Its so interesting getting into the minds of an actual good chess player. He's out here making 10 move calculations while im out there taking a free pawn which blunders M1. It just shows how good someone can get at anything.
Yes, this content that Levy is making is sooooooo underrated; not for the fact that levy is trying to push for GM but for the fact that it is just so instructional and really shows the difference between amateurs and professionals
In my native language, there is a proverb: 'I do not give the bird from my hand for the bird on the fence.' So, the draw was enough good choice, in this case.
Wow. In portuguese theres a very similar one. It sounds like "Better one bird on my hands than two birds flying." The guys always make jokes with "better one boob on my hands than two in the bra." lol
It is said that we learn more from our mistakes than any other means. Chess is no exception. Having watched your channel (and especially the recap videos) for the best part of a year now it is clear to see the growth in your game and thought processes. Experiences like this one will, in future matches, transform the positions into wins rather than draws and losses. The brutal aspect of all of this is that you are sharing it with the world - and that is no easy thing to do. Having said this - all kudos to you for doing so as there is always something there for us to learn as well. As an educator I really appreciate the time, thought, effort and preparation you put into each and every one of these videos - although not currently an active player myself I enjoy the mental exercise that comes with each 'lesson' that you present us with. All the very best for the rest of the tournament and thank you for the lessons!
Suggested topic for future video: Games by the person who was OLDEST when first awarded the GM title (whoever that was). Your core demographic is young, probably, but the youngest GM has become almost a cliche, and given your current campaign, many of us oldsters identify with your efforts to improve after having been away from the game for a spell. Once you reach your goal, it will have been a GREATER accomplishment than had you earned the title earlier!
Before last change of the FIDE rule to become a GM, when a GM title was something serious many players get the title when "old". Since 1990 the number of GMs have almost triple and with the nowdays rules is relatively easy to get the title. even more considering that +2200 players number have increased exponentially and then is easier to get ELO point and organizing a GM's eligible turnement
@@blender_wiki The total number of FIDE rated players has gone up much more than 3x since 1990 though. Just looking at a single number in a vacuum isn't really a good way to compare the relative ease of gaining the title.
I recall looking this up some time ago. There are two categories (excluding honorary titles): winners of the world senior chess championships, if they didn't already have the title, and players who earned it the normal way. Spirit of the question is who made it the normal way and at what age. Answer may be Valery Grechikhin at age 60. This is not an easy thing to research though. There is also Igor Ivanov but that was a semi-honorary given shortly before he died. In all cases these were strong professional players, arguably GM strength for decades, who never got the title for a variety of reasons. None were adult hobbiests who happened to develop to GM strength. Notable contemporary example is Ben Finegold at age 43. For years there was a running joke that he was perpetually the strongest IM in the world.
@@blender_wiki Oh yeah, a GM title is nothing serious. That's why you have one, right? *Right?* Having a GM title means you are literally in the 99.9997 percentile of chess player skill. It means out of the 600 million people that play chess regularly, you are in the top *1.7 thousand.* Out of one million chess players, three people ever become good enough to become GMs. You would lose 1000/1000 games to a GM, so I suggest you stop being a gatekeeping snob when you aren't even near the skill level of these people.
"This stupid game!!" Well played!! Applying pressure for the entire game right to the end against an equal rated opponent who dug in and played well. No shame in not seeing a potential win 12 moves out with less than 30 seconds on the clock. Rook end games are treacherous!! Great recap!!
Vary well playied from both plays even tho you lost rateing in a wining position I dont think anyone other then maybe like 2600+ gms are seeing a win their with 30s seconds on the clock its smarter to just take the draw and not risk either A making a mistake in the end game or the more rare case accidently flagging that kid has a future in chess for Im and maybe gm if he dedicates to it
I watch these recaps everyday and ngl it makes my day. I've been following levy for about a year now and have been subbed to him for a while now. By far he is my favorite streamers. Watched almost all his videos and never got disappointed. Don't beat yourself so much cuz you make mistakes. There's thousands of people (*cough cough me*) that blunders their queen on move 3. Good luck for your next rounds and your future!
I was looking for some stuff about Vlado as he is the only person except Berczes that is better in rating. In the Internet they say that he loves to play English and King's Indian Attack. In this tournament he controlled white pieces twice and he played Reti two times. In this tournament he faced only d4 as Black. He went for Nimzo Indian once and he defended with the e pawn in two remaining games. With white pieces he plays: English (A15, A16, A17), King's Indian (E60, E62, E64, E69), Reti System A04, Queen's Gambit Declined with D30, D31, D38, Grunfeld with D70, D76, D78, And as Black Sicilian with B23, B46, B84, B91, B95, King's Indian Attack A07, Semi slav D45, English A11, A15
I like the little "...and I win! He he!" bits. We all like to pretend we understand what Gotham is talking about, but we're just looking for the second season of Queen's Gambit.
I think the only way to avoid situations like this is to try to be better at time management. It's easy for me to say that of course when Levy is calculating so many lines so many moves in advance that I wouldn't actually be able to even see. But if he managed to get such a close end game and had an extra two or three minutes it could have made the difference here.
I mean, even if you didn't manage to win, this was actually a very good game and you managed to create a lot of practical problems for your opponent. Endgames are just sometimes super complex even for super gms. For example, in the grand prix Hikaru vs. Levon rapid section there were a lot of missed opportunities.
Dude with 30 seconds on the clock and thinking that two passers vs a Rook is a win is impossible to calculate. The alternate was you not taking the draw and going for it but loosing due to low time.
Rip into it mate. I love your tournament re caps. I just got back from visiting Mum in dementia ward and it’s kinda like chess. Multiple options of moves and things to say or do.
@Levy , Thank you for sharing your games and experience with us. More often than not instinct is pattern recognition that is in the subconscious because you have seen it before but are having trouble bringing it to the conscious as concrete recognition. Play through that winning endgame position 5 or 10 times and program it. That way when you have a similar middle game position, you will recognize that you can force a winning end game. Wishing you the best.
Thanks a lot Levy! With your videos I learned a lot that every opponent is hard, and not every game can be beautiful. I got closer to chess and I enjoy your videos a lot!
200 Elo less than me: I Win 20 Elo nore than me: I lose Anything else: I mostly draw. I'm 1000 ppints below Gotham, but him and I aren't that different!
You kinda got a bad attitude
Honestly though…
PIN OF SHAME
fart
@@himanshukuril950 Nope gotham is just exposing himself.
These ”Pins of shames” are really getting more and more wholesome each time :D
Its so interesting getting into the minds of an actual good chess player. He's out here making 10 move calculations while im out there taking a free pawn which blunders M1. It just shows how good someone can get at anything.
Pretty sure that’s most of us in the community
Well if the free pawn is taken with en passant…
@@thebishopchess Then its a must
Yes, this content that Levy is making is sooooooo underrated; not for the fact that levy is trying to push for GM but for the fact that it is just so instructional and really shows the difference between amateurs and professionals
@@thebishopchess that's forced
You can see Levy’s confidence level rising with each recap, he’s trusting his instincts and performing well because of it
The knight
@@niranjannair3633 …is inferior to the bishop
@@thebishopchess ..when half the pawns have been exchanged and there are pawns on both sides of the board
@@thebishopchess but da horsey is tricky
well that's because his strength lies in blitz. blitz relies on instinct and experience more than calculation compared to classical and rapid
In my native language, there is a proverb: 'I do not give the bird from my hand for the bird on the fence.' So, the draw was enough good choice, in this case.
Wow. In portuguese theres a very similar one. It sounds like "Better one bird on my hands than two birds flying." The guys always make jokes with "better one boob on my hands than two in the bra." lol
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
And of course there's also the English speaking version: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
lol how is that good?
edit: ohhh i thought you meant flipping off (the bird) TO a bird. nvm.
Even GM's could screw up the rook vs two pawns endgame with more time than Levy had . Levy should be encouraged by this effort .
Watching this live was wild! Lucy did a great job hosting the stream. What a heartbreaking finish! Still killing it levy love the recaps
Spoiler
The vod is sub only Sadge
@@vitriolveio don’t read comments before watching the video?? Lol
@@lukehenry9743 It was the top comment that showed up automatically on the screen. I don’t know why TH-cam still has that as a thing
I am surprised you didn’t think of that before replying since it is such an obvious reason
It is said that we learn more from our mistakes than any other means. Chess is no exception. Having watched your channel (and especially the recap videos) for the best part of a year now it is clear to see the growth in your game and thought processes. Experiences like this one will, in future matches, transform the positions into wins rather than draws and losses. The brutal aspect of all of this is that you are sharing it with the world - and that is no easy thing to do. Having said this - all kudos to you for doing so as there is always something there for us to learn as well. As an educator I really appreciate the time, thought, effort and preparation you put into each and every one of these videos - although not currently an active player myself I enjoy the mental exercise that comes with each 'lesson' that you present us with. All the very best for the rest of the tournament and thank you for the lessons!
This deserves a pin.
Great recap. Keep it up. Do not be disappointed. There is still lots of round left and you can win all of them
Suggested topic for future video: Games by the person who was OLDEST when first awarded the GM title (whoever that was). Your core demographic is young, probably, but the youngest GM has become almost a cliche, and given your current campaign, many of us oldsters identify with your efforts to improve after having been away from the game for a spell. Once you reach your goal, it will have been a GREATER accomplishment than had you earned the title earlier!
Before last change of the FIDE rule to become a GM, when a GM title was something serious many players get the title when "old". Since 1990 the number of GMs have almost triple and with the nowdays rules is relatively easy to get the title. even more considering that +2200 players number have increased exponentially and then is easier to get ELO point and organizing a GM's eligible turnement
@@blender_wiki The total number of FIDE rated players has gone up much more than 3x since 1990 though. Just looking at a single number in a vacuum isn't really a good way to compare the relative ease of gaining the title.
@@blender_wiki just because there are more players who are close or even who get it doesn't make it easier
I recall looking this up some time ago. There are two categories (excluding honorary titles): winners of the world senior chess championships, if they didn't already have the title, and players who earned it the normal way. Spirit of the question is who made it the normal way and at what age. Answer may be Valery Grechikhin at age 60. This is not an easy thing to research though. There is also Igor Ivanov but that was a semi-honorary given shortly before he died. In all cases these were strong professional players, arguably GM strength for decades, who never got the title for a variety of reasons. None were adult hobbiests who happened to develop to GM strength.
Notable contemporary example is Ben Finegold at age 43. For years there was a running joke that he was perpetually the strongest IM in the world.
@@blender_wiki Oh yeah, a GM title is nothing serious. That's why you have one, right? *Right?* Having a GM title means you are literally in the 99.9997 percentile of chess player skill. It means out of the 600 million people that play chess regularly, you are in the top *1.7 thousand.* Out of one million chess players, three people ever become good enough to become GMs. You would lose 1000/1000 games to a GM, so I suggest you stop being a gatekeeping snob when you aren't even near the skill level of these people.
great moves by both Chasin Nico and you. good luck for future games
"This stupid game!!" Well played!! Applying pressure for the entire game right to the end against an equal rated opponent who dug in and played well. No shame in not seeing a potential win 12 moves out with less than 30 seconds on the clock. Rook end games are treacherous!! Great recap!!
Excellent performance, don't overthink it, Bro. We all rooting for you!!!!!
This games are really wild, along with providing some tips for us in the future. Keep it up levy!
19:05 instead of instant queening, rook down to c6 - check - rook a6 ... but i know: it was just theoretical :)
"I narrowed my repertoire to three choices. Each leading to another 20."
Levy. You just asked the same question three times....
Don’t pressure yourself to win every time just for the recaps, take the draw when you think playing on is too risky.
Vary well playied from both plays even tho you lost rateing in a wining position I dont think anyone other then maybe like 2600+ gms are seeing a win their with 30s seconds on the clock its smarter to just take the draw and not risk either A making a mistake in the end game or the more rare case accidently flagging that kid has a future in chess for Im and maybe gm if he dedicates to it
"And that's why I'm me and Magnus is Magnus." I'm only slightly over halfway through the video, and I think that that is flat out my favorite moment.
Shoutout to Levy for playing such interesting games
No boring e4e5, 15-20 move draws, or 25 moves of theory like we get in half of the GM games
Tournament recaps are my favorite. You seem much looser - win or lose, whatever you’re doing, it’s working
I watch these recaps everyday and ngl it makes my day. I've been following levy for about a year now and have been subbed to him for a while now. By far he is my favorite streamers. Watched almost all his videos and never got disappointed. Don't beat yourself so much cuz you make mistakes. There's thousands of people (*cough cough me*) that blunders their queen on move 3. Good luck for your next rounds and your future!
Wow, blundering queen on move 3 requires quite some dedication to the task
@@shubhdavishwal was about a year ago. Now I blunder it on move 10😉
3:03 "Gameplay, outplay him"
Literally Chess.
Levy confidence just rises his rating like +300 and endurance
its like it makes him better
These thumb nails are unreal man, cinematic yet often distorted and mind bending, can’t get enough of em mate.
I Love Gotham’s Upload Schedule
He gonna “what” you levy? 😂 😂 😂
What were you gonna say lmao 🤣
I won that position against Sf8 with 28 sec without Increment btw
Keep the confidence on going Levi
confidence is SKYROCKETING
16:36 He is not gonna do that. He is gonna go here and..............what did u say what did u say.....?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This game is so savage that u don t even know u are winning when u are winning.
I was looking for some stuff about Vlado as he is the only person except Berczes that is better in rating. In the Internet they say that he loves to play English and King's Indian Attack. In this tournament he controlled white pieces twice and he played Reti two times. In this tournament he faced only d4 as Black. He went for Nimzo Indian once and he defended with the e pawn in two remaining games. With white pieces he plays: English (A15, A16, A17), King's Indian (E60, E62, E64, E69), Reti System A04, Queen's Gambit Declined with D30, D31, D38, Grunfeld with D70, D76, D78, And as Black Sicilian with B23, B46, B84, B91, B95, King's Indian Attack A07, Semi slav D45, English A11, A15
Stockfish says +M40. Feel good?
I like the little "...and I win! He he!" bits. We all like to pretend we understand what Gotham is talking about, but we're just looking for the second season of Queen's Gambit.
Took preworkout getting ready for boxing work. I saw the notification and now I'm vibrating on my couch while watching chess
as someone who's done way too much chessable, i shouted nc3 at the screen after g6. love that line as white
Lesson learned, Levy. The next time you get in this endgame situation, you're gonna obliterate your opponent. Love you.
Feel you bud. Two weeks ago I couldn’t lose. This week I can’t win. I will hate this game FOREVER.
I think the only way to avoid situations like this is to try to be better at time management. It's easy for me to say that of course when Levy is calculating so many lines so many moves in advance that I wouldn't actually be able to even see. But if he managed to get such a close end game and had an extra two or three minutes it could have made the difference here.
I thought of h5, but I didn’t see the proper conversions. Shows the level difference, knows something is there vs being able to do something about it
Its hilarious that every position is a complicated position even on move 5
Still wish the April fools joke was real
16:35 "he's gonna go here and fu.. fork me"
Levy rozman,2022
It seems to me like youre really improving and so is your competition, which is a win for chess and everybody
I was watching that live with the computer screaming +3 lol
Fascinating end game, Levy.
In low time conditions, it is the right decision. You should try to maintain a better time advantage.
Hindsight is 20/20 - imagine if you had given it a shot and lost, then you’d be even more upset with yourself.
at 6:31
21:10 Stockfish dont thing in this position but looks in its table base...
Can't wait for round 5 recap, y'all about to see levy blow an FM off the board
Levi instead of doing all the back and forth trying to find the perfect amount of solidness and attackness play the Benoni
In that winning endgame with the king cut off which wasn’t played, could the king have escaped the rook cut off with f7 g6 etc before pawn pushes f5 ?
i do not think one can kick
yourself for missing that one move too deep or too shallow. well played Levy.... human decisions to be made. keep it up.
In Germany its 5:30 in the Morning but i want to watch your recap 👍
I do think making a draw was the most practical decision in that position with time pressure...
You sir, could be Giri!
@@yzfool6639 LOL
"I'm a man of culture, I see en passant it is forced..." I can't wait for the next recap 👀
‘Tis an oh well let’s move on. Hung in there!👍
Lol i just finished round 3 recap and this popped up, thanks levy
Perfect timing
I mean, even if you didn't manage to win, this was actually a very good game and you managed to create a lot of practical problems for your opponent. Endgames are just sometimes super complex even for super gms. For example, in the grand prix Hikaru vs. Levon rapid section there were a lot of missed opportunities.
Crazy how invested in someone else’s game I get I was pissed Levy didn’t win
summary of the recap: I'm trying
he's trying just as much as Hikaru doesn't care
My brain struggles with the recognition part of rook pawn endgames.
Keep up the great vids, Levy!
loving the recaps!
LOVE THIS ATTITUDE CHANGE FROM YOU definitely seeing a difference
Levy needs to buy Eric Rosen's London course so he can eventually earn that IM title.
Yeah Twitch chat was really laughing and crying at the time of the draw.
KEEP IT UP LEVY!!! You got this!
Had you told me that you were facing Nico, I would’ve told you Nico means cat in Japanese.
Scumbag engines out here laughing at us when we don’t see 17 or more moves ahead
Your spidy-sense is becoming viable for sure!
16:36 what was that levy a fork or something else?
From Italy:
Happy Easter Sunday
Dude with 30 seconds on the clock and thinking that two passers vs a Rook is a win is impossible to calculate. The alternate was you not taking the draw and going for it but loosing due to low time.
so dont be down on time kids.
7:28
Best moment of the recap.
These titles make me so anxious
Heeyyyyy perfect timing! Just finished watching Cramling's update on her tournament!
Very neat study of R and pawn endgame.
Hey Levy, this tournament and your recaps are really exciting. Keep it up :)
better luck next time bro. never forget that all mountains are melted buildings
A drawn outcome from a possible draw/loss, its free real estate, nice work
Gotta love me some recaps. They are just so good!
I really wanna see Gotham say f it and play the wildest and most imbalanced openings, and just go with his instincts every time, like just having fun
Rip into it mate. I love your tournament re caps. I just got back from visiting Mum in dementia ward and it’s kinda like chess. Multiple options of moves and things to say or do.
If this guy wins all the remaining games, I will eat my shoe.
Guessing another loss.
The only loss here is your braincells, they're fewer every second
All my love and support from 🇦🇷, you are having a very good performance in this tournament
Thanks for the recap. Very interesting as always to watch you talk about your thought process and emotions
Why are you playing an underrated tournament tho.
Benoni is forced win with the best computers from the future
@Levy , Thank you for sharing your games and experience with us. More often than not instinct is pattern recognition that is in the subconscious because you have seen it before but are having trouble bringing it to the conscious as concrete recognition. Play through that winning endgame position 5 or 10 times and program it. That way when you have a similar middle game position, you will recognize that you can force a winning end game. Wishing you the best.
is a part of the rooks game, Kasparov has so many examples, as well a nice game vs Vishy Anand.
Thanks a lot Levy! With your videos I learned a lot that every opponent is hard, and not every game can be beautiful. I got closer to chess and I enjoy your videos a lot!
Great recap! So enjoyed!
by the way, we would like to see you eating a MATZA in honor of PESACH
200 Elo less than me: I Win
20 Elo nore than me: I lose
Anything else: I mostly draw. I'm 1000 ppints below Gotham, but him and I aren't that different!
dont worry. it happens