Ridiculous 500 Elo Chess

[@GothamChess]

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[@Chris_B-u3k]

Yeairrr

[@Chris_B-u3k]

I’m first to comment on this levy

[@usibistro]

To

[@Chris_B-u3k]

100%

[@usibistro]

Hello there

[@chessandcubes]

as a 50 elo player i never knew somebody could be this good

[@pikka.1]

*Impossible,* i thought the limit was 100💀

[@shantymanshep]

Dang. You’re almost 3 times higher rated than me

[@zorkchess]

@@shantymansheponly 3 times? Dang you’re good

[@mlloser8318]

Damn you are 69 times higher rated than me

[@hxctic-ii1qh]

LMAO

[@kindredspirit9703]

I love the romance between the two queens, staring each other down from across the battlefield, unwilling to kill each other despite it being strategically optimal

[@paleposter]

now we know love can bloom on a battlefield

[@r011ing_thunder6]

New chess lore unlocked

[@Doggg288]

I always laugh at low ELO moves and then do the exact same thing in my own games 😂

[@rishitkhanna336]

Same

[@victor_wet_bananas]

aint no way… if u play like this u gotta quit asap 😭😭😭

[@Doggg288]

@@victor_wet_bananas nah I don't play like this... *I play 10 times worse*

[@jackerylel]

How are the 250 elo players I play against stronger than these 500s?

[@manulschluggert1171]

@@jackerylelthey’re not

[@vedantlimaye457]

Move 1: Caro kann Move 2: Caro kan't

[@letmegohome666]

such an underrated comment

[@JohnSmith-gi2oy]

Caro kann nicht 😔

[@archanadixit8838]

Very underated

[@marcell5193]

Move 3: Carrot Kan

[@ArwinaThePlanet]

@@marcell5193 move 4: cannon kann

[@ghast692]

These two players are a demonstration of never let them know your next move.

[@AxlefublrMain]

"Nobody should know my next move, not even myself!"

[@max_dmb2911]

500 elo in Gothamchess videos:💀🧑‍🦯🤡 500 elo in my game:🧠💪😎

[@Dc-kk9bd]

Even a blind squirrel finds a Nutt if it falls in his lap

[@armandomarin371]

@@Dc-kk9bd Exactly, this doesn't make sense

[@egyedVekz]

Actually true...

[@Noirjk]

A few days ago a 500 I played against, no joke, had 100% accuracy in middle game. I was so dumbfounded.

[@Binary_Bliss]

same

[@Rishnotfishandnochips]

“You just traded off a knight for 3 potatoes at the local supermarket” Jack who traded a cow for a beanstalk: so?

[@williamrobert9898]

you mean a bunch of beans

[@Jact303]

b-b-but it was a magic bean😢

[@sherlok7672]

He played like a porato😂

[@RobloxPrompt]

I also thought Ng5 is just giving your opponent leg room. Since your supposed to always keep an eye for the center in the early game but its also a very good mathematical strategical advantage. And it literally gives the pawn on h6 opportunities to simply move for the extra tempo. Would I do that. Nah I would continue to just methodically put pressure on the opponent via check. Because the only center the knight is giving is the e4 square and some sub center squares which are practically making the piece useless.

[@julius4934]

500 elo chess in GothamChess videos: *championship of blunders * 500 elo chess in real: *opponent mated me in 8*

[@1pr0fessor1]

you were white

[@zxZ3R0xz]

I'm that 800 elo I mate 1000 elos in 12 But some braindead plyrs make my go full ooga by doing so

[@Icyyyyyy00]

As a 650 Elo player I wish my opponents were this bad 😢

[@StickManOffical]

Same lol

[@mauricios8782]

fr, the 700 i play are like some gms or im just trash

[@dashvash5440]

Seriously, this seems implausible.

[@kzkaa.]

​@@mauricios8782probably the latter tbh. The same can be applied to me.

[@wwell7253]

@@mauricios8782when u get to 850 or smth , and u rewatch your games , you’ll know why u stuck at 700

[@CastawaySunny]

Two grandmasters playing a game at a level so incredibly high that there is absolutely no way for us normies to even begin to be able to deduce the skills and techniques at display here. Truly a match for the ages.

[@zorkchess]

The title truly sent shivers through my spine. It was clearly thought through and the precise number of A’s and H’s was truly breathtaking. The exclamation marks send lightning bolts through my heart at how elegantly crafted they were. Truly a godly 10/10 Edit: Levi, stop changing the title every 3 minutes, I can’t update this comment anymore

[@Foxy_Football]

Just to let people know, the previous title was 69

[@MrGus-10]

Lol

[@wNiko.]

who is levi

[@makronie9894]

@@wNiko.Levi Ackerman

[@KthW]

Body's aching all the t-

[@NIMITTKUMAR]

Jahmal and Shield both mutually agreeing to taking the piss in game to reduce Levy's lifetime

[@Topav05]

I predicted Black's exact move at 20:08, and then I realised what that says about myself

[@lorefox201]

how, for what reason

[@whatupwhatup4206]

We need to know why

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@whatupwhatup4206I would’ve done it to stack it behind the queen or to make additional deterrence to white’s knight.

[@silaswarren8418]

I predicted almost all of these moves 😭

[@bobjoe8182]

@@lorefox201 maybe they thought the knight didnt protect the pawn on the edge and wanted to protect it with the rook

[@YetAnotherScrub]

The explanation of 90% of these moves is very simple: The players just don't analyse the whole position. Most 500 players look for a move they think is okay, and just play that move without considering other options. When checking if a move is "okay", they often just look to see if their opponent can capture the piece they moved. If they didn't see a good move or a threat the first time, they won't even look for it on subsequent moves until something brings their attention back to that idea. To be fair, analysing all the available moves is pretty difficult and even much higher rated players will often miss key ideas for the same reason. It's just most common at this lower ELO. Also I suspect that black genuinely thought the white pawn on h4 guarded the knight on g3 (as if it moved like a black pawn). Probably just forgot that white has the opposite perspective so their pawns guard the other way.

[@ivankovachev8717]

A thing I always do is look at every piece and it's position and what every move for thst piece achieves. Even in a logical takes takes situation, I still study everything connected to thst move in case I miss a better move or maby even blunder getting Checkmated. For me. Its more about controlling my impulse, and in the case of online chess, keeping my hand of my mouse and just simply looking. Even with this I will continue to have nightmares of this game.

[@SamarthPusalkar]

Never had laughed so hard on any game, absolute brilliance of blunders

[@finnwoodman3848]

Bro played the Caro kan’t

[@zxZ3R0xz]

Underrated affff lol

[@Argomundo]

21:05 that one I can explain. He thought his bishop was unguarded so he moved it up so it was 'protected' by the queen.

[@Juan_Jose_Miraballes]

yeah, it was the sensible move for a 500 mind.

[@Tx66]

….but it’s still attacked by something that’s directly on the next diagonal xDDD

[@CrimsonAkagi]

😂 I can't stop laughing

[@JoshuaBlackmon-pf6xf]

​@@Tx66the pawn lol

[@aeojoe]

​@Tx66 Its not hanging anymore

[@ookookie749]

It's one thing to make some beginner blunders. This was like a reverse chess puzzle where you try to find the worst moves.

[@FlyingLine]

I like how Levy remembers how to edit when he gets to a sponsored segment and still leaves the entire rest of the video unedited

[@sawyermerkle8835]

well it would be kind of tiring making videos on three channels every day and fully editing them all

[@user-zu1ir2mv2p]

​@@sawyermerkle8835he doesn't make videos every day especially on all channels ☠️

[@elyassidris738]

So?

[@joshthefantasydude9254]

I honestly like his unedited style; makes it so it's purely his delivery and the game itself that carries the video, and it also gives his videos a kinda more comfy vibe

[@FlyingLine]

@@elyassidris738 I'm not complaining, I just find it funny how different those sponsored segments are from the rest of his content

[@younggod5230]

This felt like they werent even playing each other, like the moves were completely unrelated, as if a parallel universe opened up and the played different games somehow

[@elijaharsenault]

this was genuinely one of the best low elo games ever displayed on this channel

[@GladwinNgobeni]

I lost brain cells trying to understand these moves, the two sensational gentlemen made me feel like Magnus

[@armandomarin371]

Magnus? i am 487 Elo and i am God right now😂

[@pigymemes]

No matter how drunk you get Gotham… we’ll always be at your side to take you to rehab

[@estimulonealpalosvagos5012]

??? you ok?

[@LedionZogaj]

​@@estimulonealpalosvagos5012bro are you okay whith that name

[@TheFattestLInHistory]

@@LedionZogajXDDD

[@LedionZogaj]

​@@TheFattestLInHistoryfr tho😂

[@pigymemes]

@@estimulonealpalosvagos5012 I’m fine

[@kccbedwars3569]

"Mistakes makes u stronger" Them after the game:💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@pac12shorts90]

How many pawns do you want to move in the opening Black - Yes

[@Sncedayone]

How fake do you want it Yes. You copied that one

[@pac12shorts90]

@@Sncedayone I didn't know actually, I just commented it without checking other comments like 15 minutes afterward the video being posted

[@json_bourne3812]

BRO the "if you were born yesterday..." comment made me CACKLE out loud. The ridiculous on-the-fly joke of talking to a 1-day old AND them somehow understanding just SENT me. Props Gotham.

[@TheMosayat]

That rook move for no reason whatsoever was hilarious 😂😂😂 it definitely was to protect the pawn cause he didn't even see that his knight already protects it!

[@flatfingertuning727]

The ROOOOOOK!

[@eaa1338]

I think that he wanted to move his knight but he saw that white’s knight would take the pawn if his knight moved.

[@FarhadJalali-l1y]

Brilliant, just brilliant

[@syndrac6254]

It took me out.

[@guiladshmaya1]

I laughed so hard on this

[@insidebeats5468]

I'm not even joking, but I couldn't finish this video last weekend because I almost died of laughing. I barely made but what an amazing match was this!

[@shobhnasrivastava5805]

And he sacrifices his *TITLE'S VIRGINITYYYYYY*

[@lennyternil336]

This is the best comment ever seriously it’s fucking amazing

[@bdreddinebenmerzoug7963]

Imagine how demoralizing it would be if a doctor or mechanic ridiculed you for not understanding the basics of their respective fields. In the world of chess, where learning and improvement should be encouraged, it is disheartening to see a player with a strong rating choose to undermine the confidence and enjoyment of those who are still in the early stages of their chess journey.

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Levy's pretty decent at chess. He should definitely do something with that

[@sebasstein7014]

Decent, but not decent enough to be a GM

[@violettreglio2933]

This is like watching two blindfolded toddlers trying to beat each other to death with loaded firearms

[@refrigeratorman3]

I got into chess as an 800 after pogchamps 3 was announced. 2.5 years of watching your content later, I finally reached 1800 blitz today. Thank you for all the work you do and everything you put out, entertaining and educational. We love you Levy ❤

[@kamal-uddin016]

As a 500 elo chess player I approve this game as a masterpiece in the 500 elo history.

[@vxibh661]

only legends know, he changed the title from '69 elo' to 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@m_bx]

changed again XD

[@almanejaz7.0]

Changed again so he changed the title 4 times in 1 hour

[@vxibh661]

lmao @GothamChess

[@ShreksScrumptiousSucculentToes]

@@vxibh661bro thinks he knows GothamChess @Mrbeast 💀

[@almanejaz7.0]

He changed it again from "im baning my subscriber for this game" to "Ridiculous 500 elo chess"

[@islammajri3465]

14:29 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I almost died laughing, the dramatic presentation, i was seriously waiting for something to happen😂

[@galaxiod2479]

Legendary is not enough of a word to describe this

[@EarthlyEscapes1]

Plot twist it was actually Martin playing against his kids

[@viksinha5410]

Love how Levy is always up to date on big sports matches

[@VarunKuijken]

as a 500 elo i now feel like i am a 2000 elo player in comparison to these two

[@We5ley]

4:39 he prophably thought he could fork the rook and queen because usually his king is paralysed when he's the one getting attacted

[@Lemonade-sky]

this is just straight up 2 people not knowing how to play rather then playing badly

[@trixz-moody]

20:06 was the most heartwarming moment in the world. Gotham, you will always be remembered - Wice Person

[@ruisyaf]

I made 91 accuracy at 400 elo because of Levy. Thank him for his work

[@Erix963]

I went from 2500 to 300 in a day because of him, Thanks Levy!!!

[@saucy_dragon1566]

91 accuracy isn’t hard at that level if you just play normally. Usually the opponent plays so bad that you automatically get a better score by taking advantage of their obvious blunders.

[@hamzamo.7180]

@@saucy_dragon1566 that's only true if you're a good player. Someone like me can't see the obvious moves.

[@docwafflekitty]

I went from 2700 to 100 in an hour, thanks levy!!1111111

[@mrgiraffe1577]

​@@hamzamo.7180exactly, intermediate players expect 400s to play like 1400s when in fact they are in 400 for a reason

[@onepawntorulethemall1]

Dude played the Caro-Can't, not the Caro-Kann.

[@Gorvinhagen]

All the people in the comments saying "I wish my 500 opponents were this bad..." They are. It's just that you are also 500 and don't see the many, many blunders that are happening.

[@laxmikantawasthi6432]

Love your chess videos you played a massive role in me starting playing chess

[@atridgedcosta4374]

I literally cried laughing 😂. This is now my favourite thing to watch on KZbin

[@Based4Life]

A wise man once said: “Low elo players are as talented as high elo players because to find the worst possible move every time requires skill”.

[@KLightning18]

19:42 I was like: Ok, Queen Retreat, Queen Blunder, Pawn Move, Bishop Check, Bishop Retreat. 20:06 Ok… I did not expect that.

[@usibistro]

Jamal is an absolute beast.

[@trollface851youtube8]

he is not jamal theres no georgian name like that

[@trollface851youtube8]

its jemal not jamal

[@Sanity016]

this is hands down my favourite series! I love the analogies and humour!

[@luismorente2866]

This is amazing and very inspiring, i now want to blunder all my pieces

[@hannahbrown2728]

OMFG 20:11 I HAD TOO MUCH FAITH. Rd4 was my first guess but I instead thought theyd move their castled rook and do Rg8 or just A6. Absolutely bonkers game I love it.

[@postmasters6453]

10:45 I think the purpose behind c4 in my respective 700 elo brain is to put it out then develop the knight to c3. Then white will play moves like b3 and d4...d5 to take center and create pawn structure.

[@robertoakes537]

I don't understand, I'm 500 elo and it feels like my opponents are grandmasters, where the hell are these guys playing?

[@prajjawaltiwari9566]

20:09 watching this at night and getting scolded by my mother😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@MarkvanderMade_Official]

It is funny to see Gotham being absolutely in disbelief when reviewing these kinds of games. It really makes my day. Thanks mate for such amazing and energetic content!

[@hi00118]

so many red brilliant moves in this game for sure

[@logansl4008]

I audibly laughed at 3:24, having played the karo khan plenty I would’ve never ever thought to play that 😂

[@snow0ice512]

This game gave me brain damage emotional damage and almost made me cry. I feel so many emotions at the same time I am truly in shock

[@kingcazz1841]

This has to be a game between two friends cause anyone that low would just take anything

[@ignsoLo]

I love you levy i love your content. Djokovic vs Alcaraz was completely insane

[@Toaster0327]

I genuinely thought levy was going to have a brain aneurism during this game

[@daboiz5060]

Im gonna cry HOW ARE THEY THIS GOOD now I know I'll never be able to make it to that cagnus marlsen guys level 😭

[@JuilySlay]

The thing that baffles me is that chess is one of the most widely known and played game despite being 1500 years old. Like, even with all the modern technology chess has stood the test of time and that fact alone makes it a work of art, let alone it's complexity and strategy

[@b1gturtle]

Really creative titles as always Levy

[@wicke_d-crazy]

Bro Said “Canada, the country, not the *state*.” And thought he could get away with it 💀💀💀

[@talalayoub9171]

Ok like fr, I had no chance of guessing the rook moving at 20:14

[@Noodles878]

I can explain it for you. White thought they were so smart setting up a fork between the rook and queen. (KH5) at 22:15 (This is actually a guess and white probably didn’t even know about forks)

[@bobcool3184]

Gotham may not be pregnant, but he never fails to deliver!

[@johnwalker1058]

Aside from everything else, I love how White tries to avoid getting hit with a Dove Tail Mate by accidentally stepping into a Swallow's Tail Mate instead! 🤣 Out of one frying pan and into another frying pan!

[@jennfierkrueger8302]

Gotham is the only man who's clickbate of "69elo" will ever work on me

[@twyos4784]

I felt literal physical *pain* while watching this game.

[@venomous7321]

I would definitely like to see a complication short on all mate in one “formations” I thought the name dove tail was pretty pretty cool. You could possibly name any that are unnamed

[@THEWOMBATRULES]

There’s a Wikipedia article with a full list

[@OlgaZuccati]

levy has a "mate patterns you must know" video

[@Francesco-bf8cb]

21:44 i will tell u what happened in this moment: White tought "omg im a genius if a sacrifice my knight i will win a queen" Black saw that, and immediately went "ok but if I COUNTERSACRIFICE i will win MORE THINGS "

[@isavenewspapers8890]

That is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a sacrifice.

[@albe95vergna]

Me: Opens KZbin to watch a lesson about the Catalan then going to practice. Also me: chooses to watch a 500 ELO game from Gotham.

[@TheFallorn]

“What kind of a horse is this?!?”

[@proxitimy4131]

Levy, I gained 100 elo just by watching you I’m not joking literally my elo from before and after watching you is a difference of 100

[@KraterOfficial]

Wow crazy difference 🤯🤯

[@jacktrewanimations]

113 -> 213

[@liuping999]

@GothamChess I haven't laughed this hard at a youtube video in months. your commentary is gold

[@claytonhekman4516]

Why can't I run into people like this when playing chess lol

[@madhurdixit3622]

I love how everytime a player made the move the oppositions win percent was increasing. Almost as if they were playing to lose.

[@pavanrajapantula9580]

me everytime after trolling myself : "of course it's my friend's doing"

[@laidbak2904]

I'm SO glad the move @4:31 was played because in THAT position I see it played almost 95% of the time if not more around the 800-970 range and I been wanting to see it covered. Because in most of the videos where Levy shows this position in rated games over 1k its like NO ONE plays it lol. And I be like I've hardly never played a game where the knight doesn't fork the queen and rook.

[@shobhnasrivastava5805]

Ah yes....We watch Gotham 69 elo in incognito only☠️

[@muhammedebrahim5345]

Hikaru: Ok he pushed the pawn to open the bishop so ill block the diagonal Gotham: He PlAyEd C4 sO i NeEd To PlAy C5

[@dark_magician_sdy]

😂 love the reactions to the moves. Ive had a stressful day and this is a light in a dark tunnel of a day ❤

[@DesperateEnufff]

Rip horse Sold at the local market for three potatoes 😔🙏

[@yagloo5667]

I like how it went from 69 elo chess to AAAAAAAAAHHH

[@Purrplkitty]

YESS

[@LegendImmortal]

Random guy in deep Africa with a stolen 2G connection: plays random pawn moves Levy: PROUD GOTHAM SUB AND OWNER OF GOTHAM CHESS DATING COURSEEE!!!!!

[@bears3260]

11:15 that was ruthless 💀

[@Ginger889]

the funniest part is that most people at that level just spam check but this dude just straight up refused to give a check

[@Chuusuisetsujojutsu]

I’m 500 and, GOSH, I wish my opponents were this bad. I say this but I could definitely see myself making these mistakes. Except for just moving pawns all opening.

[@armandomarin371]

yeah, this a 100 Elo game, maybe 50

[@FlameyClockspeed]

Ikr i haven't seen a queen blunder in so long, It happened once and i was laughing so hard about the ridiculousness of it. Let alone a mate in one blunder

[@peterlatella7090]

Love your rants on low ELO players. Your disbelief in the absurdity of their moves. Priceless.

[@gold4924]

"And Canada, the country, not the state." - Levy Rozman, A.K.A GothamChess, an IM of chess, 2023. 2:00

[@smoorej]

The only possible explanation is that this was an attempt at breaking the world record for the longest continuous M1 on the board.

[@jacegross3292]

As a 3500 rated player, I tip my hat to these players

[@JamesMcCullough-lu9gf]

while using inspect to give these people grandmaster title, he also accidentally removed the minus signs in front of the number showing their elo

[@dakshdagarr]

I died when bro took the bishop instead of the free queen... i cant-🤣🤣🤣