The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played

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[@matthewbaang8749]

White king is a chad. He led his army in the frontline and faced all these threats with the boldest moves possible. Respect

[@morgantaylor84]

That is how the history books tell it. In reality he was sh**ing himself the entire time and just doing what's necessary to survive until suddenly he won.

[@sreeharie821]

@@morgantaylor84 well that's a risk you have to take.

[@morgantaylor84]

@@sreeharie821 True enough.

[@kaushik9359]

Hats off to white king. Respect++

[@davictor24]

Lelouch: If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?

[@KazikliBey]

Pretty certain that when your king makes it to the enemy's back rank, your king gets promoted to Emperor.

[@razz9251]

Underrated comment xD

[@certifiedfurry]

s p y

[@foxthefox1594]

Nah they get promoted to First Consul

[@janLilin]

Emperor: Same as the king, but can jump over other pieces like the Knight

[@gabrielbrennan4149]

It’s the secret Checkers crossover

[@tananatana4011]

I'm just laughing my ass off over a thought of an actual war taking place with relatively equal enemy sides and the king just decides "fuck it, I'll do it myself" and goes full Rambo

[@YataTheFifteenth]

this some Carolus Rex shit without the part where he got shot in the head

[@realmario979]

@@YataTheFifteenth Calorus Rex if he was drunk enough and no Norwegian dude got a lucky shot

[@elisabethsun7059]

Lol

[@themanifestmage]

I was 500 🫡

[@luftwaffle3766]

Imagine a king who fights his own battles

[@GreenSkyDragon7696]

Getting your king safely to the opposite rank, and him *being* safe there, sounds like a lifetime achievement

[@buddermonger2000]

I believe it is

[@waldoman7]

Bleep bloop

[@hnharshgaming1282]

Immortality no jutsu

[@HWABAG6]

yea these guys snorted entire office table cocaine

[@LJW1912]

*Achievement Unlocked* *100G* In my enemies house

[@splashcat5485]

"And now, the king is safe on a8." "The black king, right?" *Anakin stares wordlessly* "Th-the black king, right?!?"

[@hameemkhan204]

Lol

[@spoofsherlock5897]

Hehehhehehehhehehheyeyeyeyehe

[@ordinaryjarry]

Lmao

[@Master_Rater]

@@raviprakashmaurya4747 no

[@osamaahmed9293]

"I-In a fight, right?!?!"

[@edoardoandretta9550]

Van De Loo: "are you ready for our chess game man?" Hesseling: *snorts cocain* Hesseling: "now yes."

[@brandonmatthews6638]

xD

[@ShurlockHolmes]

Lmfao Gotta have a cocaine cough in there like "HEEEEEEERE WE GO BRLRLRLRLRLLRLR"

[@cadespaulding3837]

Wait before you start you have some too.

[@dodojesus4529]

Van De Loo: ohh just starting i see

[@HaveANiceDayLol.]

@@ShurlockHolmes Dude must already be high as bullshit coughing like "BLRLRLRLRLRL" 💀

[@btookie350]

After move 6, the engine was like: “ok, you boys have fun, I’m outta here.”

[@tonimuellerDD]

:-)

[@thesilentshadow1256]

Lmao actually

[@MeshuggahDave.]

lol

[@_A-B_]

That is something Levy would say

[@miszorek31]

Imagine getting this game in Guess the Elo.

[@JohnSmith-uh3lv]

And then it turns out they’re both masters.

[@kushalsaha6299]

Yes the guy should have submitted this game for guess the elo😂😂😂

[@Memer44]

161660

[@batan8808]

lmao

[@enijize1234]

min 1800, probably 2k+

[@kepler6873]

This whole game feels like when 500 rated players have grandmaster superpowers. They can calculate out 5 moves, but still don’t know what they are doing

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

I have to wonder if this is "real" or some kind of inside joke/trolling by top players.

[@ki2348]

lmao this was me when i was a kid

[@terriblegamerdotexe1527]

Me asf

[@3n3j0t4]

@@keldonmcfarland2969 it’s a fake game

[@Kiririll579]

​@3n3j0t4 proof?

[@wnihaunter3943]

“If the king doesn't move, then his subjects won't follow.” -Lelouch

[@wayne30047]

Bruh🤣😂🤣😂

[@FreddyChoppins]

"Lelouch, you're a TERRIBLE chess player. Checkmate." -Suzaku probably

[@josericardogoncalvescunha]

Holy shit i was searching for someone to say this

[@josericardogoncalvescunha]

That van de loo is lelouch and anyone know

[@shikhar3281]

I see you are a man of culture too

[@Zwaydi]

This is eric rosen against himself playing ”funny lines”

[@cordobes]

That's actually what Loo did here - is a composition, he's playing against himself

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

funny thing is, eric was challenged to play with and against the traxler by one of his viewers (who was really booked up) there were funny lines, but not as funny as this game

[@taleladar]

"Oh no, my king!"

[@hamishmatthews21]

best comment

[@Damir717.]

999th Like is mine

[@Jane-qh2yd]

*The king literally on A8 taking on an entire army by himself *Meanwhile the Bishop and the two Rooks are still smoking a fat one at the base

[@localcrazyrussian4511]

@Jack Of the box I mean, it is the Netherlands

[@DrRobertBeatles]

@@localcrazyrussian4511 the turns have been tabled

[@AS-bc8fg]

They were playing chess but the evaluation bar was playing tennis

[@anahadshukla]

Underrated comment , imagine my like is worth a thousand

[@AS-bc8fg]

@@anahadshukla haha thanks babe

[@punmasterS-277]

Tennis with trebuchets

[@THEbraylonbarnes]

stolen

[@punmasterS-277]

@@THEbraylonbarnes what, I didn’t steal that

[@yalex2249]

White after this game was like "I always win with the fried liver attack!"

[@dustinjames1268]

Sicilian dragon be like "Am I a joke to you?"

[@appleoftheground]

I can imagine Levy saying this

[@the_Punisher_]

Lmao i heard that in Levy’s squeaky voice.

[@esdrasvincent5184]

😂😂😂

[@piyush5190]

Levy accent intensifies

[@maxzhang1555]

"Look at you getting criss cross applesauced in the middle of the board" most hilarious chess diss I've ever heard lmao

[@bjarnejensen6813]

I died laughing

[@eineperson9849]

* screams * *INTHEMIDDLEOFTHEBOARD*

[@gautamchandrasekharan3]

Alternative title: The greatest chess game ever played

[@suvahomescape4665]

8 brillant......... Very very "dumb"

[@AustinChubak]

Agreed!

[@kaiilian]

Underrated comment.

[@lemming7]

KING, BEHAVIOR

[@JellySword8]

GMs: "The positions in puzzles are too theoretical to be applicable in real games." Real games: 14:00

[@cordobes]

This game is actually a composition, like a giant puzzle, or many puzzles put together

[@iamyuheismi920]

In my opinion, knowing famous positions like the back of your hand makes you a god at bullet. I've checkmated people 20 points of material down because of puzzles

[@nathanyam2310]

@VNG fadezwyd lol ik fun fact it's actually from a movie!

[@marthlikinte5607]

@@nathanyam2310 Rush Hour right?

[@dziendobry9692]

It depends on elo.

[@suhaiydy9908]

I never though one day I will see the king run from his throne , charge into the front line with his subjects even though there are still a lot of enemies , evade and survive multiple attacks, build a base on enemy territory and won the war.

[@laggrenade863]

Me, a 800 elo pleb who can't understand half of what's going on: "yeah that's such a dumb move lmao"

[@jacobren3638]

better than me I'm only 250 lol

[@kimchi2911]

@@jacobren3638 same I’m like 300. Game goes good and halfway I make a stupid blunder like a sleep deprived person and lose lol

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@kimchi2911 When you have no Elo rating and still understand why this game is unbelievably dumb

[@kimchi2911]

@@serraramayfield9230 i mean im just unbelievably careless ig

[@ek6352]

@@jacobren3638 wdym i am 800 i understand everything he is explaining so nicely

[@BobbyBoJanglles]

This is as close as we'll get to a Baka Mitai video from GothamChess

[@veigarmain545]

Thank God.

[@CalCifer740]

That song sounds as if it was made for chess

[@LeventButSpeedrunning]

Everyone's gangsta until Levy starts singing it

[@astromic001]

Never thought I’d see you here

[@keroppiandyyuen]

@@LeventButSpeedrunning He did that already

[@Spicymuffins89]

The entire game is just a throwing move from one side *countered* by an equally-throwing move by the other side. Legendary.

[@augusto2131]

"If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow" - Lelouch Vi Britannia

[@IRON--MAN]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 this was practically proved by white king

[@IRON--MAN]

Plot twist: White king played the game all by himself (didn't even let his subordinates to play properly lol😂😂😂😂)

[@shikhar3281]

I see you are a man of culture too

[@shikhar3281]

The 4th person to have sent this

[@odd4565]

Ah, a being of culture.

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

Levy: "Here is the dumbest game ever" Every sub 500 ELO: "Hold my hanging queen"

[@HmmHmm-ve7ou]

No, it's "hold my 3 hanging pieces and -10 evaluation position for me on move 10". And remember that sub will still win the game.

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

@@HmmHmm-ve7ou Even when there is a -65.7 on the eval bar, they manage to reach a stalemate position. Low ELO chess is full of plot twists 🤷

[@massimomoro5895]

@@HmmHmm-ve7ou I just played against a 500 and he resigned on move 7 (the evaluation was -16 and I was playing black)

[@randomperson4321]

I feel attacked 😂😂

[@brunosteffen8173]

it's not his worst game, it's his dumbest. Both players were capable, they didnt hang anything. It was just crazy all around with plottwists left and right.

[@Bob527-u8o]

Two masters play a game of chess while high out of their minds. Truly an amazing game

[@DissentingCalm]

I'm garbage at chess and found this absolutely thrilling.

[@chesscrush]

@@keshavbhola2236 This was a classical game but you know that the game was damn complicated and confusing af right? Playing at a 90+ Accuracy is almost impossible even for today's GM's unless they know every bit of the Traxler theory 25-30 move depth

[@keshavbhola2236]

@@chesscrush I agree that game was confusing bc it had natural looking moves which can lead to bad positions. Doesn't matter what GMs find easy or not, in a classical game some missed opportunity in this game are really painful. I'm not saying they are bad players, but they certainly weren't playing as well as they could.

[@nicksilver3353]

😂😂😂

[@SergheyKatastrofenko]

@@chesscrush No GM would play this kind of line in an official game. They all try to play very solidly and have their lines memorized for the most part. The Fried Liver is a beginner's tactic.

[@johnstevenson9956]

I hope some day to work my way up to garbage!

[@thedevilofmetal5335]

Some dude named Tracksler hits a blunt: “what if I gambit everything?”

[@mareksicinski3726]

Traxler

[@buddermonger2000]

It also almost worked lol

[@HairXX]

@@mareksicinski3726 God bless You!

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@buddermonger2000 it is more a specific very sharp response first studied by him, it is not most often called a gambit

[@mauer1]

@@mareksicinski3726 well, yeah thats why its called counterattack

[@johnbailey8103]

"This is called the Fried Liver" They really running out of things to call these openings huh?

[@keeperofthehammer6795]

I believe the origin of that name comes from how little fried liver is valued. The idea being "This knight is as useful to me as a piece of fried liver, go ahead, take it."

[@thunderwplf1078]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@keeperofthehammer6795 I personally wouldn't get it, fried liver is pretty nice, even underrated imo

[@cole590]

@@keeperofthehammer6795 lol it's actually called fried liver after an Italian dish where pork liver is wrapped in fat netting and grilled over a fire, similarly to how blacks king is wrapped in a mating net. But I like your version better 😂

[@thatrandomdev5039]

also called the scotch gambit trap

[@luckypegasusvol7700]

Plot twist: They were time travellers and they were using 200 depth engines.

[@danielyuan9862]

One day they will realize that all the moves were best moves, and let's ignore the numerous forced mates black missed.

[@Gooseman2k2]

"The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played" Clearly Levy is unfamiliar with the average under 1000 rated blitz games I play!

[@LonDanDoc]

He needs to see me play with a 100 elo rating

[@cheeselord8153]

@@LonDanDoc bro how does one have 100 Elo, do you just 2 move mate yourself every game

[@YSFmemories]

I don't think that's the meaning of dumb here. These two players are clearly far stronger than 1000, they're probably GMs or something.

[@aaravsaini8687]

@@cheeselord8153 100 elo is possible, don't ask me how but i have been stuck there once for about a Month

[@utsav_the_all_knowing]

@@aaravsaini8687how?

[@BinaryHedgehog1]

You couldn’t find out who Hessling was because they don’t exist. The game was entirely composed by van de Loo (who is real) because iirc he’s a fan of the Traxler and wanted to see the counterattack on steroids.

[@revenevan11]

Woah, now that's a twist!!!

[@switdog08]

Is this actually true?

[@kingstudios8467]

@@switdog08 apparently i looked it up and yes, this game was indeed composed (there's no shame in that tho, as a game as such can still be entertaining and interesting)

[@switdog08]

@@kingstudios8467 Oh thx

[@leonidtimofeev1178]

I recently learned that so many great chess games of the past were actually made up. Like, for example, Adams - Torre game with "crazy queen".

[@Reynfallen]

This is what I imagine playing chess against Michael Bay would be like.

[@xcreenplay7264]

And explosions going off around the chess board 😁

[@netsonix]

Levy : "In this video I am gonna show you the dumbest game I have ever seen" Me : *did he find the game I played yesterday?*

[@4rkani]

😂😂

[@charris1854]

🤣🤣🤣

[@iamiupa]

*just now

[@mr_mr]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@krushna4181]

Bruh 🤣🤣

[@Catishcat]

This isn't just a regular dumb game. This is the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of playing the dumbest chess game ever.

[@eineperson9849]

Nahh, that's the product of certain hallucinating plants my guy🤣

[@tonkatruckgaming5724]

did bro just make a reference to that video game

[@kadecovington493]

I wish you would always include the evaluation bar. That makes it more exciting and helps the newer chess players understand the significance of certain moves.

[@mauer1]

the blunder evaluation would have been insane aswell. because of so many sharp moves the second best move is basically a blunder

[@dedeadam9698]

The thing is the bot is very confused

[@guncatto2625]

@@dedeadam9698 I need it to express its confusion

[@dedeadam9698]

@@guncatto2625 lolol

[@Ghi102]

In most GM level games, it's essentially just a bar that's slowly creeping in one direction

[@prithvirajs]

This game was as dumb as its complete brilliancy of finding near impossible moves.

[@andrewxu3602]

Some of the best worst players around.

[@prithvirajs]

@@andrewxu3602 Yup

[@someone_2129]

I once saw a game with 30 blunders in a row and then a brilliant move from no where. It was hilarious

[@optigabe2912]

This is literally the equivalent of an anime using the power of friendship to win

[@colowa3998]

Tea from Yugioh would be proud

[@blackhat728]

@@colowa3998 I just realized tea has a 100% win rate even against pro-duelists

[@colowa3998]

@@blackhat728 😱 You just sent my soul to the shadow realm this is not okay, she better than Yugi, SHE DOESNT EVEN CHEAT TO WIN

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Imagine if the protagonists friends were sacrificed the same way it happens in chess That queen had to be taken, and then the pawn has a chance to get promoted and then is killed the second after, it’s cruel lmao

[@16-bitflipp]

yessss 😭😭😭😭

[@leokastor]

15:27 For a moment I thought white was going to manually "castle" on the opposite side of the board by pushing his pawns, that would've been so insane.

[@caralho5237]

lmao dont give him any ideas

[@guncatto2625]

OH GOD HOW DOES THAT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HE WOULD DO.

[@LordCousland]

white King: Chaaaaargeee! He makes it behind enemy lines, looks back: Hey boys where are you??? White pieces in the back: You know, after fighting for you for so long, we thought well we should give you a chance for once...

[@tabkg5802]

White King: oh word? *proceeds to infiltrate enemy backrank while killing several enemy pieces along the way*

[@josephvalinski849]

Levy's whole audience clicking this video thinking he found their games.

[@AngeloGene]

That's what I thought when I clicked this video. xD

[@nk_17]

🤣🤣

[@farukadali]

416.000+ people: *relatable*

[@hardikgupta8785]

I was just praying that levy didn't find my chesscom account cuz the title explains my games quite well

[@dibyamjalan]

Wait until u seen Mine lmao

[@akramansari885]

Hmmmm 🤔 L won't be proud of you

[@caquitows]

Hahaha, actually I was going to write this... 😁

[@daamiyaackoub3175]

ur profile picture doesnt say that

[@randomperson4321]

You clearly didnt see my account 😂

[@pboytrif1]

8:16 The pause with you shouting "criss cross apple sauced... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOARD" *prayer hands*... had me in stitches. Great stuff Gotham

[@evanjohnson4559]

Levy: “this is the dumbest chess game I’ve ever seen” Me: “Pog champs here we go!!! Can’t wait for pikachu’s fat gifted subs” Levy: “the game is from 1982” Me: “umm what?”

[@AnthonyShuker]

you must be new to chess

[@evanjohnson4559]

@@AnthonyShuker I’m just a fan of the classics

[@Cobra-King3]

@@evanjohnson4559 same here, I was shocked to see this game was from 1982

[@yeetsin560]

@@AnthonyShuker damn you dont get it? Its ok we teach the chess newbies

[@umangsheel7819]

I was expecting a newbie game. This is worse

[@owenallenaz]

This game is insane because it's simultaneously high level, and yet both players missed forced mate numerous times.

[@avalokarimoen1017]

Like no joke. I live in the Netherlands. And whenever I play with my non chess friends, their tactic is litteraly: "Koning naar voren" meaning "King forward". This was basicly every game I play with them

[@Cheezymations]

“And hopefully the dumbest chess game you have ever seen in your life, that you, yourself have not played.” Woah woah woah, don’t come at us like that levy 😓😓

[@Hallands.]

Levy clearly has a lot of issues…

[@flip4224]

@@Hallands. Yeah that his fan base loves him, that he’s a fantastic content creator, and that he’s worked hard to have nearly the biggest chess channel on KZbin

[@christhewon220]

He just telling the truth lol

[@Hallands.]

@@flip4224 Yeah, yeah, yeah, all of that and then some…

[@tickachemist]

yea, that kinda felt personal. Not gonna lie

[@homeofthebrain7602]

title: "The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played" my games: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!

[@guestb8389]

Don't worry guys, he's just doing the Ultimate King's Gambit. *All according to plan.*

[@RikMaxSpeed]

“Hopefully the dumbest chess game that you yourself haven’t played” - struck fear in my heart.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

#relateable

[@cordobes]

This game is a well known composition - van Der Loo was a Traxler specialist and created this game - Levy doesn't know who Hesseling is because no such person exists. A fantastic game - chess on meth

[@andrewxu3602]

Do you have a source?

[@thesheriff1357]

@@andrewxu3602 the hand of god

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

Hesseling sounds way too much like Heisenberg to be a coincidence

[@szarekhthesilent2047]

@@monkebrainedfish3130 No.

[@dontask8585]

???

[@aidenbagshaw5573]

When I was a kid, I always opened with knight to h3, and one time my cousin and sister spent 3 hours unaware that no one can win when only the kings are left, so yes, I’ve seen and played dumber games.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

3 hours? iono

[@taylorowen9833]

I got one better. When I was a kid, I 'invented' my own opening. e4 Bd3 Qf3 Ne2 O-O. Then pushed the H pawn for good measure. Didn't want to get back ranked, after all. Played it every single game. It didn't work out well. I also remember someone stalemated me, and I informed them it was a draw, and they were like "Whatever, I won. I have more pieces."

[@mequana]

​@Thomas.Patrick.Pearl.bruh

[@eventscope-021]

Bru as a kid my go to opening was 1.h4 2.a4 3.Rh3 4.Ra3 5.Rhe3 6.Rad3

[@Krish_krish]

Part of me is wishing I could see this game on guess the elo and watch levy go absolutely mental

[@luciisladica7060]

Ngl this was the most legendary chess fight I've ever seen, felt like a serious sight to see everymove looks so weird that I didn't understand wtf was happening just like how real legendary battles was supposed to look to normal person's sight

[@johndododoe1411]

As a beginner, these videos would be much easier to follow if hypothetical moves were visually and audibly different from actual moves.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

good point.

[@hepiik.8822]

The best part for me is that white king had walked entire board and black king didn't even move

[@andrewxu3602]

Technically it casteled

[@Rafikichu]

Agadmator: Greatest Chess Game Ever Played. 6 hours later, Gotham: Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played. Very nice, Levy.

[@arhamdugar396]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXzLlImhq76gsMU fabulously outstanding levy

[@mydearfriend007]

essentially r/chess and r/anarchychess

[@mojo_jojo913]

We're getting content today

[@sinis8834]

I think agadmator showed this 2 years ago....

[@adamzeggai5506]

XDDDD

[@ftwgaming0]

Good. No one has ever watched me play before. I somehow always forget that the king is actually important, and I can't think any further than the next move my opponent will do.

[@ryankelly3743]

Almost feels like it was reverse engineered to be just an insane game

[@cordobes]

That's exactly what it is - Loo created this entire game alone

[@DoctorCyan]

@@cordobes Shhhh!! You wouldn't tell your kids that Santa isn't real, would you?

[@kenny5277]

This might actually be my favorite GothamChess video ever. I was literally holding a cup of coffee and could not risk taking a sip for the last 5 minutes.

[@brendenoloughlin1880]

Imagine the board and piece colors being inverted to a light blue and dark blue for analysis moves. That would be so cool and make games like these easier to follow!

[@DoctorCyan]

I thought of exactly this! For some reason, blue is the perfect color to represent a hypothetical move.

[@forrestofbarnes]

I wish I had the full game (this was over-the-board almost 10 years ago), but I once played a game in which I was completely winning 20 moves in, got impatient and blundered every piece except my Queen and a couple pawns (I was -20ish on material), but somehow I managed to start checking my opponent with my Queen again while avoiding threats from both his Queens and his Rook. My opponent saw no problem with getting checked because he was walking his King down to take my pawn on a4 anyway, and I won with the pawn on a4, the enemy King on a5 and my Queen on b5.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

now imagine playing with Knight, Bishop and 3 Pawns against a Rook and Queen. Yeah. The craziest victory of my entire 8 year long career.

[@peterlustig4300]

Now imagine winning with 2 pawns against 2 enemy pawns, a rook and a knight in the decisive game to secure the tournament victory

[@drewshiro]

When he says this is the dumbest game ever played but in reality these two players were thinking leagues beyond comprehension of the human mind, they were coming up with strategies and thinking so fast it was incredible.... or this truly is just the dumbest chess game ever played..

[@thescarfguy]

It can be both

[@ek6352]

@derek Mr M Hesseling just needs to work on his endgame

[@CellarDoor-rt8tt]

This reminds me of one of my proudest achievements in chess, which was when I got to play the move 0-0-0#

[@buddermonger2000]

explain what that means to us the unenlightened?

[@CellarDoor-rt8tt]

@@buddermonger2000 the move 0-0-0 in chess notation means castles Queen side and, much like adding a + on the end of a move means check. Adding # on the end of a move means checkmate. So my achievement was playing a legit game where I got to play castles Queen side checkmate. That doesn’t happen much

[@buddermonger2000]

@@CellarDoor-rt8tt that is indeed an achievement. Congratulations. Knew the castling but not check and mate

[@MeshuggahDave.]

post the game

[@CellarDoor-rt8tt]

@@MeshuggahDave. I wish I could, but it was an over the board game

[@offworldr_]

This just shows how complex chess can be honestly

[@anahadshukla]

"inhaled something of the smokey variety" , gotham tryna not get demonitized lmfao

[@lisogie]

I don't get it :(

[@anahadshukla]

@@lisogie he's talking about drugs you smoke like weed , marijuana , pot , crack etc

[@lisogie]

@@anahadshukla ohh okay thanks..sry im dumb

[@anahadshukla]

@@lisogie there are no dumb questions , just questions - master Oogway

[@yashmishra1212]

@@anahadshukla"There's no queen blunders, only queen sacrifices"-Me (250 elo, who lost the queen on move 5 after playing the Scandinavian defense)

[@reid3031]

I have never, ever seen a king banish itself to far corner like that

[@JMUDoc]

"I don't get to share games that look like this very often..." Guess the Elo: "Am I a JOKE, to you?"

[@charljuliojonnemek2652]

this is like guess the elo but instead levy is guessing what the players inhaled to get in this state

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

@@charljuliojonnemek2652 - Inhalation is one of fastest forms of exposure routes. It is why so many people use it to get high when they smoke pot, oxy, meth, etc. True story. Inhalation FTW!

[@sirtetris]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 oxy...gen?

[@lucasariel3133]

Yes you are

[@faller70]

@@sirtetris cotton

[@sickleee.]

My eyes are literally burning right now. Oh wait, sorry, that's because I've been staring at the sun for 15 minutes now trying to forget what I saw. Thanks, Levy.

[@adgeifc]

I don't even play that much but my eyes are burning from this cursed match

[@sallamahmad8234]

This is basically me playing chess acting like I knew what I was doing.

[@ДмитрийПоликарпов-о3у]

Basically, this is Hikaru’s favourite game. Kinda ultra boncloud

[@dominusregni]

Awesome presentation of the most bonkers chess game I've ever heard of. Half of the moves leave me desperately asking, "Why?! Why would you do that?"

[@auritrodutta6852]

"Inhaled something of the smokey variety 😂" -Gotham 2021

[@The_Alpha_Wolf]

Was looking for this comment 😂😂

[@_A-B_]

After that game white king: Where were you guys sleeping when I was fighting against an whole army? White pieces: Back rank problems, sir.

[@stevemc01]

Van deLoo: *furiously finishing his nose powder* Hesseling: *stumbling into the room following a rough concussion* *both take their seats*

[@greeneyes-_-]

When he said 'We're in the year 1983" I felt so relieved that it was not one of my games.

[@veigarmain545]

Another game of yours, so excited.

[@drspinfire1680]

Here before pin of shame

[@ЛевПоваляев-п5д]

@@drspinfire1680 wdym shame, this is funny

[@DarthScott]

@@drspinfire1680 same

[@killr549randomstuff4]

pin of greatness

[@Logqnty]

Wow, that’s harsh

[@CrazYYzraC]

The chess equivalent of “HOW DID HE NOT DIE”

[@Georgelnz]

The eval bar is like my heartbeat after a 30-second bullet game.

[@mafrendi]

Are you kidding me, Levi? This is one the the most amazing games I’ve ever seen 😂

[@WeHaveNoTalentSorry]

At 10:30 when the King had to leave behind the knight he spent the past ten minutes saving, I felt that. RIP Ne5...

[@Memer44]

“The king is responsible for the whole army." King: “hold my throne!"

[@bobbysyblik68]

R/anarchychess: “Are you challenging me?”

[@vobv7814]

you know youre in for a good one when he says “if and only if”

[@harmannatsingh3933]

I love how Levy calls the dovetail mate the criss cross applesauce mate

[@rasoolabeditabar3143]

14:43 that look is just sooooo funny. i have not been laughing this hard the entire year. thanks Levy

[@vfchucky2640]

I am a life long chess player that has only reached a max level of 900 at school related chess tournaments I have taken classes at library’s and also at public schools, I have to say, this channel has taught me more than all of my school years combined just the energy this man has speaks to me so easily I can understand everything that he is saying. Great job on your channel brother you are an amazing teacher.

[@vivekjoshi5207]

"The players must have inhaled something of the Smokey variety" 😂😂😂😂

[@lakottke]

13:26 Congrats, your king has promoted to dictator. The board is hit with a nuclear bomb, immediate draw or win depending on who has the ability to resist it somehkw

[@Perhaps21]

That is the second absurdist chess game I've ever seen

[@linus1638]

Please make these dumb games into a series, it's hilarious.

[@bc_7644]

Guess the elo moment

[@andrewxu3602]

This game is an exception in that it's both brilliant and dumb at the same time

[@Wraithfighter]

...this honestly reminds me of the Immortal Game between Anderssen and Kierseritzky. Not because it’s particularly excellent, because that game wasn’t either in terms of strict strategy. But just because it was people who are clearly very very good at the game trying something weird out and having trouble keeping up with the insanity...

[@nameless4903]

The dumbest game of chess I've ever played was some time in early may this year, I was playing white and got my king out in my first three moves and proceeded to do nothing but move my king closer and closer to my opponents side and was able to pull a kings mate. I know that it isn't a legal move but the fact I was able to get my king onto the other side of the board without using any other pieces to defend it, it felt like it was a deserved kings mate for me to do to my opponent

[@ThisNamesUnavailable]

i guess Chirtophore Van De Loo didnt understand that moving his king to the edge of the board does not give him 84723589274194 queens

[@jimipet]

this is not the dumbest game ever. this is the most mind blowing game ever

[@smolgrizzly4608]

If there was something called King Sacrifice , this would be it.

[@pierreluc]

This should have ended with Levy trying to guess their ELO!

[@b4n8x56]

I didnt know watching chess could be so entertaining

[@thecouncilofprotection]

One of my friends at school was playing a chess game when I walked over. Only 2 pieces had been taken. His queen, and one of his opponent's knights. There was just a hole in his back rank. But he still retained castling rights, so I don't know how the knight was taken.

[@mtchllBarrett]

When white's dark-squared bishop gave check on g5, I had honestly forgotten white had a bishop and rooks that they could use since those pieces LITERALLY HADN'T MOVED ONCE BEFORE THAT POINT IN THE GAME