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Welcome to the Chess Steps Series, where I teach you various concepts on your road to being a superstar chess genius. This is Episode 1.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Game 1 vs 205
14:21 Game 2 vs 411
26:06 Game 3 vs 548
41:57 Game 4 vs 540
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[@obidamnkenobi]

Great series! I gained 300 ELO, lost 20 lbs, and my children love me again! Thank you Levy!

[@leoaloe8914]

And you sacrifive a ROOOOOOOOOK

[@propheticbee562]

And you sacrifice… YOUR BAD HABITS !

[@Liam-zg9dw]

Noice

[@bavid4430]

Martin dis u?

[@mikifull4050]

Lost 20 lb lol

[@PatrickWaltersandpoetry]

Do people understand how difficult it is to teach Chess at every level from 200 to 2000 ?? Like the way you teach a 200 is so different than a 2000 but Levy does both effortlessly and every rating in between. That's actually the real skill in my opinion. Very impressive.

[@leesnow4523]

I agree

[@Axiomatic75]

He has coached many players in the past so he has experience. I recently taught chess to a 9 year old and really struggled to explain simple tactics and principles after she knew how the pieces move. Next time I teach a beginner I'll have a much better idea of how to do it so this video was immensely useful to me even though I'm 1500 rated.

[@PatrickWaltersandpoetry]

@@Axiomatic75 Great stuff !

[@AshishKP43]

Not trying to be rude but how do you get a 200 rating? doesn't the rating start from 800?

[@RoughToughTonkasGotTheStuff]

@@AshishKP43 You lose more than you win

[@jonahbresler4317]

Honestly that first 200 player was amazing

[@TheDameDash]

right. i refuse to believe he’s really a 200 or he was not playing without help of some sort. i’m a 400 and every game from both players has countless blunders and mistakes. that’s 200 rated player he played did way too good for a 200

[@hendrixinfinity3992]

@@TheDameDash Maybe they are a decent player who just started playing online

[@Rick-si1re]

@@TheDameDash I was just going to comment that but you beat me to it lol

[@theperfectguy0998]

Only 1 blunder when he hung the bishop and good moves for the most part that's like 800 level

[@OtakuSadEyes]

Is hard to find a 200 rated player

[@hamzaparwani9585]

1st day learning chess and I feel I have stumbled to the best channel for it

[@erasedpencil878]

@@disterbed100 lollllllll

[@hamzaparwani9585]

@@disterbed100 I think botez gambit works best for the botez sisters only xD not my cup of tea

[@jonahbresler4317]

You absolutely have! I’ve bought his courses and learned so much!

[@naudiatf2791]

Welcome I'm rated 1200 and journey has been great.

[@gus8696]

Hanging pawns is great for openings!

[@characterwheaties]

Dude I love the “You shouldn’t do this, BUT IMMA DO IT!” moves and the instruction that goes with them. More please.

[@qerk5433]

@Lala Kairla based

[@Steve-dv4hy]

Heynongman

[@feelshowdy]

I wasn't wearing my glasses so thought you said "Dad" instead of "Dude" and I did a double take.

[@NickPYates]

@@Steve-dv4hy Mn n j

[@BakeZhangozha]

Gotta say yogadad played well. If Levy analyzed that game as part of guess the elo, he would've given him at least 600-700

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

If you think he's good, you should search for a player named Magnus Carlsen. He's not well known, but he's pretty good

[@travisphillips6154]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 I didn’t think many people knew the name honestly. I think yogadad might have Magnus’ level of skill

[@vaibhavsinha7291]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 Yogadad is better.

[@joelnord4699]

Yeah I feel like he did at least as well as the 400s and 500s

[@norbertboros2908]

@@joelnord4699 you can trick 800s to scholar mate

[@lindyfreeman9673]

Love the series. So many tell you what to do but not why. The “why” actually teaches. The “what” merely shows.

[@sharonjuniorchess]

We have an expert player who walks around our junior chess players saying "As long as you know why you are making a move that fine with me" which helps to keep everyone on their toes & thinking about their moves before they make them.

[@EmyleeSandahl]

pls tell that to my lacrosse coach

[@sylicon.]

Levy getting surprised by the mate is probably by far the most accurate representation here

[@johnwalker1058]

First 13 minutes of the video: That has got to be the strongest 200 ELO player I've ever seen. I think he deserves an honorary GM title for that segment.

[@sinahashemi5528]

He was the strongest between them all

[@piplupfan1]

I've seen 800s less competent than this 200

[@sleazeberg]

I'm saying

[@SohamSMore]

Reverse GM

[@gekotheshow1850]

well I don't understand that statement, I also play like him, in fact a lot of 200 rated play like that, the only thing is that one mistake leads into another and so on, until we start losing bad during mid and end game. It is what it is.

[@thebishopchess]

This series will be great for players just getting into chess but also players who are stuck at a rating, thanks Levy!

[@hflp5029]

Well i wonder how you know that You're just a bishop

[@BananaWasTaken]

@@hflp5029 they have a lot of experience with chess players

[@James-Cook]

This is the worse version of building habits did by chessbrah

[@5poolcatrush]

It is a disaster to teach that way he did in game 2. Making second queen when you already have excessively sufficent material for mate is EXTERMELY BAD MANNER and should be a reason for a report because it is literally a trolling and humiliation of the opponent. You neglect any sportsmanship spirit and respect of the game by treating opponents that way.

[@bricks7000]

@@5poolcatrush ur really overreacting, itd be disrespectful if he made 3+ queens but 2 queens is completely fine lol. What should he have done, made a rook?

[@ButlersTraining]

50:18 "to go forward, go backwards" levy also dropping some philosophical knowledge all the while teaching me to not lose games. mans a legend

[@KV-gy2mr]

YogaDad is not 200 player. His rapid is 596, but in my experience he was playing at atleast 700+ level. He saw the checkmate threats while coming up with his own ideas. Sure he didn't see the pawn forking the K and B, but come on, I have seen 900+ players blunder lot worse! Dont know how he dropped from 900+ to 596. 200-300 games blunder pieces and queens not just pawns. You dont need to fork them to win their pieces. They just give them to you.

[@EloirTroyack]

that dude played like a 1500+ player

[@EbiAtawodi]

Exactly my thinking, this dude is definitely not a 200.

[@DR-fc1ey]

you know my rating is at 350 on rapid and i swear to fucking god i am going against rating 800 players, cause i can sometimes beat my friend who is rated at 926 but i went on a 7 game losing streak, i even lost to a guy rated at 211 and sometimes i go against guys who in 65 moves scored a 84% accuracy rate, it feels silly b ut i find it almost easier to play against the 800 rated people than my own sub 400 people

[@KV-gy2mr]

@@DR-fc1ey if I have to believe everything you said at face value, then the lower rated players you lose against could be cheating. Open a new account where the start you off at 800 and then let us know if you end up below 500 or above 900. If you end up below 500, then you are making s$$* up here.

[@MrEDMeaner]

Exactly what I was thinking too. Just checked his profile though and he's still sub 400 in blitz.

[@lukegordon4734]

This is basically an hour free coaching lesson. Loved every second of it

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

Yes Yogadad… straight in with the 200 elo Caro… get in can’t wait to see it.

[@Haldthin1]

To be fair, it's 200 blitz, not rapid.

[@tito9107]

@A Garfayan___🌹 came here to say this.

[@foxygamerxdyt7356]

Oh wow I'm sorry that half of your replies are bots

[@lucmermans37]

@@Haldthin1 What's the difference?

[@ObsceneSuperMatt]

@@lucmermans37 5 minutes each, instead of 10, I think.

[@jessicagil179]

The best thing on this series was Levy trying not to cringe and die on the errors of weaker players, and rather understanding them and making a "natural" move. Very good. Thank you, Gotham!

[@arnavazheydari4513]

I love the "I'm going to make this mistake so you won't" parts because as the game goes on we get to see how a move that didn't seem bad at the time could be really dangerous for us later on in the game. You're an amazing teacher Levy great video

[@WelcomeToBreezoWrld]

I really appreciated that as well

[@KillerWhaleOrca]

Feedback: I really love how you're making the mistakes as you go, showing us how you can get out of a sticky situation in chess. I personally find this the most helpful!

[@duncanalderdice]

Yes, yes, yes.

[@ebentually]

I have to agree, as often the advice is basically don't blunder but knowing how to get out of situations where one has made a mistake is even more crucial IMO.

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

Me: *"Pawns are stupid, they block my rooks!"* Levy: *"Pawns are so lethal, they take so much space."* Alphazero: *"Pawns are stupid, they block my rooks!"*

[@sams.975]

Underrated comment.

[@TidakDiket23]

Cap! pawns are material to protect da king, break structure and of course attack minor pieces

[@thomassidlinger5725]

AZ: the only good pawn is a pushed h pawn

[@joshua17111]

That's why we play the crab opening

[@JesseFuches]

@@TidakDiket23 So pawns aren't for attacking major pieces?

[@brandonjohnson2367]

As a very casual but frequently hyperfixated player these catch up tutorials are so nice. Sometimes I will spend a month just grinding chess and learning everything I can and then life will get in the way and I'll spend months not thinking about this game. It's amazing to catch up with levy this way and jump back into the game.

[@wyattseals3251]

I'm just here to say this describes my relationship with chess perfectly. Here's to those of us who collect hobbies and get pretty decent at them before leaving them behind again for years :D

[@iemzieezz]

that was the strongest 200 ive ever seen

[@trizgo_]

15:20 If a check can be blocked by a pawn, it's a bad check 20:20 avoid trading queens when you're down material 23:30 this whole lesson about making sure you don't stalemate 36:19 if your rook isn't participating in the game, is it really worth it's 5 points? 43:13 when and why to attack knights with pawns early see THESE are the kinds of tips i'm looking for as a low elo player, thank you so much Levy

[@alexfifth9583]

💯

[@sams.975]

As a ~900 who has lost his last ten games in a row online and is feeling pretty down about my play, this felt really good, like a reminder that there are so many principles I've already learned to get to where I am. I'm really looking forward to the next few episodes to see what I can learn going forward.

[@gaspi91]

When I started I got default rating of 1200 and than proceed to lose 500 points. Only after I got to 700 I got my first win.

[@highasheaven9239]

As a 1500 rated player, i can tell you if you practice regularly, do a lot of puzzles, and play long games and study them, you can only improve. Don't focus on the rating, but rather on the quality of your play. Enjoy playing and finding good moves rather than going up the ladder :)

[@Pclub4ever]

@@highasheaven9239 What's your puzzle rating?

[@fuel8234]

I wish I was 900 too....but it's a dream for a 300 elo like me

[@o.amiri7]

@@fuel8234what is your rating now bro?

[@tanjiro4336]

*Game 1* 10:34 interposing attack 11:40 improvement of the piece 13:20 game 1 review *Game 2* 18:35 capture chain 19:46 interposing attack 21:08 continuity 21:40 rock 24:30 game 2 review *Game 3*

[@mouryatejanayaka2035]

Thanks a lot

[@Taima]

Damn, I wish I could save comments for future reference like on reddit or something.

[@tanjiro4336]

@@Taima just copy it and past on a notepad.

[@plstein20]

I love this series idea. Absolutely loved you “playing down” and then teaching through the mistakes. Because your mistake moves are totally the moves I make.

[@FedericoGiorgiManuel]

The fact that Levy doesn't advocate for the Caro advance variation, but rather the exchange because it's easier for beginners, shows how much he cares. Going against his own creed to help the first steps of another. Levy: great chess player, great chess teacher, but also great human

[@kevinemery9595]

He certainly seems to trulycare more about his subscribers more than most ppl with this many subscribers ever does.

[@xxmsp91]

I have no idea what caro advance is but I'm glad to have found this video. I'm positive I'm the target audience for this series.

[@leolulu4622]

Yep. Levy is the best chess teacher I've ever seen here on KZbin.

[@Drogon7102]

I am genuinely impressed by the 200s play. Ive played more blunders and im 700

[@JesseSherman117]

he's not a real 200. if you go check out his profile you'll see that he's an 1100+ on daily.. I think he probably sandbagged his score to get to be featured and play against levy

[@TheSpacecraftX]

@@JesseSherman117 could be he sucks under time pressure. I'm 1000 in rapid, and only 600 in blitz and 350 in bullet. I can get the tactics at 2031 puzzle rating but I'm garbage when time is a factor.

[@brunorenan4769]

@@TheSpacecraftX Bullet you HAVE to play the first good move that comes to your mind, doesn't matter if its actually good or not. I won many matches by time even having minus 20 points in material. I like to say that in bullet, time is like a second queen.

[@JurijFedorov]

@@JesseSherman117 Daily ratings are easier. Way fewer people play daily especially at his level so the competition is much softer. It's still a high rating of course.

[@Squilfinator]

Purposefully playing poorly and rooting for your opponent is so meta

[@MM-yl7ds]

23:15 That's important. In many games I've seen even champions resort to a drew by stalemate so they don't lose

[@zacharysantana2621]

I honestly thought this video would not be helpful after seeing the rating window. But having the fundamentals broken down like this was still super informative.

[@MarkLeinhos]

Same here. I'm rated well above these but just hearing the fundamentals thought out during a live game reminds me of all the things I should be thinking about on every move. Super helpful. Also those people all played really well for their ratings IMO.

[@JakeHaugen]

I love how slow you take this and how you play “blunders”. I think that this is like a superior version of your win at chess series. I’d love it if you also referred people to your other content and courses at the end for them to learn from until they get to the next video.

[@Turtle828]

I initially thought this was just a copy of win at chess, but seeing him play inaccuracies is fun and interesting in my opinion. Also, that’s some good feedback towards the end of your comment.

[@wsemenske]

It's definitely inspired by "building habits" by chessbrah, which you should check out if you like more long form content. Aman instructs in a similar fashion but gives many more games.

[@floeckchen666]

you made me return to chess after nearly 25 years...im not sure yet to thank you for that : )

[@Rami-tt4sg]

Lmk when you are

[@QrazedGaming]

what elo are you now and where did you settle at in the first week

[@Muichiro_tokito_]

He was one of the reasons why i want to become better at chess. Played chess since im 6 y/o (im 17 now) and mostly played it with my bigger brother or my grandpa. But I never really "tried" to become better, i just played and had fun, but now i want to actually become better +having fun along the way

[@cryptic2121]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Muichiro_tokito_same I’m also 17 now I used to just play my grandpa, but I want to learn and beat some of my 1000+ classmates. Good luck to both of us lol

[@PenguinToad]

Opponent: Why is the enemy taking so long to move?? Meanwhile, GothamChess:..................

[@supersturdystudiosggp76]

New years resolution: Watch more Gotham and play more chess.

[@samvchess6266]

Haha same. It's a resolution worth not giving up on.

[@blanco7726]

I need to quit smoking to learn chess better. Goal: in April be good enough at chess to start smoking again😂

[@ybg9724]

@@blanco7726 just watch videos and pictures of Mikhail Tal smoking while playing and learn from him :D

[@anshumanagrawal346]

You don't need a Resolution for that

[@blanco7726]

@@ybg9724 I assume he smoked Cigarettes though hahah, those dont interfere with your brain so much as the type of smoking I'm talking about

[@nimamc]

This is absolutely your best video for beginners. I, as a beginner can say that. Please continue making this. The good thing about it is that you actually try to think like a beginner! Keep up the good work

[@lilliansweetman1408]

I gotta say that this is one of the best educational videos I've ever seen of chess. The way you talk about the game, the moves, the concepts, and how you share your knowledge in such an excited and passionate way really makes me appreciate the game more and want to become better! When I get discouraged in my skill after losing a few games in a row, your videos always give me new ideas and in a way, hope that this is just a game you can learn from. Thank you!

[@bencasey3150]

I am a sort of full time chess teacher/coach and I love this! I actually use chess steps by the Dutch method (Scholastics) Thank you Levy.

[@trompettist]

This is the perfect series for me. I'm a 500-600 beginner, and all other chess guides started at like 800. Much appreciated!

[@sethkang4410]

THIS IS THE BEST! specially for people who getting into chess

[@billyhelms]

Dude it is absolutely insane how much I've improved just from attacking center early with pawns and moving c and f pawns before the knights. Thank you so much for the tips

[@dgratale]

Gotham - Excellent video. I have watch several of your vids and learned things in everyone, but this one really brings those learnings together and has really made me think differently about the space on the board and projecting power. I am definitely going to watch the rest of this series.

[@idontwantmynameinhere]

Looks like a great series, really interested in the higher rated games yet to come!

[@loganstout1298]

This reminds me of John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals videos. He takes a specific concept like undefended pieces and plays lower rated players to highlight how this happens, and how to play better. As a new, lower rated player, breaking down these concepts are really helpful. Great work Levy! This video was very helpful. Looking forward to more. Maybe more "fundamental" teaching/overviews before jumping into the games, and then highlighting those things would help understand some practical uses for those subjects. Love the content!

[@igpetrov5303]

Or Building Chess Habits series by Chessbrah.

[@Miss_Lexisaurus]

This was so helpful! I'm 600 and it's so useful to see you play more like a lower rated player and point out the things that are reasonable for me to see and key things to know. Thank you.

[@aldrigforsent8862]

“Free stuff is good. You should take free stuff” Always good advice 👌🤓

[@lukebenner9860]

I just want to see a guess the ELO with one of these games and see if Levy remembers it

[@solobro7026]

Lol that would be awesome

[@thegrammarpolice7052]

“Gotham sub is 200? Random noob is 2729? Oh wait a minute chat. Is that me? Wait wait wait no.”

[@noobsunleashed9703]

do it

[@veryconfused5243]

I can already imagine Gotham roasting himself for playing a check for no reason.

[@shorttking2074]

i assume he would remember with the bishop and queen battery, if not before then

[@DZ-xq6vs]

This was actually very nice to watch as a 1500. You sometimes take these principles for granted, which leads to laziness. Hearing how to play good chess keeps me sharp. Thank you Levy!

[@MaxChessman007]

Thank you so much for this, I am currently stuck in the 500's and really need to understand fundamentals before I improve. Looking forward to this series - yes there are players in the 200 to 500 range, if your in the 1700's then this section may not be for you. IMO - This is very helpful and appreciated. Thank you sir!

[@eddiepierce7028]

You are the best chess instructor I have seen. You talk in simple terms and actually get into our heads at our level. Kudos!

[@Nmc-dz8bj]

I've been waiting for content like this! Feels like a revisit to the Gotham Guide, and I can't wait to see what I can learn from this!

[@Red-cr4oo]

@Tina Bulea weirdo

[@shmonn.]

check out the naroditsky speedruns

[@Nmc-dz8bj]

@@shmonn. yeah, I've seen a bit of those, I'll go check them out again

[@gaalhunor9726]

It is beautifull that every speedrun or climbing on the ladder, reaching high elo from different content creators are based on the same concept: explaining the logic and thoughts behind the moves, discussing about the plans and ideas in a chess game etc. But somehow these kinds of serieses from different creators are like being in different worlds. Chess is just stunning.

[@antoniorosalez8221]

As a beginner chess player I can say that this has immensely helped me in my journey to becoming a better player. The move by move analyzation of not only your own pieces, but the opponents as well are SO helpful. Also the simple tips throughout about basic chess theory and idle pieces having a future role based on good board placement has broadened my perspective a lot. I definitely feel like I understand how to build a better strategy and have a more structured approach to each game. Thank you Levy!

[@stephensbubble7333]

Really appreciate the open & continuous dialogue. The description of the strategic outline & tactical options Vs a Vs your own and students position. Great humour wonderful curiosity as to how your student will respond to challenges - with suspense & humour plus a whole glossary of chess terms. Thank you

[@luitmeinen1902]

There is something so frustrating about levy showing good moves and not playing them xD still like the idea of this new series though :)

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Haha yeah as a coach we have to play bad moves on purpose sometimes to guide beginner students in the right direction.. I try to give my students a chance to win or they will feel frustrated always losing. Today my 7 year old student was like "What's the point, I'm going to lose today too" and started to get frustrated so I tried losing on purpose, gave him a few mate in 2 chances too, he just didn't end up taking them for some reason although he saw them lol If I just crush him he might cry you know, I have to play moves that will make him smile :) (or maybe he will hate chess and then I won't be able to teach him anymore lol)

[@fae-chan7914]

this is my level and it’s rare to find content for beginners that isn’t condescending or rude! i’m so thankful for you since you make videos that don’t make fun of us and don’t make beginners feel bad for… being beginners, lol. i learned a lot! thank you! edit: LADDER MATE FINALLY MAKES SENSE

[@kroccmocc4765]

What level are you at now?

[@thomasfrede]

Ladder mate is fun

[@mhm6214]

I'm a beginner but I'm just not being sad or angry or any negative feelings about fun videos for ches noobs, cuz I got in my mind that if I'm a beginner, I won't be beginner all time, believe me that even levy make fun of his self, cuz he is a noob too in path...

[@zly33]

I love this. Thank you so much for this type of content. Your explanation of higher-level play while "playing down" enhances the video in my opinion. Love all of your content.

[@shabnamsheikhha19]

as a person who literally started chess last week, this was immensely enjoyable to watch! excellent work :)

[@david6426]

Really enjoyed this... You have so much content where you play lower ELO players as an IM and just make suggestions and comments on the game, but I absolutely loved how you played moves that someone at that level would conceivably play. I feel like it makes the educational aspects much more realistic since you aren't just bulldozing them, and also shows people how to get out of issues once you inevitably make mistakes.

[@Euruzilys]

That’s the best part! At first I thought he was just gonna smash low elo players, but then he intentionally plays sub optimal moves that someone at that elo would just do. When he did that it just become a lot more educational.

[@BonesRing]

John Bartholomew’s “Climbing the Rating Ladder” is very similar to this format if anyone is looking for more. IMO a highly underrated chess channel.

[@vincentvpuhovsky2875]

I started learning chess much later than most people and I appreciate your instructional videos. When you describe the senseless moves often made by novice players, there is a simple explanation why someone makes these moves: we focus on one part of the board and forget to look at the rest of it, and how a move might impact pieces that we aren't focused on. It's human nature to focus on one specific task and ignore others. If you didn't perform this trick in everyday life, you would never be able to understand someone speaking in a crowded room. How to train myself to avoid such tunnel vision in chess is what I will work on. Perhaps it is a much easier task as a pre-teen or teenager, than when you are middle aged. Will see.

[@hello-qp1cl]

Best time to start playing chess is the earliest you can, some people played consistently since they were 9 or 8 years old and then when they hit 15 they are masters.

[@JJMB27]

It's totally like that. I played Go in a club, and when we learned to play they gave us a 9x9 board, that is a bit less than a quarter of the standard board size. Less than a quarter! Because it's impossible for a beginner to focus on the whole board. When I advanced enough to start playing in a larger board (19x19) I was so lost, I just played on the same scale of the 9x9 like I was playing 4 disconnected matches at the same time. Of course in chess is much harder to do that scaling because the board is smaller, and you would have to take out some pieces, and when you would try to start playing in a real board it would be much much harder, but it's the same concept. The chess board is huge for beginners like me.

[@paulanderson6605]

Fantastic work! Loved to see progressions and slow introduction to more advanced concepts!

[@aaronjohn6586]

Levy, As someone that gets home after a long shift, plays a few games tries to learn a bit. This series will help me get better and have some insights as well. Plus the time limit is perfect both for the matches and video.

[@mathdox7739]

Im actually so early for the first time... i love u Levy! Keep up the good work😀

[@zevelgamer.]

Nice

[@mritunjay_99]

00:00 🎮 Introduction to new chess series and playing against subscribers. 02:00 ♟️ Opening principles, pawn placement, and handling threats. 05:00 🏰 Middle game planning and piece coordination. 08:00 🗡️ Recognizing tactical opportunities and utilizing pins. 11:00 🤔 Flexible and patient play, adapting to opponents. 14:00 ♗ Evaluating pawn structure, breaks, and closed positions. 19:17 ♟️ Opposite side castling strategy and handling threats. 20:14 🧙‍♂️ Managing material advantage and converting it. 21:35 ♟️ Rook usage and understanding pawn continuity. 23:15 🏰 Promoting pawns to Queens for a checkmate. 24:37 📚 Learning from opening mistakes and tactics. 26:16 ♟️ Importance of opening principles and piece development. 28:25 🏞️ Navigating closed positions and piece activity. 32:05 🧐 Evaluating positions, piece activity, and trades. 35:54 🤯 Handling complex middle-game decisions. 40:26 ♟️ Discussing a weak King, perpetual check, and Queens. 42:23 ♙ Explaining Queen's Pawn openings and center control. 43:31 ♗ Attacking and defending Knights in the center. 46:37 ♘ Advancing pawns and piece coordination in endgames. 51:48 ♛ Promoting pawns and achieving checkmate.

[@White_Swan-bp4jt]

Wow. Fabulous job! Your comments are really my thoughts sometimes because I'm a low level player and you are great at showing mistakes these thoughts lead to! Subscribed)

[@GCAJr]

Looking forward to this series. Played chess for fun with my Dad as a kid, didn’t know anything except for what the pieces did and now at 52 want to get playing again and was wondering the best way to get better and develop understanding and strategy

[@sharonjuniorchess]

Find a junior chess club near you and offer to help them or failing that start your own. Not only will you have to keep learning to stay one step in front of them but you will have a lot of fun in the process and will see all the sorts of mistakes that every new player makes.

[@hgm8337]

watch this channel

[@Peterdeskater100]

I would recommend playing 10 minute games. It's what Naroditsky does in his learning series and it gives more time to go to scenarios and explain which moves are mistakes from the opponent.

[@Meven2001]

I love how you do bad choices because you are into a player of 500 elo. Best way to understand what happens after ! Best video to learn. Keep going.

[@andrebeland1999]

Very very nice series!! Awesome format and your commentary are on point ... letting me know what I need to study. Episode 1 is excellent! Cheers.

[@PL_ZieMnIaCzeK_PL]

why is levy so nice in this video? it's almost like he has two personalities that switches between platforms 😂😂

[@asym52]

Hah! Even when Levy is mean, he's still nice. Haven't you noticed?

[@bryguy4446]

Dude seriously. I only watched Gotham KZbin videos for a while. Then I caught one of his streams on Twitch and I thought it was his much more vulgar and insulting identical twin. It's literally two different worlds of Gotham.

[@ben10-inches43]

It's because it's a learning video for new or lower rated players. Yeh he memes a bit more in his openings videos, but he does the same thing as this video.

[@kruksog]

He's an entertainer and he knows his audience. Twitch can deal with the meme-ery. KZbin loves to nail your words to a wall and take you to task for them (said as primarily a KZbinr.) Just the different platforms and Levy's knowledge about them coming to bear.

[@johndevilbiss5549]

This series is brilliant! Understanding the thought process as the game develops is something that no chess book seems to address effectively. Thanks Levy

[@agungz]

check out building habits series if you haven't

[@Stillshot10200]

I've checked out quite a few chess instructors. Levy is the best and I'm now hook on chess. Hardly played before last week and now I'm just binge watching his videos and playing online every spare minute. Great content and great delivery. Thanks a million.

[@zacheddy9685]

Giving me that sweet sweet Canadian lockdown content. My chess about to go off. Thanks Gotham.

[@kaydim5921]

Lockdown... Again.... Hooray....

[@zacheddy9685]

@@kaydim5921 at least in Ontario Canada, so much fun!

[@kaydim5921]

@@zacheddy9685 went to the gym just now... Told it wasn't happening anymore. Again!

[@TRAMNITTSU]

@@zacheddy9685 Doug Ford amiright

[@zacheddy9685]

@@TRAMNITTSU yep, ain't he a doll

[@Dethek]

I am so impressed by Levi's 'realisations' as he makes mistakes and highlights not only my thought process and gameplay - but delves into the consequences! Thanks!

[@MrGrinch23]

Super amazing series. Sometimes it’s so hard to see the big picture when learning about all the openings, middle game, etc. This really gives lots of practical examples. Thank you!

[@sylicon.]

Him saying why you should explicitly not do something then does it gives his awful moves a bit of shock factor and I think that's absolutely ingenious because it - in some way - makes that mistake more memorable giving opportunity to you not making the same mistake later when you play your own games I love it!

[@johnstewart2704]

This is the most informative video I’ve watched from you, and I’ve watched many. You brought yourself into many positions that I’ve seen before, and explained the thought process. As a 600 player, it’s easy to get stuck watching educational content that is geared towards higher players without explaining the root problems/motifs a given position is solving. Bottom line, this series explained the ‘why’ behind the decisions a low player will face. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@littlerobin1]

Wtf, levy is so kind when his opponent makes a mistake.. 2022 starts weird as f*ck

[@doormatcat]

He didn't expect anything he's a 200

[@dreugh424]

@@doormatcat It's not "will he blunder?" it's "how will he blunder?"

[@doormatcat]

@@dreugh424 exactly

[@itsmealex8959]

When people say this generation is becoming softer, they're specifically referring to the fact that Levy isn't calling people donuts anymore

[@martywhite2988]

@@itsmealex8959 This series is educational so I don't think he'll do that much. If this were guess the ELO...

[@paulvandergriff4209]

I just started this series and I love it! I've been on a loosing streak and figured I'd go back to the basics and these videos are perfect. The way you teach is so wonderful! I want your studies so bad! Hopefully one day I will get them soon (four kids don't help with that lol). Thank you again for all your hard work!

[@lordadman]

This is now my go-to chess instructional series to send to friends. I love what you are doing here. Expressing what the lower rated players should think about based on the concepts that they understand. Ramping up the game play as the rating increases in order to incorporate more and more complicated concepts in real games.

[@V0idFace]

I haven’t watched this yet but I’m already on board and sure it will be dope.

[@jacksondavies1451]

"on board" I see what you did there

[@Ketsuegg]

this honestly feels like the exact kind of content that I had originally subscribed for. Glad to see stuff like this coming back, Levi's a great educator when he puts his mind to it.

[@raph378]

ppp

[@ThatOtherAkshat]

Beautiful explanation. I don't know if I will be able to actually execute such thinking, but the way you decipher everything is phenomenal.

[@amirshayanmoghtaderi5840]

This is the first video I saw on your channel and it's treally helpful, I learned a lot, thank you.

[@santiagoorgeira9142]

This is amazing, yesterday my mum asked me to teach her chess, and she barely knows how pieces move, I am gonna use this video to teach her a lot of basic concepts, thank you gotham

[@silentz0r]

As someone who only started playing chess a few weeks ago this is extremely helpful! I started straight from ranked and dropped all the way to 200 elo by making those mistakes so thanks for covering those. Something that I am yet to learn how to defend is when the opponent activates their queen on move 2 or 3 max, and they start attacking all my pawns and pieces. It feels like what they're doing is super fluid movement giving checks and attacking multiple pieces (my rooks and deep pawns) and I just can't do anything about that. Not sure if that would be interesting to cover or it's just me being low elo and bad.

[@MrMonodude]

He actually made a video about how to handle early queen attacks a while ago. I would highly recommend watching it, it was really helpful!

[@sdw-hv5ko]

Here's that video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYqcq5yqf6uaosU No shame in losing to early Queen moves! It's tricky to handle and it's something everyone has to deal with when they're learning, but you learn a bit every time you lose to it. And once you can bat their attacks away it feels so good

[@tungao2515]

Fantastic series, I'm just picking up chess again and this is helping so much! Please keep up the good work.

[@AircraftFTW]

Absolutely love this series. Gotham you have gotten me into a game I would have never thought I would have loved to get into.

[@fuaefeauffneauhfenfa]

I absolutely loved this video. Levy is once again pulling out masterpiece video ... You are jovial (I always enjoy your jokes, breaking the wall), incredibly smart in terms of chess and showing fundamentals like this is just ... pure masterpiece. Keep your hard work and I can not wait to see more.

[@noxteryn]

Absolutely love the fact that you're intentionally playing inaccurately. This has immense instructional value even for a 1300 like myself. Learning how to fix mistakes or how to recover from a losing position is something that is very hard to practice.

[@elboricua123]

Honestly this was a very good way to see how lower rating vs higher rating players see the board. I genuinely enjoyed this episode and the break downs of "bad" moves, vs "good" moves, vs "strategic" moves. That was fun. 57 minutes well spent! Earned a like and a sub.

[@hosiroom5854]

this series is like all any beginner needs to start with. have been looking for some content like this for a long time, thank you so much for all the effort you put!

[@awwkaw9996]

This is such a great concept. I'm super impressed you can play like lower rated players, identify what they do wrong at what rating, and so calmly explain it all the while. I guess your training from guess the elo was useful for this. 8-)

[@iDeathSparky]

At 6:05 when the rook is attacked I think the best move is to take the knight with the bishop. You defend the rook still, and if he takes back you can take the pawn on H7 with your other bishop, with forced mate if he takes back, forcing him go to H8, being down a full piece with his king being brutally attacked in the corner.

[@user-rk7rl7tm5w]

yes it is

[@sanya8077]

Me also

[@OG_CK2018]

I thought the same thing i was kinda sad when levy retreated

[@rikigil6428]

I learned a lot about opening and starting the positioning of my pieces, thanks for great vid

[@barryschwartz4402]

I am a beginner player and have trouble understanding the strategy behind certain moves. Your step-by-step explanations as to why one move is better than another are little nuggets of gold and are me a better player. Really enjoy listening to Gotham chess!!

[@Stefan-ih9kd]

I love this idea! I’ve been through the entire series from Chessbrah where they did the similar thing, I love seeing you do similar content now, I know it’s going to be useful!

[@Scotz9]

Me too, although playing bad moves like pawn taking bishop when you need to take with Queen is not instructive. You need to show correct move at least.

[@reddedo]

Queen c7 in the first game. Levy is describing why that is a good move and stuff. Allow me to put you in the mind of that player when he made that move: "I am attacking a rook here this seems good"

[@austinvickymoore3656]

Watching this was actually very interesting i just started really getting into chess... always just kinda messed around but now its actually super fun and challenging to get better and make better moves

[@NuNuRokd]

This was fantastic. Your best content is beginner chess stuff. Its the funniest when its Guess the Elo and very informative in a context like this.

[@dcm703]

This was a fantastic video. As a struggling 600 level, this was just as instructive as your Beginner Bootcamp, thanks.