pretty much. analyze one of my games. try to prepare my idea by protecting the piece, fish says I should've just moved the piece a move ago. don't prepare the move and stockfish screams at me for hanging a piece.
Not sure which is worse: The way these two people slugged it out like Godzilla and King Kong having a too-drunk-to-stand-up-straight bar fight, or the knowledge that they're both still better at chess than me.
at first when he mentioned going to the gym I was thinking "okay bro", but then he flexed and I was fucking shocked at how buff he actually is, holy shit.
Me: Playing a chess match, thinking I made no mistakes and no blunders Stockfish: You made 20 blunders and 34 mistakes Edit:Omg I did not think I would get this many likes. Thank You :)
The problem with stockfish (well, aside from the fact that it *exists* in the first place) is that it's hard to differentiate a "you hung your queen" blunder from a "you missed a mate in 439" blunder.
"Chaos on all three sides!!" Wow, what a game. I've played this kind of death spiral game. You review it after and wonder how your stupid self manages to get through life without forgetting to breathe. Love the series! Thanks for the entertainment!
It looks like he hasn't been balancing his weight between arms (aka working his arms out equally at the same weight), which is surprisingly pretty common amongst people who don't need both arms to have similar strengths
That was a nice mate. I recognize my own blunders here: first, missing a free piece because you are following a prior plan of attack, and then forgetting your prior plan of deflection/promotion because your secondary plan (connected passed pawns) was attacked. It slips your mind that the secondary plan was itself a deflection. It's very difficult to keep various lines of attack present and organized in your mind so as to see their intersection and the weak points within the position. Once you start weaving these plans together, you will find the beauty in complexity, or, in other words, become a conspiracy theorist. It is important to note that, while your opponent may not actually be conspiring at the same level, it is safest to assume it is so, and so protect yourself.
I love it when you explain the best stockfish move and then bring us to reality: "The best move here for black is to move the rook, to pin the pawn to create a classic triangle." But obviously it didn't happen, so instead black moves the queen and hangs mate in one! "🤣🤣🤣
I love how I can tell I'm actually getting better at chess by watching these videos. The moves that Gotham refers to as bizarre top engine moves are literally the first things I think about. Thanks Gotham for helping me get better whether it be opening videos or just talking tactics.
Edit: upon further inspection, I saw the king could go to F7. Though forcing him out like that seems like a very good idea nonetheless, for instance QG6 check. King’s only legal move is E7. Since I’m not that good at chess I can’t find very many moves after that, but I see it could possibly be beneficial. During the endgame, where Black’s king was stuck in the top right corner of the board, I noticed QH7. Obviously, in an actual match i was playing I wouldn’t have a hope in hell without taking at least 1 minute to eventually find it. But, then I noticed that stockfish didn’t register that as a mate in one. And I’m very confused why. Because, QH7 is defended by the bishop in D3, if the queen were to move to H7, there are no pieces or moved to remove check, therefore making checkmate. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that’s actually counted as a great/brilliant move if the engine itself doesn’t see it. But if it isn’t then I know nothing about chess.
LEVY AS SOON AS YOU FLEXED I PAUSED THE VIDEO AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE COMMENTS FOR THIS WHICH I NEVER DO. YOU'RE LOOKING ABESOLUTY YOLKED, good job brother
This game it´s not so bad. Similar to my attacking games. I feel proud of my game, I turn on the analysis, 5 inaccuracies, 3 mistakes, 2 blunders, one opportunity lost
10:00 I'd pull my queen or bishop back to try to reroute and attack the e4 pawn rather then castle. Castling looses momentum, also moving the Queen to a safer diagonal would flat out be better then castling. When Castling would have been better sooner, black's position is trash right now and can be opened up just with a few pawn moves. With Queen on E4 no piece can attack it then you can pawn f5. When you can't take the bishop behind, if Black takes you take back. You sorta pin the queen from moving till the bishop does and if it doesn't you can also set up to threaten A8 rook trade with pawn A5. If black lets your queen to c6 they also queen trade as well as an even worse position. I'd Castle other why to stop rook checks.
Also I would have Bishoped A2 back when E6 was played. Even if they route the queen away or even pawn trap, I just free take pieces Rook F2, Bishop E3 then try to take E2 then G1 unless they find a way to stop it. Also if white misplays it's a forced Queen trade with no way to back up and no real way to defend with the rooks.
18:02 a funny line (it's a blunder if black takes your rook first but run with it) for white here would be taking the bishop on d7 with the pawn - oh no my queen, rook takes rook check, king goes to h7 and then bishop g8 king h8 is forced, bishop f7 with discovery from the rook and after the king goes to h7 again - bishop g6 which would be mate but there's a queen defending but you still win the queen and are up an exchange and soon a full rook once you promote on d8 and the bishop on g5 is forced to sac itself
@@rosiefay7283 yeah that's better, similar to the line I gave just you have an extra bishop, I just noticed that rook bishop mating pattern, useful pattern to know
You may agree or not but this game was really a level above 900. The moves they played( especially white ) to allow the pawns to be pushed is appreciable. They were playing like 1300-1400.
Game Review would call this one exhilarating
Wait why is this coment with like no like. Meh cool to be first
obligatory lichess better
Sorry, who is this?
@@ShomilSaxena nah iv tryed it. It cinda sucks
can i get diamond please lol
A3/a6 is actually a brilliancy in low elos. It gives ur opponent another move to blunder the game away
1. a3 a6
2. a4 a5
3. a5 (what?) a4
4. a6 a3
5. a7 (????? huh) a2 (okay let’s just leave these guys alone)
6. a8=booger (I’m not listening) a1=white Q (you can’t make me annotate this game anymore)
7. boogera9 ∞-∞
@@Pablo360able the longest of castlings, infinite castling
@@Pablo360able naw this some spawn of anarchychess
Honestly just stalling in low elos is a solid way to win
@@Pablo360able AHAHAA
Being completely honest, I am surprised this game didn't end in a stalemate lol
They were actually not so bad at the opening , i was expecting worse
same thoughts!
The meanest checkmate, aside from a king mate.
that's my favourite trick -lol!!
It should’ve, every perfect game ends in a stalemate.
"if you lasted 7 minutes, good for you that's longer than average"
that went completely under the radar
Yeah and I just paused the video to search comments on it and this was the first I encountered like 30 comments down...
7 minutes is average? Well Im below average then.
Sure, but right after we made it 7 minutes, we were coming coming coming.
@@CellBlock1015 Lmaoooo
@@CellBlock1015 ...All down the board.
Seeing Levy with a tank top is like seeing John Mulaney without a suit.
🤣 🤣
who?
John Mulaney's hosted SNL earlier this year, his monologue (wearing a suit, of course) was amazing: th-cam.com/video/aUgzDqniZgo/w-d-xo.html
True
Seeing Charlie aka Moist without a white shirt
The game could be summarised in the sentence : " I should've played that move earlier "
I've been there lmao
@Matthew Dwyer nice flex
pretty much. analyze one of my games. try to prepare my idea by protecting the piece, fish says I should've just moved the piece a move ago. don't prepare the move and stockfish screams at me for hanging a piece.
thats something u think before making the move not after
me playing e4 on move 1
Levy: Don't go backwards
Also Levy: He saw that knights can go backwards this is at least 2 1700s
Always retreat.
Shame that this video has to get demonitised for promoting your guns in the opening smh.
This game would not be this exciting without your commentary, it's really fun to watch your content
Levy is washed, imagine not being a gm
@@dust6995 you are just jealous how good levy is at commentary........
and that fucki*g youn elo is nothing in front of levy.
@@dust6995 you little blundery asses get outta here.
@@KulwinderKaur-ci5zu Chill... he's kidding.
Not sure which is worse: The way these two people slugged it out like Godzilla and King Kong having a too-drunk-to-stand-up-straight bar fight, or the knowledge that they're both still better at chess than me.
"Whenever you have a checkmate, look for a better one" - Simp Tzu, the Art of Chess
@Darwin D. Darwin "My source is that I made it the fuck up!" - Senator Steven Armstrong
Levy getting swole, bout' to make the chess community act up.
If that’s you in the photo, that isn’t your culture…
@@DS-nw4eq That's Arnold Schwarznegger in Conan The Barbarian, pal.
chesslevy1
@@DS-nw4eq what a snowflake
at first when he mentioned going to the gym I was thinking "okay bro", but then he flexed and I was fucking shocked at how buff he actually is, holy shit.
Honestly, besides all the basic tactics, white's pawn play for the kingside attack deserves a lot of credit, completely punishing the Bd6 Be7 maneuver
Pretty typical 900-1000 stuff, some sound tactics and a total inability to calculate or track pressure or threats in the midgame properly.
I made an online artpiece for a photography and digital art class on the same picture you have as your profile picture :D
Me: Playing a chess match, thinking I made no mistakes and no blunders
Stockfish: You made 20 blunders and 34 mistakes
Edit:Omg I did not think I would get this many likes. Thank You :)
@@Shiojiri22 the mastake that leads to all others
@@Shiojiri22 is the mistake not using protection? I mean that s what stockfish tells my parents
The problem with stockfish (well, aside from the fact that it *exists* in the first place) is that it's hard to differentiate a "you hung your queen" blunder from a "you missed a mate in 439" blunder.
@@FernieCanto I mean if it's depth 439 or higher then yeah
And 52 Missed wins 🥲
256th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Sto chiammann a polizij"
Respect the grind dude
Sigma grindset
This streak is harder than having a 1300 day streak on Duolingo. Respek
@@samnesium2003 noob
Sigma grindset
They call me 007.
0 Brilliant moves
0 Best moves
7 Blunders
These videos are so fun to watch because I get to compare it to my games and see that there's always someone who blunders more
Well said. I couldn't agree more. Watching levy's content makes me feel not so bad about my own games with 5 blunders
@@joshuavarghese619 those are rookie numbers, once i had 13 and won
@@wrc2933 20 blunders, he stalemated
"Chaos on all three sides!!" Wow, what a game. I've played this kind of death spiral game. You review it after and wonder how your stupid self manages to get through life without forgetting to breathe. Love the series! Thanks for the entertainment!
0:28 Is it just me or is his right arm a lot stronger than his left?
sonke
It looks like he hasn't been balancing his weight between arms (aka working his arms out equally at the same weight), which is surprisingly pretty common amongst people who don't need both arms to have similar strengths
@@johnbailey8103 didn't he contract the right arm more?
@@adama2292 That’s also definitely possible!
My mind went to the worst as soon as i read this sentence
If I had a dime for every crappy london in gotham recaps, I'd have 4 dimes. Which isn't that much its just weird that it happened 4 times.
That was a refreshing take!
I saw something worded like this on reddit
@@coldspine3697 it’s a common meme
Its a line from Phineas and Ferb from Dofenschmirz
Saw this joke in a violin video
Blunders are inherent to complex positions. Korchnoi blundered a whole piece against Bobby in the KID. A true phenomenon.
Kasparov allegedly said: if you make 10 threats in a row, your opponent will blunder eventually
That ending was wonderful, never in my entire chess life, have i seen something so beautiful! Thanks Levy for this :)
0:30 Levy is way more muscular than I would of thought.
8:35 "the pawns will NOT stop coming" "and then we're coming coming coming on this side of the board" 🤨😫
Not gonna lie, the fact that white ended up with 7 pawns in the endgame is actually impressive
When i was 400 i actually somehow had a game that i won without losing any piece, and that was a terrible game just like this lol
The video says "This is NOT clickbait" but this is how many blunders I get per game. idk how to feel anymore
Try to beat Martin, but every other move you make has to be the worst possible move for that situation.
I call it the Slaking defense
pokémon
@@en20drayt87 😂
Regigigas gambit
So many blunders, my man levy came out of bathtub....
Levy has mastered the art of making ordinary games appear extraordinary through his commentary!
“So if you’ve lasted 7 minutes, good for you. That’s longer than average”
"In chess, the two most important things are material and kings safety"
Chess engines: S P A C E
Those 900s need to go confess to a priest after this shit.
20:58 the killer pawn
“So normally I wear fancier clothing, like a $5 sweater”.
When you mate with pawn, your elo rating goes up by 2000 instantly
im 2900?! as of today?! lets gooo
Ego rating goes up as well lol
Levy vs Eric chess boxing confirmed.
Chess at 1 am be like:
but seriously, I sometimes do play at midnight, and it often ends with bots sides missing mates 5 times and have 10 blunders
True
As a Canadian, I can confirm that we consume 30+ gallons of maple syrup a day
I lasted 7 minutes into the game, and Levy said it was above average, but then the pawns kept "coming, coming, coming". Story of my life. Meh.
The pawns start coming and they don't stop coming
Never laughed this hard watching chess. That evaluation bar was going mental and eventually gave up because the CPU blew up !
That was a nice mate. I recognize my own blunders here: first, missing a free piece because you are following a prior plan of attack, and then forgetting your prior plan of deflection/promotion because your secondary plan (connected passed pawns) was attacked. It slips your mind that the secondary plan was itself a deflection.
It's very difficult to keep various lines of attack present and organized in your mind so as to see their intersection and the weak points within the position. Once you start weaving these plans together, you will find the beauty in complexity, or, in other words, become a conspiracy theorist. It is important to note that, while your opponent may not actually be conspiring at the same level, it is safest to assume it is so, and so protect yourself.
White king: "Fuck I'm just gonna do this shit myself"
8:40 levy comes
BYE WHAT😭🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love it when you explain the best stockfish move and then bring us to reality: "The best move here for black is to move the rook, to pin the pawn to create a classic triangle." But obviously it didn't happen, so instead black moves the queen and hangs mate in one! "🤣🤣🤣
11:25 got me ded 💀
I love how I can tell I'm actually getting better at chess by watching these videos. The moves that Gotham refers to as bizarre top engine moves are literally the first things I think about. Thanks Gotham for helping me get better whether it be opening videos or just talking tactics.
Ryan Butler,
If I don't see your name in the GMs eventually, I will be very disappointed
When you pause the game and actually predict the right move
Why is Arnold Schwarzenegger analyzing 900 elo chess
8:31 the pawns are doing what now??? 🤨📸
Got my first ever brilliancy earlier today before immediately blundering a rook.
Thanks for the content!
8:38 very poor choice of words. Oh I can't stop laughing😂😂😂😂😂😂
The fact these videos are just so entertaining 😂
This is how a person looks nerdy and muscular at the same time.
I actually loved this, especially the endgame. When in doubt, just bring your king.
Checkmate with pawns and a king is legendary. Brilliant move.
haha
These games are some of my favourite ones to watch! Nice series, keep up the good work!
gsgsgshs
wtwywy
That pawn checkmate more than made up for all of white’s blunders. Absolutely beautiful
From "I'm calling the police" to "This is not a clickbait" levy came a long way 🤡
"This is not a clickbait!" is the best clickbait I've seen so far lmao
Hey Levy I know you won’t see this but I just got to 1600 rapid today all because of your videos. Thanks for the help love the content
Congrats.
8:41 ayooo pause
No one makes chess funnier and enjoyable than you do. Love your content Levy
absolutely BEAUTIFUL checkmate with a pawn, i laughed so hard at that
11:50 As a fellow 900 rated palyer, I only perform mating attacks on my girlfriend.
Nah bro, you are lying. Everybody knows, us chess player get no bitches
Edit: upon further inspection, I saw the king could go to F7. Though forcing him out like that seems like a very good idea nonetheless, for instance QG6 check. King’s only legal move is E7. Since I’m not that good at chess I can’t find very many moves after that, but I see it could possibly be beneficial.
During the endgame, where Black’s king was stuck in the top right corner of the board, I noticed QH7. Obviously, in an actual match i was playing I wouldn’t have a hope in hell without taking at least 1 minute to eventually find it. But, then I noticed that stockfish didn’t register that as a mate in one. And I’m very confused why. Because, QH7 is defended by the bishop in D3, if the queen were to move to H7, there are no pieces or moved to remove check, therefore making checkmate. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that’s actually counted as a great/brilliant move if the engine itself doesn’t see it. But if it isn’t then I know nothing about chess.
LEVY AS SOON AS YOU FLEXED I PAUSED THE VIDEO AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE COMMENTS FOR THIS WHICH I NEVER DO. YOU'RE LOOKING ABESOLUTY YOLKED, good job brother
LMAO, no flame but you're looking for the word "yoked". Sorry but the confusion with eggs killed me lol. Fr tho, Levy with the guns out.
The King walk up the board and the Pawn mate was the one redeeming moment of this otherwise remarkably, geniusly bad game
Levy I thought you were calling the police, are we gonna have you arrested for clickbaiting for the nth time?
won a game with 2 seconds on the clock
This game it´s not so bad. Similar to my attacking games. I feel proud of my game, I turn on the analysis, 5 inaccuracies, 3 mistakes, 2 blunders, one opportunity lost
that game was such an anime fight i'm dying
I love these reviews, the commentary is phenomenal, I was so scared the game would end in a stalemate
When he flexes in the intro his right arm is a lot more buff then the left… we know why that is bro
oh he is gonna finally arrest himself, he s also wearing orange prison clothes, already prepared!1 That's why I like levy.
Levy: Don't go backwards.
Ben Finegold: Always retreat!
Hmmmm
The fact that this game stayed equal for 11 minutes without any major blunder is actually quite rare in this series, those guys have hope in chess.
10:00 I'd pull my queen or bishop back to try to reroute and attack the e4 pawn rather then castle. Castling looses momentum, also moving the Queen to a safer diagonal would flat out be better then castling. When Castling would have been better sooner, black's position is trash right now and can be opened up just with a few pawn moves. With Queen on E4 no piece can attack it then you can pawn f5. When you can't take the bishop behind, if Black takes you take back. You sorta pin the queen from moving till the bishop does and if it doesn't you can also set up to threaten A8 rook trade with pawn A5. If black lets your queen to c6 they also queen trade as well as an even worse position. I'd Castle other why to stop rook checks.
Also I would have Bishoped A2 back when E6 was played. Even if they route the queen away or even pawn trap, I just free take pieces Rook F2, Bishop E3 then try to take E2 then G1 unless they find a way to stop it.
Also if white misplays it's a forced Queen trade with no way to back up and no real way to defend with the rooks.
11:25 8:41 quick jump from one to another
BRUH
18:02 a funny line (it's a blunder if black takes your rook first but run with it) for white here would be taking the bishop on d7 with the pawn - oh no my queen, rook takes rook check, king goes to h7 and then bishop g8 king h8 is forced, bishop f7 with discovery from the rook and after the king goes to h7 again - bishop g6 which would be mate but there's a queen defending but you still win the queen and are up an exchange and soon a full rook once you promote on d8 and the bishop on g5 is forced to sac itself
38 exd7 Qxe4 39 Rxf8+ Kh7 40 Bg8+ Kh8 41 Bf7+ Kh7 42 Bg6. Why not 41 Bd5+?
And I like "oh no my queen".
@@rosiefay7283 yeah that's better, similar to the line I gave just you have an extra bishop, I just noticed that rook bishop mating pattern, useful pattern to know
“They can’t get any closer in rating”
Me playing another 2241:
?
@@cielush1848 Try understanding the comment better before answering to it.
@@kendzy7 I understood it perfectly, I just think youre sad, and naive.
@@cielush1848 At least I am not 400 rated
The evaluation bar has won ‘funniest inanimate object of the year’ award
You may agree or not but this game was really a level above 900. The moves they played( especially white ) to allow the pawns to be pushed is appreciable. They were playing like 1300-1400.
ayo why was his right arm more defined then his left??!!
Good content and jokes as always
0:29 man is just working out with his right arm lol
Hi! I just wanted to say you're awesome and I appreciate all the effort and consistency you put into this channel. Thanks!
Honestly Levy is so entertaining I can even put this on in the background and still feel the story of the game
Dayyymmmnnnnnn 1st
You actually were first lol
Ah yes... I can imagine doing all those blunders myself
5:00 it's called "Centralizing the Queen"
Makes sense. He was looking for that "Pawn Checkmate" for a Rosen Trophy!
"Coming coming coming down the side of the board". That was why I was thrown out of the playing hall.
Blunders are my best friend. I see them in every game I play
Sun’s out, guns out.
Pawn checkmates are the biggest form of disrespect
bro is going to beat his chess enemies in a different way
“ the pawns start coming and they don’t stop coming”
At around that level, it sometimes takes multiple moves to view the whole board.
“the pawns will not stop coming… and we’re coming coming coming down the side”