire after making it into GM😅 one consistently has world championship aspirations and the other is just trying to make it into the club. What's interesting is whether low level GMs see the game closer to Levy or Hikaru🤔

[@aaronbeattie2424]

Hikaru’s shirt matching the board is a power move

[@quill444]

_Hikaru's shirt lands him in a police van, mistaken for escaped patient in a hospital gown!_ 🚑 - j q t -

[@noamcohen1709]

​@@quill444wtf lol this is too funny

[@T1J]

"the reason no oone plays this, i suspect, is because it's not a good setup" lol i guess that's a good suspicion

[@faiza7533]

Unrelated but I do enjoy how well Hikaru enunciates every word

[@stepniak18]

I remember from Levy's streams that he always sees ghosts and at anytime he feels he is in a little bit of trouble he is looking for a draw. He has skills but he has no strong stomach.

[@greenhat7618]

When he said Levy is gonna win the game 4 times in a row, I knew Levy would not win the game lol

[@azenith9283]

Facts

[@Kamamura2]

Damn, this is harsh. Brutal tournament for Levy.

[@azenith9283]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JurassicLord]

Hikaru, this breakdown of the game was insane-it's amazing how quickly you spot tactics that take me hours to analyze! Watching your videos has inspired me to start analyzing games on my own small channel (even though I blunder like crazy 😂). Thanks for keeping chess fun and accessible for everyone!

[@anantsharma3962]

You'll too be successful one day. Just keep working hard.

[@anantsharma3962]

Right @GMHikaru 😅

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

Levy makes 2nd move "This is the lazyman's opening"

[@adambelos2157]

Holy this shows the skill difference between levy and hikaru.. the endgame that was posible to win is amazing!

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Hans is new Levi trainer

[@alirezasarraf5603]

“His brother who’s a monster… Aah… on the chess board obviously”

[@akitake_]

Yeah if you look at levy's post-game briefing you can really tell he's struggling to be confident and doesn't seem fully commited to the tournament but rather his KZbin and chessly.

[@madeleinewalker838]

Is that a Chessly thing for the post-game briefing?

[@asdfadf1904]

this is levy's problem. he has all the class to become a gm, except when it comes to his mental fortitude

[@Goatthegreat85]

I love Gotham but getting tired of all the excuses and pitty party. Among active players he is still better than top 3000 world wide and in the top 150 in USA. If he wants to do Chessly and content just do that. If there is a mental or skill roadblock he can’t get past explore that, but being sad after every bad tournament is the exactly opposite of why most people are following chess.

[@wintersoilder5676]

It's normal losing is no fun

[@lovinsky5259]

@@Goatthegreat85You’ve clearly never played a single OTB classical tournament in your life.

[@nikherder9565]

Good on you Hikaru for not roasting Levy, we can tell you want him to do well like us, awesome little bits of advice

[@ethanguo4219]

levy is now official the last place in the tournament tied with an untitled player, with a performance rating of 2000

[@azenith9283]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Pin of shame😂😂😂

[@TITANIUMSTRONG-k5l]

"Without blunder there cannot be brilliancy." ~ 3rd world chess champion.

[@JTBCOOL1]

Hikaru the new Levy. Levy: "Magnus! " Hikaru (as of late) : "Levy!"

[@charlesjmouse]

I wish Levy had more belief in himself. He knows he's never going to be a top player. Fine, but his ambition to become a GM might still be within his grasp.

[@KVenkataKrishnaRaoKrishna]

Levy needs to wear Jeans for the next round

[@JanKunzmann]

Great idea. If history repeats (what it usually does), Levy would share the world championship title a few days later.

[@d1tweaker]

Levy never fails to make a hikaru recap

[@nlhn638]

I think the main thing I'm learning from these games, is if you give your opponent only one clear move to make, they fill find it, and inevitably your plans will begin to crumble. It's probably even psychological --- if they found it what else will they find, right? Give them a few options, not hundreds, but a few, and they will could be indecisive and waste time, or they could pick the wrong one. Levy in some of his other games had wasted time making such decisions.

[@chandanchettri8488]

Poor Levy. Psychological breakdown. His chances of becoming GM is diminishing

[@박천상-f2w]

I think hikaru lost ability to say todaaaaaaaaaaaays video

[@garandhero]

hahahahahhaha it's so funny how you underhandedly insult levy for being trash at chess... actually can't stop laughing hahahhahaahahahahaha

[@nicholasintrepidity5073]

levy never fails to throw for content

[@NJDJ2]

Levy's gotta climb up higher mountains than Mt Everest in order to reach the GM title!

[@Liamfavorstheboweh]

He speaks with so much effort

[@raphaelhudson]

Saying fianchetto like it is a box of cheetos is a little painful

[@oeuf1280]

its a homage to the streamer that made him famous

[@infernalflamezz7480]

he does it on purpose to meme and upset people like yourself

[@hammaam23]

That thumbnail is diabolical

[@dunyahali8926]

One thing I understand you should give opponent more than one optionn so he can make mistakes. Levy plays like he doesn't believe he can win. Not sure his tactic

[@DarkHarlequin]

There is a wisdom from other strategy games (maybe this also exists in chess): "You have to give your opponent the opportunity to make a mistake!" Meaning you should always keep playing and try things as your opponent can only slip up if you ask him questions. Levy feels like paradoxically his giant YT-chess success is crippling him here and after analyzing so many of the best in the field he assumes his opponents will always play the endgames perfectly and see everything. So he despairs way too soon and wants to flee into a draw (cause in his head every opponent is Magnus and will not slip up). But like Levy himself the IMs and FMs he`s playing are really good at chess but nowhere near perfect so you just have to push them to make a mistake. Like this in the end Levy makes his mistakes under pressure and then seems to often bow out before he can return the favour. In the card game I played back in the day we called that "playing not to lose" instead of "playing to win" 🤔

[@dixondeuxyeux]

With so many followers and subscribers, a new book released for beginners, and commenting on FIDE tournaments, the pressure is on Levy to show and prove that he just doesn't talk about chess improvement but can also win. These losses and draws against lower rated players are likely eating at his confidence and making some of his followers wonder if they are backing the wrong horse. To be an influencer also means leading by example. Chess is hard, his rating has taken a slide and the gaining the GM title is an enormous feat. And most likely he makes much more money from his brand than tournaments. Trying to balance a KZbin channel while playing competitively is a huge commitment. Maybe he should take a hint from Hamilton - talk less, smile more. Will people keep following him as he loses more and more games? Probably, because he is human and likable. But a time may soon come when he will have to choose between playing competitive chess or commenting on others playing competitive chess.

[@TITANIUMSTRONG-k5l]

Love your videos ❤

[@Dailychesschannel]

That's a great match. Good analysis 😊

[@Cazh023]

Every time the editor makes a title, I imagine them screaming that in my face with no context while just walking by or somethin

[@donsurlylyte]

i know levy is capable of finding these moves, maybe he needs a course of hypnotism or something.

[@YoungGuwop]

I’m waiting for bro to play with confidence that’s all

[@Ryan_Bao]

Did I hear that right? "pLieces" 0:29

[@challengegamer5935]

Yes

[@The_Real_Chopin]

The white plieces is my favorite plieces

[@daftyute]

12:25 How do you say "slide your rook up to the back rank and mate from behind" with a straight face lol

[@maicolc7216]

The same way you say "big, black ... center!"

[@shrinivas105]

Levy is great, for all of us he makes excellent opening courses but he being so humble plays trompowski

[@typicaldev]

Magnus: 📣 This is some weak sauce

[@WhiskeredPotato]

7:25 - Hikaru Ñakamura

[@johnpetkos5686]

That second game was very sad!

[@jasonstrayer6214]

Fee-Ann-Keto Repeat after me Fee-Ann-Keto Your Fiend-Cheetos is so xD

[@1.4142]

rock climbing magnus collab?

[@rawheadrex8487]

Levy has less than a 5% chance of ever becoming a GM. Respect though for putting it out there.

[@Freddy-gc5wn]

Let's face the truth here. Levy is, at this moment, FM strength at best. Before he can even think about getting a GM he needs to grow back to old strength.

[@Danthonyt]

I hope Levy is watching your recaps.

[@grandmasterdonya]

that's just unbelievable how he even lost this game , that's crazyyyy

[@happylad7549]

I UNFORTUNATELY BELIEVE LEVY SHOULD HAVE NOT MADE HIS RETURN 2 ORB CHESS CAUSE THIS AINT RYT

[@xBwFc]

26:19 does Rxc2 work?

[@mightygrassius9860]

Nice to see levy slowing making his way towards GM (joke)

[@francescocapizzi3109]

🤌🏻

[@jebespolitiko]

Seems like a reverse path.

[@azenith9283]

​@jebespolitiko 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kommaer]

2:20 you as 4000elo with black actually are okay in this position!

[@olaisjucilo2141]

Hikaru should play that tournament..hehehe I think :)

[@chrisoleary9876]

Fee-on-cheetos...😂😂😂

[@shreyassripada6553]

No vies in 46 seconds is crazy

[@wagezombie]

its time for levy to take niemanns offer for kramnik as chess/life coach 😂

[@azenith9283]

Jokes aside thats a good take

[@user-widktycgah]

me who waited for Hikaru's recap after I saw levy's...

[@PeasantGOD]

Obviously on the chessboard

[@Wholenewcris]

there is no way Levy is taking another event if he can't even get a single win in what is supposed to be a weaker warmup event... he's done bro

[@AdamSmyk-jk2jy]

Hikaru milking so milking Levy⬜⬜🎂💯💥🔥🔥

[@DirkyMartinez]

Hikaru and Levy milking milking each other's content is not surprising at this point

[@dopebot3644]

Please make more videos on tata steel chess championship 🏆🏆🏆

[@dopebot3644]

Make video on pragg and hari game That would be more interesting !!

[@Green0Destroyer]

Levys confidance is non existant

[@themidfier6591]

levy..levy..levy 😔

[@fischer9001]

I watched the video at double speed and now you sound like ben Shapiro

[@Jellomans]

I’m new to Chess KZbin, why do they all stare at the camera 1/2 a sec before they start talking

[@foraminutethere23]

Hikarus post is not edited so that he can post it fast. If others take the time they can edit out the pause or set it up however they like, but that takes time to do

[@xbom3229]

Partly cuz it’s not edited, partly for the memes

[@jm52995]

Why wont he cover tata chess

[@giverrr420]

Have you ever offered to coach him seriously?

[@24_AtharvaBirtharia]

I met a accident yesterday 😢

[@oriondx72]

13:19 does hikaru not know levy lol.

[@joe-robin]

Do the reaction to the Gukesh and Vishy add

[@amadeusaquinas]

Poor Levi, his biggest opponent is himself. 8.Nb5 Qb6 ???

[@HazemK11]

Levy what a coward for accepting that draw in the 1st game. He has so few points, why not go for the win?

[@07theamazing]

@4:00 ha got eeem

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

At 26:12, just take the bishop on d3! Why keep complicating things?

[@Maxfr8]

💥

[@ToreDahl]

Pronounciation: FI-AN-KETT-O

[@agentraydg839]

The game against Bortnyk was a waste, Levy had an advantage, he was gonna win. It's just the low on time got the worst of him. Time pressure struggle is real!

[@kanjurer]

Hikaru, who is your favorite KZbinr

[@Seth-mw1ny]

The Levy content farming is crazy

[@agentraydg839]

🤠🚜

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

I remember when Levy said he was going to play professionally again, I made a comment that I hope he gets the GM title but I don't think he can. And I got flamed in the comments. People calling me an idiot and that he will do it. Things are a lot different this time compared to last time, etc etc etc. I told them he gets inside his own head too much, and I was told "that was then, this is now."

[@nibrasalchoufi3450]

1.5 / 7 against mostly lower rated players. Levi is horrible. He is a heavy candidate for GTE.

[@azenith9283]

😂😂😂😂

[@BruceJavier]

Heya Naka, why dont you coach Levy to become a GM.. wouldnt that be interesting?!

[@hmartinlb]

@2:37 this not true. I am 1800 and I understand this idea very well because it's incredibly similar to an idea in the Korchnoi variation of the Caro Kann. Once you get rid of white's dark square bishop the pawn structure you see on the black kingside at 2:37 is very strong for black, because the dark squares can no longer be exploited and the pawns dominate the light squares on the kingside, so the opponent's light square bishop is useless in any attack. Easy draw, maybe hard to win for black. Trading your own dark square bishop for weaknesses is well worth it then. It doesn't need to cover the dark squares anymore anyhow.

[@federicoesposti7240]

The 2nd game was 2000 level stuff not gm lmao so bad, hikaru cannot even give his real opinion without levy's fanboys murdering him or he wouldnt say "cant be too critical" or mellow out his blunders

[@azenith9283]

Facts his stans are so annoying qnd delusional

[@jaedong1957]

It's ironical that Levy is selling a book "how to win in chess"

[@michaelhayden413]

How? He’s better than 99% of chess players. Beginner books are made for beginners, or someone how’s stuck at low elo.

[@FrankDeMamp]

@@michaelhayden413 still suckcs

[@jebespolitiko]

Teaching 700s how to become 1000 does not a gm make.

[@jaedong1957]

@@michaelhayden413 yeah I understand all that. just feel like he has no will a desire to win. ofc he can help noobies improve

[@azenith9283]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Foreign-fn4gr]

1 minute ago is crazy

[@ilyab.5127]

Great coverage of Levy's back to FM journey!

[@vidar100]

so much fian cheating on this video. come on fian!

[@adjbutler]

Hikaru milking that juicer-y Levy content!

[@younggabriel]

Levy will break through oneday!

[@dwikiirfansaputra]

Wtf is levy doing like honestly

[@DurgaPrasad-hu3bf]

Levy:I wanna become a gm , i wanna i wanna i wanna😢

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

An essential GM attribute is consistency. Case closed.

[@nesobre]

bro levy sucks

[@azenith9283]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 ong

[@oraz.]

Jeez

[@dmitrilevitin9170]

No thanks

[@ryanu3708]

Too daze video

[@tiredVeteran1984]

Is Levy farming himself now for content? 😂😂