Reacting to 170 Elo Chess Video

[@jrsimon25]

“This is a rare scenario in chess. It seems that every piece on the board is hung simultaneously”

[@alfiealfie35]

It's a new milestone the likes of which I've never seen

[@jeremyungx]

You gave my nose a reaction that I never imagined was possible

[@dw5chaosfan]

Its like Aronian Anand tata steel 2013, the difference is Anand is a genius and Dan here... not so much.

[@darthlynx5792]

True beauty

[@theogreenaway7401]

Sounds like something gotham would say

[@GothamChess]

GOAT commentary

[@micahwatkins2594]

Hi Levy!

[@sambience6854]

Is this how you feel watching NLs games?

[@kensw87]

i need to see a Gotham reacts to 170 elo too!! :D

[@kensw87]

actually scratch that. i wanna see Levy 2 hour epic 170 elo lesson! HAHAHA! but... imagine if Dan's elo is raised to 1000! that would be more than a 5-fold increase!!

[@lucasnadamas9317]

When are you coming to the nlss?

[@Sagemel]

"Neither party has really moved any pieces and yet they've somehow traded Queens" had me in tears

[@josipbagi]

I came down to comment this. I was watching this on the toilet and I pinched in the middle from laughing so hard

[@tacoxpvp4884]

@@josipbagi too much info man

[@phabidz]

@@josipbagi i don't need to read that

[@andreerfabbro]

@@josipbagi HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TOTALLY UNNECESSARY BUT THANKS

[@vikramlothe1709]

Scotch opening players: these fools have no idea

[@connorp3030]

This is probably how gm's see 1500 level games

[@davidrobins1021]

So true. It's all relative, and everyone has their own conception of what constitutes a "beginner".

[@HoratioAccel]

1500 level chess is basically amateur level

[@Pupp3tM4st3r]

1500 for a GM is basically "they barely know how the pieces move and at least they don't call the knight a horse"

[@drvofoka7033]

@@HoratioAccel Are you high? 1500 level chess means you're beating 99% of people IRL (that admittedly don't play chess).

[@toniokettner4821]

no

[@wilmereneris6254]

I absolutely love Dan waiting for 12 second then moving a random pawn and saying "pre-jack"

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Exactly XD

[@ttrenchmiranda]

hHahahahhaha yeah

[@randompersondontmindme]

5:00 "The opponent is literally not playing chess. They're just moving as fast as possible." He is LightningLuke92. He plays lightning moves

[@Darckseyes]

NL: I’m not trying to throw stones Also NL: Big brother runner up

[@williammitchell6254]

Dan won twice, Ryan was just mean there

[@hamchurger4566]

​@@williammitchell6254 he won once

[@notbob9865]

“A former big brother runner up”?? The disrespect

[@umbaupause]

He will be acknowledged once he smashes that 1k elo milestone.

[@robschilke]

Nevermind him winning BB10, but when you appear on BB14 and are the runner up, that's your legacy.

[@purplatypus7405]

Highlight moment!

[@Stephen_Eee]

He lost his title to the current runner up, lol

[@Parafilm1337]

It's all about asserting dominance.

[@xSnowscopes]

the way he moves the pieces like he has to physically drop them on the squares from the height of his 3 dimensional mouse pointer after dangling them over the square for 5 seconds kinda makes me uncomfortable

[@BotchedBeta]

LMAO bro this is so accurate wtf

[@hiddenninja6122]

He moves them like they're heavy

[@salvadorelastname9095]

Now I can't unsee it and I'm uncomfortable too

[@alexanderwales7870]

"Most notably a Big Brother runner up." lol

[@billiethekid6407]

Lowkey BM

[@BobmarIes]

It gets me every time

[@techiecreations]

😂 it's funny because he actually won, but then was a runner up on his next appearance

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@techiecreations only reason he lost the second time was because nobody wanted him to win twice lol

[@afecx8249]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 bitter people man

[@BurakBoraKapan]

My man thinks for 10 seconds and says he's "pre-jacking" a move, even though it's his turn. So, is he just jacking the move?

[@samosamosa9568]

post-jacking

[@QWlN]

full metal jacking

[@goro158]

oh he jackin' it

[@SweetBrazyN]

This comment had me dying lmaooo 💀

[@LittleRainGames]

he was trying to but too slow

[@RNGeeGee]

The Gheesling Gambit: Baffle the opponent with the most erroneous moves so they spend all their time thinking "WTF is this?".

[@isaiahd9947]

Isnt that just bongcloud?

[@_guma_2065]

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[@rayan-xg5kw]

@@isaiahd9947 Nah bongcloud is the strongest opening smh

[@Nutman2001]

Mentioned Dan being a BB runner up instead of when won, LOL

[@TacoSnipezZ]

lmao seriously zero respect

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

That got a bruh out of me lmfao

[@GeoQuag]

Dan has a lower win rate than like half the winners so he’s a worse player /s

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

He technically is both a winner and a runner up

[@Bearable124]

Absolutely Pog

[@Zalemones1]

I didn't even consider there was a community with ~200 elo. Shows what I know.

[@jasonfazio8212]

It’s people who haven’t played lmao

[@kmuralikrishna1998]

It's bullet... I'm 700 elo rapid 150 elo bullet.

[@coagulatedguy1421]

@@kmuralikrishna1998 idk I’m 1200 bullet and 1300 rapid there’s not much of a difference to me at least

[@kimdabeast3764]

Idk, I made a new account and it started with 400 elo

[@micahwatkins2594]

I literally started playing chess in April and never dropped below 1200 bullet rating. idk...

[@EmotionlessGamer]

12:56 "very aggressive player, reminds me of mikhail tal"

[@nosir5596]

NL regressing to calling it a horse as he watches tells me the next chess video we're gonna see him get busted back down to 1300

[@lucasschoubye8432]

Calling knights horsies is a pivotal step in chess mastery. Now he just needs to call his bishops AWPs and his pawns juicers and take Hikaru's place as a super GM

[@jarf9930]

@@lucasschoubye8432 Don't forget that rooks are juicers as well

[@theWebWizrd]

Hikaru calls them horses all the time :p

[@Yzerbruh]

In Dutch chess knights are horses, bishops are walkers, and rooks are towers. Hearing horses get called knights is odd.

[@agathaknive3321]

@@Yzerbruh lol, in German knights are jumpers, not even horses.

[@reksfilms8187]

daniel "novice beginner level former big brother runner up" gheesling

[@woozyyoyo2143]

"About this game: the horse moves like an L" lmao

[@mdw2402]

lmao narrator voice: "it's not checkmate-ticity" really got me

[@TheThunderbirdRising]

NL actually taking longer to analyze a single move than the entire length of the game

[@scoob6505]

Such content is integral for pogging the gourd.

[@Drew-yz7ih]

Verbalizing it and effectively communicating it to the audience takes a minimum amount of time. NL can definitely internally analyze it at the speed the game was played.

[@DGTLCLANGAMING]

@@Drew-yz7ih he wasn't saying that as a criticism of NL, but to point out how bad Dan was playing

[@sobgray]

@@Drew-yz7ih lmfao ok teachers pet

[@wcrb15]

NL reacts to 170 elo chess.. Oh no, where did he get access to my games?

[@oz_jones]

"I'm in this video and I don't like it"

[@TurtlesC4nFly]

"horse. well, can't believe I'm calling it a horse now too- the knight..." This episode is filled with gems, from both sides. Time to wipe these tears off. :')

[@jacobsnapp]

When are we getting the epic 2 hour chess lesson Northernlion teaches Dan

[@cameronmaas2644]

This

[@JonHerzogArtist]

It basically happened live today on the Golden Egg challenge and it went about as well as you might expect.

[@ianraistrick3279]

Lmao was about to comment this xD

[@rars02]

30 year old boomer GM teaches 200 elo novice

[@rofl22rofl22]

Honestly, given my level of chess (which is closer to Dan's than to NL's) I'd both enjoy and learn something from that.

[@JulianCentrone]

"What goes through a man's mind with 1.6 seconds left" I love u NL, had me cracking up

[@theobscene1654]

"Pre-jack" seems to be the prevailing answer.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@theobscene1654 lmaoooo

[@eddiewang1524]

"I feel like I'm regressing to 191 elo" - I actually died crying

[@Liwet.]

"Neither party has really moved like almost any pieces and yet somehow they've managed to trade Queens."

[@oRealityyy]

"I can't believe I'm calling it a horse now" is probably the best thing I've ever heard.

[@DanGheesling]

170th in the world

[@koiiinu]

PogU

[@Psycho5275]

I can only imagine what kind of anger issues Arn987 has when he rage quits while winning by 20 seconds in bullet chess

[@int3r4ct]

I actually did not know that Elo went that low, but I guess we all gotta start somewhere, and Dan has been climbing from what I’ve seen!

[@jerome_david]

*Elo, just FYI. It's not an acronym; the Elo rating system was named after a person.

[@TZerot0]

@@jerome_david the Electric Light Orchestra rating system unfortunately just doesn't get the respect it once did

[@int3r4ct]

@@jerome_david huh, you learn something every day I guess. I had always assumed it was an acronym.

[@PandaFan2443]

100 is the lowest possible I believe.

[@aiydanf]

300 rating and proud

[@jorgedaniel9656]

"the move from the Bishop to a different coloured square was ambitious, to say the least"... I can't put into words how grateful I am that this video popped up on my recommended

[@jacobsnapp]

Waiting for the Dan reacts to NL reacts to Dan playing chess

[@originalkhawk]

Dan reacts to NL reacts to Dan reacts to NL reacts to Dan reacts to NL reacts to Dan reacts to NL reacts to Dan playing chess

[@Chopskee9119]

While Dan is a chaotic force, Crendor strikes different

[@oceanman4166]

I love how Dan reacts to every check like he just won a $50,000 tournament, no matter how meaningless said check is

[@darkenedzone]

I definitely want to see NL play some 1 minute chess as a response

[@TurtlesC4nFly]

He does this quite often on stream, it's pretty pog and he's good.

[@alexhutcheson8467]

He does it on Twitch. It's actually pog city, the man's mind is insane

[@DForSpiD]

I want to see Dan analyze em

[@SenileWalrus99]

No offense, but Dan plays like he learned how to play chess by reading NL's "About this game" section in the description

[@absurdist5134]

Dan's a legend for giving things a go outside of his wheelhouse.

[@jetaimemina]

"If you have no plan, why is it taking so long to make each move?" That is exactly the reason, if he had a plan, he could spend a second per move, but without a plan, he has to grind his gears :)

[@firehammock3021]

This is how Levy watches NL's videos

[@sjsharks0510]

The irony is that my phone autocorrected Gheesling to Chess King 🙃🙃

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

We stan a chess king 🥺

[@scanbbb]

Didn't work for me

[@yoosh9034]

I get “ghee slingshot” Which uh, sounds messy

[@ZachAttack6089]

5:45-6:17 It's funny seeing NL trying to look for tactics when both of black's bishops are just free to take 🙃

[@John-thinks]

"very aggressive player. Reminds me a bit of Mikhail Tal" lmao

[@ACR995]

I honestly hope the chess arc lasts as long as isaac

[@bruskorken]

My mind would cease to be boggled and would be replaced by pure unadulterated Pog if this would be the case.

[@MrSnikeZ]

CAREER SUICIDE

[@andrewely3567]

The entire video had me rolling. Dan's original commentary softly in the background with NL's fervent reactions. Too funny.

[@AwesomeGreenMen]

"Flag IQ out of control" Geoguessr god knows talent when he sees it

[@Bendetoma]

I would like to laugh, but if I was playing I'd probably be around the same rating.

[@liammazzanti2282]

Variety in chess? I pog Honestly, I'd pog anyway

[@nikevisor54]

Reacting to a Dan G vid, that's rojo caliente! That damn song has been stuck in my head all day now, dude. It's an earworm and a half.

[@nimblesheepvenomous3811]

i wanna see gothamchess give dan a 2 hour lesson

[@kensw87]

i wanna see Levy keep a straight face for 2 hours!

[@stardust9831]

I think half of those two hours will be spent by Dan having to explain his terminology to Levy, considering how NLs vocabulary already confused him here and there

[@stingersplash]

Dan would be like "this is resident sleeper"

[@JCW86]

a 2 hour lesson to raise his rating to 300.

[@ronch182]

I think Levy stopped teaching chess to kids 😆

[@sneakyfox23ytvods]

"The opponent isn't even playing chess. He is just moving pieces as fast as possible."

[@rookzen]

Saw the title and thought "oh we're a react channel now". As soon as I clicked, saw Dan, pogged off.

[@elijahamgast]

I would love any variety content NL puts out, the occasional reaction can be a great way to share a laugh with ur favorite creators.

[@JustAndrewIsFine]

Me After seeing Thumbnail and Title: "Dan?" Me After seeing 0:00: "Dan."

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

There's only one man who could be 170 elo

[@finalcountdown3210]

As a triple digit rated player myself, I can tell you that the difference between 186 and 322 is that the 300 player knows how the pieces move, and the 180 player tries to move their bishop to the opposite color diagonal

[@CssHDmonster]

NL being very,very nice towards daniel

[@tristanstrain9751]

Not... really haha. You can be okay with them taking jabs at each other, but this is not 'being nice'.

[@shay2129]

@@tristanstrain9751 lmao this is extremely merciful

[@tristanstrain9751]

@@shay2129 IMO there's a difference between "not being as cruel an asshole as possible" and "being nice". I know internet vitriol and brashness dulls people's sensitivities but... I dunno, that's just my take.

[@shay2129]

@@tristanstrain9751 You're taking this way too seriously. Of course there's a difference we were just saying NL was pretty tame with the roasting lol. They're good friends, not strangers. If my friend was shite at chess I would tease them about it because we both know it's not at all serious. itsnotthatdeep.jpg

[@tristanstrain9751]

@@shay2129 Ey bro, I understand~ My original comment was mentioning how I know they're friends. I have no problem with the roasting~ I was just saying I wouldn't call it "being nice" :P The rest of it between you and I kind of turned into it's own discussion. But yeah, it's not that serious~

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Chess is a game so that means it's all about having fun. He should be proud of his rating if he's having fun while doing it!

[@bobthepotato4208]

Yoda can spit some better facts

[@abrodeur]

I love the on the fly translation that NL dose.

[@FUTrading]

1:51 blacks light square bishop would eat the horsey

[@Chaosuser32]

"Im comfortable saying dan would have mated him in that position" littlebrother spam in chat please

[@ziomczysaw425]

This video is what some people call "Good Wood"

[@aaaaaalanc]

GothamChess had a few issues with nl’s extended vocabulary. Imagine if he gave a lesson to Dan 😂

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

I'm not sure which would be worse: GothamChess being confused by Dan or GothamChess understanding Dan immediately.

[@Hanyamanusiabiasa]

How to win a bullet game in a 200 ELO : 1. Make every legal move as fast as possible 2. You win because your oppponent losing time

[@Akabane101]

"When you go into the gymnasium to play a little chess." Big true.

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

These games just boil down to whoever plays faster. There's no way someone with

[@NicholasGreene1]

"That is the sound of desperation" had me dying.

[@CFootprints]

>>bullet chess >>slowly drags a pawn forward 1 square over about 3 seconds

[@fakecivilengineer451]

The look on Dan’s face when he’s playing is killing me. Rewatch and pay attention to that xd

[@stardust9831]

Every time NL pauses it's a delight

[@stingersplash]

Dan is great with the pog facials.

[@bobphantasmagoria2968]

I wanted to see a non bullet game so that we could actually see how bad it gets in the endgame lol

[@Bhargos]

Dan Gheesling is just NL with a hat and no glasses. It's like they're reading off the same script.

[@italixgaming915]

1:20 In that position Qh5+ is crushing. Black has three legal moves: a) g6 leads to Nxg6 and whatever Black does White takes the Rook (with the Knight or with the Queen if Black takes the Knight). b) Ke7 leads to Ng6+ and the Rook falls again. c) Kd7 leads to Ng6 anyway and same problem than a) the Rook is lost.

[@75Shad0ws]

THE LEVEL OF SHADE AND POG IN THIS VID IS ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR A MEAR MORTAL TO WATCH!

[@Buster_Scruggs]

I remember playing “take me” chess in the skittles room in the third grade... I was not as good as this guy is.

[@Spoon80085]

Sometimes I feel bad when I blunder my queen after being up 4 pawns, but this is a new level of chess I have never even considered

[@mcgamescompany]

2:00 probably a good move for white would be to check with the king, then when the pawn comes in you sacrifice your knight and when they take with the pawn you take the rook and if they dont move it, the knight. also if they dont take the knight you are attacking both rook and bishop so...

[@rodion1056]

Come on NL, if you're going to make reaction videos, you need to make your titles much more clickbait CHESS PRODIGY REACTS TO 170 ELO REALITY TV STAR (YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS)

[@levkrainov]

1:42 After Qh5+ g6 you haven't rebuffed the attack, Nxg6 wins material because h7 pawn is pinned to the black rook by the queen. Very good tactic to be aware of.

[@juanescarcena]

"The move from the bishop to a different color square was ambitious to say the least" JJAJAJAJAJAJAJ😭

[@serujioraiton2811]

1:38 It IS that big of a deal. If you push the pawn to block the queens check you can sac you knight and gain a rook. Same again at 11:43 - it is a big deal because that one little pawn is the only thing that saves the rook. A lot of newer or lower rated players don't know this chess principle but it really helped me step up my 1m bullet chess games and even over the board i've used it against opponents around my level.

[@RaspberryCola13]

NL swinging down to make himself feel better for all the blunders recently

[@AirNeat]

BOTH black Bishops were hanging to pawns at 5:35 ... and NL suggests trading Knights...

[@chadw4283]

“It’s actually kinda unfathomable” 😂 yh kinda sums it up

[@mrTK1492]

GM for an hour and here we are. 2300 Gotham teaches 1500 NL, 1500 NL teaches 170 Dan Ghesling. The food chain continues

[@tommykarrick9130]

“Oh you castle us we castle you!” “...wh-what the fh-anyway”

[@brem89XD]

Dhan Gheesling will forever be in my heart for his Ornstein & Smough endeavours

[@Rokfreakx]

Watching Dan play chess is like saying a word so often it looses all its meaning.

[@elrobbo6]

Dan plays the computer lines always. Just a computer that selects pieces and squares at random

[@Shadfillet]

12:15 this is how I feel about these chess videos as well. Love them

[@Pattonator14]

That last game saw the much discussed little brother finally take the wheel

[@lo4881]

I thought this was a lot of fun, it's nice that it's not just someone random that might take this way less well than Dan probably will!

[@JB-md3wd]

"Neither party has really moved like any pieces and somehow they've managed to trade Queens" lmao

[@Eluc]

incredible video, I wish there was another 2 hours of this lmao

[@Cellkist]

I particularly like when Dan is attacking a bishop with a pawn, but throws another pawn at the bishop instead

[@davidachim7948]

Haven't laughed this hard in ages: goat commentary and balls to the wall chess 🙌😂😂😂

[@jorgerocha9315]

This is great Ryan, I'm so glad you're doing these different type of vids

[@SaintGavriil]

Literally in tears, this was amazingly hilarious

[@PentaHybrid]

NL out here being the youtube commenter backseating the person playing gives us all the energy we need.

[@Dexirock]

When will NL just accept it and make this a chess channel?

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

NL will always be a variety streamer in his heart of hearts. Too many years of NLSS training to drop it now.

[@drusna]

12:12 "All part of the plan here..." "Ok, but he doesn't know what to do next"

[@TheShut1]

I love NL's reactions. Good Pog here!

[@smoothbraintakes6820]

Now we need a Dan with 5 queens vs NL with no horses stream

[@ajcampbellone]

30-Year-old chess jock insists on taking 150 ELO 's lunch money. Despicable.

[@YonaSoundcloud]

just a quick one. I'm not really as high rated as you I'm around 1200, but this bit at 1:40 this is a classic puzzle rush scenario. When you block the queen with the pawn in that scenario, you take with the knight, then when pawn h7 x knight g6 QxRh8 and you're up +3