Will Magnus Carlsen Be World Champion Again?

CHESSLY LOWEST PRICE LAUNCH SALE: chessly.com/
Gotham ChessBoard on AMAZON: amzn.to/3VMZ04Y
Gotham ChessBoard at WALMART: bit.ly/4h4MfvL
Gotham Europe Tour 2025 TICKETS: bit.ly/gothame...
➡️ The Chess Deck: geni.us/theche...
➡️ Get my best-selling chess book: geni.us/gotham...
➡️ My book in the UK and Europe: bit.ly/3qFqSf7
➡️ Mein Buch auf Deutsch: bit.ly/45fKt3R
➡️ Mi libro en Español: bit.ly/3Y5xaRx
➡️ Mon livre en français: bit.ly/3W9rQvQ
➡️ Il mio libro in italiano: amzn.to/3yY1Qfc
➡️ Το βιβλίο μου στα ελληνικά: bit.ly/3SitmdS
➡️ My book in ALL OTHER LANGUAGES: bit.ly/3YiagZd
➡️ Start Playing Chess FOR FREE: bit.ly/3Xa3EsB
➡️ Enjoy my videos? Donate Here : www.paypal.me/...
Email me your games: [e-mail]
Sponsors, Business, Media: [e-mail] - [DO NOT SEND GAMES HERE]
⭐️ Follow Me If You Are Amazing:
➡️ CAMEO: www.cameo.com/...
➡️ FACEBOOK: / gothamchessofficial
➡️ SNAP: / levy.rozman
➡️ INSTAGRAM: / gothamchess
➡️ TWITCH: / gothamchess
➡️ TIKTOK: / levyrozman
➡️ TWITTER: / gothamchess
➡️ GOTHAM DISCORD: / discord
➡️ PATREON: / gothamchess
➡️ THUMBNAILS BY: / jchessnoob

[@lokanathishere]

Levy be like :- Magnus Lost - Is Magnus era Over? Magnus Draw - Can’t believe Magnus did it. Magnus Won - Magnus is Magnus you know.

[@DontReadMypicturee]

😮😮😮 don't Read Myy name

[@Manifesto-9]

@@DontReadMypictureepiss off

[@Bruhguy999]

​@@Manifesto-9 Agreed

[@akshatbhardwaj7525]

Ok ​@@DontReadMypicturee

[@ryanv7535]

You figured out the algorithm

[@bsfm6990]

Gotham + Magnus= December ad revenue

[@SoGamingGamer]

Gotnus or Magham

[@Akainu-es6ct]

Gothan said he loves kids

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@aldocort3418]

@@Akainu-es6ct 😳

[@JC-eg5py]

@@DontReadMypicturee bot

[@moali7441]

Yapping terminates at 2:00

[@DanielRoberts420]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@Lebudo-gz6vo]

OMG THANK YOU

[@Docarunabh]

We bow to legends like you good sire

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@Ph.Ahmed7]

For real bro , thank you.

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

Legend says that Donchenko is still flexing to this very moment

[@DontReadMypicturee]

😮😅 don't Read Myy name

[@surajpoudel6646]

@@DontReadMypictureeshut up

[@Infiltator2]

Deserved tho

[@Lechon_asiatico]

Bad levy, bad, you only uploaded 92 Magnus videos this year, and it's already December 26th, you ain't get 100 Magnus videos in a year

[@Mimzovich]

Did you actually count? Cuz if you did that's impressive

[@lmfao3293]

@@Mimzovich of course not lol, you can just use ctrl + f

[@vandal144]

booty buns fr

[@Praqueue]

​@@lmfao3293that wouldn't work, he has a bunch of videos with Magnus multiple times in the title

[@fyroboi2053]

Dont underestimate levy's power to milk magnus

[@blakegreengrass8146]

i would have a crash out if i was hikaru playing that dochenko guy

[@AyushSingh-wt1uo]

Well you have lost in 15 moves 😂😂

[@lifeisstrangevideos3924]

He said if he was hikaru meaning he has chess knowledge of hikaru with his attitude 😂😂​@@AyushSingh-wt1uo

[@TheNeilBlack]

Honestly if I were Hikaru I'd have to laugh. Grasping a draw from the jaws of defeat is a lot more interesting and memorable than letting me checkmate.

[@kunalsingh4418]

​@@TheNeilBlackyeah donchenko was so impressive there. Keeping track of exact number of moves in that situation, that was amazing. Pity for Hikaru, but well deserved for his Donchenko.

[@atkatnd]

​@AyushSingh-wt1uo if he was hikaru he would be on hikarus level...

[@Dr.Sortospino]

Damn… in 30 years I play chess I’ve never seen a 50th move mate in 2 draw.

[@silverbladeii]

mate in 1 even

[@Prasad-c1p]

17:26 we see peak British Gotham

[@bigdupolas_guppus]

Arjun Erigaisi had me standing up and taking a lap around my room because I can't be too loud rn

[@MichaelAscher-q5y]

Original title was “Will Magnus be world champion again” 🫡

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@aadilharoon1807]

​@@DontReadMypictureeNo

[@JayantRaut]

Question mark

[@JC-eg5py]

@@DontReadMypicturee still a bot

[@MichaelAscher-q5y]

💀

[@BedrockBlocker]

Damn, Donchenko really teased Hikaru like that xD

[@wolfMetall]

That draw right at the edge of defeat was incredible.

[@JonFord]

Me at 2:41 "that looks pretty strong" Levi at 2:44 "you're a dumbass this is ridiculous"

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@JC-eg5py]

@@DontReadMypicturee bot

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

"You're right! Who will ever play this? 🙄"

[@AndrewX981]

​@@JC-eg5py you are also a bot😂

[@JC-eg5py]

@@AndrewX981 if I was why am I typing this and this also this and this(I’m not crazy I’m insane)

[@zesterfrost_music]

17:26 Thanks for the Christmas gift Levy

[@DC-zi6se]

17:25 one of the all time Gotham moments.

[@B16Dominoes]

Anyone else notice that Hikaru's video is EXACTLY the same amount of time as this one?

[@chickenchess-xp9tz]

That's crazy. It is

[@draig8259]

I don't know how Magnus has enough time to practice for the world championship, what with having to appear in every single one of Levy's videos.

[@greendorg1937]

A 10 elo comment

[@anonyraj2891]

​@@greendorg1937 pretty fun to me mate, made me smirk. Maybe get a life

[@gigamintorlife2543]

Arjun plays like Tal so creative

[@sphearshaft]

Dude I was waiting for the recap. Saw 2.5/5 and thought I was hallucinating, now I gotta see what happened.

[@nadarmt7069]

27:31 "Lazavik is like a fish, he's very good at slipping"

[@darklvrd5255]

0:51 who will tell Levi that Uzbekistan and Kazachstan are not in Europe?

[@AbdullahTeomanAydaş]

Kazacstan is in Europe like a little

[@martin.p.]

​@@AbdullahTeomanAydaşThe World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, which took place in Kazakhstan, was held **exclusively** in Asia. The venue, the capital Astana (now called **Nur-Sultan** again), is located entirely in the Asian part of Kazakhstan. The entire tournament was therefore clearly held on the Asian continent.

[@GYATTfACe]

The big 3 of Holiday sporting spectaculars - NFL/NBA/Rapid and Blitz Chess

[@VARMOT123]

Biggest of them all . Boxing day cricket

[@Natureszilla]

you forgot boxing day cricket

[@marcinz.3570]

Dart championship is going on, also classic Boxing Day premier league football

[@EveryMoveIsABlunder]

The difference between Magnus and Other people is It's news when other people win, but it's news when Magnus loses

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Good news to me I like seeing Magnus lose I find him Boring

[@Divyanshfukela]

​@@michaelmassaro4375Brave comment.

[@nikhildawani2913]

​@@michaelmassaro4375🤡

[@Henrique-ex4vm]

The price you pay for being the best, people always want to see you fail

[@kiruanax]

welcome back tuah 😭😭😭 0:02

[@jabraankhan1963]

Boyfriend mentioned at 1:26

[@karenjones-d3k]

Hello Mr. Levy! Best wishes to you and your better half for the new year. Thanks so much for teaching chess in a really nice way. You are a very good teacher. I appreciate your effort very much. Thank you.

[@manlikezayn]

0:16 PL Boxing day

[@m.delgadorv]

Faster recap: Levy 1 Hikaru 0

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@JC-eg5py]

@@DontReadMypicturee lame bot

[@NJDJ2]

@DontReadMypicturee nobody wants to

[@noideawhatever]

Cuz Hikaru plays there while Levy sits at his home

[@stevenmanwaring8943]

​@@DontReadMypicturee dude if you have a problem with it then just don't click on this video! Matter of fact don't even read the description.

[@karatejoshb]

it was great watching the games live on take take take! is there a way you guys could implement a search feature for the games/standings? usually it isnt an issue with closed tournaments since the competition is so small, but for once i had a hard time finding magnus on the standings due to the size of the tournament! great video and content as always, thanks again!

[@dburnnzz]

I’ve watched so many, almost all, of your videos since 2020 and starting around 4:10 I felt the 500 IQ setup into “THE ROOOK” Similarly to how when you say “you’ll never guess what Magnus played next” or “this next move is insane” my 1000 bullet brain thinks I’m as smart as Magnus cause I can nowadays guess it correct 50% of the time even though I hang my own queen on move 3. All that to say… You do such a great job of making every video seem like a first time watcher can understand & be entertained, while also throwing in / keeping bits going for years and years now. We’re lucky to have the internet’s chess teacher… get out of here! ❤

[@robertodowd7200]

Haven’t watch the ep but saw the intro, said you were doing interviews, just wanted to say your trim looks sharp👍🏼

[@mihirshah1717]

Yapping stops at 1:48

[@agentraydg839]

o7 thanks

[@hiranom20]

Attention span of a moth I see?

[@Rombizio]

Feels like we had 156 Chess events this month alone. And Magnus won them all.

[@MrWhiteYo47]

Spoiler blocker ⛔️

[@mcronrn]

Boiler splocker

[@aldocort3418]

No😂

[@VivaanKambli]

Best me to it

[@DontReadMypicturee]

don't Read Myy name........,

[@nebbzyy8780]

W comment

[@Docarunabh]

And here I was, wondering how come levy hasnt uploaded anything yet

[@escanor1794]

26:07 he dont want to spoile anything but he told us the points ot the player in the first day in the start of every game wow Genius

[@Robert-bp8sb]

I am learning English and the way Levy speaks is exactly what I want to be able to do.

[@kobeischildren]

23:32 all of danya's pieces (besides the bishop on g2) are on dark squares

[@aun_021]

Yapping stops at 27th December 2025 3:59AM, {GMT}

[@sagnikbarman6616]

How can you miss Raunak Sadhwani vs Alireza Firouzja

[@rakeshshukla9159]

You need to understand his channel isn't only about Indian chess player like chess base India and saying this as an indian He can't include every single game and he didn't even included players like nordirbek and Ian and nordirbek made a excellent point today

[@adityakambli8528]

​@@rakeshshukla9159this had nothing to do with india, he wants that game to be included because it was a huge upset

[@piotrwieczorek7636]

0:52 „Europe and eastern Europe” Why not just Europe

[@martin.p.]

Uzbekistan is geographically located entirely in Central Asia. The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, which took place in Kazakhstan, was held **exclusively** in Asia. The venue, the capital Astana (now called **Nur-Sultan** again), is located entirely in the Asian part of Kazakhstan. The entire tournament was therefore clearly held on the Asian continent.

[@yp_biggie]

Magnus had such a bad day, he's now gonna play a 2100 IM who's a higher seed than him. Watch Magnus go perfect today though😂

[@satwikrai6885]

4:33 he said the thing

[@sattwikpadhi]

4:33 Levy put in everything he had in "THE ROOOOOK".

[@secret.agency]

THE ROOK!!!! 4:31

[@madeleinewalker838]

I just realized that prior to day two of rapid and blitz, Tani Adewumi and has the same score as Magnus Carlsen. Nice job Tani!

[@bobftw2618]

More Danya coverage please!

[@andrewbloom7694]

Oh wow I just realized i dont think I've ever seen Erigaisi play a rapid game, if he plays classical like that I bet he plays speed chess like a complete lunatic most of the time Edit: So yes then lol 18:24

[@psymar]

I googled it: Kadric is actually born in Germany, and yes he formerly represented Bosnia but now he represents Montenegro.

[@SilentAndIsolated]

The thumbnail magnus glaze

[@ZyICjdUXAHCwLUDHlFk5yFVe]

Magnus Carlsen is like Rocky Balboa. He needs to get 'angry'. How many times have we not seen this by now? Magnus being down after the opening round(s) of a tournament and then him just... surging. Going absolutely beast mode on the rest of the field. He needs to get worked up before his best play shows its head.

[@andrewbloom7694]

11:49 Oh thats absolutely hilarious

[@BlackbeardKNAC]

20:12 rook is not hung, knights move backward as well. I wouldn't want that trade but still, not hung

[@bENIZZZZZZZZ]

When you lose material it means it is hanging, the rook is worth more than the bishop

[@alexanderstoyanov7464]

Donchenko going to flex to his grandkids with that one

[@pakchess69]

It was fun watching you live man! Fun stuff

[@RafaelOrtega-]

Thank you!! Where's the link for take take take?

[@WTC_2U]

Magnus has been SO GOOD the last couple months, these results are just plain ol' shocking. Baffling.

[@pinchez-q2d]

That Russian teenager Murzin played lights out, engine rated his performance at 3402 elo crazy stuff

[@vishwa8117]

3:20 When white did Nh4, Black could have taken either d4 or b2. Why did he go Qb4 instead?

[@benoitgoessens3024]

Brewintgon hardaway sounds like someone who really tries to think about a fake name but makes it too obviously fake

[@ChandrakantVadher]

Great recap Levy! Please show the standings at the end of your upcoming videos.

[@HeWhoShams]

Daniel "The Prophet" Naroditsky

[@Midaspl]

Also game before last Magnus drew luckily cause his opponent missed a mate.

[@toss4409]

12:30 what a stupid rule. Well not the rule just the fact this isn’t mate.

[@aaronz1326]

Great video, but could you please show standings at the end of these?

[@IMresvill]

new camera settings are so much better idk what you change but its better gng

[@grinreaperoftrolls7528]

I feel kind of bad for Hikaru. That ending is so painful, but at the same time, hilarious

[@2758ltor]

Funny for the spectators, painful for the player. If I was Hikaru I'd hold a deep grudge for Donchenko

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

Chances for Magnus are close to 0. He’s dropped too many points. He needs to win essentially all the rest of his games in a row with no more draws. He’s never done that before in any rapid tournament. It’s usually +6-7. Magnus can at best get +8 if he wins every single game. At most he can afford two more draws to have any chance at all. Any loss from now on will basically end it.

[@nikhildawani2913]

If Magnus wins all his matches now with no draw then Magnus will win right??

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

@nikhildawani2913 Nope. Danny and other leaders of the rapid tournament will have to lose some games for Magnus to catch up with them. Only a miracle can help him now.

[@nikhildawani2913]

@sajalpratapsingh2057 magnus won last time with 10 points,so??

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

@@nikhildawani2913 Tf ur talking about?

[@nikhildawani2913]

@@sajalpratapsingh2057 Magnus won last rapid 2023 with 10 points out of 14 and if magnus wins all his games he will score 10 5 that means he will win

[@MOK-ns7ew]

I love when he said “Magnus”

[@Toxify1]

20:16 wasn't expecting that

[@apollion888]

I never realized you had giant money behind you, irony or ironies, that's the practice of sympathetic magick

[@dhalsam]

0:15 football and basketball seasons are still in full swing.

[@roachdoggjr4648]

My wife bought me your book for Christmas this year, Levy. I'm excited to learn!

[@thatspookyfeeling]

Magnus himself called it, I think, when he said he wasn't thrilled about that new format of knock out. So glad Danya won. Jacobsen is a friend of Hans Neiman, isn't he? LOL.

[@HemBabuKarki-ue6tn]

Is he someone say he is studentb of hikaru

[@sixonesix9429]

From a Brit, your accent's spot on!

[@Praqueue]

All jokes aside, I'm glad levy has a Magnus to give him an income to sustain his nicher videos. He subsidises this channel and I'm thankful for it

[@akashsinghal5656]

Alireza match vs sadwani was amazing

[@Niceone11202011]

I thought Eric Rosen is also playing here. Thought you're going to recap his game.

[@darrak1]

it's not only rapid and blitz chess that's going on. There's also IIHF U20 going on in Ottawa! True holiday festivities.

[@basedandredpilled7920]

Finally, the real world championship, not the 3 hour per game snoozefest for 2nd place.

[@jw3807]

Arjun’s playstyle in rapid is awesome

[@kamronahmadqulov7404]

Cover Nodirbek’s games as well

[@Perfect10Explorers]

Hey Levy how can you stop talking about the goat Kramnik. Come on bro give him some attention he is crying for that 😭

[@CarlisleBryceCaparros]

Milk never forgets to Magnus Levy.

[@sagnikbarman6616]

Levy has finally milked the chess out of Magnus!!!

[@gastonuwu5313]

English is my second language and the way Levy speaks is exactly what I want to be able to do.

[@willtalebian]

90% of the titles from Gotham are Magnus… BRILLIANT MOVE !!

[@vedxcas3981]

It'd be helpful to show scoreboard after each day at th end of the vid. Great recaps❤

[@andrewbloom7694]

There is literally no world championship where magnus is not or would not be the overwhelming favorite. Not the rematch hed have had against Ian, not a bullet world championship (even though thats relatively speaking probably the weakest of the various time controls) Its just insane. And he probably still has a good few years before that starts to change too

[@KanderUdon]

Well apparently not

[@UltrabaumatOmega]

its true & last year or two years ago his first day wasnt that good either, doesnt matter for that beast

[@naveengrover4619]

4:32 the roooooooooook

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

For rapid it's no. Everything went wrong today, lost, drew games where Magnus was up +4 and he normally would win blindfolded. With just 2.5 on day 1 the entire rapid is actually not winnable anymore. Oh well, theres always blitz

[@AyushSingh-wt1uo]

Well Magnus Carlsen will finish around 50th in World rapid and 30th in World Blitz Carlsen is finished.

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

@AyushSingh-wt1uo Bruh chill, anyone can have a bad day. He has won almost all the tournament this year. If he is washed by this performanced then Idk what would u say for other top players 😂

[@suvrajyotipatra7834]

​@@AyushSingh-wt1uoidiot

[@HemBabuKarki-ue6tn]

5 round is and he is at 2 point. His winning chances are slim now even if he plays well.

[@StanislavHronek]

A lot of people are watching Magnus games on their own can you cover some other people? Like Eric Rosen, Alireza or Dubov?

[@briancalegari7843]

Hey there wanted to ask if you plan to make a cheesly mobile app? Would be very convenient if you are able to download courses and do them while traveling or so. Cheers nice vid!

[@henriko7980]

14:48 - > White F6 - Black BH7 - White Ne7 + - Black has to lose rook ?

[@talkintokentolkeintoekin]

Oh boy, I wonder what Levy's video will be about today!

[@EveryMoveIsABlunder]

So happy for Danya, All the love and positive energy for him ❤

[@Letatcestmwa]

Met Levy today, can confirm the stare is intense in real life

[@thetree1994]

Hikaru’s draw makes me so unreasonably happy.

[@BigMac7091]

If I were Hikaru, I would've sent the board and pieces flying toward the opponent 😅 props to him for his self-control