The Highest Chess Rating EVER

[@Trevasotilo]

Highest rating ever is Bobby Fishcer, but Levy enjoys content that is panderin to his fans

[@ugurtepe8690]

Highest rating ever is Magnus from now on untill some1 beats him and thats the entire point of the video mate. Bobby had 2881 peak and Magnus' peak is 2882.

[@masterleelee5682]

You got the pin of shame. Nice job!

[@dragonbane44]

@@ugurtepe8690 Bobby's 2881 is chessmetric rating which is not considered official. Bobby's peak ELO rating is 2785.

[@lk2704]

"Hello, hello" Huh, he hung up on me. Even he didn't know who asked.

[@vedantchess3794]

lol

[@markrobertson3054]

Also for those who don’t know Highest rapid rating ever is achieved by Magnus , 2926 And highest blitz rating ever is also achieved by Magnus, 2986

[@PutzFerdl]

why is it easier to get higher elo in rapid and blitz?🤔

[@gianrenomeron483]

@@PutzFerdl more games are played and it is more decisive than classical chess

[@flexedkumquat]

Surely someone passed 3000 in blitz maybe Hikaru

[@unitech5321]

@@flexedkumquat hikaru's highest was 2934

[@zlac]

@@flexedkumquat only "official" games are counted so 3000 elo speedruns don't count

[@greatmnn99]

Hikaru said in his stream, when Magnus beat Hikaru and surpassed the highest rating of Kasparov, He texted garry apologizing for not being able to stop Magnus from breaking his record of Highest Rating Ever

[@ChocolateMilk..]

What an idiot!

[@schizoframia4874]

Is there a clip of this

[@michaellisinski2822]

A chess history video I'd really like to see if you want to go back to older games again: a video on the 1924 New York chess tournament, and specifically Richard Reti's wins against Alekhine and Capablanca. It would be a good video to explain how "hypermodern" ideas (and by extension, today's chess) began, and what pre-WWII chess was usually like compared to today. I'd also love to see you cover Tony Miles' win over Karpov with the ridiculous-looking St. George defense, which as a bonus would also make for a great thumbnail.

[@dramatable3335]

Would Love to see this!

[@ahmed17167]

Watching Magnus hitting high rating is such a thrill.

[@phen-themoogle7651]

There’s 69 likes so I can’t possible like it to change it to 70, but I’ll just post that I like your comment here instead :)

[@21istheone55]

Wait is this classical chess?

[@ahmed17167]

@@phen-themoogle7651 Thank you very much ... I liked it to 4 and I would like to post that I liked it.

[@aWildAk]

while i'm stuck between 1000 - 1100

[@TheChrist4ylor]

You should try coffee bro

[@DeanCulver17]

Finegold: Always retreat Kasparov: Always attack

[@MIDO44444]

He attak He protec He always come bac

[@bryangao2275]

Thus why one is one of the greatest chess players of all time, and the other is some rando names Kasparov

[@davidstar2362]

Finegold: Never play F3 Eric Rosen: Always play F3

[@unknownscientist]

Magnus : I don't even remotely care

[@dwark1754]

this magnus guy seems pretty good, he'd probably beat me

[@scaxer2865]

@UCv2C6PVxOsyAj8VNDQqQurg same, we're obviously better

[@tanaysodha2229]

Its a shame they don't allow him to play in the candidates tournament.

[@airbreeze2038]

Probably

[@-ChrisD]

He's decent 😉

[@يوسفعمارنة-ش9ت]

Maybe

[@ppmpyae1152]

Hikaru can say "I SET 3 OF THE HIGHEST CHESS RATINGS EVER". Thats our streamer right there.

[@duskgleam4634]

bro u did him dirty

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Ban Hikaru. He is feeding!

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

They breaking records on him 😂 💔

[@youtubewatcher8982]

People will try to find any way they can to hate on Hikaru, it’s really sad. Y’all should get a life.

[@mango7231]

@@youtubewatcher8982 Hikaru is the most hateable GM ever for a reason😂

[@elliotmurray2440]

I think i have a good idea for a series. You find an obscure position from two grandmasters that is completely winning/losing for one side, give it to two random subscribers at any rating, and have them play from that position. I think it’d be kinda fun to watch that.

[@patrickimperial579]

It sounds like a good idea but it might also be a hassle for Levy because he'll need to look for games with obscure positions.

[@jackdrury4758]

@@patrickimperial579 with low ELO players, they wont have ever studied famous grandmaster games, so its really quite easy

[@zoli604]

it actually happened xD

[@mercanerkan2891]

bro predictaded the future

[@lightning77125]

Kasparov losing the world championship but getting the highest rating ever is like how the Golden State Warriors lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers but went 73-9 Shoutout to Kevin Durant

[@abdullahimran4624]

he didnt get the highest rating ever though

[@bigbidnessborsalino]

@@abdullahimran4624 highest rating at that point, no?

[@RawBread1173]

I also got to my highest rating ever today, though it's just 1400 (and a bit). Thank you Vienna Gambit :)

[@mennodeceulaer484]

Well done my guy, keep it up

[@adityasundaram9299]

1400 is a really big milestone man, keep climbing.

[@tsukishima6631]

@@adityasundaram9299 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Mikekeough008]

@@adityasundaram9299 😆 so humble

[@blazingfire7517]

Vienna Gambit OP!

[@hideomituns2184]

I finally understand IM Levy Rozman. He has a character for everyone. Depending on the topic, he chooses a presentation style depending on the target audience. Whether it be first time players, chess meme aficionados, or high level experts. Truly one of the best chess communicators of our time reaching a large audience. So hard working.

[@PartidasInmortalesdeAjedrez]

For me, Magnus Carlsen is the best chess player of all time. I say this not only because of his rating, but also because of the dominance he has over his contemporaries. His understanding of the game is amazing, and he dominates all game rhythms very easily (bullet, blitz, rapid and classic).

[@noammosek1319]

Nah, Kasparov is the best, he dominated for two decades and was the first to crack 2800

[@fonteinbloem3067]

@@noammosek1319 actually Magnus' domination lasts already a decade and he's not planning to stop. Considering additionally all factors above, I think he's already the goat. Only thing he can do is improving his "goatness"

[@noammosek1319]

@@fonteinbloem3067 firouzja will probably knock him off in the next five years, Magnus has a great case as the goat, but in my mind Kasparov is better

[@matthewtelles4809]

@@noammosek1319 Firouzja has an awful record against Mangus still.

[@pianissimo7121]

@@noammosek1319 it's just an opinion at the end, that being said my reason for Carlson being goat is that he is insanely dominant in the computer era. Every player has the same resources and is preparing insane lines using computers. Carlson Still is dominant in opening Middle and end games. Like how is no1 able to beat him even with all the technology in the palm of their hands

[@malahkaisle]

"If I have achieved greatness, it is by standing on the shoulders of Hikaru." ~Every GM in this video.

[@tahmeedchowdhury0007]

Alternate title: Hikaru gets bullied for 31 minutes and 4 seconds

[@jashepoon]

"that's normally what happens, they get their highest rating ever and then they draw and lose" I mean yeah, otherwise it would hardly be their highest rating ever

[@whocares2277]

@Joji Joestar You don't have a rating over 2800 if you lose (classical) games regularly.

[@ekiM2K]

Hikaru in 2014 like the guy in the trenchcoat saying "Come here, wanna buy some rating?"

[@sankalpk8488]

Why's this magnus guy so popular? He's never beaten me..

[@JB-my4pp]

I challenged him to a game 5 years ago. Still waiting for an answer. I guess he is afraid

[@kaspervanderveken9706]

That's the spirit

[@davidstar2362]

😁😅😂🤣🤣

[@prestonlee7107]

It’s not what he hasn’t done to u. It’s what he could do to u

[@squadwiper79]

@@prestonlee7107 this sounds dope ngl. Goosebumps

[@saeedammar531]

i thought he hit it again or something

[@alexkuron5069]

So close to 2900! It would be amazing to see him hit his goal!

[@traumdatum806]

idk, 4.2707x10^8783 elo seems a bit hard to reach, even for magnus

[@Dilfresser]

@@traumdatum806 laughs in math

[@lemos_os]

@@traumdatum806 nice job thats a funny joke

[@niklaswetz1300]

@@lemos_os can Simeone explain i am stupid

[@lemos_os]

@@niklaswetz1300 He said 2900! which can be interpreted as 2900 factorial (like the mathematical symbol !, ie 5! = 5*4*3*2*1)

[@zahawolfe]

Hikaru is the Oprah of giving out highest ratings "You get a highest rating! You get a highest rating! Everybody gets a highest rating!"

[@andresi126]

In other words, its kind of unlucky for him to always play them at their peak xD

[@moukatelmomo6985]

Could you please make a video explaining ELO rating ? How it's calculated, why is it used for chess etc.

[@listey]

Fun fact, it's Elo not ELO. Elo was the surname of the person who created the rating system :)

[@justinlewtp]

the channel singingbanana has a good video on the ELO rating system, might wanna check that out

[@bobing1752]

I think Wikipedia might answer all your questions there, I'm not sure what Levy's added value would be there.

[@moukatelmomo6985]

Thanks for the replies. Will check it out

[@amircena1823]

Caruana challenged for the world championship was in 2018, not 2016

[@mateusmendonca955]

18:00 Levy: 3 is not always equals to 3 Me, reading nineteen-eighty-four: yeah, that seems reasonable.

[@tobysmith5941]

"FIDE have never made chess simple, but don't worry I'm here to help" "3 doesn't equal 3"

[@brentsarbon2551]

22:18 levon's game was insane as hell

[@mikamoschella3410]

10:59 IT'S THE WOODEN SHIELD!

[@TheGreatApostate]

Had a new guy walk into my club today. He ran through me like I was a nobody. He was 2400.

[@adamgardener8624]

Ouch. Its like they are playing a different game, or speaking a different language. I am about a 1250......those 50 points were very hard to come by.

[@TheGreatApostate]

@@adamgardener8624 absolutely! Im 1500 but we weren't playing the same game at all.

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

Welcome to chess 😂 😂

[@adamgardener8624]

@@sylvesteruchia5263 ha ha been chessing since I was 10 y o. But yeah. Still getting rocked. Im over 35. Still......

[@J.WULLEMS]

Just got back from training this evening, and now I sit back, relax, grab some food and enjoy some nice Magnus games. Love your vids Levy

[@alexsmith3598]

That queen tactic by Kasparov looks so good honestly. I wonder what training you do to make yourself see a move like that in a time controlled game. That's incredible.

[@rbcdelta6561]

"Your idea looks stupid!!" 2800+ SGMs at the peak of their games playing and understanding complexities beyond mere mortals. Thanks for highlighting these players and explaining all of the complications behind these great victories! Impressive content!!

[@davidstar2362]

yes indeed perfect comment

[@Artemisiaa]

I would definitely love to see a complete video where you break down the elo system the titles/how you get titles and going through your titles that you have gotten and what it takes to achieve them.

[@bobojenkins5805]

hikaru giving everybody their highest score

[@DreadKiwi]

Hikaru: "I guide others to treasure I cannot possess."

[@adityasundaram9299]

Fun fact: contrary to popular belief, while Magnus holds historically the highest blitz rating at 2986, Hikaru does NOT hold the second highest. In fact, that title belongs to MVL, who hit 2948. ALSO, and I didn't believe it when I first saw it because I've never considered him a great speed player, but Sergey Karjakin, i.e. He Who Shall Not Be Named, peaked at 2906 Blitz, making him the 5th highest rated Blitz player in history. Grischuk's was 2923, making him 4th all time, but considering he basically always plays Blitz, even in classical games, I sort of expected that from him.

[@CATDABOSS]

Mentioning Hikaru losing 3 times to push other people to the peak of chess in 1 video is a subtle, yet brutal, revenge for him "hacking" your account. For legal reasons this is a joke

[@yunnekohao3111]

What do i mean?

[@CATDABOSS]

@@yunnekohao3111 I'm not sure what you mean, maybe you can elaborate?

[@johnjable33]

Series idea: best chess rivalries, 2 or 3 games per video from players who often went head to head in high stakes scenarios

[@u.v.s.5583]

It is all k's, nothing but k's. karpov korchnoi karpov kasparov kasparov kramnik.

[@VARMOT123]

it is incredible that the anand and kramnik have the same peak ratings of 2817 and they were the world champions for majority of this century

[@TgPepper]

Garry Kasparov really said “I keep moving towards until all my enemies are crushed”

[@lemos_os]

Definitely not manipulated by eren to say that.

[@harryishatless]

The Anand-Kasparov game was the game that led to me making a bold prediction to my chess playing friends in my local pub. I said that Anand would be world champion but he couldn't take the title from Kasparov. I claimed Anand was better than Kramnik but Kramnik could beat Kasparov and become world champion and then Anand would be able to beat Kramnik. I described it as being a rock-paper-scissors type of situation. Fast forward eight years and I was very worried about looking silly because I had now been banging on about this for a long time and the same group of friends were more than ready to rip the P!55 if I got it wrong. Thankfully for me Anand did the job. But because this is Scotland, my friends took the P!55 anyway and started asking me to predict the weather and the football results when they weren't laughing at my 1015 (ChessScotland) classical elo rating.

[@yauhenistankevich3503]

Hikaru is like a final boss in chess whom you should beat to get to the top rate list:)

[@kevinmalone3210]

Except to get there, and beat Hikaru, is like climbing Mt Everest.

[@lightman9935]

and even if you miraculously manage to beat Hikaru and think you are at the top, there's the biggest fish waiting for you whose name is Magnus.

[@phenix2403]

@@lightman9935 magnus is the final DLC boss

[@yangwenli668]

@@phenix2403 and after magnus comes the devs aka Stockfish.

[@barefootalien]

Great video! I read a book on a similar subject way back in the 90's about when Kasparov was facing off against Deep Blue and chess was pretty popular as a result. They talked a lot about how impossible it is to directly compare players' skill based on ratings, because of ratings creep, and changes in how ratings are calculated over the years... so they tried to compare several ways. One was by trying to translate ratings by assuming that the top players in a given generation were all similarly skilled. Another (and the bulk of the book) was by analyzing games and building games as if the much earlier masters and the more recent ones were actually playing each other. I don't know how much fidelity that has, but it was still an interesting read. And another was just basically 'gut feel'. I think, nowadays, there's little doubt. Computers have changed a _lot_ about how chess is played, how chess players are trained, and how chess players think during the game. In the 90's, it was always "Kasparov is great, no doubt, but Bobby Fischer would've wiped the floor with him," or things like that. Now, I'm pretty sure Magnus Carlsen would legitimately overcome anybody who's ever played the game. He simply has more resources available to him. Then there's also the idea, as in a lot of sports in which records are broken again and again through time, often to dizzying heights thought literally impossible before someone shattered them, that there are just a _lot_ more humans now. Not only that, a greater percentage of us are _able_ to pursue these kinds of passions and hobbies to our fullest, with standards of living the highest they've ever been. The best in the world a hundred years ago might have been the best out of a couple hundred grandmasters. Now, that's just the best in a small nation or a large province or state, and the best in the world are the best out of a couple _thousand_ grandmasters. Of course they're better, on average. Yes, I think about this kind of thing a lot.

[@rumentsakov2211]

Hi Levy, we would love to see more historical games from Topalov and Vishy ! Love the content, keep it up!

[@HahBlahBlah]

What this video tells us is that if Magnus wants 2900, he will have to defeat Hikaru again.

[@harveybrant3352]

I was massively impressed by that Topalov game! (The final one where he beat Magnus).

[@DArtagnonW]

Top 3 times Nakamura got bullied by SGMs at the pinnacle of their careers.

[@3lastico947]

8:46 “you bought a nice house, and you built it.” Most inspiring quotes of 2022

[@mfg258]

Hikaru is the final boss of chess, if you beat him you appear in the hall of fame.

[@yusufakgul7385]

Levy, we want a video about most beatiful looking checkmates; like checkmates with using 4 or more pieces, checkmates with only one piece, checkmate from distance or whatever. This could be the most artistic video on gothamchess KZbin channel.

[@jvillzy]

I heard a Mexican man called Carlos Magnussen once reached 4000 in one day.

[@haleysettembre]

193rd day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Magnus Carlsen: o puntegg chiù avt e semp"

[@lucamocci1938]

Ahahahahahah grande frate

[@danielharold6547]

If you factor in inflation, Fischer has the highest rating. His win rate is ridiculously high at 72.6%. Kasparov comes in second with a 69.6% win rate. Carlsen has only a 62.7% win rate.

[@lemos_os]

The quality of chess in general has changed over time. There are more draws between GMs on avg right now then there were back then, I'm pretty sure.

[@rAnDoM.199]

Im late but I think the thing is theres a difference between all these three's dominance for their time, magnus is like 30 points ahead of the second highest rated chess player of all time (garry) and 60 points ahead or smth after 3rd place, yes computers play a huge role but being THAT dominant especially since more people play chess and it becomes harder and harder is nuts, but at the same time fischer had a 100+ elo diff against boris spassky which is nuts, still though fischer said it best, if morphy came back to life and he were to play him in chess he'd win pretty much everytime cause he just knows way more theory, same thing applies to garry and magnus, the thing with magnus is he is nearing what the human limit for chess is, if you gave fischer 5 years to study theory now he'd still have a tough time battling magnus, its insane. All of them have their own props but to me magnus is the goat.

[@sams.975]

Content idea: I would love to see a video (or more than one) analyzing historical games where computers started overtaking humans in chess ability. I'm not very familiar with how and when that happened, and while I could just google it, I can't get your insights, dramatizations, and explanations of the significance of individual moves in the games.

[@sanjanneupane4503]

MAGNUS= MAGNUS 🔥 There is no alternative word to describe him. He made Magnus adjective for the word who is best chess player ♥️

[@siddhartha9575]

Good content.. Should also make some videos dedicated fully to one's career like.. Wesley,mvl,chucky, and all top gms.. Also would suggest if you can show game between ivanchuk and karjakin where ivanchuk sacked his queen.. And won the game.. It will also relate to present geopolitical situations..

[@kevinmalone3210]

The only way this could ever be settled is to have all the great players, from the past, at their peak, get together and play at a tournament and see who is left standing. Unfortunately, we will never truly know.

[@MIDO44444]

It still wont really settle it since they need to play so many games to know whos the best . A best of 3 or best of 5 will still not be satisfaying

[@axellorenzojohansson4925]

Due to evolution of chess and the influence of computer analysis, carlsen the present wc would win

[@u.v.s.5583]

Why this ridiculous exercise, don't you think Lasker would most likely lose to a wgm?

[@schizoframia4874]

Hikaru is the final boss

[@someonesch4361]

Levy's chess history commentary is something else. It is quite contrasting to his recap commentary and that makes both of them very fascinating to me.

[@alfredyt]

Hikaru logs in Levy's account, Levy includes Hikaru 3 times in a video. Huh a friendship restoring?

[@JB-my4pp]

Wrong, the highest Rating ever is 161660

[@adrianrocha49]

Stockfish? Leela?

[@JB-my4pp]

@@adrianrocha49 No, the player who hung a piece on move 6

[@igpetrov5303]

Today, march 15th, is the birthday of Veselin Topalov

[@VARMOT123]

firouzja already has the 14th highest live rating in history at age 18 LOL INSANE STUFF

[@DukesAPG]

What this video shows me is that prime Kasparov vs prime Carlsen would be an incredible matchup.

[@dantethunderstone2118]

Well it depends, if we throw one of them in a time machine then magnus wipes the floor with Kasparov, if they somehow grew up in the same generation then it would probably be about the same as super gm vs super gm now but slightly more interesting

[@DukesAPG]

@@dantethunderstone2118 I imagine you'd still give Kasparov prep time to know Carlsen's style. Treat it like any other World Championship match.

[@wolfie5]

Loved the step back and to to attack the bishop.

[@luisitogonzales3169]

Levy doesnt review games, he narrates the story out of the game

[@shauryachaudhry866]

One point to note about Levy’s videos: Whichever side Levy’s board is on, is the side which won.

[@clubclubclassics]

i thoroughly enjoyed this!! maybe you can do a series on each player! personally would love to see bobby fischer's insane plays

[@sub.consciousnz1312]

Cool idea, enjoyed it. 2 other ideas: Biggest blunders in super GM chess. Biggest upsets (like the lowest rated players to beat 2700+ rated players).

[@ckq]

That thumbnail made me think he was at 2889 again rn

[@realtalent7021]

Only Hikaru can have the highest rating while using the bongcloud.

[@alififi2561]

Keep doing your stuff big man. I don't give a danm if you weren't a GM, all I care about is that you are the best chess content creator. Because of you I'm starting to climb the rating ladder. Keep it up❤❤

[@lonelyhumanbeing99]

25:14 hmmmmm levi somehow indirectly trying to mock hikaru 😂

[@rounakgrover01]

Gary Kasparov game was on fire

[@jasonhe5578]

26:27 I was like "what is the stupidest and weirdest looking move in this position? g5 maybe?" and it actually gets played

[@sebastianardila7263]

Love the emotion you put into explaining.

[@Odinshi]

The rook side shuffle was just Garry winding up his haymaker!

[@MrNickname24]

I think a video of the greatest elo difference between loser and winner in classical chess history would be nice

[@dorukayhanwastaken]

10:59 Ah yes, the Wooden Shield.

[@schizoframia4874]

I saw a comment suggesting this idea

[@denizgoktas116]

Levi, big fan of your videos. Maybe you would make a video about an opening played by different generations which would show how theory had been developed and changed. Like Najdorf for instance.

[@sadshiver]

Hikaru is such a nice guy by making their opponents get their highest rating ever

[@andjelopetrov3112]

Nice❤️! Cheers from Bulgaria

[@4AstroX]

12:25 is why i love watching levy

[@lucifix8363]

30:15 Agad!

[@manasagarwal1116]

It’s poetic in a way that both magnus and kasparov attained highest rating ever against their rivals!

[@rasmushansen4924]

I know it would take a lot of time, and that you claim to have stopped coaching. But I think it could be cool if you could do a rating climb series with a subscriber: You record some coaching sessions with some subscribers and follow their progress in ratings. I suggest this, because my favorite chess videos across multiple channels are the ones, where streamers are being coached while practicing for PogChamps. Im am not a subscriber myself (shame on me, I know), so I don't say it because I want to get coaching. I genuinely think, it would be an awesome series

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Dude, you're like a content machine! Awesome work with your crazy uploading sched

[@narutomeansspiral]

love this idea for a video! can you include the ratings of the other players too if you do something like this again?

[@scottshaffer5205]

There was a car alarm going off yesterday too.

[@rorosiaqui]

Everybody was farming Hikaru

[@tmithoth8956]

The whole chess community now : wooo we made it

[@jasperkrenning7928]

Please make additional content about endgame studies from 1800 -2100 like Silmans complete endgames course. Comprehensive and easy to digest with your expert tutelage and wymsical quips

[@descendency]

Beating Hikaru has been a career killer for many apparently. That's why I've never done it.

[@giancena0184]

I kinda wanna see a vid about capablanca

[@janvondrak1641]

Question: Is there any rigorous methodology to compare the strength of players from different generations? What ELO would Capablanca, Alekhin, Botvinnik or Bobby Fischer be today?

[@tankoteemusic9755]

If Magnus keeps playing, we may see the first human to reach 3000 in FIDE rating.

[@malahkaisle]

I'd love to see a video on the best super GM blunders of all time.

[@MohammadAbuHammad]

Are we ever gonna have a “the greatest (piece) of all time” series were you demonstrate a match or two matches were a knight, bishop .. etc has been imperative for the win or something. like that octopus Knight Caruana Loves so much.

[@bobing1752]

I think he made a video called something like "5 chess games you must know" where he talked about this knight. And "the greatest bishop/rook/queen" of all times wouldn't be very interesting in my opinion because they are long range pieces and you often need 1 move to make them as good as they can be. I can imagine a very annoying bishop, but the best rook is just on the 7th, and the best queen is just hitting a lot of stuff which probably means the game already went very wrong.

[@MohammadAbuHammad]

@@bobing1752 true I just thought the algorithm would love such title for some reason

[@ebinjayan]

hikaru out here making careers for this gms

[@epicwolves125]

12:10 Fabiano challenged Magnus in 2018 right?