The MOST Dangerous GM!!

[@Astukart]

Oh man, you weren't kidding about those Grischuk interviews. "Am I satisfied? I mean it was okay, I slept for half the game. Then I wake up and I only have six minutes"

[@swordsman1137]

You should check all Grischuk interview

[@tellurius4951]

Nah, just another interview by Sasha. Not even his top-20

[@imax22_85]

After watching every english interview with him now I have to learn russian to watch the rest

[@ravishah2255]

You got link?

[@michal_kowal]

Can you share the link to this? Man, just spit my coffee all over while reading this 🤣🤣

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

I've been thinking about yesterday and I actually think players would be able to give their spot to Ding Liren. Not because they "give" them their spot, but because FIDE takes in replacements based on rating.

[@koroshabdoli1739]

How are you. What is your name

[@koroshabdoli1739]

چرا اسم تو نگفتی؟

[@robertfrippers]

@@koroshabdoli1739 dum fuk

[@ryanb93]

It would be FIDE's choice but if Hikaru qualified then withdrew and said he wanted Ding to take his place I can't see FIDE choosing someone else

[@dbeast03]

Well, Ding Liren would CLEARLY be the next guy up if I'm not mistaken, assuming they don't have any reason to pick someone based on a different . . . something. In other words, it seems like they *should* have Ding Liren as the "replacement" in that scenario unless some other factors are at play.

[@bon_jovi933]

If you are around 1800 plus or have a decent understanding of chess, getting high and going through these recaps is the best experience you'll have

[@pakchess69]

I'm 1400 and I agree

[@thebest7941]

1650 agreee

[@ragnarberglund820]

Im 700 but Im high, does it count?

[@funkgremlin2765]

400 but still agree

[@ttttoptenthings8543]

-1800 but i agree

[@johnsilvester4183]

One of the things I love about Gotham is that he is totally independent, butt i find his content more entertaining and intriguing than the most shows on cable tv. How does one streamer outdo a whole network? I think its his passion for the game, and his realness as a person. keep it up Gotham!

[@jonwill]

His industry.

[@toniokettner4821]

"this is all forced now" seconds later: "white has so many moves here"

[@Grandcapi]

It is a pity that Levon never played a match for the world title.

[@saumenroy8710]

He did play in candidates.His playing style is a bit unorthodox.We are not sure which levon will show up in the games.Levon, Nepo, Duvob are sometimes too creative to win their games.

[@TheArmenianSolider65]

@@saumenroy8710 The Ex-Soviets playing unorthodox.

[@saumenroy8710]

@@TheArmenianSolider65 I know that Soviets had Prioritised chess in their period and Soviet championship was said to be harder than WCC. surely Soviet-era had great chess culture.

[@MrKostaja]

Yet.

[@theofakostas]

​@@TheArmenianSolider65sounds 8ronic or something.😎🇬🇷

[@enpassant5298]

“In this case whopping the d out is acceptable behaviour”, Levy, 2022

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Eh... that's "whipping". I think whopping involves a more vigourous activity. And don't get me started on "wapping".

[@kroh7742]

Expected nothing less than son of Gary chess himself

[@Thatsweat]

10:01

[@josephbyron7004]

missed a good opportunity to take him out of context

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@kroh7742 untrue

[@sneha4522]

I just love Levy's energy and enthusiasm, he makes game analysis quite entertaining!

[@kruksog]

His mirth over the Levon game was particularly infectious I thought.

[@camelliascholl6564]

i absolutely adore your openings. they're competent enough to be entertaining, while also improvised enough to feel natural. keep up the good work!

[@matthewtelles4809]

Cool

[@literallymyusername8291]

Levy confirmed competent

[@David-lb6uf]

You can check out his opening course if you like his openings

[@isaacpowrie465]

Which opening type? The video opening or the opening courses?

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

@@isaacpowrie465 - Clearly he's talking about opening courses. He likes Levy's Caro Kann

[@UtterlyTC]

Levy, I love your videos - I watch them all, genuinely. Part of my favourite elements of the videos is being told, rightly, that I’d lose a winning position! Always makes me laugh, and is always true…but for the fact there’s no way I’d have gotten to that stage of the game without hanging many pieces beforehand. 😂 Also, I love when you allow yourself to give insight into what madness Stockfish offers up as an escape route. Not only is it fascinating and enlightening (if a little infuriating…”shut up computer”) - but it’s also really funny to see you plot out what it recommends…only to then get pissed at the absurdity of what it’s suggesting! Thanks a million for the videos - I’m knee deep in Covid at the moment, they’re keeping me sane. ❤️

[@anglik3954]

Recover quickly, man. You're worth more than a queen, remember.

[@ZigZagPower]

Loving the well produced videos! Keep up the good work levy! 💯

[@FlipLegacy]

My boy

[@callmewisdom]

That Levon v Keymer game was the definition of "there's levels to this sht". Keymer ist the greatest up and comer Germany had in this millenium but Levon is already at the level any young GM could aspire to get too.

[@raffaeledivora9517]

I wouldn't be so harsh judging Keymer's potential... remember, he's currently playing chess part-time alongside school, while most of the young GMs around his age don't need to "waste time" on it. According to Kramnik (his trainer) it's really holding him back and he said in a recent interview that he's really excited about the progress he expects Vincent will be able to express once he graduates this year.

[@callmewisdom]

@@raffaeledivora9517 I didn't mean to be harsh. I think Vincent would be flattered if someone told him he'll reach the level Levon at his peak was at.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@raffaeledivora9517 like not having school exams will make a difference lol Kramnik also said that they still have many holes in their playing style that they need to work on and experience to gain and btw the gentleman who wrote the comment was not harsh at all he literally described Keymer as Germanys greatest up and coming player

[@williamrobert9898]

@@callmewisdom Nah you people need to stop underestimating how hard it is to reach 2700 let alone 2830

[@silverfoxxflame]

"You would lose this with white. Hey just for the record that's a joke." Listen levy, I would 100% lose this with white, let's not kid ourselves here.

[@StepUnclesStepCousin]

Levy: I’m not a rapper His 1 mil subscriber song: am I a joke to you?

[@martinbugge6220]

Rook a4 reference, gotta love it. Thx for the premium content Levy!

[@ReklawLah]

"Shame on you for feeling that way." Oh my god, I laughed so hard! That was the best belly laugh I've had in ages! Thank you, Levi. ;p

[@brando9646]

Ppl get so butthurt

[@archismandas7760]

Levy

[@Vernius_]

@@bharatgoel8809 31:10

[@ReklawLah]

@@archismandas7760 /facepalm

[@Glowbox3D]

New-ish to chess, and your channel is a really fantastic resource and I dig your style. Such a great flow of awesome content. Thank you.

[@johnnydoe3603]

Welcome to the Community

[@mr.alexiegaming9548]

14:30 "He obviously saw rook A4 he just didn't like it" killed me lmao

[@shiroskull2029]

It's so enjoyable to watch your coverage of these games! Good job!

[@fatihavc8453]

I was just looking for a recap when you uploaded awesome

[@graysonparker1593]

Grischuk said he missed a5 I believe, so he didn’t see the rook is trapped, but it ended up ok cause he found rc1 later which kept things equal

[@niklaswetz1300]

Thanks for the spoiler

[@evanhansen5064]

@@niklaswetz1300 obvious troll is obvious

[@davidmbonu2689]

7:04 Levy: "White has no pawn breaks" The g4 square: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@s-x5373]

that is break for your opponent not for yourself

[@ice_wall_offcom1175]

Grischuk squad :smocking: EZ Here ?

[@atomsmasher0746]

10:01 "In this case, whipping the d out is actually accepted behaviour" -Levy 2022

[@haleysettembre]

157th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "O GM chiù pericolos"

[@senbeiboi4511]

translating Levy's titles into Portuguese just once: "O GM mais perigoso"

[@maxtv333thesuperstar3]

And what’s the point

[@haleysettembre]

@@maxtv333thesuperstar3 there's none. I just like translating them

[@blakefauskee2596]

Levy, you're awesome man. Could you give us a standings update after each match? I know I could just look em up but sometimes I'm behind and don't want the spoilers. Keep up the great content my dude.

[@parth-fm9mh]

14:30 tb to guess the elo

[@OfficialVeign]

“Shame on you for feeling that way” That was beautiful! 👏🏽😂

[@tylershort8339]

An absolute masterclass by Levon Aronian, a GM I feel like not enough people talk about.

[@williamrobert9898]

it is because the dude is old he was one of the most talked about GMs for a looooong time but he is not as good as he was unfortunately

[@FartingSpider12]

Great recap video btw Levy! Thanks for the amazing content as always!

[@paint2932]

Love the energy in this one, Levy. Great recap!

[@FartingSpider12]

18:01 Levy out here actin like he isn't a good lookin dude lmao xD

[@formerlyknownaseasrob]

20:43 constructing Alekhine’s gun to win the c file, beautiful If anyone wants to be technical, I know the queen’s not in the back but still it basically works the same way

[@Sanmoguchi]

18:10 I can't tell you how hard that joke made me laugh... in the office... at work. I DIED!!! Lovin the content, Levy. Keep it up! :)

[@keivangachido3469]

It's really cool to see Levy correcting the way that he pronounces foreign words and names. As a Latin I find it a really respectful attitude towards other languages

[@kirbyburkholder4814]

“We are about to have some even more fun” what a line levy!

[@numanshaikh6767]

"Ladies and gentle men" I just love this line !! 🥰🥰

[@WR4lTH]

Thank you Levy for all you do in your videos man, your evolution has your prowess to commentate these games have been so much fun to watch. I don’t miss a video and yes, us true Gotham fans do watch the whole way through. May I suggest with these new lines when they are coming from the black side just to flip the board for that moment to see it from that pov. I’m sure I’m not the only that memorizes lines when we see it from the pov of our own end. Thanks again man ! 🙏🏼✨🤘🏼 I wish you nothing but continuous success sir!

[@drummerhomie]

Thanks for the great recap! Love your channel!

[@TGregers]

Ohh that Aronian game was beautiful!

[@Gingnose]

0:07 Sike! That's a wrong number!

[@rbcdelta6561]

Heating up! Some crazy games with missed chances. Hugely entertaining recap! Looking forward to the 4th Round. Thanks for the hard work!

[@carrcallen1]

“What kind of idiots fighting in the park are we talking about??” LOL levy you’re the best 🤣😂🤣

[@anthonyulloa4408]

another legendary recap by you

[@nazarospanov5942]

18:02 "C takes d3 is a potential, visual travesty, and yet is highly effective and very talented. Kind of like myself!" LMFAOOOO

[@user-ti6ng5vp5p]

Finally a good vídeo to watch while lunching

[@BrockLucasNYC]

“shame on you for feeling that way” 😂 that one got me

[@jamesduggan7200]

another good recap, tyvm

[@emilhotkowski2427]

I appreciate you for saying polish names correctly both Wojtaszek and Duda. Not an easy job! Cheers

[@matthewdecker1464]

You should make a poll about who everyone's favorite player is in each group

[@NoName_Nobody]

I love how Gotham gets upset about yt comments everytime when he's absolutely hyped and kills the moment😂😂 And also... No.. the psychopath takes with the pawn made me laugh loud 😂😂 As always... Great job Gotham. Greets from Munich. ✌🏼

[@Mark_e_moo]

I like that Levy didn't put the eval for this video. It makes the game feel more human and realistic

[@meyerdave4]

Look, he saw Ra4, he just didn’t like it.

[@andreademarco4920]

"So Wesley" AHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH 28:30

[@dakid2323]

You wanna go back to a time when Levon wasn't a top 10 player? You would have to go back to mid 2005! The consistency on this guy is insane...

[@daveclemons75]

*guy on youtube video says something* Rando at home: "WHY YOU TALKING ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@paulocruz1808]

Does everyone love Grischuk? I love Grischuk from what I haven't seen of him

[@hydro8720]

Now do a win at chess and Hikaru is your last opponent

[@mrpal_23]

THE THUMBNAILS ARE THE SWEETEST EVERR!! LOVE YOU LEVY

[@Pablo360able]

I play the Caro-Kann so often that I’m starting to get vertigo whenever I see a Caro game from the White perspective. Which is unfortunate because I sometimes play e4 and thus occasionally *face* the Caro from White’s perspective…

[@briankoskinen8431]

In the interview after the match, Grischuk did say he missed A5 which could have won the match for Hikaru but he had rook c1 to save the position

[@ZenPossum]

"I'm not a rapper though" - Levy, being humble

[@geko2531]

hey Levi quick suggestion if u are allowed to it would be nice to implement some good moments from interviews after the reviews I would like that dynamic. keep up the good content

[@samuel14043]

did u just say Levi

[@geko2531]

@@samuel14043 xD sry levy

[@enriquesanjuan8941]

Levy: I'm gonna pronounce it correctly Also Levy: Domíngues Péres Love your videos bro, greetings from Spain

[@eltripas]

Since you are reading comments about Leinier's name pronunciation you should know that he was born in Cuba, not France so you really should pronounce the "r"at the end of his name.

[@pavelsery3464]

''visual travesty and yet is highly effective.. and very talented.. kind of like myself :)'' Spilled my water but worth it because that was just brilliant! :D

[@willcaruso5901]

"I'm just making a joke... Shame on you for feeling that way" Levy out here gaslighting his viewers

[@Hugh_Jasssss]

Aronian game was unreal.

[@derekrouleau9197]

love these recaps

[@ryan_raus]

I hope you hit at least 1.5M subs by June and 2M by next Christmas

[@zacknotanh7358]

It’s so fascinating that although chess has been around for a while, a new position can be reached in under ten moves.

[@Razaak666]

Low level chess sees bizarre things happen on every breath.

[@youssefelmerabet1947]

Great Mr Levy , thank you for analysis

[@DevilishlyDutch]

Nice Richter pronunciation! I love it when people who aren't raised on that sound do it

[@Bask023]

Hi Levy, we just wanted to say you are doing a great job on KZbin. We watch everyday before we go to sleep!

[@kirbyknifeman2877]

21:42 when i was analysing french defense, the engine was saying a3 is best move. Not to mention a3 leads to some complicated game when both sides play the top moves.

[@parthdurgude2617]

this recap was super fun

[@xethnyrrow]

Rumor has it that Vincent was crying for his mother in the back of an ambulance after what Levon did to him.

[@dalecourville6571]

Levy you're the best man, I watch these to the end always. Any chance you could have the player's rating next to their name? Either way keep it up man

[@ayaalnovgorodov8619]

i was going to sleep but THIS CHANGED EVERYTHING!

[@rabranch32]

That Aronian game was a masterpiece!

[@losyart]

I enjoy so much with these recaps im feeling stronger player guessing a lot of moves after watching this and then im opening site make a game and dont know what to do after the opening . Chess is hard game

[@ShabazzTBL]

Grishuk said that he kinda overlooked getting his room trapped in the postgame interview.

[@artpak2761]

Shoring/ Shirov almost had a masterpiece of a game

[@renobgm]

Levy starting the video on some Super Hot Fire lyricism

[@clivetaylor27]

Excellent recap, highlighting salient moves, the side notes on missed moves are instructive but optional homework. A very exciting set of players that you are really spotlighting, go Hikaru. The chess gods will reward you Levy.

[@DilipKumar-zq7xr]

16:50 no Lucy was harmed in this video.

[@freak4956]

me > Oh it is a 40 min video I have to watch it by parts me after 2 hr > gess the elo

[@deanbarclay7793]

Whenever Levy says, "You'd lose this position, but not these players at this level," he's complimenting them, not trashing you, and he often likewise says, "I'd lose this position, but not them at this level." Just listen.

[@FartingSpider12]

It sucks that Wojtaszek has missed some moves for the win in his games but at least he's definitely proven that he belongs at this tournament. Better luck to him in his rounds to come; he's playing some amazing chess!

[@aaroncuello2805]

that "i'm not a rapper" givin' some supa hot fire vibes

[@David-lb6uf]

Last time I was this early, Levy still had chances of ever becoming a GM

[@humanwithahead7035]

Oof

[@aslamini]

Hey Levy.. your daily video is what I watch first thing everyday and I love your sarcasm and humor.. especially when you joke at the audience, please continue to do that man.. chess is hard and we all need your jokes my man

[@manuelvazquezacosta9845]

If I may, the proper spelling is "Lenier Domínguez Pérez", that's how Spanish indicates the syllable with the stress (in some cases, although 99% regular). Since the stress is on the next to the last syllable and it doesn't end with "s", "n" nor a vowel; you must put the accent mark. However, his name is stressed in the last syllable which ends with "r" so, no accent mark required.

[@TheWolfnman]

14:32 Slick. Very slick.

[@pianoplayerman6525]

When are u going to do another guess the ELO. I love watching those episodes.

[@crons246]

Levi calls himself a visual tragedy? Interesting move, potential blunder.

[@912cal28son]

Thank you for saying what you did during Wesley's game

[@leofortin7448]

“He has something we like to call the initiative”💀💀 this vid is packed w peak quality jokes

[@liberatesweden2404]

Darien is the Grischuk of LOL. 😄

[@quaishan5628]

0:07 lies we’ve all seen the danger levels rap