This Chess Opening WINS 100% of the Time

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[@GildaMacabihag]

Bro just get to the point

[@sfmimran1457]

Pin of shame

[@KnightCDXX]

Pin of shame xd

[@vil.727]

Sin of phame 💀💀

[@pramanverma6209]

True tho

[@barajamonvera1945]

My man isn't wrong

[@TheStickCollector]

I'll prove that wrong

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

Sure

[@niccolocosta2195]

Same here

[@bigintnat]

Understandable

[@bigintnat]

Have a nice day

[@EJBL-zp4fk]

That’s not exactly a good thing

[@94blackbelt]

"you're probably not even playing 2500s!" Levy I'm fighting for my life at 600 elo right now

[@insane_animator122]

Relatable 😂

[@AykhanHajiyev13]

I am fighting for 1700 keep grinding!

[@martinsugwu7062]

like seriously,the 1300s I was beating easily last 2 weeks ago are now playing like GMs

[@AykhanHajiyev13]

@martinsugwu7062 yeah know your middlegame plan

[@DebayanRay-rb3qy]

fighting at 2300 :(

[@fusefusefusefusefusefusefuse]

ill be able to beat all the 300 elos with this until they all watch this video too

[@soyanshumohapatra]

*Fuse⁷*

[@ABlueThing]

Just wait 5 hours they'll forget half of it

[@rikkatakanashi8767]

I think 300 wont follow the exact move order from move 3 at least.. Mostly will just march pawns and start blundering pieces

[@dakid2323]

Bro I was 65% win with BLACK with Caro before this guy came along

[@obiemmanuel1514]

​@@dakid2323I usually beat my opponents when they play the Caro-kann or the Scandinavian.. Part of the reason Levy is not a GM is because he is busy mastering bad openings just like Eric Rosen mastering the Stafford gambit... He needs to master serious openings

[@grantjebbia1690]

Can’t wait to face this opening non stop for the next two weeks just like the alien gambit

[@Syntheticlime]

no worries, just refute it by playing a different move after bringing your knight out to attack the opponents queen. people below 800 will cave when you vary things a little, and 1500 will lose time.

[@Lucas-zb2wg]

​@@Syntheticlime as a 1500 that plays only 30 min rapid games, that is not a position where I will lose a significant amount of time that will decrease my chances of winning

[@ABlueThing]

​@@Syntheticlime poor 800s gonna have to improvise, lucky me, my black theory ends in the starting position

[@noobnoob6998]

thats why u go d4

[@tobyn123]

It's quite easy to punish TBF you just have to be aggressive against their queen. If they know the right moves it just results in a retreat by black and solid development for white.

[@FBI_open_Up_]

For future Audience the old title was "100% win rate chess opening"

[@akatsukinodausuto4561]

.

[@KellerTwigg]

It is now “100% win rate chess opening!”

[@switdog08]

Now it is "100% Win Rate Chess Opening!"

[@tay_rizul]

Currently, it is “100% win rate chess opening”

[@hmm1778]

It's "100% Win Rate Chess Opening!" now.

[@pas5294]

Pro tip: when Gotham hypes up an opening, avoid it until the hype slows down

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@denverdave12]

Except the Scandi is what I normally paly against e4. Now I have to learn something else.

[@--_-__-_--]

Me on my way to make this opening 0% success rate

[@ianstopher9111]

Great avatar! I tried blowing on my screen.

[@marklee331]

you got me scratching my screen.. hahah

[@berryesseen]

Title: 100% win rate chess opening First example game: A loss.

[@chrisoliver4663]

lol

[@londonalexander7868]

you didn’t listen properly. hope this helps 👍

[@koenhoffer5753]

With a particular move order, which is perhaps not always played by the stronger players.

[@full939]

he said win at the opening, not win the game

[@irfanrafi-zw1cj]

he said in the line he got 15 matches in not the one fabi played

[@pentacube]

Gotham: "This Chess Opening WINS 100% of the Time" Me: Not anymore…

[@B-fq7ff]

Levy never fails to imply that 80% is over 90%

[@IM_Pasta-t6o]

And the first game I tried, they played blackmar diemer gambit and I got a 100% lose rate. Thanks a lot!

[@johnathanroth6205]

losing to that gambit is crazy 💀

[@akmuchbetter9782]

blackmar is rlly viable.@@johnathanroth6205

[@David_debil]

Bro is blaming him for losing against blackmar diemer 💀

[@akmuchbetter9782]

levy:i perfected this opening. stockfish on the first move: No.

[@bigintnat]

Finding the best move is easy, i want to see GM's finding the worst one

[@javier-qw7py]

I mean, if u know the best move u know the worst one

[@liseisdead]

​@@javier-qw7pyyou dont

[@sdrawkcabmodnar]

@@javier-qw7py That's not true at all. Because you don't know the best or the worst move. It's all circumstantial. The worst move could make your opponent blunder and become the best move.

[@porpoise1174]

My last five games will prove, finding the worst move is easy when you're drunk

[@vodiact]

@@sdrawkcabmodnaryoure wrong

[@elrevesyelderecho]

5:36 Kramnik already added you to his black list.

[@RishabhSharma10225]

What do you call it when Kramnik goes to the Kremlin? "Kramlin"

[@elrevesyelderecho]

@@RishabhSharma10225 Thanks. Auto dictionary I guess?

[@brooksharris3231]

Seriously the free samples are SUPER in depth and so much knowledge, really worth it and amazing he offers it for free

[@wyattseals3251]

My favorite opening as black! I never really knew what I wanted to do as black until I started playing this opening a few months ago. It feels so natural to me with the combination of early aggression followed by basically every best move being what you'd think based on the usual principles. Besides that (at least until now) it seems most people at my level (~900) are not used to this from the white side and end up playing all kinds of goofy stuff that leads to me being much more comfortable in the position than they are. Thanks for exploring this one, Gotham! Happy to see that we like to play it in similar ways :)

[@robertopaiano1765]

16:56… “I forked her” 😂 gets me everytime

[@EXROthechoosenone]

That seems that she should move to avoid the fork 💀

[@adityapandey5553]

Thanks levy, I used this opening and I managed to raise 210 elo in like 2 days, I just came back to thank you. From 917 to 1127. I have been stuck in the 900s since 3 month

[@Pixelarator]

Levy never fails to be held hostage

[@goddammit21]

After the release of this video it now has -100% win rate

[@leonidyankulin1746]

In the position shown at 4:51 timemark, the Ne2 variant was not discussed. Obviously the Queen should move elsewhere, for example to retreat to B6. Making the position for blacks undeveloped. It would be interesting to hear more comments about this variation.

[@ohbrother59]

I use the Scandinavian for two reasons: my school mascot is the Norseman, and because it helps me create a Bongcloud with black

[@evanzgrabik1392]

It's called the "I have a gun" opening.

[@bakatsunaze]

100% WR ? Wait for me to finish this video

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@morty4193]

Kidnapped levy again?

[@rawedok1]

Sooooooooo funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 No joke has EVER been made about Levy being kidnapped 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 haaaaaaaahahahahaha 🎉🎉😂😂😂

[@sameskelson4542]

@@rawedok1woah, dude, do you need a Snickers?

[@Zacvilix]

​​@@sameskelson4542he needs sniggers

[@Shinymaniac]

​@@rawedok1 go outside

[@rawedok1]

​@@sameskelson4542 Kidnapped 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 This joke has never been made and it's soooo goooooood 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lildreadnaught]

Bruuuuuuhhhhhhh, try the Scotch variants. I’ve beaten with over 70% win rate. It’d be 100% if I never blundered mate in 10 or less.

[@Blackmystix]

Please elaborate. Like scotch scandi?

[@Lakshya-c]

@@Blackmystix no, scotch game

[@akmuchbetter9782]

scotch is too basic and leads to a draw at any elo range above 1500.

[@Lakshya-c]

@@akmuchbetter9782 im 1500 and i win all my games with scotch gambit and blumenfeld attack

[@Andre-2K]

I'm 1700 and I win like 70% of my games with the Haxo gambit@@akmuchbetter9782

[@wsopmcgee]

"I'm not a rocket scientist" I think if you applied yourself as much as you do with chess, you could be one. Great vid.

[@dndvirus]

I've been playing the Scandinavian a lot more because I saw you play it in Titled Tuesday, and I absolutely love the positions you get.

[@gamerjohnny]

What happens if instead of moving the knight on the 3rd move, white goes queen to E2?

[@marquisdelafayette-xe1ht]

This opening never fails to never fail.

[@rawedok1]

I just sense pitty for creatures like you.

[@ugentamang6279]

My opponent pushed the pawn to f3 insted of taking and I was like what the heeelllllllp

[@ii25chess]

changes my chess career forever

[@gertie5256]

“It’s clickbait, it doesn’t work all the time” “Correct”😂

[@muratsinanengin9773]

How about caro?.. 😢 I just bought your caro! 😭 Its a flash in the pan. YOU’RE THE CARO GUY!!! 😡

[@YoxiiPlzz]

On your course lesson 12 you wrote Be2 instead of Be7 because you thought it was the second row😂

[@jcvazquezn]

Thanks for all your openings videos and your book its honestly helped me a ton, went from 500ish about three months ago to almost 1,000.

[@AykhanHajiyev13]

If you learn tactics professionally and learn middlegame playing Caro sicilian alekhine London system and queen's gambit you can easily reach 1300 dont forget to play longer games(I am telling this as a 10 years old with 1667 blitz elo)

[@jcvazquezn]

⁠@@AykhanHajiyev13 I pushed a ton of caro and Italian this past week and maxed to 1250 before I hit the wall again. I’ll definitely need to study some openings but at least I’m seeing where I make my biggest mistakes and slowly I’m improving on them. I Appreciate the advice.

[@AykhanHajiyev13]

@@jcvazquezn thanks

[@AykhanHajiyev13]

@jcvazquezn bro your elo will crash if you skyrocket your elo and play more you better give a rest learn middlegame ideas I think you gotta start watching Robert ramirez play with 2000+ elo bots and when you are trying to level up your chess give a rest to blitz play rapid

[@MuffinInThaHouse]

"IM (I am) not a GM" is such a sick wordplay

[@keyok0]

I just wanna to sleep, Levii😭😭

[@Sardor_gulistoniy]

Works every time and every position .

[@DailyDemon]

I’ll make it a 0% win rate within 20 minutes, don’t worry

[@liamdurkin7327]

3:31 so far this just looks like a london set up in a different order which is what I already play with black so I like this so far :)

[@cuber64]

I am 700 ELO, how do I get to 4000?

[@evanwan1889]

Play the polish opening

[@09harmanism]

Sign up on lichess

[@siuwyyy]

Use stockfish

[@loveisaplace]

Just practice

[@RiturajSingh-tt6fp]

Make 10 account and have 700 all then add them all congratulations 🎉 u got 7000elo

[@kadkadeameya]

Amazing video on an under rated opening. You may consider screen sharing some of the free content on chessly so the viewers actually appreciate the quality( I own the e4 course and check out most of the free stuff but just something which may benefit the others). The C6 square misses you.

[@Iam0pti]

And suddenly everyone plays 2.d4

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

My suggestion to casual players who run into the Scandi is to play either the small centre variation (Nc3 and d3) or the big centre variation (d4 and an eventual c4). Both of these offer white a small but lasting advantage with less risk than in the main lines.

[@EnigmaChess]

d4 Nf3 is a better setup because the natural Bg4 loses

[@akmuchbetter9782]

d4 c4, queens gambit got me to 1600. also london's boring.@@EnigmaChess

[@frilystolyviper]

ikr 😂😂

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

@@EnigmaChess 1. ed d5; 2. ed Qxd5; 3. d4 Nc6; 4. Nf3 Bg4 is one of the main lines. It is not losing. A sample continuation would be 5. Be2 0-0-0; 6. c4. Black can put the queen on d7 here but it usually comes to the kingside. It is one of the well-known lines of the big centre approach I mentioned previously and can also occur from the Nimzowitsch Defence. In this specific variation, white often ends up saccing the d pawn for a huge attack, which practice has shown will succeed more often than it fails.

[@ErfanRasti]

Scandinavian is great. I love to play this Gotham setup, but I think it has a problem. The problem is that pawns aren't collaborating to the opening so much, and they can't move that much; Because usually their path is blocked by the other pieces, and we should remember pawns are the soul of the chess!

[@andragon2485]

I feel that you should avoid playing the scandinavian when under 1500. I am 1300 and my winrate against it is at 72% the highest against any other black response. I feel the real benefit about this is later on when most players below a certain range will simply loose track and screw something up....

[@ayaanshgaurgaming]

Thank you for this amazing vid! I actually always thought if someone captures the pawn with the queen, he doesn't know chess. Now that changed!

[@thecubedexterity]

And if they don't take the pawn????

[@ExistenceRookie]

Resign and try again, I guess.

[@SEnewt-Eason]

Try another opening...I guess

[@fanamatakecick97]

The Scandinavian Defense is my all-time favorite opening, and i will likely buy your course on it when i get paid

[@anonymousman3748]

If you win 100% of the time with that variation and 80% overall, perhaps it's time to become a GM?

[@bamshig]

Legend says: if you watch a Gotham video at 3:00am, you can her Echos in the distance, the echo says “THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK” (I meant in a good way not a mean way)

[@marquisdelafayette-xe1ht]

The Gotham Scandinavian is like Gotham. It never fails

[@rawedok1]

Pathetic, how many unfunny comments do you vomit out in the hope of getting some incel likes?

[@nekoafterlyfe]

*"but i have worked on this opening,perfected this opening. and now im sharing it with you."* thats such a powerful quote

[@newluigi094]

Let me make it 99,99%

[@ferdinand9802]

You could set up that 100% win rate position. And then try to convert this into a win when the remaining opponent moves are done by Stockfish.

[@marquisdelafayette-xe1ht]

Levy’s stares never fail to checkmate my soul

[@gigachadgaming1551]

Levy never fails to mate me

[@gabbo690]

1:52 What if I studied the Scandinavian too, bet you didn't expect that

[@ArashPasta]

This guy: "This opening wins 100% of the time!" Me: loses queen at the start of the game

[@Joeyfan22_4ever]

As a 300-elo player, I’ll prove this terribly wrong

[@emmanuelmango8521]

three pawns just mugged my queen in the middle of the square.

[@huiminli4884]

I played it at 0.25x speed

[@alexenache4216]

I closed it

[@greenenoiseaudio]

5. Bd2 Bg4 is simply met with f3, gaining a tempo on the LSB. If black plays the best retreating move, 6...Bd7 and mindlessly still plays e6 to carry out the same plan, after white plays the very natural 7.Bc4, then, 8. Nd5 forces black to either give the queen up for 2 minors, or save the queen with 8...Qa4 and allow the d5 knight to fork the king and rook. Black has to know to retreat the queen to b6 preemptively, burning another tempo, which white can use for development. Nge2 + Be3 gives white an extremely solid setup with better placed and more active pieces and the ability to castle earlier than black. Seems to me that Bd2 and f3 shuts the whole line down. Am I missing something?

[@GradientYoutube]

Yet I still lose

[@jlg4398]

I really love your technics in chess but I never get the moves from the opposition that you use to defeat them.

[@chiggamanchild]

I will do a like for every push up this comment gets

[@firojalamkhan5685]

Who ever is like this comment u are the dumbest person in the world

[@A_randomguy.]

😂

[@lanechilders5171]

I did 25

[@moviesxedits7]

What do you want to say brother

[@chiggamanchild]

@@moviesxedits7 i just want to mock the people who make stupid lies in the comments knowing damn well they will never do push ups

[@BraintreeCanoeingClb]

Love this opening - I don't even know it that well yet and already its winning for me (not every game obviously).

[@Kingcob7]

Just a side note, you really should hype up the depth of the chessly samples, they are huge.

[@gaberobison680]

I’m also loving the Scandinavian. It removes white’s ability to get a strong center and while arguably passive, it’s not weak because by not committing anything you don’t create obvious ideas for the opponent. At lower ELO’s the early Queen can be deadly if well managed too. Excited to see this variation!

[@plumber1337]

"I'm terrified of my opponent." Usually everyone is. Instead of that try thinking "Let me show you what I have learned so far and see how you deal with it."

[@TadasAnusevič]

what to do if he pushes the pawn in the 2nd move

[@Christian_counsel]

Exactly. Thats what a good player will do

[@XtremeSteelGaming]

Levi: you can add the scandenevian to your toolbox Me who only plays the scandenevian: I see this as an actual win.

[@meatonthetable1602]

I like b4 sac the pawn and everything turns to traps and chaos...wish you covered that b4 gambit... really love all your videos 😊

[@Fiend.-cs4ig]

The second move for white will be check White bishop to b5 which will lead to a sacrifice of either bishop or queen 💀

[@Chewy_GarageBandDad]

Levy is so abusive. lol "You're just trying to beat 1200's...."

[@gaberobison680]

This idea is remarkably similar to what I was experimenting, the whole bishop-queen battery thing

[@adrianjodassin7376]

4:40 and if white moves knight on e4 ?? You lose a tempo on Queen and then KxKf6 check, and loses a full piece (the bishop) a fter white QxBg4 ?!

[@probablyanon]

Bro needs to get the kidnappers rent too now!

[@spghose2437]

Can't understand. Why Fabian didn't opt for your open h file to attack? I think Portuguese Gambit is better than Gotham Scandi, specially the way Magnus played it as it offers lots of pins with queen side castle. As obvious from your game with Fabian, it is just shooting each other from the first and second rank while other ranks are relatively ideal. Fabian just tested your patience along his line of shooting and finally he got success.

[@Demolishednoob]

2:11 I keep getting opponents who don't capture that pawn 😔

[@adnaan8485]

rating?

[@adnaan8485]

rating?

[@isdumbkhanh3673]

LOVE these kind of educational chess video! I'd love to see more of this than games recap.

[@Mrtoast-oi9bj]

Levy uh challenging me? let me prove uh wrong😂

[@sevchess]

Time to fix this

[@yesplzzbro]

After watching this video on the Scandinavian I played a modern defense with 93.1% with 2 inacracys thanks this video really helped.😂🎉

[@MrSmoothasf]

I just beat the computer at a level I've never been able to beat first time. That never happens

[@Delgeeko]

Levy out here ready to catch bodies with that pin of shame

[@Sasswithablast]

petition to call this the levy rossman variation

[@languidlandscapelad2239]

I'm so glad Gotham's kidnappers let him teach us more chess openings, truly kind souls

[@ishaved2265]

I defeated your bot with that opening 💀

[@sjhart14]

The transition from the thumbnail to his blank stare was so jarring in this one

[@lolraacheel]

When I first learned the Scandinavian defense as a child, I loved it. Thanks for the flashbacks.

[@MartijnVos]

As a long-time fan of the unexpected long castle, this might just be the opening for me.

[@sub.consciousnz1312]

this is a change of delivery from e.g your old how to win at chess series. this is much more direct and feels like its being told a bit more on equal terms somehow. great video! can you do one on the g3 english pleaeeaaase

[@williamstone1364]

Couldn’t be more convinced that you have a zyn ✈️ upper deck

[@connerlycra1502]

“I’m not rocket scientist.” *Is among the top 1% of active chess players globally*

[@PhonkAttack4DX]

so this entire opening wins you...1 pawn

[@ashleyprice9139]

Says 100% accuracy proceeds to show losing game vs fab.

[@pitrochied]

i liked to see him happy and excited after a long time.

[@giannidamato7086]

Tried this opening and got checkmated in a record 10 moves! Thanks Levy!!

[@noahh.9151]

I played this opening and we traded bishops exactly as you said levy, so I slid my queen to b6 and then my opponent played a3 to a4, with the goal to play a5 and attack my queen again. What would your response be, Levy? You can't play knight c6 like you want if they do that