MERRY CHRISTMAS | Funniest Episode (Guess The Elo #36)

[@ToiletWolf12]

“There’s no way you can screw this up” And not even a second later, the queen is hung

[@Gabriel-sd1oh]

crazy comedic timing

[@Felven]

nothing wrong with a hung queen

[@Bruno-dv3ym]

it was literally as soon as he finished the sentence

[@morganrose7022]

I love that we reached the moment when Levy’s review of a game is just “you guys suck.”

[@morganrose7022]

@@EverRusting I still enjoyed it. This isn’t one of his “how to win at chess” videos so he’s not trying to be as instructive. “Guess the Elo” is more of just a reaction series so him losing his mind at the blunders is kind of the point.

[@plasmakitten4261]

@@EverRusting well, he's not judging people for what they don't know so much as for playing like 500 points below their rating. If a bunch of 600s and 700s were playing the first 4 games Levy would have been nicer to them.

[@packers256]

@@EverRusting The people submitting these games are asking to be roasted. They can handle it.

[@agentace1476]

@@EverRusting this series is about roasting

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@EverRusting He’s judging it based on the logic of the moves lol. Bh8 lmao

[@fedoratipp7246]

That final game just proves that when chess is played at 100% accuracy it's a draw

[@kajxqeirscl]

lmao

[@descendency]

It proves that top level chess has no hope but to draw their games.

[@robertov7]

LOL

[@pomaranczowyandrzej342]

Brilliant comment

[@tbd3336]

those guys were so good engines could not comprehend their godlike moves

[@abhi.1289]

Black: analysed the game, "I got a brilliant move OMG, I need to show this to levy..." Levy: analysing the game Not giving a shit about the brilliant move... "Engines are bozzo" 😂😂😂😂

[@juhonieminen4219]

It was brilliant by an accident. Brilliant to hang two rooks and then get counterplay.

[@potatolover4]

Maybe because it will lock the Queen away from that square to Checkmate.

[@7Exartive]

This episode is fucking crazy, every match just made levy goes deeper into madness

[@LittleCrowYT]

Seriously the quality of play went down as the elos went up

[@BruceHoult]

Levy seems to need some serious recalibration of his ELO sense. It's hard to judge the slope of the ground when you're at 10,000 feet.

[@SomalianDuke]

@@LittleCrowYT Man Idk Whats going on. I am 426 elo and some of these moves didn’t even make sense wtf. How they got so high

[@LittleCrowYT]

@@SomalianDuke these 1000-1600 elo games seriously give me hope 😂 we just need to study a little more and one day we'll definitely break 1k

[@pratyaydey2769]

@@BruceHoult I am 1500 rated and I legit guessed 600-1000 for all the games except for the first one... And, the only logic I have, is that these guys were drunk as hell. I have no idea how these guys are 1500.

[@jacobwang3861]

“It’s plus 14, you can literally take a dump and the engine will call it a brilliancy” - Levy Rozman

[@aryandhanda6038]

The last game was the funniest shit ever. Best episode. Merry Christmas everyone btw

[@randomdude2981]

; ; ;; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@mlgtactics9911]

Has to be the christmas eggnog kicking in

[@haveaniceday3128]

I think the last game should get its own lose at chess video

[@alexselby802]

Truly

[@Vandalgia]

Game 4 is the best for me lmao

[@1Bolzard1]

Here’s a challenge for everyone: Skip to random parts of each game and try to figure out how they got to those positions. Because I watched the games and I’m still not sure.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

12:54 and I already lost the challenge. The king and his fake friends

[@velvetundergrad2843]

“If you aren’t celebrating the holidays you’re just a grumpy, crabby person” Levy hates Jehovah’s witnesses confirmed

[@PhantomAarantula]

Okay this made me laugh out loud.

[@Tarif2809]

Cra🅱️🅱️y 🅱️atty

[@soakedbearrd]

Lmao

[@RPCauldron]

and he'd be right

[@BionicPig95]

Who doesn’t? Lol

[@aravindshankaranarayanan2112]

Dude. For the first game or two I was like - "why did you hype this up so much?" Then I witnessed history being made, and almost lost my voice yelling and laughing at it. I have no goddamn clue how you manage to not get your brain fried in guess the ELO. Wow.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Levy's Christmas gift to everyone is this episode, inspiring everyone watching that they can boost their rating by 600 points.

[@dzjad]

No joke, I haven't really played in 6+ months after I hit my goal of 1000... Thinking about starting up again.

[@brightpowder_cena]

Gain 600 points with this one simple trick! (Giving up the Sicilian)

[@fheenicks]

Yes, I can finally be a 3200!

[@txdang2009]

@@dzjad same here

[@tunaduman]

That last game was like Carlos Magnusen vs Nakaru Hikamura, with a fascinating Botez Gambit Accepted: Counter Botez Gambit Variation

[@myles3626]

Botez Gambit Accepted: Couter Botez Gambit Variation is so hilarious.

[@abhinandanbanerjee5471]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays, you are a grumpy, crappy person." *Yes*

[@simonhinkel4086]

Tell me something, I don't already know 😁

[@reachingmydream8756]

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[@sprawa7832]

I dont get it. Why is he insulting people for no reason? Wtf?

[@randomdude2981]

- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@JunctionWatcher]

Or people have no family and these times of the year are really tough and traumatic.

[@Psyk0h]

Respect to the person at 8:42 for telling their future self to do the dishes

[@riseofbatman]

Is that you

[@GameAholicFTW]

I just hit 1100 ELO this evening. This video has convinced me that I can hit 1600 blindfolded 😂

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

Bro even two 1300 could play better than the 4th game

[@PalladinPoker]

@@chess-blundermctrashplay762 as long as it isnt the guys from game 3 of course.

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

@@PalladinPoker of course

[@Nora4real]

lolol

[@dylandelaporte7073]

What Elo are you now?

[@omlett6482]

30:23 that's got to be the most ridiculous computer move on guess the elo to date

[@benjamindavidson4033]

Would be great for puzzle rush

[@nimzomitch]

"If you aren't celebrating the holidays you're just a grumpy, crabby person" You don't know me

[@snickle1980]

😐but I do....And it's all true.

[@okuri9991]

👺🐶

[@blank6165]

🦀🦀

[@thisbethedave]

Jehovah's Witnesses punching the air rn

[@Marluxiaify]

27:31, first time I've seen Gotham straight up tell a player on Guess the Elo that they suck. Completely justified, too. Game 4 looks exactly like how I and another idiot would play. And I'm

[@derkommissar4986]

How's your chess career going nowadays?

[@Marluxiaify]

@@derkommissar4986 stuck at 400, realizing chess wasnt for me

[@adamgolden504]

I’m at 480 I started a couple of days ago

[@sethlgoodman]

hey Levy- I’ve been in massive pain recovering from surgery but there’s nothing that lit up my day more than this iconic guess the elo episode!

[@aayanroy7846]

Get better man we here for u ❤️

[@thenixaless7493]

Get better boi!

[@MrBonified66]

I've watched hours of Super GM games, all great games from history, all of this stuff and I swear I have never seen a move as sick as O-O-O in that last game.

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

Each time i watch a guess the Elo video i feel less and less bothered by being a 700 elo player and i become more confident in me reaching 1000 elo

[@kajuanweaver1607]

You can do it! 1000 and beyond!

[@chess-blundermctrashplay762]

But like how tf the 4th game was that bad!? Even my 1300 opponent played better than that

[@yashmishra1212]

@@chess-blundermctrashplay762 700 elo chess is a spectacle to say the least, you can find people this rating playing main line danish gambit declined with 17 moves of theory and people who sack rooks and queens multiple times during the game on the same fucking square, it's wild! -proud 740 elo bozo

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

@@yashmishra1212 Yup i agree with you, 700 rated players are either secret GMs or they hang their queens 10 times in a single match because they try to take your horse

[@Palmerater]

13:38 I feel entirely called out LOL

[@Claramoo]

lmao

[@anthonyfeliciano5533]

33:27-33:35 Levy contemplates his choices in life, begins to question wether Guess the Elo was best for his health, and begins to consider ending the channel right here and now on stream, solely because the 5 worst games that exist in his registry was chosen

[@sniper1a259]

16:38 Queen: under attack Levy: "Stop moving your Queen!"

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Knight was pinned to the king with the move Levy suggested

[@FlameQwert]

truly a christmas miracle: the BEST guess the ELO

[@michelangebarakamuhindo818]

Yeah right😂😂

[@justinw8370]

17:02 moves like this are the most hilarious because it just has the biggest amount of ooga booga energy. I could imagine someone new to chess playing that against Magnus and congratulating themselves for winning a piece.

[@jannieseth]

No Christmas is Perfect without Guess the Elo, and Levy's Sanity Losing. We don't need a pin of shame in this christmas day

[@omygoodyneyt8238]

U just trying to get a pin of shame

[@MaxEng1492]

Pin of shame

[@anastasismois2423]

How can u say such a thing after those games I just witnessed

[@jannieseth]

@@omygoodyneyt8238 I'm not lmao, just speaking facts. Apparently someone got pinned of shame so this comment is ineffective and thus useless

[@Leyrann]

I've seen a lot of things on KZbin, but that game 4 unlocked a new achievement: have to pause the video because I can't see the screen anymore because I'm crying from laughing too hard. What the actual godforsaken fuck.

[@Defnotdiablo]

31:10 he's levi-tating

[@swarnendukhanra699]

man this is the best comment 😂😂😂

[@accorp2]

"You can not possibly screw this up" is the most instant-karma-jinx-prophecy I've seen in my life...

[@djd1335]

Merry Christmas Levy! Hope you and Lucy(and viewers as well lol) have a great day. You're the best!

[@reachingmydream8756]

. . . -kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

:) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@XDTrokts]

6:14 Black plays a Double Sicilian with c5 30 moves later resulting mate in 3, fascinating!

[@william_shakespeare]

One of the best guess the elo's I've ever watched!

[@rickrolled3666]

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[@choi-r7108]

"There is no way you can screw this up" Famous last words

[@Saurabhsingh1234-y2z]

That caronavian really made me laugh ...i dont know what made him play c6 d5 then capture with the queen as white gains tempo by playing knight c3...even black loses the opportunity to place its c6 pawn on the central square that is d5...caronavian is hilarious

[@Loxu69]

10:15 the guy in the chat saying “the sus defense” almost killed me

[@miguelleite9207]

For a moment, I thought he was going to record the episode dressed like santa

[@reachingmydream8756]

. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@alexandrerobillard4289]

What a masterpiece of a collection of 5 games, every one of them is a work of art in its own way

[@haleysettembre]

114th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Buon Natal. Nu indovin l'elo epic"

[@reachingmydream8756]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@nocapguy9831]

WHEN HE SNAPPED AT 27:18 I DIED LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@archiaylien9650]

In the second game the guy who said the berlin wall opening made me laugh so hard

[@Habib_Xon]

15:05 THE CHAT IS CALLING TO ME, I MUST RISE!

[@neutral_clips]

1:16 is so epic it will never be ignored

[@maxdriever7668]

Shoutouts to the guy at 28:46 saying “end stream and raid amouranth”

[@jesuisshiraz6685]

A perfect Christmas gift, keep it up levy!!!

[@reachingmydream8756]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@rickrolled3666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEl5mMiax2sMU

[@NochNi]

“The janitor of their own room… so unemployed.” I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. Lol

[@FirstNameLastName-lq1ou]

Merry Christmas Mr & Mrs Gotham! Thank you for an amazing year of content, we love you!

[@reachingmydream8756]

- - - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

-_- kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@pokeinator7834]

I don’t think they’re married but I agree with you😊

[@insertstonkhere5082]

@@pokeinator7834 they are I’m pretty sure

[@pokeinator7834]

@@insertstonkhere5082 oh right they are

[@thechesschannel7270]

32:30 the song was so funny I almost died

[@teresfordsaunders4238]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays you are a grumpy,crappy person. " -Levy Rozman. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL GUESSS THE ELO LOVERS.

[@randomdude2981]

; ; ;; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@wamiqulislam]

When you don't have any holidays to celebrate in the first place....

[@teresfordsaunders4238]

@@wamiqulislam That's just sad

[@feelshowdy]

I don't know why, but that "We got Magnus Carlsen here with the black pieces" followed with the quick "Never mind" always gets me.

[@guywhoneversleeps]

this is a bonefied classic. this is one of the funniest things ive ever seen. you were vicious, yet still informative. and the humor by you, the games, and the ratings just make this a masterpiece.

[@adiconsul]

33:25 ‘No way you screw this up’ 33:27: screws it up 🤣

[@alexc5229]

Gotham when his sub blunder : it's alright, you have potential in chess Gotham when the noob blunder : this man is so bad at chess

[@Anonymityfan]

For game 2 Be3 and Bd3 are probably done out of fear of the bishop pinning the knights to pressure or win a pawn.

[@vincentparker3155]

Merry Christmas Levi. Also, congratulations on the wedding, I also got married on the 11th of this month!

[@evantyler8647]

22:40 "God gave you 7 pawns, 2 knights, a bishop, a queen, 2 rooks, but king G2. Like what Is the king going to go fight on the light squares?"

[@lorikhamiti9165]

"If you're not celebrating the holidays, you are a grumpy, crappy person." Me a muslim: ....

[@aguy3953]

Muslims don't celebrate holidays? I mean , he did make a distinction between Christmas and just the holidays .

[@insanemafia7250]

People who still has to go to work : ......

[@lorikhamiti9165]

@@aguy3953 im pretty sure that he meant christmas and its just a joke

[@aguy3953]

@@lorikhamiti9165 ik it's a joke , and he meant the holidays that people get for Christmas, not Christmas itself. Also , the joke was about people so sad , they can't enjoy holidays

[@nasserghazi9832]

@@aguy3953 man lorik reply is a joke too. clam down

[@benjamindavidson4033]

33:16 there was so much insanity that Levy didn't even notice that white didn't take the free knight, instead opting to hang a pawn 😅🤣😂

[@reyhananiz5099]

You could feel him lose his sanity after each game that was analyzed

[@pokemoji4401]

That poor guy was just trying to play the Scandy Kane for Christmas... let him have his sugar lmao

[@montague7996]

I’m bad at chess but… when he said “no-one plays Nf2” it was actually the first move that I thought of. No doubt I would blunder the rest of the game.

[@kajxqeirscl]

actually same lol

[@shatranj]

5:44

[@ClassicMist360]

what levy means by “no-one plays Nf2” is actually "no human rated lower than 2000 plays Nf2 and understands its purpose"

[@yusouph2002]

@@ClassicMist360 it's very easy to understand... It's just winning on the spot. B:g6, Knight attacks a queen, just game over. Black must sack a queen or lose. No need to be 2000 to see that...

[@ClassicMist360]

@@yusouph2002 it's not winning because it attacks the queen, its winning because it opens up the bishop which is the important piece in the attack, attacking the queen is just a secondary benefit (winning a tempo). But even if it didn't win a tempo, it's still extremely winning. So yeah, thanks for proving my point.

[@xchomphk.9788]

20:34 im surprised that game was anything about 300 lmao, that game looks like it was from someone who just learnt how the pieces moved

[@lokitac4748]

I thought it was overhyped until i watched the last game. Best shit ever! Still laughing 😁😁

[@inafridge8573]

0:11 uplifting the people who are going through hard times this holiday season

[@skye2192]

Twitch chat has finally worked out a way to troll Levy back and I'm here for it

[@ashbyjc]

Sitting here high on Christmas and Levy says 'You'll laugh, guaranteed..' I managed about ten minutes before I couldn't hold it in any more. By game three I was convinced this was a prank. Then in the last game we see that possible long castle into mate and I'm utterly convinced that we finally have a high elo player, a true artist.. and then I watched the rest in utter shock. Come for the train wrecks, stay for Levys reactions!

[@godzilla__editz]

32:18 Levy's inner talent.

[@TheWaRnInG99]

There is a certain level of quality where you just don't guess the elo. Where you just close your eyes and picture the moves in your head and you let the warmth flood your soul. This final game is a great example of that. Thank you Levy! Merry Christmas!

[@shadowof1155]

Levi said black is an unemployed janitor yet white cleaned up the board 😂

[@Danstry]

LMAO

[@zacharytang3840]

White was called cl34ner in that game.

[@hisham2293]

I would love to see what goes through these people’s minds when they submit. They get a drunk opponent doing cocaine while simultaneously playing and go “OMG I’m a genius like how well I played I need to show this to levy”

[@JunctionWatcher]

27:14 for a meltdown of all meltdowns 🤣😂🤣 🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑 And it’s not even the best part or the funniest game… this episode was gold.

[@vilaskerezius6470]

"What are you? Christophus Columbus reinventing chess?" "Sicilian dragon these nuts across your face"

[@Nadzap]

Giving all of my family wrapped screenshots of a 36 minute guess the ELO

[@Lordmewtwo151]

So far, my favorite moments are "How did I manage to select out of like 70 submissions four of the stupidest games ever in the history of Guess the Elo?" and "Of course! When in doubt, just sac the rook for the knight for no reason!"

[@freyamiles3718]

I don't know why I cracked up so much at 22:50 but I did

[@eduardosaraiva4998]

"There's no way you can screw this up..." - Half a second later, he screwed. xD

[@leonhardk5596]

Merry Christmas, Levy!🎄🍀 You're videos help me a lot and I think that you are very important for KZbin, Chess and Twitch. Keep up the content! From Germany

[@reachingmydream8756]

; - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@randomdude2981]

hi - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4K1aGCQj8mFZs0

[@Shiroi_Okami_44]

1:16 "But it quickly become a Dragon Deez Nuts"

[@jamesmarker3956]

“There’s no way you can screw this up…” Immediately proceeded to hand their queen 33:23

[@TheSpacecraftX]

The rook hanging being a brilliant move broke me. Stockfish is high as fuck.

[@hannbebeeb]

35:14 "Chess played perfectly is a draw"

[@ComposerMathieu]

Almost a year later, I think this was peak Gotham. Not so much click bait, not as loud and animated, education but still hella funny.

[@whitecoffee1427]

Almost time for the next Christmas episode, can’t wait!

[@alexr2347]

33:23 "I feel like there's more memes" *literally* 5 seconds later XD

[@vatsalraval]

11:42 i thought someone from my basement said that

[@FreshtoMe]

The fact that any of these games had a brilliant move genuinely terrifies me

[@Eddings06]

That last game was literally the most hilarious thing

[@rock6606]

There were solid hints in Game 4 that it was two decently competent players (>1200) having an awful game. They hung pieces and missed wins, but white also made clearance sacrifices and played g3 then f4, which, while dubious, at least showed an ability to create plans.

[@itzfruitless5243]

Me, an Australian: Dude it's literally boxing day for me

[@ryantavenner2324]

Levy's famous last words on almost GTE - "You literally can not mess this up" because they always mess it up on the next move

[@5BlackSquares]

33:27 These reactions are brilliant.

[@guiladshmaya1]

The Yugoslav attack that might give you some random civil war stuff imao I was laughing already with that joke

[@956913]

4:06 somebody found the right hole

[@JumboJimbop]

This entire video feelsl like Levy is the older brother who came back from college dunking on his 10 year old siblings, cousins, and nieces and nephews at the family reunion for their lack of chess skill

[@Luxxxxss]

Levy I'm not going to lie to you... lately I've been feeling extremely shit to the point I started hating my life again, but this video... this video gives me hope that I'm not a total fuck up after all. Thank you.

[@mermaidcodes]

Biship in a high pitch voice saying " well one day i will come out " im dead 😂

[@grantarmstrong2968]

8:20 to be fair, sometimes people just like to explore different ideas, even if in the moment they might seem like lunacy

[@speedyhedgehog5834]

9:08 mans trying the classic criss cross applesauce opening

[@SazDev]

Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎄

[@randomdude2981]

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