The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played

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  • @KazikliBey
    @KazikliBey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16192

    Pretty certain that when your king makes it to the enemy's back rank, your king gets promoted to Emperor.

    • @razz9251
      @razz9251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +504

      Underrated comment xD

    • @certifiedfurry
      @certifiedfurry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      s p y

    • @foxthefox1594
      @foxthefox1594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +409

      Nah they get promoted to First Consul

    • @janLilin
      @janLilin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +718

      Emperor: Same as the king, but can jump over other pieces like the Knight

    • @gabrielbrennan4149
      @gabrielbrennan4149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      It’s the secret Checkers crossover

  • @matthewbaang8749
    @matthewbaang8749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10852

    White king is a chad. He led his army in the frontline and faced all these threats with the boldest moves possible. Respect

    • @morgantaylor84
      @morgantaylor84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +508

      That is how the history books tell it. In reality he was sh**ing himself the entire time and just doing what's necessary to survive until suddenly he won.

    • @sreeharie821
      @sreeharie821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      @@morgantaylor84 well that's a risk you have to take.

    • @morgantaylor84
      @morgantaylor84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@sreeharie821 True enough.

    • @kaushik9359
      @kaushik9359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Hats off to white king. Respect++

    • @davictor24
      @davictor24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      Lelouch: If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?

  • @edoardoandretta9550
    @edoardoandretta9550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4457

    Van De Loo: "are you ready for our chess game man?"
    Hesseling: *snorts cocain*
    Hesseling: "now yes."

    • @brandonmatthews6638
      @brandonmatthews6638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      xD

    • @ShurlockHolmes
      @ShurlockHolmes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Lmfao Gotta have a cocaine cough in there like "HEEEEEEERE WE GO BRLRLRLRLRLLRLR"

    • @cadespaulding3837
      @cadespaulding3837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Wait before you start you have some too.

    • @dodojesus4529
      @dodojesus4529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Van De Loo: ohh just starting i see

    • @HaveANiceDayLol.
      @HaveANiceDayLol. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShurlockHolmes Dude must already be high as bullshit coughing like "BLRLRLRLRLRL" 💀

  • @splashcat5485
    @splashcat5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9889

    "And now, the king is safe on a8."
    "The black king, right?"
    *Anakin stares wordlessly*
    "Th-the black king, right?!?"

  • @btookie350
    @btookie350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3828

    After move 6, the engine was like: “ok, you boys have fun, I’m outta here.”

  • @tananatana4011
    @tananatana4011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4751

    I'm just laughing my ass off over a thought of an actual war taking place with relatively equal enemy sides and the king just decides "fuck it, I'll do it myself" and goes full Rambo

    • @YataTheFifteenth
      @YataTheFifteenth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      this some Carolus Rex shit without the part where he got shot in the head

    • @realmario979
      @realmario979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@YataTheFifteenth Calorus Rex if he was drunk enough and no Norwegian dude got a lucky shot

    • @elisabethsun7059
      @elisabethsun7059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol

    • @themanifestmage
      @themanifestmage 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was 500 🫡

    • @luftwaffle3766
      @luftwaffle3766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Imagine a king who fights his own battles

  • @GreenSkyDragon7696
    @GreenSkyDragon7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6562

    Getting your king safely to the opposite rank, and him *being* safe there, sounds like a lifetime achievement

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      I believe it is

    • @waldoman7
      @waldoman7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Bleep bloop

    • @hnharshgaming1282
      @hnharshgaming1282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Immortality no jutsu

    • @HWABAG6
      @HWABAG6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yea these guys snorted entire office table cocaine

    • @LJW1912
      @LJW1912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      *Achievement Unlocked*
      *100G* In my enemies house

  • @gautamchandrasekharan3
    @gautamchandrasekharan3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4499

    Alternative title: The greatest chess game ever played

    • @suvahomescape4665
      @suvahomescape4665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      8 brillant.........
      Very very "dumb"

    • @AustinChubak
      @AustinChubak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Agreed!

    • @kaiilian
      @kaiilian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Underrated comment.

    • @lemming7
      @lemming7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KING, BEHAVIOR

    • @aligokce7836
      @aligokce7836 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      4.4k likes and 3 replies??

  • @kepler6873
    @kepler6873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1780

    This whole game feels like when 500 rated players have grandmaster superpowers. They can calculate out 5 moves, but still don’t know what they are doing

    • @keldonmcfarland2969
      @keldonmcfarland2969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I have to wonder if this is "real" or some kind of inside joke/trolling by top players.

    • @ki2348
      @ki2348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmao this was me when i was a kid

    • @terriblegamerdotexe1527
      @terriblegamerdotexe1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me asf

    • @3n3j0t4
      @3n3j0t4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@keldonmcfarland2969 it’s a fake game

    • @Kiririll579
      @Kiririll579 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@3n3j0t4 proof?

  • @Zwaydi
    @Zwaydi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2797

    This is eric rosen against himself playing ”funny lines”

    • @cordobes
      @cordobes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's actually what Loo did here - is a composition, he's playing against himself

    • @TheOneWhoHasABadName
      @TheOneWhoHasABadName 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      funny thing is, eric was challenged to play with and against the traxler by one of his viewers (who was really booked up)
      there were funny lines, but not as funny as this game

    • @taleladar
      @taleladar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "Oh no, my king!"

    • @hamishmatthews21
      @hamishmatthews21 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      best comment

    • @Damir717.
      @Damir717. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      999th Like is mine

  • @AS-bc8fg
    @AS-bc8fg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    They were playing chess but the evaluation bar was playing tennis

    • @anahadshukla
      @anahadshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Underrated comment , imagine my like is worth a thousand

    • @AS-bc8fg
      @AS-bc8fg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anahadshukla haha thanks babe

    • @punmasterS-277
      @punmasterS-277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tennis with trebuchets

    • @THEbraylonbarnes
      @THEbraylonbarnes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      stolen

    • @punmasterS-277
      @punmasterS-277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@THEbraylonbarnes what, I didn’t steal that

  • @maxzhang1555
    @maxzhang1555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +773

    "Look at you getting criss cross applesauced in the middle of the board" most hilarious chess diss I've ever heard lmao

  • @BobbyBoJanglles
    @BobbyBoJanglles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7908

    This is as close as we'll get to a Baka Mitai video from GothamChess

    • @veigarmain545
      @veigarmain545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Thank God.

    • @CalCifer740
      @CalCifer740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      That song sounds as if it was made for chess

    • @LeventButSpeedrunning
      @LeventButSpeedrunning 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Everyone's gangsta until Levy starts singing it

    • @astromic001
      @astromic001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Never thought I’d see you here

    • @keroppiandyyuen
      @keroppiandyyuen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@LeventButSpeedrunning He did that already

  • @yalex2249
    @yalex2249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3018

    White after this game was like "I always win with the fried liver attack!"

    • @dustinjames1268
      @dustinjames1268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Sicilian dragon be like
      "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @appleoftheground
      @appleoftheground 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I can imagine Levy saying this

    • @the_Punisher_
      @the_Punisher_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Lmao i heard that in Levy’s squeaky voice.

    • @esdrasvincent5184
      @esdrasvincent5184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @piyush5190
      @piyush5190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Levy accent intensifies

  • @Jane-qh2yd
    @Jane-qh2yd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    *The king literally on A8 taking on an entire army by himself
    *Meanwhile the Bishop and the two Rooks are still smoking a fat one at the base

    • @localcrazyrussian4511
      @localcrazyrussian4511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Jack Of the box I mean, it is the Netherlands

    • @DrRobertBeatles
      @DrRobertBeatles ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@localcrazyrussian4511 the turns have been tabled

  • @miszorek31
    @miszorek31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4057

    Imagine getting this game in Guess the Elo.

    • @JohnSmith-uh3lv
      @JohnSmith-uh3lv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      And then it turns out they’re both masters.

    • @kushalsaha6299
      @kushalsaha6299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Yes the guy should have submitted this game for guess the elo😂😂😂

    • @Memer44
      @Memer44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      161660

    • @batan8808
      @batan8808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lmao

    • @enijize1234
      @enijize1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      min 1800, probably 2k+

  • @wnihaunter3943
    @wnihaunter3943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2543

    “If the king doesn't move, then his subjects won't follow.” -Lelouch

    • @wayne30047
      @wayne30047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Bruh🤣😂🤣😂

    • @FreddyChoppins
      @FreddyChoppins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      "Lelouch, you're a TERRIBLE chess player. Checkmate." -Suzaku probably

    • @josericardogoncalvescunha
      @josericardogoncalvescunha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Holy shit i was searching for someone to say this

    • @josericardogoncalvescunha
      @josericardogoncalvescunha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That van de loo is lelouch and anyone know

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I see you are a man of culture too

  • @suhaiydy9908
    @suhaiydy9908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I never though one day I will see the king run from his throne , charge into the front line with his subjects even though there are still a lot of enemies , evade and survive multiple attacks, build a base on enemy territory and won the war.

  • @JellySword8
    @JellySword8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2819

    GMs: "The positions in puzzles are too theoretical to be applicable in real games."
    Real games: 14:00

    • @cordobes
      @cordobes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      This game is actually a composition, like a giant puzzle, or many puzzles put together

    • @iamyuheismi920
      @iamyuheismi920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      In my opinion, knowing famous positions like the back of your hand makes you a god at bullet. I've checkmated people 20 points of material down because of puzzles

    • @nathanyam2310
      @nathanyam2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @VNG fadezwyd lol ik
      fun fact it's actually from a movie!

    • @marthlikinte5607
      @marthlikinte5607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nathanyam2310 Rush Hour right?

    • @dziendobry9692
      @dziendobry9692 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It depends on elo.

  • @YourPhysicsSimulator
    @YourPhysicsSimulator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3504

    Levy: "Here is the dumbest game ever"
    Every sub 500 ELO: "Hold my hanging queen"

    • @HmmHmm-ve7ou
      @HmmHmm-ve7ou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      No, it's "hold my 3 hanging pieces and -10 evaluation position for me on move 10". And remember that sub will still win the game.

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@HmmHmm-ve7ou Even when there is a -65.7 on the eval bar, they manage to reach a stalemate position.
      Low ELO chess is full of plot twists 🤷

    • @massimomoro5895
      @massimomoro5895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@HmmHmm-ve7ou I just played against a 500 and he resigned on move 7 (the evaluation was -16 and I was playing black)

    • @randomperson4321
      @randomperson4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I feel attacked 😂😂

    • @brunosteffen8173
      @brunosteffen8173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      it's not his worst game, it's his dumbest. Both players were capable, they didnt hang anything. It was just crazy all around with plottwists left and right.

  • @Bob527-u8o
    @Bob527-u8o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Two masters play a game of chess while high out of their minds. Truly an amazing game

  • @laggrenade863
    @laggrenade863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1900

    Me, a 800 elo pleb who can't understand half of what's going on:
    "yeah that's such a dumb move lmao"

    • @jacobren3638
      @jacobren3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      better than me I'm only 250 lol

    • @kimchi2911
      @kimchi2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@jacobren3638 same I’m like 300. Game goes good and halfway I make a stupid blunder like a sleep deprived person and lose lol

    • @serraramayfield9230
      @serraramayfield9230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@kimchi2911 When you have no Elo rating and still understand why this game is unbelievably dumb

    • @kimchi2911
      @kimchi2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@serraramayfield9230 i mean im just unbelievably careless ig

    • @ek6352
      @ek6352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jacobren3638 wdym i am 800 i understand everything he is explaining so nicely

  • @DissentingCalm
    @DissentingCalm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1423

    I'm garbage at chess and found this absolutely thrilling.

    • @chesscrush
      @chesscrush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@keshavbhola2236 This was a classical game but you know that the game was damn complicated and confusing af right? Playing at a 90+ Accuracy is almost impossible even for today's GM's unless they know every bit of the Traxler theory 25-30 move depth

    • @keshavbhola2236
      @keshavbhola2236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chesscrush I agree that game was confusing bc it had natural looking moves which can lead to bad positions. Doesn't matter what GMs find easy or not, in a classical game some missed opportunity in this game are really painful. I'm not saying they are bad players, but they certainly weren't playing as well as they could.

    • @nicksilver3353
      @nicksilver3353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @SergheyKatastrofenko
      @SergheyKatastrofenko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chesscrush No GM would play this kind of line in an official game. They all try to play very solidly and have their lines memorized for the most part. The Fried Liver is a beginner's tactic.

    • @johnstevenson9956
      @johnstevenson9956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I hope some day to work my way up to garbage!

  • @Spicymuffins89
    @Spicymuffins89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    The entire game is just a throwing move from one side *countered* by an equally-throwing move by the other side. Legendary.

  • @thedevilofmetal5335
    @thedevilofmetal5335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1205

    Some dude named Tracksler hits a blunt: “what if I gambit everything?”

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Traxler

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It also almost worked lol

    • @HairXX
      @HairXX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mareksicinski3726 God bless You!

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@buddermonger2000 it is more a specific very sharp response first studied by him, it is not most often called a gambit

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mareksicinski3726 well, yeah thats why its called counterattack

  • @augusto2131
    @augusto2131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1212

    "If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow" - Lelouch Vi Britannia

    • @IRON--MAN
      @IRON--MAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 this was practically proved by white king

    • @IRON--MAN
      @IRON--MAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Plot twist: White king played the game all by himself (didn't even let his subordinates to play properly lol😂😂😂😂)

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I see you are a man of culture too

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The 4th person to have sent this

    • @odd4565
      @odd4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah, a being of culture.

  • @Catishcat
    @Catishcat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    This isn't just a regular dumb game. This is the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of playing the dumbest chess game ever.

    • @eineperson9849
      @eineperson9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nahh, that's the product of certain hallucinating plants my guy🤣

    • @tonkatruckgaming5724
      @tonkatruckgaming5724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      did bro just make a reference to that video game

  • @Reynfallen
    @Reynfallen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    This is what I imagine playing chess against Michael Bay would be like.

    • @xcreenplay7264
      @xcreenplay7264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And explosions going off around the chess board 😁

  • @luckypegasusvol7700
    @luckypegasusvol7700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Plot twist: They were time travellers and they were using 200 depth engines.

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      One day they will realize that all the moves were best moves, and let's ignore the numerous forced mates black missed.

  • @johnbailey8103
    @johnbailey8103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    "This is called the Fried Liver"
    They really running out of things to call these openings huh?

    • @keeperofthehammer6795
      @keeperofthehammer6795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I believe the origin of that name comes from how little fried liver is valued. The idea being "This knight is as useful to me as a piece of fried liver, go ahead, take it."

    • @thunderwplf1078
      @thunderwplf1078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @chaoskiller6084
      @chaoskiller6084 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@keeperofthehammer6795 I personally wouldn't get it, fried liver is pretty nice, even underrated imo

    • @cole590
      @cole590 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@keeperofthehammer6795 lol it's actually called fried liver after an Italian dish where pork liver is wrapped in fat netting and grilled over a fire, similarly to how blacks king is wrapped in a mating net. But I like your version better 😂

    • @thatrandomdev5039
      @thatrandomdev5039 ปีที่แล้ว

      also called the scotch gambit trap

  • @josephvalinski849
    @josephvalinski849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    Levy's whole audience clicking this video thinking he found their games.

    • @AngeloGene
      @AngeloGene 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I thought when I clicked this video. xD

    • @nk_17
      @nk_17 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣

    • @farukadali
      @farukadali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      416.000+ people: *relatable*

  • @Gooseman2k2
    @Gooseman2k2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2109

    "The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played"
    Clearly Levy is unfamiliar with the average under 1000 rated blitz games I play!

    • @LonDanDoc
      @LonDanDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      He needs to see me play with a 100 elo rating

    • @cheeselord8153
      @cheeselord8153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@LonDanDoc bro how does one have 100 Elo, do you just 2 move mate yourself every game

    • @YSFmemories
      @YSFmemories 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I don't think that's the meaning of dumb here. These two players are clearly far stronger than 1000, they're probably GMs or something.

    • @aaravsaini8687
      @aaravsaini8687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@cheeselord8153 100 elo is possible, don't ask me how but i have been stuck there once for about a Month

    • @utsav_the_all_knowing
      @utsav_the_all_knowing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@aaravsaini8687how?

  • @pboytrif1
    @pboytrif1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    8:16 The pause with you shouting "criss cross apple sauced... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOARD" *prayer hands*... had me in stitches. Great stuff Gotham

  • @netsonix
    @netsonix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    Levy : "In this video I am gonna show you the dumbest game I have ever seen"
    Me : *did he find the game I played yesterday?*

    • @4rkani
      @4rkani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂

    • @charris1854
      @charris1854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @iamiupa
      @iamiupa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *just now

    • @mr_mr
      @mr_mr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @krushna4181
      @krushna4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh 🤣🤣

  • @evanjohnson4559
    @evanjohnson4559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2124

    Levy: “this is the dumbest chess game I’ve ever seen”
    Me: “Pog champs here we go!!! Can’t wait for pikachu’s fat gifted subs”
    Levy: “the game is from 1982”
    Me: “umm what?”

    • @AnthonyShuker
      @AnthonyShuker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you must be new to chess

    • @evanjohnson4559
      @evanjohnson4559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@AnthonyShuker I’m just a fan of the classics

    • @Cobra-King3
      @Cobra-King3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@evanjohnson4559 same here, I was shocked to see this game was from 1982

    • @yeetsin560
      @yeetsin560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@AnthonyShuker damn you dont get it? Its ok we teach the chess newbies

    • @umangsheel7819
      @umangsheel7819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I was expecting a newbie game. This is worse

  • @guestb8389
    @guestb8389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Don't worry guys, he's just doing the Ultimate King's Gambit.
    *All according to plan.*

  • @prithvirajs
    @prithvirajs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    This game was as dumb as its complete brilliancy of finding near impossible moves.

    • @andrewxu3602
      @andrewxu3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Some of the best worst players around.

    • @prithvirajs
      @prithvirajs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrewxu3602 Yup

  • @hardikgupta8785
    @hardikgupta8785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1742

    I was just praying that levy didn't find my chesscom account cuz the title explains my games quite well

    • @dibyamjalan
      @dibyamjalan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wait until u seen Mine lmao

    • @akramansari885
      @akramansari885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hmmmm 🤔 L won't be proud of you

    • @caquitows
      @caquitows 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha, actually I was going to write this... 😁

    • @daamiyaackoub3175
      @daamiyaackoub3175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ur profile picture doesnt say that

    • @randomperson4321
      @randomperson4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You clearly didnt see my account 😂

  • @LordCousland
    @LordCousland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    white King: Chaaaaargeee! He makes it behind enemy lines, looks back: Hey boys where are you???
    White pieces in the back: You know, after fighting for you for so long, we thought well we should give you a chance for once...

    • @tabkg5802
      @tabkg5802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      White King: oh word? *proceeds to infiltrate enemy backrank while killing several enemy pieces along the way*

  • @optigabe2912
    @optigabe2912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    This is literally the equivalent of an anime using the power of friendship to win

    • @colowa3998
      @colowa3998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tea from Yugioh would be proud

    • @blackhat728
      @blackhat728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@colowa3998 I just realized tea has a 100% win rate even against pro-duelists

    • @colowa3998
      @colowa3998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blackhat728 😱 You just sent my soul to the shadow realm this is not okay, she better than Yugi, SHE DOESNT EVEN CHEAT TO WIN

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine if the protagonists friends were sacrificed the same way it happens in chess
      That queen had to be taken, and then the pawn has a chance to get promoted and then is killed the second after, it’s cruel lmao

    • @16-bitflipp
      @16-bitflipp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yessss 😭😭😭😭

  • @homeofthebrain7602
    @homeofthebrain7602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    title: "The Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played"
    my games: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!

  • @someone_2129
    @someone_2129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I once saw a game with 30 blunders in a row and then a brilliant move from no where. It was hilarious

  • @leokastor
    @leokastor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    15:27 For a moment I thought white was going to manually "castle" on the opposite side of the board by pushing his pawns, that would've been so insane.

    • @caralho5237
      @caralho5237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      lmao dont give him any ideas

    • @guncatto2625
      @guncatto2625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OH GOD HOW DOES THAT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HE WOULD DO.

  • @BinaryHedgehog1
    @BinaryHedgehog1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    You couldn’t find out who Hessling was because they don’t exist. The game was entirely composed by van de Loo (who is real) because iirc he’s a fan of the Traxler and wanted to see the counterattack on steroids.

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Woah, now that's a twist!!!

    • @switdog08
      @switdog08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Is this actually true?

    • @kingstudios8467
      @kingstudios8467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@switdog08 apparently i looked it up and yes, this game was indeed composed (there's no shame in that tho, as a game as such can still be entertaining and interesting)

    • @switdog08
      @switdog08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kingstudios8467
      Oh thx

    • @leonidtimofeev1178
      @leonidtimofeev1178 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I recently learned that so many great chess games of the past were actually made up. Like, for example, Adams - Torre game with "crazy queen".

  • @avalokarimoen1017
    @avalokarimoen1017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Like no joke. I live in the Netherlands. And whenever I play with my non chess friends, their tactic is litteraly: "Koning naar voren" meaning "King forward". This was basicly every game I play with them

  • @kadecovington493
    @kadecovington493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    I wish you would always include the evaluation bar. That makes it more exciting and helps the newer chess players understand the significance of certain moves.

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      the blunder evaluation would have been insane aswell.
      because of so many sharp moves the second best move is basically a blunder

    • @dedeadam9698
      @dedeadam9698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The thing is the bot is very confused

    • @guncatto2625
      @guncatto2625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@dedeadam9698 I need it to express its confusion

    • @dedeadam9698
      @dedeadam9698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@guncatto2625 lolol

    • @Ghi102
      @Ghi102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In most GM level games, it's essentially just a bar that's slowly creeping in one direction

  • @owenallenaz
    @owenallenaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This game is insane because it's simultaneously high level, and yet both players missed forced mate numerous times.

  • @aidenbagshaw5573
    @aidenbagshaw5573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    When I was a kid, I always opened with knight to h3, and one time my cousin and sister spent 3 hours unaware that no one can win when only the kings are left, so yes, I’ve seen and played dumber games.

    • @MeshuggahDave.
      @MeshuggahDave. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3 hours? iono

    • @taylorowen9833
      @taylorowen9833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I got one better. When I was a kid, I 'invented' my own opening. e4 Bd3 Qf3 Ne2 O-O. Then pushed the H pawn for good measure. Didn't want to get back ranked, after all. Played it every single game. It didn't work out well. I also remember someone stalemated me, and I informed them it was a draw, and they were like "Whatever, I won. I have more pieces."

    • @mequana
      @mequana ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Thomas.Patrick.Pearl.bruh

    • @eventscope-021
      @eventscope-021 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bru as a kid my go to opening was 1.h4 2.a4 3.Rh3 4.Ra3 5.Rhe3 6.Rad3

  • @hepiik.8822
    @hepiik.8822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    The best part for me is that white king had walked entire board and black king didn't even move

    • @andrewxu3602
      @andrewxu3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Technically it casteled

  • @Rafikichu
    @Rafikichu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +714

    Agadmator: Greatest Chess Game Ever Played. 6 hours later, Gotham: Dumbest Chess Game Ever Played. Very nice, Levy.

    • @arhamdugar396
      @arhamdugar396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/3KhcVkvYmzc/w-d-xo.html fabulously outstanding levy

    • @mydearfriend007
      @mydearfriend007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      essentially r/chess and r/anarchychess

    • @mojo_jojo913
      @mojo_jojo913 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We're getting content today

    • @sinis8834
      @sinis8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think agadmator showed this 2 years ago....

    • @adamzeggai5506
      @adamzeggai5506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      XDDDD

  • @ftwgaming0
    @ftwgaming0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Good. No one has ever watched me play before. I somehow always forget that the king is actually important, and I can't think any further than the next move my opponent will do.

  • @Cheezymations
    @Cheezymations 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1274

    “And hopefully the dumbest chess game you have ever seen in your life, that you, yourself have not played.”
    Woah woah woah, don’t come at us like that levy 😓😓

    • @Hallands.
      @Hallands. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Levy clearly has a lot of issues…

    • @flip4224
      @flip4224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Hallands. Yeah that his fan base loves him, that he’s a fantastic content creator, and that he’s worked hard to have nearly the biggest chess channel on TH-cam

    • @christhewon220
      @christhewon220 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He just telling the truth lol

    • @Hallands.
      @Hallands. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flip4224 Yeah, yeah, yeah, all of that and then some…

    • @tickachemist
      @tickachemist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yea, that kinda felt personal. Not gonna lie

  • @RikMaxSpeed
    @RikMaxSpeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    “Hopefully the dumbest chess game that you yourself haven’t played” - struck fear in my heart.

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    As a beginner, these videos would be much easier to follow if hypothetical moves were visually and audibly different from actual moves.

  • @sickleee.
    @sickleee. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    My eyes are literally burning right now.
    Oh wait, sorry, that's because I've been staring at the sun for 15 minutes now trying to forget what I saw. Thanks, Levy.

  • @cordobes
    @cordobes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    This game is a well known composition - van Der Loo was a Traxler specialist and created this game - Levy doesn't know who Hesseling is because no such person exists. A fantastic game - chess on meth

  • @brendenoloughlin1880
    @brendenoloughlin1880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Imagine the board and piece colors being inverted to a light blue and dark blue for analysis moves. That would be so cool and make games like these easier to follow!

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought of exactly this! For some reason, blue is the perfect color to represent a hypothetical move.

  • @kenny5277
    @kenny5277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This might actually be my favorite GothamChess video ever. I was literally holding a cup of coffee and could not risk taking a sip for the last 5 minutes.

  • @Krish_krish
    @Krish_krish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Part of me is wishing I could see this game on guess the elo and watch levy go absolutely mental

  • @CellarDoor-rt8tt
    @CellarDoor-rt8tt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This reminds me of one of my proudest achievements in chess, which was when I got to play the move 0-0-0#

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      explain what that means to us the unenlightened?

    • @CellarDoor-rt8tt
      @CellarDoor-rt8tt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@buddermonger2000 the move 0-0-0 in chess notation means castles Queen side and, much like adding a + on the end of a move means check. Adding # on the end of a move means checkmate. So my achievement was playing a legit game where I got to play castles Queen side checkmate. That doesn’t happen much

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CellarDoor-rt8tt that is indeed an achievement. Congratulations. Knew the castling but not check and mate

    • @MeshuggahDave.
      @MeshuggahDave. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      post the game

    • @CellarDoor-rt8tt
      @CellarDoor-rt8tt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MeshuggahDave. I wish I could, but it was an over the board game

  • @luciisladica7060
    @luciisladica7060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Ngl this was the most legendary chess fight I've ever seen, felt like a serious sight to see everymove looks so weird that I didn't understand wtf was happening just like how real legendary battles was supposed to look to normal person's sight

  • @greeneyes-_-
    @greeneyes-_- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When he said 'We're in the year 1983" I felt so relieved that it was not one of my games.

  • @CrazYYzraC
    @CrazYYzraC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The chess equivalent of “HOW DID HE NOT DIE”

  • @JMUDoc
    @JMUDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    "I don't get to share games that look like this very often..."
    Guess the Elo: "Am I a JOKE, to you?"

    • @charljuliojonnemek2652
      @charljuliojonnemek2652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      this is like guess the elo but instead levy is guessing what the players inhaled to get in this state

    • @self-righteousideologue9398
      @self-righteousideologue9398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@charljuliojonnemek2652 - Inhalation is one of fastest forms of exposure routes. It is why so many people use it to get high when they smoke pot, oxy, meth, etc. True story. Inhalation FTW!

    • @sirtetris
      @sirtetris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@self-righteousideologue9398 oxy...gen?

    • @lucasariel3133
      @lucasariel3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes you are

    • @faller70
      @faller70 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sirtetris cotton

  • @drewshiro
    @drewshiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    When he says this is the dumbest game ever played but in reality these two players were thinking leagues beyond comprehension of the human mind, they were coming up with strategies and thinking so fast it was incredible....
    or this truly is just the dumbest chess game ever played..

    • @thescarfguy
      @thescarfguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It can be both

    • @ek6352
      @ek6352 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @derek Mr M Hesseling just needs to work on his endgame

  • @LordWaterBottle
    @LordWaterBottle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was absolutely wild, title is actually not clickbait for once.

  • @offworldr_
    @offworldr_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This just shows how complex chess can be honestly

  • @sallamahmad8234
    @sallamahmad8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is basically me playing chess acting like I knew what I was doing.

  • @vobv7814
    @vobv7814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    you know youre in for a good one when he says “if and only if”

  • @anahadshukla
    @anahadshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    "inhaled something of the smokey variety" , gotham tryna not get demonitized lmfao

    • @lisogie
      @lisogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't get it :(

    • @anahadshukla
      @anahadshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lisogie he's talking about drugs you smoke like weed , marijuana , pot , crack etc

    • @lisogie
      @lisogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anahadshukla ohh okay thanks..sry im dumb

    • @anahadshukla
      @anahadshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lisogie there are no dumb questions , just questions - master Oogway

    • @yashmishra1212
      @yashmishra1212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anahadshukla"There's no queen blunders, only queen sacrifices"-Me (250 elo, who lost the queen on move 5 after playing the Scandinavian defense)

  • @_A-B_
    @_A-B_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    After that game white king: Where were you guys sleeping when I was fighting against an whole army?
    White pieces: Back rank problems, sir.

  • @s.o.k.1393
    @s.o.k.1393 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching this game makes me feel like a complete noob, my dumb ahh would have been like "ooh free piece!" and gotten checkmated like 15 times

  • @ryankelly3743
    @ryankelly3743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Almost feels like it was reverse engineered to be just an insane game

    • @cordobes
      @cordobes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's exactly what it is - Loo created this entire game alone

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cordobes Shhhh!! You wouldn't tell your kids that Santa isn't real, would you?

  • @ДмитрийПоликарпов-о3у
    @ДмитрийПоликарпов-о3у 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Basically, this is Hikaru’s favourite game.
    Kinda ultra boncloud

  • @reid3031
    @reid3031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have never, ever seen a king banish itself to far corner like that

  • @forrestofbarnes
    @forrestofbarnes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I wish I had the full game (this was over-the-board almost 10 years ago), but I once played a game in which I was completely winning 20 moves in, got impatient and blundered every piece except my Queen and a couple pawns (I was -20ish on material), but somehow I managed to start checking my opponent with my Queen again while avoiding threats from both his Queens and his Rook. My opponent saw no problem with getting checked because he was walking his King down to take my pawn on a4 anyway, and I won with the pawn on a4, the enemy King on a5 and my Queen on b5.

    • @kirillzakharov7336
      @kirillzakharov7336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      now imagine playing with Knight, Bishop and 3 Pawns against a Rook and Queen. Yeah. The craziest victory of my entire 8 year long career.

    • @peterlustig4300
      @peterlustig4300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now imagine winning with 2 pawns against 2 enemy pawns, a rook and a knight in the decisive game to secure the tournament victory

  • @mafrendi
    @mafrendi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Are you kidding me, Levi? This is one the the most amazing games I’ve ever seen 😂

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Van deLoo: *furiously finishing his nose powder*
    Hesseling: *stumbling into the room following a rough concussion*
    *both take their seats*

  • @auritrodutta6852
    @auritrodutta6852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    "Inhaled something of the smokey variety 😂"
    -Gotham 2021

    • @The_Alpha_Wolf
      @The_Alpha_Wolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was looking for this comment 😂😂

  • @Memer44
    @Memer44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    “The king is responsible for the whole army."
    King: “hold my throne!"

  • @dominusregni
    @dominusregni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome presentation of the most bonkers chess game I've ever heard of. Half of the moves leave me desperately asking, "Why?! Why would you do that?"

  • @bobbysyblik68
    @bobbysyblik68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    R/anarchychess: “Are you challenging me?”

  • @veigarmain545
    @veigarmain545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +796

    Another game of yours, so excited.

  • @lakottke
    @lakottke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    13:26 Congrats, your king has promoted to dictator. The board is hit with a nuclear bomb, immediate draw or win depending on who has the ability to resist it somehkw

  • @harmannatsingh3933
    @harmannatsingh3933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love how Levy calls the dovetail mate the criss cross applesauce mate

  • @rasoolabeditabar3143
    @rasoolabeditabar3143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    14:43 that look is just sooooo funny.
    i have not been laughing this hard the entire year. thanks Levy

  • @AviKats66
    @AviKats66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Damn, I didn’t know losing in chess banished you to the shadow realm.

  • @vivekjoshi5207
    @vivekjoshi5207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The players must have inhaled something of the Smokey variety" 😂😂😂😂

  • @adgeifc
    @adgeifc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I don't even play that much but my eyes are burning from this cursed match

  • @plazma0325
    @plazma0325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    me, pretending to know chess: Uhuh, yeah, italian, crazy... oh wow, fried liver and trancular, of course, natrurally...

  • @jenilsoni3527
    @jenilsoni3527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    “And hopefully the dumbest chess game you have ever seen in your life, that you, yourself have not played.”
    Me: Is this a personal attack?

  • @thepixelatedpie
    @thepixelatedpie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I stood up for a moment half way through. Then I came back, and I wondered how in the world white king got to the other side of the board without moving a single rook.

  • @BulletGold18
    @BulletGold18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "arn't you happy you clicked" is also what Levy tells his tinder date in the middle of a hookup.

  • @jimipet
    @jimipet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this is not the dumbest game ever. this is the most mind blowing game ever

  • @buttar6490
    @buttar6490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this was more of a rollercoaster than my parents divorce...

  • @simoncelt5590
    @simoncelt5590 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    not gonna lie - i was expecting an certain 2021 anarchy chess game

  • @Georgelnz
    @Georgelnz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The eval bar is like my heartbeat after a 30-second bullet game.

  • @its2three4
    @its2three4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    never in my life have I see a white king on a8 with a +11 on the evaluation bar, this game was truly a work of art

  • @smolgrizzly4608
    @smolgrizzly4608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If there was something called King Sacrifice , this would be it.

  • @WeHaveNoTalentSorry
    @WeHaveNoTalentSorry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    At 10:30 when the King had to leave behind the knight he spent the past ten minutes saving, I felt that. RIP Ne5...